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TOAST BY HIS EXCELLENCY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON SECRETARY-GENERAL CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) IN CELEBRATION OF CARICOM DAY 2008, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA

Your Excellency the President of Guyana
Honourable Prime Minister
Members of Cabinet of Guyana
Members of the Diplomatic Corps
Distinguished Guests
Staff of the Secretariat
Representatives of the Media
Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen

It is my very pleasant task as Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to welcome you on this CARICOM Day to this celebration of Caribbean unity – marking the 35th Anniversary of CARICOM.

MESSAGE FROM DONNA GREENE,  DEAN OF CARICOM YOUTH AMBASSADORS ON CARICOM DAY, 7 JULY 2008

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Once again, the people of the region proudly celebrate CARICOM Day on 7 July 2008, under the theme ‘One Caribbean, One People… Endless Possibilities.’

This Day is observed and acknowledged in recognition of our regional achievements, while focusing on our current challenges and proposed solutions, with a special focus on the youth and their role in the integration process and the region’s future development.

STATEMENT ON BANANAS ISSUED BY THE TWENTY-NINTH MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), 1-4 JULY 2008, BOLANS, ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA

Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community, meeting in Antigua & Barbuda on July 2-4, 2008, examined matters affecting the level of preferential access to the European market - preferences that have been instrumental in raising thousands of small farmers out of poverty, enabled them to achieve commendable levels of social and environmental responsibility and which have facilitated the contribution of the banana industry to the development of the Member States concerned.

DECLARATION OF DICKENSON BAY ISSUED BY THE TWENTY-NINTH MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), 1-4 JULY 2008, BOLANS, ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA

We, the Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), meeting at Dickenson Bay, Antigua and Barbuda, on the occasion of the Twenty-Ninth Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government, and on the 35th Anniversary of the Community;

Recalling the historic signing, 43 years ago, of the Dickenson Bay Agreement that brought into existence the Caribbean Free Trade Association (CARIFTA) which evolved into the Caribbean Community;

Acknowledging the vision of unity of the Founding Fathers of the Caribbean Community;

OPENING ADDRESS BY THE HONOURABLE BALDWIN SPENCER, PRIME MINISTER OF ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA AND INCOMING CHAIRMAN OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY AT TWENTY-NINTH MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE, 1-4 JULY 2008, DICKENSON BAY, ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA

Your Excellency, Dame Louise Lake-Tack Governor-General of Antigua and Barbuda
Distinguished Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community
Distinguished Secretary General of the Organisation of American States
Distinguished Secretary General of CARICOM
Distinguished Secretary General of the Commonwealth
Ministers of the Government of Antigua and Barbuda
Ministers of other CARICOM Governments
Madame President and Members of the Senate
Madame Speaker and Members of the House of Representatives
Honourable Members of the Judiciary

ARRIVAL STATEMENT FROM THE CARICOM ELECTORAL OBSERVER MISSION TO GRENADA, 4 JULY 2008

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) On the invitation of the Government of Grenada, the Caribbean Community will field a five member mission to observe the General Elections in Grenada over the next few days. The Mission under the leadership of Mrs. Versil Charles-Wright, Deputy Chief Election Officer of the Elections and Boundaries Commission of Trinidad and Tobago has been charged with the responsibility of observing the electoral process and making recommendations towards its enhancement where necessary.

HARASSMENT A THREAT TO CSME, SAYS GUYANA PRESIDENT

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Guyana President, His Excellency President Bharrat Jagdeo said the treatment meted out to some Caribbean nationals by immigration officers at some Caribbean ports of entry was posing a direct threat to the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME).

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