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OPENING REMARKS BY THE SECRETARY-GENERAL CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) AMBASSADOR IRWIN LAROCQUE ON THE OCCASION OF THE CARIFORUM STAKEHOLDERS’ CONSULTATION WITH THE ACP EMINENT PERSONS’ GROUP (EPG) ON THE FUTURE OF THE ACP GROUP ST. GEORGE’S, GRENADA 1 November 2013
It is quite fitting that such a discussion about the future of the African Caribbean Pacific Group of States (ACP) should take place in the Caribbean, for it is in this Region that the idea was conceived and it was this Region that played a pivotal role in the formation of this grouping. It is also fortunate that among the…
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Ensure projects agreed upon, adress challenges of Member States – Secretary General urges CARIFORUM Ministers
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the Caribbean Forum of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (CARIFORUM), Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, on Thursday urged CARIFORUM Ministers to ensure projects agreed upon address challenges faced by Member States. He was speaking during the Twenty-first Meeting of the CARIFORUM Council of Ministers held in Grenada on October…
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SPEECH OF H.E. LUIS ALBERTO MARTINO, PLENIPOTENTIARY REPRESENTATIVE (DESIGNATE) OF THE ARGENTINE REPUBLIC TO THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY CEREMONY OF PRESENTATION OF HIS LETTERS OF CREDENCE TO AMBASSADOR IRWIN LAROCQUE, SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY
I am very pleased and indeed honored to be accredited today as Argentina´s first ever resident Plenipotentiary Representative before the Caribbean Community of States. As you may know, my country is in the process of expanding and strengthening its presence in the Caribbean region. The first steps in this direction were the decisions by President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner to…
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Remarks by the SECRETARY-GENERAL CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) Ambassador Irwin LaRocque On The Occasion Of The PRESENTATION OF CREDENTIALS BY HIS EXCELLENCY LUIS ALBERTO MARTINO Plenipotentiary Representative Of The Republic of Argentina TO THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY 28 October 2013
It is my honour and pleasure to extend a warm welcome to you, Ambassador Martino, on the occasion of your accreditation as the Plenipotentiary Representative of the Argentine Republic to the Caribbean Community. First, allow me to extend my heartfelt best wishes to your President, Her Excellency Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, as she continues to recover from her recent surgery.…
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MESSAGE BY AMBASSADOR IRWIN LAROCQUE SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) ON THE OCCASION OF CARIBBEAN STATISTICS DAY Georgetown, Guyana 15 October 2013
Statistics has been playing a significant part in the evolution of our Community through the provision of data based upon which decisions could be guided. It is a happy coincidence that such an important element of the Region’s social and economic life, is celebrating the International Year of Statistics in the same year of the Community’s 40th Anniversary. Today, Tuesday,…
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Distinguished Lecture By AMBASSADOR IRWIN LaROCQUE SECRETARY-GENERAL Caribbean Community On the status of the Regional Integration Process and Vision for the Future of CARICOM Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago 3 October 2013
I am honoured to be here with you this afternoon at the invitation of Professor Sankat to deliver this lecture and begin the series of Distinguished Lectures on our integration movement. It is a discourse that is much needed and if my understanding is correct, I look forward to hearing from some of the Region’s iconic figures on this theme.…
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Remarks by the Secretary-General Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and Caribbean Forum of African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) States (CARIFORUM) Ambassador Irwin LaRocque at the Opening ceremony of the 11th European Development Fund Programming Seminar GEORGETOWN, Guyana 19-20 September 2013
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The pleasure is mine to welcome you all to this 11th European Development Fund Programming Seminar, a forum that we in the Caribbean Forum of African, Caribbean and Pacific States consider of critical importance to our development. I wish to acknowledge the presence of the Commissioner for Development of the European Union. Commissioner Piebalgs,…
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Statement by Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) on the occasion of Caribbean Wellness Day, 14 September 2013
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Six years after the historic signing by Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) of the 2007 Port-of-Spain Declaration ‘Uniting to Stop the Epidemic of NCDs’, the people of the Region are once again invited to join the Wellness Revolution as we observe Caribbean Wellness Day 2013. The Declaration is the outcome of…
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Innovation is alive and well at CARIFESTA XI
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Two of the most innovative aspects of CARIFESTA were declared open on Monday in Paramaribo, Suriname with the Caribbean Market Place for the Arts and the Youth Village. President of Suriname, His Excellency Desire Bouterse, First Lady Ingrid Bouterse and Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, left their vehicles behind and…
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Address delivered by Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community Ambassador Irwin LaRocque at the Opening Ceremony of CARIFESTA XI Paramaribo, Suriname
A special and unique celebration of Caribbean culture begins here and now with the Opening Ceremony of this Eleventh commemoration of CARIFESTA. We have come from all over the Caribbean Community and are joined by our family and many friends from Latin America, Europe, Asia and Africa, to experience this magical evening and the festivities that will unfold in the…
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