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STATEMENT BY AMBASSADOR LOLITA APPLEWHAITE, ACTING SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), AT THE OPENING OF THE SECOND FORUM ON DONOR CO-OPERATION AND AID EFFECTIVENESS, 26 JULY 2011, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) It is my pleasure to welcome you to this Second Forum on Donor Co-ordination and Aid Effectiveness. In so doing I wish to express the Community’s on-going solidarity with the Government and people of Japan as they continue their struggle to come to terms with the effects of the disastrous earthquake, tsunami and nuclear…
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Address By Her Excellency Ambassador Lolita Applewhaite, Secretary-general (AG.), Caribbean Community (CARICOM) At The Ceremonial Sitting Of The Caribbean Court Of Justice On The Demission of Office by The Rt. Hon. Mr. Justice Michael De La Bastide, T.C. A
Today is for me, and I would hazard, for all of us here, an occasion charged with mixed emotions, those of sadness but also those of satisfaction. It is always a sad occasion to say farewell to someone; it is all the more so, when the object of these sentiments of “fare thee well” is a person of such stature…
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SPEECH DELIVERED BY AMB. LOLITA APPLEWHAITE, SECRETARY-GENERAL (AG.), CARICOM, AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE THIRTY-SECOND MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), 1-4 JULY 2011, BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS AND NEVIS
CARICOM is dead! CARICOM has lost momentum! CARICOME CARIGONE! trumpet the headlines of our regional press. I stand here today to say: CARICOM is alive! CARICOM is on the move! CARICOM is here to stay! How can I stand here and assert this? Because I will, as succinctly as possible, lay out for you today what CARICOM is and you…
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REMARKS BY AMBASSADOR LOLITA APPLEWHAITE, SECRETARY-GENERAL (AG.), CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), ON THE OCCASION OF THE SECOND ANNUAL PARTNERS’ MEETING OF THE CARIBBEAN PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY (CARPHA), 13 JUNE 2011, WASHINGTON, DC, USA
Chairman, Dr. the Honourable Leslie Ramsammy, Minister of Health, Republic of Guyana Honourable Dr. Denzil Douglas, Prime Minister of St Kitts and Nevis and CARICOM Lead Head of Government for Human Resources, Health and HIV/AIDS Senator the Honourable Therese Baptiste-Cornelis, Minister of Health, Republic of Trinidad and Tobago Dr. Mirta Roses, Director, Pan-American Health Organisation (PAHO) Dr. Edward Greene, Special…
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Remarks by Ambassador Lolita Applewhaite, Secretary – General (ag) Caribbean Community (CARICOM) On the Occasion Of the Thirty – Second Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED)
The myriad issues before this Thirty-Second Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) speak to the breadth and depth of the regional integration movement and its impact on the everyday life of the citizens of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). The discussions are taking place in what continues to be a difficult environment in the Region as a…
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Remarks By Ambassador Lolita Applewhaite, Secretary-general (ag), Caribbean Community (caricom), On The Occasion Of The Opening Of The Fourteenth Meeting Of The Council For Foreign And Community Relations (COFCOR), 4 May 2011, Basseterre, St. Kitts And Nevis
Honourable Dr Denzil Douglas, Prime Minister of St Kitts and Nevis Honourable Baldwin Spencer, Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda Honourable Sam Condor, Deputy Prime Minister and Chairman of COFCOR Distinguished Ministers of Foreign Affairs of CARICOM Member States Distinguished Guests Senior Officials and Delegates of Member States of CARICOM Member States Staff of the CARICOM Secretariat Representatives of the…
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Remarks By Ambassador Lolita Applewhaite, Deputy Secretary-general, Caribbean Community (CARICOM), At The Opening Ceremony Of The Seventh Meeting Of Council Of Ministers For National Security And Law Enforcement (CONSLE), 5 November 2008, Georgetown, Guya
Chair Honourable Samuel Hinds, Prime Minister of the Republic of Guyana Honourable Martin Joseph, Minister of National Security of Trinidad and Tobago and Chair of CONSLE Honourable Ministers of Government of other Member states Chair and Members of the Security Policy and Advisory Committee (SEPAC) Executive Director and staff of the Implementation Agency for Crime and Security (IMPACS) Staff Members…
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