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Heads place attention on persons with disabilities

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Heads of Government in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, for their Thirty-Fourth Regular Meeting, will place the spotlight on persons with disabilities and special needs as they consider Haiti’s proposal for a high level meeting on the issue.

At the opening of the Conference on Wednesday, at least two Heads of State made reference to the subject that they said was dear to the hearts.

SPEECH   BY PRIME MINISTER OF BARBADOS THE HON. FREUNDEL J. STUART, Q.C., M.P.  AT THE   34TH CONFERENCE OF THE HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY Chaguaramas, Trinidad and Tobago

Mr. Chairman,
Your Excellency, President of Trinidad and Tobago,
Honourable Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago,
Fellow Heads of Government,
Excellencies,
Distinguished guests,
Ladies and gentlemen.
Today is the 4th day of July, in the year of our Lord 2013. Forty years ago at this place, the Treaty of Chaguaramas was signed. Today, we try to re-enact what happened forty years ago.

Remarks by the Rt. Hon. Perry Christie, MP Prime Minister of the Bahamas On the   Occasion of the Opening Ceremony Of the Thirty-Fourth Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government Of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM)  Port of Spain Trinidad and Tobago

I am pleased to be here in Trinidad and Tobago.  This is my third visit this year. It is a delight to be here once more. I must say however, well before this year I was familiar with Trinidad.  I spent many of my early years as a public figure visiting your fine country and enjoying the people and of course, Carnival.  

Let me say to you Mr. President and my colleague Prime Minister thank you for the kind hospitality which you have offered to me and my delegation on this visit and the previous visits that I made to your beautiful country.

Speech by the Most Hon. Portia Simpson-Miller, Prime Minister of Jamaica, On the Occasion of the Opening Ceremony Of the Thirty-Fourth Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government Of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM)  Port-of-Spain Trinidad and Tobago

Among the many things we the people of the Caribbean have in common is the warm and welcoming Caribbean Sea.  Its foamy crests embrace all our coastlines. Our island homes are set like tiny jewels amidst its crystal blue waters.  Yet each jewel is different – rare and precious –distinctive and diverse.  As Caribbean peoples, our similarities and our differences have origins in unique experiences of altered histories.

National EPA Implementation Plans a Key Milestone

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     Gains have been made regarding Caribbean Forum of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (CARIFORUM) implementation of the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the European Union (EU), since the signing of the landmark trade and development accord by fourteen CARIFORUM States in October 2008 and by the fifteenth state, Haiti, in December 2009.

Address delivered by the Hon. Kamla Persad-Bissessar,  Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago,  And Chairman of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community   On the Occasion Of the   Opening Ceremony of the Thirty-Fourth Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government Of The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Port-of-Spain Trinidad and Tobago 3 July 2013

It is an extremely momentous occasion for me, my Government and the people of Trinidad and Tobago to welcome you to our beautiful twin island Republic on this historic observance of the 40th anniversary of the Caribbean Community and the convening of the 34th Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community. The citizens of Trinidad and Tobago join with me in extending our genuine “Trinbagonian” hospitality; a warmth that is a feature of the Region.

REMARKS BY THE PRIME MINISTER OF TRINIDAD & TOBAGO, THE HONOURABLE KAMLA PERSAD-BISSESSAR, SC AT THE RE-ENACTMENT OF THE SIGNING OF THE TREATY OF CHAGUARAMAS THURSDAY 4TH JULY 2013 CHAGUARAMAS

It is with immense pleasure and a deep sense of Caribbean patriotism that I welcome my sisters and brothers of the region to this most historic occasion.

Forty (40) years ago on this day, the founding fathers of the region executed what is perhaps, the most significant accord that would govern the relationship of the nation-states which comprise the Caribbean Community.

There can be no doubt that the historic signing of July 4th 1973, was preceded by long and meticulous study, debate and articulation towards the final product; the Treaty of Chaguaramas.

MESSAGE FROM THE SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY,  AMBASSADOR IRWIN LAROCQUE ON THE OCCASION OF THE FORTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM)

Forty years ago, an air of expectation and spirit of hope filled the Caribbean air.  The Commonwealth Caribbean had made the move from the free trade area of Dickenson Bay to the Community and Common Market of Chaguaramas.  The Georgetown Accord had been transformed into the Treaty of Chaguaramas and a new era of deepened integration had begun.

Remarks by The Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ambassador Irwin LaRocque At the Opening of the Thirty-Fourth Meeting Of The Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community, Port -of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago

On this night, July 3 1973, 40 years ago, a feeling of expectation and spirit of hope filled the Caribbean air.

The Commonwealth Caribbean was poised to make the move from the 1965 free trade area of Dickenson Bay, CARIFTA, to the Community and Common Market of Chaguaramas, CARICOM.  The 1973 Georgetown Accord had been transformed into the Treaty of Chaguaramas and a new era of deepened integration was hours away.

An Address delivered by the Hon Freundel Stuart,  Prime Minister of Barbados   On the Occasion of the Opening Ceremony Of The Thirty-Fourth Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government Of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Port-of-Spain Trinidad and Tobago

Forty years ago four distinguished Heads of Government of this region, summoned by the logic of history to be bold at that time, met here in Trinidad and Tobago and signed what the then Prime Minister of Guyana, Linden Forbes Sampson Burnham said should become known as the Treaty of Chaguaramas.

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