Speeches
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CARIBBEAN METEOROLOGICAL COUNCIL DELEGATES DISCUSS IMPLEMENTATION OF REGIONAL RADAR PROJECT
The 40th Session of the Caribbean Meteorological Council (CMC) opened at the Sherbourne Centre in Barbados on 7th December, 2000 with delegates and members from the Caribbean Meteorological Organisation (CMO), focussing mainly on arrangements for the implementation of a regional radar project. The project will see radar systems established in four Caribbean countries – Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados and…
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CDERA AND WMO JOINTLY STUDY IMPACT OF EL NINO
The Barbados-based Caribbean Disaster Emergency Response Agency (CDERA), and the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO), are jointly developing a study on the impact of El Nino, a global weather phenomenon, on the Region, according to Barbados’ Minister for Agriculture and Urban Development, the Hon. Anthony Wood. Addressing the 40th Session of the Caribbean Meteorological Council at the Sherbourne Centre in Barbados…
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REMARKS DELIVERED BY MR. LOUIS DANIEL, DEPUTY PROGRAMME MANAGER, COMMUNICATIONS AT THE OPENING OF 40TH SESSION OF THE CARIBBEAN METEOROLOGICAL COUNCIL SHERBOURNE CENTRE, BRIDGETOWN, BARBADOS, 7 DECEMBER 2000
Mr. Chairman, Hon. Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Barbados, Mr. Anthony Wood; Other Ministers of Government, Delegates, Representatives of the media, Distinguished guests, Ladies and gentlemen, Welcome to this, the 40th session of the Caribbean Meteorological Council (CMC 40). Mr. Chairman, Honourable Ministers and delegates, please allow me to extend warm wishes on behalf of the Secretary-General of the…
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“MARKETING SAVVY” TO PENETRATE HEMISPHERIC MARKETS
Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Member States are being urged to exploit niche opportunities with “marketing savvy” in penetrating hemispheric markets such as the USA, which accounts for over 70 per cent of CARICOM’s global exports and imports. According to the Caribbean Trade and Investment Report, 2000, which was recently launched by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat, the bulk of CARICOM trade…
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IMPROVING MET SERVICES IN THE REGION – MET COUNCIL TO DISCUSS
The new radar network and the modification of the contribution formula of the Caribbean Meteorological Council (CMC) are key agenda items for the 40th Meeting of the Caribbean Meteorological Council which will be convened in Bridgetown, Barbados on 7-8 December, 2000. The Council is expected to consider in addition to training, the role of the Caribbean Institute for Meteorology and…
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ADDRESS OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SURINAME, H.E. RUNALDO RONALD VENETIAAN, IN THE EXTRAORDINARY MEETING OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ON THE OCCASION OF THE TWENTY-FIFTH CELEBRATION OF THE INDEPENDENCE DAY OF THE REPUBLIC OF SURINAME ON SATURDAY, 25 NOVEMBER 2000
Mr. Chairman, Members of the National Assembly, Allow me, Mr Chairman, to extend a word of welcome to: His Excellency, President Hugo Chavez of the Republic of Venezuela and delegation; Prime Minister Hinds of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana and delegation; Prime Minister Pourier of the Netherlands Antilles and delegation; Vice Prime Minister Borst of the Kingdom of the Netherlands…
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FORMAL SPEECH OF THE SPEAKER OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ON THE OCCASION OF THE COMMEMORATION OF THE TWENTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE POLITICAL INDEPENDENCE OF THE REPUBLIC OF SURINAME ON SATURDAY, 25 NOVEMBER 2000
Excellency Runaldo Ronald Venetiaan, President of the Republic of Suriname and Mrs. Venetiaan, The Vice-President of the Republic of Suriname, Jules Rattan Ajodhia and Mrs Ajodhia, Excellency Hugo Chavez, President of the Bolivian Republic of Venezuela, Excellency Jeltje van Nieuwenhoven, Speaker of the Lower Chamber House of the States General, Excellency Pedro Edwin Croes, Speaker of the States of Aruba,…
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STATEMENT BY THE SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, MR EDWIN CARRINGTON, AT THE LUNCHEON HOSTED BY THE MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE REPUBLIC OF SURINAME, H.E. MARIA E LEVENS, FOR FOREIGN MINISTERS, RESIDENT AND NON-RESIDENT HEAD OF MISSIONS AND SPECIAL GUESTS, December 2000, PARIMARIBO, SURINAME
Your Excellency Madame Minister Maria Elizabeth Levens,Members of the Diplomatic Corps,Distinguished Heads of International and Regional Organisations,Distinguished Guests,Ladies and Gentlemen, Madam Minister, It is an honour, which is deeply appreciated, to have been invited to respond on behalf of the diplomatic community to your kind expression of welcome to this luncheon in celebration of the 25th anniversary of the Independence of…
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