Your Excellency,  Prime Minister Jean Cretien,  Heads of States and Governments,  Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen.   Mr. Chairman I feel particularly privileged today to speak at this historic Summit that highlights the importance of the process of democracy and g...

I address you today in the name of the people of the Caribbean Community. In that spirit, I am pleased to recognise that the enterprise we are engaged in today in Quebec City began in the Caribbean almost two centuries ago. For it was in Jamaica in 1815 that the great apostle of freedom, Simon Boliv...

Mr President Let me first join my colleagues in expressing our appreciation to you and Secretary of State Powell for this opportunity to exchange views with you on issues of mutual importance. I have been asked to present our case with regard to the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Developm...

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) once again joins with the rest of the international community in commemorating the United Nations designated International Women's Day. This occasion provides an opportunity to recognize the significant role women have played in the life, livelihood and sustaina...

At the Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government in Georgetown, Guyana in July 1986, the then Prime Minister of Barbados, the Rt Hon Errol Barrow, asserted that it was the "collective wisdom" of the Caribbean people that would make for unity and integration within the Community. He was howeve...

Mr. Chairman His Excellency Governor General Sir Clifford Husbands Colleague Prime Ministers Cabinet Ministers Members of Parliament Secretary-General of CARICOM, Mr. Edwin Carrington Other Distinguished GuestsLadies and Gentlemen Mr. Chairman, I wish to express my gratitude for the warm welcome th...

This evening marks a momentous occasion in Caribbean legal history. We are gathered here to take a giant step towards the completion of psychological, political and judicial independence. The Agreement establishing the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) is now ready for signature by Heads of Governmen...

Colleague Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community; Honourable Ministers of Government of the Community; Your Excellency Dr Edwin Carrington; Sir Shridath Ramphal, CARICOM's Chief Negotiator; Other Heads of Delegations; Distinguished guests; Ladies and gentlemen: There is a particular privileg...

Chairman, The cultural history of the Caribbean reveals that its artists are usually the main repositories of its dreams and so, it is only fitting that the words of Saint Lucian poet Kendel Hippolyte should preface my remarks to you today. "Island in the sun my father's hand stained with your soil...

Introduction Salutation Chairman, The cultural history of the Caribbean reveals that its artists are usually the main repositories of its dreams and so, it is only fitting that the words of Saint Lucian poet Kendel Hippolyte should preface my remarks to you today. "Island in the sun my father's han...