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CONTRACT SIGNED TO BUILD SECRETARIAT HEADQUARTERS

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary-General Mr Edwin Carrington expressed his "joy and pleasure" after witnessing today's (17 April 2002) signing of the contract for the construction of a headquarters building for the CARICOM Secretariat. The signing ceremony which also featured the Pr...
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US/CARICOM JOINT RESPONSE AGAINST HIV/AIDS SPREAD IN THE REGION

Health officials from the United States Government will meet with Health Ministers of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) in Georgetown, Guyana, next week to determine a joint response against the spread of HIV/AIDS in the Region. This round of discussions will follow three days of deliberations by on...
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TRANSMISSION MECHANISM FOR THE SYSTEMATIC EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION BETWEEN THE CARIBBEAN AND THE UNITED KINGDOM ON THE CONCERNS OF EITHER SIDE, INCLUDING THOSE ENGAGING THE ATTENTION OF THE EUROPEAN UNION AND THE WIDER INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY

The objective of the Transmission Mechanism is to ensure that information is systematically exchanged between the Caribbean and the United Kingdom on the concerns of either side, including those engaging the attention of the European Union and the wider international community. 2.  &nbsp...
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REMARKS BY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY AND CHAIRMAN OF THE OPENING CEREMONY FOR THE THIRD CARIBBEAN-UK FORUM, 3 APRIL, 2002,  GEORGETOWN, GUYANA

Honourable S.R. Insanally, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Guyana Honourable Jack Straw, Secretary of State of the United Kingdom Honourable Deputy Prime Ministers and Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Barbados and St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Other Honourable Ministers of the Caribbean and UK deleg...
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REMARKS DELIVERED BY HIS EXCELLENCY LAWRENCE SYLVESTER, AMBASSADOR OF BELIZE TO CARICOM ON THE OCCASION OF THE PRESENTATION OF HIS CREDENTIALS TO THE SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) AT THE CARICOM SECRETARIAT, 5 APRIL 2002, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA

Your Excellency, Mr. Secretary-General, It is a distinct honour and privilege to present to you this letter confirming my appointment by the Government of Belize as Belize's Ambassador to the Caribbean Community. In doing so, I have been asked to convey cordial greetings from Prime Minister ...
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