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CARICOM RETREAT TO ASSESS FOREIGN AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS

The Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR) of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will meet in Barbados on October 24-25 for a two-day Ministerial retreat. The Retreat will provide an opportunity for Foreign Ministers to discuss foreign policy issues in the international system and the impact of significant Regional and global events.

ADDRESS BY DR. THE HONOURABLE DENZIL DOUGLAS, PRIME MINISTER OF ST. KITTS AND NEVIS TO THE FOURTH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE PAN CARIBBEAN PARTNERSHIP AGAINST HIV/AIDS (PANCAP), 21-22 OCTOBER 2004, BARBADOS

THEME:  LEADERSHIP THROUGH PARTNERSHIP

It is my pleasure to bring greetings to the Chairman and delegates at the Opening Ceremony of the Fourth Annual General Meeting of the Pan Caribbean Partnership Against HIV/AIDS (PANCAP). I regret that I cannot be physically present, but this is largely due to the fact that St. Kitts and Nevis is in the terminal stages of its general elections scheduled for 25th October (just four days away).

CARICOM RETREAT TO ASSESS FOREIGN AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS

The Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR) of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will meet in Barbados on October 24-25 for a two-day Ministerial retreat. The Retreat will provide an opportunity for Foreign Ministers to discuss foreign policy issues in the international system and the impact of significant Regional and global events.

ADDRESS BY DR. THE HONOURABLE DENZIL DOUGLAS, PRIME MINISTER OF ST. KITTS AND NEVIS TO THE FOURTH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE PAN CARIBBEAN PARTNERSHIP AGAINST HIV/AIDS (PANCAP), 21-22 OCTOBER 2004, BARBADOS

THEME:  LEADERSHIP THROUGH PARTNERSHIP

It is my pleasure to bring greetings to the Chairman and delegates at the Opening Ceremony of the Fourth Annual General Meeting of the Pan Caribbean Partnership Against HIV/AIDS (PANCAP). I regret that I cannot be physically present, but this is largely due to the fact that St. Kitts and Nevis is in the terminal stages of its general elections scheduled for 25th October (just four days away).

Surinamese Private Sector and RNM Discuss Trade Issues

PARAMARIBO, SURINAME – “The workshop has sensitized a broad range of manufacturing interests, giving us a deeper appreciation of the complex external trade negotiations agenda confronting Suriname and CARICOM.” This statement was made by a representative of the Surinamese private sector - Mr. Oscar Kambel, General Manager of Global Beverages NV - who participated in a sensitization workshop for Surinamese private sector stakeholders in Paramaribo, October 20. Mr.

CARICOM TO OBSERVE GENERAL ELECTIONS IN ST. KITTS AND NEVIS

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will send an electoral monitoring mission to observe the General Elections in St. Kitts and Nevis on 25 October 2004 following an invitation from that country's Prime Minister, the Hon. Dr. Denzil L Douglas.

CARICOM MINISTERS ADOPT AGGRESSIVE ICT STRATEGY : COMMUNIQUE ISSUED AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE THIRD MEETING OF MINISTERS RESPONSIBLE FOR INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY, 15 OCTOBER 2004, BARBADOS

The Third Meeting of Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ministers responsible for Information and Communication Technology, ended in Barbados, Friday, 15 October 2004, with commitment to an aggressive and focused strategy to accelerate the adoption of information and communication technologies for development (ICTD) within the Community. The accelerated focus places people first, and envisages "a new departure for Caribbean ICT and Development."