Speeches
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REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), ON THE OCCASION OF THE PRESENTATION OF CREDENTIALS BY HIS EXCELLENCY GABRIEL ZEPEDA, AMBASSADOR/ PLENIPOTENTIARY REPRESENTATIVE OF THE REPUBLIC OF CHILE TO THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, 20 AUGUST 2008, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Your Excellency, Ambassador Zepeda Members of Staff Ladies and Gentlemen Representatives of the Media Good day! (Good Jamaica Day!) It is with great pleasure that as Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), I welcome you all this function, and particularly to you, Excellency, to the home of the CARICOM Secretariat. It gives me even greater pleasure, that the occasion of…
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REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) ON THE OCCASION OF THE OPENING OF THE THIRTEENTH SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF CARICOM, 5 APRIL 2008, PORT-OF-SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
CHAIRMAN OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, THE RT. HON HUBERT INGRAHAM, PRIME MINISTER OF THE BAHAMAS OTHER HEADS OF GOVERNMENT HONOURABLE MINISTERS HEADS OF DELEGATION COMMISSIONERS OF POLICE HEADS OF MILITARY ORGANISATIONS DISTINGUISHED LADIES AND GENTLEMEN REPRESENTATIVES OF THE MEDIA Good Morning to you all. A warm welcome to this Thirteenth Special Meeting…
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REMARKS BY THE RT. HON HUBERT INGRAHAM, PRIME MINISTER OF THE BAHAMAS AND CHAIRMAN OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) TO THE THIRTEENTH SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE 4-5 APRIL 2008, PORT-OF-SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
It gives me great pleasure as Chair of the Caribbean Community to welcome you all to this very important Special Meeting of the Conference. Permit me first to thank Prime Minister Patrick Manning our host, not only for the excellent arrangements put in place to receive us but for his primary role in causing the Summit to take place. The…
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REMARKS BY THE HONOURABLE DR DENZIL DOUGLAS, PRIME MINISTER OF ST. KITTS AND NEVIS AND CHAIR, PAN-CARIBBEAN PARTNERSHIP AGAINST HIV/AIDS, AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE SEVENTEENTH INTERNATIONAL HIV/AIDS CONFERENCE, 3 AUGUST 2008, MEXICO CITY, MEXICO
H.E. Felipe Caldeŕon, President of Mexico H.E. Luisa Diogo, Prime Minister of Mozambique H.E. José Rodríguez Zapatero, Prime Minister of Spain Dr Pedro Cahan, President of the International AIDS Society and International Conference Co-Chair Dr Luis Ramirez, Local Conference Co-Chair Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen It is a profound honour and pleasure for me to be part of this momentous occasion…
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REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), ON THE OPENING OF THE SECOND MEETING OF THE SECRETARY-GENERAL AND HEADS OF COMMUNITY INSTITUTIONS, 30 JULY 2008, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Distinguished Heads of Regional Institutions and Organisations Ambassador Charles Maynard, Plenipotentiary Representative of the Commonwealth of Dominica to the Caribbean Community Other Distinguished Delegates Deputy Secretary-General and other Staff of the Secretariat Representatives of the Media Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen It is a great pleasure for me, as Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community, to welcome you all once again to…
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Agriculture recognised as vital to CARICOM Economic Development
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Single Market Advisor with the CARICOM Secretariat, Ms Desiree Field Ridley has cited Agriculture as one of the Community’s critical responses to the global challenges now impacting the Region’s economic well-being. In her presentation titled, The Caribbean Community- Challenges as we proceed into the 21 Century, Ms Field-Ridley told the…
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(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The palm tree which is so synonymous with the tourism industry in the Caribbean is under threat from a small red mite that has taken root and is severely affecting palm trees across the Caribbean Basin.
Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, The Right Honourable David Milliband Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs the Hon. Meg Munn Distinguished Members of the UK Parliament Colleague CARICOM Heads of Government and Foreign Ministers Specially invited guestsLadies and gentlemen! It is indeed my pleasure and honour to address you on behalf of the…
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THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY CHALLENGES AS WE PROCEED INTO THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY : ADDRESS DELIVERED BY MS DESIREE FIELD-RIDLEY, ADVISOR, CARICOM SINGLE MARKET AND SECTORAL PROGRAMMES, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) SECRETARIAT, TO THE FORTY-FOURTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE CARIBBEAN FOOD CROP SOCIETY, 14 JULY 2008, MIAMI, FLORIDA
Salutations The CARICOM Secretariat wishes to thank the Caribbean Food Crops Society for the opportunity to discuss the challenges for the Caribbean Community in these early years of the 21st Century and onward. Ambassador Irwin LaRocque regrets not being able to be here but as recently as a few days ago he was requested by our Secretary-General to proceed to…
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PERSPECTIVES ON ENHANCING SUSTAINABLE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF CARIBBEAN AGRICULTURE : KEYNOTE ADDRESS BY PROFESSOR COMPTON BOURNE, O.E., PRESIDENT, CARIBBEAN DEVELOPMENT BANK, AT THE FORTY-FOURTH ANNUAL MEETING OF THE CARIBBEAN FOOD CROPS SOCIETY, 14 JULY 2008, MIAMI, FLORIDA
I. PREAMBLE I am honoured by the invitation of the Caribbean Food Crops Society to speak at its Forty-Fourth Annual Meeting. Your longevity is indicative of an accumulation of knowledge and service to the agricultural sector of the Caribbean which I, a mere Economist and occasional dabbler in the special field of agricultural economics cannot match. Therefore I thank you…
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REMARKS BY THE HONOURABLE W. BALDWIN SPENCER, PRIME MINISTER, ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA AND CHAIRMAN OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) ON THE OCCASION OF CARICOM DAY AT WORLD’S FAIR EXPO 2008, 12 JULY 2008, ZARAGOZA, SPAIN
There is an old truism that Water is Life. This is borne out by the 2002 United Nations World Water Development Report, which, among other things, states that, “…of all the social and natural resource crises, we humans face, the water crisis is the one that lies at the heart of our survival and that of our planet Earth.” It…
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