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Statement on Expectations of Small, Vulnerable Economies from The Doha Development Agenda to the 6th WTO Ministerial Conference, 13-18 December 2005, Hong Kong

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen Greater Georgetown, Guyana)Small, vulnerable economies have, for the last four years, been working with the wider membership of the WTO to ensure that the Doha mandate on small, vulnerable economies, which was agreed to by all Ministers at the Doha Ministerial Conference, is respected and meaningful solutions found to the trade related problems and concerns of these economies.

STATEMENT ISSUED AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE FIRST SPECIAL MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR FINANCE AND PLANNING (COFAP), 12 DECEMBER 2005, KINGSTON, JAMAICA

The First Special Meeting of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Council for Finance and Planning (COFAP) took place on 12 December, 2005, at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, Kingston, Jamaica with the Minister of Finance of Jamaica, Dr the Honourable Omar Davies presiding.

CARIBBEAN URGES DEVELOPMENT AGENDA FOR SMALL, VULNERABLE COUNTRIES AT WTO MINISTERIAL

CHRIST CHURCH, BARBADOS – The Sixth World Trade Organization (WTO) Ministerial got underway today, amidst mounting concern over the prospects for a successful outcome for the six-day meeting in Hong Kong. At issue is the impasse over concessions in Agriculture, the principle stumbling block for progress in negotiations to date.

On Eve of WTO Ministerial, Caribbean cautions against further Slippage on ‘Development Issues’

The Word Trade Organization’s (WTO) biennial Ministerial Conference gets underway this week in Hong Kong. With the six-day Sixth WTO Ministerial poised to start tomorrow, there have been a series of setbacks in global trade talks, that in large measure have been brought on by an unwillingness on the part of certain countries to yield concessions in respect of liberalizing agricultural markets, resulting in a scaling back of the agenda for the Ministerial.

CARICOM FINANCE MINISTERS MEET IN JAMAICA

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) With three weeks to go before the launch of the CARICOM Single Market on 1 January 2006, Finance Ministers of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will meet in Kingston, Jamaica on Monday 12 December to finalise plans for the operation of a critical element of the Single Market.

STATEMENT ISSUED AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE ELEVENTH SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY ON THE STATUS OF THE CARICOM SINGLE MARKET AND ECONOMY (CSME) , 7 DECEMBER 2005, BRIDGETOWN, BARBADOS

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown)The Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) at their Eleventh Special Meeting held at the Sherbourne Centre, Barbados, 7th December 2005, considered the finalisation of the arrangements for the launch of the CARICOM Single Market. The Heads of Government reaffirmed their decision that the Single Market will come into force on 1 January 2006.

Caribbean Community (CARICOM) electoral observer mission to St. Vincent and the grenadines preliminary statement on the general elections

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)At the invitation of the Government of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, the five-member CARICOM Electoral Observer Mission critically observed the General Elections held on Wednesday, 07 December 2005.

CARICOM YOUTH AMBASSADORS DEVISE HIV/AIDS STRATEGIES WITH RURAL COMMUNITIES OF GUYANA

CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) A number of strategies geared to increase awareness, training and the capacity strengthening of several communities within one of Guyana’s remote regions have been mapped out by Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Youth Ambassadors (CYAs) during their recent trip to the Iwokrama Conservation and Development Reserve.

DECLARATION OF BRIDGETOWN issued On the Occasion of the Second Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the Republic of Cuba, 8 December 2005,  Bridgetown, Barbados

WE, the Heads of State and Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and of the Republic of Cuba (hereinafter collectively called the Parties), meeting in Bridgetown, Barbados, on 8 December 2005 on the occasion of the Second CARICOM-Cuba Summit;

CULTURAL COOPERATION AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) AND THE REPUBLIC OF CUBA

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the Republic of Cuba (hereinafter referred to as “the Parties”):

INSPIRED by the indestructible ties of friendship and brotherhood among the People of the Caribbean;

RECOGNISING the need for cooperation among the countries of the Caribbean Region in order to strengthen their socio-economic and political ties;

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