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STATEMENT BY THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) TO THE WORLD TRADE ORGANISATION (WTO) MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE, 30 NOVEMBER - 2 DECEMBER 2009, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND

This 7th WTO Ministerial Conference offers an opportunity to reaffirm our collective commitment to a trading system that brings real benefits to all WTO Members through a genuinely inclusive, transparent and multilateral process. In this context, there are a number of issues that the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) would wish to highlight.

CARICOM TAX EXPERTS LOOK AT REGIONAL DOUBLE TAXATION AGREEMENT

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) A two-day seminar aimed at reviewing how the ten-year old Intra-CARICOM Double Taxation Agreement (ICDTA) was functioning got underway Monday morning at the Grand Coastal Inn in Guyana.

Dr. Maurice Odle, Economic Adviser to the Secretary-General of CARICOM welcomed the Heads of Tax Administrations and other representatives to the seminar and urged that the interactive and issues-oriented sessions be used to review the Agreement to ensure that it was working as intended and was benefitting all signatory Member States.

CARICOM YOUTH AMBASSADORS COMMIT TO STRENGTHENING PROGRAMME

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) CARICOM Youth Ambassadors on Monday, with the strong support from directors of youth affairs resolved to approach their mandate more seriously, and work assiduously to implement strategies to strengthen and sustain the CARICOM Youth Ambassador Programme (CYAP).

Twenty-seven youth ambassadors met jointly with their directors of youth affairs at the Courtyard Marriott in Paramaribo, Suriname to evaluate their programme, develop strategies for its sustainability and orient 17 newly appointed ambassadors.