Speeches
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REMARKS BY THE HONOURABLE MAXINE MC CLEAN, MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND FOREIGN TRADE, BARBADOS, AND CHAIR OF THE COUNCIL FOR TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (COTED) ON THE OCCASION OF THE TWENTY-SIXTH MEETING OF THE COTED, 24 NOVEMBER 2008, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Fellow Ministers of Government Their Excellencies Ambassadors to the Caribbean Community Distinguished Delegates Students Representatives of the Media Ladies and Gentlemen It is my pleasure to welcome you to the Twenty-Sixth Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development. This is my first COTED meeting and it is my distinct honour to have been asked to chair the sessions…
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WELCOME REMARKS BY DR. THE HONOURABLE HENRY B. JEFFREY, MINISTER OF FOREIGN TRADE AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION, GUYANA, AT THE TWENTY-SIXTH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (COTED), 24 NOVEMBER 2008, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Mr. Chairman Colleague Ministers and Heads of Delegations Secretary-General and Staff Distinguished Delegates Members of the media Ladies and Gentlemen I welcome you to this Twenty-Sixth Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED). To those of you who have been in Guyana since last week, I hope you had a good weekend and will also take advantage…
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BUREAU URGES CENTRAL BANKS TO CONTINUE PLANNING FOR CRISIS FALL OUT
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Bureau of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has urged the Committee of Central Bank Governors (CCBG) to continue their planning for possible challenges to the Region’s financial and non-financial sectors in the continuing global economic and financial situation. After receiving a report from the Committee at its…
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SAINT LUCIA PRIME MINISTER DISCUSSES REGIONAL CLIMATE CHANGE AGENDA
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Prime Minister of Saint Lucia the Hon. Stephenson King has endorsed the developments undertaken by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat and the Caribbean Community Climate Change Centre (CCCCC) in advancing the Region’s agenda on climate change through the development of a regional climate change strategy. Prime Minister King made the endorsement when he held…
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CARICOM TASK FORCE ON CLIMATE CHANGE AND DEVELOPMENT HOLDS FIRST MEETING
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The inaugural meeting of the CARICOM Task Force on Climate Change and Development was held in Saint Lucia. The Task Force will facilitate and coordinate technical work, advise on policy directions on climate change, and provide support to CARICOM Member States in their preparations for key regional, hemispheric and other global forums and in…
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CARICOM TASK FORCE WELCOMES OBAMA’S STATEMENT ON CLIMATE CHANGE
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The CARICOM Task Force on Climate Change and Development welcomes the views of President-elect Barack Obama for a cap and trade system approach to cutting greenhouse gas emissions and further supports the targets to reduce emissions to their 1990 levels by 2020 and another 80% by 2050. The Region’s support for Mr. Obama’s proposals…
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INTERNATIONAL ISSUES DOMINATE BUREAU MEETING
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), the Honourable Baldwin Spencer, Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda will preside over the 24th Meeting of the Bureau of Conference of Heads of Government of CARICOM to be held in St. John’s, Antigua and Barbuda on Saturday 22 November 2009. The three other members of the Bureau,…
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REMARKS BY AMBASSADOR LOLITA APPLEWHAITE, DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) ON THE OCCASION OF THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE SEVENTEENTH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT (COHSOD), 17 NOVEMBER 2008, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Salutations It is my pleasure to welcome you, on behalf of the Secretary-General, to this the Seventeenth Meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD). This Education COHSOD is meeting at a time when the global economic and financial crisis brings into sharp focus the need to have a trained, readily trainable and re-trainable work force in our…
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OPENING REMARKS BY DR. EDWARD GREENE, ASSISTANT SECRETARY-GENERAL, HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY SECRETARIAT, AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE SEVENTEENTH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT (COHSOD), 17 NOVEMBER 2008, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
On behalf of the Directorate of Human and Social Development, I welcome you all to this Seventeenth Meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD). First of all, we are pleased at the response of our Ministers of Education as attested to by the fact that 12 are present with us today. Ministers, we wish to thank you…
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OPENING REMARKS BY DR. EDWARD GREENE, ASSISTANT SECRETARY-GENERAL, HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY SECRETARIAT, AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE SEVENTEENTH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT (COHSOD), 17 NOVEMBER 2008, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
On behalf of the Directorate of Human and Social Development, I welcome you all to this Seventeenth Meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD). First of all, we are pleased at the response of our Ministers of Education as attested to by the fact that 12 are present with us today. Ministers, we wish to thank you…
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