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FEATURE ADDRESS BY OWEN ARTHUR, PRIME MINISTER, BARBADOS, TO THE AMERICAN BUSINESS AND CONSULTING GROUP SPECIAL SYMPOSIUM ON “IMPLEMENTATION OF THE CARICOM SINGLE MARKET AND ECONOMY, AND ITS IMPLICATIONS FOR US-CARICOM ECONOMIC RELATIONS”, 2 APRIL 2004, BROOKLYN, NEW YORK
Mr. Chairman, Elected Officials of New York State and New York City, Distinguished Members of the Diplomatic and Consular Corps, The Hon. Sylvia Radix, Dr. Edison Jackson, Assistant Secretary-General of the CARICOM Secretariat, Specially Invited Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen, We share a world that is caught up in dramatic change, much of which have to do with the supplanting of…
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ADDRESS BY THE RT. HON. OWEN ARTHUR, PRIME MINISTER OF BARBADOS, AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE TWENTY-FOURTH MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, 2 JULY 2003, MONTEGO BAY, JAMAICA
My presence here today as Prime Minister is the consequence of an electoral choice that is without precedent in the post-independence history of my country. It focuses my mind on the fact that we live in unprecedented times – in a world caught up with difficult and dangerous new tensions, and confronted with blistering and bewildering change that makes it…
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ADDRESS BY THE RT. HON OWEN ARTHUR, PRIME MINISTER OF BARBADOS, AT THE OPENING OF THE CSME UNIT OFFICE, CENTRAL BANK OF BARBADOS, BRIDGETOWN, BARBADOS
The event which we celebrate this evening will hopefully come to be regarded not so much as a small step in the creation of a Unit, but a giant step in our support of a cause. For it ushers in the formal commencement of the new economic arrangement for our region which hopefully will create for us a future which…
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ADDRESS BY THE RT. HON. OWEN ARTHUR, PRIME MINISTER OF BARBADOS TO THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE 22ND CONFERENCE OF THE HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, 3 JULY 2001, NASSAU, THE BAHAMAS
Your Excellency, The Governor General of the Bahamas, Prime Minister Ingraham and fellow Heads of Government, Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen: I am delighted to return to Nassau to enjoy once more the excellent company of my good friend and colleague, Prime Minister Ingraham and the hospitality of his beautiful country, while doing the region’s work. I am especially pleased that…
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ADDRESS BY THE RT. HON. OWEN ARTHUR, PRIME MINISTER OF BARBADOS TO THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE TWENTY-SECOND MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, 3 JULY 2001, NASSAU, THE BAHAMAS
Your Excellency, The Governor General of the Bahamas, Prime Minister Ingraham and fellow Heads of Government, Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen: I am delighted to return to Nassau to enjoy once more the excellent company of my good friend and colleague, Prime Minister Ingraham and the hospitality of his beautiful country, while doing the region’s work. I am especially pleased that…
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REMARKS ON “A HEMISPHERIC COMMUNITY FOR A GLOBAL AGE” BY THE RIGHT HONOURABLE OWEN ARTHUR, CHAIRMAN OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, AND PRIME MINISTER OF BARBADOS, AT THE THIRD SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS, 20 APRIL 2001, QUEBEC CITY, CANADA
I address you today in the name of the people of the Caribbean Community. In that spirit, I am pleased to recognise that the enterprise we are engaged in today in Quebec City began in the Caribbean almost two centuries ago. For it was in Jamaica in 1815 that the great apostle of freedom, Simon Bolivar, wrote in his famous…
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STATEMENT BY RT. HON. OWEN ARTHUR, CHAIRMAN OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) ON THE POLITICAL SITUATION IN GUYANA
The Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community are deeply disturbed by events taking place in the Republic of Guyana, following the March 19, 2001 General Elections. Reports indicate a deteriorating social and political situation characterised by outbreaks of violence, damage to property and loss of life. The situation in Guyana engaged the attention of the 13th Meeting of the…
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