Speeches
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Opening Statement By the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, Chairman of the Conference of Heads of Governement of CARICOM
• Your Excellencies the Most Honourable Sir Patrick Allen, Governor General and the Most Honourable Lady Allen; • Your Excellencies Colleague Heads of State and Government; • Dr. Peter Phillips, Leader of the Opposition and Mrs. Phillips • Chief Ministers and Ministers of Government • Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, CARICOM Secretary-General • Newly installed President of the CCJ Justice Saunders •…
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Address, PM Gaston Browne, 39th Meeting, Conf. of Heads of Govt. of CARICOM, Montego Bay, Jamaica, 4 July, 2018
Your Excellency the President of Haiti, Jovenel Moïse, Outgoing Chairman of CARICOM The Most Honourable Prime Minister of Jamaica, Andrew Holness, Incumbent Chairman of CARICOM; Other distinguished Heads of State and Government; The Secretary-General of CARICOM, His Excellency Irwin LaRocque; Honourable Ministers of Government of member countries of CARICOM; Your Excellencies of the Diplomatic Corps; Esteemed invited guests; Ladies, gentlemen…
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Address, Pres. of Haiti. H.E. Jovenel Moise, 39th Meeting, Conf. of Heads of Govt. of CARICOM, Montego Bay, 4 July, 2018
Ladies and Gentlemen, Heads of State and of Government, Ladies and Gentlemen, Heads of Delegation, Mr. Secretary General, Ladies and gentlemen, I am pleased to address this august assembly, as outgoing President of the Conference of Heads of State and of Government of our organization. I am particularly pleased to visit, for the first time as Head of State, the…
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‘The CSME: A time for reckoning’ Presentation by former Prime Minister of Jamaica, Mr. Bruce Golding to the Stakeholder Consultation
It is appropriate to remind ourselves that it is now almost 30 years since the Grande Anse Declaration of 1989 in which member states committed themselves to transforming the Caribbean Community into a Single Market and Economy. The report of the most recent review of the CSME prepared by the Secretariat provides a useful frame of reference for these consultations.…
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Remarks, Dr. Justin Ram, Director of Economics, CDB, at Stakeholder Consultation on CSME, Georgetown, Guyana, 8 June, 2018
Salutations Good Morning All: It is indeed a great pleasure to be with you today and tomorrow as we discuss this very important topic of the Caribbean Single Market and Economy (CSME). We are particularly happy at the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) to support these discussions. At this this point in time the CSME is critical for our Region. We…
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Address by Hon Chet Greene to the 46th COTED Meeting in Guyana
Colleagues, ladies and gentlemen, there are many ongoing international, regional and domestic issues that will impact the work programme and the agenda of the Council. However, in the face of all these issues, the Council must find an appropriate mix of methodologies and strategies to address the ever expanding agenda of the Council. I am pleased to note that the…
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Remarks, Dr. Keith Mitchell, PM of Grenada, Opening, 29th Intersessional Meeting, CARICOM Heads of Government
His Excellency Jovenel Moise, President of the Republic of Haiti and Chairman of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community; Other Heads of State and Government; Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, Secretary-General, CARICOM; Other Heads of Delegation; Representatives of the Media; People of the Caribbean Community. I am truly pleased to be here in the Republic of Haiti, aptly…
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Remarks by the Secretary-General Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ambassador Irwin Larocque at the Opening of the Twenty-Ninth Inter-sessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of The Caribbean Community Port-au-Prince, Haiti 26-27 February 2018
His Excellency Jovenel Moise, President of the Republic of Haiti and Chairman of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community; First Lady Madame Martine Moise Dr. the Rt. Honourable Keith Mitchell, Prime Minister of Grenada and Out-going Chairman of the Conference of Heads of Government; Other Heads of State and Government; Honourable Ministers of the Caribbean Community;…
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Address by the CARICOM Secretary-General at the inauguration ceremony for the second term of office of PAHO Director Dr Carissa F. Etienne
It is truly an honour and a privilege for me today to address this Inauguration Ceremony marking the Second Term of Office of this distinguished daughter of the Caribbean and of Dominica. As a fellow Dominican, I note with pride that the achievements of Dr. Carissa Etienne over the first five years of her tenure as Director of the Hemisphere’s…
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Brief Opening Remarks to the Thirty-Ninth Meeting of the Community Council of Ministers by the Hon. Carl B. Greenidge, Vice President and Minister of Foreign Affairs , Guyana
Secretary General Colleague Ministers and other Heads of Delegations; Distinguished Delegates; Representatives of the Media; Ladies and Gentlemen Allow me, as Chairman of the Community Council of Ministers, the second highest organ in the Community, to commence in the customary manner by extending a warm welcome to all, those of you here in Guyana and those joining the meeting via…
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