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STATEMENT BY THE HONOURABLE BALDWIN SPENCER, PRIME MINISTER AND MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA AND OUTGOING CHAIR OF THE COUNCIL FOR FOREIGN AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS (COFCOR), AT THE TWELFTH MEETING OF THE COFCOR, 8-9 MAY 2009, KINGSTON, JAMAICA

 
As the outgoing Chair of this most important and necessary organ of the CARICOM, I am indeed pleased to have served the Region in this capacity. Moreover, I am very proud of the progress the Council has made in strengthening its foundation and ensuring the efficient coordination of the foreign policy of Members States.

COMMUNIQUE ISSUED AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE TWELFTH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR FOREIGN AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS

The Twelfth Meeting of the Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR) of the Caribbean Community was held in Kingston, Jamaica 8-9 May 2009, under the Chairmanship of the Hon. Dr. Kenneth Baugh, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Jamaica. The Ministers attending were, the Hon. Winston Baldwin Spencer, Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Antigua and Barbuda, the Hon. T. Brent Symonette, M.P., Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of The Bahamas; Senator, the Hon.

REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, ON THE OCCASION OF THE TWELFTH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR FOREIGN AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS (COFCOR), 8 MAY 2009, KINGSTON, JAMAICA

 
The Honourable Dr. Kenneth Baugh, Chairman of the Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR);
The Honourable Bruce Golding, Prime Minister of Jamaica;
The Honourable Baldwin Spencer, Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda and Outgoing Chairman of COFCOR;
Honourable Foreign Ministers;
Members of Parliament;
US Assistant Secretary of State, Mr. Tom Shannon;

STATEMENT DELIVERED BY THE HONOURABLE DR. KENNETH BAUGH, MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND FOREIGN TRADE, AND CHAIRMAN OF THE COUNCIL FOR FOREIGN AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS (COFCOR), AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE TWELFTH MEETING OF THE COFCOR, 8-9 MAY 2009, KINGSTON, JAMAICA

Hon. Bruce Golding, Prime Minister of Jamaica
Hon. Portia Simpson Miller, Leader of the Opposition
Hon. Baldwin Spencer, Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Antigua and Barbuda, and Outgoing Chair of the Council for Foreign and Community Relations
Fellow Members of the Cabinet
Honourable President and Members of the Senate Colleague
Ministers of Foreign Affairs of CARICOM Member States
His Excellency Edwin Carrington, Secretary-General of CARICOM

COMMUNIQUE ISSUED AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE TWELFTH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR FOREIGN AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS (COFCOR) 8-9 MAY 2009, KINGSTON, JAMAICA

The Twelfth Meeting of the Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR) of the Caribbean Community was held in Kingston, Jamaica 8-9 May 2009, under the Chairmanship of the Hon. Dr. Kenneth Baugh, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Jamaica. The Ministers attending were, the Hon. Winston Baldwin Spencer, Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Antigua and Barbuda, the Hon. T. Brent Symonette, M.P., Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of The Bahamas; Senator, the Hon.

CARICOM LEADERS TO MEET IN SPECIAL SESSION

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community will meet in Special Session in Port of Spain on May 24th to discuss the evolving global economic and financial crisis.

CARICOM TASK FORCE ON CLIMATE CHANGE MEETS IN GUYANA

(CARICOM Secretariat,Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Task Force on Climate Change and Development is holding its Second Meeting in Georgetown, Guyana to continue the Region’s preparation for the impending 15th Conference of the Parties (COP 15) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) set for Copenhagen, Denmark in December.

CLIMATE CHANGE STRATEGY FOR CARICOM CONFERENCE

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Climate Change poses one of the most serious challenges to the sustainable development of the small island and low lying coastal developing states of the Caribbean. Recognising this threat, the Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC) in tandem with the CARICOM Secretariat has drafted a regional Climate Change Strategic Framework that should point the way to building the Region’s resilience to the effects of Climate Change, over the next five years.

REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, ON THE OCCASION OF THE TWELFTH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR FOREIGN AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS (COFCOR), 8 MAY 2009, KINGSTON, JAMAICA

The Honourable Dr. Kenneth Baugh, Chairman of the Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR);
The Honourable Bruce Golding, Prime Minister of Jamaica;
The Honourable Baldwin Spencer, Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda and Outgoing Chairman of COFCOR;
Honourable Foreign Ministers;
Members of Parliament;
US Assistant Secretary of State, Mr. Tom Shannon;
Ambassador Albert Ramdin, Assistant Secretary-General of the OAS and other members of the Diplomatic Corps;

COTED MEETS IN GEORGETOWN

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM)’s Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) holds its Twenty-Seventh Meeting in Georgetown, Guyana, 14-15 May 2009, to examine matters related to the implementation of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME), agriculture, transportation, and external economic and trade relations.

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