(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Committee of Central Bank Governors is to provide to Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), proposals on how the Community could collaborate to tackle the current international financial and economic crisis. The Committee should present the proposals by the end of March.

The global situation was the premier item of the first business session of the Twentieth Inter-sessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of CARICOM which was formally opened on 12 March 2009 in Belize City, Belize.

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Belize has joined seven other CARICOM Member States in establishing a Coalition of Service Providers to increase the export of services within the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) and provide technical and other inputs into negotiations for the trade in services.

The Coalition of service industries is an umbrella body that represents various service stakeholders including teachers, nurses, doctors, engineers, tour operators and cultural artists.

Secretary General of the United Nations, Your Excellency Ban Ki-Moon;
Their Excellencies, Representatives of the CARICOM Caucus of Ambassadors to the United Nations;
Under Secretary General of the United Nations for Political Affairs;
Representatives of Specialised UN Agencies;
Director General of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States;
Deputy Secretary General and Representatives of the CARICOM Secretariat;
Heads and other Representatives of CARICOM Institutions and Associate Institutions;
Partners in Development all;

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(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The United Nations (UN) and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) needed to step up cooperation in the face of the current global economic and financial crisis and work to combat serious problems such as narco-trafficking and the accompanying violent crimes, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon said Monday. In this regard, the renewed cooperation between CARICOM and the UN Office on Drugs and Crime would have an important role to play, the Secretary-General said.

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) His Excellency Edwin Carrington, Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has noted the excitement across the Region as the date for the Fifth Summit of the Americas draws closer. The Summit will be held in Trinidad and Tobago 17-19 April 2009, under the theme ‘Securing Our Citizens’ Future by Promoting Human Prosperity, Energy Security and Environmental Sustainability’.