(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Jamaican Prime Minister, the Honourable Bruce Golding, advised his Caribbean colleagues that they had to address real problems which would directly impact the lives of every man, woman and child as they considered the issues related to the negotiation of an Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the European Union.
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It gives me great pleasure to address this Second Special Meeting of the Caribbean Fisheries Forum on the Common Fisheries Policy and Regime for the Caribbean Community.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The importance of the regional fisheries resources to the people of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) demands that steps be taken towards establishing a common fisheries regime to ensure the sustainable use of the available resources. This was underscored by Ambassador Lolita Applewhaite, CARICOM Deputy Secretary-General today.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) A Special Meeting of Heads of State and Government of Caribbean countries that are signatories to the ACP-EU Cotonou Partnership Agreement will take place in Montego Bay, Jamaica on 4-5 October 2007.
The meeting will be taking place at a critical juncture of the negotiations between CARIFORUM and the European Union for an Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) that will result in liberalized access for goods and services from the EU into the markets of CARIFORUM countries.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) When the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Caucus of Health Ministers convene in Washington this week-end (29-30 September 2007), they are expected to receive and review among other things, the recommendations and follow-up actions emanating from the landmark CARICOM Summit on Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs), held in Trinidad and Tobago on 15 September 2007, and advise on how to proceed on the actions to be implemented.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) , His Excellency Edwin Carrington , assured the Prime Minister of the Netherlands Antilles and her Council of Ministers that the Caribbean is one family.
Dr. the Hon. Jerome Walcott, Minister of Health, Barbados and Chair of the Regional Coordinating Mechanism of PANCAP
Dr. Edward Greene, Assistant Secretary-General, Directorate of Human and Social Development, CARICOM Secretariat
Mr. Carl Browne, Director, PANCAP
Ms. Altoscha Anderson, CARICOM Youth Ambassador
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Officials of the Ministry of Health and National AIDS Programme of St. Vincent and The Grenadines
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Pan Caribbean Partnership against HIV/AIDS (PANCAP) was today reminded that it must assist its member countries to find solutions to meet the demand for technical assistance in the fight against HIV/AIDS. This was the charge from the Hon. Dr. Douglas Slater, Minister of Health St. Vincent and The Grenadines to the Ninth Meeting of the CARICOM-PANCAP Regional Coordinating Mechanism (RCM) which opened today in the St. Vincent and The Grenadines.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Government of the Netherlands Antilles has expressed an interest in closer co-operation with the Caribbean Community through observer status in two of the ministerial councils of the Community.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community His Excellency Edwin Carrington will pay a two-day official visit to the Netherlands Antilles on 20-21 September. The visit is at the invitation of the Government of the Netherlands Antilles.