Speeches
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Remarks by Ambassador Irwin LaRocque Assistant Secretary – General, Trade and Economic Int egration, Caribbean Community (CARICOM) At the Opening of the WTO REGIONAL FORUM ON AID FOR TRADE FOR THE CARIBBEAN Barbados
It is an honour for me to address you on behalf of Ambassador Lolita Applewhaite, Secretary General (acting) of the Caribbean Community at this Regional Forum on Aid for Trade for the Caribbean. She has asked that I convey her best wishes for a stimulating and successful event. The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat readily welcomed the invitation to collaborate with…
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SPEECH ISSUED BY THE SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY HEADS OF GOVERNMENT ON HAITI, THE MOST HONOURABLE PERCIVAL PATTERSON
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) No Recovery of Haiti after a disaster of such incalculable magnitude, can take place without regard to the prevailing political and social environment. The process of Rebuilding has to commence with respect for its Laws and Constitution and proceed in the clear acceptance that existing institutions will have to be strengthened. In several areas,…
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PATTERSON DESCRIBES DUVALIER’S RETURN TO HAITI AS PRECIPITOUS
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The CARICOM Special Representative for Haiti, Former Prime Minister P. J. Patterson has called for the international community to allow Haiti’s Provisional Electoral Council (CEP) to rule on the disputed first round of Presidential elections in that Caribbean nation. Despite the approach of the constitutional end of President Preval’s term in office on February…
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REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY SIR EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) ON THE OCCASION OF THE PRESENTATION OF CREDENTIALS BY EXCELLENCY PAUL BRUMMELL, AS PLENIPOTENTIARY REPRESENTATIVE OF THE UNITED KINGDOM TO CARICOM, 10 DECEMBER 2010, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Excellency, today’s Ceremony accrediting you, High Commissioner Brummell, as your country’s Plenipotentiary Representative to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is a notable and important one. You are the second Representative of the United Kingdom to be accredited to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). Your predecessor High Commissioner Fraser Wheeler, based as he was in Georgetown, Guyana, had a close and active relationship…
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REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY SIR EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), ON THE OCCASION OF THE PRESENTATION OF CREDENTIALS BY HIS EXCELLENCY STEFAN SCHLUTER AS PLENIPOTENTIARY REPRESENTATIVE OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY TO CARICOM, 7 DECEMBER 2010, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Your Excellency Stefan Schlüter; Deputy Secretary-General and other Members of the Executive Management Committee; Other Members of Staff of the Secretariat Excellency, it is always a pleasure for me to welcome the representative of a development partner country of the Caribbean Community to the Headquarters of the Community. This Ceremony, today, to accredit you as your country’s third Plenipotentiary Representative…
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REMARKS DELIVERED BY HIS EXCELLENCY SIR EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE THIRTY-FIRST MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (COTED), 2 DECEMBER 2010, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Welcome to you all! I am particularly pleased to make special reference to the Honourable Ministers of Trinidad and Tobago, of Barbados and of Suriname who I am advised are attending their first meeting of COTED. Honourable Ministers, we are delighted to have you as members of this august Council and we look forward to your unique contribution. Honourable Ministers…
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OPENING REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY SIR EDWIN CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN FORUM OF AFRICAN, CARIBBEAN AND PACIFIC STATES (CARIFORUM) AT THE SEVENTEENTH MEETING OF THE MINISTERS OF CARIFORUM, 26 NOVEMBER 2010, BELMOPAN, BELIZE
Permit me to begin these brief opening remarks to the Seventeenth Meeting of the Ministers of the Caribbean Forum of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (CARIFORUM) by thanking the Outgoing Chair for the outstanding leadership which she gave to CARIFORUM during her tenure. As Secretary-General of both CARICOM and CARIFORUM, I had the opportunity and privilege to work closely…
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REMARKS BY DR. THE HON. W. BALDWIN SPENCER MP, PRIME MINISTER, ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA, AT THE CEREMONY FOR THE CONFERMENT OF THE AWARD OF KNIGHT COMMANDER (AD HONOREM) OF THE MOST DISTINGUISHED ORDER OF THE NATION (KCN), ON HIS EXCELLENCY DR. EDWIN CARRINGTON, SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), 05 NOVEMBER 2010, ST. JOHN’S, ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA Salutations Her Excellency the Go
Salutations Her Excellency the Governor General Colleague Ministers His Excellency Dr. Edwin Carrington Ladies and gentlemen On Wednesday this week, several of us, representing the people and governments of many Caribbean nations, gathered in Barbados to pay tribute to an outstanding son of the region, who sadly has passed on. This morning we gather here to pay tribute to another…
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REMARKS BY SENATOR THE HON. JOANNE MASSIAH, MINISTER OF STATE, MINISTRY OF LEGAL AFFAIRS, ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA, AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE THIRTY-FIRST MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (COTED), 2-3 DECEMBER 2010, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA It was only a few months ago, I sat here as the stand-in-chair of the Council in place of my colleague from Trinidad and Tobago and directe
It was only a few months ago, I sat here as the stand-in-chair of the Council in place of my colleague from Trinidad and Tobago and directed the meeting on a number of critical matters facing the Community. Since then, a number of other developments at the national, regional and international levels have taken place, and the Council, like many…
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IMPORTANCE OF PARTNERSHIPS AND HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE GLOBAL, REGIONAL AND NATIONAL RESPONSE TO HIV AND AIDS : ADDRESS BY H.E. KOFI A. ANNAN TO THE TENTH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE PAN CARIBBEAN PARTNERSHIP AGAINST HIV AND AIDS (PANCAP), 31 OCTOBER 2O10, ST. MAARTEN
Thank you for that warm welcome. I am truly honoured to be with you today. Let me begin by thanking our host – the Prime Minister and people of St. Maarten – and congratulating you on your new status and constitution. These are exciting times for the entire country. I wish you all the very best for the future. We…
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