REMARKS BY AMBASSADOR IRWIN LAROCQUE, SECRETARY-GENERAL CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), ON THE OCCASION OF THE PRESENTATION OF CREDENTIALS BY HIS EXCELLENCY DAVID DEVINE PLENIPOTENTIARY REPRESENTATIVE OF CANADA TO THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY,  29 SEPTEMBER 2011 TURKEYEN, GREATER GEORGETOWN, GUYANA

​(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) It is my most distinct pleasure to receive today your Letters of Credence, accrediting you as Canada’s fifth Plenipotentiary Representative to the Caribbean Community. Excellency, the relationship between Canada and the membe...
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TRIBUTE TO HONOURABLE GEORGE PRICE, FORMER PRIME MINISTER OF BELIZE, BY THE SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY TO HAITI, THE MOST HONOURABLE PJ PATTERSON, OCC

​CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) George Price, chose to enter the political arena because he had a vision for what Belize could be. He embodied for the citizens of Belize what other visionary Caribbean leaders exemplified for their countries. The man who led Belize to inde...
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STATEMENT BY THE HON. SAMUEL HINDS, PRIME MINISTER OF GUYANA, ON THE OCCASION OF THE OPENING OF THE THIRTY-SEVENTH SPECIAL MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (COTED) - ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, CARICOM SECRETARIAT GEORGETOWN, GUYANA, 1-2 SEPTEMBER 2011

​I am indeed delighted to welcome you all to Guyana for this Thirty-Seventh Special Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) on Environment and Sustainable Development. Ladies and Gentlemen: It is indeed encouraging that we are meeting at this time to focus on this...
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REMARKS BY AMBASSADOR COLIN GRANDERSON, ASSISTANT SECRETARY-GENERAL, FOREIGN AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY SECRETARIAT, ON THE OCCASION OF THE OPENING OF THIRTY-SEVENTH SPECIAL MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (COTED)- ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT CARICOM SECRETARIAT GEORGETOWN, GUYANA 1 – 2 SEPTEMBER, 2011

​(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) It gives me great pleasure to welcome you to this Thirty-Seventh Special Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) on the Environment and Sustainable Development. Our new Secretary- General, Ambassador Irwin...
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REMARKS BY CHAIRMAN OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), HON. DR. DENZIL DOUGLAS, PRIME MINISTER OF ST. KITTS AND NEVIS, AT THE OPENING OF THIRD SUMMIT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY AND CENTRAL AMERICA INTEGRATION SYSTEM (SICA), SAN SALVADOR, EL SALVADOR, 19 AUGUST 2011

​(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Firstly, let me begin by extending warm congratulations and appreciation to the Government and People of the Republic of El Salvador and more specifically to you President Funes, for the excellent arrangements made for this Third Sum...
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STATEMENT BY AMBASSADOR LOLITA APPLEWHAITE, SECRETARY-GENERAL (AG), CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, AT THE OPENING OF THE SIXTH GENERAL MEETING OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, ITS ASSOCIATED INSTITUTIONS AND THE UNITED NATIONS SYSTEM, 28 JULY 2011, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA

​On behalf of the CARICOM Delegation, I wish to welcome you most warmly to the Headquarters of the CARICOM Secretariat on the occasion of the Sixth General Meeting of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and its Associated Institutions, and the United Nations (UN) System. It is indeed a pleasur...
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ADDRESS TO THE FOURTH MEETING OF THE SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, AND HEADS OF COMMUNITY INSTITUTIONS BY DR. THE HON. LESLIE RAMSAMMY, MINISTER OF HEALTH GUYANA, CHAIR, STEERING COMMITTEE OF CARPHA AND CHAIR, COUNCIL FOR HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, 27 JULY 2011, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA

​     I am pleased to address this gathering of representatives of CARICOM Institutions. As Chair of the Steering Committee for the Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA), I feel a sense of accomplishment to be able to speak on behalf of this new enterprise. The signing of the I...
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STATEMENT BY AMBASSADOR LOLITA APPLEWHAITE, ACTING SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM),  AT THE OPENING OF THE SECOND FORUM ON DONOR CO-OPERATION AND AID EFFECTIVENESS, 26 JULY 2011, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA

​(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) It is my pleasure to welcome you to this Second Forum on Donor Co-ordination and Aid Effectiveness. In so doing I wish to express the Community’s on-going solidarity with the Government and people of Japan as they continue th...
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Address By Her Excellency Ambassador Lolita Applewhaite, Secretary-general (AG.), Caribbean Community (CARICOM) At The Ceremonial Sitting Of The Caribbean Court Of Justice On The Demission of Office by The Rt. Hon. Mr. Justice Michael De La Bastide, T.C. A

​Today is for me, and I would hazard, for all of us here, an occasion charged with mixed emotions, those of sadness but also those of satisfaction. It is always a sad occasion to say farewell to someone; it is all the more so, when the object of these sentiments of “fare thee well” is a person of ...
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