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OPTIMAL INTEGRATION IN THE CARIBBEAN : ADDRESS BY DR. THE HON. RALPH E. GONSALVES, PRIME MINISTER, ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES, AT THE OPENING OF THE 32ND MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, 1-4 JULY 2011, BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS AND NEVIS

​Our undoubted quest is for an optimal integration of the Caribbean. This is a great cause and has been so for generations. Great causes have never been won by doubtful men and women. Despite the challenges and criss-crossing contradictions which may threaten to undermine our quest of this great cause, we ought never as a Caribbean people to succumb to any debilitating self-doubt about deepening or widening our regional integration enterprise.

REMARKS BY THE HONOURABLE W. BALDWIN SPENCER, PRIME MINISTER AND MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA, AT THE CONFERENCE OF STUDENTS ENGAGING THE CSME THROUGH FIELD PROMOTION, 16-17 JUNE 2011, ST. JOHN’S, ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA

​      I am honoured to welcome you to Antigua and Barbuda and indeed to this final conference of the Students Engaging the CSME through Field Promotion project. Antigua and Barbuda is delighted to have been chosen to be part of this activity on two occasions. To the students from Grenada who journeyed to Antigua in 2009 as part of the earlier phase of this project, I extend a very warm welcome back.

REMARKS BY AMBASSADOR IRWIN LAROCQUE, ASSISTANT SECRETARY-GENERAL, TRADE AND ECONOMIC INTEGRATION, CARICOM SECRETARIAT, AT THE CONFERENCE OF STUDENTS ENGAGING THE CSME THROUGH FIELD PROMOTION, 16-17 JUNE 2011, ST. JOHN’S, ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA

​I am pleased to welcome you to this Conference of Students Engaging the CSME through Field Promotion. I wish to extend a special welcome to the Students whose work over the last two years culminates here in Antigua and Barbuda. During the life of this project, about two hundred and eighty (280) students travelled from their homes to other Member States of the Community to experience the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) and to gain first hand knowledge of the opportunities which it presents. Most, if not all of you here today, would have participated in those missions.

REMARKS BY AMBASSADOR LOLITA APPLEWHAITE, SECRETARY-GENERAL (AG.), CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), ON THE OCCASION OF THE SECOND ANNUAL PARTNERS’ MEETING OF THE CARIBBEAN PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY (CARPHA), 13 JUNE 2011, WASHINGTON, DC, USA

​Chairman, Dr. the Honourable Leslie Ramsammy, Minister of Health, Republic of Guyana

Honourable Dr. Denzil Douglas, Prime Minister of St Kitts and Nevis and CARICOM Lead Head of Government for Human Resources, Health and HIV/AIDS Senator the Honourable Therese Baptiste-Cornelis, Minister of Health, Republic of Trinidad and Tobago Dr. Mirta Roses, Director, Pan-American Health Organisation (PAHO) Dr. Edward Greene, Special Adviser, Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA) Development Partners

REMARKS BY H.E. ALEXIS ROSADO, CHAIRMAN, AT THE OPENING OF THE FIRST MEETING OF THE TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE UNDER THE CARIFORUM-EU ECONOMIC PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT (EPA), 9-10 JUNE 2011, BRIDGETOWN, BARBADOS

​Let me begin by recognizing Barbados, our gracious hosts. I want to thank our hosts for the excellent arrangements put in place for this historic Meeting.

Barbados is known for its warmth and hospitality, and so we are happy to be here.

I want to welcome all here to the opening of this First Meeting of the Trade and Development Committee under the CARIFORUM-EU Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA).

Remarks by Ambassador Lolita Applewhaite, Secretary - General (ag) Caribbean Community (CARICOM) On the Occasion Of the Thirty – Second Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED)

The myriad issues before this Thirty-Second Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) speak to the breadth and depth of the regional integration movement and its impact on the everyday life of the citizens of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM).
The discussions are taking place in what continues to be a difficult environment in the Region as a result of the global economic and financial crises, although there are some positive signs of recovery with some of our Member States being able to take advantage of the upturn in the
global economy.

REMARKS BY THE HON. DENZIL DOUGLAS, PRIME MINISTER OF ST-KITTS AND NEVIS, ON THE OCCASION OF THE OPENING OF THE FOURTEENTH MEETING OF COUNCIL OF FOREIGN AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS (COFCOR), 4-5 MAY 2011, ST. KITTS-NEVIS

​(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) We meet at a time of unprecedented global tumult. Before we are able to fully absorb the scope and implications of one social, economic, or natural disaster, another emerges, as if to test mankind’s ability to absorb and respond.

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