Speeches
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STATEMENT BY AMBASSADOR LOLITA APPLEWHAITE, DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), ON THE OCCASION OF THE BRIEFING ON CLIMATE CHANGE FOR THE CARIBBEAN MEDIA, 23 APRIL 2007, TURKEYEN, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Salutations On 6 April 2007, the Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released its Fourth Assessment Report on climate change which focused on the impacts, adaptation and vulnerability with regard to planet earth. The high level of confidence demonstrated in the methodology and in the quality data used in the preparation of the report, underscores the global concerns over the…
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STATEMENT BY HIS EXCELLENCY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIFORUM/CARICOM ON THE OCCASION OF THE SIGNING OF THE CONTRIBUTION AGREEMENT FOR THE 9TH EDF CARIBBEAN INTEGRATION SUPPORT PROGRAMME, 20 APRIL 2007, TURKEYEN, GREATER GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Your Excellency, Ambassador Geert Heikens, Head of the European Commission Delegation in Guyana Your Excellency, Mr. Fraser Wheeler, British High Commissioner Deputy Secretary-General, Ambassador Lolita Applewhaite Assistant Secretaries-General Representatives of the European Commission Delegation Representative of the Embassy of Suriname Other Members of Staff of the CARICOM Secretariat Representatives of the Media As Secretary-General of both the Caribbean Community (CARICOM)…
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REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY EDWIN CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) ON THE OCCASION OF THE PRESENTATION OF CREDENTIALS BY HIS EXCELLENCY JEAN-PAUL DUMONT, PLENIPOTENTIARY REPRESENTATIVE OF THE REPUBLIC OF FRANCE TO CARICOM, 18 APRIL 2007, TURKEYEN, GUYANA
Ambassador Jean-Paul Dumont, Plenipotentiary Representative (Designate) of the Republic of France to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM)Deputy Secretary-General, Ambassador Lolita Applewhaite Assistant Secretaries-General Other Members of Staff of the CARICOM Secretariat Representatives of the Media Excellency, in November of 2005, I was pleased to receive, on behalf of the Caribbean Community, the credentials of your predecessor, His Excellency Ambassador Boursin, as…
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SPEECH BY HON. DR. DENZIL DOUGLAS, PRIME MINISTER OF ST. KITTS AND NEVIS AT THE UN OBSERVANCE OF THE COMMEMORATION OF THE 200TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ABOLITION OF THE TRANS-ATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE, 26 MARCH 2007, UN HEADQUARTERS, NEW YORK
Thank you Mister President Madam Deputy Secretary-General, Excellencies, Members of the United Nations Secretariat, International and Regional Organizations, special invited guests, ladies and gentlemen. It is with a mixed sense of both humility and pride that I stand here, on behalf of the Federation of St. Kitts & Nevis and the other Member States of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), to…
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MESSAGE DELIVERED BY H.E. EDWIN W. CARRINGTON SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY ON THE OCCASION OF THE BICENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY OF THE ABOLITION OF THE TRANSATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE, 25 MARCH 2007
In the occasion of the 200th Anniversary of the Abolition of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade, I bring you the following brief message from the Caribbean Community to the world: The fact that the commemoration of this occasion echoes across so many cities, states, island nations and continents is testimony to the pervasive and persistent influence of that most insidious period…
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MESSAGE DELIVERED BY H.E. EDWIN W. CARRINGTON SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY ON THE OCCASION OF THE BICENTENNIAL ANNIVERSARY OF THE ABOLITION OF THE TRANSATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE, 25 March 2007
In the occasion of the 200th Anniversary of the Abolition of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade, I bring you the following brief message from the Caribbean Community to the world: The fact that the commemoration of this occasion echoes across so many cities, states, island nations and continents is testimony to the pervasive and persistent influence of that most insidious period…
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STATEMENT BY AMBASSADOR LOLITA APPLEWHAITE, DEPUTY SECRETARY GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, ON THE OCCASION OF THE SPECIAL CEREMONY TO MARK THE 200TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ABOLITION OF THE TRANS-ATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE, 25 MARCH 2007, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Salutations It is my pleasure to deliver this message on behalf of the Secretary-General, His Excellency Mr. Edwin Carrington, who has asked me to convey sincere regrets that he is unable to be with us today owing to other commitments in the Community. The CARICOM Secretariat is very pleased to collaborate with the Government of Guyana in this Special Ceremony…
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ADDRESS BY DR. THE HON. RALPH GONSALVES , PRIME MINISTER, ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES AND CHAIRMAN OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), ON THE OCCASION OF THE 200TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ABOLITION OF THE TRANS-ATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE, 25 MARCH 2007
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) I have the distinct honour and pleasure of addressing the Caribbean Community on the historic occasion of the Bicentenary of the passage of the Bill by the British Parliament in 1807, that abolished the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade. Given the overwhelming significance of this historic moment to us in the Caribbean, it is fitting that…
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STATEMENT ISSUED BY HIS EXCELLENCY, EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), ON THE PASSING OF HONOURABLE LLOYD ALGERNON BEST, OCC
It is with a sense of profound loss and deep personal sadness that I have received the news of the passing of one of the Caribbean’s greatest sons, Lloyd Algernon Best, OCC. When Mr. Best was awarded the Order of the Caribbean Community (OCC) in 2003 at the Fourteenth Inter-Sessional Meeting of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community in…
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ADDRESS BY DR. THE HON. RALPH GONSALVES , PRIME MINISTER, ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES AND CHAIRMAN OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), ON THE OCCASION OF THE 200TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE ABOLITION OF THE TRANS-ATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE, 25 MARCH 2007
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) I have the distinct honour and pleasure of addressing the Caribbean Community on the historic occasion of the Bicentenary of the passage of the Bill by the British Parliament in 1807, that abolished the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade. Given the overwhelming significance of this historic moment to us in the Caribbean, it is fitting that…
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