FTAA CO-CHAIRS CANCEL MEETING, AGAIN CHRIST CHURCH, BARBADOS – A meeting of Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) Trade Negotiations Committee (TNC) Co-Chairs that was to have been convened yesterday (May 19) has been cancelled. Having been notified of this latest cancellation, Heads of Delegations were informed that a date had not been identified for a future meeting of Co-Chairs.
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(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) The birth of a child often evokes a wellspring of hope and joy, as well as a sense of pride. For the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) family, the inauguration of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) on Saturday 16 April 2005 in Trinidad and Tobago was truly a time of celebration and a moment of Caribbean euphoria for it marked the culmination of a century old period of gestation, and the birth of the Region's final Court of Appeal.
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(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) Noted Caribbean Economist Dr. Clive Thomas has cautioned Caribbean leaders that they must " move aggressively to ensure high consideration for the Region's people, or run the risk of "cultural extinction." Dr. Thomas made his comments as he delivered the Sixth Memorial Lecture on Tuesday 17 May in Georgetown, in honour of late Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary General, Mr. William Demas.
.(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community reiterates its support for the candidature of Ambassador Albert R. Ramdin of Suriname for the position of Assistant Secretary General of the Organisation of American States at elections to be held during the XXXV Meeting of the General Assembly of the Organisation of American States in June 2005 His candidature was endorsed by the CARICOM Heads of Government at their Twenty Fourth Conference held in July 2004.
(Caribbean Community Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) Deputy Secretary General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Ambassador Lolita Applewhaite has charged CARICOM Directors of Culture to maintain their role as champions and advocates for the vision of culture in the Region.
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(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community is expected to join with the rest of the world in re-thinking the role of culture in the development prospects for its peoples. This subject will come into sharp focus next week, when the Regional Cultural Committee (RCC) meets at their sixteenth session in Georgetown, Guyana.
LAMY AND CARICOM TRADE MINISTERS DISCUSS GLOBAL TRADE ROUND
CHRIST CHURCH, BARBADOS – In remarks before a gathering of CARICOM Trade Ministers in Georgetown, Guyana today (May 13), former European Union Trade Commissioner Pascal Lamy took stock of priorities for the World Trade Organization (WTO) Doha Round. In an exchange of views, it was underscored that it is important the Round focus in a meaningful way on development. In ensuring that development assumes a central place in global trade talks, Mr. Lamy called for the WTO to be more responsive to developing countries.