Your Excellency, it is a pleasure for me, on this historic occasion to accept your Credentials accrediting you as the first Plenipotentiary Representative and the Apostolic Nuncio of the Holy See to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM).
A two-day meeting of the Regional Services Programme Advisory Committee began Monday morning at the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana.
Among the matters participants will address are the strategic and action plans for cultural and entertainment services, sport, information and communication technologies services, education services, health and wellness services, professional and financial services; and the state of funding under the 10th EDF.
The United Nations (UN) has lauded the lead role the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is taking in relation to Climate Change, Non Communicable Diseases and HIV and AIDS.
The most recent acknowledgement of the Community’s advocacy in those areas, came Friday morning during the brief opening ceremony of the Eighth General Meeting between CARICOM and the United Nations System at the CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary-General, Ambassador Irwin La Rocque, in Remarks to the Eighth General Meeting between CARICOM and its associated institutions and the United Nations (UN) System, today, 24 July, called for ‘strong collaborative action… to address urgently the criteria for access to concessional financing and the debt issue”.
It is my pleasure to welcome you all to the CARICOM Secretariat on the occasion of the Eighth General Meeting of the Caribbean Community, its Associate Institutions and the United Nations (UN) System.
A look at the overview of our co-operation reveals an impressive range of areas covered to assist the Community in its development efforts. I want to thank the UN and its Agencies for their support and look forward to the strengthening of our co-operation.
The Twenty-Seventh Meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD) on
(Education and Children) was convened under the theme: Safeguarding our Region’s Future: Reshaping education for the Twenty-First Century” at the CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Georgetown, Guyana on 16-17 July 2015. The meeting was chaired by the Hon. Shawn Richards, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education, Youth, Culture and Sport, St. Kitts and Nevis.
Prime Minister of the Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
Minister of Finance of Ethiopia
Mr. Ban Ki-Moon, the United Nations Secretary-General
Mr. Sam Kutesa, President of the UN General Assembly
Distinguished Heads, Ministers, Excellences
Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen,
Mr. President,
I stand before you as a representative of a small island state.
Better than most, my people know that access to finance is one of the most significant obstacles to our development.
Honourable Minister of Economic Development and Trade of Grenada and CARIFORUM High Representative,
Honourable Ministers,
Your Excellencies the Ambassadors and Other Representatives of CARIFORUM States,
Distinguished Members of National Delegations,
Distinguished Director General of CARIFORUM,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
It is my pleasure to be here in Georgetown, Guyana for the third meeting of the Joint CARIFORUM - EU EPA Council.
I am much honoured to represent the EU side in this meeting alongside Commissioner Cecilia Malmström.
The Third Meeting of the Joint CARIFORUM-European Union (EU) Council under the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) took place in Georgetown, Guyana, on 16 July 2015. The Meeting was held under the chairmanship of Hon. Oliver Joseph, Minister of Economic Development, Planning, Trade, Cooperatives and International Business of Grenada.
Mrs. Cecilia Malmström, Commissioner for Trade, European Commission: Opening Speech to the Third Meeting of the Joint CARIFORUM-EU Council