Speeches
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INTER-AGENCY COLLABORATION FOR CARICOM YOUTH COMMISSION
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Four international development agencies have started collaboration with the CARICOM Commission on Youth Development in data collection on youth related issues. This is in support of the Commission’s mandate to assess the challenges and opportunities for youth in the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) and recommend a strategy to the Meeting of the…
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FINANCING AGREEMENT SIGNED TO SUPPORT CCJ OPERATIONS
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and CARIFORUM, H.E. Edwin Carrington on Friday 17 August signed a 1.3M Euro Financing Agreement to support the operations of the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ). The signing ceremony took place at the CCJ Training and Conference Room, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago. The Agreement, signed earlier…
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REMARKS BY H.E. EDWIN CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL OF CARIFORUM, AT THE SIGNING CEREMONY FOR THE FINANCING AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN UNION AND CARIFORUM, FOR THE INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT TO THE CARIBBEAN COURT OF JUSTICE, 17 AUGUST 2007, PORT-OF-SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) was established by the Agreement establishing the CCJ which entered into force on 23rd July 2002. The Agreement establishing the CCJ has been signed by all 12 member States that have declared their intention to be participants in the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME). Heads of Governments of CARICOM have recognized the important…
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REMARKS BY AMBASSADOR LOLITA APPLEWHAITE, DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), DELIVERED BY DR. PHILOMEN HARRISON, PROGRAMME MANAGER, STATISTICS, ON THE OCCASION OF THE CLOSING CEREMONY OF THE SECOND CARICOM REGIONAL WORKSHOP ON DEMOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS, 17 AUGUST 2007, ST. AUGUSTINE, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
Chair, Mr. Dave Clement Mr. Neville Grainger, Vice-President, Finance, Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) Ms. Antonia Popplewell, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Planning and Social Development, Ms. Shirley Christian-Maharaj, Ag. Director of Statistics, Central Statistical Office Dr. Hamid Ghany, Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of the West Indies Mr. Neil Pierre, Director, UNECLAC Professors Chukwudum Uche and Dr. Godfrey St. Bernard…
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REMARKS BY H.E. EDWIN CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL OF CARIFORUM, AT THE SIGNING CEREMONY FOR THE FINANCING AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE EUROPEAN UNION AND CARIFORUM, FOR THE INSTITUTIONAL SUPPORT TO THE CARIBBEAN COURT OF JUSTICE, 17 AUGUST 2007, PORT-OF-SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
The Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) was established by the Agreement establishing the CCJ which entered into force on 23rd July 2002. The Agreement establishing the CCJ has been signed by all 12 member States that have declared their intention to be participants in the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME). Heads of Governments of CARICOM have recognized the important…
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REMARKS BY AMBASSADOR HARPER, DIRECTOR GENERAL, MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF GUYANA AND CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) CO-CHAIR AT THE TWELFTH CARICOM-JAPAN CONSULTATIONS, 9 AUGUST 2007, TURKEYEN, GREATER GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Ambassador Koichiro Seki Members of the Japanese delegation Members of the CARICOM delegation Ambassador Lolita Applewhaite, CARICOM Deputy Secretary-General Officials of the CARICOM Secretariat Members of the Media It is with great pleasure that I welcome the distinguished delegation from Japan and Delegations from the Caribbean Community to the Twelfth CARICOM-Japan Consultations being held here at the Headquarters of the…
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MESSAGE FROM MR. TARO ASO, MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF JAPAN TO THE TWELFTH JAPAN-CARICOM CONSULTATION, 09 AUGUST 2007, TURKEYEN, GREATER GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) It is my great pleasure that the Twelfth Japan-CARICOM Consultation Meeting is convened in the Republic of Guyana, with representatives from CARICOM Member States and Japan. Since 1993, this forum has been greatly contributing to development of the solid base for friendly ties between Japan and CARICOM Member States as well as for our…
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REMARKS BY AMBASSADOR HARPER, DIRECTOR GENERAL, MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF GUYANA AND CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) CO-CHAIR AT THE TWELFTH CARICOM-JAPAN CONSULTATIONS, 9 AUGUST 2007, TURKEYEN, GREATER GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Ambassador Koichiro Seki Members of the Japanese delegation Members of the CARICOM delegation Ambassador Lolita Applewhaite, CARICOM Deputy Secretary-General Officials of the CARICOM Secretariat Members of the Media It is with great pleasure that I welcome the distinguished delegation from Japan and Delegations from the Caribbean Community to the Twelfth CARICOM-Japan Consultations being held here at the Headquarters of the…
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REMARKS BY AMB. IRWIN LAROCQUE, ASSISTANT SECRETARY-GENERAL, REGIONAL TRADE AND ECONOMIC INTEGRATION, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) SECRETARIAT AT THE OPENING OF THE 6TH MEETING OF THE STEERING COMMITTEE OF THE GOVERNMENT OF ITALY FAO/CARICOM/CARIFORUM FOOD SECURITY PROJECT AND NATIONAL COORDINATORS FOCAL POINT RETREAT, 10 JULY 2007, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Mr. Chairperson; Dr. L. Barbara Graham, FAO Representative; Mr. Bruce Lauckner; Executive Director (ag), CARDI Ms. Emanuela Benini, Director, Italian Cooperation, Regional office for Central America and the Caribbean, Embassy of Italy, Guatemala; Mr. Greg Rawlings, Project Consultant National Coordinators and Focal Points; Colleagues All: It gives me great pleasure to be with you this morning in the opening session…
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REMARKS BY H. E. EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), ON THE OCCASION OF THE OPENING OF THE TWENTY-EIGHTH MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, 1 JULY 2007, NEEDHAM’S POINT, BARBADOS
The Rt. Honourable Owen Arthur, Prime Minister of Barbados and Chairman of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community and Mrs. Arthur Your Excellencies the Presidents of Guyana and of Haiti Other Distinguished Heads of Government and Representatives of the Member States and Associate Members of the Caribbean Community Honourable Ministers The Speaker and Other Members of…
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