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REMARKS BY AMBASSADOR IRWIN LAROCQUE, SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN FORUM OF AFRICAN, CARIBBEAN AND PACIFIC (ACP) STATES (CARIFORUM), AT THE NINETEENTH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS OF CARIFORUM, 25 NOVEMBER 2011, ROSEAU, DOMINICA
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Remarks by Ambassador Irwin laRocque, Secretary-General Caribbean Forum of African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) States (CARIFORUM) at the Nineteenth Meeting of the Council of Ministers of the Caribbean Forum of African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) States (CARIFORUM) Roseau, Dominica 25 November 2011 This is a very special occasion for me as this Meeting of…
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REMARKS BY AMBASSADOR IRWIN LAROCQUE, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) AT THE CEREMONY FOR THE PRESENTATION OF CREDENTIALS BY HIS EXCELLENCY D. BRENT HARDT, PLENIPOTENTIARY REPRESENTATIVE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, 22 NOVEMBER 2011, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) It is with great pleasure that I welcome you Ambassador once again to the Headquarters of the Caribbean Community. Your posting here in Guyana would be the second time that our paths have crossed professionally, following one of your stints in Barbados while I served as Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs…
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REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY D. BRENT HARDT, AMBASSADOR OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, ON THE OCCASION OF THE PRESENTATION OF HIS CREDENTIALS TO AMBASSADOR IRWIN LAROCQUE, CARICOM SECRETARY-GENERAL, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA, 22 NOVEMBER 2011
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Your Excellency, Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, Secretary General of the Caribbean Community, Deputy Secretary General, other members of the CARICOM Secretariat, U.S. Embassy colleagues, members of the media, ladies and gentlemen, I am honored to serve as the United States of America’s fourth Plenipotentiary Representative to the Caribbean Community. The United States greatly values the…
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SG CALLED ON US TO GIVE CLIMATE CHANGE COMMITME
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is urging the United States to commit to the outcome of the Cancun Climate Change Conference. CARICOM Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque made the call at the accreditation ceremony of the new US Ambassador to the Community, His Excellency D, Brent Hardt at the CARICOM Secretariat’s Georgetown, Guyana headquarters on Tuesday.…
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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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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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Opening Remarks By Secretary-general, Caribbean Community Ambassador Irwin Larocque At The Meeting Of CARICOM-Australia Foreign Ministers Perth, Australia, 24 October 2011
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Good afternoon. Our time is short and our agenda substantive and important. I will therefore be brief. I must begin by extending my deep appreciation and early congratulations to the Government of Australia and most particularly to you Minister Rudd, and the staff of your Ministry, for what I have no doubt will be…
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OPENING REMARKS BY SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY AMBASSADOR IRWIN LAROCQUE AT THE MEETING OF CARICOM-AUSTRALIA FOREIGN MINISTERS PERTH, AUSTRALIA, 24 OCTOBER 2011
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Good afternoon. Our time is short and our agenda substantive and important. I will therefore be brief. I must begin by extending my deep appreciation and early congratulations to the Government of Australia and most particularly to you Minister Rudd, and the staff of your Ministry, for what I have no doubt will be…
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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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New CARICOM Secretary-General Selected
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Ambassador Irwin LaRocque has been selected to serve as the seventh Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) by the Heads of Government. Ambassador LaRocque, 56, a national of Dominica replaces His Excellency Sir Edwin Carrington of Trinidad and Tobago. Ambassador LaRocque is the current Assistant Secretary-General for Trade and Economic Integration at the CARICOM…
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