Speeches
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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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Remarks by the Secretary-General of CARICOM, Amb. Irwin LaRocque, (21st Meeting of the Council of Ministers of CARIFORUM) Grenada
In giving these remarks, let me begin by applauding and thanking the Government and people of Grenada for the hospitable environment provided for this Twenty-First Meeting of the Council of Ministers. The well-known hospitality of Grenada will certainly go some way to ensuring very productive discussions. I would also like to take this opportunity to convey sincere gratitude to the…
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OPENING REMARKS BY THE SECRETARY-GENERAL CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) AMBASSADOR IRWIN LAROCQUE ON THE OCCASION OF THE CARIFORUM STAKEHOLDERS’ CONSULTATION WITH THE ACP EMINENT PERSONS’ GROUP (EPG) ON THE FUTURE OF THE ACP GROUP ST. GEORGE’S, GRENADA 1 November 2013
It is quite fitting that such a discussion about the future of the African Caribbean Pacific Group of States (ACP) should take place in the Caribbean, for it is in this Region that the idea was conceived and it was this Region that played a pivotal role in the formation of this grouping. It is also fortunate that among the…
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SPEECH OF H.E. LUIS ALBERTO MARTINO, PLENIPOTENTIARY REPRESENTATIVE (DESIGNATE) OF THE ARGENTINE REPUBLIC TO THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY CEREMONY OF PRESENTATION OF HIS LETTERS OF CREDENCE TO AMBASSADOR IRWIN LAROCQUE, SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY
I am very pleased and indeed honored to be accredited today as Argentina´s first ever resident Plenipotentiary Representative before the Caribbean Community of States. As you may know, my country is in the process of expanding and strengthening its presence in the Caribbean region. The first steps in this direction were the decisions by President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner to…
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Remarks by the SECRETARY-GENERAL CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) Ambassador Irwin LaRocque On The Occasion Of The PRESENTATION OF CREDENTIALS BY HIS EXCELLENCY LUIS ALBERTO MARTINO Plenipotentiary Representative Of The Republic of Argentina TO THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY 28 October 2013
It is my honour and pleasure to extend a warm welcome to you, Ambassador Martino, on the occasion of your accreditation as the Plenipotentiary Representative of the Argentine Republic to the Caribbean Community. First, allow me to extend my heartfelt best wishes to your President, Her Excellency Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, as she continues to recover from her recent surgery.…
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