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THREE CARICOM MINISTERIAL MEETINGS THIS WEEK

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Three Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ministerial Councils will meet this week as the Community intensifies its preparations for the 29th Regular Meeting of the Heads of Government to be held in Antigua and Barbuda in July.

HIGH LEVEL G77 PANEL PREPARES FOR UN MEETING

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The two-day meeting of the G77 High Level Panel of Eminent Personalities on a Development Platform for the South which took place in Antigua and Barbuda ended on Wednesday 30 April, 2008, with a comprehensive discussion on South-South co-operation.

WELCOME REMARKS BY AMBASSADOR COLIN GRANDERSON, ASSISTANT SECRETARY-GENERAL, FOREIGN AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, AT THE LAUNCH OF CARIFESTA X, 23 APRIL 2008, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA

His Excellency Bharrat Jagdeo, President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana
The Hon. Dr. Frank Anthony, Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport
Other Ministers of Government
Members of the Diplomatic Corps
Directors of Culture
Members of the Interim Festival Directorate of CARIFESTA
Members of the Artistic Community
Members of the Media
Ladies and Gentlemen

WELCOME REMARKS BY AMBASSADOR COLIN GRANDERSON, ASSISTANT SECRETARY-GENERAL, FOREIGN AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, AT THE LAUNCH OF CARIFESTA X, 23 APRIL 2008, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA

His Excellency Bharrat Jagdeo, President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana
The Hon. Dr. Frank Anthony, Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport
Other Ministers of Government
Members of the Diplomatic Corps
Directors of Culture
Members of the Interim Festival Directorate of CARIFESTA
Members of the Artistic Community
Members of the Media

OPENING REMARKS BY AMBASSADOR IRWIN LAROCQUE, ASSISTANT SECRETARY-GENERAL, TRADE AND ECONOMIC INTEGRATION, CARICOM SECRETARIAT, TO THE FIRST MEETING OF CARIBBEAN PLANT HEALTH DIRECTORS, 23 APRIL 2008, TURKEYEN, GREATER GEORGETOWN, GUYANA

Chairperson,
Collaborative Partners - Food and Agriculture Organisation - Dr. Hesdie Grauwde, Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) - Mr. Ignatius Jean, United States Department of Agriculture /Animal and Plant Health International Services (USDA/APHIS) - Dr John Shaw, French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development (CIRAD) - Mr. Pierre-Yves Tycheney,
Participants from the non-CARICOM Countries,
Members and Associate Members of CARICOM,

Good morning.

WELCOME REMARKS BY DR. EDWARD GREENE, ASSISTANT SECRETARY GENERAL HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY SECRETARIAT, TO THE NINETEENTH MEETING OF THE REGIONAL CULTURAL COMMITTEE, 23 -25 APRIL 2008, LE RESSOUVENIR, EAST COAST DEMERARA, GUYANA

The Hon. Dr. Frank Anthony, Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport
The Hon. Junia Regrello, Parliamentary Secretary, Trinidad and Tobago
Distinguished delegates of the Ninteenth Regional Cultural Committee
Members of the Interim Festival Directorate
Members of Staff of the CARICOM Secretariat

OPENING REMARKS BY AMBASSADOR IRWIN LAROCQUE, ASSISTANT SECRETARY-GENERAL, TRADE AND ECONOMIC INTEGRATION, CARICOM SECRETARIAT, TO THE FIRST MEETING OF CARIBBEAN PLANT HEALTH DIRECTORS, 23 APRIL 2008, TURKEYEN, GREATER GEORGETOWN, GUYANA

Chairperson,
Collaborative Partners - Food and Agriculture Organisation - Dr. Hesdie Grauwde, Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) - Mr. Ignatius Jean, United States Department of Agriculture /Animal and Plant Health International Services (USDA/APHIS) - Dr John Shaw, French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development (CIRAD) - Mr. Pierre-Yves Tycheney,
Participants from the non-CARICOM Countries,
Members and Associate Members of CARICOM,

Good morning.

OPENING REMARKS BY AMBASSADOR IRWIN LAROCQUE, ASSISTANT SECRETARY-GENERAL, TRADE AND ECONOMIC INTEGRATION, CARICOM SECRETARIAT, TO THE FIRST MEETING OF CARIBBEAN PLANT HEALTH DIRECTORS, 23 APRIL 2008, TURKEYEN, GREATER GEORGETOWN, GUYANA

Chairperson,
Collaborative Partners - Food and Agriculture Organisation - Dr. Hesdie Grauwde, Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA) - Mr. Ignatius Jean, United States Department of Agriculture /Animal and Plant Health International Services (USDA/APHIS) - Dr John Shaw, French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development (CIRAD) - Mr. Pierre-Yves Tycheney,
Participants from the non-CARICOM Countries,
Members and Associate Members of CARICOM,

Good morning.

WELCOME REMARKS BY DR. EDWARD GREENE, ASSISTANT SECRETARY GENERAL HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY SECRETARIAT, TO THE NINETEENTH MEETING OF THE REGIONAL CULTURAL COMMITTEE, 23-25 APRIL 2008, LE RESSOUVENIR, EAST COAST DEMERARA, GUYANA

The Hon. Dr. Frank Anthony, Minister of Culture, Youth and Sport
The Hon. Junia Regrello, Parliamentary Secretary, Trinidad and Tobago
Distinguished delegates of the Ninteenth Regional Cultural Committee
Members of the Interim Festival Directorate
Members of Staff of the CARICOM Secretariat

SHAPING A CARIBBEAN ENVIRONMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCE POLICY FRAMEWORK IN A COMMUNITY FOR ALL : REMARKS BY DR EDWARD GREENE ASSISTANT SECRETARY-GENERAL, HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) SECRETARIAT , AT THE TWENTY-FIFTH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (COTED) (ENVIRONMENT), 17-18 APRIL 2008, LILIENDAAL, GREATER GEORGETOWN, GUYANA

This Twenty-Fifth Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) is significant as much for the fact that it is actually taking place, as it is for its ultimate goal in helping to fashion a Caribbean Environment and Natural Resource Policy Framework. This is not an easy task given the multifaceted ambit of environmental issues, its widespread impact on the social and political landscape and on the lives and livelihood of the citizens of the Caribbean, and indeed on the future of the Region as a whole.