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STATEMENT BY HIS EXCELLENCY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), ON THE OCCASION OF THE TWENTY-FIFTH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (COTED), 25 JANUARY 2008, PROVIDENCE, EAST BANK DEMERARA, GUYANA
Mr Chairman, the Honourable Karl Samuda, Minister of Industry and Commerce of Jamaica Dr the Honourable Henry Jeffrey, Minister of Foreign Trade and International Co-operation of Guyana Other Honourable Ministers Distinguished Delegates Representatives of Regional Bodies Assistant Secretaries-General and Staff of the Secretariat Representatives of the MediaLadies and Gentlemen I happily join the Hon. Minister of Guyana in extending a…
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SPECIAL COTED TO LOOK AT REVIEW OF EPA NEGOTIATIONS
CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Twenty-Fifth Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) opened at the Buddy’s International Hotelin Georgetown Friday with challenges thrown out for the Region to become more competitive in order to respond to the challenges of the current global environment. In brief addresses at the opening, Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community…
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OPENING REMARKS BY THE HON. KARL SAMUDA, CHAIR OF THE TWENTY-FIFTH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (COTED), 25 JANUARY 2008, PROVIDENCE, EAST BANK DEMERARA, GUYANA
Distinguished Delegates, It is my honour to be afforded the opportunity to Chair this the 25th Regular Session of the COTED. I am reassured by the manner in which we worked yesterday to complete the COTED/COHSOD Agenda. I know that our concerted efforts today will result in timely agreement on important items on the Agenda. Our Region is now at…
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Opening remarks by Honourable Karl Samuda, Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce, Jamaica at the Second Joint COTED/COSHOD Meeting, 24 January 2008, Providence, East Bank Demerara, Guyana
On behalf of the people of Jamaica, let me thank you for the opportunity to serve as Co-Chairman at this meeting. I am honoured to co-chair this, the 2nd Joint COTED/COSHOD meeting. I welcome all delegates to this meeting as it has been a long time, 2001, since both CARICOM bodies have met and there are important items to be…
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CARICOM HAS MADE MAJOR STRIDES
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The major strides in achieving the underlying objectives of the first Joint Meeting of the Councils for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) and Human and Social Development (COHSOD) held in September 2001 were not only symbolic but helped to consolidate the spirit of Community which now infused all regional considerations, Secretary-General of the Caribbean…
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JOINT COTED/COHSOD OPENS THURSDAY
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Matters relating to Free Movement in the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) as well as Culture and Trade in the CSME will be high on the agenda of the Second Joint Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) and the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD) which opens on…
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23 JANUARY SPECIAL DAY FOR CARICOM
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) January 23 is a date of special significance to the people of the Caribbean Community and in particular to the people of Saint Lucia. Two of the Caribbean’s Nobel Laureates, the late Sir Arthur Lewis and Mr Derek Walcott were born on 23 January in Saint Lucia, 15 years apart. Sir Arthur, who won…
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PACKED AGENDA FOR TWENTY-FIFTH COTED
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Twenty-Fifth Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) opens in Georgetown on Friday 25 January with a packed agenda that includes recommendations from the technical team which earlier this week considered poverty and rising cost of living in the Region. The two-day meeting will be held at the Buddy’s International…
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Fireworks at Inauguration Of Competition Commission
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Fireworks lit up the Paramaribo sky late on Friday afternoon, 18, January shortly after Dr. Kusha Haraksingh, a national of Trinidad and Tobago was sworn in as Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Competition Commission. Dr Haraksingh and his six fellow Commissioners took the oath of office, administered by the Chairman of the Regional…
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FIREWORKS AT INAUGURATION OF COMPETITION COMMISSION
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Fireworks lit up the Paramaribo sky late on Friday afternoon, 18, January shortly after Dr. Kusha Haraksingh, a national of Trinidad and Tobago was sworn in as Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Competition Commission. Dr Haraksingh and his six fellow Commissioners took the oath of office, administered by the Chairman of the Regional…
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