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FEATURE ADDRESS BY H.E. EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, (CARICOM) AT THE FORTY-NINTH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING BREAKFAST OF THE TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO MANUFACTURERS’ ASSOCIATION, 12 APRIL 2005, PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
Mr. Chairman Hon. Kenneth Valley, Minister of Trade and Industry Mr. Anthony Aboud, Outgoing President of the Trinidad and Tobago Manufacturers’ Association Mr. Paul Quesnel, newly elected President of the TTMA Ambassador Jerry Narace, Trinidad and Tobago Ambassador Other Members of TTMA Members of Media Staff Members of the CARICOM Secretariat Distinguished Ladies and Gentleman Ladies and Gentlemen, it is…
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Culture And Development, And CARIFESTA IX For Attention Of Meeting Of CARICOM Directors Of Culture
(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community is expected to join with the rest of the world in re-thinking the role of culture in the development prospects for its peoples. This subject will come into sharp focus next week, when the Regional Cultural Committee (RCC) meets at their sixteenth session in Georgetown, Guyana. The two-day meeting scheduled for 17 and…
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Lamy and CARICOM Trade Ministers Discuss Global Trade Round
LAMY AND CARICOM TRADE MINISTERS DISCUSS GLOBAL TRADE ROUND CHRIST CHURCH, BARBADOS – In remarks before a gathering of CARICOM Trade Ministers in Georgetown, Guyana today (May 13), former European Union Trade Commissioner Pascal Lamy took stock of priorities for the World Trade Organization (WTO) Doha Round. In an exchange of views, it was underscored that it is important the…
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REMARKS DELIVERED BY HON. JARETTE NARINE, MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE, LAND AND MARINE RESOURCES, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, AT THE OPENING OF THE NINETEENTH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (COTED), 11 MAY 2005, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Honourable Secretary-General of CARICOM, Mr. Edwin Carrington, Honourable Minister of Agriculture, Guyana, Mr. Satyadeow Sawh Fellow Ministers of Member States, Colleague Ministers of Agriculture Senior Technical Officers of the Respective Caribbean Member States Members of the Media, Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen, Good Afternoon. It is indeed a pleasure and privilege for me to be here, and to be participating in…
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STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) ON THE SITUATION OF MR. YVON NEPTUNE, FORMER PRIME MINISTER, HAITI
(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is deeply concerned by the deteriorating health and worrisome judicial situation which have developed with regard to Mr. Yvon Neptune, the former constitutional Prime Minister of Haiti. On 27 June 2004, Mr. Neptune voluntarily turned himself in following the issue of an arrest warrant. Mr. Neptune is yet to be brought to…
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REMARKS DELIVERED BY HON. JARETTE NARINE, MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE, LAND AND MARINE RESOURCES, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, AT THE OPENING OF THE NINETEENTH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (COTED), 11 MAY 2005, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Honourable Secretary-General of CARICOM, Mr. Edwin Carrington, Honourable Minister of Agriculture, Guyana, Mr. Satyadeow Sawh Fellow Ministers of Member States, Colleague Ministers of Agriculture Senior Technical Officers of the Respective Caribbean Member States Members of the Media, Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen, Good Afternoon. It is indeed a pleasure and privilege for me to be here, and to be participating in…
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OPENING REMARKS BY H.E. EDWIN CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARICOM, AT THE NINETEENTH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (COTED), 11 MAY 2005, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Mr. Chairman Distinguished Ministers Distinguished Delegates Members of staff of the Secretariat Members of the Media Good afternoon. It is a pleasure in these brief Opening Remarks to welcome you all to this Nineteenth Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED). I hope that your journey here was comfortable and without undue stress or harassment. This meeting…
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COMMUNIQUE ISSUED AT THE CONCLUSION OF A SPECIAL MEETING OF CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) MINISTERS RESPONSIBLE FOR NATIONAL SECURITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT, 10-11 MAY 2005, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
A Special Meeting of Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ministers responsible for National Security and Law Enforcement was held in Trinidad and Tobago, 10-11 May 2005. The Meeting was convened at the request of the Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, the Hon. Patrick Manning, Lead CARICOM Head of Government for Crime and Security who also chaired the Meeting. In attendance were:…
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REMARKS DELIVERED BY HON. CLEMENT ROHEE, MINISTER OF FOREIGN TRADE AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION, GUYANA, AT THE OPENING OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) SUGAR STAKEHOLDERS’ MEETING, 10 MAY 2005, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Dear Colleagues, If there is anyone in our midst who is of the belief that when we met in September 2004 at our First Stakeholders’ Meeting, that that meeting took place in a backdrop of uncertainty, today as we meet at this Second Stakeholders’ Meeting, the circumstances are even more ominous. The dark cloud hovers over us as a result…
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CARIBBEAN SUGAR SITUATION MORE WORRISOME SAYS CARICOM MINISTER
(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) Guyana's Minister of Foreign Trade and International Cooperation, Hon. Clement Rohee has suggested that the recent ruling by the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Appellate Body on the European Union (EU) Sugar case has made the situation for sugar in the Caribbean more “worrisome”. Minister Rohee was at the time addressing the Second Meeting of Sugar Stakeholders…
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