Speeches
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STATEMENT BY H.E. EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), ON THE OCCASION OF THE INAUGURATION OF THE CARICOM SINGLE DOMESTIC SPACE, 1 FEBRUARY 2007
The Single Domestic Space comprising 10 Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Member States will be inaugurated today. The Single Domestic Space was created to meet the challenges of Cricket World Cup 2007 which the Caribbean will host from March 4 to April 28. The Caribbean is the smallest region to host such a mega-event. To mark the historic occasion, CARICOM Secretary General…
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STATEMENT BY H.E. EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), ON THE OCCASION OF THE INAUGURATION OF THE CARICOM SINGLE DOMESTIC SPACE, 1 FEBRUARY 2007
The Single Domestic Space comprising 10 Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Member States will be inaugurated today. The Single Domestic Space was created to meet the challenges of Cricket World Cup 2007 which the Caribbean will host from March 4 to April 28. The Caribbean is the smallest region to host such a mega-event. To mark the historic occasion, CARICOM Secretary General…
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JOINT STATEMENT OF THE FOURTH GENERAL MEETING BETWEEN REPRESENTATIVES OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) AND THE UNITED NATIONS SYSTEM, 25-26 JANUARY 2007, TURKEYEN, GREATER GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
1. The Fourth General Meeting between the United Nations system and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat and its associated institutions was convened at the CARICOM Secretariat in Guyana during 25-26 January 2007. The UN delegation was led by the Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Jomo Kwame Sundaram, Assistant Secretary General for Economic Development in the Department of Economic and Social…
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MESSAGE DELIVERED BY MR. KWAME SUNDARAM JOMO, ASSISTANT SECRETARY-GENERAL, DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS OF THE UNITED NATIONS (UN), ON BEHALF OF THE UN SECRETARY-GENERAL, AT THE OPENING OF THE FOURTH GENERAL MEETING BETWEEN THE UNITED NATIONS AND THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, 25 JANUARY 2007, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
I am delighted to send my warmest greetings to all participants in the Fourth General Meeting between representatives of the Caribbean Community and the United Nations. CARICOM is an important contributor to the UN’s work in the Caribbean region. The UN, for its part, remains strongly committed to helping your members address concerns like poverty, drug trafficking, crime and HIV/AIDS.…
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MORE MEMBER STATES USING THE NEW CARICOM PASSPORT
CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Come Monday, 29 January, 2007, Grenada will become the eighth Member State to have introduced the CARICOM Passport. The introduction by Grenada means that more than half of the 15-member Caribbean Community will have introduced the CARICOM Passport to nationals. On Thursday, 24 January 2007, the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago became the seventh…
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MESSAGE DELIVERED BY MR. KWAME SUNDARAM JOMO, ASSISTANT SECRETARY-GENERAL, DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS OF THE UNITED NATIONS (UN), ON BEHALF OF THE UN SECRETARY-GENERAL, AT THE OPENING OF THE FOURTH GENERAL MEETING BETWEEN THE UNITED NATIONS AND THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, 25 JANUARY 2007, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
I am delighted to send my warmest greetings to all participants in the fourth general meeting between representatives of the Caribbean Community and the United Nations. CARICOM is an important contributor to the UN’s work in the Caribbean region. The UN, for its part, remains strongly committed to helping your members address concerns like poverty, drug trafficking, crime and HIV/AIDS.…
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STATEMENT BY AMBASSADOR LOLITA APPLEWHAITE, DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), ON THE OCCASION OF THE OPENING OF THE FOURTH GENERAL MEETING BETWEEN THE UNITED NATIONS AND THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, 25 JANUARY 2007, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Assistant Secretary-General and Representatives of the United Nations and its Specialised Agencies Colleagues and Representatives of CARICOM Associated Institutions Members of the Media I extend a warm welcome to our visiting delegations both from CARICOM Regional institutions as well as from the United Nations and its Specialised Agencies, to the Headquarters of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). This is the fourth…
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REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), ON THE OCCASION OF THE OPENING SESSION OF THE NINETEENTH MEETING OF THE COMMUNITY COUNCIL OF MINISTERS, 19 JANUARY 2007, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Press release 11/2007(19 January 2007) Mr, Chairman, the Hon Sir Louis Straker, Minister of Foreign Affairs of St Vincent and the Grenadines Other Honourable Ministers Your Excellencies Ambassadors to the Caribbean Community Distinguished Delegates Deputy Secretary-General and Staff of the Secretariat Ladies and Gentlemen Members of the media May I, as Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) extend a hearty…
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REMARKS BY THE HON. SIR LOUIS STRAKER, CHAIRMAN OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) COUNCIL OF MINISTERS AND DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER AND MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, COMMERCE AND TRADE, ST VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES, ON THE OCCASION OF THE OPENING SESSION OF THE NINETEENTH MEETING OF THE COMMUNITY COUNCIL OF MINISTERS, 19 JANUARY 2007, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Honourable Ministers Secretary-General Your Excellencies Ambassadors to the Caribbean Community Distinguished Delegates Deputy Secretary-General and Staff of the Secretariat Ladies and Gentlemen Members of the Media I feel privileged to address you this morning as Chairman of the Caribbean Community Council of Ministers. As I said at another forum yesterday evening, I am glad to be back home in this…
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REMARKS BY THE HON. SIR LOUIS STRAKER, CHAIRMAN OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) COUNCIL OF MINISTERS AND DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER AND MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, COMMERCE AND TRADE, ST VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES, ON THE OCCASION OF THE OPENING SESSION OF THE NINETEENTH MEETING OF THE COMMUNITY COUNCIL OF MINISTERS, 19 JANUARY 2007, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Honourable Ministers Secretary-General Your Excellencies Ambassadors to the Caribbean Community Distinguished Delegates Deputy Secretary-General and Staff of the Secretariat Ladies and Gentlemen Members of the Media I feel privileged to address you this morning as Chairman of the Caribbean Community Council of Ministers. As I said at another forum yesterday evening, I am glad to be back home in this…
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