Speeches
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STATEMENT BY HON. LESTER BIRD, PRIME MINISTER OF ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA, ON THE CLOSURE OF THE CARIBBEAN MEDIA CORPORATION, TO THE THIRTEENTH INTER-SESSIONAL MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, BELIZE CITY, BELIZE, FEBRUARY 2002
BRIEF ON CARIBBEAN MEDIA SERVICES 1. The CARICOM Ministerial meeting in Antigua agreed to recommend the following to CARICOM Heads of Government: CARICOM governments should inject a loan or guarantee of US$1.5 million into CMC which should be converted into equity in the Corporation. CARICOM Governments would immediately have 2 appointees to the Board (Antigua had suggested these should…
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OPENING REMARKS BY THE HON. SAID MUSA, PRIME MINISTER OF BELIZE, AT THE 13TH INTER-SESSIONAL MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF THE HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), 4 FEBRUARY 2002, BELIZE CITY, BELIZE
Colleague Heads of Government and Heads of Delegation, Mr. Edwin Carrington, Secretary General of the Caribbean Community, Honourable Ministers of Government and other Government Officials, Delegates, Members of the CARICOM Secretariat and Representatives of Caribbean Institutions, Ladies and Gentlemen. This 13th Inter-Sessional meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government has been preceded by a flurry of activity over the…
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STATEMENT BY THE PRIME MINISTER OF ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA THE HONOURABLE LESTER B. BIRD AT THE OPENING OF THE SPECIAL EMERGENCY MEETING OF CARICOM MINISTERS RESPONSIBLE FOR INFORMATION, ANTIGUA, 28 JANUARY 2002
Mr Chairman, Honourable Prime Minister, Ministers, Distinguished Participants, Ladies and Gentlemen. There can be no question that a great void now exists in the flow of information in the Caribbean. Throughout the Region, newspapers and radio and television stations are devoid of news and information about events in the Caribbean. Even the largest of the media entities – those that…
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OPENING REMARKS BY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY AT THE NINTH MEETING OF THE COMMUNITY COUNCIL, 26 JANUARY 2002, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Mr. Chairman Deputy Prime Minister of Barbados Other Honourable Ministers Representatives of the European Union (EU) EU Deputy Regional Officer Distinguished Delegate Representatives of the Private Sector Members of the Media Ladies and Gentlemen Four years ago in Nassau, The Bahamas, this Council held its inaugural meeting. The then Chairman counselled that it behoved us to ensure that this body…
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STATEMENT BY THE PRIME MINISTER OF ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA THE HONOURABLE LESTER B. BIRD AT THE OPENING OF THE SPECIAL EMERGENCY MEETING OF CARICOM MINISTERS RESPONSIBLE FOR INFORMATION, ANTIGUA, 28 JANUARY 2002
Mr Chairman, Honourable Prime Minister, Ministers, Distinguished Participants, Ladies and Gentlemen. There can be no question that a great void now exists in the flow of information in the Caribbean. Throughout the Region, newspapers and radio and television stations are devoid of news and information about events in the Caribbean. Even the largest of the media entities – those that…
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STATEMENT BY H.E. ANTHONY SEVERIN, AMBASSADOR EXTRAORDINARY AND PLENIPOTENTIARY OF SAINT LUCIA TO THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY ON THE OCCASION OF THE PRESENTATION OF LETTERS OF INTRODUCTION TO THE SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, THURSDAY, 24 JANUARY 2002
Your Excellency, Mr. Secretary-General It is indeed a special privilege, an honour and a great pleasure to present to you this letter of introduction from the Government of Saint Lucia as Saint Lucia's Ambassador Extraordinary and plenipotentiary to the Caribbean Community. In presenting this Letter, I bring you very warm greetings from Prime Minister, the Hon. Dr. Kenny Anthony, the…
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FEATURE ADDRESS BY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, ON THE OCCASION OF THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS OF THE CARIBBEAN UNION COLLEGE (CUC), MARACAS, ST. JOSEPH, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 19 JANUARY 2002 Theme: Celebrating Our Past … Challenging Our Future
It gives me great pleasure to participate in today’s celebrations marking the 75th Anniversary of this Institution and to deliver the feature address. My task has been made much more pleasant than anticipated by the scenic location of this noble Institution in the lush, green Maracas Valley with its high, majestic mountains on either side. The environment is indeed…
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ADDRESS BY RT. HON. HUBERT A. INGRAHAM, PRIME MINISTER, COMMONWEALTH OF THE BAHAMAS AND CHAIRMAN OF CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) AT THE SECOND CARICOM TOURISM SUMMIT, 8 DECEMBER, 2001, NASSAU, THE BAHAMAS
Your Excellencies the Presidents of Guyana and Suriname Colleague Heads of Government, Honourable Ministers, Representatives of Regional Organisations Senior Government Officials, Representatives of the Private Sector, Ladies and Gentlemen, Good Morning, I am very pleased to welcome you back to The Bahamas and to Paradise Island where many of us gathered just seven weeks ago. We were here to assess…
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MEETING THE CHALLENGE OF CHANGE : ADDRESS DELIVERED BY THE SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN TOURISM ORGANISATION, MR. JEAN HOLDER, AT THE SECOND CARIBBEAN TOURISM SUMMIT, NASSAU, THE BAHAMAS, 8-9 DECEMBER 2001
Mr. Chairman, Rt. Hon Hubert Ingraham Distinguished Heads of Government Secretary General of CARICOM Ministers of Government Your Excellencies Tourism Public and Private Sector Colleagues We are met today to fulfil a promise made in February this year to tackle the momentous task of “reinventing” Caribbean tourism, the economic sector, on which this Region is said to be four times…
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ADDRESS BY RT. HON. HUBERT A. INGRAHAM, PRIME MINISTER, COMMONWEALTH OF THE BAHAMAS AND CHAIRMAN OF CARICOM CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT AT THE SECOND CARICOM TOURISM SUMMIT THE BAHAMAS, 8 DECEMBER, 2001.
Your Excellencies the Presidents of Guyana and Suriname Colleague Heads of Government, Honourable Ministers, Representatives of Regional Organisations Senior Government Officials, Representatives of the Private Sector, Ladies and Gentlemen, Good Morning, I am very pleased to welcome you back to The Bahamas and to Paradise Island where many of us gathered just seven weeks ago. We were here to assess…
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