Speeches
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MESSAGE BY THE HON. DR. DENZIL DOUGLAS, PRIME MINISTER OF ST. KITTS AND NEVIS, CHAIR OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) AND THE PAN CARIBBEAN PARTNERSHIP AGAINST HIV AND AIDS (PANCAP) ON THE OCCASION OF WORLD AIDS DAY, 1 DECEMBER 2006
Today, the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the members of the Pan Caribbean Partnership against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP) join our brothers and sisters throughout the world symbolizing our deepest commitment to the fight against HIV/AIDS. This disease, which is the highest cause of death among our youth between the ages of 15-29, as well as our most productive workforce between…
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CARICOM SECRETARY-GENERAL TO DELIVER ADDRESSES IN JAMAICA, MIAMI, GUADELOUPE
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) CARICOM Secretary General, His Excellency, Edwin Carrington, leaves Guyana on December 1 for a series of speaking engagements in Jamaica, Miami and Guadeloupe. The Secretary-General will be in Jamaica on Saturday December 2 to deliver the feature address at the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) Caribbean Media Awards function. The theme of the awards…
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PANCAP TO ENGAGE MEDIA AS CHAMPIONS FOR CHANGE
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Representatives of the Region’s media industry will meet on December 7-9, 2006 in Barbados, at the third Champions for Change Conference aimed at accelerating the process to reduce HIV and AIDS stigma and discrimination. Convened by the CARICOM-coordinated Pan Caribbean Partnership Against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP), this third conference seeks to secure the informed…
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MESSAGE BY THE HON. DR. DENZIL DOUGLAS, PRIME MINISTER OF ST. KITTS AND NEVIS, CHAIR OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) AND THE PAN CARIBBEAN PARTNERSHIP AGAINST HIV AND AIDS (PANCAP) ON THE OCCASION OF WORLD AIDS DAY, 1 DECEMBER 2006
Today, the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the members of the Pan Caribbean Partnership against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP) join our brothers and sisters throughout the world symbolizing our deepest commitment to the fight against HIV/AIDS. This disease, which is the highest cause of death among our youth between the ages of 15-29, as well as our most productive workforce between…
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KEYNOTE ADDRESS BY H.E. EDWIN CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) ON THE OCCASION OF THE UNFPA MEDIA AWARDS, 2 DECEMBER 2006, MONA, JAMAICA
Over the years I have learnt to take up any offer to hold hands with the media with a hint of trepidation. But this time around I feel safer as the chaperone is the United Nations. And even though not the blue helmets of the peacekeeping force, the United Nations Population Fund grants me enough cover to feel reasonably safe…
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FEATURE ADDRESS BY HON. MANNIRAM PRASHAD, MINISTER OF TOURISM, INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE, GUYANA, AT THE SECOND ROUNDTABLE ON THE STRATEGIC PLAN AND COORDINATING MECHANISMS FOR SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES, 24-25 OCTOBER 2006, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Chairman Mr. Kyle Jackman, Ambassador Lolita Applewaite, Ambassador Irwin La Rocque, Senator Sandra Husbands, Patrick Zephyr, President of Guyana Small Business Association, Delegates from the respective CCARICOM countries, Invited guests and Staff of the CARICOM Secretariat, Members of the media, Ladies and Gentlemen. Firstly, I would like to welcome our overseas guests to bright and beautiful Guyana and to invite…
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STATEMENT BY HIS EXCELLENCY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), ON THE OCCASION OF THE PRESENTATION OF CREDENTIALS OF HIS EXCELLENCY CHARLES COURT, HIGH COMMISSIONER OF CANADA TO GUYANA AND PLENIPOTENTIARY REPRESENTATIVE OF CANADA TO CARICOM, 20 NOVEMBER 2006, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Your Excellency Mr. Charles Court Deputy Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community Assistant Secretaries-General Other Staff of the CARICOM Secretariat Members of the Media Ladies and Gentlemen Today I am deeply honoured to welcome His Excellency Charles Court and to receive the Credentials accrediting him as Canada’s Plenipotentiary Representative to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). I welcome you High Commissioner, not just…
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REMARKS BY H.E. EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) ON THE OCCASIO
Mr. Chairman Honourable Ministers Distinguished Delegates Representatives of the University of the West Indies and Students of the Institute of International Relations Staff of the Secretariat Members of the Media Ladies and Gentlemen It is once again my privilege and pleasure as Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community to welcome you all with a few brief remarks to a meeting…
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KEYNOTE ADDRESS BY HIS EXCELLENCY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, AT THE 30TH ANNUAL MIAMI CONFERENCE ON THE CARIBBEAN BASIN, 4-6 DECEMBER 2006, MIAMI, FLORIDA
Theme: 30 years of Progress: The COMPETITIVENESS CHALLENGE TO THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY Salutations In an age of instant gratification and built-in redundancy, the celebration of a thirty-year anniversary, even in a marriage, is becoming very rare. So it is with great pleasure that I extend hearty congratulations to Caribbean-Central American Action (CCAA) on achieving this milestone with the Miami Conference…
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REMARKS BY AMB. LOLITA APPLEWHAITE, DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), AT THE OPENING OF THE SIXTH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE CARIBBEAN PARTNERSHIP AGAINST HIV/AIDS (PANCAP), 9 NOVEMBER 2006, TORTOLA, BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS
I would normally start by saying that it is a pleasure for me to be here today; however, there is nothing pleasurable about the topic that brings us here today. For it must concern us that the number of HIV infected persons in the Caribbean is larger than the entire population of Barbados; we cannot afford to lose sight of…
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