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WELCOME ADDRESS BY THE MOST HON. PORTIA SIMPSON MILLER, O.N., M.P., PRIME MINISTER, JAMAICA, TO THE JOINT MEETING OF THE PRIME MINISTERIAL SUB-COMMITTEES ON EXTERNAL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS AND THE CARICOM SINGLE MARKET AND ECONOMY, 5 FEBRUARY 2007, MONTEGO BAY, JAMAICA

Colleague Prime Ministers
Heads of Delegations
Ministers of Trade
CARICOM Secretary General
Senior Officials and Members of the CARICOM Secretariat
Ambassador Bernal and Members of the Regional Negotiating Machinery
Delegates
Members of the media

I welcome you warmly to Montego Bay - the complete resort.

STATEMENT BY HIS EXCELLENCY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), ON THE OCCASION OF THE JOINT MEETING OF THE PRIME MINISTERIAL SUB-COMMITTEES ON EXTERNAL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS AND THE CSME, 5-6 FEBRUARY 2007, MONTEGO BAY, JAMAICA

The Most Honourable Portia Simpson-Miller, Prime Minister of Jamaica and Chairman of the Prime Ministerial Sub-Committee on External Trade Negotiations
The Rt. Honourable Owen Arthur, Prime Minister of Barbados and Chairman of the Prime Ministerial Sub-Committee on the CSME
The Honourable Billie Miller, Senior Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade Barbados and Other Distinguished Ministers
Other Heads of Delegations
Director-General of the CRNM
Senior Officials of Member Governments and of Regional Organisations
Members of the Media

WELCOME ADDRESS BY THE MOST HON. PORTIA SIMPSON MILLER, O.N., M.P., PRIME MINISTER, JAMAICA, TO THE JOINT MEETING OF THE PRIME MINISTERIAL SUB-COMMITTEES ON EXTERNAL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS AND THE CARICOM SINGLE MARKET AND ECONOMY, 5 FEBRUARY 2007, MONTEGO BAY, JAMAICA

Colleague Prime Ministers
Heads of Delegations
Ministers of Trade
CARICOM Secretary General
Senior Officials and Members of the CARICOM Secretariat
Ambassador Bernal and Members of the Regional Negotiating Machinery
Delegates
Members of the media

I welcome you warmly to Montego Bay - the complete resort.

TRADE CHALLENGES REQUIRE DIRECT RESPONSE - COTED CHAIR

In a challenge to the 20th Special Meeting of the CARICOM Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED), Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Belize, the Hon, Eamon Courtenay asserted that “Current trends in trade relations demand a direct response rather than subtlety”. Given this view, he has charged the meeting now underway in Montego Bay, Jamaica, to engage in frank political dialogue and to act decisively.

WELCOME REMARKS BY HON. ANTHONY HYLTON, MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND FOREIGN TRADE, JAMAICA, AT THE TWENTIETH SPECIAL MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (COTED) : STRATEGIC ISSUES IN EXTERNAL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS, 2 FEBRUARY 2007, MONTEGO BAY, JAMAICA

It is always a pleasure to welcome you, my colleague Ministers, officials and staff of the CARICOM Secretariat to Jamaica. We are meeting this time in the second city of Montego Bay and I urge you to take some time to explore – this is a rapidly growing city and you will, no doubt, see the very real impact of the growth in trade in services in full flight – new hotels are opening up, excellent restaurants and new business opportunities abound. For us, in a very practical way, the tourism sector continues to contribute in a robust way to the national economy.

STATEMENT HIS EXCELLENCY EDWIN W CARRINGTON,  SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) AT THE TWENTIETH SPECIAL MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (COTED) : STRATEGIC ISSUES IN EXTERNAL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS, 2 FEBRUARY 2007, MONTEGO BAY, JAMAICA

The Honourable Eamon Courtenay, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Belize and Chairman of the COTED
Hon Billie Miller, Senior Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Barbados and Coordinator of the Ministerial Negotiators
The Hon Anthony Hylton, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Jamaica – Our Host Minister
Other Distinguished Ministers
Director-General of the CRNM
Other Senior Officials of Member States and of Regional Organisations
Members of the Media
Ladies and Gentlemen

WELCOME REMARKS BY HON. ANTHONY HYLTON, MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND FOREIGN TRADE, JAMAICA, AT THE TWENTIETH SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) COUNCIL FOR TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (COTED) : STRATEGIC ISSUES IN EXTERNAL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS, 2 FEBRUARY 2007, MONTEGO BAY, JAMAICA

It is always a pleasure to welcome you, my colleague Ministers, officials and staff of the CARICOM Secretariat to Jamaica. We are meeting this time in the second city of Montego Bay and I urge you to take some time to explore – this is a rapidly growing city and you will, no doubt, see the very real impact of the growth in trade in services in full flight – new hotels are opening up, excellent restaurants and new business opportunities abound. For us, in a very practical way, the tourism sector continues to contribute in a robust way to the national economy.

STATEMENT BY HIS EXCELLENCY EDWIN W CARRINGTON,  SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) AT THE TWENTIETH SPECIAL MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (COTED) : STRATEGIC ISSUES IN EXTERNAL TRADE NEGOTIATIONS, 2 FEBRUARY 2007, MONTEGO BAY, JAMAICA

The Honourable Eamon Courtenay, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Belize and Chairman of the COTED
Hon Billie Miller, Senior Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Barbados and Coordinator of the Ministerial Negotiators
The Hon Anthony Hylton, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Jamaica – Our Host Minister
Other Distinguished Ministers
Director-General of the CRNM
Other Senior Officials of Member States and of Regional Organisations
Members of the Media
Ladies and Gentlemen

CARICOM WELCOMES WORLD BANK DECISION TO PROVIDE GRANTS TO HAITI

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) welcomes the announcement by the World Bank of 30 January 2007 that its Board of Executive Directors had discussed a new Interim Strategy for Haiti which projects financial assistance of up to US$82 million in grants over the next 18 months to support Haiti’s development agenda as well as two grants for a total of US$28 million to support economic governance reform (US$23 million) and water and sanitation in rural areas (US$5 million).

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