Speeches
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The Urgency of Statistics and the Global Crisis-Enabling Development in the Caribbean Community, Feature Address by Mrs. Juliana Johan Boodram Permanent Secretary (Acting) in the Ministry of Planning, Housing and the Environment, Republic of Trinidad and Tobago At the High-Level Advocacy Forum on Statistics: 30 July 2009, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) I am honoured to address you this morning on behalf of the Minister of PHE who is at Cabinet and unable to attend and the Minister of State who is unwell. The present Global economic crisis has been likened to the Great Depression of the 1930s that had widespread repercussions around the world.…
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OPENING REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), ON THE OCCASION OF THE THIRD MEETING OF THE SECRETARY-GENERAL AND HEADS OF COMMUNITY INSTITUTIONS, 23-24 JULY 2009, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Distinguished Heads of Regional Institutions and Organisations Other Distinguished Delegates Deputy Secretary-General and other Staff of the Secretariat Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen As always it gives me very great pleasure as Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to say a few words in welcoming you all to the Headquarters of the CARICOM Secretariat. It is good to see…
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TOAST BY HIS EXCELLENCY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARICOM, IN CELEBRATION OF CARICOM DAY 2009, 24 JULY 2009, CARICOM SECRETARIAT, TURKEYEN, GREATER GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) I thank you all for having accepted my invitation to join in our celebration tonight, of the thirty-sixth anniversary of the Caribbean Community – CARICOM. A CARICOM which, in addition to the original English-speaking Members, includes the full participation of Dutch-speaking Suriname and French-speaking Haiti as Member States and of Anguilla, Bermuda,…
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REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, THE CARIBBEAN FORUM OF AFRICAN CARIBBEAN AND PACIFIC STATES (CARIFORUM), ON THE OCCASION OF THE CARIFORUM-EC DIALOGUE ON REGIONAL COOPERATION AND INTEGRATION, 18 JULY 2009, ST. JOHN’S, ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA
c Let me say at the outset that if anyone had any doubts about the closeness of the relations between the European Union and CARIFORUM, they just have to be here today. This dialogue simple as it may seem, is taking place between representatives of the twenty-seven Member States of the European Union (EU), the European Commission and the sixteen…
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SPEECH DELIVERED BY THE HON. CHARLOTTE TESSA MANGAL, MINISTER OF COMMERCE, INDUSTRY AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS, SAINT LUCIA, ON THE OCCASION OF THE CARIFORUM-EC DIALOGUE ON REGIONAL INTEGRATION AND COOPERATION, 18 JULY 2009, ST. JOHN’S, ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA
Today is a day of special significance in CARIFORUM/European Union Relations. We will experience the many dimensions of that relationship. We will first witness the signature of a Country Strategy Paper (CSP) between the European Commission and Antigua and Barbuda, a Member State of CARIFORUM. Signature of that important cooperation document is taking place in the presence of Member States…
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REMARKS DELIVERED BY MR. STEFANO MANSERVISI, DIRECTOR-GENERAL FOR DEVELOPMENT AND RELATIONS WITH ACP STATES, EUROPEAN COMMISSION, ON THE OCCASION OF THE CARIFORUM-EC DIALOGUE ON REGIONAL INTEGRATION AND COOPERATION, 18 JULY 2009, ST. JOHN’S, ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA
It is a great pleasure to be here today and to have this opportunity to engage with you in this Dialogue on Regional Integration and further integration. I want to extend special thanks to the Prime Minister and the Government of Antigua and Barbuda for their hosting of this meeting and also to thank all those who have been…
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STATEMENT BY MR. LAWRENCE PLACIDE, PRESIDENT, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO COALITION OF SERVICE INDUSTRIES, AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE REGIONAL SERVICES SYMPOSIUM, 15-17 JULY, ST. JOHN’S, ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA
It really is a pleasure to be in Antigua and Barbuda for this, the inaugural Regional Services Symposium and to be asked by the CARICOM Secretariat to say a few words at this opening session. The Services Sector is the most important sector in the Region contributing as much as 90% of GDP in this country alone (Antigua). But then,…
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FEATURE ADDRESS BY THE HONOURABLE BALDWIN SPENCER, PRIME MINISTER OF ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA AND LEAD HEAD OF GOVERNMENT WITH RESPONSIBILITY FOR SERVICES, ON THE OCCASION OF THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE REGIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON SERVICES, 15-17 JULY 2009, ST. JOHN’S, ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA
I extend a warm Antiguan and Barbudan welcome to all of you. A special word of welcome to representatives of the United Kingdom Department for International Development (DFID), the Spanish Agency for International Cooperation for Development (AECID), and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), which have willingly and generously provided financial support for this Symposium. I am indeed…
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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 SYMPOSIUM ON SERVICES, 15-17 JULY 2009, ST. JOHN’S, ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA
First let me begin these remarks by thanking Prime Minister Baldwin Spencer who not only leads the Government of Antigua and Barbuda, but also leads the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) in the area of Services, for agreeing to be the patron of this Symposium. I will also like to thank the Members of his Cabinet and the public officials here…
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REMARKS BY DR. HILARY BROWN, PROGRAMME MANAGER CULTURE AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY SECRETARIAT, AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE CARIBBEAN YOUTH EXCHANGE PROGRAMME, 9 JULY 2009, PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI
Salutations Good morning. I am very pleased to make these brief remarks on behalf of the Secretary General of CARICOM, H. E. Mr. Edwin Carrington, who sent his deepest regrets that he was unable to join us for the Opening of this Youth Exchange Programme today. It is a joy to see young people from so many Member States coming…
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