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JOINT OAS/CARICOM INITIATIVE ON HAITI

Yesterday, Prime Minister Owen Arthur of Barbados, the current Chairman of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), and OAS Secretary General Cesar Gaviria agreed to join efforts of the OAS and CARICOM on Haiti into a Joint Mission to be led by Gaviria and former D...
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CARICOM DELEGATION CONCLUDES OFFICIAL VISIT TO SURINAME

Chairman of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), the Rt. Hon. Owen Arthur, Prime Minister of Barbados, accompanied by Secretary-General of the CARICOM Secretariat, Mr. Edwin Carrington, and Assistant Secretary-General, Foreign and Community Relations, Mr. Alber...
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ADDRESS OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SURINAME DRS. R.R. VENETIAAN IN THE EXTRAORDINARY PUBLIC SESSION OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ON THE OCCASION OF 135 YEARS OF PARLIAMENT OF SURINAME ON MAY 8, 2001

Mr. Speaker, Members of the National Assembly, Allow me to also extend a special greeting to your special guests in this extraordinary public session. Excellency Owen Arthur, Prime Minister of Barbados and Chairman of CARICOM, and CARICOM Secretary-General, Edwin Carrington. Mr. Speaker, Pausing at ...
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CARICOM’S CHAIRMAN LEADS DELEGATION TO SURINAME

A delegation from the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is currently in Suriname holding consultations with officials of the Government, the Labour Movement and the business sector. Chairman of the Conference of Heads of Government of CARICOM, Barbados Prime Minister, Mr. Owen Arthur, is leading the del...
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WINNERS SELECTED IN CARICOM BOOK COVER DESIGN COMPETITION

Mr Andrew Davies, 23, a national of Jamaica, residing in Barbados, has captured the top prize in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat Book Cover Design competition. Mr Davies' entry was selected from among more than 200 entries in the competition to design the cover of a book about CARICOM ...
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NEW IN-HOUSE TRAINING SERVICE FOR CARICOM SECRETARIAT STAFF

Staff of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat are benefitting from a new in-house training facility, the Learning Resource Centre (LRC), which is intended to strengthen the capability of the executive arm of the Caribbean Community. The implementation of the project was funded by the Canadi...
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YOUTH IN THE REGIONAL INTEGRATION MOVEMENT

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is moving closer to having an inter-sectoral agenda for youth in the regional integration movement. A draft regional strategy for youth development, which is intended to engage them in promoting their own cause headlines the agenda for a meeting of CARICOM Directors...
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