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Address by Dr. the Right Hon. Keith Mitchell, Prime Minister of Grenada, to the Opening Ceremony of the Thirty-Fourth Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of CARICOM, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, on Wednesday, July 3rd, 2013

Madam Prime Minister, it is a joy to be back in Port of Spain again.

We are grateful for the arrangements, and continued hospitality of your government and people. 

I will also like to thank the Secretary General and his staff at the CARICOM Secretariat for their arrangements for this meeting.

I return to this Heads of Government conference after five years, with the observance that we face the same challenges as before: only now the times are more difficult, and the need for solutions and actions more urgent.

SPEECH   BY PRIME MINISTER OF BARBADOS THE HON. FREUNDEL J. STUART, Q.C., M.P.  AT THE   COMMEMORATION EVENT AT THE CHAGUARAMAS CONVENTION CENTRE, CHAGUARAMAS 4 JULY 2013

Mr. Chairman,

Your Excellency, President of Trinidad and Tobago,

Honourable Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago,

Fellow Heads of Government,

Excellencies,

Distinguished guests,

Ladies and gentlemen.

Today is the 4th day of July, in the year of our Lord 2013. Forty years ago at this place, the Treaty of Chaguaramas was signed. Today, we try to re-enact what happened forty years ago.

Statement by Ambassador Lorne T. McDonnough Chief Executive Officer Of the CARICOM Development Fund At the SIGNING OF THE COUNTRY ASSISTANCE PROGRAMME AGREEMENT between the THE GOVERNMENT OF GUYANA and the CARICOM DEVELOPMENT FUND   HILTON HOTEL, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago

HE Donald Ramotar, President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana,Hon. Ashni Singh-Minister of Finance,Hon Carolyn Rodrigues-Berkett--Minister of Foreign Affairs,Hon. Robeson Benn, Minister of Public Works,Ladies and Gentlemen of the Press.

 

SPEECH   BY PRIME MINISTER OF BARBADOS THE HON. FREUNDEL J. STUART, Q.C., M.P.  AT THE   34TH CONFERENCE OF THE HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY Chaguaramas, Trinidad and Tobago

Mr. Chairman,
Your Excellency, President of Trinidad and Tobago,
Honourable Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago,
Fellow Heads of Government,
Excellencies,
Distinguished guests,
Ladies and gentlemen.
Today is the 4th day of July, in the year of our Lord 2013. Forty years ago at this place, the Treaty of Chaguaramas was signed. Today, we try to re-enact what happened forty years ago.

Remarks by the Rt. Hon. Perry Christie, MP Prime Minister of the Bahamas On the   Occasion of the Opening Ceremony Of the Thirty-Fourth Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government Of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM)  Port of Spain Trinidad and Tobago

I am pleased to be here in Trinidad and Tobago.  This is my third visit this year. It is a delight to be here once more. I must say however, well before this year I was familiar with Trinidad.  I spent many of my early years as a public figure visiting your fine country and enjoying the people and of course, Carnival.  

Let me say to you Mr. President and my colleague Prime Minister thank you for the kind hospitality which you have offered to me and my delegation on this visit and the previous visits that I made to your beautiful country.

Speech by the Most Hon. Portia Simpson-Miller, Prime Minister of Jamaica, On the Occasion of the Opening Ceremony Of the Thirty-Fourth Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government Of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM)  Port-of-Spain Trinidad and Tobago

Among the many things we the people of the Caribbean have in common is the warm and welcoming Caribbean Sea.  Its foamy crests embrace all our coastlines. Our island homes are set like tiny jewels amidst its crystal blue waters.  Yet each jewel is different – rare and precious –distinctive and diverse.  As Caribbean peoples, our similarities and our differences have origins in unique experiences of altered histories.

Address delivered by the Hon. Kamla Persad-Bissessar,  Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago,  And Chairman of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community   On the Occasion Of the   Opening Ceremony of the Thirty-Fourth Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government Of The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Port-of-Spain Trinidad and Tobago 3 July 2013

It is an extremely momentous occasion for me, my Government and the people of Trinidad and Tobago to welcome you to our beautiful twin island Republic on this historic observance of the 40th anniversary of the Caribbean Community and the convening of the 34th Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community. The citizens of Trinidad and Tobago join with me in extending our genuine “Trinbagonian” hospitality; a warmth that is a feature of the Region.

REMARKS BY THE PRIME MINISTER OF TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, THE HONOURABLE KAMLA PERSAD-BISSESSAR, SC AT THE RE-ENACTMENT OF THE SIGNING OF THE TREATY OF CHAGUARAMAS THURSDAY 4TH JULY 2013 CHAGUARAMAS

It is with immense pleasure and a deep sense of Caribbean patriotism that I welcome my sisters and brothers of the region to this most historic occasion.

Forty (40) years ago on this day, the founding fathers of the region executed what is perhaps, the most significant accord that would govern the relationship of the nation-states which comprise the Caribbean Community.

There can be no doubt that the historic signing of July 4th 1973, was preceded by long and meticulous study, debate and articulation towards the final product; the Treaty of Chaguaramas.

MESSAGE FROM THE SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY,  AMBASSADOR IRWIN LAROCQUE ON THE OCCASION OF THE FORTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM)

Forty years ago, an air of expectation and spirit of hope filled the Caribbean air.  The Commonwealth Caribbean had made the move from the free trade area of Dickenson Bay to the Community and Common Market of Chaguaramas.  The Georgetown Accord had been transformed into the Treaty of Chaguaramas and a new era of deepened integration had begun.

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