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ADDRESS DELIVERED BY HON LOUIS STRAKER, MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, COMMERCE AND TRADE , ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES, AT THE OPENING OF THE SIXTH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR FOREIGN AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS (COFCOR), 8-9 MAY 2003, ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES

Members of Parliament
Colleague Foreign Ministers
Secretary General, Mr Edwin Carrington
Members of the Judiciary, and the Clergy
Members of the Diplomatic Corps
Senior Government Officials
Delegates
Members of the Media
Ladies and Gentlemen

We are meeting at a time when the international community seems preoccupied with war and the consequences of war, in the midst of a global economic meltdown.

ADDRESS DELIVERED BY AMBASSADOR VINCENT DE VISSCHER HEAD OF THE EC DELEGATION TO GUYANA, SURINAME, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, ARUBA AND THE NETHERLANDS ANTILLES ON THE OCCASION OF THE SIGNING OF THE REGIONAL SUPPORT STRATEGY FOR THE CARIBBEAN, 6 MAY 2003, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA

Mr. Secretary-General,
My colleague, the British High Commissioner, representing the Presidency of the EU in Guyana
Members of the Diplomatic Corps,
Members of the media,
Special invitees,
Ladies and Gentlemen,

On behalf of the European Commissioner for Development, Mr. Poul Nielson, I wish to express the Commission’s satisfaction on this occasion of the signing of the Regional Strategy Paper and Regional Indicative Programme.

CARICOM TORCH OF UNITY TO VISIT MONTSERRAT

The people of Montserrat will get an opportunity to see the CARICOM Torch of Unity from May 7-9, 2003. Confirmation of this has come from officials in the Office of the Chief Minister and the Sports Officer, Fitzroy Buffonge.

The Torch is scheduled to arrive in Montserrat on the morning of May 7 on the ferry from Antigua.

STATEMENT ON THE WAR IN IRAQ ISSUED BY THE SIXTEENTH MEETING OF THE BUREAU OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, 5 APRIL 2003, MONTEGO BAY, JAMAICA

At its Fourteenth Inter-Sessional Meeting (in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, 14-15 February 2003), the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community “considered the situation developing over Iraq and expressed their profound concern at the escalation of global tensions and their grave implications for the preservation of international peace and security.”

Since then there has been an outbreak of war. The Caribbean Community regrets the resulting loss of life on all sides.

THE CARIBBEAN’S CREATIVE DIVERSITY : THE DEFINING POINT OF THE REGION’S HISTORY LECTURE DELIVERED BY PROF. REX NETTLEFORD, VICE CHANCELLOR, UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES, 21 MARCH 2003, UNIVERSITY OF GUYANA, TURKEYEN, GREATER GEORGETOWN, GUYANA

An appreciation of the history of this region is critical to a fuller understanding of contemporary realities and future challenges. For the Caribbean shares in the great drama of the Americas of which it is an integral part, whereby new societies are shaped, new and delicately tuned sensibilities are honed, and appropriate designs for social living are crafted through the cross-fertilisation of disparate elements. The process has resulted in a distinguishable and distinctive entity called “Caribbean”. The process is intensely cultural.

WELCOME BY SENATOR THE HONOURABLE MRS. HAZEL MANNING, MINISTER OF EDUCATION, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE SIXTH SPECIAL MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT (COHSOD),  31 MARCH 2003,  PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

I am delighted to welcome all of you who have honoured the invitation to this 6th Special Meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development. Your presence here, is fitting testimony to your commitment to the urgent need for us to work harmoniously together in facing the challenges of Human and Social Development, as they relate to education at all levels of the system.

This Meeting provides a forum for dialogue with the objective of evolving enduring solutions to the human development constraints facing the Caribbean Region.

CARICOM SECRETARY GENERAL ON MISSION TO THE BAHAMAS

Secretary General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Mr Edwin Carrington will lead a delegation on a two-day Briefing Mission to The Bahamas, on 13-14 March 2003. During the mission the Secretary General and his team will meet with high-level government officials, the Opposition, The Bahamas Trade Commission (BTC) and the Bahamian public.

COMMUNIQUE ISSUED AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE FOURTEENTH INTER-SESSIONAL MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, 14-15 FEBRUARY 2003, PORT-OF-SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

The 14th Inter-Sessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) was held in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, on 14-15 February 2003. It was presided over by immediate past Chairman, H.E. Bharrat Jagdeo, President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, in the absence of the Chairman, Hon. Pierre Charles, Prime Minister of Dominica who was indisposed.

STATEMENT BY HIS EXCELLENCY BHARRAT JAGDEO, PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF GUYANA, AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE FOURTEENTH INTER-SESSIONAL MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, 14 FEBRUARY 2003, PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

Colleague Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community
Ministers of Government
Secretary General of the Caribbean Community
Excellencies
Ladies and Gentlemen:

We are meeting in Trinidad and Tobago where thirty years ago, at Chaguaramas, the Treaty which gave life to our family of nations was signed.

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