Speeches
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REMARKS DELIVERED BY H.E. RENE PREVAL, PRESIDENT, HAITI, AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE TWENTY-SEVENTH MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), 3-6 JULY 2006, BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS AND NEVIS
Your Excellency Mr. Patrick Manning, Immediate Past Chairman of CARICOM Your Excellency Mr. Edwin Carrington, Secretary General of CARICOM Your Excellencies Heads of Governments Ladies Gentlemen Allow me first of all to express my most sincere thanks to the Government of St Kitts and Nevis, and in particular to the Hon. Dr. Denzil Douglas, for the warm welcome accorded to…
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ADDRESS BY THE MOST HON. PORTIA SIMPSON MILLER, PRIME MINISTER, JAMAICA, TO THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE TWENTY-SEVENTH MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, 3-6 JULY 2006, BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS AND NEVIS
News release 140/2006 (5 July 2006)Master of Ceremonies His Excellency, Sir Cuthbert Sebastian, Governor General of St. Kitts and Nevis His Excellency, Edwin W Carrington- Secretary-General of CARICOM Hon. Dr. Denzil Douglas, Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis and Chairman of the 27th CARICOM Heads of Government Conference Hon. Patrick Manning, Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago and outgoing…
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ADDRESS BY THE HON. DR. LOWELL LEWIS, CHIEF MINISTER, MONTSERRAT, AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE TWENTY-SEVENTH MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), 3-6 JULY 2006, BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS AND NEVIS
Your Excellency, Sir Cuthbert Sebastian, Governor General of St. Kitts and Nevis Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community, H.E. Edwin Carrington Prime Minister of St. Kitts, the Hon. Dr. Denzil Douglas Fellow Heads of Government All other officials recognised by the established protocol Distinguished ladies and gentlemen Good afternoon I am delighted to return to Basseterre within two weeks of my…
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OPENING REMARKS BY H.E. EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE TWENTY-SEVENTH MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF CARICOM, 3-6 JULY 2006, BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS AND NEVIS
ews release 144/2006 (05 July 2006) Your Excellency the Governor-General of the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis, Sir Cuthbert Sebastien Honourable Dr. Denzil Douglas, Prime Minister of the Federation of St Kitts and Nevis and new Chairman of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community Your Excellencies the Presidents of Haiti and of Suriname Other Distinguished…
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APOSTLES OF REGIONAL INTEGRATION : ADDRESS BY DR. THE HON. RALPH E. GONSALVES, PRIME MINISTER, ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES, DELIVERED AT THE 27TH MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, 3-6 JULY 2006, BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS AND NEVIS
Mr. Chairman, permit me first to thank the out-going Chairman of CARICOM, the Honourable Patrick Manning, for his excellent leadership of our regional integration movement during his tenure. In his second (or is it his third?) coming, Prime Minister Manning has emerged as a titan of regional integration. I anticipate continued excellence of leadership from our in-coming Chairman, the Honourable…
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SPEECH BY AMB. LOLITA APPLEWHAITE, DEPUTY SECRETARY GENERAL, CARICOM, ON THE OCCASION OF THE HANDOVER CEREMONY OF THE ROTARY CLUB OF GEORGETOWN CENTRAL, 29 JUNE 2006, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Salutations I was deeply honoured to receive the invitation extended by President James to be the guest speaker at this important event in the Rotary calendar. I was especially pleased to learn that the theme was: “Lead the Way”, since leadership means having the opportunity to serve people in a special way. Andrew Carnegie once stated: “Take away…
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“THE ROLE OF SMALL ENTREPRENEURS IN STRENGTHENING THE CARICOM SINGLE MARKET AND ECONOMY” : ADDRE
I have been requested to address you today on the role of small entrepreneurs in strengthening the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME). I take this as a signal of your recognition that governments can only provide the enabling environment but that the private sector has to be the engine for growth and development. This is also an indication that…
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STATEMENT BY H.E. EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), ON THE OCCASION OF THE INAUGURAL CARIBBEAN-AMERICAN HERITAGE MONTH, JUNE 2006
We, the peoples of the Caribbean, both in the Homeland and in the Diaspora, will without doubt always remember the sixth month of the sixth year of the 21st century. It is both an historic and a momentous occasion, as on 5 June 2006 the President of the United States of America, George W. Bush, officially proclaimed June 2006 –…
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REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY, EDWIN CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY ON THE OCCASION OF THE PRESENTATION OF CREDENTIALS OF H.E. ARTHUR CORREA AS THE REPRESENTATIVE OF THE FEDERATIVE REPUBLIC OF BRAZIL TO CARICOM, 7 JUNE 2006
Excellency, it is certainly a pleasure to welcome you warmly as the Plenipotentiary representative of the Federative Republic of Brazil to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). I have perused your CV and I must say that your many years of service and the dedication to your duties make you eminently qualified to be Brazil’s representative to the Caribbean Community. The decision…
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STATEMENT BY AMBASSADOR LOLITA APPLEWHAITE, DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), AT THE OPENING OF THE EIGHTEENTH MEETING OF THE COMMUNITY COUNCIL, 19 MAY 2006, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Honourable Knowlson Gift, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago and Chairman of the Council Other Honourable Ministers Distinguished Delegates Staff of the CARICOM Secretariat Ladies and Gentlemen, It is my pleasure to welcome you to the Eighteenth Meeting of the Community Council, which is, as you are aware, the second-highest organ of the Community, after…
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