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 ...
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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 ...
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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

​     (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...
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REMARKS BY AMBASSADOR COLIN GRANDERSON ASSISTANT SECRETARY-GENERAL FOREIGN AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) SECRETARIAT AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE TECHNICAL MEETING OF CIVIL SOCIETY AND GOVERNMENT REPRESENTATIVES OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) PARAMARIBO, SURINAME 7-8

​(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Good morning, Happy Eid Ul Adha.I wish to first of all to express the CARICOM Secretariat’s deep appreciation to the Government and People of Suriname for graciously hosting this important meeting and for their warm hospitality and excelle...
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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

​        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...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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REMARKS DELIVERED BY MR. GLENN AVILEZ, DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF THE STATISTICAL INSTITUTE OF BELIZE, AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE THIRTY-SIXTH MEETING OF THE STANDING COMMITTEE OF CARIBBEAN STATISTICIANS, TWENTY-FIRST MEETING OF THE REGIONAL CENSUS COORDINATING COMMITTEE AND THE FOURTH REGIONAL STATISTICS RESEARCH SEMINAR 24 OCTOBER 2011 BELIZE CITY, BELIZE

​(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) A pleasant good morning, On behalf of the Government and people of Belize as well as the board of directors, management and staff of the Statistical Institute of Belize, it gives me great pleasure to welcome all of you to the opening...
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