Speeches
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STATEMENT BY CARICOM SECRETARY–GENERAL HIS EXCELLENCY EDWIN CARRINGTON ON THE OCCASION OF THE PRESENTATION OF CREDENTIALS BY HIS EXCELLENCY CHARLES MAYNARD, AMBASSADOR EXTRAORDINARY AND PLENIPOTENTIARY OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF DOMINICA TO THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) 13 OCTOBER 2005, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Press release 172/2005(13 October 2005 ) Deputy Secretary General Members of the CARICOM Staff Distinguished Guests Members of the Media Ladies and Gentlemen Today I am extremely honoured to welcome His Excellency Charles Maynard, and to receive his Credentials accrediting him as Dominica’s Plenipotentiary Representative to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). Your Excellency, I welcome you on this occasion to the…
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Opening Address By Dr. Edward Greene Assistant Secretary-General, Human and Social Development CARICOM Secretariat AT THE THIRTEENTH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT (COHSOD), 26-28 OCTOBER 2005, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
I am pleased to welcome you on behalf of the CARICOM Secretariat and in particular the members of the Directorate of Human and Social Development. This past year has been a very active period for the Directorate and, indeed, the entire Secretariat. As you know, 2005 has been designated the Year of the CSME when it is expected that all…
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Message By Dr. Omer S. Thomas, Chairman Of The Caribbean Regional Organisation For Standards And Quality (CROSQ), On The Occasion Of World Standards Day, 14 October 2005
As the Region embraces the theme of this year’s Worlds Standards Day “Standards for a Safer World”, we are enjoined to focus on industry best-practices, new and emerging technologies, new barriers to trade as well as emerging threats to health, safety and the environment. As a useful economic and social tool, standardisation has the potential to play a larger role…
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Welcome Remarks By H.e. Edwin W. Carrington Secretary-General of The Caribbean Community at The CROSQ Seminar On Supporting The Competitiveness of CARICOM Goods And Services, 28 September 2005, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown
Mr. Chairman Assistant Director-General of Health of Canada Members of the Diplomatic Corps Executive Secretary, CROSQ Members of Staff of the CARICOM Secretariat Ladies and Gentlemen As Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community it gives me very special pleasure to welcome you to our new Headquarters here at Turkeyen, and I hope that your deliberations will not only be enjoyable but…
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REMARKS BY AMB. LOLITA APPLEWHAITE, DEPUTY SECRETARY GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE FORUM ON INTERNET GOVERNANCE, 5 SEPTEMBER 2005, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Salutations When the first phase of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) concluded in Geneva in December 2003, there were agreements on many important issues, including freedom of expression and enabling environment. There were however two unresolved issues at the summit: one was financing and the other Internet governance, which were left to be debated, analysed and solved…
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ADDRESS BY THE HON. CLEMENT J. ROHEE, MINISTER OF FOREIGN TRADE AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION, GUYANA, ON THE CARICOM SINGLE MARKET AND ECONOMY (CSME), AT A LUNCHEON OF THE GEORGETOWN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY, 23 AUGUST 2005, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Mr. Chairman, I wish to thank the Georgetown Chamber of Commerce and Industry for the invitation to join you at this luncheon and to share some perspectives and information on the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME). The CSME has been long in the making, since 1989 – some say too long while others believe we are moving too…
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REMARKS BY THE HON. KENNETH VALLEY, MINISTER OF TRADE AND INDUSTRY AND MINISTER IN THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, AT THE CARICOM/INDIA ECONOMIC FORUM: MINISTERIAL DIALOGUE SESSION, 8 AUGUST 2005, TRINCITY, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
The Honourable E.V.K.S. Elangovan, Minister of State for Commerce, India; Hon. Edwin Carrington, Secretary General, CARCIOM; Colleague CARICOM Trade Ministers; Your Excellency. Virendra Gupta, High Commissioner of India to Trinidad and Tobago; Members of the Indian Delegation; Members of the Media; Ladies and Gentlemen On behalf of the Governments and peoples of the CARICOM region, I welcome our special guests…
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TOAST DELIVERED BY H.E. EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), ON THE OCCASION OF THE COMMEMORATION OF CARICOM DAY 2005, 6 AUGUST 2005, TURKEYEN, GREATER GEORGETOWN
Hon. Samuel Hinds, Prime Minister of Guyana Hon. Mr. Justice Carl Singh, Chancellor of the Judiciary Hon. Ralph Ramkarran, Speaker of the National Assembly Hon. Samuel Insanally, Minister of Foreign Affairs and of CARICOM Affairs Other Distinguished Ministers of Government Members of the Diplomatic Corps Other Distinguished Guests Residents of Turkeyen Staff of the Secretariat Members of the Media Ladies…
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ADDRESS DELIVERED BY H.E. EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), AT THE FORMAL OPENING OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY CLIMATE CHANGE CENTRE (CCCCC), 2 AUGUST 2005, BELMOPAN, BELIZE
Hon Said Musa, Prime Minister of Belize Ministers of Government of Belize His Excellency Dr. John Ashe, Permanent Representative of Antigua and Barbuda to the United Nations and Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre Dr. Kenrick Leslie, Executive Director of the Climate Change Centre and his Staff Distinguished Representative of the Government of…
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OPENING REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY EDWIN CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIFORUM, ON THE OCCASION OF THE FOURTEENTH MEETING OF MINISTERS OF CARIFORUM, 14 JULY 2005, SANTO DOMINGO, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Your Excellency, Dr. Rafael Alburquerque, VicePresident of the Dominican Republic, Hon. Keremchend Raghoebarsing, Outgoing Chairman of CARIFORUM, Hon. Knowlson Gift, Incoming Chairman of CARIFORUM, Hon. Carlos Morales Troncoso, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Dominican Republic, Hon. Dr. Onfre Rojas, Minister of ONFED, The Dominican Republic, Hon. Ministers, Members of the Diplomatic Corps, The Delegate of the European Union, Distinguished…
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