US AND CARIBBEAN TRADE LINKAGES : FOSTERING PARTNERSHIPS FOR THE 21ST CENTURY : SPEECH BY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, AT THE FOURTEENTH ANNUAL ENTREPRENEURS OF THE YEAR GALA ORGANISED BY THE CARIBBEAN AMERICAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY, 22 APRIL 1999

I would like to begin by expressing my appreciation to the Caribbean American Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CACCI) for the honour of having selected me as its 1999 "Caribbean Roving Ambassador". This has confirmed what my wife has long thought of my perpetual travelling. On a more serious note, ...
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CARICOM: Toward Making the Caribbean Whole - By Edwin W. Carrington, Condensed version of the keynote address delivered to the 7th Annual North-East regional Caribbean Students Conference,  at MIT, on April 2, 1999

Introduction As Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community I wish to express my appreciation to the North East regional Caribbean Students Conference for inviting me to deliver the keynote address at the last such Conference of this Century. I consider it not only an honour but my duty to be here....
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BRIEF REMARKS BY MR. EDWIN CARRINGTON, SECRETARY GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY AT THE OPENING SESSION OF THE FOURTH CARICOM-CENTRAL AMERICA MINISTERIAL MEETING ,  22 MARCH 1999, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA

Your Excellency the President of Guyana, Your Excellency the Vice-President of Costa Rica; Hon. Prime Minister of Guyana; Honourable Ministers of CARICOM, Central America and the Dominican Republic; Distinguished Secretaries-General; Delegates; Members of the Diplomatic Corps; Distinguished Guests; ...
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ADDRESS BY MR. EDUARDO MONTEALEGRER,  MINISTER OF FOREIGN RELATIONS OF THE REPUBLIC OF NICARAGUA,  AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE FOURTH CARICOM-CENTRAL AMERICA MINISTERIAL MEETING, 22 MARCH, 1999, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA

Her Excellency Mrs. Janet Jagan, President of the Republic of the Republic of Guyana. His Excellence Mr. Errol Snijders, Foreign Affairs Minister of the Republic of Suriname, Co-Chairman of the Fourth Ministerial Meeting, Esteemed Heads of Delegations of the member countries of the Caribbean Communi...
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ADDRESS DELIVERED BY H.E. ERROLL G. SNIJDERS, MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS FO THE REPUBLIC OF SURINAME AND CHAIRMAN OF THE COUNCIL FOR FOREIGN AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM)  AT THE OPENING OF THE FOURTH CARICOM-CENTRAL AMERICA MINISTERIAL MEETING, 22 MARCH 1999, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA

Excellency President Janet Jagan, Esteemed Colleagues, Distinguished Secretaries General, Delegates and Special Invitees, Ladies and Gentlemen, In the spirit of our growing awareness of the existing linkages between our countries, our regions and in the world, it is my distinct pleasure and honour ...
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PRESENTATION BY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) AT THE TENTH INTER-SESSIONAL MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, 4-5 MARCH 1999, PARAMARIBO, SURINAME

It is for me an honour, a privilege and a pleasure to be part of this historic occasion which the holding of the 10th Inter-sessional Meeting of the Conference of the Heads of Government in Suriname represents. My essential task this morning is to chair this Opening Session of that event. In doing s...
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Address delivered by Edwin Carrington,  Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM),  at the Opening Ceremony of the Tenth Inter-Sessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community,  4 March 1999, Paramaribo, Suriname

Your Excellency Jules Wijdenbosch, President of Suriname Chairman of the Caribbean Community Other distinguished Heads of State and Government Vice President of Suriname Speaker of the National Assembly Hon. Ministers Members of the Assembly Members of the Diplomatic Corps Other distinguished guest...
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