Speeches
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Speech By Hon Gaston Browne MP At The Opening Of The Thirty-Fifth Regular Meeting Of The Heads Of Government Of The Caribbean Community At The Sandals Hotel Dickenson Bay, Antigua On July 1st 2014
We are honoured to have with us, the distinguished Prime Minister of Spain, The Most Excellent Mariano Rajoy Brey, whose country is no stranger to our Caribbean Sea. We look forward with great anticipation to the discussions we will have with him. Ladies and Gentlemen, it is my great privilege to welcome you all, on behalf of the people and…
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Address by the Dr. The Hon. Ralph E. Gonsalves Prime Minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines At the Opening Ceremony Of the Thirty-Fifth Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government Of the Caribbean Community St. John’s, Antigua and Barbuda
CARICOM’S POSSIBILITIES, LIMITATIONS AND UNEVENESS OF OUTCOMES First, congratulations are in order to the people of Antigua and Barbuda and their relevant State institutions for yet again being fully engaged in the democratic exercise of choosing a government through free and fair elections. I congratulate, too, the Antigua Labour Party and its Leader, the Honourable Gaston Browne, the new Prime…
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Remarks By The Secretary–General Of The Caribbean Community (Caricom) Ambassador Irwin Larocque At The Opening Of The Thirty-Fifth Meeting Of The Conference Of Heads Of Government Of The Caribbean Community St. John’s, Antigua And Barbuda 01 July 2014
It is my pleasure to welcome you to the Thirty-Fifth Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). It is also my pleasure to welcome to the post of Chairman, the Honourable Gaston Browne, our host Prime Minister, who is participating in his first meeting of the Conference and starts at the helm. Prime Minister,…
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Remarks by Minister of National Mobilization, Social Development, Family Services, Gender Affairs, Persons with Disabilities and Youth in St. Vincent and the Grenadines Hon. Frederick Stephenson during a CEBO Partnership Meeting with Representatives fr
Today we meet to discuss youth entrepreneurial development in St. Vincent and the Grenadines, with stakeholder partners locally and CARICOM Secretariat. The Creative Employment Business Opportunity (CEBO) program is a CARICOM Secretariat initiative that is funded by USAID, UNDP, the Governments of Spain and Japan and is spearheaded nationally by Governments in CARICOM Member States. The CEBO program targets vulnerable…
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Remarks By Ambassador Manorma Soeknandan, Deputy Secretary General, Caricom Secretariat At The Opening Of The Twenty-Second Meeting Of The Regional Cultural Committee, 18 June 2014, Georgetown, Guyana
It is a great pleasure for me, in- my capacity as Deputy Secretary General, to extend to all of you a warm welcome to the Twenty-Second Meeting of the Regional Cultural Committee. This is the Regional Body which has been advising our Ministers of Culture for the past 27 years on shaping national and regional cultural policy and programmes as…
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Remarks by Dr. Hilary Brown Programme Manager, Culture and Community Development Twenty-Second Meeting of the Regional Cultural Committee (RCC) Opening Ceremony Georgetown, Guyana 18 June, 2014
It is a pleasure to warmly welcome all of you to the Twenty-Second Meeting of the Regional Cultural Committee (the RCC), a body that has been in existence for over 25 years, having first met on 6-7 June 1987 in Trinidad and Tobago. A very special welcome to the representatives of Member States who are attending the RCC for the…
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Opening Remarks by the Honourable Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Guyana at the Eight UK-Caribbean Forum London, United Kingdom 16 June 2014
It is indeed my pleasure and honour to address you on behalf of the Caribbean States present here today on the occasion of this Eighth UK Caribbean Forum. Secretary of State, let me at the outset express on behalf of the Caribbean delegations our appreciation for the splendid arrangements made for us to participate in this Forum, and also our…
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Address by Astona Browne at Opening of FBI Active Shooter and Intelligence Gathering Course
I am pleased to join in welcoming the participants to this training course and to say how pleased we are to see the convening of another training session for law enforcement officers. I am particularly pleased to extend a warm welcome to all the agencies gathered here today as beneficiaries of this course of training. I take the opportunity on…
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Remarks by the Secretary General – Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ambassador Irwin LaRocque at the Opening ceremony of the CARICOM Youth Ambassador CARICOM Single Market and Economy advocacy workshop GEORGETOWN, GUYANA 29-30 MAY 2014
It is always a pleasure for me to be a part of any activity involving the youth of our Community and even moreso when it involves the CARICOM Youth Ambassadors (CYAs). Your energy and enthusiasm are a source of inspiration to me and a positive force for driving the integration process in our Community. This positive vibration is needed as…
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Remarks by Ms El Iza Mohamedou Deputy Secretariat Manager Organisation for Economic Development (OECD), Partnership in Statistics for development in the Twenty-First Century (PARIS21) at the Opening Ceremony of the Second High Level Advocacy Forum on Statistics St. George’s, Grenada 26 May, 2014
The International community is convinced that to reduce poverty and improve living standards in developing countries, it is necessary to promote the integration of statistics and reliable data in the decision-making process. Indeed, the effects of the financial crisis of 2008 are still being felt all over the world with a slow economic recovery. Moreover, inequalities and the poverty have…
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