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REMARKS BY MINISTER OF FOREIGN TRADE AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION, GUYANA, AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE TWELFTH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, 25 JANUARY 2002, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Colleague Ministers Mr. Secretary-General Government Officials Members of Staff of the Secretariat Ladies and Gentlemen of the Media A warm welcome to my colleague Ministers. Please accept my best wishes for the New Year and a pleasant stay in Guyana. I would like to single out the “New Kids' on the block for special mention and to wish them every…
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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF HER EXCELLENCY MANORMA P. SOEKNANDAN, AMBASSADOR OF THE REPUBLIC OF SURINAME TO THE CO-OPERATIVE REPUBLIC OF GUYANA AND THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM)
Ambassador Soeknandan presented her Credentials to the Secretary-General of CARICOM , today, 24 January 2002, at the Georgetown-based Headquarters of the Secretariat. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH Her Excellency Manorma P. Soeknandan, Ambassador of the Republic of Suriname to the Co-operative Republic of Guyana and the Caribbean Community is a lawyer by profession. Born in Paramaribo, she graduated from Anton de Kom University…
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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF HIS EXCELLENCY ANTHONY BRYAN SEVERIN, AMBASSADOR OF SAINT LUCIA TO THE MEMBER STATES OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) AND TO CARICOM.
Ambassador Severin presented his Letters of Credentials to the Secretary-General of CARICOM on 24 January 2002. BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH His Excellency Anthony Bryan Severin, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Saint Lucia to the Caribbean Community has had a long and distinguished career in the Public Service. A graduate of the University of the West Indies with an honours degree in Economics…
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STATEMENT BY H.E. ANTHONY SEVERIN, AMBASSADOR EXTRAORDINARY AND PLENIPOTENTIARY OF SAINT LUCIA TO THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY ON THE OCCASION OF THE PRESENTATION OF LETTERS OF INTRODUCTION TO THE SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, THURSDAY, 24 JANUARY 2002
Your Excellency, Mr. Secretary-General It is indeed a special privilege, an honour and a great pleasure to present to you this letter of introduction from the Government of Saint Lucia as Saint Lucia's Ambassador Extraordinary and plenipotentiary to the Caribbean Community. In presenting this Letter, I bring you very warm greetings from Prime Minister, the Hon. Dr. Kenny Anthony, the…
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REMARKS BY THE SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) ON THE OCCASION OF THE CEREMONY FOR THE PRESENTATION OF CREDENTIALS BY HIS EXCELLENCY ANTHONY B. SEVERIN, AMBASSADOR OF SAINT LUCIA TO THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, 24 JANUARY 2002, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
It is indeed an honour and distinct pleasure to receive the Letter of Introduction from the Honourable Minister for External Affairs, International Trade and Civil Aviation of Saint Lucia, the Honourable Julian Hunte appointing His Excellency Anthony Severin as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Saint Lucia to the Caribbean Community. His Excellency Anthony Severin has had a close and longstanding…
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REMARKS BY THE SECRETARY-GENERAL OF CARICOM ON THE OCCASION OF THE CEREMONY FOR THE PRESENTATION OF CREDENTIALS BY HER EXCELLENCY MANORMA SOEKNANDAN, AMBASSADOR OF THE REPUBLIC OF SURINAME TO THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, 24 JANUARY 2002
Excellency it is with great pleasure that I receive the Letter from the Honourable Minister of Foreign Affairs, Her Excellency Maria Elizabeth Levens, accrediting you as Ambassador of Suriname to the Caribbean Community. It is indeed fitting that the Government of the Republic of Suriname named Your Excellency as Ambassador to CARICOM given the wealth of experience which you bring…
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COTED OFFICIALS, MINISTERS TO DISCUSS TRADE, ECONOMIC ISSUES
Officials and Ministers of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED), one of the chief organs of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), meet in Guyana on 23-25 January, to deliberate on a host of trade related and economic issues affecting the regional integration movement. The COTED Officials will first meet on 23-24 January at the Le Meridien Pegasus Hotel to…
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CARICOM COMMUNITY COUNCIL BREAKING GROUND FOR THE NEW YEAR
The Community Council of Ministers of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will examine the status of implementation of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) and the widening of the Community – its top agenda items -at the start of its first rounds of deliberations for the year later this week. The Council, the second highest decision-making body of the Community,…
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PRESS STATEMENT ISSUED AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE THIRD MEETING OF THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT GROUP FOR THE EUROPEAN UNION-FUNDED PROJECT “STRENGTHENING THE INSTITUTIONAL RESPONSE TO HIV/AIDS IN THE CARIBBEAN”, 17-18 JANUARY 2002, PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
The Third Meeting of the Project Management Group for the European Union-funded project on “Strengthening the Institutional Response to HIV/AIDS in the Caribbean” was convened at the Hilton Hotel in Trinidad and Tobago from 17-18 January, 2002. The Meeting considered the performance reports from all six (6) implementing agencies during the first six months of operation of the project and…
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