Speeches
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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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REMARKS BY H.E. EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) ON THE OCCASION OF THE PRESENTATION OF CREDENTIALS BY H.E. DAVID ROBINSON, PLENIPOTENTIARY REPRESENTATIVE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO CARICOM, 27 OCTOBER 2006, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Your Excellency, Mr. David Robinson, Deputy Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community, Assistant Secretary-General, Other Staff of the CARICOM Secretariat, Members of the Media, Ladies and Gentlemen It is with distinct pleasure that I welcome you most warmly, Ambassador, to the Headquarters of the Caribbean Community. Here you will find among our staff what can almost be termed a microcosm of…
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REMARKS BY H.E. EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), AT THE ALLIANCE FOR CIVILISATION SEMINAR, 25 SEPTEMBER 2006, SAINT LUCIA
Prime Minister of St Lucia Dr The Hon Kenny Anthony Hon Rafael Dezcallar, Under-Secretary for Foreign Policy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Spain The Most Honourable Percival J. Patterson, Former Prime Minister of Jamaica H.E. Jesus Silva and other members of the Diplomatic corps The Honourable Derek Walcott, Noble Laureate Honourable Rex Nettleford Specially invited guests Ladies and Gentlemen It is…
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WELCOME REMARKS BY AMB. IRWIN LAROCQUE ASSISTANT SECRETARY-GENERAL, REGIONAL TRADE AND ECONOMIC INTEGRATION, CARICOM SECRETARIAT, AT THE SECOND ROUNDTABLE ON THE STRATEGIC PLAN AND COORDINATING MECHANISMS FOR SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES, 24-25 OCTOBER 2006, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Honourable Minister of Tourism, Industry and Commerce of Guyana, Manniram Prashad; Deputy Secretary-General, Ambassador Lolita Applewhaite; our Chairman for this Roundtable; Madame President of the Caribbean Association of Small and Medium Enterprises, Senator Sandra Husbands of Barbados; Other Distinguished Guests; Ladies and Gentlemen, Welcome to this our Second Roundtable on Small and Medium Enterprises being held here at our Caribbean…
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REMARKS BY AMBASSADOR LOLITA APPLEWHAITE, DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF SECOND ROUNDTABLE ON THE STRATEGIC PLAN AND COORDINATING MECHANISMS FOR SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES, 24 OCTOBER 2006, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Honourable Minister of Tourism, Industry and Commerce of Guyana, Manniram Prashad; Chairman, Mr. Kyle Jackman; President of the Caribbean Association of Small and Medium Enterprises, Senator Sandra Husbands; Assistant Secretary-General and other Members of Staff of the CARICOM Secretariat; Members of the Media, Ladies and Gentlemen, On behalf of the Secretary-General, Dr Edwin Carrington, and my colleagues from the CARICOM…
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OPENING REMARKS BY DR. EDWARD GREENE, ASST. SECRETARY-GENERAL, HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, CARICOM SECRETARIAT, AT THE FIFTEENTH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT (COHSOD), 19 OCTOBER 2006, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
I welcome you all most sincerely to this Fifteenth Meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development. This Meeting is taking place at a critical juncture in the life of the Community. The CARICOM Single Market was established in January this year. Soon after, a new democratically elected government in Haiti returned to the fold of the Community and…
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