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REMARKS BY AMBASSADOR IRWIN LAROCQUE, SECRETARY-GENERAL CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) ON THE OCCASION OF THE THIRTY-THIRD MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (COTED) 17 NOVEMBER 2011 GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Permit me first to recognize the presence of the Hon. Joseph Gilbert, Minister of the Environment, Foreign Trade and Export Development of Grenada at his first meeting of the COTED. I also wish to recognize the presence of Sir Edwin Carrington, Ambassador of Trinidad and Tobago to CARICOM and immediate past Secretary-General of CARICOM.…
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REMARKS BY SENATOR THE HONOURABLE MAXINE MCCLEAN, MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND FOREIGN TRADE OF BARBADOS, AND CHAIRMAN OF THE COTED, 17 NOVEMBER, 2011
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Let me start by officially welcoming Ambassador Irwin LaRocque to his first meeting of the COTED in his capacity as Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community. We are all aware of Ambassador LaRocque’s long-standing relationship with the COTED, first as the representative of Dominica and later as the Assistant Secretary-General for Trade and Economic Integration…
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PAY ATTENTION TO HUMAN AND SOCIAL MATTERS – CHAIR URGES COTED
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Trade Ministers have been cautioned to pay attention to human and social matters and not to focus only on trade and economics. The charge was delivered on Thursday in Georgetown, at the Opening Ceremony of the Thirty-Third Meeting of the Council or Trade and Economic Development (COTED) by Senator the…
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COTED DELEGATES TOLD `TIME FOR STOCK-TAKING’
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The time was ripe for the review of the performance and the method of work of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED), and for strategizing on its new direction that would take into account the current global economic reality, Senator the Hon. Maxine McClean told her colleagues Thursday. Senator McClean, Minister of…
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STRENGTHEN RELATIONS WITH PRIVATE SECTOR – SECRETARY-GENERAL LAROCQUE TELLS COTED
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The need for the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) to strengthen relations with the private sector was one of the key messages Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), gave to the Region’s Trade Ministers at the Opening Ceremony of the Council’s two-day Thirty-Third Meeting. He referred to…
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REMARKS BY AMBASSADOR IRWIN LAROCQUE, SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY AT THE THIRTY-EIGHTH SPECIAL MEETING OF THE COUNCIL OF TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (COTED), 14 OCTOBER, 2011, DOMINICA
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Honourable Lawrence Cartwright, Chairman of the Thirty-Eighth Special Meeting of the COTED on Agriculture Honourable Matthew Walter, Minister of Agriculture and Forestry of Dominica, our Host Ministers of Agriculture of CARICOM Member States Other Heads of Delegations Representatives of International and Regional Organizations Agriculture Stakeholders Ladies and Gentlemen It is truly a pleasure for…
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STATEMENT BY THE HON. SAMUEL HINDS, PRIME MINISTER OF GUYANA, ON THE OCCASION OF THE OPENING OF THE THIRTY-SEVENTH SPECIAL MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (COTED) – ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, CARICOM SECRETARIAT GEORGETOWN, GUYANA, 1-2 SEPTEMBER 2011
I am indeed delighted to welcome you all to Guyana for this Thirty-Seventh Special Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) on Environment and Sustainable Development. Ladies and Gentlemen: It is indeed encouraging that we are meeting at this time to focus on this theme which is critical to us as a Region. In the Declaration of…
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REMARKS BY AMBASSADOR COLIN GRANDERSON, ASSISTANT SECRETARY-GENERAL, FOREIGN AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY SECRETARIAT, ON THE OCCASION OF THE OPENING OF THIRTY-SEVENTH SPECIAL MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (COTED)- ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT CARICOM SECRETARIAT GEORGETOWN, GUYANA 1 – 2 SEPTEMBER, 2011
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) It gives me great pleasure to welcome you to this Thirty-Seventh Special Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) on the Environment and Sustainable Development. Our new Secretary- General, Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, regrets not being present for this important meeting and sends his best wishes for a successful meeting. He was…
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Remarks by Ambassador Lolita Applewhaite, Secretary – General (ag) Caribbean Community (CARICOM) On the Occasion Of the Thirty – Second Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED)
The myriad issues before this Thirty-Second Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) speak to the breadth and depth of the regional integration movement and its impact on the everyday life of the citizens of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). The discussions are taking place in what continues to be a difficult environment in the Region as a…
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REMARKS BY AMBASSADOR LOLITA APPLEWHAITE, SECRETARY GENERAL (AG), CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), AT THE OPENING OF THE THIRTY-FIFTH SPECIAL MEETING OF THE COTED (ENERGY), 24 MARCH 2011, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
It gives me much pleasure to welcome you to this Thirty-Fifth Special Meting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED), which is devoted to Energy. This is indeed a special COTED as there has not been a Meeting of Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Energy Ministers for a long time – our records show that this has not happened in…
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