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REMARKS BY AMBASSADOR IRWIN LAROCQUE, SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE SEVENTH MEETING OF THE STEERING COMMITTEE OF THE CARIBBEAN ANIMAL HEALTH NETWORK (CARIVET), GEORGETOWN, GUYANA, 7 MAY
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) It has always been my intention to interface with this group but circumstances have conspired to prevent me from doing so until now. So today is indeed a special occasion for me. Let me, at the outset, highly commend the core institutions and member countries that are the active drivers of the CaribVET Network,…
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Address By Ambassador Irwin Larocque, Secretary-General, Caribbean Community (CARICOM) on The Occasion of The Fifteenth Meeting of The Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR) Paramaribo, Suriname 3 May 2012
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Let me start by welcoming you all here today to this the Fifteenth Meeting of the COFCOR, in the pleasant surroundings of Paramaribo. As usual, the host country has left no stone unturned to put excellent arrangements in place to facilitate the conduct of our business. For this we are grateful to the Government…
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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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REMARKS BY AMBASSADOR IRWIN LAROCQUE, SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), AT THE PRESENTATION OF CREDENTIALS OF HIS EXCELLENCY KEMAL SIDDIQUE, PLENIPOTENTIARY REPRESENTATIVE OF THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE TO CARICOM, 14 MARCH 2012
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Excellency, it is my great pleasure and honour to welcome you to Guyana and to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat, on this historic occasion of the presentation of your credentials as the first Plenipotentiary Representative of the Republic of Singapore to the Caribbean Community. This ceremony today heralds a welcome development in deepening CARICOM-Singapore…
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REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY KEMAL SIDDIQUE AT THE CEREMONY FOR THE PRESENTATION OF HIS CREDENTIALS TO THE CARICOM SECRETARY-GENERAL, AMBASSADOR IRWIN LAROCQUE, AT THE CARICOM SECRETARIAT HEADQUARTERS, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA, 14 MARCH 2012
Thank you, Secretary General Larocque, for your kind words. It is a great honour, and a great pleasure as well, to be visiting the region again. I will keep my remarks brief. Let me simply point out that Singapore has always and continues to value our relationship with the countries of the Caribbean. Our relations with the region date back…
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REMARKS BY AMBASSADOR IRWIN LAROCQUE, SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), AT THE PRESENTATION OF CREDENTIALS OF HIS EXCELLENCY KEMAL SIDDIQUE, PLENIPOTENTIARY REPRESENTATIVE OF THE REPUBLIC OF SINGAPORE TO CARICOM, 14 MARCH 2012
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Excellency, it is my great pleasure and honour to welcome you to Guyana and to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat, on this historic occasion of the presentation of your credentials as the first Plenipotentiary Representative of the Republic of Singapore to the Caribbean Community. This ceremony today heralds a welcome development in deepening CARICOM-Singapore…
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REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY KEMAL SIDDIQUE AT THE CEREMONY FOR THE PRESENTATION OF HIS CREDENTIALS TO THE CARICOM SECRETARY-GENERAL, AMBASSADOR IRWIN LAROCQUE, AT THE CARICOM SECRETARIAT HEADQUARTERS, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA, 14 MARCH 2012
Thank you, Secretary General Larocque, for your kind words. It is a great honour, and a great pleasure as well, to be visiting the region again. I will keep my remarks brief. Let me simply point out that Singapore has always and continues to value our relationship with the countries of the Caribbean. Our relations with the region date back…
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STATEMENT BY AMBASSADOR IRWIN LAROCQUE,SECRETARY-GENERAL CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) ON THE OCCASION OF INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY 8 MARCH 2012
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) It is an honour and a privilege for me to recognize and celebrate the women and girls of the Caribbean Community on International Women’s Day, 8 March 2012, with this statement. This annual celebration gives us a special opportunity to reflect on the achievements, and on ways of overcoming the challenges we face, as…
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