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REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE SEVENTH MEETING OF THE CARICOM-CUBA JOINT COMMISSION, 3-4 MARCH 2005, PORT-OF-SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

 

Hon. Kerrie Symmonds, CARICOM Chairman of this Meeting of the Seventh CARICOM-Cuba Joint Commission,
Hon. Ricardo Cabrisas Ruiz, Minister of Government, Cuba,
Other Honourable Ministers of Member States of the Caribbean Community and of Cuba,
Mrs Yvonne Gittens-Joseph, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Trinidad and Tobago,
Distinguished Delegates,
Members of the Media,
Ladies and Gentlemen.

CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY MOURNS PASSING OF TWO GREAT WEST INDIANS

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat joins the people of the Caribbean in mourning the passing this week of two great West Indians who contributed significantly to the development of Caribbean society - Dr. Alistair Hughes, outstanding Grenadian journalist and Hon. Allan Rae O.J., Jamaican attorney-at-law and former West Indian opening batsman and cricket administrator.

CSME SEMINAR EMPHASISES THE NEED TO CAPITALISE ON OPPORTUNITIES

(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) December 2005 will signal a critical juncture in the life of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) as it will be the time when Member States are expected to begin full participation in the CARICOM Single Market (CSM), the twin element of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME).

NATURAL DISASTER ASSUMES PRIORITY POSITION IN CARICOM AGENDA

(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) CARICOM Heads of Government at their Sixteenth Inter-Sessional Meeting in Suriname took an important step in dealing with the issue of natural disaster by placing the subject as part of the responsibility of the Community Council of Ministers - CARICOM's second highest body.

The Heads of Government, in taking note of the devastation which countries in the Region have been subjected to in the last six months, agreed to continue to provide such assistance as they can to the most seriously affected, including Grenada and Guyana.

A HOME OF OUR OWN : THE NEW CARICOM HEADQUARTERS BUILDING

The signing of the Treaty establishing the Caribbean Community and Common Market, commonly called the Treaty of Chaguaramas, on 4 July 1973, marked the culmination of years of talks among Caribbean visionaries for a deepened integration among the then independent countries of the Commonwealth Caribbean and the British dependent territories. This event, almost 32 years ago, was considered a milestone as the regional integration movement recorded its genesis in the formation of the Caribbean Free Trade Area (CARIFTA), the predecessor of CARICOM.

OPENING REMARKS BY DR. WINSTON ANDERSON, GENERAL COUNSEL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY SECRETARIAT, AT THE ENVIRONMENTAL COMMISSION OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO LAUNCH OF INFORMATIONAL MATERIAL, 23 FEBRUARY 2005,  PORT-OF-SPAIN,  TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

Good morning.

Please permit me to say how delighted and excited I am to be here in Trinidad and Tobago at this National Launch of Informational Material by the Environmental Commission. The Secretary-General of the Community, H.E. Edwin Carrington, a son of the soil, has asked that I convey his personal regards to you, Mr. President, and also his best wishes to the organizers and participants for a successful Launch.

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