The Eleventh Inter-Sessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community, was held in Basseterre, St. Kitts and Nevis on 13-14 March, 2000.
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Dr. the Hon. Keith Mitchell, Prime Minister of Grenada, representing the Prime Ministerial Sub-Committee received the Position Paper on 14 March 2000 from a three-member delegation representing the Concerned Citizens for Justice of Antigua and Barbuda. Attorney-at-Law, Mr. Harold Lovell led the delegation. Accompanying him were Attorney-at-Law, Mr. Terrence Small, and Ms. Mikel Bramm, who is the group's Press Officer.
The Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community learnt with great dismay that Guatemala has reactivated its claim to more than 12,000 square kilometres of Belize's territory, which is more than half of the country.
The Eleventh Inter-Sessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community, was held in Basseterre, St. Kitts and Nevis on 13-14 March, 2000
Your Excellency Sir Cuthbert Sebastian, Governor-General of St. Kitts and Nevis; Honourable Heads of State and Government of the Caribbean Community; Members of the Federal Government of St. Kitts and Nevis and the Nevis Island Assembly; Hon. Justice Satrohan Singh of the Eastern Caribbean Appeal Court, Resident Judge, His Lordship Justice Neville Smith, Dr. Edwin Carrington, Secretary-General of CARICOM, Mr. Swinbourne Lestrade, Director General of the OECS, Mr.
Your Excellency, Sir Cuthbert Sebastian, Governor General of St. Kitts and Nevis
Dr. The Hon. Denzil Douglas, Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis, and Chairman of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community
Colleague Heads of Government;
Other Heads of Delegations;
Hon. Ministers of Government;
Members of the Diplomatic Corps;
Reverend Clergy;
Other Distinguished Guests;
Members of the Media;
Ladies and Gentlemen;
His Excellency the Governor-General and Mrs. Sebastian;
Their Excellencies the Presidents of Guyana and Suriname;
Dr. the Hon. Denzil Douglas, Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis and Chairman of the Conference of Heads of Government;
Other Distinguished Prime Ministers and Heads of Government ;
Honourable Ministers;
Members of the Diplomatic Corps;
Vice-Chancellor of the University of the West Indies;
Chief Negotiator of the Regional Negotiating Machinery;
Governor of the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank;
France has agreed to play a key role in lobbying World Trade Organisation member countries to support the waiver application now before that body with respect to the WTO compatibility of the recently concluded successor agreement to the Lome IV Convention between the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) group and the European Union (EU). France takes over the chairmanship of the EU as of July 1 this year.
The First Meeting between the President of France, Jacques Chirac and Heads of State and Government of the Caribbean Forum of the African, Caribbean and Pacific (CARIFORUM/ ACP) States took place in Pointe--Pitre, Guadeloupe on Friday, 10 March 2000 at the request of the French President.
Your Excellency Sir Cuthbert Sebastian, Governor-General of St. Kitts and Nevis
Dr. Denzil Douglas, Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis
Honourable Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community
Members of the Federal Government of St. Kitts and Nevis
Mmembers of the Nevis Island Assembly
Dr. Edwin Carrington, Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM)
Mr. Dwight Venner, Governor of the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank
Members of the Diplomatic Corps
Hon. Justice Satrohan Singh
Your Lordship Justice Neville Smith