Speeches
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REBUILDING HAITI: A PRIORITY FOR THE CARIBBEAN – AN ADDRESS BY THE MOST HON. P.J. PATTERSON, ON, OCC, PC, QC, TO THE JAMAICA STOCK EXCHANGE INVESTMENTS & CAPITAL MARKETS CONFERENCE, WEDNESDAY, 26 JANUARY 2011
Salutations I congratulate the Board of the Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) and its General Manager, Mrs. Marlene Street-Forrest for organizing what portends to be a most exciting Conference. The timing is opportune as the Caribbean struggles for survival in a changed and most uncertain global economic environment and as the international community struggles to help Haiti rebuild after the devastating…
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REMARKS DELIVERED BY MS. FARAH KHODABAKS, SURINAME’S CARICOM YOUTH AMBASSADOR, AT THE OPENING OF THE CARICOM REGIONAL YOUTH FORUM, PARAMARIBO, SURINAME, 27 JANUARY 2010
Ladies and Gentlemen: We live in an age when to be young and to be indifferent can be no longer synonymous. We must prepare for the coming hour. The claims of the future are represented by suffering millions; and the youth of a Nation are the trustees of Posterity. (hier een wat zwaardere stem dan de normale stem)…
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REMARKS BY H.E. EDWIN. W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) ON THE OCCASION OF THE SPECIAL MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT (COHSOD) ON YOUTH DEVELOPMENT, 28 JANUARY 2010, PARAMARIBO, SURINAME
Honourable Patrick Simmons, Minister of Youth Empowerment, Culture and Sport of Grenada and Chairman of the Council for Human and Social Development of the Caribbean Community; Honourable Ministers; Honourable Jermaine Wade, Parliamentary Secretary for Youth Affairs, Community Services and Sports, Montserrat [Distinguished Members of the Parliament]; Dr Edward Greene, Assistant Secretary-General, Human and Social…
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ADDRESS BY THE HON. PATRICK SIMMONS, CHAIR OF COHSOD AND MINISTER OF YOUTH EMPOWERMENT, CULTURE AND SPORT, GRENADA TO THE SPECIAL MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT (COHSOD) ON YOUTH AND DEVELOPMENT, 28 JANUARY 2010, PARAMARIBO, SURINAME
Acknowledgements • Suriname for hosting • CARICOM Secretariat Staff for preparing • Haiti for attending despite their tragedy • Commissioners for fulfilling their mandate • Colleague Ministers for attending Today we are meeting as a Council at a critical juncture, where both man-made and natural catastrophes threaten the very foundation of our existence. Global economic crises, the effects of climate…
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REMARKS BY THE HON. EDWIN WOLF, MINISTER OF EDUCATION AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, SURINAME AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE SPECIAL COUNCIL FOR HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT (COHSOD) ON YOUTH AND DEVELOPMENT, 28 JANUARY 2010, PARAMARIBO, SURINAME
It is with great pleasure that I welcome you all to the Republic of Suriname at this Meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD) with special focus on youth and development. Yesterday, young people of CARICOM Member States came together in this very same venue to discuss that draft Report of the CARICOM Commission on Youth Development…
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REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), ON THE OCCASION OF THE OPENING OF THE REGIONAL YOUTH FORUM, 27 JANUARY 2010, PARAMARIBO, SURINAME
As Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community, it gives me very great pleasure to welcome you all, to what can justly be termed, the laying of the foundation stone in the building of the edifice of youth development, by the Community, here in Suriname this week. It is fitting that this historic week should begin with the emphasis on…
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ADDRESS BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SURINAME, HIS EXCELLENCY RUNALDO RONALD VENETIAAN, ON THE OCCASION OF THE OPENING OF THE REGIONAL YOUTH FORUM OF CARICOM, 27 JANUARY 2010, PARAMARIBO, SURINAME
Salutations Excellencies, Ladies and Gentlemen: A special welcome to the delegation of Haiti, Mr Junior Mercier and Ms Letitia Cadet, Haiti’s CARICOM Youth Ambassador. This forum takes place at an appropriate time – at the commencement of the International Year of the Youth and on the eve of the presentation of the Commission on Youth Development’s report to…
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REMARKS DELIVERED BY AMBASSADOR LOLITA APPLEWHAITE, DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARICOM, ON BEHALF OF HIS EXCELLENCY EDWIN CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARICOM, AT THE OPENING OF THE THIRD MEETING OF SENIOR OFFICIALS ON CONTINGENT RIGHTS, 18-19 JANUARY 2010, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
As Secretary-General I want to welcome you to the headquarters of the CARICOM Secretariat, in particular those of you who may be here for the first time. You are here to begin a series of meetings scheduled for this week which will deal with matters pertaining to Contingent Rights, the outcome of the appraisal of the state of implementation…
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REMARKS BY AMBASSADOR IRWIN LAROCQUE, ASSISTANT SECRETARY GENERAL, TRADE AND ECONOMIC INTEGRATION, CARICOM SECRETARIAT AT THE THE OPENING OF THE WORKSHOP “FORMULATION OF A REGIONAL FOOD AND NUTRITION SECURITY POLICY IN THE CARIBBEAN” , 30 NOVEMBER 2009, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Mr. Chairman Honorable Robert Persaud, Minister of Agriculture of Guyana Dr Lystra Fletcher-Paul, Food and Agriculture Organization Representative to Guyana Representatives of International and Regional Organizations and Institutions Representatives of CARICOM Member States and Associate Members Representatives from the Dominican RepublicPrivate Sector Representatives; Ladies and Gentlemen Good morning and welcome. On behalf of the Secretary General of the Caribbean Community,…
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Remarks Delivered By Dr. Lystra-fletcher Paul, FAO Representative of Guyana, On Behalf of The Food And Agriculture Organisation Of The United Nations, at The Opening of The Workshop “Formulation of A Regional Food And Nutrition Security Policy In The Carib
Honourable Robert Persaud, Minister of Agriculture His Excellency Edwin Carrington, Secretary General, CARICOM Secretariat Dr. Dindyal Permaul, PS, Ministry of Agriculture Mr. Trevor Murray, Director of Operations and Integration for the Caribbean Region, IICA Representatives of International and Regional Institutions Specially invited guests, farmers, friends, ladies and gentlemen It gives me great pleasure to be here today at the opening…
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