CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) A $60 million (US) annual marketing campaign has been proposed by the Caribbean Community’s (CARICOM) Tourism Ministers to aid the regional industry.
Agreement to forge ahead with the campaign came at a Special Meeting of the CARICOM Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) on Tourism and Transportation held in Trinidad and Tobago recently.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) His Excellency Edwin Carrington and the Secretary of State in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Austria, Mr Hans Winkler, signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on CARICOM-Austria Co-operation on Saturday 27 September in New York, USA. The major areas of focus of the MOU will be disaster management and alternative energy.
When I was given this assignment yesterday, I assumed that, despite the title, I would be expected to take into account financial market developments in other areas of the world besides the USA. My presentation will therefore take the following form:
• Origins of the Crisis
• The Meltdown and Regulatory Response
• Global Contagion Effect and Recession Tendencies; and
• Impact on the Caribbean’s Financial and Non-Financial Sectors.
When I was given this assignment yesterday, I assumed that, despite the title, I would be expected to take into account financial market developments in other areas of the world besides the USA. My presentation will therefore take the following form:
• Origins of the Crisis
• The Meltdown and Regulatory Response
• Global Contagion Effect and Recession Tendencies; and
• Impact on the Caribbean’s Financial and Non-Financial Sectors.
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) One year ago, on 15 September, 2007, the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) held the World’s first ever Summit of Regional Leaders, to address the challenges of non-communicable diseases. These diseases are estimated to cause more that 50 percent of the World’s deaths.
Dr. Weggoro, Director, Productive and Social Sector of the East African Community Secretariat, and Head of the East African Community delegation;
Representatives from Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda;
Colleagues, staff of the CARICOM Secretariat including those of the CSME Unit in Barbados who are participating via Video Conference;
I am honoured to have the opportunity to welcome you today to the CARICOM Secretariat.
It is a great honour to be present at the opening of CARIFESTA X and a pleasure for me to be part of the exciting experience of this mega arts festival. I am also very happy, as Head of Government with lead responsibility for Culture, Youth, Gender and Sport in the Quasi-Cabinet of CARICOM to congratulate His Excellency President Bharrat Jagdeo and the People of the Republic of Guyana for bringing the Caribbean Festival of Arts (CARIFESTA) back to the place where it originated thirty-six years ago.