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REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), ON THE OCCASION OF THE OPENING SESSION OF THE NINETEENTH MEETING OF THE COMMUNITY COUNCIL OF MINISTERS,  19 JANUARY 2007, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA

Mr, Chairman, the Hon Sir Louis Straker, Minister of Foreign Affairs of St Vincent and the Grenadines
Other Honourable Ministers
Your Excellencies Ambassadors to the Caribbean Community
Distinguished Delegates
Deputy Secretary-General and Staff of the Secretariat
Ladies and Gentlemen
Members of the media

May I, as Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) extend a hearty welcome to you all to this the 19th Meeting of the Community Council of Ministers. I also take this opportunity to wish you all a happy and productive 2007.

REMARKS BY H.E. EDWIN W. CARRINGTON SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) ON THE OCCASION OF THE PRESENTATION OF CREDENTIALS BY HER EXCELLENCY AMALIA MAI PLENIPOTENTIARY REPRESENTATIVE OF BELIZE TO CARICOM, 18 JANUARY 2006, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA

Your Excellency Ambassador Amalia Mai, Plenipotentiary Representative to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM)
Deputy Secretary General
Assistant Secretar(ies)-General and other Members of Staff of the Secretariat
Members of the Media
Other Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen

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REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) ON THE OCCASION OF THE PRESENTATION OF CREDENTIALS BY HIS EXCELLENCY AMBASSADOR KOICHIRO SEKI, AMBASSADOR OF JAPAN TO TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO AND PLENIPOTENTIARY REPRESENTATIVE OF JAPAN TO THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, 15 JANUARY 2007, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA

Your Excellency Ambassador Koichiro SEKI, Plenipotentiary Representative of Japan to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM)
Deputy Secretary General
Assistant Secretar(ies)-General and other Members of Staff of the Secretariat
Representatives of the Embassy of Japan;
Mr. Tadaomi Nakai
Members of the Media

On behalf of the Member States of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), it is my distinct pleasure to welcome you to our Headquarters and to receive your Credentials appointing you as Japan’s Plenipotentiary Representative to the CARICOM.

REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) ON THE OCCASION OF THE PRESENTATION OF CREDENTIALS BY HIS EXCELLENCY AMBASSADOR KOICHIRO SEKI, AMBASSADOR OF JAPAN TO TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO AND PLENIPOTENTIARY REPRESENTATIVE OF JAPAN TO THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, 15 JANUARY 2007, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA

NEW YEAR’S MESSAGE BY H.E. EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), 31 DECEMBER 2006

As we welcome the New Year, 2007, as Secretary-General, I am confident that the Caribbean Community has erected a solid foundation towards achieving its goals.

2006 was a year of undoubted progress with far-reaching implications for Caribbean integration. It began on an historic note with the coming into being of the CARICOM Single Market on 1 January, with the entry into force of the Revised Treaty of Chaguaramas. This was a very significant milestone in the journey on which the Founding Fathers of CARIFTA embarked over a generation ago.

REMARKS BY AMBASSADOR LOLITA APPLEWHAITE, DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), ON THE OCCASION OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE FOR HAITI’S SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT,  30 NOVEMBER 2006, MADRID, SPAIN

Madame Chair

I would like first of all to thank the Government of Spain for hosting this International Conference on what is in reality the future of Haiti - its social and economic development. In providing this particular venue, La Casa de America, which is laden with symbolism, Spain has selected a location which is a worthy reflection of its increasingly key role in the development of the Caribbean region.

STATEMENT BY HIS EXCELLENCY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) ON THE OCCASION OF WORLD AIDS DAY, 1 DECEMBER 2006

THEME: KEEP THE PROMISE : STOP AIDS WITH A FOCUS ON 'ACCOUNTABILITY'

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Last year, the global community was confronted with a poignant call from the organizers of the World AIDS Day commemoration to “Keep the Promise: Stop AIDS”.

STATEMENT BY THE CHAIRMAN OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), THE HON. DR. DENZIL DOUGLAS, PRIME MINISTER OF SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS, ON THE OCCASION OF CARICOM-CUBA DAY, 8 DECEMBER 2006

I am deeply honoured to address the people of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and of Cuba, on this the 34th Anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Cuba and Members of the Caribbean Community. On that historic day in 1972, four independent CARICOM countries - Barbados, Guyana, Jamaica and Trinidad and Tobago - in a bold act of diplomacy and of strong commitment to the concept of the “oneness” of the Caribbean, established diplomatic relations with the Republic of Cuba. Since then, the CARICOM-Cuba relationship has been one of solidarity and fraternity.

EFFICIENCY VITAL TO HAITI’S SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) In order to complete the stabilisation of Haiti and set it on the path to social and economic development, there was need for efficiency, Deputy Secretary General, Her Excellency, Ambassador Lolita Applewhaite said.

The Deputy Secretary General made the observation during a Conference for Haiti’s Social and Economic Development held at La Casa de America in Madrid, Spain, on 29-30 November 2006.

KEYNOTE ADDRESS BY H.E. EDWIN CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) ON THE OCCASION OF THE UNFPA MEDIA AWARDS, 2 DECEMBER 2006, MONA, JAMAICA

Over the years I have learnt to take up any offer to hold hands with the media with a hint of trepidation. But this time around I feel safer as the chaperone is the United Nations. And even though not the blue helmets of the peacekeeping force, the United Nations Population Fund grants me enough cover to feel reasonably safe particularly as over the years we have had a close and fruitful co-operation relationship. We look forward to an even closer and more productive relationship in the face of the upcoming restructuring.

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