Mr. Chairman, Hon. Harold Lovell, Minister of Tourism, Foreign Affairs, International Transportation and Trade of Antigua and Barbuda
Other Honourable Ministers
Other Distinguished Delegates
Staff of the CARICOM Secretariat
Ladies and Gentlemen
Trade Ministers of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) have been urged to act now and plan for "eventualities" as the Region grapples with ensuing challenges facing its rice, sugar, and rum and banana industries.
This position was put to the Ministers by Chairman of CARICOM's Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED, Minister of Agriculture, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Hon. Montgomery Daniel. He was addressing the opening session for the 17th meeting of COTED in Trinidad and Tobago, 16 June 2004.
Honourable Ministers Other Distinguished Delegates Staff of the CARICOM Secretariat Members of the Media Ladies and Gentlemen
Honourable Ministers
Other Distinguished Delegates
Staff of the CARICOM Secretariat
Members of the Media
Ladies and Gentlemen
Nicolette Boatswain, a Guyanese student of Bishop's High School captained her team to victory in the final round of the Regional Quiz Competition held in Georgetown, Guyana in early June. Boatswain, along with team members Mariscia Charles and Jamal La Rose of St Joseph's High defeated St. Kitts and Nevis to gain the top spot in the competition.
The Prime Minister of Guyana, the Honourable Samuel Hinds
His Excellency Ambassador Per Eklund, Delegate of the European Commission
Representatives of CARIFORUM Member States
Representatives of Overseas Countries and Territories in the Caribbean (OCTs)
Representatives of Caribbean Regional Organisations
Representatives of International and Donor Agencies
Other Workshop Participants
The Prime Minister of Guyana, the Honourable Samuel Hinds
His Excellency Ambassador Per Eklund, Delegate of the European Commission
Representatives of CARIFORUM Member States
Representatives of Overseas Countries and Territories in the Caribbean (OCTs)
Representatives of Caribbean Regional Organisations
Representatives of International and Donor Agencies
Other Workshop Participants
We, the Ministerial Representatives responsible for trade, meeting in Georgetown, Guyana, on the 3rd and 4th June, 20041, examined the state of progress in the negotiations in the World Trade Organisation [WTO] based on the mandates of the Fourth and Fifth Ministerial Conferences held at Doha and Cancun respectively with a view to identifying common elements for a G90 platform as a contribution to the G90 Ministerial Meeting scheduled in Mauritius on 12-14 July 2004;
It is a great honor to have been invited to participate in this UNEP sponsored "English-Speaking Caribbean Chief Justices Meeting on Environmental Law" in the beautiful surroundings of Braco, Trelawny, and I sincerely hope that my detention yesterday in Georgetown on the vexing matter of helping to develop a CARICOM Common Fisheries Policy and Regime did not inconvenience the Meeting too much.