Colleague Heads
Secretary General of CARICOM
Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen,
I have come to Montego Bay with a specific mission born of my recent stint as Chairman of this august body, cognizant of our limitations but fortified by our capacities and aspirations.
It is my pleasure to address you at the Opening Ceremony of the Thirty-First Regular Meeting of CARICOM Heads of Government and a further privilege to be doing so here in Montego Bay, the tourism capital of Jamaica.
APPRECIATION TO THE HOST
Madam Chair, although the protocol has already been established, please permit me to recognize His Excellency, the Most Honourable Sir Patrick Allen, the Governor General of Jamaica and Lady Allen, our distinguished Host and Chairman of CARICOM Honourable Bruce Golding, our Distinguished and Honoured Guests especially those who have travelled from overseas, friends, Ladies and Gentlemen.
Their Excellencies the Most Honourable Sir Patrick Allen Governor General of Jamaica and the Most Honourable Lady Allen
Bruce Golding Prime Minister of Jamaica and Chairman of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community
Your Excellencies Bharrat Jagdeo, President of the Republic of Guyana and Rene Preval President of the Republic of Haiti
Other Distinguished Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community
Your Excellency Ban Ki-Moon, Secretary-General of the United Nations
It is my pleasure, as Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community, to be in Antigua and Barbuda and to join in greeting you all on behalf of the Caribbean Community Secretariat and indeed of the entire Community.
This meeting comes at a very hectic period for me and the Secretariat, as we are in the process of preparing for the 31st Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government, which takes place in Montego Bay, Jamaica in just over a week’s time from 4th to 7th July.
It gives me great pleasure to be here this morning and to join you for this very important Partners’ Meeting for the establishment of the Caribbean Public Health Agency.
INTRODUCTION
It gives me great pleasure to be here this morning and to join you for this very important Partners’ Meeting for the establishment of the Caribbean Public Health Agency.
INTRODUCTION
It is my pleasure to open the batting this afternoon, (the West Indies can do with a change!) at this Media Clinic and hope that I score more runs that the West Indies openers did in the Test Match that ended on Sunday! Seriously though this clinic has become an annual feature of the preparations for the July Meeting of Heads of Government and seeks to give the media in particular in-depth information on some of the issues which the Heads of Government will be discussing at the meeting.
Let’s Get Involved
It is my pleasure to bring you greetings on behalf of H.E. Mr Edwin Carrington, Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), and indeed the entire CARICOM Secretariat. Today, 14 June 2010, we are engaging partners in a discussion on the future of one of the most impressive and important undertakings. One that may be deemed an investment in the health of the people of the Caribbean and which could well make this event a landmark in the annals of the CARICOM regional integration process.