Speeches
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STATEMENT DELIVERED BY AMBASSADOR LOLITA APPLEWHAITE, DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE EIGHTEENTH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (COTED), 7 JANUARY 2005, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Outgoing Chairman of COTED, Hon. Montgomery Daniel, Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture St Vincent and the Grenadines Incoming Chairman of COTED, Hon Michael Jong Tjien Fa, Minister of Trade and Industry of Suriname Hon. Clement Rohee, Minister of Foreign Trade and International Cooperation Ministers of Government of Member States of the Community Representatives of Institutions of the…
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CARICOM TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT MINISTERS ADVANCE WORK ON CARICOM SINGLE MARKET IMPLEMENTATION : PRESS STATEMENT ISSUED AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE EIGHTEENTH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (COTED), 7 JANUARY 2005, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ministers of Trade participated in the Eighteenth Meeting of the Council For Trade and Economic Development (COTED), at the Le Meridian Pegasus hotel, Georgetown, Guyana 4-7 January 2005, under the chairmanship of Hon. Michael Jong Tjein Fa, Minister of Trade and Industry of Suriname. The meeting focused on a range of issues relating to the establishment of…
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OPENING REMARKS BY H.E. EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), AT THE FIFTEENTH MEETING OF THE COMMUNITY COUNCIL OF MINISTERS, 5 JANUARY 2005, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Madam Chairman, Minister Maria Levens; Outgoing Chairman, Minister Elvin Nimrod; Honourable Ministers, Delegates, Staff of the CARICOM Secretariat, Members of the media: I take this opportunity to extend to each of you my very best wishes for a happy 2005 filled with meaningful achievements and good health. To visiting Ministers and members of their delegations: welcome to Guyana and to…
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OPENING REMARKS BY HON. DR. MARIA E. LEVENS, MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, REPUBLIC OF SURINAME, AT THE FIFTEENTH MEETING OF THE COMMUNITY COUNCIL OF MINISTERS, 5 JANUARY 2005, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Colleague Ministers and their distinguished delegates, Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community and his hardworking staff. I would like to wish you all a healthy and prosperous new year. May CARICOM continue to be productive and beneficial to our Region. The year 2004 did not end as gloriously as we would have wished for all of us. Being elements of nature,…
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OPENING REMARKS BY H.E. EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), AT THE FIFTEENTH MEETING OF THE COMMUNITY COUNCIL OF MINISTERS, 5 JANUARY 2005, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Madam Chairman, Minister Maria Levens Outgoing Chairman, Minister Elvin Nimrod Honourable Ministers Delegates Staff of the CARICOM Secretariat Members of the media: I take this opportunity to extend to each of you my very best wishes for a happy 2005 filled with meaningful achievements and good health. To visiting Ministers and members of their delegations: welcome to Guyana and to…
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OPENING REMARKS BY HON. DR. MARIA E. LEVENS, MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, REPUBLIC OF SURINAME, AT THE FIFTEENTH MEETING OF THE COMMUNITY COUNCIL OF MINISTERS, 5 JANUARY 2005, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Colleague Ministers and their distinguished delegates, Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community and his hardworking staff. I would like to wish you all a healthy and prosperous new year. May CARICOM continue to be productive and beneficial to our Region. The year 2004 did not end as gloriously as we would have wished for all of us. Being elements of nature,…
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CARICOM SECRETARY-GENERAL UPDATES NEW COMMUNITY CHAIRMAN
Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community, His Excellency Edwin W. Carrington on Monday (December 20) led a delegation of senior staff of the CARICOM Secretariat to Suriname for a meeting with the President of the Republic of Suriname, His Excellency Dr. Runaldo Venetiaan, who assumes the chairmanship of the 15-member Community for six months from January 1, 2005. The meeting, which…
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Statement by the Chairman of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community, Rt. Hon. Keith Mitchell, Prime Minister of Grenada, to mark CARICOM-Cuba Day, 8 December, 2004
December 8 of each year has been designated by Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community and the President of Cuba as CARICOM-Cuba Day. This day marks the anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the first four independent CARICOM countries and the Government of Cuba in 1972. That historic act in Caribbean history was celebrated in December 2002…
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Toast Proposed by Amb. Lolita Applewhaite, Deputy Secretary-General, CARICOM on the Occasion of the Celebration of CARICOM-Cuba Day, 8 December, 2004
Today we celebrate CARICOM-Cuba Day as mandated by Heads of State and Government of the Member States of the Caribbean Community and Cuba on 8 December 2002. That decision was taken on the occasion of the thirtieth anniversary of the establishment in 1972 of diplomatic relations between the then four independent states of the Region and the Government of Cuba.…
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Remarks by Amb. Lolita Applewhaite, Deputy Secretary-General, CARICOM, on the Signing of Agreements with the Federal Republic of Germany, 3 December 2004, Turkeyen, Guyana
This Ceremony for the Signing of two Agreements between the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the Federal Republic of Germany presents a timely opportunity to acknowledge the contribution of the Federal Republic of Germany to a number of developmental initiatives in the Region, including, but not restricted to, the building of regional capacity through the replenishment of the Study and Expert…
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