Speeches
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Statement By The Hon. Roosevelt Skerrit Prime Minister Of Dominica
CARICOM Energy Situation A stark reality for CARICOM countries is that we are dependent on imported oil and petroleum products for more than 90% of our energy services. Though global oil prices are currently at a four‑year low, our importation of oil and oil products have been a major burden on our foreign exchange earnings and have tilted our balance…
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Gender Equality is a strong driver of growth says CDB President
STATEMENT by Dr. William Warren Smith President of the Caribbean Development Bank on International Women’s Day 2015 Today March 8, 2015 we join the people of the region in commemorating International Women’s Day. This year marks significant milestones in the global development agenda, including the 20th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action and the adoption of a…
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Statement by Hon Gaston Browne MP Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda at the Opening of the CARICOM Heads of Government Meeting In Nassau, Bahamas
I thank Prime Minister Perry Christie and the people and government of The Bahamas for the warm welcome given to all the participants in this meeting. We have no doubt that under Prime Minister Christie’s chairmanship, the outcomes of this meeting will be beneficial to the people of the Caribbean Community who have entrusted us with a mandate to manage…
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Remarks by The. Rt. Hon. Perry.G. Christie Prime Minister Commonwealth of the Bahamas at the Opening Ceremony for The Twenty –Sixth Inter-Sessional Meeting of The Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community
It was a very proud moment for me to assume the role of Chairman of Conference of the Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community for the period 1st January 2015 to 30th June 2015. It is also a very proud moment for me, my Government and the people of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas to have the honour of…
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Opening Remarks Mr. Nigel Romano Vice President Of Operations, Caribbean Development Bank Special First Meeting Of Directors Of Gender Bureaux Mar R Iott Courtyard, Christ Church, Barbados February 23, 2015
Good morning ladies and gentlemen . All protocols observed. It is my pleasure to share some thoughts with you all this morning at the opening of this Special First Meeting of Directors of Gender Bureaux. The Bank is particularly encouraged to see the decisive steps being taken by the CARICOM Secretariat towards a Plan of Action on Gender Equality aligned…
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Remarks By Ambassador Manorma Soeknandan Deputy Secretary-general At the Fifty Fourth Special Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (Energy) 4 February, 2015
It gives me great pleasure to welcome you to this, the Fifty‑Fourth Special Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) (Energy) and to the CARICOM Secretariat. This is the second Special Meeting of the COTED on Energy within the last twenty‑four months. When you met in March 2013, in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, you took the decision…
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Opening Remarks by Chairman the Hon. Phillip Paulwell, Minister of Science, Technology, Energy and Mining At the Fifty-fourth Special Meeting of COTED, 4 February, 2015 Georgetown, Guyana
These meetings are being held even as world oil prices, having plummeted in the recent months, despite modest gains continue to hover at below US$50 per barrel. While this fortuitous development provides some temporary respite to those of us who are almost totally dependent on this source of imported energy, we must remain resolute in our efforts to diversify, conserve…
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Remarks By Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, Secretary-General Caribbean Community (CARICOM) AT THE THIRTY-FIFTH Meeting of the COMMUNITY Council OF MINISTERS 16 JANUARY 2015 GEORGETOWN, Guyana
In welcoming you all to this first Ministerial Meeting for 2015, I wish you a Happy and Productive New Year. In extending that welcome, I do so especially to the Honourable Donville Inniss, Minister of Industry, International Business, Commerce and Small Business development of Barbados and the Honourable Francine Baron, Minister of Foreign Affairs and CARICOM Affairs of Dominica…
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Message from the CDEMA Executive Director on the 5th Anniversary of the Haiti Earthquake
n a message to mark the fifth anniversary of the 2010 devastating earthquake in Haiti, the Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency (CDEMA) has called for reflection on the lessons learned and consideration of the positive steps taken to reduce vulnerability and exposure in the Region. We must also consider outstanding measures still to be implemented and where these exist, we must…
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2015: ‘Enhancing our collective capacity to achieve economic stability and growth…’ – CARICOM outgoing Chair
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) We have come to the end of what has been an exacting year for most of our Member States and their citizens. The difficulties, with which governments and people have been confronted, demanded strength of character and resilience which, to our credit, we have demonstrated. The lingering effects of the global economic and…
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