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REMARKS DELIVERED BY THE HONOURABLE EVANS LESCOUFLAIR, MINISTER OF YOUTH, SPORT AND CIVIC ACTION, HAITI, ON THE OCCASION OF THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE THIRD MEETING OF THE CARICOM COMMISSION ON YOUTH DEVELOPMENT, 8 DECEMBER 2008, PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI

Members of the Haitian Government
Master Ambassador, Representative of the Bureau of CARICOM in Haiti
Master Director General of the Ministry, Youth and Sports and Civic Action
Master Co-Chair of the CARICOM Commission for the Development of Youth
Madam the Regional Director of UNICEF
Madam the Executive Director of IDEJEN
Madam, Master Ambassadors of Youth of Haiti to CARICOM
Directors and Upper Management of the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Civic Action
Representatives of Non-Governmental Organizations

REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL,  CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) ON THE OCCASION OF THE PRESENTATION OF CREDENTIALS BY HIS EXCELLENCY SUBIT KUMAR MANDAL PLENIPOTENTIARY REPRESENTATIVE OF INDIA TO THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, 5 DECEMBER 2008, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA

Your Excellency Subit Kumar Mandal, Plenipotentiary Representative of India to the Caribbean Community;
Deputy Secretary-General and other Members of Staff of the Secretariat of the Caribbean Community
Representatives of the Media

Good day to you all!

And a good day it is indeed, as it is one which gives me great pleasure as Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), to welcome you to this accreditation ceremony of His Excellency Subit Kumar Mandal, Plenipotentiary Representative of India to the Caribbean Community.

REMARKS DELIVERED BY GARFIELD BARNWELL, DIRECTOR, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) SECRETARIAT, AT THE OPENING OF THE SECOND PROJECT STEERING COMMITTEE MEETING OF THE CARIBBEAN RENEWABLE ENERGY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME (CREDP) - UNDER EXTENSION AND SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CREDP NATIONAL FOCAL POINTS, 4 DECEMBER 2008, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA

Mr. Didier Trebucq, Resident Representative, a.i of the UNDP, Guyana
Members of the Steering Committee and National Focal Points
Mr. Joseph Williams and the Staff of the Secretariat’s Energy Programme

I wish to use this opportunity on behalf of the CARICOM Secretary-General to welcome you all to this important joint Meeting of the Project Steering Committee and National Focal Points of the CREDP.

REMARKS DELIVERED BY GARFIELD BARNWELL, DIRECTOR, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) SECRETARIAT, AT THE OPENING OF THE SECOND PROJECT STEERING COMMITTEE MEETING OF THE CARIBBEAN RENEWABLE ENERGY DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME (CREDP) - UNDER EXTENSION AND SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CREDP NATIONAL FOCAL POINTS, 4 DECEMBER 2008, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA

Mr. Didier Trebucq, Resident Representative, a.i of the UNDP, Guyana
Members of the Steering Committee and National Focal Points
Mr. Joseph Williams and the Staff of the Secretariat’s Energy Programme

I wish to use this opportunity on behalf of the CARICOM Secretary-General to welcome you all to this important joint Meeting of the Project Steering Committee and National Focal Points of the CREDP.

MESSAGE BY THE HONOURABLE DR. DENZIL DOUGLAS, PRIME MINISTER OF ST. KITTS AND NEVIS AND CHAIR OF THE PAN CARIBBEAN PARTNERSHIP AGAINST HIV AND AIDS (PANCAP), ON WORLD AIDS DAY, 1 DECEMBER 2008

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)

Political Leadership is Critical to Ensuring Universal Access

World AIDS Day provides us all with an opportunity to reflect, celebrate and take stock of the mixed fortunes that are being experienced by the Caribbean Region, and indeed the world in their respective responses to the HIV and AIDS epidemic.

REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN FORUM OF AFRICAN, CARIBBEAN AND PACIFIC (ACP) STATES (CARIFORUM), ON THE OCCASION OF THE OPENING OF THE FIFTH MEETING OF THE CARIFORUM COUNCIL OF MINISTERS, 26 NOVEMBER 2008, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA

Dr. the Hon Henry Jeffrey, Minister of Foreign Trade and International Cooperation of Guyana and Chairman of this Fifth Meeting of the CARIFORUM Council of Ministers
Other Honourable Ministers
Other Heads of Delegation
Director General of the Caribbean Regional Negotiating Machinery
Distinguished Delegates
Ladies and Gentlemen

It is my special pleasure today as Secretary-General of the Caribbean Forum of African Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) States (CARIFORUM), to welcome you all to the Fifth Meeting of the CARIFORUM Council of Ministers.

REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN FORUM OF AFRICAN, CARIBBEAN AND PACIFIC (ACP) STATES (CARIFORUM), ON THE OCCASION OF THE OPENING OF THE FIFTH MEETING OF THE CARIFORUM COUNCIL OF MINISTERS, 26 NOVEMBER 2008, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA

Dr. the Hon Henry Jeffrey, Minister of Foreign Trade and International Cooperation of Guyana and Chairman of this Fifth Meeting of the CARIFORUM Council of Ministers
Other Honourable Ministers
Other Heads of Delegation
Director General of the Caribbean Regional Negotiating Machinery
Distinguished Delegates
Ladies and Gentlemen

It is my special pleasure today as Secretary-General of the Caribbean Forum of African Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) States (CARIFORUM), to welcome you all to the Fifth Meeting of the CARIFORUM Council of Ministers.

OPENING REMARKS BY THE HONOURABLE HENRY JEFFREY MINISTER OF FOREIGN TRADE AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION, GUYANA, AT THE FIFTH MEETING OF THE CARIBBEAN FORUM OF AFRICAN, CARIBBEAN AND PACIFIC (ACP) STATES (CARIFORUM) COUNCIL OF MINISTERS,  26 NOVEMBER 2008, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA

Honourable Ministers
Heads of Delegation
Secretary-General of CARIFORUM
Director-General CRNM
Officials of CARIFORUM States
Ladies and Gentlemen

It is my pleasure to welcome all of you to Guyana for this the Fifth Meeting of the CARIFORUM Council of Ministers. In many ways this is a unique moment.

REMARKS BY AMBASSADOR IRWIN LAROCQUE, ASSISTANT SECRETARY-GENERAL, TRADE AND ECONOMIC INTEGRATION, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) AT THE OPENING OF THE TWENTY-SIXTH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (COTED, 24 NOVEMBER 2008, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA

Madam Chairperson, Senator Maxine McLean, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Barbados
Dr. the Hon Henry Jeffrey, Minister of Foreign Trade and International Cooperation of Guyana
Other Honorable Ministers
Excellencies/Ambassadors to the Caribbean Community
Other Heads of Delegation
Representatives of International and Regional Organizations
Distinguished Delegates
Invited Guests
Members of Staff of the CARICOM Secretariat
Representatives of the Media
Ladies and Gentlemen