Speeches
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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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ADDRESS BY THE HONOURABLE BETRAND JOSEPH, MINISTER OF EDUCATION, ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA AND INTERIM CHAIR OF THE COUNCIL FOR HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT (COHSOD) ON THE OCCASION OF THE SEVENTEENTH MEETING OF THE COHSOD, 17 NOVEMBER 2008, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Chairman Deputy Secretary General Caribbean Community Ministers of Government Members of the Diplomatic corps Members of Staff of the CARICOM Secretariat Members of Regional and International Organizations Distinguished Ladies and Gentleman Members of the Media As you have learnt, I have been pressed into service as acting Chair of this meeting until the substantive Chair from the Commonwealth of Dominica…
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ADDRESS BY THE HONOURABLE BETRAND JOSEPH, MINISTER OF EDUCATION, ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA AND INTERIM CHAIR OF THE COUNCIL FOR HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT (COHSOD) ON THE OCCASION OF THE SEVENTEENTH MEETING OF THE COHSOD, 17 NOVEMBER 2008, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Chairman Deputy Secretary General Caribbean Community Ministers of Government Members of the Diplomatic corps Members of Staff of the CARICOM Secretariat Members of Regional and International Organizations Distinguished Ladies and Gentleman Members of the Media As you have learnt, I have been pressed into service as acting Chair of this meeting until the substantive Chair from the Commonwealth of Dominica…
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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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REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) AND COMMISSIONER-GENERAL, CARICOM JOINT PARTICIPATION IN THE WORLD EXPOSITION SHANGHAI, CHINA 2010 ON THE OCCASION OF THE SIGNING OF THE LEADING PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT ON BEHALF OF CARICOM, 14 NOVEMBER 2008, SHANGHAI, CHINA
Your Excellency, Ambassador HUA Junduo, Commissioner General, World EXPO 2010 Shanghai, China Mr. HONG Hao, Director-General of the Coordination Bureau of World EXPO 2010 Shanghai, China Mr. ZHOU Hanmin, Deputy Director-General of the Coordination Bureau World Expo 2010 Shanghai, China Distinguished Representatives of the Bureau of International Expositions (BIE) Representatives of the Participating Countries in World EXPO 2010 Shanghai Representatives…
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REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) AND COMMISSIONER-GENERAL, CARICOM JOINT PARTICIPATION IN THE WORLD EXPOSITION SHANGHAI, CHINA 2010 ON THE OCCASION OF THE SIGNING OF THE LEADING PARTICIPATION AGREEMENT ON BEHALF OF CARICOM, 14 NOVEMBER 2008, SHANGHAI, CHINA
Your Excellency, Ambassador HUA Junduo, Commissioner General, World EXPO 2010 Shanghai, China Mr. HONG Hao, Director-General of the Coordination Bureau of World EXPO 2010 Shanghai, China Mr. ZHOU Hanmin, Deputy Director-General of the Coordination Bureau World Expo 2010 Shanghai, China Distinguished Representatives of the Bureau of International Expositions (BIE) Representatives of the Participating Countries in World EXPO 2010 Shanghai Representatives…
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