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ADDRESS DELIVERED BY HON. ERWIN CONTRERAS, MINISTER OF ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY AND CONSUMER PROTECTION, BELIZE, AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE THIRTY-SIXTH MEETING OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE OF CARIBBEAN STATISTICIANS, TWENTY-FIRST MEETING OF THE REGIONAL CENSUS COORDINATING COMMITTEE AND THE FOURTH REGIONAL STATISTICS RESEARCH SEMINAR 24 OCTOBER 2011 BELIZE CITY, BELIZE
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) I am much honoured to share a few remarks with you today on the opening of the 36th Standing Committee of Caribbean Statisticians and the 21st Regional Census Coordinating Committee meetings. It is just two years ago that I had the opportunity to address the High Level Advocacy Forum on Statistics that was held…
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Opening Remarks By Secretary-general, Caribbean Community Ambassador Irwin Larocque At The Meeting Of CARICOM-Australia Foreign Ministers Perth, Australia, 24 October 2011
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Good afternoon. Our time is short and our agenda substantive and important. I will therefore be brief. I must begin by extending my deep appreciation and early congratulations to the Government of Australia and most particularly to you Minister Rudd, and the staff of your Ministry, for what I have no doubt will be…
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OPENING REMARKS BY SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY AMBASSADOR IRWIN LAROCQUE AT THE MEETING OF CARICOM-AUSTRALIA FOREIGN MINISTERS PERTH, AUSTRALIA, 24 OCTOBER 2011
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Good afternoon. Our time is short and our agenda substantive and important. I will therefore be brief. I must begin by extending my deep appreciation and early congratulations to the Government of Australia and most particularly to you Minister Rudd, and the staff of your Ministry, for what I have no doubt will be…
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REMARKS BY AMBASSADOR IRWIN LAROCQUE, SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY AT THE THIRTY-EIGHTH SPECIAL MEETING OF THE COUNCIL OF TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (COTED), 14 OCTOBER, 2011, DOMINICA
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Honourable Lawrence Cartwright, Chairman of the Thirty-Eighth Special Meeting of the COTED on Agriculture Honourable Matthew Walter, Minister of Agriculture and Forestry of Dominica, our Host Ministers of Agriculture of CARICOM Member States Other Heads of Delegations Representatives of International and Regional Organizations Agriculture Stakeholders Ladies and Gentlemen It is truly a pleasure for…
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REMARKS BY AMBASSADOR IRWIN LAROCQUE, SECRETARY–GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) ON THE OCCASION OF THE OFFICIAL OPENING OF THE 10TH CARIBBEAN WEEK OF AGRICULTURE 12 OCTOBER, ROSEAU, DOMINICA
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen I feel particularly honoured to have been afforded the opportunity to deliver these remarks at the Tenth Caribbean Week of Agriculture in the Nature Island. This occasion has special meaning for me, as I address you today as Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), in my native land. It was…
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WELCOME REMARKS BY THE HON. MATTHEW WALTER, MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY, DOMINICA TO THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE TENTH CARIBBEAN WEEK OF AGRICULTURE AT THE WINDSOR PARK STADIUM, ROSEAU, DOMINICA, 12 OCTOBER 2011
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) It is with great pleasure that I extend a warm “Nature Island” welcome to all those present here today at this momentous week of activities. I feel privileged to be associated with this most important, timely and necessary event and feel humbled that my country was chosen as host. I want to apologise to…
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KEYNOTE ADDRESS BY THE PRIME MINISTER OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF DOMINICA (ACTING), THE HONOURABLE AMBROSE GEORGE, TO THE OPENING OF THE TENTH CARIBBEAN WEEK OF AGRICULTURE, AT THE WINDSOR PARK STADIUM, ROSEAU, COMMONWEALTH OF DOMINICA, 12 OCTOBER, 2011
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Greetings to all of you gathered here this afternoon in the beautiful Nature Island of the Caribbean – Dominica! We are honoured in the Commonwealth of Dominica, to be hosting the 10th Caribbean Week of Agriculture and the many very important discussions and fora under the auspices of our august regional agencies and international…
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REMARKS DELIVERED BY THE HON. MATTHEW WALTER, MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FORESTRY, COMMONWEALTH OF DOMINICA, AT THE JOINT OPENING CEREMONY OF THE CLIMATE CHANGE AND SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY WORKSHOPS, ARAWAK HOUSE, ROSEAU, DOMINICA, 9 OCTOBER 2011
(CARICOM, Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater, Georgetown, Guyana) I am very pleased to extend to you all a very warm Nature Island welcome. As you have already observed Dominica, the Nature Island of the Caribbean is still covered with up to 60% forest nourished by almost 200 inches of average annual rainfall, manifested by 365 rivers. I welcome you here to a…
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NOTES FOR ADDRESS BY THE PLENIPOTENTIARY REPRESENTATIVE DESIGNATE, MR. DAVID DEVINE, ON THE OCCASION OF PRESENTATION OF HIS LETTER OF INTRODUCTION, TO HIS EXCELLENCY THE SECRETARY GENERAL OF CARICOM, AMBASSADOR IRWIN LAROCQUE, SEPTEMBER 29, 2011
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Excellency, Ambassador Irwin Larocque -Secretary General of CARICOM Colleagues from the CARICOM Secretariat Members of the Media Ladies and Gentlemen, I am honored to be granted the privilege of being appointed as Canada’s fifth Plenipotenitary Representative to the CARICOM Secretariat. Canada greatly values the long and friendly relationship that it has sustained with the…
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INAUGURAL MEETING OF CARPHA EXECUTIVE BOARD REMARKS BY AMBASSADOR LOLITA APPLEWHAITE DEPUTY SECRETARY GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) WASHINGTON DC, 23 SEPTEMBER, 2011
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) On behalf of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat, I wish to add my words of welcome to all of you present at this landmark occasion, the inaugural meeting of the Executive Board of the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA). After several years of assessments, debates, and resolutions based on numerous feasibility studies and reports,…
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