Your Excellency, Ambassador Zepeda
Members of Staff
Ladies and Gentlemen
Representatives of the Media
Good day! (Good Jamaica Day!)
(CARICOM Secretariat Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) THE Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) last week approved the suspension of the Common External Tariff (CET) on three categories of items in an effort to provide relief from the rising costs of commodities region-wide.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) His Excellency Edwin Carrington has sent the Community's best wishes to the athletes of the Community participating in the Olympic Games which began in Beijing, China on Friday.
Secretary-General Carrington said that success should be measured not only by medal tallies but also by the strenuous efforts expended to produce best performances.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) His Excellency Edwin Carrington welcomed the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the Caribbean Centre for Development Administration (CARICAD) and the CARICOM Implementation Agency for Crime and Security (IMPACS) at the conclusion of a two-day Meeting he hosted with Heads of Community Institutions at the CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) H.E. Edwin Carrington, Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), has expressed his gratitude to the Government of Canada for the “significant support” it had rendered to the community.
CHAIRMAN OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, THE RT. HON HUBERT INGRAHAM, PRIME MINISTER OF THE BAHAMAS
OTHER HEADS OF GOVERNMENT
HONOURABLE MINISTERS
HEADS OF DELEGATION
COMMISSIONERS OF POLICE
HEADS OF MILITARY ORGANISATIONS
DISTINGUISHED LADIES AND GENTLEMEN
REPRESENTATIVES OF THE MEDIA
Good Morning to you all. A warm welcome to this Thirteenth Special Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government.
It gives me great pleasure as Chair of the Caribbean Community to welcome you all to this very important Special Meeting of the Conference.
Permit me first to thank Prime Minister Patrick Manning our host, not only for the excellent arrangements put in place to receive us but for his primary role in causing the Summit to take place.
H.E. Felipe Caldeŕon, President of Mexico
H.E. Luisa Diogo, Prime Minister of Mozambique
H.E. José Rodríguez Zapatero, Prime Minister of Spain
Dr Pedro Cahan, President of the International AIDS Society and International Conference Co-Chair
Dr Luis Ramirez, Local Conference Co-Chair
Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen
Mr Chairman, Dr Martin Boodhoo
His Excellency Mr Jacques Crête, High Commissioner of Canada to Guyana
Justice Donald Trotman, President of the UN Association of Guyana
Justice Rudolph Harper, Chairman of the Law and Justice Committee of the United Nations Association of Guyana
Members of the UN Association of Guyana
Members of the Diplomatic Corps
Members of the Media
Ladies and Gentlemen
Distinguished Heads of Regional Institutions and Organisations
Ambassador Charles Maynard, Plenipotentiary Representative of the Commonwealth of Dominica to the Caribbean Community
Other Distinguished Delegates
Deputy Secretary-General and other Staff of the Secretariat
Representatives of the Media
Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen
It is a great pleasure for me, as Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community, to welcome you all once again to the Headquarters of the Community - your Community.