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Following President Jean Bertrand Aristide's departure from office, Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) are now in Jamaica for an emergency meeting at Jamaica House to discuss how the region will respond to the situation in Haiti. In the island are Owen Arthur, Prime Minister of Barbados; Perry Christie, Prime Minister of Bahamas; Patrick Manning, Prime Minister of...

Caribbean Community (CARICOM) leaders have called for an immediate investigation into the circumstances, which led to the departure of Haitian President, Jean Bertrand Aristide from office on Sunday (February 29). "We will be urging, in the hemispheric and international institutions in which we belong, that such an enquiry should be conducted," Prime Minister of Jamaica and CARICOM Chairman, P. J....

CARICOM Heads of Government meeting in Kingston, Jamaica, have stated that in keeping with United Nations Resolution 1529 and having regard to the long term needs of Haiti, the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) would contribute to the UN Stabilization Force in its efforts to provide humanitarian assistance to the people of Haiti, as well as participate in the rebuilding of the...

Prime Minister P.J. Patterson and Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) said CARICOM Leaders attending an emergency meeting in Kingston, Jamaica, have made contact with former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide and that he is reportedly in good mental and physical health. "We were able to speak with President Aristide in the Central African Republic this afternoon and he has informed...

Prime Minister P.J. Patterson has stated that based on talks with former Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide on Saturday (Feb. 28) there was nothing to suggest that his resignation was imminent. Mr. Patterson made the comment while addressing a post cabinet press briefing held at Jamaica House on Monday (Mar. 1). "To the contrary, he made it extremely clear that the...

Executive Director of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Civic Dialogue Project, Dr. Noel Watson, has said it was imperative that Jamaicans discuss issues of concern in a collective way, with a view to finding solutions to the country's problems. He said this was necessary in order to help stem crime and violence and to move the country forward. Dr....

On the eve of his departure from Washington, Jamaica's Ambassador to the United States, Seymour Mullings, has characterized his tenure in the American capital as one marked by significant advances in deepening bi-lateral relations between Jamaica and the United States, as well as forging of new relationships with Jamaican community organizations and philanthropic groups across the country. Ambassador Mullings returns...

Prime Minister P.J. Patterson says the Group of 15 (G-15) developing countries should continue to give unwavering support to the multilateral process in the search for lasting solutions to existing global problems. He said developing countries are at the forefront of the struggle against injustice and the fight for sanity and good sense to prevail in global and regional affairs,...

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has called on the United Nations Security Council to immediately intervene in Haiti to end the violence in the country and restore law and order. Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Minister, K. D. Knight, speaking at the UN headquarters in New York on February 26, said the "need for decisive action is paramount." He stated that...

Allow me at the outset to extend my congratulations to you on your leadership of the Security Council during the month of February. Your diplomatic skills and gracious style have obviously ensured smooth and effective handling of the various matters which have come to the Council. I had the pleasure of visiting your great country just over a week ago...

Calling the fight against poverty "the most critical task" facing the hemisphere, Jamaica's Ambassador to the United States, Seymour Mullings, has reiterated Jamaica's intent to keep the issue "at the very forefront of the agenda" of the Organization of American States (OAS). He declared that the increasing cooperation among member states to stem the "corrosive impact of extreme poverty," would...

Minister of Development, Dr. Paul Robertson, said today that the growth prospects for world trade this year, were clouded by considerable uncertainty. Dr. Robertson made the observation in his address at a World Trade Organization (WTO) Trade and Investment Workshop, held at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel in Kingston. Citing preliminary figures from the WTO, Dr. Robertson said the growth in...