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COMMUNIQUÉ ISSUED AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE SECOND MEETING OF MINISTERS OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF CARICOM-CUBA, 29 MAY 2007, KINGSTOWN, ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES

The Second CARICOM-Cuba Ministerial Meeting took place on 29 May 2007 in Kingstown, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, under the joint Chairmanship of the Honourable Elvin Nimrod, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Grenada and outgoing Chairman of the Council for Foreign and Community Relations, and His Excellency Mr. Felipe Perez Roque, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cuba.

CARICOM was represented by:

CARICOM AND CUBA FOREIGN MINISTERS MEET IN ST. VINCENT

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and Cuba will review an agreement on 29 May 2007 in St. Vincent and the Grenadines for Scientific and Technical Collaboration in the Health Sector. The agreement will enable CARICOM and Cuba to combine forces to seek solutions to the complex problems facing the Region in the area of health.

BUREAU LOOKS AT CONFERENCE ON THE CARIBBEAN

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Bureau of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will receive an update on the status of preparations for the Conference on the Caribbean to be held in Washington DC, USA next month when they meet in St Vincent and the Grenadines on Saturday 26 May.

STATEMENT BY AMBASSADOR LOLITA APPLEWHAITE, DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), ON THE OCCASION OF THE BRIEFING ON CLIMATE CHANGE FOR THE CARIBBEAN MEDIA, 23 APRIL 2007, TURKEYEN, GREATER GEORGETOWN, GUYANA

Salutations

On 6 April 2007, the Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released its Fourth Assessment Report on climate change which focused on the impacts, adaptation and vulnerability with regard to planet earth. The high level of confidence demonstrated in the methodology and in the quality data used in the preparation of the report, underscores the global concerns over the relationship between observed climate change and observed changes in the natural and human environment.

OPENING STATEMENT BY THE HONOURABLE PATRICK MANNING, PRIME MINISTER OF THE REPUBLIC OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO AT THE FOURTH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS RESPONSIBLE FOR NATIONAL SECURITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT, 23-24 MAY 2007, PORT-OF-SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

Mr Chairman
Honourable Ministers
Other Distinguished Delegates
Members of the Media

First of all I should like to extend a warm welcome to those of you who are visiting and to express the hope that, despite the importance of the matters to be addressed over the next two days, there will be time for some extra curricular activity.

OPENING STATEMENT BY THE HONOURABLE PATRICK MANNING, PRIME MINISTER OF THE REPUBLIC OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO AT THE FOURTH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS RESPONSIBLE FOR NATIONAL SECURITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT, 23-24 MAY 2007, PORT-OF-SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

Mr Chairman
Honourable Ministers
Other Distinguished Delegates
Members of the Media

First of all I should like to extend a warm welcome to those of you who are visiting and to express the hope that, despite the importance of the matters to be addressed over the next two days, there will be time for some extra curricular activity.

MANY STRONG VOICES CALL FOR ACTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE: MEETING IN BELIZE WILL DEVELOP ADAPTATION STRATEGIES FOR ARCTIC AND SMALL ISLAND DEVELOPING STATES

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) When it comes to the earth’s changing climate, the people of the Arctic and Small Island Developing States (SIDS) have a message for the world – the time for action is now.

This message is supported by the recently released report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) which highlights the vulnerability of the Polar Regions and small island states to climate change.

STATEMENT BY HIS EXCELLENCY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIFORUM/CARICOM ON THE OCCASION OF THE SIGNING OF THE CONTRIBUTION AGREEMENT FOR THE 9TH EDF CARIBBEAN INTEGRATION SUPPORT PROGRAMME, 20 APRIL 2007, TURKEYEN, GREATER GEORGETOWN, GUYANA

Your Excellency, Ambassador Geert Heikens, Head of the European Commission Delegation in Guyana
Your Excellency, Mr. Fraser Wheeler, British High Commissioner
Deputy Secretary-General, Ambassador Lolita Applewhaite
Assistant Secretaries-General
Representatives of the European Commission Delegation
Representative of the Embassy of Suriname
Other Members of Staff of the CARICOM Secretariat
Representatives of the Media

REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY EDWIN CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) ON THE OCCASION OF THE PRESENTATION OF CREDENTIALS BY HIS EXCELLENCY JEAN-PAUL DUMONT, PLENIPOTENTIARY REPRESENTATIVE OF THE REPUBLIC OF FRANCE TO CARICOM, 18 APRIL 2007, TURKEYEN, GUYANA

Ambassador Jean-Paul Dumont, Plenipotentiary Representative (Designate) of the Republic of France to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM)
Deputy Secretary-General, Ambassador Lolita Applewhaite
Assistant Secretaries-General
Other Members of Staff of the CARICOM Secretariat
Representatives of the Media

Excellency, in November of 2005, I was pleased to receive, on behalf of the Caribbean Community, the credentials of your predecessor, His Excellency Ambassador Boursin, as the French Republic’s first Ambassador accredited to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM).

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