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Statement   by   the Honourable Gaston Browne Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda and Minister of Finance and Corporate Governance On the occasion of   the Third International Conference on Financing For Development

Prime Minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia

Minister of Finance of Ethiopia

Mr. Ban Ki-Moon, the United Nations Secretary-General

Mr. Sam Kutesa, President of the UN General Assembly

Distinguished Heads, Ministers, Excellences

Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen,

 

Mr. President,

I stand before you as a representative of a small island state.

 

Better than most, my people know that access to finance is one of the most significant obstacles to our development.

 

Opening speech from H.E. Mr Jean Asselborn, Minister of Foreign and European Affairs of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

Honourable Minister of Economic Development and Trade of Grenada and CARIFORUM High Representative,

Honourable Ministers,

Your Excellencies the Ambassadors and Other Representatives of CARIFORUM States,

Distinguished Members of National Delegations,

Distinguished Director General of CARIFORUM,

Ladies and Gentlemen,

It is my pleasure to be here in Georgetown, Guyana for the third meeting of the Joint CARIFORUM - EU EPA Council.

I am much honoured to represent the EU side in this meeting alongside Commissioner Cecilia Malmström.

At Ethiopia Conference, SG focuses on concessionary financing, debt

The Community recognises that the challenges of development are deep-seated. Significant resources and appropriate and mutually reinforcing policies at national, regional and international levels are required to address the difficulties facing developing countries. CARICOM Member States, therefore, continue to maintain their commitment to regional integration as the platform for securing inclusive sustainable growth.

 

Statement By H.E. Honourable Frederick A. Mitchell, M.P., Minister of Foreign Affairs and Immigration, The Bahamas At the Third International Conference on Financing for Development Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 14 July, 2015

Allow me first to join previous speakers in expressing my sincere gratitude to the Government and people of Ethiopia for the warm hospitality my delegation and I have received since our arrival in this beautiful city of Addis Ababa. At home our brothers and sisters in locks dream of coming to this city.  It looms large in their imagination.

 

Mr. President,

UN Secretary-General’s remarks at interactive session with youth of Caribbean region

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I am very honoured to be at the University of the West Indies.

I am delighted to see so many young people here and linked in via video.  I look forward to hearing from you. 

Later today, I will sit down with CARICOM leaders.  But in many ways, it is fitting that I meet with you first.

I know you may be worried about the economy, about the job market, about the future. 

I also know you are full of energy, ideas and solutions. 

Address by Prime Minister St Kitts- Nevis, Hon Dr. Timothy Harris, CARICOM Lead Head for Human Resources Health and HIV -Caribbean Launch of UNAIDS- Lancet Commission Report

Caribbean Launch of UNAIDS- Lancet Commission Report Defeating AIDS-Achieving sustainable health Address by Prime Minister  St Kitts- Nevis, Hon Dr. Timothy Harris,  CARICOM Lead Head for Human Resources Health and HIV

The UNAIDS-Lancet Report is indeed the high level analysis based on empirical evidence.  It makes us deeply aware that this disease HIV and AIDS is far from over. At the same time it provides the options from grasping opportunities to end this epidemic by 2030.

Remarks by the Hon. Perry G. Christie Prime Minister of The Commonwealth of the Bahamas and Outgoing Chairman Of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) At the Opening of The Thirty –Sixth Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government Of The Cari

I am pleased to be back in Barbados for this formal handing over ceremony of the Chair of the Caricom Community.  It has been an honour and a privilege for The Bahamas and for me personally to have served as its Chair.  I now pass the mantle onto the distinguished Prime Minister of Barbados.  I am certain that the community will be in excellent and capable hands.

 

I congratulate the new Heads of Government and Heads of State to this forum and join in welcoming them.   I pledge to work with all of you for the betterment of our community.

Address by Dr. the Honourable Timothy Harris Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis At the Opening Of The Thirty –Sixth Regular Meeting Of the   Conference Of Heads Of Government Of The Caribbean Community   Bridgetown, BARBADOS 2 JULY 2014

It is indeed a great pleasure and an honour for me to address this distinguished gathering on behalf of the people of St.Kitts and Nevis. A strong spirit of fraternity and kinship has been fostered among Caribbean leadership for more than four decades, especially among the tiny group of officials, technocrats, experts and academicians who frequent our Caricom Summits and meetings. 

 

St.Kitts and Nevis

 

Continue to be voices of the vulnerable – UN SG tells CARICOM

Praising the Caribbean as a place of ideas, examples and solutions, United Nations (UN) Secretary-General, Ban Ki-Moon on Thursday called on the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to be voices of the vulnerable in the Region and beyond. He was at the time delivering remarks at the opening ceremony of the 36th Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the CARICOM now underway in Bridgetown, Barbados.

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