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(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Regional Coordinating Mechanism (RCM) of the Pan Caribbean Partnership Against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP) will convene its twelfth ordinary meeting on 27 to 28 April 2009, in Saint Lucia.

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) held a series of side meetings in the margins of the recently concluded Fifth Summit of the Americas held in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.

(CARICOM Secretariat Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat has moved to ensure urgent implementation of the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) signed with the European Community (EC).

Ms. Grace Talma, Chairperson;
Hon. Hazel Manning, Minister of Local Government of Trinidad and Tobago;
Members of the Media
Distinguished Members of Civil Society
Ladies and Gentlemen

Your Excellency Dr. George Maxwell Richards, President of Trinidad and Tobago
Honourable Patrick Manning, Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago
Heads of State and Heads of Government
Your Excellency Jose Miguel Insulza, Secretary General of the Organization of American States
Heads of International and Regional Organizations
Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen

  CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Participants at the Fifth Summit of the America now underway in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago should use the opportunity to promote partnerships and dialogue to find solutions to the problems that confronted them, Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) advised Friday.

CARICOM Heads of Government met in Caucus Friday morning ahead of the ceremonial opening of the Summit and in a Statement called for the forging of a new spirit of cooperation, and a fresh approach to Cuba.

We, the Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community, have met in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago on April 17th, 2009, in advance of the inauguration of the Fifth Summit of the Americas.

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)  Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will meet with a number of other Heads of State and Government on the margins of the Fifth Summit of the Americas which opens in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago on Friday 17 April 2009.

The three-day Summit is being held under the theme `Securing Our Citizens’ Future by Promoting Human Prosperity, Energy Security and Environmental Sustainability’.