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ADDRESS TO 2001 CONFERENCE OF THE INSURANCE ASSOCIATION OF THE CARIBBEAN BY HONOURABLE LESTER B. BIRD M.P. PRIME MINISTER OF ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA ON MONDAY, 4TH JUNE 2001
Mr Chairman, Distinguished Delegates. Let me first thank you for giving me the privilege of addressing your Conference. As they say in the airline business, I know you have choices. I’m flattered you opted for me. I promise to return the favour by making this part of your Conference mercifully short. Mr Chairman, I was intrigued with the theme of…
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Reforming The OECS : A Paper From The Government Of Antigua And Barbuda, Presented By Hon. Lester B. Bird, Prime Minister Of Antigua And Barbuda To A Meeting Of The Authority Of The OECS, Grenada, Saturday, 28 April, 2001
INTRODUCTION The Government of Antigua and Barbuda is a founder member of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS). The Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, Lester B. Bird, is the only survivor in Government of those persons who signed the Treaty of Basseterre on 18th June 1981 bringing the Organisation into existence. Indeed, the conceptualization of the Organisation originated…
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PREPARED TEXT FOR FEATURE ADDRESS BY PRIME MINISTER DR. KEITH MITCHELL SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL CONFERENCE AND TRADE EXHIBITION OF THE CARIBBEAN ASSOCIATION OF NATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION ORGANISATIONS (CANTO) , 28 MAY 2001, SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO
I am pleased to be here at the 17th Annual Conference and Trade Exhibition in San Juan, Puerto Rico and to share with you my thoughts on the theme of this Conference “The Technology Explosion – Extending our Reach”. I believe that we in the Caribbean must extend our reach into the new vista that the technologies are offering. I…
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ADDRESS BY HON. DR. KEITH MITCHELL, PRIME MINISTER, GRENADA, AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE FOURTH ANNUAL CARIBBEAN MEDIA CONFERENCE, 25 MAY 2001, ST. GEORGE’S, GRENADA
The Role of a Free Press in a Small Island State – Size, Politics and a Free Press Mr. Chairman, Leslie Pierre, Rev. Andrew Baker, Chairman of the Conference of Churches of Grenada, Ms. Jocelyne Josiah, Regional Communications Advisor for UNESCO, Mr. Wayne Modeste, President of the Media Workers Association of Grenada, Sir Fred Gollop, Hon. Ralph Maraj, Other Parliamentarians,…
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REFLECTIONS ON DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE IN OUR AMERICA: SPEECH DELIVERED BY HON. DR. KENNY D. ANTHONY, PRIME MINISTER OF SAINT LUCIA TO THE ARGENTINE COUNCIL FOR INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS (CARI), 24 APRIL 2001, BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA
INTRODUCTION Students, staff, and members of the Argentine Council for International Relations, Staff of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Argentina, It is with a very special sense of honour and privilege that I have come to this great land of the Americas, the land of Jose de San Martin. What fuels this inestimable sense of pride is the opportunity…
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REFLECTIONS ON DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE IN OUR AMERICA: SPEECH DELIVERED BY HON. DR. KENNY D. ANTHONY, PRIME MINISTER OF SAINT LUCIA TO THE ARGENTINE COUNCIL FOR INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS (CARI), 24 APRIL 2001, BUENOS AIRES, ARGENTINA
INTRODUCTION Students, staff, and members of the Argentine Council for International Relations, Staff of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Argentina, It is with a very special sense of honour and privilege that I have come to this great land of the Americas, the land of Jose de San Martin. What fuels this inestimable sense of pride is the opportunity…
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OPENING REMARKS BY MR. EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY AT THE PROJECT ADVISORY GROUP MEETING OF THE CARICOM/EC PROJECT ON HIV/AIDS 24 May 2001, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
I am pleased that this CARICOM/EC Institutional Strengthening Project has actually reached the stage where the main purpose of this meeting is to discuss the work plans of the various partner institutions involved and therefore to set the stage for the full implementation of the programmes that would collectively make a difference in the Region’s struggle against HIV/AIDS. The…
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HIV/AIDS/STI – THE CARIBBEAN IS FIGHTING BACK
Members of the Project Advisory Group for the EC-CARICOM Project on HIV/AIDS/STI met at the CARICOM Secretariat Headquarters in Georgetown on Thursday 24 May 2001. The main focus of the meeting was to agree on a programme of activities and strategies for synergy among the five implementing agencies of the Project: CAREC, CHRC, CRN+, UNAIDS and UWI. This Project is…
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STATEMENT BY MR. EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY ON THE DEATH OF MR. FRED DERBY OF SURINAME
The Caribbean Community Secretariat learnt with shock about the sudden death on Saturday, 19 May 2001 in Paramaribo, Suriname of the prominent Suriname trade union and political leader, Mr. Fred Derby, at the age of 62. Mr. Fred Derby was a well-known and respected figure in Suriname for over thirty years. During this period he played an important role in…
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OAS/CARICOM MISSION TO HAITI
The Joint OAS/CARICOM Mission to Haiti, led by Secretary General Cesar Gaviria and former Dominican Prime Minister, Dame Eugenia Charles, will visit Port-au-Prince from May 29 to 31, 2001. The Joint Mission, established on May 9 following an agreement by Prime Minister Owen Arthur of Barbados, Chairman of the Conference of Heads of Government of CARICOM, and Secretary General Gaviria,…
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