Youth representatives of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will meet in Trinidad and Tobago next week to address a number of issues affecting their daily lives under the theme "Human Rights, Freedoms, and Responsibilities." Twenty-seven youths between ages 15 - 24, drawn from a cross-section of yout...

The Seventh Caribbean Community (CARICOM)-Japan Consultation was held in Georgetown, Guyana, on 8-9 November 1999. The Japanese Delegation was headed by Mr. Takahiko Horimura, Director-General of the Latin American and Caribbean Affairs Bureau, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Japan and the Delegation o...

Co-Chairs, His Excellency Director General Takahiko Horimura of Japan and Her Excellency Elisabeth Harper of Guyana Other Distinguished Members of the Japanese Delegation Other Distinguished Members of the Delegation of CARICOM Member States and Associate Institutions Members of the Media Ladies a...

The bonds of cooperation between the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and Japan will be further strengthened when their representatives meet in Georgetown, Guyana for their Seventh Consultation on 8-9 November 1999. During the first round of the two-day meeting, the deliberations will be directed at ...

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and Spain are poised to start an exciting new phase in their relationship. This is the result of a two-day seminar at the Association of Caribbean States (ACS) headquarters in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago which ended on Saturday October 30, 1999. The CARICOM S...

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat, the Latin American Economic System (SELA) and the Spanish Agency for International Co-operation (AECI) will meet at the Association of Caribbean States (ACS) Secretariat's offices in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, 29-30 October 1999. This meeting c...

Mr. President, Distinguished delegates, Mr President, we thank you for the opportunity to address this august chamber on a subject which spells life or death to the countries of our Region - the Caribbean. Held as it was in Barbados - a founding Member State of the Caribbean Community - the 1994 SID...

The good relations between Canada and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) were once again demonstrated when that country made a presentation of 100,000 Canadian Dollars to assist in the work of the constitutional reform process in CARICOM Member State, Guyana. At a simple ceremony on Thursday, 9 Septe...

I am very pleased to participate in the third meeting of the US-Caribbean Joint Committee on Department, Finance, and the Environment. Since the signing of the Bridgetown Accord just over two years ago, USAID has played a key role in assisting both the USG and the Caribbean governments pursue our jo...

Two CARICOM nationals, the first, graduated from Mexican Naval Academies this week , the result of the CARICOM/Mexican Cooperation Programme. In 1995, the Government of Mexico, under the aegis of the CARICOM/Mexico Technical Cooperation Programme, awarded full four-year scholarships to five CARICOM ...