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SPECIAL AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE ACS AND CARICOM

The Secretaries General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the Association of Caribbean States (ACS) have signed a Co-operation Agreement which now formalises the already close cooperation between the two organisations. The point was underscored by the Secretaries General of CARICOM and the AC...
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CARICOM, ACS TO SIGN CO-OPERATION AGREEMENT

The Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Mr Edwin Carrington, and his counterpart at the Association of Caribbean States (ACS), Mr Simon Molina Duarte, will sign a cooperation agreement on Thursday 13 November at the CARICOM Headquarters in Georgetown. In broad terms the agreement...
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PARTNERSHIP THE KEY IN NEW ACP/EU AGREEMENT

Partnership should be one of the fundamental approaches in the post Lome IV arrangements between the African Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Group of countries and the European Union (EU). This concept was put forward by the Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, the Hon. Mr Basdeo Panday as he spoke on...
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CARICOM PREPARES FOR SOUTHERN AFRICAN MISSION

Preparations for a Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ministerial Mission to Southern Africa will take a step forward with the convening of a seminar on Thursday November 20, 1997 at the Trinidad Hilton Hotel. The seminar, organised by the CARICOM Secretariat and Kairi Consultants Ltd, will provide infor...
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Statement issued by the Government of Dominica on the conclusion of the Seventh Meeting of the Ministers of the Caribbean Forum of African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) States, 15-16 October, 1997, Georgetown, Guyana

CARIFORUM Member States have unanimously supported aimed at expanding and upgrading Melville Hall Airport , Dominica.   Foreign Ministers of CARIFORUM meeting in Georgetown, Guyana at the Seventh Ministerial Meeting gave their support for the project as a priority under the Eighth EDF supplied ...
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STATEMENT OF THE SPECIAL MEETING OF THE BUREAU OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY CONVENED TO REVIEW THE SITUATION IN VOLCANO-STRICKEN MONTSERRAT, 28 AUGUST 1997, ST. JOHN’S, ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA

1. The Caribbean Community is confronted with an unprecedented threat whereby a Member territory could actually cease to exist, not as a result of a plebiscite, but as the result of a natural disaster and its consequences. Montserrat, though a British dependent territory, is one of the earliest memb...
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MONTSERRAT ASSISTANCE TEAM MEETS IN BRIDGETOWN

The Regional Resource Team (RRT) for Assistance to Montserrat will hold its second meeting on Saturday September 13 in Bridgetown, Barbados. The RRT, established by the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community at its Eighth Inter-Sessional Meeting in St John's Antigua and Barbuda...
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FIRST MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT

The Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED-Trade), will hold its inaugural meeting in Georgetown, Guyana on September 11, 1997. This Council came into being with the coming into force of Protocol I and replaces the longstanding Common Market Council. During this week's Meeting, Ministers ...
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YOUTH ISSUES UP FOR DISCUSSION

The Caribbean Community Secretariat, in collaboration with the Organisation of American States, is hosting a regional meeting on integrated approach to youth enterprise and Employment in Barbados October 7-9, 1997. The meeting will be attended by approximately seventy persons representing government...
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