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STATEMENT BY H.E. EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), ON THE OCCASION OF THE INAUGURATION OF THE CARICOM SINGLE DOMESTIC SPACE, 1 FEBRUARY 2007

The Single Domestic Space comprising 10 Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Member States will be inaugurated today. The Single Domestic Space was created to meet the challenges of Cricket World Cup 2007 which the Caribbean will host from March 4 to April 28. The Caribbean is the smallest region to host such a mega-event.

To mark the historic occasion, CARICOM Secretary General His Excellency Edwin Carrington has issued the following statement:

My friends of the Caribbean Community,

Today is an historic day for us as we inaugurate the CARICOM Single Domestic Space (SDS).

STATEMENT BY H.E. EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), ON THE OCCASION OF THE INAUGURATION OF THE CARICOM SINGLE DOMESTIC SPACE, 1 FEBRUARY 2007

The Single Domestic Space comprising 10 Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Member States will be inaugurated today. The Single Domestic Space was created to meet the challenges of Cricket World Cup 2007 which the Caribbean will host from March 4 to April 28. The Caribbean is the smallest region to host such a mega-event.

To mark the historic occasion, CARICOM Secretary General His Excellency Edwin Carrington has issued the following statement:

My friends of the Caribbean Community,

JOINT STATEMENT OF THE FOURTH GENERAL MEETING BETWEEN REPRESENTATIVES OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) AND THE UNITED NATIONS SYSTEM, 25-26 JANUARY 2007,  TURKEYEN, GREATER GEORGETOWN, GUYANA

1. The Fourth General Meeting between the United Nations system and the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat and its associated institutions was convened at the CARICOM Secretariat in Guyana during 25-26 January 2007. The UN delegation was led by the Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Jomo Kwame Sundaram, Assistant Secretary General for Economic Development in the Department of Economic and Social Affairs. The delegation of the Caribbean Community was led by Ambassador Lolita Applewhaite, Deputy Secretary-General.

MESSAGE DELIVERED BY MR. KWAME SUNDARAM JOMO, ASSISTANT SECRETARY-GENERAL, DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS OF THE UNITED NATIONS (UN), ON BEHALF OF THE UN SECRETARY-GENERAL, AT THE OPENING OF THE FOURTH GENERAL MEETING BETWEEN THE UNITED NATIONS AND THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY,  25 JANUARY 2007, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA

I am delighted to send my warmest greetings to all participants in the Fourth General Meeting between representatives of the Caribbean Community and the United Nations.

CARICOM is an important contributor to the UN’s work in the Caribbean region. The UN, for its part, remains strongly committed to helping your members address concerns like poverty, drug trafficking, crime and HIV/AIDS. This meeting offers an opportunity to discuss ways to strengthen our cooperation, and to explore other areas of mutual interest.

MORE MEMBER STATES USING THE NEW CARICOM PASSPORT

CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Come Monday, 29 January, 2007, Grenada will become the eighth Member State to have introduced the CARICOM Passport.

The introduction by Grenada means that more than half of the 15-member Caribbean Community will have introduced the CARICOM Passport to nationals.

On Thursday, 24 January 2007, the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago became the seventh Member State and the second country since 2007 to have introduced its CARICOM Passport.

MESSAGE DELIVERED BY MR. KWAME SUNDARAM JOMO, ASSISTANT SECRETARY-GENERAL, DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS OF THE UNITED NATIONS (UN), ON BEHALF OF THE UN SECRETARY-GENERAL, AT THE OPENING OF THE FOURTH GENERAL MEETING BETWEEN THE UNITED NATIONS AND THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY,  25 JANUARY 2007, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA

I am delighted to send my warmest greetings to all participants in the fourth general meeting between representatives of the Caribbean Community and the United Nations.

CARICOM is an important contributor to the UN’s work in the Caribbean region. The UN, for its part, remains strongly committed to helping your members address concerns like poverty, drug trafficking, crime and HIV/AIDS. This meeting offers an opportunity to discuss ways to strengthen our cooperation, and to explore other areas of mutual interest.

REMARKS BY HIS EXCELLENCY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), ON THE OCCASION OF THE OPENING SESSION OF THE NINETEENTH MEETING OF THE COMMUNITY COUNCIL OF MINISTERS,  19 JANUARY 2007, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA

Press release 11/2007
(19 January 2007)

Mr, Chairman, the Hon Sir Louis Straker, Minister of Foreign Affairs of St Vincent and the Grenadines
Other Honourable Ministers
Your Excellencies Ambassadors to the Caribbean Community
Distinguished Delegates
Deputy Secretary-General and Staff of the Secretariat
Ladies and Gentlemen
Members of the media

REMARKS BY THE HON. SIR LOUIS STRAKER, CHAIRMAN OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) COUNCIL OF MINISTERS AND DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER AND MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, COMMERCE AND TRADE, ST VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES, ON THE OCCASION OF THE OPENING SESSION OF THE NINETEENTH MEETING OF THE COMMUNITY COUNCIL OF MINISTERS, 19 JANUARY 2007,  GEORGETOWN, GUYANA

Honourable Ministers
Secretary-General
Your Excellencies Ambassadors to the Caribbean Community
Distinguished Delegates
Deputy Secretary-General and Staff of the Secretariat
Ladies and Gentlemen
Members of the Media

I feel privileged to address you this morning as Chairman of the Caribbean Community Council of Ministers. As I said at another forum yesterday evening, I am glad to be back home in this Council after a hiatus in another place.

REMARKS BY THE HON. SIR LOUIS STRAKER, CHAIRMAN OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) COUNCIL OF MINISTERS AND DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER AND MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, COMMERCE AND TRADE, ST VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES, ON THE OCCASION OF THE OPENING SESSION OF THE NINETEENTH MEETING OF THE COMMUNITY COUNCIL OF MINISTERS, 19 JANUARY 2007,  GEORGETOWN, GUYANA

Honourable Ministers
Secretary-General
Your Excellencies Ambassadors to the Caribbean Community
Distinguished Delegates
Deputy Secretary-General and Staff of the Secretariat
Ladies and Gentlemen
Members of the Media

I feel privileged to address you this morning as Chairman of the Caribbean Community Council of Ministers. As I said at another forum yesterday evening, I am glad to be back home in this Council after a hiatus in another place.

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