Speeches
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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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MEETING THE CHALLENGE OF CHANGE : ADDRESS DELIVERED BY MR. JEAN HOLDER, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN TOURISM ORGANISATION, AT THE SECOND CARIBBEAN TOURISM SUMMIT, 8-9 DECEMBER 2001, NASSAU, THE BAHAMAS
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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REMARKS BY DR CARLA BARNETT, DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE CARICOM-UNDP REGIONAL CONSULTATION ON FINANCING FOR DEVELOPMENT ST VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES, 5-6 DECEMBER 2001
Mr. Chairman Honourable Prime Minister Ministers of Government Other Government Officials Representatives of Regional Financial Institutions Members of the Business Sector and Civil Society Members of the Media Other Distinguished Participants and Guests at this Opening Session Ladies and Gentlemen: The CARICOM Secretariat is very pleased to be associated with this exercise, which is of critical importance to the…
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ADDRESS BY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY ON WORLD AIDS DAY 2001
Today, Saturday, 1 December 2001, the entire world finds itself in the vice-like grip of the most devastating disease ever recorded in the long and enduring history of mankind. Since the first clinical evidence of the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) was reported twenty years ago, an unprecedented 60 million people worldwide have become infected with the deadly virus. At this…
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ADDRESS BY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, ON WORLD AIDS DAY 2001
Today, Saturday, 1 December 2001, the entire world finds itself in the vice-like grip of the most devastating disease ever recorded in the long and enduring history of mankind. Since the first clinical evidence of the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) was reported twenty years ago, an unprecedented 60 million people worldwide have become infected with the deadly virus. At this…
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