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THE CONSOLIDATION AND FURTHER ADVANCEMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY : ADDRESS DELIVERED BY DR. THE HONOURABLE RALPH E. GONSALVES, PRIME MINISTER, ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES, AND OUT-GOING CHAIRMAN OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, ON THE OCCASION OF THE OPENING OF THE TWENTY-EIGHTH MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, 1 JULY 2007, NEEDHAM’S POINT, BARBADOS
Mr. Chairman, I recognise very specially the Prime Minister of the Bahamas , the Honourable Hubert Ingraham, who was recently re-elected to his Office after a voluntary five-year respite from his Prime Ministerial perch. He had welcomed me to the Bahamas at my first Heads of Government Conference in July 2001. I now reciprocate. Prime Minister Ingraham is a veteran…
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REMARKS BY H. E. EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), ON THE OCCASION OF THE OPENING OF THE TWENTY-EIGHTH MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, 1 JULY 2007, NEEDHAM’S POINT, BARBADOS
The Rt. Honourable Owen Arthur, Prime Minister of Barbados and Chairman of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community and Mrs. Arthur Your Excellencies the Presidents of Guyana and of Haiti Other Distinguished Heads of Government and Representatives of the Member States and Associate Members of the Caribbean Community Honourable Ministers The Speaker and Other Members of…
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REMARKS BY HONOURABLE STEPHENSON KING, ACTING PRIME MINISTER AND MINISTER FOR FINANCE, EXTERNAL AFFAIRS, HOME AFFAIRS, NATIONAL SECURITY, LABOUR, INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING, SAINT LUCIA, ON THE OCCASION OF THE OPENING OF THE TWENTY-EIGHTH MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, 1-4 JULY 2007, NEEDHAM’S POINT, BARBADOS
Mr. Chairman, Caricom Secretary General, Colleague Prime Ministers, Ministers, Ladies and Gentlemen, It is my greatest pleasure at this time to be addressing this, the Opening Ceremony of the Twenty-Eighth Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community. For me it’s an added privilege to be doing so here in Barbados , one of Saint Lucia…
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THE CONSOLIDATION AND FURTHER ADVANCEMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY : ADDRESS DELIVERED BY DR. THE HONOURABLE RALPH E. GONSALVES, PRIME MINISTER, ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES, AND OUT-GOING CHAIRMAN OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, ON THE OCCASION OF THE OPENING OF THE TWENTY-EIGHTH MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, 1 JULY 2007, NEEDHAM’S POINT, BARBADOS
Mr. Chairman, I recognise very specially the Prime Minister of the Bahamas , the Honourable Hubert Ingraham, who was recently re-elected to his Office after a voluntary five-year respite from his Prime Ministerial perch. He had welcomed me to the Bahamas at my first Heads of Government Conference in July 2001. I now reciprocate. Prime Minister Ingraham is a veteran…
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TWENTY-EIGHTH MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF CARICOM HEADS OF GOVERNMENT: FORMAL OPENING 1 JULY 2007
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown , Guyana ) Saturday 30 June 2007: Prime Minister of Barbados, the Rt. Hon. Owen Arthur, will address the formal opening ceremony of the 28th Meeting of the Conference of the Heads of Government of CARICOM Sunday 1 July 2007, in the Courtyard of the Barbados Parliament, in Bridgetown . Prime Minister Arthur is Incoming…
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US CONGRESSMAN RANGEL SPECIAL GUEST AT CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Congressman Charles Rangel, a leading Member of the United States House of Representatives will be a Special Guest at the 28th Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to be held in Barbados from 1-4 July, 2007. Congressman Rangel, a Democrat representing a District in New York is…
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TWENTY-EIGHTH MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF CARICOM HEADS OF GOVERNMENT FORMAL OPENING 1 JULY IN COURTYARD OF BARBADOS PARLIAMENT
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Incoming Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and Prime Minister of Barbados, the Rt. Hon. Owen Arthur, will address the formal opening ceremony of the 28th Meeting of the Conference of the Heads of Government of CARICOM on 1 July 2007 in the Courtyard of the Barbados Parliament. Other speakers at the opening are…
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JOINT STATEMENT ISSUED AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE CARICOM-US SUMMIT, 20 JUNE 2007, WASHINGTON, D.C.
1. We, the Heads of State and Government of the United States of America and of the Caribbean Community Nations of Antigua and Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, St. Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, and Trinidad and Tobago, meeting in Washington D.C. on June 20, 2007, reaffirm our…
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FUNCTIONAL COOPERATION FOCUS FOR 28TH CARICOM HEADS OF GOVERNMENT MEETING
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Twenty-Eighth Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) which opens in Barbados on Sunday 1 July, will consider critical issues under the broad context of increased functional cooperation in the Region, according to CARICOM Secretary General, H.E. Edwin Carrington. At a media clinic carried throughout the Community…
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PANCAP CARE AND TREATMENT WORKSHOP OPENS IN SAINT LUCIA
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Scaling up care and treatment and reducing stigma and discrimination are critical to successful HIV and AIDS response in this Region. “Tremendous work has been done, but we have just tipped the problem”. This is the view of the Hon. Edmund Estephane, Minister of Health, Saint Lucia. The minister was speaking at the opening…
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