BUREAU LOOKS AT CONFERENCE ON THE CARIBBEAN

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Bureau of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will receive an update on the status of preparations for the Conference on the Caribbean to be held in Washington DC, USA next month when they meet in St Vincent and the...
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OPENING STATEMENT BY THE HONOURABLE PATRICK MANNING, PRIME MINISTER OF THE REPUBLIC OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO AT THE FOURTH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS RESPONSIBLE FOR NATIONAL SECURITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT, 23-24 MAY 2007, PORT-OF-SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

Mr Chairman Honourable Ministers Other Distinguished Delegates Members of the Media First of all I should like to extend a warm welcome to those of you who are visiting and to express the hope that, despite the importance of the matters to be addressed over the next two days, there will be time...
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STATEMENT BY AMBASSADOR LOLITA APPLEWHAITE, DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), ON THE OCCASION OF THE BRIEFING ON CLIMATE CHANGE FOR THE CARIBBEAN MEDIA, 23 APRIL 2007, TURKEYEN, GREATER GEORGETOWN, GUYANA

Salutations On 6 April 2007, the Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released its Fourth Assessment Report on climate change which focused on the impacts, adaptation and vulnerability with regard to planet earth. The high level of confidence demonstrated in the methodology and in the...
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OPENING STATEMENT BY THE HONOURABLE PATRICK MANNING, PRIME MINISTER OF THE REPUBLIC OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO AT THE FOURTH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS RESPONSIBLE FOR NATIONAL SECURITY AND LAW ENFORCEMENT, 23-24 MAY 2007, PORT-OF-SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

Mr Chairman Honourable Ministers Other Distinguished Delegates Members of the Media First of all I should like to extend a warm welcome to those of you who are visiting and to express the hope that, despite the importance of the matters to be addressed over the next two days, there will be t...
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STATEMENT BY HIS EXCELLENCY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIFORUM/CARICOM ON THE OCCASION OF THE SIGNING OF THE CONTRIBUTION AGREEMENT FOR THE 9TH EDF CARIBBEAN INTEGRATION SUPPORT PROGRAMME, 20 APRIL 2007, TURKEYEN, GREATER GEORGETOWN, GUYANA

Your Excellency, Ambassador Geert Heikens, Head of the European Commission Delegation in Guyana Your Excellency, Mr. Fraser Wheeler, British High Commissioner Deputy Secretary-General, Ambassador Lolita Applewhaite Assistant Secretaries-General Representatives of the European Commission Delegati...
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STATEMENT BY H.E. MR. EDWIN CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY ON THE OCCASION OF THE OPENING OF THE TWENTY-THIRD MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (COTED), 18 MAY 2007, CASTRIES, SAINT LUCIA

Honourable Charles Savarin, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Trade, Labour and the Public Service of Dominica and Chairman of the COTED; Honourable Eamon Courtenay, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Belize and Outgoing Chairman of the COTED; Other Honourable Ministers; Distinguish...
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WELCOME REMARKS BY SENATOR THE HONOURABLE GUY MAYERS, MINISTER FOR TRADE, INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE, SAINT LUCIA, AT THE TWENTY-THIRD MEETING OF COUNCIL FOR TRADE AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT (COTED), 18 MAY 2007, CASTRIES, SAINT LUCIA

Secretary General, Delegates Invitees I am honoured to be with you at this the 23rd Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development. I am also pleased that we have been able to convene this session despite the many competing demands for Ministerial time. This week, in Saint Lucia we ha...
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SPECIAL COTED TO CONSIDER REGIONAL TRANSPORTATION

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community’s (CARICOM) vision for a single regional airline is among key agenda items for the Twenty-Second Special Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development scheduled for 21-22 May 2007 in St. Vincent and...
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CARICOM TAKES CRITICAL STEP TOWARDS INFORMATION SOCIETY

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Regional Information Communication and Technology (ICT) Steering Committee has identified a number of areas for immediate focus towards the development of the Caribbean Information Society (CARIB-IS). At its inaugural meeting in Georget...
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