Speeches
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REMARKS DELIVERED BY AMBASSADOR IRWIN LAROCQUE, SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) AT THE TWENTY-NINTH MEETING OF THE COMMUNITY COUNCIL OF MINISTERS, 7 FEBRUARY 2012, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) It is my pleasure to welcome you all to this 29th Meeting of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Council of Ministers. I extend a particularly warm welcome to the Ministers of Jamaica and Saint Lucia who are attending their first meeting of this, the second highest Organ of our Community. This Council is meeting at…
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CARICOM TO SET UP TASK FORCE ON SPORT TOURISM
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) In the wake of calls to harness the resources of sports for development, the CARICOM Council on Human and Social Development (COHSOD) at their 22nd Meeting in Georgetown, last week, agreed to establish a Regional Task Force on Sports Tourism to develop a strategy for harnessing the Region’s potential in sports. The COHSOD, which…
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SAINT LUCIA’S POET AND ECONOMIST CALLS FOR AN ENABLING ENVIRONMENT FOR CULTURAL INDUSTRIES
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Last week Thursday, Adrian Augier, co-Chair of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Regional Task Force on Cultural Industries, told a meeting of youth, culture and sport ministers that the Caribbean Region had failed to maximise its advantage in the creative cultural industries and as such had forfeited significant potential revenue which could be derived from…
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“ONCE MORE UNTO THE BREACH DEAR FRIENDS: PART 2.” ADDRESS ON CULTURAL INDUSTRIES BY ADRIAN AUGIER, CO-CHAIR OF THE REGIONAL TASK FORCE ON CULTURAL INDUSTRIES AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE TWENTY-SECOND MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT ON CULTURE, YOUTH AND SPORT, GEORGETOWN,
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Salutations… I have today, the pleasure and honour, as I did just over 3 years ago, in a similar setting, of addressing you as Co-Chair of the Regional Task Force on Cultural Industries. That previous occasion was the launch of the Task Force here at the Secretariat when we were embarking on a new…
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OPENING REMARKS DELIVERED BY MS MYRNA BERNARD, OFFICER-IN-CHARGE OF THE DIRECTORATE OF HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, CARICOM SECRETARIAT, TO THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE TWENTY-SECOND MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT (COHSOD XXII) CULTURE, YOUTH AND SPORT, 2 FEBRUARY, 2012
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Hon Dr. Frank Anthony, Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana and Chair of this Twenty-Second Meeting the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD), Ministers of Government and other delegates to the XXII Meeting of COHSOD, Secretary General of the Caribbean Community, Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, Heads of Regional…
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PRESENTATION BY THE CHAIR OF THE COUNCIL FOR FOREIGN AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS (COFCOR), DR. THE HONOURABLE TIMOTHY HARRIS, SENIOR MINISTER AND MINISTER OF INTERNATIONAL TRADE, INDUSTRY, COMMERCE, AGRICULTURE, MARINE RESOURCES, CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND CONSTITUENCY EMPOWERMENT OF ST. KITTS AND NEVIS, AT T
CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Your Excellency Alfredo Moreno, Foreign Minister of Chile; Foreign Ministers and Heads of Delegation of CARICOM Member States; Senior officials of Chile and CARICOM States and of the CARICOM Secretariat; Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen; Representatives of the Media. It is a pleasure to be here in Santiago, Chile on the occasion of this,…
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OPENING REMARKS DELIVERED BY MS MYRNA BERNARD, OFFICER-IN-CHARGE OF THE DIRECTORATE OF HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, CARICOM SECRETARIAT, TO THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE TWENTY-SECOND MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT (COHSOD XXII) CULTURE, YOUTH AND SPORT, 2 FEBRUARY, 2012
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Hon Dr. Frank Anthony, Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana and Chair of this Twenty-Second Meeting the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD), Ministers of Government and other delegates to the XXII Meeting of COHSOD, Secretary General of the Caribbean Community, Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, Heads of Regional…
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REMARKS BY THE HON. DR. FRANK ANTHONY, MINISTER OF CULTURE, YOUTH AND SPORT, GUYANA, AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE XXII MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT (COHSOD): CULTURE, YOUTH AND SPORT, 2 FEBRUARY, 2012, GUYANA
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) As Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport for Guyana, charged with the responsibility of chairing this Twenty-Second Meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development, it is my pleasure to welcome you to this Meeting and to my country. I hope that will you find some time outside of this forum to experience…
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REMARKS BY AMBASSADOR IRWIN LAROCQUE, SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) AT THE TWENTY-SECOND MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT (COHSOD) ON YOUTH CULTURE AND SPORTS 2 FEBRUARY 2012, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) I am very pleased to address my first Meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD) as Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community. The COHSOD has always been and continues to be a critical vehicle for examining and assessing the development of our human resources within the Region. It continues to provide dynamic…
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REMARKS BY THE HON. DR. FRANK ANTHONY, MINISTER OF CULTURE, YOUTH AND SPORT, GUYANA, AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE XXII MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT (COHSOD): CULTURE, YOUTH AND SPORT, 2 FEBRUARY, 2012, GUYANA
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) As Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport for Guyana, charged with the responsibility of chairing this Twenty-Second Meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development, it is my pleasure to welcome you to this Meeting and to my country. I hope that will you find some time outside of this forum to experience…
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