Speeches
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WORLD TRADE CENTRE/CARIBBEAN CENTRAL AMERICA ACTION/CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY SECRETARIAT – FLORIDA-CARIBBEAN COLLABORATIVE DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES: POSITI0NING CARIBBEAN BUSINESSES TO COMPETE IN AN FTAA ERA – THE FLORIDA-CARIBBEAN RELATIONSHIP: A CARIBBEAN PERSPECTIVE PRESENTED BY MR. BYRON W. BLAKE, CONSULTANT, TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) SECRETARIAT, 23-24 JUNE 2004
Introduction The Florida-Caribbean relationship is both historical and strategic. The Caribbean benefitted in the World War II and post-World War II periods as significant numbers of Caribbean farm workers found employment building the Florida Sugar and Citrus Industries. The strong agrarian Florida economy laid the base for its current dynamic industrial and service-based economy. The new economy has attracted more…
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WELCOME REMARKS BY SEN. THE HON. KNOWLSON GIFT, MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE FOURTEENTH MEETING OF THE COMMUNITY COUNCIL OF MINISTERS OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), 18 JUNE 2004, PORT-OF-SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
Chairman, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tourism, International Trade and Transport of Antigua and Barbuda Honourable Ministers, Secretary General, Representatives of the CARICOM Secretariat, Distinguished Delegates, Members of the Media. On behalf of the Government and people of Trinidad and Tobago, it gives me great pleasure to welcome delegates to Port of Spain and to the Fourteenth Meeting of the Community…
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WELCOME REMARKS BY SEN. THE HON. KNOWLSON GIFT, MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE FOURTEENTH MEETING OF THE COMMUNITY COUNCIL OF MINISTERS OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), 18 JUNE 2004, PORT-OF-SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO.
Chairman, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Tourism, International Trade and Transport of Antigua and Barbuda Honourable Ministers, Secretary General, Representatives of the CARICOM Secretariat, Distinguished Delegates, Members of the Media. On behalf of the Government and people of Trinidad and Tobago, it gives me great pleasure to welcome delegates to Port of Spain and to the Fourteenth Meeting of the Community…
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CARICOM MINISTERS COMMITTED TO PROMOTING REGIONAL ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT THROUGH AGRICULTURE AND ITS LINKAGES TO OTHER SECTORS
Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ministers of Agriculture and Trade participated in the Seventeenth Meeting of the Council For Trade and Economic Development (COTED), at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago on 16-17 June 2004, under the chairmanship of Hon. Montgomery Daniel, Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture of St. Vincent and the Grenadines. The main focus…
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OPENING REMARKS BY H.E. MR. EDWIN W. CARRINGTON SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), TO THE FOURTEENTH MEETING OF THE COMMUNITY COUNCIL OF MINISTERS, 18 JUNE 2004, PORT-OF-SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
Mr. Chairman, Hon. Harold Lovell, Minister of Tourism, Foreign Affairs, International Transportation and Trade of Antigua and Barbuda Other Honourable Ministers Other Distinguished Delegates Staff of the CARICOM Secretariat Ladies and Gentlemen As Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community, it is my pleasure this morning in making these brief opening remarks to welcome you all to this Fourteenth Meeting of the…
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REMARKS BY H.E. MR. EDWIN W. CARRINGTON SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARICOM, AT THE OPENING OF THE SEVENTEENTH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (COTED), 16 JUNE 2004, PORT-OF-SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
Honourable Ministers Other Distinguished Delegates Staff of the CARICOM Secretariat Members of the Media Ladies and Gentlemen It is with special pleasure that I welcome you to this Seventeenth Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED). The welcome is particularly warm for the number of new Ministers who are with us for the very first time. I…
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REMARKS BY H.E. MR. EDWIN W. CARRINGTON SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARICOM, AT THE OPENING OF THE SEVENTEENTH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (COTED), 16 JUNE 2004, PORT-OF-SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
Honourable Ministers Other Distinguished Delegates Staff of the CARICOM Secretariat Members of the Media Ladies and Gentlemen It is with special pleasure that I welcome you to this Seventeenth Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED). The welcome is particularly warm for the number of new Ministers who are with us for the very first time. I…
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ADDRESS BY H.E. EDWIN W. CARRINGTON SECRETARY-GENERAL OF CARIFORUM, AT THE OFFICIAL OPENING OF THE CARIFORUM REGIONAL ICT LOGICAL FRAMEWORK WORKSHOP, 14-15 JUNE 2004, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
The Prime Minister of Guyana, the Honourable Samuel Hinds His Excellency Ambassador Per Eklund, Delegate of the European Commission Representatives of CARIFORUM Member States Representatives of Overseas Countries and Territories in the Caribbean (OCTs) Representatives of Caribbean Regional Organisations Representatives of International and Donor Agencies Other Workshop Participants As Secretary-General of CARIFORUM, it is my distinct pleasure this morning to…
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ADDRESS BY H.E. EDWIN W. CARRINGTON SECRETARY-GENERAL OF CARIFORUM, AT THE OFFICIAL OPENING OF THE CARIFORUM REGIONAL ICT LOGICAL FRAMEWORK WORKSHOP, 14-15 JUNE 2004, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
The Prime Minister of Guyana, the Honourable Samuel Hinds His Excellency Ambassador Per Eklund, Delegate of the European Commission Representatives of CARIFORUM Member States Representatives of Overseas Countries and Territories in the Caribbean (OCTs) Representatives of Caribbean Regional Organisations Representatives of International and Donor Agencies Other Workshop Participants As Secretary-General of CARIFORUM, it is my distinct pleasure this morning to…
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ACCESS TO ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE AND EXISTING MECHANISMS FOR THE SETTLEMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL DISPUTES: THE CARIBBEAN COURT OF JUSTICE. PAPER PRESENTED BY DR. WINSTON ANDERSON, GENERAL COUNSEL, CARICOM, AT THE REGIONAL NEEDS ASSESSMENT AND PLANNING MEETING OF CHIEF JUSTICES OF THE ENGLISH-SPEAKING CARIBBEAN, 11-12 JUNE 2004, TRELAWNY, JAMAICA
It is a great honor to have been invited to participate in this UNEP sponsored “English-Speaking Caribbean Chief Justices Meeting on Environmental Law” in the beautiful surroundings of Braco, Trelawny, and I sincerely hope that my detention yesterday in Georgetown on the vexing matter of helping to develop a CARICOM Common Fisheries Policy and Regime did not inconvenience the Meeting…
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