CSME, AGRICULTURE IN FOCUS AT CARICOM MEETING

(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ministers with responsibility for economic development issues will meet under the umbrella of CARICOM’s Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) in Guyana, 11-12 May 2005. The Ministers will be guided in their de...
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REMARKS BY HON. MICHAEL P. JONG TJIEN FA, MINISTER OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY OF THE REPUBLIC OF SURINAME, AT THE OPENING OF THE EIGHTEENTH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (COTED),  7 JANUARY 2005, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA

Honorable Ministers, Distinguished Deputy Secretary-General, Director General of the CRNM, Delegates, Staff of the CARICOM Secretariat, Representatives of regional bodies and private sector organizations, Friends of the media, Ladies and Gentlemen At the beginning of this New Year I like to wish y...
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STATEMENT DELIVERED BY AMBASSADOR LOLITA APPLEWHAITE, DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE EIGHTEENTH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (COTED),  7 JANUARY 2005, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA

Outgoing Chairman of COTED, Hon. Montgomery Daniel, Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture St Vincent and the Grenadines Incoming Chairman of COTED, Hon Michael Jong Tjien Fa, Minister of Trade and Industry of Suriname Hon. Clement Rohee, Minister of Foreign Trade and International Coo...
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CARICOM TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MINISTERS ADVANCE WORK ON CARICOM SINGLE MARKET IMPLEMENTATION : PRESS STATEMENT ISSUED AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE EIGHTEENTH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (COTED), 7 JANUARY 2005, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA

Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ministers of Trade participated in the Eighteenth Meeting of the Council For Trade and Economic Development (COTED), at the Le Meridian Pegasus hotel, Georgetown, Guyana 4-7 January 2005, under the chairmanship of Hon. Michael Jong Tjein Fa, Minister of Trade and Indust...
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REMARKS BY H.E. MR. EDWIN W. CARRINGTON SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARICOM, AT THE OPENING OF THE SEVENTEENTH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (COTED), 16 JUNE 2004, PORT-OF-SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

Honourable Ministers Other Distinguished Delegates Staff of the CARICOM Secretariat Members of the Media Ladies and Gentlemen It is with special pleasure that I welcome you to this Seventeenth Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED). The welcome is particularly warm for t...
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REMARKS BY HON. SAID MUSA, PRIME MINISTER, MINISTER OF NATIONAL DEVELOPMENT AND THE PUBLIC SERVICE, BELIZE, AT THE OPENING OF THE SIXTEENTH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, 4 MARCH 2004, BELIZE CITY, BELIZE

Hon. Julian Hunte, President of the United Nations General Assembly, and Chair of COTED; Ministers of Foreign Trade and other Heads of Delegations; Dr. Edwin Carrington, Secretary General of the Caribbean Community; Amb. Richard Bernal, Director General, Regional Negotiating Machinery; Members o...
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REMARKS BY SEN. THE HON. JULIAN R. HUNTE, MINISTER OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND CIVIL AVIATION, SAINT LUCIA, AT THE OPENING OF THE SIXTEENTH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (COTED), 4 MARCH 2004, BELIZE CITY, BELIZE

Rt. Hon. Said Musa, Prime Minister of Belize Honourable Ministers Distinguished Secretary General, Dr. Edwin Carrington Director General of the CRNM Assistant Secretary-General Members of the Public and Private Sectors Distinguished Delegates Members of the Media Ladies and Gentlemen The G...
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RNM DG: ‘COTED Strategy Session Timely’

CHRIST CHURCH, BARBADOS – Hon. Said Musa, Prime Minister of Belize, opened the Sixteenth Meeting of COTED in Belize City, Belize, today. Officials met from March 1 to 2, prior to the Ministerial level meeting of COTED which is scheduled to come to a close March 5. A special COTED Strategy Sessio...
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Caribbean Well Prepared for Cancún

CHRIST CHURCH, BARBADOS – “The Caribbean is well prepared heading into Cancún”. The Director-General of the Caribbean Regional Negotiating Machinery (RNM), Ambassador Dr. Richard Bernal, made these remarks at the close of the Second Special Meeting of the CARICOM Council for...
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