Speeches
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GREETINGS FROM THE SECRETARY-GENERAL CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY AMBASSADOR IRWIN LAROCQUE ON THE OCCASION OF THE Joint Meeting of THE 27TH Executive Council, 16TH General Conference of Ministers, And THE 12TH Caribbean Ministerial Strategic ICT Seminar OF THE CARIBBEAN TELECOMMUNICATIONS UNION JAMAICA 3 December 2013
I would like to begin by thanking the CTU – under the leadership of Secretary-General Bernadette Lewis – for the invitation to bring greetings to this Opening Ceremony of the 12th Caribbean Ministerial Strategic ICT Seminar, as part of the CTU “ICT Week”. I would have been pleased to be here in person with you, but this week I am…
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REMARKS FROM AMBASSADOR IRWIN LAROCQUE, CARICOM SECRETARY GENERAL
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Warm greetings to all delegates and CDEMA staff attending the Eighth Caribbean Conference on Comprehensive Disaster Management. I am honoured to provide brief remarks at the launch of the CDM Strategy 2014-2024, given the importance of this milestone event. I must apologise, however, for not being able to be present at the Conference in…
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Remarks by Mr. Joseph Williams Programme Manager, Energy Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat On the occasion Of The Launch of CARICOM Energy Week 2013 (CEW 2013) 11 November 2013, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago
I wish to begin by conveying greetings on behalf of the Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community, Ambassador Irwin LaRocque. He sends his highest regards and commendation to the Government of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago for the initiative to host the Launch of CARICOM Energy Week 2013. Indeed, it is rather appropriate and timely for CARICOM Energy Week 2013…
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Remarks by Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community Ambassador Irwin LaRocque On The Occasion Of The Signing Of The Revised UNESCO-CARICOM Memorandum of Understanding and Meeting of the Director-General, UNESCO Her Excellency Irina Bokova and CARICOM Delegations to the Thirty-Seventh UNESCO General Conference PARIS, FRANCE
It is indeed a great pleasure for me to join you at this session between the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and UNESCO taking place at its Thirty-Seventh General Conference. I wish to express our appreciation to you, Director General, for affording the CARICOM delegations this opportunity to meet with you to discuss issues of specific importance to our Region. I also…
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Statement by Hon. Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett, Minister of Foreign Affairs (Guyana) and Chair of COTED
I extend a warm welcome to you all to this Thirty-Seventh Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED). I take this opportunity to give a special welcome to the Honourable Donville Inniss, Minister of Industry, International Business, Commerce and Small Business Development of Barbados, who is attending his first Meeting of this Council. Minister, welcome to COTED;…
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Opening Remarks by Ambassador Irwin LaRocque Secretary-General of the Caribbean community At The THIRTY-SEVENTH Meeting of the Council For Trade and Economic Development (COTED)
I extend a warm welcome to you all to this Thirty-Seventh Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED). I take this opportunity to give a special welcome to the Honourable Donville Inniss, Minister of Industry, International Business, Commerce and Small Business Development of Barbados, who is attending his first Meeting of this Council. Minister, welcome to COTED;…
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Statement by H.E. Felix Gregoire, Plenipotentiary Representative Of The Commonwealth of Dominica TO CARICOM
Your Excellency Irwin LaRocque, I bring you greetings from your home country, Dominica, and it is with great humility that I present my Credentials to you as the Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). We are quite aware of the importance of the Regional Integration Movement to our people in the Caribbean, and the achievements of CARICOM to date are…
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Remarks by Secretary-General Of The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ambassador Irwin LaRocque On The Occasion Of The Presentation of Credentials by HIS EXCELLENCY FELIX GREGOIRE Plenipotentiary Representative Of The Commonwealth of Dominica To The Caribbean Community 7 October 2013
It is with great pleasure that I welcome you to the CARICOM Secretariat for the presentation of your credentials as the Plenipotentiary Representative of the Commonwealth of Dominica to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). In your new post, you are replacing a much loved and respected figure in the Community, the late Charles Maynard, whose contribution to the integration movement is…
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Remarks by the Secretary-General CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) Ambassador Irwin LaRocque On the Occasion of the Presentation of Credentials by Her Excellency GODELIEVE VAN DEN BERGH, Plenipotentiary representative (DESIGNATE) of BELGIUM TO THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY GEORGETOWN, GUYANA 6 NOVEMBER 2013
Excellency, it is my pleasure to receive today your letter accrediting you as Belgium’s first Plenipotentiary Representative to the Caribbean Community. It marks an important step forward in relations between CARICOM and Belgium. It is, I believe, symbolically important and certainly fitting that Belgium should take this significant step in formalizing bilateral relations with the Caribbean Community given the long…
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Remarks by Secretary-General Of the CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) Ambassador Irwin LaRocque On The Occasion Of the PRESENTATION OF CREDENTIALS BY His Excellency Amiram Magid Plenipotentiary Representative (DESIGNATE) of Israel To the Caribbean Community Georgetown, GUYANA 5 November 2013
Your Excellency, Ladies and Gentleman. Today it is my pleasure to be a part of an historic moment for the Caribbean Community and for Israel. Ambassador, as I accept your letter of credence, your accreditation as Israel’s first Plenipotentiary Representative to CARICOM is welcomed by our Community. For those of us who know you Ambassador, it seems most fitting that…
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