It was with deep regret that the staff of the CARICOM Secretariat and the wider Caribbean Community have learnt of the untimely passing of Mr. Charles P. Kennard, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Guyana Rice Development Board.

After a preliminary meeting on 14 June 1999, the Dialogue resumed on 9 August 1999.

The following consolidated agenda was agreed_

Agenda Items for Discussion between
PPP/Civic and PNC
as at 16 August 1999

The need for international and regional organisation to collaborate on issues of common interest and also build viable networks was this week underscored by the Regional Representation of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Mr Oyebade Ajayi. His remarks came as he addressed judges who were in Jamaica this week assessing the work of journalists who sumbitted worked to be judged for the inaugural media awards competition for Caribbean journalists.

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat took a step towards forging new links with the wider Caribbean, with the hosting of a team of Baha'i Youth from across the Region, on Wednesday 10 August, 1999.

Mr. John Hamilton, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs; Other officials of the United States Government;
My colleague Ministers from the Caribbean, as well as the Ambassadors and other diplomats from the States of the Caribbean Region.
Ladies and Gentlemen.

In this era of increasing trade liberalisation the Caribbean is being increasingly regarded as an area of great significance . This point was underscored by the Region's Chief Negotiator, Sir Shridat Ramphal. His comments came as he opened the Second Special Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) on the Regional Negotiating Machinery (RNM) on 9 September 1999 at the Headquarters of the CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana.

Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Mr.Edwin Carrington has implored Member States to redouble efforts for the timely completion of the key elements of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSM&E).

It is a pleasure for the Assistant Administrator of AID, Mark Schneider, and me to welcome all of you to Washington to attend the third meeting of this Committee.

I am very pleased to participate in the third meeting of the US-Caribbean Joint Committee on Department, Finance, and the Environment. Since the signing of the Bridgetown Accord just over two years ago, USAID has played a key role in assisting both the USG and the Caribbean governments pursue our joint commitments under the Accord. The extra ordinarily high degree of cooperation between U.S.

A Task Force on Workers Health in the Caribbean Community has defined the framework of operation for workers' health in the region to include the drafting of a model policy on Workers Health to guide Member States of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) in developing their National Plans of Action.

The set of recommendations include a multipartite monitoring mechanism to guide the development process of the national programmes at both national and regional levels.