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COMMUNIQUE ISSUED AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE REGIONAL SUMMIT OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) ON CHRONIC NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASES (NCDs), 15 SEPTEMBER 2007, PORT-OF-SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) convened in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago on Saturday, 15 September 2007 for a Regional Summit on Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) under the theme, Stemming the Tide of Non-Communicable Diseases in the Caribbean. The Right Honourable Owen Arthur, Prime Minister of Barbados and Chairman of the Conference of Heads of Government was Chairman.

COMMUNIQUE ISSUED AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE REGIONAL SUMMIT OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) ON CHRONIC NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASES (NCDs), 15 SEPTEMBER 2007, PORT-OF-SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) convened in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago on Saturday, 15 September 2007 for a Regional Summit on Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) under the theme, Stemming the Tide of Non-Communicable Diseases in the Caribbean. The Right Honourable Owen Arthur, Prime Minister of Barbados and Chairman of the Conference of Heads of Government was Chairman.

MAKE THE HEALTHY CHOICE THE EASY CHOICE – PM DOUGLAS

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The groundbreaking CARICOM Heads of Government Summit on NCDs opened in Port-of-Spain, with a strong call from the Keynote Speaker the Hon. Dr Denzil Douglas, Prime Minister of St Kitts and Nevis and the Lead Head of Government with responsibility for Health, in the Quasi Cabinet of CARICOM, to implement appropriate legislation, fiscal and regulatory measures and promote public/private sector partnerships to stem the tide of the NCDs.

CARICOM HEADS ADOPT DECLARATION ON NCDs

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The curtain came down on the landmark Summit on Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases (CNCDs) on Saturday, 15 September 2007, with the adoption of a fourteen-point declaration committing Heads of Government to collective action to stop the epidemic of Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases.

JOINT COMMUNIQUE OF THE TWELFTH CARICOM-JAPAN CONSULTATION, 9 AUGUST 2007, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Twelfth Caribbean Community-Japan Consultation was held at the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat on 9 August 2007. The CARICOM delegation was led by Ambassador Elisabeth Harper, Director General, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Guyana and Ambassador to the Caribbean Community and Japan by His Excellency Ambassador Koichiro Seki, Representative of the Government of Japan to the Caribbean Community.

COMMUNIQUE ISSUED ON THE LAUNCH OF NEGOTIATIONS FOR A FREE TRADE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) AND CENTRAL AMERICAN COUNTRIES AND PANAMA, 8 AUGUST 2007, PORT-OF-SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)   Ministers of Trade of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and of the Republics of El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua and Panama today launched free trade negotiations in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. The negotiations which will build on the existing free trade agreement between CARICOM and Costa Rica are intended to result in an agreement that would deepen and strengthen trade and economic relations between the two sub-regions.

COMMUNIQUÉ ISSUED AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE SECOND MEETING OF MINISTERS OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF CARICOM-CUBA, 29 MAY 2007, KINGSTOWN, ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES

The Second CARICOM-Cuba Ministerial Meeting took place on 29 May 2007 in Kingstown, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, under the joint Chairmanship of the Honourable Elvin Nimrod, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Grenada and outgoing Chairman of the Council for Foreign and Community Relations, and His Excellency Mr. Felipe Perez Roque, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba.

CARICOM was represented by:

BUREAU ENDORSES ACTIVITIES FOR CONFERENCE ON THE CARIBBEAN

(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana)  The Bureau of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has endorsed the programme of activities for the Conference on the Caribbean to be held in Washington DC, USA from 19-21 June 2007.

COMMUNIQUÉ ISSUED AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE SECOND MEETING OF MINISTERS OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF CARICOM-CUBA, 29 MAY 2007, KINGSTOWN, ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES

The Second CARICOM-Cuba Ministerial Meeting took place on 29 May 2007 in Kingstown, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, under the joint Chairmanship of the Honourable Elvin Nimrod, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Grenada and outgoing Chairman of the Council for Foreign and Community Relations, and His Excellency Mr. Felipe Perez Roque, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba.

CARICOM was represented by: