Speeches
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Remarks by the Secretary-General Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and Caribbean Forum of African, Caribbean And Pacific (ACP) States (CARIFORUM) Ambassador Irwin LaRocque at the Opening Ceremony of the Twenty-Third Meeting of the CARIFORUM Council of Ministers GEORGETOWN, Guyana
In welcoming you all to this Meeting of the Council of Ministers of CARIFORUM, allow me to extend a special greeting to those Ministers attending their first meeting of this Council. Included among them is today’s Chairman, the Honourable Jean Max Bellerive of Haiti. Also attending their first Meeting of this Council are the Honourable Paul Greene, Minister of Trade,…
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Remarks By Dr Manorma Soeknandan Deputy Secretary General, Caricom Secretariat At The Caricom Regional Forum Of Youth Crime And Violence, Arthur Chung Conference Centre, Liliendaal, Greater Georgetown, Guyana 29 February – 1 March 2016
Honourable Khemraj Ramjattan, Vice President and Minister of Public Security, Co-operative Republic of Guyana Chair, Dr Douglas Slater, Assistant Secretary General, Human and Social Development, CARICOM Secretariat His Excellency, José Maria Fernandez Lopez de Turiso, Plenipotentiary Representative of Spain to CARICOM Ministers of Government of CARICOM Members of the Diplomatic Corps Dr Martin Baptiste, Operations Officer, Education,…
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Opening remarks delivered by EU Ambassador Mikael Barfod
It is a real pleasure to be here with you today and deliver some opening remarks at this Preparatory meeting to the CARIFORUM Civil Society Consultative Committee. The text of the EU-CARIFORUM Economic Partnership Agreement is extremely clear in reserving a fundamental role to the Consultative Committee. The overall objective is to promote dialogue and ensure that the voice…
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Opening remarks delivered by Carlos Wharton, Director – EPA Implementation Unit, CARIFORUM Directorate, CARICOM Secretariat
– Mr. Remwick Rose, Chairman of the CARIFORUM Representatives of Civil Society; – Ambassador Mikael Barfod, Head of the EU Delegation to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean; – Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen On behalf of the Director-General of the CARIFORUM Directorate, Mr. Percival Marie, I would like to thank CARIFORUM Civil Society for inviting the CARIFORUM Directorate to this important…
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Speech at the launch of the 2015 Human Development Report
I am delighted to welcome you to the launch of the 2015 Human Development Report. UNDP expresses its profound gratitude to Ethiopia for hosting this launch, and for His Excellency the Prime Minister’s presence here with us today to give the keynote speech and launch the report. There can be no doubt that history will judge 2015 to be a…
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Remarks by The Secretary-general Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ambassador Irwin Larocque on The Occasion of The Signing Ceremony Between The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat and The United States Agency for International Development
It is really a pleasure for me to participate in this Ceremony, which is a clear indication of the strong ties between the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the United States. These Regional Development Objective Agreements are rendering assistance in areas that have been identified as critical to the well-being of our citizens. They have been structured based on consultations between…
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Opening Remarks By Secretary-General, Caribbean Community Ambassador Irwin Larocque At The Forty-first Meeting Of The Council For Trade And Economic Development (COTED) Guyana Pegasus Hotel 12 November 2015
I welcome you all to this Forty-First Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED). I am sure you will join me in extending a special welcome to the Her Excellency Sieglien Burleson, Minister of Trade and Industry of Suriname and the Honourable Paula Gopee-Scoon, Minister of Trade and Industry of Trinidad and Tobago. Minister Burleson, immediately as…
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Sustainable development and climate change inextricable linked – CARICOM Chair
The recent devastation in Dominica on a national scale, left in the wake of the passage of Tropical Storm Erika, reminds us starkly of the serious recurring challenges that our small islands face, not only in the Caribbean, but also in the Pacific and elsewhere where Small Island States can be found. Barbados and other CARICOM countries are firmly of…
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New Vistas For The Caribbean Agricultural Research And Development Institute (CARDI)
Chairperson, Honourable Suresh Algoe Minister of Agriculture, Animal Husbandry Fisheries, Chairperson of the Local Organizing Committee and Members of said Committee, President of the Caribbean Food Crop Society, Representatives of the University of Suriname, University of the West Indies, the Inter American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture, University of Puerto Rico, the Food and Agriculture Organization, CACHE and other distinguished partners in sustainable agricultural development, Ladies…
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Remarks By The Secretary-General Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ambassador Irwin Larocque On The Occasion Of The Presentation Of Credentials By His Excellency Nicola Girasoli
Your Excellency, it is a pleasure for me, on this historic occasion to accept your Credentials accrediting you as the first Plenipotentiary Representative and the Apostolic Nuncio of the Holy See to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). The importance of the work of religious bodies in our countries is well known. The role that they have played in our development,…
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