Speeches
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STATEMENT BY HIS EXCELLENCY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON SECRETARY-GENERAL , CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), ON THE OCCASION OF THE TWENTY-SECOND MEETING OF THE COMMUNITY COUNCIL OF MINISTERS, 6 JUNE 2008, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Mr. Chairman – the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of The Bahamas Other Honourable Ministers Their Excellencies Ambassadors to the Caribbean Community Deputy Secretary-General and other members of the Executive Management of the CARICOM Secretariat Distinguished Delegates Representatives of the Media Ladies and Gentlemen As Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community, (CARICOM) may I welcome you to this…
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MESSAGE FROM HIS EXCELLENCY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) ON THE OCCASION OF WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY 2008 (5 JUNE 2008)
World Environment Day 2008 is being observed today, 5 June, under the theme “Kick the Habit: Towards a Low Carbon Economy”. This focus is due to the fact that the world’s dependence on carbon-based energy has been one of the main factors leading to the relentless build up of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. This dependency has caused such a…
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CARICOM HIV/AIDS EDUTAINMENT PROJECT PLAY OPENS IN SAINT LUCIA
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean HIV and AIDS Edutainment Project under the Caribbean Community Secretariat (CARICOM), the Pan Caribbean Partnership Against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP) Programme is to stage its first theatre production at the Grotto at Samaan’s Park, Castries, Saint Lucia on 6 June 2008. The play titled In Half-an-Hour is the first product of the…
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ADDRESS BY DR. THE HON. LESLIE RAMSAMMY, PRESIDENT OF THE WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY, AT THE OPENING SESSION OF THE 61ST WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY, 19-24 MAY 2008, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND
Vice Presidents of the 61st World Health Assembly Director General, Dr. Margaret Chan Colleague Ministers of Health Excellencies Distinguished Delegates Ladies and Gentlemen This is not merely a personal honour. I am from Guyana and from the Caribbean Community. I proudly assume the Presidency of this august body, doing so as a representative of the CARICOM Region and the countries…
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REMARKS BY AMBASSADOR LOLITA APPLEWHAITE, DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY AT THE TWENTY-SEVENTH SPECIAL MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, 19-21 MAY 2008, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Dr. The Honourable, Christopher Tufton, Minister of Agriculture of Jamaica Honourable Robert Persaud, Minister of Agriculture of Guyana Other Honourable Ministers Senior Officials Representatives of Regional and International Institutions Other Delegates Colleagues of the CARICOM Secretariat Members of the Media Ladies and Gentlemen It is my pleasure to welcome you to this the Twenty-Seventh Special Meeting of the Council for…
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ADDRESS BY DR. THE HON. CHRISTOPHER TUFTON, M.P., MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE, JAMAICA, AND CHAIRMAN OF THE TWENTY-SEVENTH SPECIAL MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (COTED), 21 MAY 2008, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
[Salutations] It is customary on occasions like these for us to remind ourselves of the times in which we are gathered. This 27th Special Meeting of COTED is being opened here this morning against the background of a global food crisis, precipitated by spiralling commodity prices worldwide, and characterized by Olivier De Schutter, UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to…
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REMARKS BY THE HON. ROBERT M. PERSAUD, MBA MP, MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE, GUYANA, AT THE TWENTY-SEVENTH SPECIAL MEETING OF THE COUNCIL OF TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (COTED), 21 MAY 2008, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
A warm welcome to my colleague Ministers of Agriculture and officials here for the 27th Special Ministerial Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development. I hope that your stay in Guyana will be enjoyable, but more importantly that our deliberations will be successful. When this meeting was planned, I insisted on an agenda with a reduced number of…
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REMARKS BY THE HON. ROBERT M. PERSAUD, MBA MP, MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE, GUYANA, AT THE TWENTY-SEVENTH SPECIAL MEETING OF THE COUNCIL OF TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (COTED), 21 MAY 2008, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
A warm welcome to my colleague Ministers of Agriculture and officials here for the 27th Special Ministerial Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development. I hope that your stay in Guyana will be enjoyable, but more importantly that our deliberations will be successful. When this meeting was planned, I insisted on an agenda with a reduced number of…
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ADDRESS BY DR. THE HON. CHRISTOPHER TUFTON, M.P., MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE, JAMAICA, AND CHAIRMAN OF THE TWENTY-SEVENTH SPECIAL MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (COTED), 21 MAY 2008, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
[Salutations] It is customary on occasions like these for us to remind ourselves of the times in which we are gathered. This 27th Special Meeting of COTED is being opened here this morning against the background of a global food crisis, precipitated by spiralling commodity prices worldwide, and characterized by Olivier De Schutter, UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to…
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REMARKS BY AMBASSADOR LOLITA APPLEWHAITE, DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY AT THE TWENTY-SEVENTH SPECIAL MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, 19-21 MAY 2008, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Dr. The Honourable, Christopher Tufton, Minister of Agriculture of Jamaica Honourable Robert Persaud, Minister of Agriculture of Guyana Other Honourable Ministers Senior Officials Representatives of Regional and International Institutions Other Delegates Colleagues of the CARICOM Secretariat Members of the Media Ladies and Gentlemen It is my pleasure to welcome you to this the Twenty-Seventh Special Meeting of the Council for…
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