Speeches
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OPENING STATEMENT BY US DELEGATION CHIEF JOHN R. HAMILTON, PRINCIPAL DEPUTY ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF STATE FOR WESTERN HEMISPHERE AFFAIRS, AT THE THIRD MEETING OF THE US-CARIBBEAN JOINT COMMITTEE ON DEVELOPMENT, FINANCE AND ENVIRONMENT, 22 JULY, 1999, WASHINGTON, D.C.
It is a pleasure for the Assistant Administrator of AID, Mark Schneider, and me to welcome all of you to Washington to attend the third meeting of this Committee. Beyond the Department of State and the US Agency for International Development, our delegation includes experts from a broad spectrum of US agencies, including the Departments of Defense, Commerce and Labor;…
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REMARKS BY MARK L. SCHNEIDER, ASSISTANT ADMINISTRATOR BUREAU FOR LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN AT THE SECOND ANNUAL JOINT REVIEW OF THE BRIDGETOWN ACCORD, 22 JULY 1999, WASHINGTON, D.C.
I am very pleased to participate in the third meeting of the US-Caribbean Joint Committee on Department, Finance, and the Environment. Since the signing of the Bridgetown Accord just over two years ago, USAID has played a key role in assisting both the USG and the Caribbean governments pursue our joint commitments under the Accord. The extra ordinarily high degree…
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SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS IN CARICOM TREATY AMENDMENT
By the end of the year the legal framework for the functioning of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) should be in place. This announcement was made by the Prime Minister of Barbados, the Honourable Owen Arthur, on Monday July 5, the first working day of the 20th Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean…
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CARICOM SUPPORT FOR MONTSERRAT
The Chief Minister of Montserrat, the Honourable David Brandt, has praised his CARICOM colleagues for the support given to Montserrat. He specifically referred to the building of houses on the island since the disruption caused by the Lang Soufriere volcano. Speaking on the first working day of the 20th Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean…
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OPENING REMARKS BY EDWIN CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY AT THE TWENTIETH MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, 4 JULY 1999, PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
Your Excellency Arthur N.R. Robinson, OCC, President of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago The Hon. Basdeo Panday, Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, and Chairman of the Conference of Heads of Government Other Distinguished Heads of State and Government Distinguished Prime Minister of Spain President of the Senate of Trinidad and Tobago Hon. Speaker of the House of Trinidad…
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FROM CHAGUARAMAS TO PORT OF SPAIN : ADDRESS BY THE RT. HON. OWEN ARTHUR PRIME MINISTER OF BARBADOS AT THE OPENING CEREMONY 0F THE TWENTIETH MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), 4 JULY 1999, PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD
Distinguished Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago Other Colleague Heads of Government Secretary General Ladies and Gentlemen: In 1986, the Rt. Excellent Errol Barrow closed what was to be his final address to this Conference of Heads by citing the words of John Bunyan in Pilgrim’s Progress: “Though with much difficulty I have come hither, yet do I not repent…
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ADDRESS BY HIS EXCELLENCY JULES WIJDENBOSCH, PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SURINAME, AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE TWENTIETH MEETING OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), 4-7 JULY 1999, PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
Esteemed Colleagues, Distinguished Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Distinguished Ambassadors, Ladies and Gentlemen, It is, indeed, a great pleasure for me to attend the Twentieth Meeting of CARICOM Heads of Government in Trinidad and Tobago. I would like to express my thanks to the Government and people of Trinidad and Tobago for the gracious hospitality extended to my delegation and me.…
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REMARKS MADE BY HON. SAID MUSA, PRIME MINISTER OF BELIZE, AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE TWENTIETH MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), 4 JULY 1999, PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
Your excellency the President of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago Your Excellency the Prime Minister of Spain The Hon. Prime Minister of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago and Chairman of the Caribbean Community Heads of Government Secretary-General Carrington Distinguished Delegates Ladies and Gentlemen: This Twentieth regular Meeting of the Heads of Government of CARICOM finds us at the…
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FEATURE ADDRESS DELIVERED BY THE HONOURABLE BASDEO PANDAY, PRIME MINISTER OF THE THE REPUBLIC OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE TWENTIETH MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, 4 JULY 1999, PORT-OF-SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
It is my singular pleasure to extend a warm welcome to this distinguished assembly, at this opening ceremony of the Twentieth Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community. I extend this welcome on behalf of the people and the Government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. I must, as well, take this opportunity…
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CARICOM HEADS MEET IN PORT-OF-SPAIN
(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) The XX Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community begins in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago on Sunday, July 4 with an opening ceremony at the Hilton Trinidad Hotel and Conference Centre. Most of the leaders will be arriving in Trinidad shortly after attending the European Union/Latin American and Caribbean Summit which…
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