Speeches
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STATEMENT BY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL OF CARICOM, ON THE PRESENTATION OF CREDENTIALS BY H.E. LAWRENCE SYLVESTER, HIGH COMMISSIONER OF BELIZE TO CARICOM
Honourable Minister of Foreign Affairs and Co-operation of Belize Deputy Secretary-General Your Excellency Director General, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Guyana Madame Permanent Secretary Your Excellencies, High Commissioners to CARICOM and the UK Assistant Secretaries-General Other Members of Staff of the Secretariat I say often enough that, “it gives me great pleasure” – and I always mean it – but…
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REMARKS BY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY AND CHAIRMAN OF THE OPENING CEREMONY FOR THE THIRD CARIBBEAN-UK FORUM, 3 APRIL, 2002, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Honourable S.R. Insanally, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Guyana Honourable Jack Straw, Secretary of State of the United Kingdom Honourable Deputy Prime Ministers and Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Barbados and St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Other Honourable Ministers of the Caribbean and UK delegations Other Heads of Delegation Members of Parliament Members of the Diplomatic Corps Distinguished Delegates Distinguished…
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OPENING STATEMENT BY THE HON. S.R. INSANALLY, MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, GUYANA, AT THE THIRD CARIBBEAN-UK FORUM, 3-5 APRIL, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Mr. Secretary-General Colleague Ministers of the United Kingdom and the Caribbean Excellencies Distinguished Delegates Ladies and Gentlemen In welcoming you all to this Third UK/Caribbean Forum. I say what an honour it is for Guyana to host this important event. Ever since its first meeting in The Bahamas in 1998, the UK/Caribbean Forum has proved to be a useful instrument…
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STATEMENT BY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON AT THE PRESENTATION OF THE BOOK “ETERNAL SPRING: LIVING WITH ENOUGH IN A WORLD OF ABUNDANCE”, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA, 3 APRIL 2002
Members of the Diplomatic Corps Dr Edmunds and Party Deputy Secretary-General Members of Staff of the Secretariat Members of the Media Ladies and Gentlemen It is not very often during my tenure in this Office that I have been the recipient of a book – many papers and briefs yes, a lot of them the size of books, but actual…
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SECRETARY GENERAL TO RECEIVE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT BOOK
Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary-General, Mr Edwin Carrington, will receive a copy of the book AEternal Spring: Living with Enough in a World of Abundance@ from Dr Joseph Edmunds on Wednesday 3 April 2002. The ceremony will take place in the Large Conference Room at the CARICOM Secretariat=s headquarters, Bank of Guyana Building at 10.30 a.m. The book=s author, Jef Crab,…
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REMARKS BY DR CARLA BARNETT, DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), AT THE OPENING OF THE YWCA CARIBBEAN REGIONAL TRAINING MEETING, 20 MARCH 2002, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Madame Chairman, Minister of Culture Youth and Sport of the Republic of Guyana, General Secretary, World YWCA, Dr Musimbi Kanyoro, Vice President World YWCA, Ms Monica Zetsche, National President YWCA, Ms Dhanmattie Sohai, Members of the Diplomatic Corps, Members and Representatives of Regional YWCAs, Specially invited guests and participants in this Opening Ceremony, Young women of the Caribbean and the…
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STATEMENT BY THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) SECRETARIAT AT THE UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FINANCING FOR DEVELOPMENT, 18-22 March 2002, Monterrey, Mexico
Mr / Madam Chairperson: First of all, let me on behalf of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) congratulate you on your appointment to the Chair, and at the same time, thank all of those, including the Facilitator, the Bureau, the UN Secretariat Staff, the other Chairpersons, and all those who participated in the preparatory process for this Meeting in this beautiful…
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ADDRESS BY DR. CARLA BARNETT, DEPUTY SECRETARY GENERAL, CARICOM, TO COMMONWEALTH DAY INTER-FAITH SERVICE, NATIONAL CULTURAL CENTRE, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA , 11 MARCH, 2002
As I greet you on behalf of the Caribbean Community at this observance of Commonwealth Day, I must apologise for the absence of the Secretary-General who has been unavoidably detained in Trinidad. He sends his personal best wishes and regrets that he could not be part of this celebration involving the Commonwealth with participation by a segment of our population…
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ADDRESS BY DR. CARLA BARNETT, DEPUTY SECRETARY GENERAL, CARICOM, TO COMMONWEALTH DAY INTER-FAITH SERVICE, , 11 MARCH, 2002, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
As I greet you on behalf of the Caribbean Community at this observance of Commonwealth Day, I must apologise for the absence of the Secretary-General who has been unavoidably detained in Trinidad. He sends his personal best wishes and regrets that he could not be part of this celebration involving the Commonwealth with participation by a segment of our population…
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STATEMENT BY MS. JACQULYN JOSEPH, DIRECTOR, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, CARICOM SECRETARIAT AT LAUNCH OF 2001 REPORT OF THE INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL BOARD
As we meet to launch the 2001 Report of the International Narcotics Control Board I wish to acknowledge the high level of collaboration and cooperation we in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) have had with the United Nations Drugs Control Programme (UNDCP) as we worked together on meeting international commitments. The launching of the Report is taking place at a time…
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