Speeches
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03/2012
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) stands in firm solidarity with the Government and People of Haiti as they observe the second anniversary of the devastating earthquake of 12 January 2010 and mourn and remember the many persons who perished that day. The Community also commiserates with those who lost loved ones and shares their grief…
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REMARKS BY THE HONOURABLE DR. DENZIL DOUGLAS PRIME MINISTER OF ST. KITTS AND NEVIS AND CHAIRMAN OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) AT THE OPENING OF THE FOURTH CARICOM-CUBA SUMMIT 2011 PORT-OF-SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 8 DECEMBER, 2011
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Excellency, on behalf of the CARICOM Delegation, let me begin by saying that it is with great pleasure that we are meeting with you, today in our beautiful Member State, Trinidad and Tobago. Three years ago we met in historic Santiago de Cuba and today, we meet in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago – the…
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REMARKS BY AMBASSADOR IRWIN LAROCQUE, SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) AT THE OPENING OF THE FOURTH CARICOM-CUBA SUMMIT, PORT-OF-SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, 8 DECEMBER 2011
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) We of the Caribbean Community and Cuba meet on this auspicious day, 8 December 2011, which has been designated CARICOM-Cuba Day. Thirty-nine years ago on this date, the leaders of Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago took the bold step of formally recognising the Republic of Cuba, at a time when most of…
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REMARKS DELIVERED BY DR. HILARY BROWN PROGRAMME MANAGER CULTURE AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CARICOM SECRETARIAT, AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE TWENTY-FIRST MEETING OF THE REGIONAL CULTURAL COMMITTEE, PARAMARIBO, SURINAME, 1-3 DECEMBER, 2011
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) It is my pleasure and privilege to welcome Directors of Culture and other officials to this Twenty-First Meeting of the Regional Cultural Committee (RCC) on behalf of our Secretary General, His Excellency Ambassador Irwin LaRocque. I also bring very warm greetings from the Officer in Charge of the Directorate of Human and Social Development…
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ADDRESS OF H.E. AMBASSADOR IRWIN LAROCQUE SECRETARY GENERAL OF CARICOM AND SECRETARY GENERAL OF CARIFORUM, ON THE OCCASION OF THE 25TH ANNUAL DINNER OF THE DOMINICAN ASSOCIATION OF EXPORTERS (ADOEXPO) SANTO DOMINGO, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC DECEMBER 5TH, 2011
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) I would like to thank the Dominican Association of Exporters (ADOEXPO) for inviting me to address this gathering – my first engagement in the Dominican Republic as Secretary General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). I also address you in my capacity as the Secretary-General of the Caribbean Forum of African Caribbean and Pacific States…
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STATEMENT BY THE HON. DR. DENZIL DOUGLAS, PRIME MINISTERS OF ST. KITTS AND NEVIS AND LEAD HEAD OF GO
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Today we join our PANCAP brothers and sisters in commemorating World AIDS Day and remembering those we have lost to this dreadful disease. We reiterate our commitment to UNAIDS’ vision of zero discrimination, zero new HIV infections, and zero AIDS related deaths through universal access to effective HIV prevention, treatment care and support and…
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SPEECH TO CBMP 5TH ANNIVERSARY MEDIA LEADERS SUMMIT JULIETTE BYNOE-SUTHERLAND, DIRECTOR OF PANCAP
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) It is a privilege to bring greetings on behalf of the Pan Caribbean Partnership Against HIV and AIDS at CBMP’s 5th Anniversary Media Leaders Summit. Since its inception 2001, PANCAP has been seeking to work with partners such as yourselves in the media to galvanize the regional response to the HIV epidemic. I begin…
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REMARKS BY AMBASSADOR IRWIN LAROCQUE, SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN FORUM OF AFRICAN, CARIBBEAN AND PACIFIC (ACP) STATES (CARIFORUM), AT THE NINETEENTH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS OF CARIFORUM, 25 NOVEMBER 2011, ROSEAU, DOMINICA
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Remarks by Ambassador Irwin laRocque, Secretary-General Caribbean Forum of African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) States (CARIFORUM) at the Nineteenth Meeting of the Council of Ministers of the Caribbean Forum of African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) States (CARIFORUM) Roseau, Dominica 25 November 2011 This is a very special occasion for me as this Meeting of…
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REMARKS BY AMBASSADOR IRWIN LAROCQUE, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) AT THE CEREMONY FOR THE PRESENTATION OF CREDENTIALS BY HIS EXCELLENCY D. BRENT HARDT, PLENIPOTENTIARY REPRESENTATIVE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, 22 NOVEMBER 2011, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) It is with great pleasure that I welcome you Ambassador once again to the Headquarters of the Caribbean Community. Your posting here in Guyana would be the second time that our paths have crossed professionally, following one of your stints in Barbados while I served as Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs…
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