OPENING REMARKS BY AMBASSADOR IRWIN LAROCQUE, CARICOM SECRETARY-GENERAL AT THE THIRTY-SIXTH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (COTED), GUYANA PEGASUS HOTEL, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA, 2 MAY 2013

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Honourable Minister, I take this opportunity to welcome you - certainly not to your first COTED, but in your capacity as Minister for Trade of Grenada. And, of course, you have arrived in style – to take up your place as Chairman of t...
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REMARKS BY THE SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) AMBASSADOR IRWIN LAROCQUE AT THE OPENING OF THE TWENTY-FOURTH INTER-SESSIONAL MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF CARICOM, KARIBE HOTEL, PÉTION VILLE, HAITI, 18 FEBRUARY 2013

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) It is my privilege and honour to address you this morning at the Opening of this historic Twenty-Fourth Inter-Sessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). This is certainly one occasion ...
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SG seeks help for CARICOM Agriculture initiatives from FAO Head

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     The Secretary General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ambassador Irwin LaRocque and Director General of the Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO) Mr. José́ Graziano da Silva reviewed progress in th...
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REMARKS BY AMBASSADOR IRWIN LAROCQUE, SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) ON THE OCCASION OF THE PRESENTATION OF CREDENTIALS BY HIS EXCELLENCY PICEWELL A. FORBES, PLENIPOTENTIARY REPRESENTATIVE OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE BAHAMAS TO THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, 6 NOVEMBER 2012, CARICOM

​CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) It is for me always a special pleasure and honour to accept the Credentials of a Plenipotentiary Representative of a Member State to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and I warmly welcome you and your delegation to the Headquarters of...
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Opening Remarks By Ambassador Irwin Larocque, Secretary-general, Caribbean Community (CARICOM) at The Opening of The Eleventh Week Of Agriculture, Antigua And Barbuda, 17 October 2012

​(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) It is indeed a pleasure for me to address the opening of the 11th Caribbean Week of Agriculture, here in the beautiful country of Antigua and Barbuda whose government graciously consented to be the host for this week of activities. Since 1...
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