Last week Nutritionists and dieticians agreed that they need to change the way in which they operate, given the focussing of the Caribbean Health Sector on the need to ensure " Value for Money" and the adoption of the generic standards (ISO 9000), established by the International Standards Organisation (ISO).
 This took place at the Twenty-fifth Meeting of the Caribbean Association of Nutritionists and Dieticians (CANDI), held in Trinidad and Tobago from June 22-26, 1997.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) Â The Eighteenth Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community, was held in Montego Bay, Jamaica, on 30 June-4 July 1997.
The Eighteenth Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community, was held in Montego Bay, Jamaica, on 30 June-4 July 1997.
Positioning the Caribbean for the Twenty-First Century
We, the Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community, assembled for the Eighteenth Meeting of our Conference, in Montego Bay, Jamaica, on 4 July 1997;
Recalling the historic gathering of fifty years ago in this city, when an earlier generation of West Indian leaders sought to prepare their countries for the new world, then emerging after the Second World War, with its prospect of decolonization and freedom for all peoples;
INTRODUCTION
EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL ENVIRONMENT AND IMPLICATIONS FOR THE COUNTRY
BRIDGETOWN DECLARATION OF PRINCIPLES AND PLAN OF ACTION
The Eighth Inter-Sessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community, was held in St. John=s, Antigua and Barbuda, on 20-21 February 1997 with an Opening Ceremony on the evening of 19 February 1997.
Heads of Government, at their Fifth Special Meeting held in Barbados on 16 December 1996 reviewed the issues of co-operation between the United States and Governments of the Caribbean Community in the fight against the illicit drug trade within the broad context of U.S./CARICOM relations.
The Seventeenth Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) was held in Bridgetown, Barbados, from 3 to 6 July 1996.
The Seventh Inter-Sessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government Of the Caribbean Community was held in Georgetown, Guyana on 29th February – 1 March, 1996.