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ADDRESS BY THE HON. CHRISTOPHER SINCKLER, MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, FOREIGN TRADE AND INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS OF BARBADOS AT THE TWENTY-FIRST MEETING OF THE COMMUNITY COUNCIL, 8 FEBRUARY 2008, BRIDGETOWN, BARBADOS

Mr. Chairman,
Colleague Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Community Council,
Secretary General of the Caribbean Community,
Excellencies,
Senior Officials,
Distinguished Guests,
Ladies and Gentlemen,

It is an honour for me to welcome you to Barbados on the occasion of the 21st session of the Community Council.

COMMUNITY COUNCIL LOOKS AT QUALITY OF LIFE ISSUES

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Georgetown Guyana) Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) His Excellency Edwin Carrington told the 21st Meeting of the Community Council of Ministers that the issues before it required “the most profound consideration in determining the best course of action in the interest of improving the quality of life of our citizens.”

CARICOM EXPERTS, STAKEHOLDERS MEET ON REFORM OF ELECTRIC SECTOR

(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana:) The Caribbean Community Secretariat will convene the First Meeting of Experts and Stakeholders concerning the Development of Harmonised Legislation for the Reform of the Electric Sector from 13–15 February 2008 at the Fort Young Hotel, Roseau, Dominica.

The meeting, sponsored by the UNDP/GEF Caribbean Renewable Energy Development Programme (CREDP), is the first of two, to facilitate stakeholder consultation towards building regional consensus on draft model legislation in different national jurisdictions of the Community.

CARICOM COMMUNITY COUNCIL MEETS IN BARBADOS

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Twenty-First Meeting of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Council of Ministers takes place at the Accra Beach Hotel, Christ Church, Barbados on Friday 8 February 2008 with a review of the preparations for next month’s 19th Inter-Sessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government among the items listed for the Council’s attention.

CARICOM SECRETARY-GENERAL HAILS CONTRIBUTION OF LATE MINISTER

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) As the region remains stunned by the sudden death of Hon. Charlesworth Samuel, Minister of Agriculture, Lands, Environment, Marine Resources and Agro Industries of Antigua and Barbuda, CARICOM Secretary-General, His Excellency Edwin Carrington has hailed the late Minister’s contribution to the Community in a message to Honourable Winston Baldwin Spencer, Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, and the family of the Minister.

CARICOM ASKS USA TO MAKE TRADE PREFERENCES AVAILABLE TO ALL

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has reaffirmed the June 2007 request by CARICOM Heads of Government to the President of the United States of America, to extend the Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act (CBTPA) to all Member States of the Community and to make permanent the preferences available under the Act.

CARICOM CONDEMNS LUSIGNAN KILLINGS

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater, Georgetown, Guyana) CARICOM Secretary-General His Excellency Edwin Carrington has expressed the hope that calm would soon return to the “traumatised communities and to the nation at large” following the slaying of 11 people in Lusignan, Guyana last Saturday.

In a note to the President of Guyana, His Excellency Bharrat Jagdeo, condemning the murders the Secretary-General said the “appalling crime…demonstrated a singular disregard for human life and …has reverberated throughout the Community and beyond.”

COTED TO MEET AGAIN ON COST OF LIVING ISSUE

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) has requested Member States of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to submit national lists of items on which they would be prepared to reduce or remove the Common External Tariff (CET). Such lists are to be submitted in time for final determination at a Special Meeting of the COTED to be held in late February.

CARICOM TO PARTICIPATE IN WASHINGTON HEARING

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community has accepted an invitation from the United States International Trade Commission to participate in a public hearing on Caribbean economic development in Washington, DC, USA.

Assistant Secretary-General Trade and Economic Integration, His Excellency Ambassador Irwin LaRocque will represent the CARICOM Secretary-General at the hearing on Tuesday, 29 January 2008.

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