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JOINT STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC AND THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ON THE THIRD BORDER INITIATIVE

The Governments of the United States of America and of the Caribbean nations of Antigua and Barbuda, the Commonwealth of the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, the Commonwealth of Dominica, the Dominican Republic, Grenada, the Co-operative Republic of Guyana, the Republic of Haiti, Jamaica, the Federation of Saint Christopher and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, the Republic of Suriname, and the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago pledge to strengthen our cooperation in responding to global and hemispheric challenges in a spirit of partnership and mutual respect.

Accord ‘Endorsed’ at Miami Trade Talks

MIAMI, UNITED STATES – Trade Ministers, from thirty-four countries, gathered at the Eighth Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) Ministerial Meeting, in Miami, endorsed a key Ministerial Declaration, November 20. The Ministerial, set to last two days, concluded a day early. The summit followed a meeting of Vice-Ministers, November 15 to 18. The Ministerial Meeting produced a ‘compromise’ Ministerial Declaration for the Americas-wide trade pact. It will serve as a pragmatic framework for the process to move forward.

RNM Chief: FTAA Talks ‘Amicable’

MIAMI, UNITED STATES – “Deliberations, thus far, have been amicable and
constructive”. Caribbean Regional Negotiating Machinery (RNM) Director-General,
Ambassador Richard Bernal, made these remarks, November 17, two days into the
Sixteenth meeting of the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) Trade Negotiations
Committee (TNC), convened in Miami, United States.
The four-day TNC, that got underway November 15, is striving to broker ‘balance’ to
respond to the sensitivities of the negotiating countries concerned.

RNM Chief: FTAA Talks ‘Amicable’

MIAMI, UNITED STATES – “Deliberations, thus far, have been amicable and constructive”. Caribbean Regional Negotiating Machinery (RNM) Director-General, Ambassador Richard Bernal, made these remarks, November 17, two days into the Sixteenth meeting of the Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) Trade Negotiations Committee (TNC), convened in Miami, United States. The four-day TNC, that got underway November 15, is striving to broker ‘balance’ to respond to the sensitivities of the negotiating countries concerned.

STATEMENT BY HIS EXCELLENCY DR. EDWIN CARRINGTON, SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, AT THE TWENTY SECOND SPECIAL SESSION OF THE UNITED NATIONS GENERAL ASSEMBLY ON THE REVIEW AND APPRAISAL OF THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PROGRAMME OF ACTION FOR THE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF SMALL ISLAND DEVELOPING STATES, 28 SEPTEMBER 1999, NEW YORK

Mr. President,
Distinguished delegates,

Mr President, we thank you for the opportunity to address this august chamber on a subject which spells life or death to the countries of our Region - the Caribbean.

Held as it was in Barbados - a founding Member State of the Caribbean Community - the 1994 SIDS Conference and the resultant Barbados Plan of Action are of particular significance to the Caribbean Community.

REMARKS BY MARK L. SCHNEIDER, ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR BUREAU FOR LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN AT THE SECOND ANNUAL JOINT REVIEW OF THE BRIDGETOWN ACCORD, 22 JULY 1999,  WASHINGTON, D.C.

I am very pleased to participate in the third meeting of the US-Caribbean Joint Committee on Department, Finance, and the Environment. Since the signing of the Bridgetown Accord just over two years ago, USAID has played a key role in assisting both the USG and the Caribbean governments pursue our joint commitments under the Accord. The extra ordinarily high degree of cooperation between U.S.

CARIBBEAN-US FORUM LEAD ACTIVITY IN GUYANA

The Secretariats of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and Caribbean Forum (CARIFORUM) will play host to a delegation from the Dominican Republic in Guyana as a lead activity to the Caribbean-US Forum on Trade and Investment which is scheduled to take place in the Dominican Republic 16-18 March 1999.

The delegation from the Dominican Republic will, on Friday 29 January 1999 have a series of meetings with officials from both the private and public sectors in Guyana as well as with the Deputy Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community, Dr. Carla Barnett.

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