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“MARKETING SAVVY” TO PENETRATE HEMISPHERIC MARKETS

Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Member States are being urged to exploit niche opportunities with "marketing savvy" in penetrating hemispheric markets such as the USA, which accounts for over 70 per cent of CARICOM's global exports and imports. According to the Caribbean Trade and Investment Report, 2...
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IMPROVING MET SERVICES IN THE REGION - MET COUNCIL TO DISCUSS

The new radar network and the modification of the contribution formula of the Caribbean Meteorological Council (CMC) are key agenda items for the 40th Meeting of the Caribbean Meteorological Council which will be convened in Bridgetown, Barbados on 7-8 December, 2000. The Council is expected to cons...
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ADDRESS OF THE PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF SURINAME, H.E. RUNALDO RONALD VENETIAAN, IN THE EXTRAORDINARY MEETING OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ON THE OCCASION OF THE TWENTY-FIFTH CELEBRATION OF THE INDEPENDENCE DAY OF THE REPUBLIC OF SURINAME ON SATURDAY, 25 NOVEMBER 2000

Mr. Chairman, Members of the National Assembly, Allow me, Mr Chairman, to extend a word of welcome to: His Excellency, President Hugo Chavez of the Republic of Venezuela and delegation; Prime Minister Hinds of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana and delegation; Prime Minister Pourier of the Netherla...
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FORMAL SPEECH OF THE SPEAKER OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ON THE OCCASION OF THE COMMEMORATION OF THE TWENTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE POLITICAL INDEPENDENCE OF THE REPUBLIC OF SURINAME ON SATURDAY, 25 NOVEMBER 2000

Excellency Runaldo Ronald Venetiaan, President of the Republic of Suriname and Mrs. Venetiaan, The Vice-President of the Republic of Suriname, Jules Rattan Ajodhia and Mrs Ajodhia, Excellency Hugo Chavez, President of the Bolivian Republic of Venezuela, Excellency Jeltje van Nieuwenhoven, Speaker of...
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ADDRESS BY DR. EDWARD GREENE, ASSISTANT SECRETARY-GENERAL, HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE MODEL CARICOM YOUTH SUMMIT, 30 NOVEMBER 2000, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA

THE MORAL AND CIVIC RESPONSIBILITY OF LEADERSHIP Mr. Secretary-General, I beg you leave to bring greetings to this honorable assembly of distinguished youth and guests on behalf of Mr. Edwin Carrington, Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community. He unfortunately could not be with us today becau...
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STATEMENT BY THE SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, MR EDWIN CARRINGTON, AT THE LUNCHEON HOSTED BY THE MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE REPUBLIC OF SURINAME, H.E. MARIA E LEVENS, FOR FOREIGN MINISTERS, RESIDENT AND NON-RESIDENT HEAD OF MISSIONS AND SPECIAL GUESTS, December 2000, PARIMARIBO, SURINAME

Your Excellency Madame Minister Maria Elizabeth Levens,Members of the Diplomatic Corps,Distinguished Heads of International and Regional Organisations,Distinguished Guests,Ladies and Gentlemen, Madam Minister, It is an honour, which is deeply appreciated, to have been invited to respond on behalf of...
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FORMAL SPEECH OF THE SPEAKER OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY ON THE OCCASION OF THE COMMEMORATION OF THE TWENTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE POLITICAL INDEPENDENCE OF THE REPUBLIC OF SURINAME ON SATURDAY, 25 NOVEMBER 2000

Excellency Runaldo Ronald Venetiaan, President of the Republic of Suriname and Mrs. Venetiaan,The Vice-President of the Republic of Suriname, Jules Rattan Ajodhia and Mrs Ajodhia,Excellency Hugo Chavez, President of the Bolivian Republic of Venezuela,Excellency Jeltje van Nieuwenhoven, Speaker of th...
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