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REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY D. BRENT HARDT, AMBASSADOR OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, ON THE OCCASION OF THE PRESENTATION OF HIS CREDENTIALS TO AMBASSADOR IRWIN LAROCQUE, CARICOM SECRETARY-GENERAL, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA, 22 NOVEMBER 2011

​(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Your Excellency, Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, Secretary General of the Caribbean Community, Deputy Secretary General, other members of the CARICOM Secretariat, U.S. Embassy colleagues, members of the media, ladies and gentlemen, I am honored to serve as the United States of America’s fourth Plenipotentiary Representative to the Caribbean Community.

REMARKS BY AMBASSADOR IRWIN LAROCQUE, SECRETARY-GENERAL CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) ON THE OCCASION OF THE THIRTY-THIRD MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (COTED) 17 NOVEMBER 2011 GEORGETOWN, GUYANA

​(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Permit me first to recognize the presence of the Hon. Joseph Gilbert, Minister of the Environment, Foreign Trade and Export Development of Grenada at his first meeting of the COTED. I also wish to recognize the presence of Sir Edwin Carrington, Ambassador of Trinidad and Tobago to CARICOM and immediate past Secretary-General of CARICOM.

REMARKS BY SENATOR THE HONOURABLE MAXINE MCCLEAN, MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND FOREIGN TRADE OF BARBADOS, AND CHAIRMAN OF THE COTED, 17 NOVEMBER, 2011

​(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Let me start by officially welcoming Ambassador Irwin LaRocque to his first meeting of the COTED in his capacity as Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community. We are all aware of Ambassador LaRocque’s long-standing relationship with the COTED, first as the representative of Dominica and later as the Assistant Secretary-General for Trade and Economic Integration in the CARICOM Secretariat.

STATEMENT ON THE PRESENTATION OF CREDENTIALS BY HIS EXCELLENCY SIR EDWIN CARRINGTON, OCC, AMBASSADOR EXTRAORDINIARE AND PLENIPOTENTIARY REPRESENTATIVE OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO TO THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), WEDNESDAY 16 NOVEMBER 2011

​(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Good Morning. Mr. Secretary-General, my first and most enjoyable task today is to extend to you the warmest congratulations on your assumption of the office of Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community. We have worked together for many years and I know that in you, the Community is in very capable and committed hands. I wish you a most successful term of office.

REMARKS DELIVERED BY MS ASTONA BROWN PERMANENT SECRETARY, MINISTRY OF NATIONAL SECURITY, ST KITTS AND NEVIS AND CO-CHAIR OF THE CARIBBEAN BASIN SECURITY INITIATIVE (CBSI) COMMISSION AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE SECOND MEETING OF THE CBSI COMMISSION 13 OCTOBER 2011

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(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) I am particularly pleased to join in welcoming all our participants to the Second Meeting of the Caribbean Basin Security Commission and to state how grateful we are to the Government of Guyana for agreeing to host this year’s meeting and for the warm hospitality extended to the delegations represented here today.

REMARKS BY H.E. EDWIN WILBERFORCE CARRINGTON, SECRETARY GENERAL CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM),  AT THE CEREMONY BESTOWING ON HIM THE AWARD OF KNIGHT COMMANDER (AD HONOREM) OF THE MOST DISTINGUISHED ORDER OF THE NATION (KCN) , 05 NOVEMBER 2010, ST. JOHN’S, ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA

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       Today, Friday 5 November 2010, is, for me a very special and truly humbling experience. Allow me therefore to make the following brief remarks.

To have been bestowed with the Award of Knight Commander (ad honorem) of the Most Distinguished Order of the Nation (KCN), and moreso by such an esteemed personage as the Governor General of Antigua and Barbuda, Her Excellency Dame Louise Lake-Tack, makes this ceremony for me, an occasion of historic proportions.

Keynote Address By Ambassador Lolita Applewhaite Deputy Secretary-general Caribbean Community (CARICOM)

- On The Occasion Of The Opening Ceremony Of The First Award Of Excellence In Services Trinidad & Tobago 31 October 2011

​(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)We meet here this evening in these convivial surroundings to participate in the Opening Festivities of what I am sure will be an enlightening and productive observance of National Services Week, here in Trinidad and Tobago, and to recognise and celebrate the achievement of outstanding service providers, including our youth.

FEATURE ADDRESS BY SENATOR THE HONOURABLE HAYNESLEY BENN, MINISTER OF COMMERCE AND TRADE, BARBADOS, ON THE OCCASION OF THE COMMENCEMENT OF THE TRAINING SEMINAR ON CARICOM’S RAPID ALERT SYSTEM FOR EXCHANGE OF INFORMATION ON DANGEROUS CONSUMER GOODS: CSME UNIT NOVEMBER 1, 2011

​(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) It is with pleasure that I join with you this morning to deliver the feature address at this Seminar for the delivery of training on CARICOM’S Rapid Alert System for Dangerous Goods.

At the outset let me join those, who have preceded me and welcome you to Barbados for what promises to be an informative and educational session.

I would be remiss if I did not commend the CSME Unit and the European Union for their strong support and sponsorship of this seminar.

Opening Remarks By Dr. Philomen Harrison, Project Director, Regional Statistics, Caribbean Community Secretariat At The Thirty-sixth Meeting Of The Standing Committee Of Caribbean Statisticians (36th Sccs) 24-26 October 2011 And Twenty –first Meeting Of The Regional Census Coordinating Committee (21st Rccc) 27 October 2011

​(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)  It is an honour for me to greet you on behalf of the Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community, His Excellency Irwin LaRocque, on the occasion of the Thirty-Sixth Meeting of the Standing Committee of Caribbean Statisticians (36th SCCS) and the Twenty-First Meeting of the Regional Census Coordinating Committee (21st RCCC), which is being held in the Member State of Belize.

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