Statements and Declarations
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STATEMENT BY SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), H.E. EDWIN CARRINGTON, AT THE OPENING OF THE SEVENTEENTH MEETING OF THE COMMUNITY COUNCIL, 13 JANUARY 2006, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Mr Chairman, the Hon Knowlson Gift Minister of Foreign Affairs of Trinidad and Tobago Other Honourable Ministers Your Excellencies Ambassadors to the Caribbean Community Distinguished Delegates Deputy Secretary-General and Staff of the Secretariat Ladies and Gentlemen Today is for me a very special day. It is the first opportunity to welcome the Community’s second highest organ to the new…
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STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE SEVENTEENTH MEETING OF THE COMMUNITY COUNCIL ON THE SITUATION IN HAITI, 13 JANUARY 2006, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community notes the latest decision by Haiti’s Provisional Electoral Council to hold the first round of Presidential and Parliamentary elections on February 7, 2006. The Community congratulates the millions of Haitian citizens who have registered and declared their intention to participate in forthcoming elections. A secure environment, an orderly voting process, the…
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STATEMENT BY SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, H.E. EDWIN CARRINGTON, AT THE OPENING OF THE TWENTIETH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (COTED, 12 JANUARY 2006, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Dr. the Hon. Errol Cort, Minister of Finance and the Economy of Antigua and Barbuda and Chairman of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) Other Ministers of Government Your Excellencies Ambassadors to the Caribbean Community Distinguished Delegates Staff of the Secretariat Members of the Media Ladies and Gentlemen Once more it is my pleasure, as Secretary-General of the…
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Statement by the Hon. K. D Knight, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Jamaica delivered at the 6th WTO Ministerial Conference, 13-18 December 2005, Hong Kong
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) We are all privileged to meet in this bustling and fascinating host city – Hong Kong. I congratulate the Chair of this Conference and his able team for all the logistical and administrative arrangements, which have made our stay here enjoyable despite the hectic schedule. Jamaica is committed to trade liberalisation and to the…
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Statement on Expectations of Small, Vulnerable Economies from The Doha Development Agenda to the 6th WTO Ministerial Conference, 13-18 December 2005, Hong Kong
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen Greater Georgetown, Guyana)Small, vulnerable economies have, for the last four years, been working with the wider membership of the WTO to ensure that the Doha mandate on small, vulnerable economies, which was agreed to by all Ministers at the Doha Ministerial Conference, is respected and meaningful solutions found to the trade related problems and concerns of these…
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STATEMENT OF CONGRATULATIONS BY H. E. EXCELLENCY EDWIN CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARICOM TO THE ASSOCIATION OF CARIBBEAN MEDIA WORKERS ON THE OCCASION OF THE INSTALLATION OF THEIR NEW EXECUTIVE
(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana)The CARICOM Secretariat extends to the Association of Caribbean Media Workers heartiest congratulations on the election and installation of a new executive. Your organisation, representing as it does, media professionals from across the Caribbean region, is well placed to play a critical informational and educational role, as we take yet another important step to deepen the regional…
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REMARKS BY H.E. EDWIN CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), ON THE OCCASION
Your Excellency Ambassador Patrick Boursin Assistant Secretaries-General and other Members of Staff of the CARICOM Secretariat Distinguished Guests Members of the Media Enfin nous y sommes! – Finally we are here! It is truly my pleasure and honour to do what history and geography, culture and anthropology have long deemed natural and inevitable. It is my pleasure to formally…
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Statement By H. E. Edwin Carrington, Secretary-General, Caribbean Community (CARICOM), On The Second Phase Of The World Summit On The Information Society (WSIS) In Tunis, 16-18 November 2005, Tunisia
The Second Phase of the World Summit on the Information Society (WSIS) gets under way this week in Tunisia with a promise of bridging the digital divide between the more developed and developing countries and hastening the achievement of the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) with the help of Information and Communications Technologies (ICTs). For us in the Caribbean…
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