It is a pleasure for me to participate in this session on Leadership Uniting Vision and Purpose at this Eighth Annual General Meeting of the Pan Caribbean Partnership against HIV/AIDS (PANCAP).
Mr. Chairman
Hon. Rudyard Spencer, Minister of Health, Jamaica
Hon. John Fabien, Minister of Health and the Environment, Commonwealth of Dominica and Chair of the Regional Coordinating Mechanism of PANCAP
Ministers of Government and Parliamentarians of other Caribbean States
Dr. Edward Greene, Assistant Secretary-General, CARICOM Secretariat
Dr. Kevin Harvey, Chair of the Caribbean Coalition of National Programme Coordinators
Members of the Diplomatic Corps
Members of PANCAP
Members of the Media
Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The work towards the development of a regional Information and Communication and Technology for Development (ICT4D) strategy and Action Plan will continue when the members of the Regional ICT Steering Committee meets in Barbados 13-17 October.
Chairman
Senator Honourable Maxine Mc Clean, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office
Ms. Juanita Thorington-Poulett, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Finance, Economic Affairs and Energy
Mr Harold Robinson, Representative United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Office for the English and Dutch-speaking Caribbean
Professor Paul Cheung, Director United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD)
Representatives of National, Regional and International Organizations
Mrs Angela Hunte, Director of Statistics, Barbados Statistical Service (BSS)
Chairman
Senator Honourable Maxine Mc Clean, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office
Ms. Juanita Thorington-Poulett, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Finance, Economic Affairs and Energy
Mr Harold Robinson, Representative United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Office for the English and Dutch-speaking Caribbean
Professor Paul Cheung, Director United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD)
Representatives of National, Regional and International Organizations
Mrs Angela Hunte, Director of Statistics, Barbados Statistical Service (BSS)
Distinguished Members of the Regional Task Force on Cultural Industries
Staff of the CARICOM Secretariat
Representatives of the Media
As Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community, it is such a great pleasure for me to welcome you to the Headquarters of the CARICOM Secretariat for the Launch and Inaugural Meeting of the Regional Task Force on Cultural Industries.
Mr. Chairman
Fellow Panelists
Distinguished Guests
Ladies and Gentlemen
Introduction
Making an effective contribution to a panel discussion could be tricky proposition in that the audience could be quite bored with repetition, unless the presenters had previous consultation and reached an agreement among themselves on the allocation of different aspects of the subject matter.
Mr Chairman
The Honourable Christopher Sinckler, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and International Business of Barbados;
Other Ministers of Government and Heads of Delegation of the Member States of CARIFORUM and the European Community;
Your Excellency Jean Paul Dumont Representative of the Presidency of the European Union;
Mr Siim Kallas, Vice President of the European Commission;
Honourable Gareth Thomas, Under Secretary of State, United Kingdom;
Members of the Diplomatic Corps;
Mr Chairman
The Honourable Christopher Sinckler, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Foreign Trade and International Business of Barbados;
Other Ministers of Government and Heads of Delegation of the Member States of CARIFORUM and the European Community;
Your Excellency Jean Paul Dumont Representative of the Presidency of the European Union;
Mr Siim Kallas, Vice President of the European Commission;
Honourable Gareth Thomas, Under Secretary of State, United Kingdom;
Members of the Diplomatic Corps;
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) On 18-19 November, 2008, the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ministers of Education meet in Georgetown, Guyana, for a comprehensive review of the last ten years of the Community’s work in education.