Members of the CARICOM Ministerial Sub-Committee for Resource Mobilisation for Crime and Security met with a UK Senior Level Team on Security Cooperation at the Hilton Hotel, Kingston Jamaica on 3 March 2004. The aim of the meeting was to follow up the discussions at the Breakfast meeting between UK Prime Minister Tony Blair and Prime Minister PJ Patterson, Chair of CARICOM and other CARICOM Heads of Government in London, December 2003.
Jamaica
Export of sugar to Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago was the subject of separate and successful bilateral discussions between Minister of Foreign Trade and International Cooperation of Guyana Clement Rohee and his counterparts from the two sister CARICOM countries, K.D Knight of Jamaica and Kenneth Valley of Trinidad and Tobago. These discussions took place during the just concluded Special meeting of the CARICOM Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED), which took place in Georgetown, Guyana, 1-4 September 2003.
Most Honourable P.J. Patterson, Prime Minister of Jamaica and Chairperson of CARICOM,
Distinguished Heads of State and Government of CARICOM
Your Excellencies_ Ministers, Ambassadors and High Commissioners,
Delegates and friends
On behalf of the African Union and your brothers and sisters in Africa, I would like to thank you most sincerely for the privilege and opportunity you have given us to attend this 24th Regular Meeting of CARICOM, as well as join you as you celebrate the 30th Anniversary of CARICOM.
Governor General of Jamaica
Colleague Heads of Government
Your Excellency President of South Africa
Ministers of Government
Members of the Diplomatic Corp
Secretary General of the Caribbean Community
Excellences
Ladies and Gentlemen_
I am happy to be part of the formal opening today, of this 24th Meeting of the Conference of Heads in which we will celebrate one of the great moments for Caribbean Integration; our 30th anniversary of CARICOM.
MONTEGO BAY, JAMAICA – Caribbean Ministers with responsibility for trade met with United States Trade Representative (USTR) Robert Zoellick and World Trade Organization (WTO) Director-General Supachai Panitchapdi in Montego Bay, Jamaica on June 2 and 3, respectively, during the Twenty-Fourth Meeting of CARICOM Heads of Government, convened July 2 to 5. Both sessions were chaired by Chairman of COTED and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Trade of St. Kitts & Nevis, Hon. Sam Condor. Hon. K.D.
Your Excellencies the Governor General of Jamaica and the Most Hon. Lady Cooke
Our Host, the Prime Minister of Jamaica, and our current CARICOM Chairman, the Most Hon. P. J. Patterson
Your Excellencies, the Presidents of the Republic of South Africa and of the Republic of Chile
Distinguished Heads of State and Government of Member States and Associate Member States of the Caribbean Community
Heads of International Organisations
Hon. Ministers
Your Excellencies and other Members of the Diplomatic Corps
Most Honourable Percival J. Patterson, Prime Minister of Jamaica and Chairman of the Caribbean Community,
Your Excellency Thabo Mbeki, President of South Africa and Chairman of the African Union,
Colleague Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community,
Honourable Ministers of Governments, Members of Parliaments and other elected officials,
Secretaries-General Carrington, Gaviria, Girvan and McKinnon
Distinguished delegates,
Ladies and Gentlemen_
Your Excellencies the Most Honourable Sir Howard Cooke and Lady Cooke
President Thabo Mbeki
President Ricardo Lagos
Colleague Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community
Specially Invited Dignitaries
Heads of International and Regional Organisations
Honourable Ministers and Members of Parliament
Secretary General of the Caribbean Community
Special Emissaries and Members of the Diplomatic Corps
Distinguished Delegates
Esteemed Guests_
INTRODUCTION AND WELCOME
MONTEGO BAY, JAMAICA – A workshop that brought together a select group of Caribbean journalists and media practitioners, representing broadcast and print media, came to a close today. The two-day meeting entitled_ Regional Workshop on Trade for Journalists/Media Practitioners was convened in Montego Bay, Jamaica, June 30 to July 1, 2003.
Mr. Secretary-General; Hon. Omar Davies, Minister of Finance and Planning of Jamaica; Assistant Secretary-General, CARICOM; Hon. Prime Ministers; Colleague Ministers of Finance; Central Bank Governors; Representatives of the Donor Community; Delegates and Officials.