Colleague Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community
Ministers of Government
Secretary General of the Caribbean Community
Excellencies
Ladies and Gentlemen_
We are meeting in Trinidad and Tobago where thirty years ago, at Chaguaramas, the Treaty which gave life to our family of nations was signed.
The Ninth Caribbean Community (CARICOM)–Japan Consultation was held at MITA KAIGISHO Conference Hall in Tokyo on 5-6 November 2002. The delegation of CARICOM was headed by Ms. Fay Housty, Director of Foreign Policy and External Economic Relations of the CARICOM Secretariat and that of Japan by Ken Shimanouchi, Director-General of the Latin American and Caribbean Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The Sixth Meeting of the Regional Task Force on Crime and Security of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) was held in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago from October 30 to November 01, 2002.
It was presided over by Mr. Lancelot Selman, Chairman of the Regional Task Force on Crime and Security for the Caribbean Community.
The Seventh Meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD) was held at Le Meridien Pegasus, Georgetown, Guyana on 23- 25 October 2002.
The Hon. Walter Sandriman, Minister of Education and Community Development, of the Republic of Suriname and Chairman of the COHSOD, presided over the proceedings.
The Twenty-Third Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) was held in Georgetown, Guyana, on 3-5 July 2002.
It was presided over by H.E. Bharrat Jagdeo, President of the Republic of Guyana and Chairman of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community.
The Twenty-Third Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) was held in Georgetown, Guyana, on 3-5 July 2002.
It was presided over by H.E. Bharrat Jagdeo, President of the Republic of Guyana and Chairman of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community.
The Fifth Meeting of the Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR) was held in Castries, Saint Lucia on 6-7 May, 2001. The Ministers attending were_ the Hon. Sir Ronald Sanders, Chief Foreign Affairs Representative with Ministerial Rank, Antigua and Barbuda; the Hon. Billie Miller, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Barbados; the Hon. Elvin Nimrod, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Affairs, Grenada; Hon. S. R. Insanally, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Guyana; the Hon.
The Sixth Meeting of the Council for Social and Human Development (COHSOD) was held on 17-19 April 2002 in Georgetown, Guyana under the Chairmanship of the Hon. Dr. Douglas Slater, Minister of Health and the Environment, St Vincent and the Grenadines. The Meeting was attended by Dr the Hon. Jerome Walcott, Minister of Health, Barbados; Dr the Hon. Leslie Ramsammy, Minister of Health, Guyana; the Hon. John Junor, Minister of Health, Jamaica; the Hon. Earl Martin, Minister of Health and the Environment, St Kitts and Nevis; the Hon.
1. The Third UK-Caribbean Forum, hosted by the Government of Guyana, took place in Georgetown, Guyana from 3 to 5 April, 2002. The Forum was co-chaired by the Hon. S.R. Insanally, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Guyana, and current Chairman of the CARICOM Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR) and from the UK side, the Rt. Hon. Jack Straw, the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs and Baroness Amos, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Minister responsible for UK-Caribbean Relations.