(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The following is a message from His Excellency Edwin Carrington, Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), to the Trinidad and Tobago Football Team, the Soca Warriors.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Eighteenth Meeting of the Caribbean Community Council of Ministers got underway in Georgetown, Guyana on Friday 19 May, with Trinidad and Tobago announcing its willingness to assist Suriname in the wake of heavy flooding in that Member State of the Community.
The Council, comprising Ministers responsible for CARICOM Affairs, was set to finalise a range of issues which are likely to come before the Conference of Heads of Government on 3-6 July in St Kitts and Nevis at its 27th Regular Meeting.
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It is my pleasure to welcome Ambassador John Williams to the Caribbean Community Secretariat and to receive him as the Plenipotentiary Representative of Barbados to the Caribbean Community.
Ambassador Williams, a former Senator and Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office, brings with him a wealth of experience in matters pertaining to the Caribbean Community. |
Madam Deputy Secretary-General,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
It is with honour that I present to you Letters accrediting me as Ambassador of Barbados to the Caribbean Community.
Allow me to begin by thanking you for the warm welcome which you are extending to me today in these excellent new facilities that now house the CARICOM Secretariat.
It is a great honour and privilege for me to have been asked by my country to perform these duties as Ambassador, at a time when the Community is entering a critical phase in its existence and making strides as never before.
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The Hon. Kenneth Valley, Minister of Trade and Industry, Trinidad & Tobago, our host Minister, Colleague Ministers, Assistant Secretary General of the Caribbean Community Your Excellencies Ambassadors to the Caribbean Community Distinguished Delegates Staff of the CARICOM Secretariat Ladies and Gentlemen |
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will be in Europe this week attending two Summit Meetings.
Seven of the leaders accompanied by Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community, His Excellency Edwin Carrington, will attend the Third CARICOM-Spain Summit in Madrid, Spain, on 10-11 May and the Fourth European Union (EU) – Latin American Caribbean (LAC) Summit in Vienna, Austria, on 12-13 May.
With specific focus on issues pertaining to health, the Fourteenth Meeting of the CARICOM Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD) was held at the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank, (ECCB) St. Kitts and Nevis on 27-28 April 2006, under the chairmanship of the Hon. Bernard Nottage, Minister of Health of The Bahamas.
1. The Fifth UK-Caribbean Forum, hosted by the Government of Barbados, took place in Bridgetown on 26-28 April 2006. The Forum was co-chaired on the Caribbean side by the Hon. Elvin Nimrod, MP, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade of Grenada and current Chair of the CARICOM Council for Foreign and Community Relations, and on the UK side by the Rt. Hon. Jack Straw, MP, Secretary of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
Let me, on behalf of the Government and People of Grenada, extend a very sincere and spicy welcome to all present here this morning especially to those of your who have come to participate in this very important 9th Meeting of the CARICOM Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR) grenada
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Mr. Chairman, the Honourable Elvin Nimrod, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade of Grenada Colleague Ministers Rev. Osbert James Secretary General of the Caribbean Community Excellencies and other Government representatives Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen |