Thank you for inviting me to participate in this happy event in Caribbean development – one marking another step in making the Caribbean whole. As Secretary-General of CARIFORUM and thus Regional Authorising Officer of the European Union Caribbean Regional Indicative Programme, I am both proud and pleased at the monumental achievement by Mrs. Jeanette Allsopp.
The people of St. Kitts and Nevis recently had another opportunity to learn more about the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) by way of a series of regional educational activities, led by a team from the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat.
The team, led by Sheldon McDonald, CCJ Project Co-ordinator for the establishment of the CCJ, began its educational activities, organised by the St. Kitts and Nevis National Co-ordinating Committee for the CCJ with a live radio and television discussion on the broadcast network ZIZ Radio and Television.
Dear Mr. Lara
The outstanding victory today so magnificently won against the Australians in the final Test Match of the current Test Series took us really beyond the boundary, and represents an historic day in the annals of cricket in the Caribbean Community and indeed the cricketing world.
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Members of Parliament We are meeting at a time when the international community seems preoccupied with war and the consequences of war, in the midst of a global economic meltdown. |
Sir Frederick Ballantyne, Governor General of St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Members of the Cabinet of St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Hon. Foreign Ministers
Members of Parliament
Other Heads of Delegations
Members of the Diplomatic Corps
Members of the Judiciary
Members of the Clergy
Senior Government Officials
Members of the Media
Ladies and Gentlemen
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Sir Frederick Ballantyne, Governor General of St. Vincent and the Grenadines |
Members of Parliament
Colleague Foreign Ministers
Secretary General, Mr Edwin Carrington
Members of the Judiciary, and the Clergy
Members of the Diplomatic Corps
Senior Government Officials
Delegates
Members of the Media
Ladies and Gentlemen
We are meeting at a time when the international community seems preoccupied with war and the consequences of war, in the midst of a global economic meltdown.
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Mr. Secretary-General, On behalf of the European Commissioner for Development, Mr. Poul Nielson, I wish to express the Commission’s satisfaction on this occasion of the signing of the Regional Strategy Paper and Regional Indicative Programme. |
His Excellency the Director-General of UNESCO
Members of the UNESCO delegation
Assistant Secretaries General of CARICOM
Ladies and Gentlemen
Members of the Media
It is my pleasure this morning to be part of this ceremony heralding deeper relations between the Caribbean Community and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (UNESCO). I am also pleased to welcome to the headquarters of the Community and the CARICOM Secretariat, His Excellency Koichiro Matsuura, Director-General of UNESCO.