Remarks by Ambassador Lolita Applewhaite, Secretary - General ( ag ) Caribbean Forum of A frican , Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) States (CARIFORUM ) At the Eighteenth Meeting of the Council of Ministers Of The Caribbean Forum of African , Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Stated ( CARIFORUM ) Belize

It is with pleasure that I welcome you to this Eighteenth Meeting of the Council of Ministers of the Caribbean Forum of the African Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) States (CARIFORUM). You have come together in fulfillment of the mandate of the 17th Meeting of the Council of Ministers last November wh...
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REMARKS BY AMBASSADOR LOLITA APPLEWHAITE, SECRETARY GENERAL (AG), CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), AT THE OPENING OF THE THIRTY-FIFTH SPECIAL MEETING OF THE COTED (ENERGY), 24 MARCH 2011, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA

​It gives me much pleasure to welcome you to this Thirty-Fifth Special Meting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED), which is devoted to Energy. This is indeed a special COTED as there has not been a Meeting of Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Energy Ministers for a long time ...
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REMARKS BY AMBASSADOR LOLITA APPLEWHAITE, SECRETARY-GENERAL (AG), CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), ON THE OCCASION OF THE PRESENTATION OF CREDENTIALS BY HIS EXCELLENCY JOAQUIN DE ARISTEQUI, PLENIPOTENTIARY REPRESENTATION OF SPAIN TO CARICOM, 23 MARCH 2011, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA

​It is a pleasure and honour for me to welcome everyone to this ceremony of the presentation of credentials accrediting you, Excellency, as the Kingdom of Spain’s Plenipotentiary Representative to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). Excellency, even as we bid a fond farewell and express...
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remarks by ambassador Lolita APPLEWHAITE, SECRETARY-GENERAL (AG), CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), ON THE OCCASION OF THE TWENTY-SECOND INTER-SESSIONAL MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, 25-26 FEBRUARY 2011, ST. GEORGE’S, GRENADA

​Mr. Chairman, Honourable Tillman Thomas, Prime Minister of Grenada Your Excellencies, the Presidents of Guyana and Suriname Other Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community Honourable Ministers Delegates Representatives of the Media Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen I welcome the Hea...
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REMARKS DELIVERED BY AMB. LOLITA APPLEWHAITE, DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) AT THE OPENING OF THE TWENTY-NINTH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (COTED), 8 FEBRUARY 2010, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA

  Chair of COTED Honourable Clifford Marica, Minister of Trade and Industry of Suriname Hon Carolyn Rodrigues-Berkett, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade of Guyana Other Hon. Ministers of Government Their Excellencies/Ambassadors to the Caribbean Community Other Heads of D...
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REMARKS DELIVERED BY AMBASSADOR LOLITA APPLEWHAITE, DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARICOM, ON BEHALF OF HIS EXCELLENCY EDWIN CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARICOM, AT THE OPENING OF THE THIRD MEETING OF SENIOR OFFICIALS ON CONTINGENT RIGHTS, 18-19 JANUARY 2010, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA

  As Secretary-General I want to welcome you to the headquarters of the CARICOM Secretariat, in particular those of you who may be here for the first time. You are here to begin a series of meetings scheduled for this week which will deal with matters pertaining to Contingent Rights, the outco...
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REMARKS BY AMBASSADOR LOLITA APPLEWHAITE, DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), ON THE OCCASION OF THE TWENTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CARIBBEAN TELECOMMUNICATIONS UNION (CTU), 28 APRIL 2009, PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

It is my pleasure to address this distinguished gathering, on behalf of the Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community, and to offer congratulations on this historic occasion of the Twentieth Anniversary of the Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU). The year 1989 was one in which events of spec...
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