Speeches
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Implementation of the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS and The Political Declaration on HIV/AIDS – Statement by Mr. Shiraz A. Mohamed
I have the honour to speak on behalf of the fourteen member states of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), at this plenary meeting to review the implementation of the Declaration of Commitment on HIV/AIDS and the Political Declarations on HIV/AIDS. I would like to use this opportunity to express appreciation to the Secretary-General for his report contained in document A/69/856.…
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Opening Remarks by Amb. Irwin LaRocque, Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community At The Inaugural Meeting of the CARICOM-India Joint Commission
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) I welcome you all to this Inaugural Meeting of the CARICOM-India Joint Commission, and I extend a particularly warm welcome to you Vice Minister R. Swaminathan and your delegation who have travelled from India to be part of this occasion. This Meeting reaffirms the friendly and cooperative ties between the Caribbean Community…
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His Excellency Picewell Forbes Ambassador of The Bahamas to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and Chair of the Inaugural Meeting of the CARICOM Committee of Ambassadors
Secretary-General, His Excellency Irwin LaRocque Deputy Secretary-General, Her Excellency Manorma Soeknandan Other members of the CARICOM Secretariat Executive Management Team Colleague Ambassadors Officials of the Secretariat and CARICOM Member States Good Morning, During the Twenty-Sixth Inter-Sessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government that was held in Nassau, The Bahamas on 26-27 February 2015, under the chairmanship…
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CARICOM diversifying, widening links in response to global changes – Secretary-General
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is diversifying and widening its foreign policy thrust in response to shifts in balance of powers as well as the dynamic and fluid changes taking place in the global environment. While it was both challenging and necessary, the Community has also acknowledged and responded accordingly to the management of shared problems in an interdependent world, in the formulation…
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Speech by Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, Secretary-General, Caribbean Community (CARICOM) At the Forum on the Future of the Caribbean, University of the West Indies, St. Augustine Campus, 6 May, 2015
It is indeed a pleasure for me personally, as well as the CARICOM Secretariat, to be associated with this “one of a kind” event. This “Forum on The Future of the Caribbean” could not be more timely and relevant given the challenging regional and international circumstances. I am particularly heartened by the range of participants involved during these three days.…
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Honourable Samantha Marshall Minister of Social Transformation, Human Resource Development, Gender and Youth Affairs Feature Address Caribbean Region Commonwealth Youth Ministers’ Meeting
In October 2011, a report commissioned by Commonwealth Heads of Government made the following compelling statement: At least 60 per cent of the Commonwealth’s population is under 30 years of age. That is significantly lower than the global average of 52%. Therefore the future of the Commonwealth – and of the world it shares – is inexorably tied to the future…
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Statement By The Hon. Kamla Persad-bissessar Prime Minister Of Trinidad And Tobago – CARICOM-US Summit 2015
Call to Action on Security in the Western Hemisphere Thank you Prime Minister Simpson Miller for hosting this meeting between the United States and its CARICOM partners. Thank you also to our Chairman, Prime Minister Christie, for your leadership and vision for the social harmony and unified development agenda for CARICOM. And of course to our friend President Obama, we…
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Statement by The Rt. Hon. Freundel Stuart, Q.C., M.P. Prime Minister Of Barbados
Mr. President, I should like to join those who have preceded me in warmly welcoming you once again to the Caribbean, on this occasion, for a short encounter with the Heads of Government of our CARICOM Region. We are pleased to be able to spare you a temporary respite from exposure to the asperities of the weather in the state…
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Opening Remarks by Ambassador Irwin LaRocque Secretary-General, Caribbean Community at The Fortieth Council For Trade and Economic Development (COTED)
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) I welcome you all to this Fortieth Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED). I extend a particularly warm welcome to our Chairman, Minister Claude Hogan who, while not a stranger to this Council, is attending his first COTED as Minister. Today’s welcome is special, given that Montserrat…
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Statement by the Honourable Gaston Browne MP Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda at the 2015 Summit of the Americas in Panama on 11 April 2015
First, I thank the Government of Panama and President Juan Carlos Varela for their warm hospitality. My delegation and I are honoured to participate in this historic conference in which the entire Americas is represented and certainly to include the delegation of Cuba headed by His Excellency Raul Castro Ruz. My visit to your beautiful country has been a kind…
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