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OPENING REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY HUMPHREY HILDENBERG, MINISTER OF FINANCE, SURINAME, AT THE OPENING

Honourable Prime Ministers and Minister of Finance of Saint Lucia and St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Colleague Ministers of Finance
Secretary General of the Caribbean Community
Ladies and gentlemen
Delegates and guests.

I welcome you to the 13th COFAP meeting and hope that we will have fruitful discussions.

I want to thank my colleague of St. Vincent and the Grenadines for the way he chaired the COFAP in the past year.

REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, AT THE THIRTE

The Honourable Humphrey Hildenburg, Minister of Finance of Suriname and Chairman of the Council for Finance and Planning (COFAP);
Honourable Prime Ministers of St Vincent and the Grenadines and Saint Lucia
Honourable David Estwick and other Distinguished Ministers;
President of the Caribbean Development Bank;
Central Bank Governors and Deputy Governors;
Assistant Secretary-General and Staff of the CARICOM Secretariat;
Other Representatives of Regional and International Institutions;
Other Distinguished Delegates and Officials;

REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, AT THE THIRT

The Honourable Humphrey Hildenburg, Minister of Finance of Suriname and Chairman of the Council for Finance and Planning (COFAP);
Honourable Prime Ministers of St Vincent and the Grenadines and Saint Lucia
Honourable David Estwick and other Distinguished Ministers;
President of the Caribbean Development Bank;
Central Bank Governors and Deputy Governors;
Assistant Secretary-General and Staff of the CARICOM Secretariat;
Other Representatives of Regional and International Institutions;
Other Distinguished Delegates and Officials;

REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, ON THE OCCASION OF THE PRESENTATION OF CREDENTIALS BY HIS EXCELLENCY FRASER WHEELER, PLENIPOTENTIARY REPRESENTATIVE OF THE UNITED KINGDOM TO THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, 23 JANUARY 2009, TURKEYEN, GREATER GEORGETOWN, GUYANA

 
Your Excellency Fraser William Wheeler and Mrs. Wheeler
Members of Staff of the Secretariat and of the British High Commission
Representatives of the Media

Good day and warm welcome to you all!

CARICOM SINGLE ECONOMY HIGH ON COFAP AGENDA

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Finance Ministers of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will on Thursday examine preparations to usher in the CARICOM Single Economy (CSE) at the Thirteenth Meeting of the Council for Finance and Planning (COFAP) which convenes in Bridgetown, Barbados.

The CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) is CARICOM’s flagship programme. The Single Market was established in January 2006, and the Single Economy is to come on stream by 2015.

CARICOM MEETINGS RESCHEDULED FOR BELIZE

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The meeting of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Prime Ministerial Sub-Committee on the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) as well as that of the group of Heads of Government established to consider Issues related to the Governance of the Caribbean Regional Negotiating Machinery (CRNM) have been rescheduled for Belize just prior to the 20th Inter-sessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government set for 12-13 March, 2009.

PLANS IN TRAIN FOR CARICOM’S PARTICIPATION IN WORLD EXPO 2010

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Efforts are already underway to ensure the effective participation of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) in the World Exposition 2010, to be held in Shanghai, China, from May 1 to October 31, 2010, under the theme: Better City, Better Life.

The First Preparatory Meeting of the National Coordinators of Member States for Expo 2010 Shanghai took place at the Headquarters of the CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana, on Monday January 26, 2009.

REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, ON THE OCCASION OF THE PRESENTATION OF CREDENTIALS BY HIS EXCELLENCY FRASER WHEELER, PLENIPOTENTIARY REPRESENTATIVE OF THE UNITED KINGDOM TO THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, 23 JANUARY 2009, TURKEYEN, GREATER GEORGETOWN, GUYANA

Your Excellency Fraser William Wheeler and Mrs. Wheeler
Members of Staff of the Secretariat and of the British High Commission
Representatives of the Media

Good day and warm welcome to you all!

Today, we have the good fortune to witness the accreditation of the first Plenipotentiary Representative of the United Kingdom to the Caribbean Community. It is truly an historic occasion. By this accreditation, we will be establishing a new threshold in the enduring and historical diplomatic relations between the Caribbean Community and the United Kingdom.

SINGLE ECONOMY FOCUS OF PRIME MINISTERIAL SUB-COMMITTEE MEETING

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) As the CARICOM Single Market enters its fourth year of operation, Heads of Government will next week review its performance and place focus on the movement towards the establishment of the Single Economy.

The Prime Ministerial Sub-Committee on the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) meets in Bridgetown, Barbados on 30 January 2009, and will focus on key elements of the CSME, the Community’s flagship programme.

It would be the fifth Meeting of this Prime Ministerial Sub-Committee.

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