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Remarks by Ms. Desiree Field-Ridley, Officer-in-Charge, Trade and Economic Integration, Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat on the occasion of The Opening Ceremony Forty-First Special Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development
On behalf of the Secretary-General of Caribbean Community, it gives me great pleasure to welcome you to the Forty-First Special Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development on Energy being held here in Trinidad and Tobago. The Secretary General sincerely regrets that he could not be here at this so important COTED Energy Meeting. Ladies and Gentlemen, Energy…
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ADDRESS BY SENATOR THE HON. KEVIN RAMNARINE, MINISTER OF ENERGY AND ENERGY AFFAIRS, ON THE OCCASION OF THE OFFICIAL OPENING OF THE FORTY-FIRST SPECIAL MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (COTED) – ENERGY, FRIDAY 1 MARCH 2013, HYATT REGENCY, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Good morning, on behalf of Prime Minister the Honourable Kamla Persad-Bissessar and the Government welcome to Trinidad and Tobago. Almost forty years ago on the 4th of July 1973, Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, Jamaica and Guyana signed the Treat of Chaguaramas. By some coincidence that was Independence Day for the United States. The treaty…
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Address by Senator the Honourable Kevin Ramnarine Minister of Energy and Energy Affairs on the occasion of the Official Opening Ceremony of the FORTY-FIRST SPECIAL MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (COTED) (ENERGY) Friday 01 March,
Hyatt Regency Good morning, on behalf of Prime Minister the Honourable Kamla Persad-Bissessar and the Government welcome to Trinidad and Tobago. Almost forty years ago on the 4th of July 1973, Trinidad and Tobago, Barbados, Jamaica and Guyana signed the Treat of Chaguaramas. By some coincidence that was Independence Day for the United States. The treaty came into force on…
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Sharp Focus On Transportation, Agri-tourism Linkages At Special COTED On Agriculture
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ministers of Agriculture wrapped up a Special Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) Friday, recording movement on the linkages between agriculture and tourism and agreeing on the need for intensified action to address the transport of goods within the Region. The Special COTED Meeting on Agriculture was…
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OPENING REMARKS BY AMBASSADOR IRWIN LAROCQUE, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY SECRETARY-GENERAL, AT THE THIRTY-NINTH SPECIAL MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (COTED) ON ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA, 20 APRIL 2012
(Caribbean Community Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Madam Chair, Hon. Lisel Alamilla, Minister of Forestry, Sustainable Development and Indigenous Peoples of Belize I extend to you all a very warm welcome to the 39th Special Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) which focuses on the environment and sustainable development. This special meeting was mandated by…
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OPENING REMARKS BY AMBASSADOR IRWIN LAROCQUE, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY SECRETARY-GENERAL, AT THE THIRTY-NINTH SPECIAL MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (COTED) ON ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA, 20 APRIL 2012
(Caribbean Community Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Madam Chair, Hon. Lisel Alamilla, Minister of Forestry, Sustainable Development and Indigenous Peoples of Belize I extend to you all a very warm welcome to the 39th Special Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) which focuses on the environment and sustainable development. This special meeting was mandated by CARICOM…
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REMARKS BY AMBASSADOR IRWIN LAROCQUE, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE THIRTY-FOURTH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, 29 MARCH 2012, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) I extend a warm welcome to you all to this the Thirty-Fourth Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED). In extending this welcome, I do so specially to the Honourable Arnaldo Brown, Minister of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Jamaica, Honourable Alva Baptiste, Minister of…
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STATEMENT BY THE COUNCIL FOR TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (COTED) OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) REGARDING PRESIDENT NICOLAS SARKOZY’S CHARACTERIZATION OF THREE (3) CARICOM STATES AS “TAX HAVENS”
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Member States of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), like Europe, are seeking to re-ignite growth, create jobs and ensure financial stability. We are therefore deeply concerned by the recent statements made by the President of France at the end of the G-20 Summit last month which identified Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados and Trinidad and…
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CARICOM ICT OFFICIALS MOVE TO FINE-TUNE ACTION PLAN FOR ICT STRATEGY
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) CARICOM Senior officials with responsibility for Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) will meet in St George’s, Grenada, on Thursday and Friday (December 1-2) to put the finishing touches on the draft implementation plan for the Regional Digital Development Strategy (RDDS), for submission to the CARICOM Heads of Government, and to develop the framework…
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TRADE MINISTERS MOVING TOWARDS CHARTING A NEW PATH
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Trade Ministers have begun discussions on how to strategically position the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) to deliver on its mandates to the Community. Ministers and their representatives, who were in Georgetown for the Thirty-Third Meeting of the COTED, placed their initial thoughts on the table on…
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