Communiques

By mahtabala, 22 March, 1999
  1. The Fourth CARICOM-Central America Ministerial Meeting was held in Georgetown, Guyana, 22 March 1999. Ministers welcomed the Dominican Republic and expressed their satisfaction at that country's participation in the Meeting.

  2. Ministers met to analyse the development of relations between both sub-regions with the objective of continuing to advance issues of mutual interest, in an open spirit of cooperation among all the States taking part in this dialogue.

By mahtabala, 9 September, 1998

The Second Meeting of the Legal Affairs Committee comprising Hon. Ministers responsible for Legal Affairs and Attorneys-General of the Caribbean Community was convened in Nassau, The Bahamas from 7-10 September 1998. The Welcome Address was delivered by the Honourable Tennyson Wells, Attorney-General of The Bahamas and incoming Chairman of the Committee. The Hon. David Simmons, Q.C., M.P., Attorney-General and Minister of Home Affairs of Barbados replied on behalf of the Regional Attorneys-General and Ministers of Legal Affairs.

By mahtabala, 21 May, 1998

The Inaugural Meeting of the Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR) was held in Paramaribo, Suriname on 12-13 May, 1998. The Council was established by Article 8 (b) of Protocol I amending the Treaty of Chaguaramas. The Ministers of Foreign Affairs attending were_ the Hon. Janet Bostwick, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister with responsibility for CARICOM Affairs, The Bahamas; the Hon. Billie A. Miller, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tourism and International Transport, Barbados; the Hon. Dean O.

By mahtabala, 14 May, 1998

Ministers of the Caribbean Community's second highest organ - The Community Council, will tomorrow begin a two-day meeting at the CARICOM Secretariat in Georgetown, Guyana.

Ministers will consider the draft Rules of Procedure for the Community Council, and are expected to adopt the final rules which will guide the Council in its future deliberations.

By mahtabala, 30 April, 1998

In the edition of the Chronicle dated April 30, 1998, there is a report on the Front Page with the headline "CARICOM clerk held with cocaine".

The CARICOM Secretariat wishes to state that the accused referred to in the report ceased being an employee of the CARICOM Secretariat since March 31, 1998.