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SAINT LUCIA REITERATES ITS COMMITMENTS TO THE CSME

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Acting Prime Minister of Saint Lucia, the Honourable Stephenson King says, his country’s commitment to the ideals of regionalism and to the deepening of the integration process of CARICOM will increase.

Speaking at the official Opening Ceremony of the Twenty-Eighth Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) in Barbados on 1 July Mr King said the change of Government in Saint Lucia last December did not change the country’s “posture in relation to the Caribbean Community.

FORMER CARICOM CHAIRMAN LOBBIES SUPPORT FOR LIAT

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Immediate past chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Dr, the Honourable Ralph Gonsalves, Prime Minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines, has made an impassioned plea to his fellow CARICOM Heads of States to throw their support behind the regional carrier, Leeward Island Air Transport (LIAT).

REMARKS BY H. E. EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), ON THE OCCASION OF THE OPENING OF THE TWENTY-EIGHTH MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, 1 JULY 2007, NEEDHAM’S POINT, BARBADOS

The Rt. Honourable Owen Arthur, Prime Minister of Barbados and Chairman of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community and Mrs. Arthur
Your Excellencies the Presidents of Guyana and of Haiti
Other Distinguished Heads of Government and Representatives of the Member States and Associate Members of the Caribbean Community
Honourable Ministers
The Speaker and Other Members of Parliament
Congressman Charles Rangel, Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee of the US House of Representatives and Special Guest of the Community

REMARKS BY HONOURABLE STEPHENSON KING, ACTING PRIME MINISTER AND MINISTER FOR FINANCE, EXTERNAL AFFAIRS, HOME AFFAIRS, NATIONAL SECURITY, LABOUR, INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING, SAINT LUCIA, ON THE OCCASION OF THE OPENING OF THE TWENTY-EIGHTH MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, 1-4 JULY 2007, NEEDHAM’S POINT, BARBADOS

Mr. Chairman, Caricom Secretary General, Colleague Prime Ministers, Ministers, Ladies and Gentlemen,

It is my greatest pleasure at this time to be addressing this, the Opening Ceremony of the Twenty-Eighth Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community. For me it’s an added privilege to be doing so here in Barbados , one of Saint Lucia ’s closer Caribbean neighbours.

THE CONSOLIDATION AND FURTHER ADVANCEMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY : ADDRESS DELIVERED BY DR. THE HONOURABLE RALPH E. GONSALVES, PRIME MINISTER, ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES, AND OUT-GOING CHAIRMAN OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, ON THE OCCASION OF THE OPENING OF THE TWENTY-EIGHTH MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, 1 JULY 2007, NEEDHAM’S POINT, BARBADOS

Mr. Chairman, I recognise very specially the Prime Minister of the Bahamas , the Honourable Hubert Ingraham, who was recently re-elected to his Office after a voluntary five-year respite from his Prime Ministerial perch. He had welcomed me to the Bahamas at my first Heads of Government Conference in July 2001. I now reciprocate. Prime Minister Ingraham is a veteran of CARICOM; his wisdom and experience will no doubt assist us in charting the most efficacious way forward.

REMARKS BY H. E. EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), ON THE OCCASION OF THE OPENING OF THE TWENTY-EIGHTH MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, 1 JULY 2007, NEEDHAM’S POINT, BARBADOS

The Rt. Honourable Owen Arthur, Prime Minister of Barbados and Chairman of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community and Mrs. Arthur
Your Excellencies the Presidents of Guyana and of Haiti
Other Distinguished Heads of Government and Representatives of the Member States and Associate Members of the Caribbean Community
Honourable Ministers
The Speaker and Other Members of Parliament
Congressman Charles Rangel, Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee of the US House of Representatives and Special Guest of the Community

REMARKS BY HONOURABLE STEPHENSON KING, ACTING PRIME MINISTER AND MINISTER FOR FINANCE, EXTERNAL AFFAIRS, HOME AFFAIRS, NATIONAL SECURITY, LABOUR, INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING, SAINT LUCIA, ON THE OCCASION OF THE OPENING OF THE TWENTY-EIGHTH MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, 1-4 JULY 2007, NEEDHAM’S POINT, BARBADOS

Mr. Chairman, Caricom Secretary General, Colleague Prime Ministers, Ministers, Ladies and Gentlemen,

It is my greatest pleasure at this time to be addressing this, the Opening Ceremony of the Twenty-Eighth Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community. For me it’s an added privilege to be doing so here in Barbados , one of Saint Lucia ’s closer Caribbean neighbours.

THE CONSOLIDATION AND FURTHER ADVANCEMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY : ADDRESS DELIVERED BY DR. THE HONOURABLE RALPH E. GONSALVES, PRIME MINISTER, ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES, AND OUT-GOING CHAIRMAN OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, ON THE OCCASION OF THE OPENING OF THE TWENTY-EIGHTH MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, 1 JULY 2007, NEEDHAM’S POINT, BARBADOS

Mr. Chairman, I recognise very specially the Prime Minister of the Bahamas , the Honourable Hubert Ingraham, who was recently re-elected to his Office after a voluntary five-year respite from his Prime Ministerial perch. He had welcomed me to the Bahamas at my first Heads of Government Conference in July 2001. I now reciprocate. Prime Minister Ingraham is a veteran of CARICOM; his wisdom and experience will no doubt assist us in charting the most efficacious way forward.

TWENTY-EIGHTH MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF CARICOM HEADS OF GOVERNMENT: FORMAL OPENING 1 JULY 2007

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown , Guyana ) Saturday 30 June 2007: Prime Minister of Barbados, the Rt. Hon. Owen Arthur, will address the formal opening ceremony of the 28th Meeting of the Conference of the Heads of Government of CARICOM Sunday 1 July 2007, in the Courtyard of the Barbados Parliament, in Bridgetown . Prime Minister Arthur is Incoming Chairman of CARICOM and Head of Government with Portfolio Responsibility for the CARICOM Single Market and Economy.

US CONGRESSMAN RANGEL SPECIAL GUEST AT CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Congressman Charles Rangel, a leading Member of the United States House of Representatives will be a Special Guest at the 28th Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to be held in Barbados from 1-4 July, 2007.