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SPECIAL COTED TO CONSIDER REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community’s (CARICOM) vision for a single regional airline is among key agenda items for the Twenty-Second Special Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development scheduled for 21-22 May 2007 in St. Vincent and the Grenadines to address regional transportation matters. The Special Meeting of Ministers was mandated by the 18th…
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STATEMENT BY H.E. MR. EDWIN CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY ON THE OCCASION OF THE OPENING OF THE TWENTY-THIRD MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (COTED), 18 MAY 2007, CASTRIES, SAINT LUCIA
Honourable Charles Savarin, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Trade, Labour and the Public Service of Dominica and Chairman of the COTED; Honourable Eamon Courtenay, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Belize and Outgoing Chairman of the COTED; Other Honourable Ministers; Distinguished Delegates; Members of the Diplomatic Corps; Other distinguished Guests; Representatives of the Media; Ladies and Gentlemen, It is…
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STATEMENT DELIVERED BY HONOURABLE CHARLES SAVARIN, MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, TRADE AND LABOUR , DOMINICA, AND CHAIRMAN OF THE COUNCIL FOR TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (COTED) AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE TWENTY-THIRD MEETING OF THE COTED, 18 MAY 2007, CASTRIES, SAINT LUCIA
Salutations It is with great honour that I take on the responsibility of chairing this Twenty Third Meeting of the CARICOM Council for Trade and Economic Development. Among the Councils of the Community, the COTED is arguably where the centre of gravity for the Community can be found. It is as they say where all the action happens. Within this…
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REMARKS BY AMBASSADOR LOLITA APPLEWHAITE, DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, ON THE OCCASION OF THE OPENING OF THE TWENTY-FIRST SPECIAL MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (COTED) ON AGRICULTURE, 9 FEBRUARY 2007, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
Your Excellency, President Bharrat Jagdeo Distinguished Guest, Dr. Jacques Diouf, Director-General of the FAO Chairman of this Special COTED, Minister Vildo Marin of Belize Ministers of Agriculture of other Member States Officials and Representatives of Institutions Colleagues of the CARICOM Secretariat Representatives of the Media Ladies and Gentlemen. The Secretary-General, who has been travelling attending a series of equally important…
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TRADE CHALLENGES REQUIRE DIRECT RESPONSE – COTED CHAIR
In a challenge to the 20th Special Meeting of the CARICOM Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED), Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Belize, the Hon, Eamon Courtenay asserted that “Current trends in trade relations demand a direct response rather than subtlety”. Given this view, he has charged the meeting now underway in Montego Bay, Jamaica, to…
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WELCOME REMARKS BY HON. ANTHONY HYLTON, MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND FOREIGN TRADE, JAMAICA, AT THE TWENTIETH SPECIAL MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (COTED) : STRATEGIC ISSUES IN EXTERNAL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS, 2 FEBRUARY 2007, MONTEGO BAY, JAMAICA
It is always a pleasure to welcome you, my colleague Ministers, officials and staff of the CARICOM Secretariat to Jamaica. We are meeting this time in the second city of Montego Bay and I urge you to take some time to explore – this is a rapidly growing city and you will, no doubt, see the very real impact of…
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STATEMENT HIS EXCELLENCY EDWIN W CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) AT THE TWENTIETH SPECIAL MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (COTED) : STRATEGIC ISSUES IN EXTERNAL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS, 2 FEBRUARY 2007, MONTEGO BAY, JAMAICA
The Honourable Eamon Courtenay, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Belize and Chairman of the COTED Hon Billie Miller, Senior Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Barbados and Coordinator of the Ministerial Negotiators The Hon Anthony Hylton, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Jamaica – Our Host Minister Other Distinguished Ministers Director-General of the…
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WELCOME REMARKS BY HON. ANTHONY HYLTON, MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND FOREIGN TRADE, JAMAICA, AT THE TWENTIETH SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) COUNCIL FOR TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (COTED) : STRATEGIC ISSUES IN EXTERNAL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS, 2 FEBRUARY 2007, MONTEGO BAY, JAMAICA
It is always a pleasure to welcome you, my colleague Ministers, officials and staff of the CARICOM Secretariat to Jamaica. We are meeting this time in the second city of Montego Bay and I urge you to take some time to explore – this is a rapidly growing city and you will, no doubt, see the very real impact of…
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STATEMENT BY HIS EXCELLENCY EDWIN W CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) AT THE TWENTIETH SPECIAL MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (COTED) : STRATEGIC ISSUES IN EXTERNAL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS, 2 FEBRUARY 2007, MONTEGO BAY, JAMAICA
The Honourable Eamon Courtenay, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Belize and Chairman of the COTED Hon Billie Miller, Senior Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Barbados and Coordinator of the Ministerial Negotiators The Hon Anthony Hylton, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Jamaica – Our Host Minister Other Distinguished Ministers Director-General of the…
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TWENTY-SECOND MEETING OF COTED ENDS AFTER INTENSE DISCUSSIONS
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Council on Trade and Economic Development (COTED) concluded its 22nd meeting in Georgetown on Friday having removed longstanding items from its agenda and significantly advancing others. At an end-of-COTED press conference at Le Meridien Pegasus Friday evening, Council Chairman, Honourable Eamon Courtenay listed among the more intense discussions over the two days, issues…
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