STATEMENT BY MR. EDWIN CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIFORUM, ON THE OCCASION OF THE SIGNING OF THE FINANCING AGREEMENTS WITH THE EUROPEAN UNION FOR THE RICE INDUSTRY AND RADAR WEATHER WARNING SYSTEM, 17 DECEMBER 2003, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA

Honourable Ministers Head of the EU Delegation to Guyana Members of the Diplomatic Corps Deputy Secretary General and members of staff of the CARICOM Secretariat Members of the media Ladies and Gentlemen When Caribbean Ministers participated in the negotiations for the Partnership Agreement b...
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CARIBBEAN DESIGNS ROAD MAP TO CANCUN

MONTEGO BAY, JAMAICA – A meeting to prepare CARIFORUM member states for the Fifth World Trade Organization (WTO) Ministerial Conference, September 10 to 14, in Cancun, Mexico, came to a close today. The meeting, entitled: Caribbean Region Pre- Cancun Meeting, was held June 16 to 19; organized ...
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RNM INTENSIFIES PREPARATIONS FOR EU NEGOTIATIONS

CHRIST CHURCH, BARBADOS – CARIFORUM Ministers, with responsibility for trade, met in Barbados on May 3. The Ministerial followed a Caribbean Trade Experts Meeting and Senior Officials Meeting held between April 28 to 30 and May 1, respectively. The results of these three meetings will refine a...
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‘Re-Organised’ RNM seen as Model for Developing Countries

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Prime Minister Patterson Lauds RNM Work

CHRIST CHURCH, BARBADOS – Hon. P.J. Patterson, Prime Minister of Jamaica, lauded the RNM for “the tremendous work being done” in relation to the Region’s participation in WTO, FTAA and ACP/EU negotiations. He was reporting to the Fourteenth Inter-Sessional Meeting of the Conf...
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CARIBBEAN PREPARES FOR NEXT ROUND OF TRADE NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE EU

Mr. Edwin Carrington, Secretary-General of both CARICOM and the Caribbean Forum (CARIFORUM) of African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) States, will chair the Opening Session of the Caribbean Regional Seminar in preparation for Negotiations of Economic Partnership Agreements (EPAs) with the European Uni...
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