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	WTO \| Trade policy review - WTO Members of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States — OECS 2001
		Historically, the economies of the Eastern Caribbean have been inserted into the global economy on terms which were not of their own making.
		That was particularly worrying to the economies of the Eastern Caribbean as it compounds the difficulties of economic adjustment and complicates the process of global engagement.
		The system of rules which the Eastern Caribbean economies had hoped would be of some assistance apparently has been turned against those policies the economies have followed based on the prevailing economic consensus on outwardness, global engagement, and economic diversification.
	www.wto.org /english/tratop%5Fe/tpr_e/tp166_e.htm (8042 words)

	LLRX -- Guide to Caribbean Law Research
		In the Commonwealth Caribbean (except Guyana), the Judicial Council of the Privy Council is the final court of Appeal.
		In the Eastern Caribbean recognition is given to the regional court known as the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court.
		The Caribbean Law Bulletin and Caribbean Law Bulletin are both current journals published by faculty members of the Faculty of Law, University of The West Indies, Cave Hill Campus.
	www.llrx.com /features/caribbean.htm (1465 words)

	LEGAL COMMITTEE SAYS STATES SHOULD STRICTLY ENFORCE LAWS PROTECTING DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS AND PERSONNEL
		The organization’s objective is to promote cooperation and harmonize both foreign policy and economic integration of its members, supported by good governance practices and respect for human rights.
		Earlier, the Committee had concluded its debate on the responsibility of States for internationally wrongful acts, with delegations taking different positions on the form draft articles on the subject should take. The related text adopted by the International Law Commission in 2001 was taken note of by the Assembly later that year.
		said an international conference would be the appropriate framework for States to discuss all the issues involved on the articles. She supported the call for a convention and said the topic should remain on the Assembly’s agenda to be taken up no later than its sixty-first session.
	www.un.org /News/Press/docs/2004/gal3262.doc.htm (1390 words)

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		UNEP support for the convening of the Caribbean civil society consultations held in Trinidad and Tobago from 3 to 5 October 2003, and for the development of the Caribbean Environment Outlook was also acknowledged.
		Natural and environmental disasters The Caribbean SIDS remain extremely vulnerable to natural and man-made disasters and scarce resources continue to be diverted from other social, economic and infrastructure programmes to respond to these disasters.
		Caribbean SIDS therefore continue to advocate the designation of the Caribbean Sea as a special area in the context of sustainable development, and have taken this concern to the United Nations General Assembly.
	www.sidsnet.org /docshare/other/20031104134625_Final_Report_of_the_Caribbean_Regional_Meeting_on_SIDS.doc (5548 words)

	Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS)
		The Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) was founded on 18 June 1981 by the Treaty of Basseterre (Saint Kitts and Nevis).
		The Heads and other delegates will gather at the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) headquarters on the morning of June 21st for the ceremonial first raising of the OECS Flag, which was selected from among submissions by groups and individuals across the OECS region.
		The colours are fresh and clean, optimistic and bright as a “refreshed Caribbean” moving out to meet new opportunities, while the formal dark blue retains a firm, corporate and establishment influence.
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/int-oecs.html (440 words)

	Organization of Eastern Caribbean States - Country Brief
		The countries of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) face special development challenges because of their small size and vulnerability to natural disasters and other external shocks.
		The countries of the Eastern Caribbean will need to fine-tune both their poverty reduction and human development strategies to ready their populations, and in particular the poor, for accessing new and emerging opportunities in the global environment.
		The first body of work addresses the small states issue of vulnerability through a report on macroeconomic volatility and income security, research on catastrophic insurance, a review of natural hazard risk mitigation strategies, and work on strengthening the measurement of poverty and social welfare.
	wbln0018.worldbank.org /external/lac/lac.nsf/Countries/OECS/6290288619CCE0988525690500547035?OpenDocument (1435 words)

	Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court
		In 1967, the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States – namely Antigua, Anguilla, Dominica, Grenada, Saint Vincent, Saint Kitts and Nevis, and Saint Lucia – joined in a new “status of association” with the United Kingdom, in accordance with the West Indies Act of 1967.
		Sir Vincent Floissac is a former Chief Justice and President of the Court of Appeal of the Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, having served in that capacity from November 1991 to July 1996.
		Justice Adrian Saunders was born in Saint Vincent – in the State of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
	eccourts.org /aboutecsc/history.html (2526 words)

	UNICEF Eastern Caribbean Office - Resources - Newsletters (Site not responding. Last check: )
		Children in Focus is a publication of the UNICEF Office for Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean aimed at creating awareness of issues concerning children in the region.
		Girls' education is not often considered an issue of concern in the eastern Caribbean as girls tend to outperform boys in schools.
		In the Caribbean violence is becoming a growing problem for and among children.
	www.unicef.org /barbados/resources_51.htm (351 words)

	Antigua and Barbuda (11/06)
		As head of state, Queen Elizabeth II is represented in Antigua and Barbuda by a governor general who acts on the advice of the prime minister and the cabinet.
		The prime minister is the leader of the majority party in the House and conducts affairs of state with the cabinet.
		The Department of State encourages all U.S citizens who traveling or residing abroad to register via the State Department's travel registration website or at the nearest U.S. embassy or consulate abroad.
	www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/2336.htm (1910 words)

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		For this reason, the Caribbean countries need to foster public and private sector development initiatives that are complementary to one another: public sector support for social and physical infrastructure and human resource development programs, and private sector response to export©oriented macroeconomic, tax and regulatory frameworks.
		Caribbean countries should further link their trade regime with the U.S. and other current and potential NAFTA members in order to enable them to successfully participate in an expanded Western Hemisphere Free Trade Area.
		In this context, the primary challenge to the Caribbean Region is to reposition itself to take advantage of new market realities: from protected markets and reduced official aid flows on the one hand, to new market opportunities from reduced trade barriers and increased flows of private investment to developing countries on the other.
	www.worldbank.org /html/lac/cgced/umb/ch12.doc (7800 words)

	Education: UNESCO
		Organized by the UNESCO Office for the Caribbean in partnership with the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat, the event brought together a diverse array of stakeholders from more than 50 organizations engaged in early childhood care and education.
		Kwame Boafo, the newly appointed Director of the UNESCO Office for the Caribbean, and Minister of Education and Youth of Jamaica, the Honourable Maxine Henry-Wilson, formally launched the EDUCAIDS initiative to strengthen the country’s education sector response to HIV and AIDS.
		UNESCO Office for the Caribbean and the University of the West Indies, in association with other agencies, are collaborating to convene the Regional Conference on Education for Sustainable Development, with the theme “New Approaches for the Future” to be held in Kingston, Jamaica on October 18-20, 2005.
	portal.unesco.org /en/ev.php-URL_ID=24849&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=-279.html (753 words)

	UNICEF Eastern Caribbean Office - Partners - Sub-regional partners (Site not responding. Last check: )
		UNICEF Office for Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean works with partners at the sub-regional and at the national level.
		Caribbean Epidemiology Centre (CAREC): The Caribbean Epidemiology Centre, (CAREC) is administered on behalf of 21 member countries by the Pan-American Health Organization (PAHO), the World Health Organization's Regional Office for the Americas.
		Early childhood: The Caribbean Child Development Centre (CCDC) at Mona Campus, Jamaica has collaborated with UNICEF in providing technical and policy advice to the Ministries of Education and to national early childhood development associations on the development of integrated early childhood development policies and legislative frameworks.
	www.unicef.org /barbados/partners.html (967 words)

	International Extradition - McNabb Associates, P.C.
		Article 18 states that the United States Department of Justice and the Attorney General of each OECS country may consult with each other directly in connection with the processing of individual cases and in furtherance of maintaining and improving Treaty implementation procedures.
		To the extent permitted under its law, the Requested State may seize and surrender to the Requesting State all articles, documents, and evidence connected with the offense in respect of which extradition is granted.
		That Contracting State may detain the person to be transported until the request for transit is received and the transit is effected, so long as the request is received within 96 hours of the unscheduled landing.
	www.usextradition.com /stvincent_bi.htm (4982 words)

	Caribbean Looks at Banana Ruling
		The Consultation was attended by representatives of Belize, Dominica, Guyana, Jamaica, the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS), Mission in Brussels, the Inter-American Institute for Co-operation on Agriculture (IICA) (Caribbean Office, Trinidad and Tobago), the CARIFORUM Programming Unit and the CARICOM Secretariat.
		The meeting also discussed possible follow-up action by the Caribbean in light of the acceptance by the EU of the ruling, upcoming high level meetings in Europe and Gabon, Africa and the invitation by the United States Secretary of State for a technical level meeting with the Caribbean.
		The officials agreed that efforts should be made, with urgency, to firm-up a Caribbean position at the technical level involving the various interests and that technical level meetings with any other parties should await completion of an acceptable coordinated regional position and exchanges with the EU and ACP partners.
	www.stlucia.gov.lc /pr1997/caribbean_looks_at_banana_ruling.htm (303 words)

	TropicalFete.com - Home for Caribbean Entertainment (Site not responding. Last check: )
		New York, — Members of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) will kick off Caribbean Week 2006 in New York on June 10th, 2006 with a concert to recognize the achievements and contributions of the Eastern Caribbean's music legends in the development of Cultural Tourism.
		The event will feature chefs from the OECS and guests will experience some of the Eastern Caribbean's culinary talents and a display of tourism attractions by each of the participating countries.
		Caribbean music has historically been a powerful medium cutting across cultural, geographic, racial, age and class barriers, uniting people and attracting the attention of the world through cultural tourism and international music festivals.
	www.tropicalfete.com /fusion_news/fullnews.php?id=264 (350 words)

	Saint Kitts and Nevis (11/06)
		Judicial--magistrate's courts, Eastern Caribbean supreme court (high court and court of appeals), final appeal to privy council in London.
		As head of state, Queen Elizabeth II is represented in St. Kitts and Nevis by a governor general, who acts on the advice of the prime minister and the cabinet.
		Kitts and Nevis was the last sugar monoculture in the Eastern Caribbean until the government decided to close the sugar industry following the 2005 harvest after decades of losses at the state-run sugar company.
	www.state.gov /r/pa/ei/bgn/2341.htm (2222 words)

	ICAO Aviation Groups in The Eastern Caribbean
		Eighteenth Eastern Caribbean Directors of Civil Aviation Meeting (18th E/CAR DCA), took place in Port of Spain, Trinidad 9th to 12th December 2003.
		Its purpose is to examine problems affecting airspace organization and utilization in the ECAR Region for States and Territories in the Piarco Flight Information Region and Puerto Rico's airspace.
		When this becomes necessary, the States or organizations which have official representation at the DCA's meetings assign experts in the relevant field of study to join these Task Forces.
	www.glivingstone.com /ecwg.html (1618 words)

	Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court
		The Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court is a Superior Court of record for nine Member States, six independent (Antigua and Barbuda, the Commonwealth of Dominica, Grenada, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines) and three British Overseas Territories (Anguilla, British Virgin Islands, and Montserrat); and has unlimited jurisdiction in each Member State.
		In relation to Grenada, the Court is styled "the Supreme Court of Grenada and the West Indies Associated States".
		The functions of the Court are to interpret and apply the laws of the various Member States of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States; to decide cases of both civil and criminal matters and to hear appeals.
	www.eccourts.org /aboutecsc.html (259 words)

	At-Risk Youth in Eastern Caribbean Targeted in New Job Program
		Washington -- At-risk youth in the Eastern Caribbean are being targeted for help under an initiative created by an affiliate of the Organization of American States (OAS) and the Microsoft Corporation, based in Redmond, Washington.
		The OAS said that hopes for future economic growth in the Caribbean rest with a new generation of young workers, where two-thirds of the region’s population is said to be under 30.
		These workers, said the OAS, “must be technically prepared to meet the demands of a knowledge economy." However, because of a lack of opportunities and limited access to training, the OAS said the region's young people are vulnerable to such risks as substance abuse, sexual diseases, crime and violence.
	usinfo.state.gov /xarchives/display.html?p=washfile-english&y=2006&m=June&x=200606091329111xeneerg8.141726e-02&t=livefeeds/wf-latest.html (388 words)

	WTO \| Trade policy review conclusions remarks - WTO Members of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States — OECS - ...
		The Trade Policy Review Body of the World Trade Organization (WTO) concluded its first review of the WTO Members of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States on 5 and 7 June 2001.
		The review is based on two reports which are prepared respectively by the WTO Secretariat and the government under review and which cover all aspects of the country's trade policies, including its domestic laws and regulations, the institutional framework, bilateral, regional and other preferential agreements, the wider economic needs and the external environment.
		A record of the discussion and the Chairperson's summing-up together with these two reports will be published in due course at the complete trade policy review of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States and will be available from the WTO Secretariat, Centre William Rappard, 154 rue de Lausanne, 1211 Geneva 21.
	www.wto.org /english/tratop%5Fe/tpr_e/tp167_e.htm (1297 words)

	Why U.S. Troops? page3.html
		Early this morning, forces from six Caribbean democracies and the United States began a landing, or landings, on the island of Grenada in the eastern Caribbean.
		Let me repeat: The United States objectives are clear -- to protect our own citizens, to facilitate the evacuation of those who want to leave and to help in the restoration of democratic institutions in Grenada.
		I understand that several Caribbean states are asking that the Organization of American States consider the situation in Grenada.
	www.thegrenadarevolutiononline.com /page3.html (924 words)

	UNDP Barbados - About the Barbados and the OECS Subregional Office
		What We Do Our mandate for Barbados and the nine Member States of the OECS is to support their individual and collective development goals as well as achieve results and outcomes that support sustainable people-centered development.
		The identified areas of thematic focus – poverty reduction, democratic governance, energy and environment, disaster risk reduction and disaster management – are integral priorities within the regional cooperation framework being implemented by Member States of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), and is a part of the wider Caribbean development agenda and its supporting functional cooperation programme.
		The Resident Representative gave her commitment that the United Nations System and the UNDP would work with the Caribbean Community, the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States and the Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC) in reversing the effects of global warming.
	www.bb.undp.org (2397 words)

	Caribbean Net News: Dominica
		WASHINGTON, USA: The Organization of American States (OAS) and the Pan American Development Foundation (PADF) have mobilized some $43,000 in emergency relief monies for disaster areas in Nicaragua and Dominica, where heavy rains and flooding due to Hurricane Felix, have caused a high number of deaths, read more...
		ST MICHAEL, Barbados: The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) has made contact with some of its member-countries affected by hurricane Dean to discuss assistance, and it is anticipated that elements of CDB assistance could be in place by the end of this week.
		COCONUT CREEK, USA: Food For The Poor, the largest international relief organization working in the Caribbean, is responding to the needs for assistance in the islands battered by Hurricane Dean.
	www.caribbeannetnews.com /dominica/dominica.php (1529 words)

	Initiatives
		The Africa Governance Monitoring and Advocacy Project (AfriMAP) was established in 2004 to monitor the compliance of member states of the African Union with selected standards of good governance, democracy, human rights, and the rule of law.
		Roma Initiatives focus primarily on improving the social, political, and economic situation of Romani populations in Central and Eastern Europe and the Balkans region.
		The U.S. Justice Fund is the cornerstone of OSI's strong commitment to reducing the excessive reliance on punishment and incarceration in the United States, and to promoting fair and equal treatment in all aspects of the U.S. criminal justice system.
	www.soros.org /initiatives (1070 words)

	Organization of Eastern Caribbean States
		The Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) came into being on June 18, 1981, when seven Eastern Caribbean countries signed a treaty agreeing to cooperate with each other and promote unity and solidarity among their Member States.
		The OECS Information Network, established in 1987, developed a computer-based bibliography of documents held by the Documentation Centers in the Member States and institutions of the Secretariat.
		Member states include: Antigua and Barbados, Bermuda, Dominica, Grenada, British Virgin Islands, Montserrat, St. Kitts and Nevis, Street Lucia, Street Vincent and the Grenadines.
	www.ngdc.noaa.gov /seg/hazard/resource/soc/soc_ec.html (204 words)

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