The CARICOM Mission to India, led by the Chairman of the Community Council of Ministers Hon. K.D. Knight, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Jamaica and including the CARICOM Secretary General His Excellency Edwin Carrington and his Special Assistant, Ms. Glenda Itiaba, got underway on Tuesday, 25 November with discussions in Delhi, with the Hon. Yashwant Sinha, Minister of External Affairs of India and other representatives of the Indian Government.
Press Releases
CARICOM Secretary-General Mr. Edwin Carrington is closing off a busy year with a heavy schedule of engagements, which began last weekend.
MIAMI, UNITED STATES – Trade Ministers, from thirty-four countries, gathered at the Eighth Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) Ministerial Meeting, in Miami, endorsed a key Ministerial Declaration, November 20. The Ministerial, set to last two days, concluded a day early. The summit followed a meeting of Vice-Ministers, November 15 to 18. The Ministerial Meeting produced a ‘compromise’ Ministerial Declaration for the Americas-wide trade pact. It will serve as a pragmatic framework for the process to move forward.
“Robin Hood used to rob from the rich to give to the poor.
The global market economy is causing the exact reverse”
[Address by The Most Hon. P.J. Patterson, Prime Minister of Jamaica
“CARICOM Beyond Thirty_ Connecting with the Diaspora”.
at CARICOM 30th Anniversary Lecture, New York, 2 October 2003]
MIAMI, UNITED STATES – “Deliberations, thus far, have been amicable and
constructive”. Caribbean Regional Negotiating Machinery (RNM) Director-General,
Ambassador Richard Bernal, made these remarks, November 17, two days into the
Sixteenth meeting of the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) Trade Negotiations
Committee (TNC), convened in Miami, United States.
The four-day TNC, that got underway November 15, is striving to broker ‘balance’ to
respond to the sensitivities of the negotiating countries concerned.
MIAMI, UNITED STATES – “Deliberations, thus far, have been amicable and constructive”. Caribbean Regional Negotiating Machinery (RNM) Director-General, Ambassador Richard Bernal, made these remarks, November 17, two days into the Sixteenth meeting of the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) Trade Negotiations Committee (TNC), convened in Miami, United States. The four-day TNC, that got underway November 15, is striving to broker ‘balance’ to respond to the sensitivities of the negotiating countries concerned.
The Ninth Special Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community was held in Castries, Saint Lucia, on 13-14 November 2003. The Most Hon P.J. Patterson, ON, Prime Minister of Jamaica and current Chairman of the Conference presided over the Meeting.
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It is Guyana’s honor and very great pleasure to host the 3rd PANCAP Meeting. I am delighted as host Minister to welcome you to Guyana and I hope that all of you will have a good time in Guyana. I certainly hope that in addition to having a good time, we will also have a very successful meeting. |
The Ninth Special Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community was held in Castries, Saint Lucia, on 13-14 November 2003. The Most Hon P.J. Patterson, ON, Prime Minister of Jamaica and current Chairman of the Conference presided over the Meeting.
SALUTATIONS
I bring you greetings on behalf of my Chairman, Dr Yitades Gebre who could not be here today at this important meeting and sends his regrets.