WELCOME BY SENATOR THE HONOURABLE MRS. HAZEL MANNING, MINISTER OF EDUCATION, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO, AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE SIXTH SPECIAL MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT (COHSOD), 31 MARCH 2003, PORT-OF-SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

I am delighted to welcome all of you who have honoured the invitation to this 6th Special Meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development. Your presence here, is fitting testimony to your commitment to the urgent need for us to work harmoniously together in facing the challenges of Human an...
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As can be evidenced from Guyana’s foreign policy, the Government has sought to deepen its bilateral relations with the countries of the Caribbean Community, its neighbours and those countries of the wider hemisphere.  As you are aware, we feel that we are strategically placed to play a pivotal role in working with sister Member States to deepen and expand CARICOM’s ties with other regional groupin

Apart from the selection and fortunes of the West Indies Cricket team, there is no other issue that evokes, in this region, a richer, more sustained, more fierce, and more misplaced commentary than the purposes and workings of the Caribbean Single Market and Economy.   In both instances, the de...
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ADDRESS BY THE MOST HON. P.J. PATTERSON, PRIME MINISTER OF JAMAICA AND OUTGOING CHAIRMAN OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) TO THE FIFTEENTH INTER-SESSIONAL MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, 25 MARCH 2004, BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS AND NEVIS

Mr. Chairman, Colleague Heads of State and Government, Honourable Ministers, Secretary General of CARICOM, Delegates, Ladies and Gentlemen, Introduction  Let me first express appreciation to the Government and people of St. Kitts/Nevis for so graciously accepting to host this important sessio...
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THE CARIBBEAN’S CREATIVE DIVERSITY : THE DEFINING POINT OF THE REGION’S HISTORY - LECTURE DELIVERED BY PROF. REX NETTLEFORD, VICE CHANCELLOR, UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES, 21 MARCH 2003, UNIVERSITY OF GUYANA, GUYANA SECOND LECTURE IN THE DISTINGUISHED LECTURE SERIES COMMEMORATING THE THIRTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY

An appreciation of the history of this region is critical to a fuller understanding of contemporary realities and future challenges. For the Caribbean shares in the great drama of the Americas of which it is an integral part, whereby new societies are shaped, new and delicately tuned sensibilities a...
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REMARKS BY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), AT THE OPENING OF THE FOURTEENTH INTER-SESSIONAL MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, 14 FEBRUARY 2003, PORT-OF-SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

Press release 30/2003 (14 February 2003) Good morning Ladies and Gentlemen Hon Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago Other Heads of Government Hon. Ministers of Government Distinguished Delegates to the 14th Inter-Sessional Meeting of the Conference Members of Parliament Your Excellencies, the Ambas...
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ADDRESS BY SENATOR THE HON. JULIAN R. HUNTE, OBE, MINISTER OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS, INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND CIVIL AVIATION, SAINT LUCIA, TO THE FOURTH MEETING OF THE ACP/EU JOINT MINISTERIAL TRADE COMMITTEE, 1 MARCH 2003, GROS ISLET, SAINT LUCIA

Co-presidents of the ACP-EU Joint Ministerial Trade Committee Hon. Prime Minister, Hon. Ministers, Delegates,  Invited guests,  Ladies and gentlemen. I wish to thank you all for being here today ;  I wish also, on behalf of the Government and people of St. Lucia,  to  e...
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