Speeches
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2025 presents CARICOM with opportunity to renew commitment to economic growth, expansion – Chair of 54th Meeting of Community Council of Ministers
The Hon. Kerrie D. Symmonds, M.P., Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade and Senior Minister coordinating the Productive Sectors of Barbados, chaired the 54th Meeting of the Community Council of Ministers on Thursday, 16 January 2025. Please read his remarks below: Colleague Ministers and your delegations, Secretary-General Barnett, Deputy Secretary-General Alexis, Associate Members, CARICOM Secretariat officials; colleagues representing CARICOM…
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Remarks by Milagro Matus, Deputy Programme Manager, Agricultural and Agro-Industrial Development, CARICOM Secretariat | World Food Day Observance 2024 | Georgetown, Guyana | 16 October 2024
“World Food Day provides us with a unique opportunity to reaffirm our commitment to ensuring that every person in the CARICOM Region has the right to food. By embracing sustainable agricultural practices and fostering regional cooperation, we can create a better life and a brighter future for all.” – Milagro Matus, Deputy Programme Manager, Agricultural and Agro-Industrial Development, CARICOM Secretariat…
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Remarks by Director, Sectoral Programmes, CARICOM Secretariat, Ambassador David Prendergast |Special Meeting of COTED (Agriculture) | 11 October 2024, St. Vincent and the Grenadines
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Hon. Saboto Caesar, Chair of this morning’s 115th Special Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED), Hon. Ministers, Regional Institutions, Delegates, Stakeholders, I extend welcome to Ministers and delegations this 115th Special Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) – Agriculture. As we consider achievements under the 25…
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Remarks by Assistant Secretary-General, Elizabeth Solomon | Colloquium to mark the Thirtieth Anniversary of the ACS| Cartegena, Colombia
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) – It is an honour to deliver remarks at this Colloquium to mark the Thirtieth Anniversary of the creation of the Association of Caribbean States. The theme “Convergence and Cooperation in the Caribbean” is, to say the least, timely. Not enough can be said, indeed, not enough can be done, to underscore the significance…
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Remarks by Ambassador Wayne McCook | Regional Policy Meeting, St. Philip, Barbados| 8 October 2024
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) – Assistant Secretary-General for the Directorate of CARICOM Single Market and Trade, Ambassador Wayne McCook delivered remarks at the opening of the Caribbean Policy Development Centre’s Regional Policy Meeting on Tuesday 8 October 2024 at the Crane Resort in St. Philip Barbados, under the theme, “Envisioning Caribbean development over the next 50 years and…
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Remarks by the CARICOM Secretary-General, Dr. Carla Barnett at the Opening Ceremony of the 18th Caribbean Week of Agriculture, Kingstown, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, 7 October 2024
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) – I am very pleased to be here at the Opening Ceremony of the Eighteenth Caribbean Week of Agriculture (CWA). As one of our flagship events, the Caribbean Week of Agriculture is critical to increasing awareness of agriculture, food and nutrition security in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), and promoting investment in the Region’s food…
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Remarks by the CARICOM Deputy Secretary-General, Dr. Armstrong Alexis | 8th Caribbean Infrastructure Forum (CARIF) | 24-25 September, 2024 | Miami, FL.
The 8th Caribbean Infrastructure Forum (CARIF) is a two-day event that brings together regional and global leaders involved in the planning, financing and construction of infrastructure and capital projects across the Caribbean. CARICOM Deputy Secretary-General, Dr Armstrong Alexis participated in a panel discussion with industry leaders and executives. Here is a summary of his remarks, in which he gives background…
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Remarks by Dr. Carla Barnett, Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community at the Third Interactive Session of the 79th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, UN Headquarters, New York, 25 September 2024
(Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) – Mr President,Excellencies,Distinguished delegates,Ladies and gentlemen. The Caribbean Community last year celebrated 50 years of our integration grouping. Our founding Heads of Government were acutely aware of the immense challenges that newly independent post-colonial small states would have in their development journey and even at that time provided for collaboration to protect…
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Keynote address by the CARICOM Secretary-General, Dr. Carla Barnett at the opening of the 55th Annual General Meeting of the Caribbean Broadcasting Union, Placencia Belize, 12 August 2024
Salutations Honourable John Briceño, Prime Minister of Belize; Honourable Ministers and members of the National Assembly; Dr. Claire Grant, President, and Other Executives and Members of the Caribbean Broadcasting Union; Ladies and Gentlemen. I am pleased to address you all for the convening of this Annual General Assembly and related activities. As a proud Belizean, I…
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Remarks by Senator the Hon. Paula Gopee-Scoon, Minister of Trade and Industry of Trinidad and Tobago, and Chair of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED), at a meeting with Ambassador Katherine Tai, U.S. Trade Representative, 2 August 2024.
Let me first express my extreme delight in joining Minister Todd and representatives of the CARICOM Secretariat in welcoming Ambassador Tai to Guyana and CARICOM. The United States market is of significant importance to the region. The United States America is the top trading partner for CARICOM. The US market accounts for over 40 per cent of all CARICOM’s exports…
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