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REMARKS BY HONOURABLE THEODORE BRENT SYMONETTE, CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMUNITY COUNCIL AND DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER AND MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE BAHAMAS, ON THE OCCASION OF THE OPENING OF THE TWENTY-SECOND MEETING OF THE COMMUNITY COUNCIL, 6 JUNE 2008, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA

Secretary–General
Colleague Ministers
Other Representatives of Member States
Staff of the CARICOM Secretariat
Representatives of the Media

Thank you for your warm welcome on this my first visit to Guyana. I know I shall enjoy my short stay in this beautiful country. I am also, as Chairman of this Council, in the interesting position of having to welcome the host Minster, Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett of Guyana, to her first meeting of Community Council. Welcome, Minister!

STATEMENT BY HIS EXCELLENCY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) ON THE OCCASION OF THE OPENING OF THE REGIONAL AGRICULTURE INVESTMENT FORUM, 6-7 JUNE 2008, LILIENDAAL, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA

His Excellency the President of Guyana
The Hon. Prime Minister of Guyana
The Deputy Prime Minister of the Bahamas
Cabinet Ministers of Guyana and other Honourable Ministers of Government of the Caribbean Community
Members of the Diplomatic Corps
Mr. James Moss-Solomon, Chairman, and other Members of the Task Force
Members of the Private Sector
Deputy Secretary-General and other members of the Executive Management of the CARICOM Secretariat
Other Distinguished Participants
Representatives of the Media
Ladies and Gentlemen

STATEMENT BY H.E. DENIS KELLMAN, AMBASSADOR OF BARBADOS TO CARICOM ON THE OCCASION OF HIS PRESENTATION OF CREDENTIALS, 06 JUNE 2008, TURKEYEN, GREATER GEORGETOWN, GUYANA

Secretary-General,
Madam Deputy Secretary-General,
Members of staff of the Secretariat,
Colleagues,

It is a great honour for me to have been appointed by Prime Minister David Thompson to be Barbados’ Ambassador to CARICOM and to be welcomed formally today into the CARICOM family.

Let me begin by underlining Barbados’ unwavering commitment to the regional integration movement. Most recently, at his inaugural speech at the 19th Intersessional Meeting of the Conference of CARICOM Heads, Prime Minister Thompson made clear from the outset that:

REMARKS BY HONOURABLE THEODORE BRENT SYMONETTE, CHAIRMAN OF THE COMMUNITY COUNCIL AND DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER AND MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE BAHAMAS, ON THE OCCASION OF THE OPENING OF THE TWENTY-SECOND MEETING OF THE COMMUNITY COUNCIL, 6 JUNE 2008, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA

Secretary–General
Colleague Ministers
Other Representatives of Member States
Staff of the CARICOM Secretariat
Representatives of the Media

Thank you for your warm welcome on this my first visit to Guyana. I know I shall enjoy my short stay in this beautiful country. I am also, as Chairman of this Council, in the interesting position of having to welcome the host Minster, Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett of Guyana, to her first meeting of Community Council. Welcome, Minister!

STATEMENT BY HIS EXCELLENCY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) ON THE OCCASION OF THE OPENING OF THE REGIONAL AGRICULTURE INVESTMENT FORUM, 6-7 JUNE 2008, LILIENDAAL, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA

His Excellency the President of Guyana
The Hon. Prime Minister of Guyana
The Deputy Prime Minister of the Bahamas
Cabinet Ministers of Guyana and other Honourable Ministers of Government of the Caribbean Community
Members of the Diplomatic Corps
Mr. James Moss-Solomon, Chairman, and other Members of the Task Force
Members of the Private Sector
Deputy Secretary-General and other members of the Executive Management of the CARICOM Secretariat
Other Distinguished Participants
Representatives of the Media
Ladies and Gentlemen

STATEMENT BY H.E. DENIS KELLMAN, AMBASSADOR OF BARBADOS TO CARICOM ON THE OCCASION OF HIS PRESENTATION OF CREDENTIALS, 06 JUNE 2008, TURKEYEN, GREATER GEORGETOWN, GUYANA

Secretary-General,
Madam Deputy Secretary-General,
Members of staff of the Secretariat,
Colleagues,

It is a great honour for me to have been appointed by Prime Minister David Thompson to be Barbados’ Ambassador to CARICOM and to be welcomed formally today into the CARICOM family.

Let me begin by underlining Barbados’ unwavering commitment to the regional integration movement. Most recently, at his inaugural speech at the 19th Intersessional Meeting of the Conference of CARICOM Heads, Prime Minister Thompson made clear from the outset that:

STATEMENT BY HIS EXCELLENCY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON SECRETARY-GENERAL , CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), ON THE OCCASION OF THE TWENTY-SECOND MEETING OF THE COMMUNITY COUNCIL OF MINISTERS, 6 JUNE 2008, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA

Mr. Chairman - the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of The Bahamas
Other Honourable Ministers
Their Excellencies Ambassadors to the Caribbean Community
Deputy Secretary-General and other members of the Executive Management of the CARICOM Secretariat
Distinguished Delegates
Representatives of the Media
Ladies and Gentlemen

As Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community, (CARICOM) may I welcome you to this the Twenty-Second Meeting of the Community Council of Ministers, the second highest Organ of the Community.

CARICOM HIV/AIDS EDUTAINMENT PROJECT PLAY OPENS IN SAINT LUCIA

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean HIV and AIDS Edutainment Project under the Caribbean Community Secretariat (CARICOM), the Pan Caribbean Partnership Against HIV and AIDS (PANCAP) Programme is to stage its first theatre production at the Grotto at Samaan’s Park, Castries, Saint Lucia on 6 June 2008.

ADDRESS BY DR. THE HON. LESLIE RAMSAMMY, PRESIDENT OF THE WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY,  AT THE OPENING SESSION OF THE 61ST WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY, 19-24 MAY 2008, GENEVA, SWITZERLAND

Vice Presidents of the 61st World Health Assembly Director General, Dr. Margaret Chan Colleague Ministers of Health Excellencies Distinguished Delegates Ladies and Gentlemen This is not merely a personal honour. I am from Guyana and from the Caribbean Community. I proudly assume the Presidency of this august body, doing so as a representative of the CARICOM Region and the countries of American Region (AMRO) of the WHO. I am eternally grateful to all of you for honouring me, my country and the Region I represent. Thank you. Gracias, Muchas Gracias. Merci beaucoup. Obrigado. Spasibo. Skukran.
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