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CARICOM/INDIA ICT PROJECT LAUNCHED

(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) A new line of Information and Communication Technolgy (ICT), including an infokiosk, will be installed at the CARICOM Secretariat's New Headquarters Building at Liliendaal, Greater Georgetown, Guyana, by July 30. The ICT installation project is being undertaken by a team of technical experts from TATA Infotech Limited of India, and is in keeping with an earlier commitment by the Government of India to computerise the New Headquarters Building which staff are set to occupy by July 2005.

CARICOM/INDIA ICT PROJECT LAUNCHED

(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) A new line of Information and Communication Technolgy (ICT), including an infokiosk, will be installed at the CARICOM Secretariat's New Headquarters Building at Liliendaal, Greater Georgetown, Guyana, by July 30. The ICT installation project is being undertaken by a team of technical experts from TATA Infotech Limited of India, and is in keeping with an earlier commitment by the Government of India to computerise the New Headquarters Building which staff are set to occupy by July 2005.

BRAZILIAN PRESIDENT PLEDGES SUPPORT FOR CARIBBEAN HIV/AIDS PROGRAMMES

(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) President of Brazil, His Excellency Lula Inacio Lula da Silva has guaranteed his country's support for Technical Cooperation Programmes and capacity building of HIV/AIDS experts through exchange programmes with Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries. President Lula gave this assurance during a meeting with Prime Minister of St Kitts and Nevis, Hon. Dr. Denzil Douglas, at the Presidential Palace in Brasillia on Tuesday 6 April.

WELCOME REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON,  SECRETARY GENERAL,  CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM),  TO THE JOINT MEETING OF THE CARICOM DIRECTORS OF FISHERIES/CHIEF FISHERIES OFFICERS AND JAPAN INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AGENCY (JICA) STUDY TEAM, 4 MARCH 2005, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA

Mr. Raymond Ryan, Chairman of the Caribbean Fisheries Forum
Mr. Juichiro Sasaki, Leader of the Government of Japan/ Japan International Cooperation Agency Study Team
Other members of the Japanese delegation
Mr. Hugh Saul, Executive Director, Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism
Directors of Fisheries and Chief Fisheries Officers of CARICOM
Other Members of the CARICOM team
Staff of the CARICOM Secretariat
Ladies and Gentlemen

CARICOM AND JAPAN HOLD TALKS ON MAJOR FISHERIES PROJECT

(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat through the Belize-based Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism (CRFM) is currently spearheading talks with the Government of Japan and the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) for the development of a master plan for fisheries and aquaculture development in the Caribbean. At a meeting of CARICOM Directors of Fisheries/Chief Fisheries Officers and members of a JICA study team on Friday 4 March, CARICOM Secretary-General Mr.

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ASSISTANCE FROM INDIA FOR CARICOM

(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana)   Officials of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat today began a week of discussions with representatives of TATA INFOTEC Limited on assistance being provided by the Government of India for the computerisation of the new CARICOM Secretariat Headquarters, which will be inaugurated on Saturday, 19 February 2005.

ICT, CULTURAL COOPERATION UNDERLINES CARICOM/INDIA RELATIONS

(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) The Sixteenth Inter-Sessional Meeting of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), which opens in Paramaribo, Suriname on Wednesday, 16 February 2005, is being used as the backdrop for the exploration of new areas of cooperation between CARICOM Member States and several countries outside the Region.

CARICOM HOLDS TALKS WITH UN HAITI ENVOY

(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ministers of Foreign Affairs now in Suriname for the 16th Inter-Sessional Meeting of Heads of Government of the Community will have an exchange with United Nations Secretary-General's Special Envoy to Haiti, Mr. Juan Gabriel Valdes, on the eve of the Inter-sessional meeting to discuss the situation in Haiti.

JOINT COMMISSION TO ADVANCE CARICOM/INDIA COOPERATION

(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana)    Relations between Caribbean Community (CARICOM) countries and India are poised to deepen with new projects planned in the areas of health, disaster management, Information and Communications Technology (ICT) among other technical and economic spheres of cooperation.

STATEMENT BY HON. DAME BILLIE MILLER, SENIOR MINISTER AND MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND FOREIGN TRADE, BARBADOS, AND CHAIRMAN OF THE COUNCIL FOR FOREIGN AND COMMUNITY AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS (COFCOR) ON BEHALF OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY AT THE OPEN DEBATE AT THE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL ON THE SITUATION IN HAITI, 12 JANUARY 2005, NEW YORK

Mr. President,

The Caribbean Community deeply appreciates this opportunity to address the Security Council on the situation in Haiti.

One year ago, we were all gravely concerned about deteriorating political and security conditions in Haiti. With Haitian agreement and international support, the Caribbean Community launched a diplomatic initiative. Underpinned by the principles of democracy and good governance enshrined in the CARICOM Charter of Civil Society and the Inter-American Democratic Charter, the CARICOM initiative sought the following:

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