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; Distinguished De...

Salutations It is with great honour that I take on the responsibility of chairing this Twenty Third Meeting of the CARICOM Council for Trade and Economic Development. Among the Councils of the Community, the COTED is arguably where the centre of gravity for the Community can be found. It is as they...

Honourable Minister of Information, Broadcasting and Telecommunications, Antigua and Barbuda, Dr Edward Manzoor Representative of the European Commission, Ms. Celine Anselme Delegates, Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen A very pleasant good morning to you. It is my pleasure to make these brief openi...

Ambassador Jean-Paul Dumont, Plenipotentiary Representative (Designate) of the Republic of France to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Deputy Secretary-General, Ambassador Lolita Applewhaite Assistant Secretaries-General Other Members of Staff of the CARICOM Secretariat Representatives of the Me...

Honourable Minister of Information, Broadcasting and Telecommunications, Antigua and Barbuda, Dr Edward Manzoor Representative of the European Commission, Ms. Celine Anselme Delegates, Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen A very pleasant good morning to you. It is my pleasure to make these brief o...

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...

Salutations It is with great honour that I take on the responsibility of chairing this Twenty Third Meeting of the CARICOM Council for Trade and Economic Development. Among the Councils of the Community, the COTED is arguably where the centre of gravity for the Community can be found. It is as t...

Your Excellency Ambassador Jesus Silva, Plenipotentiary Representative (Designate) of the Kingdom of Spain to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Deputy Secretary-General, Ambassador Lolita Applewhaite Assistant Secretaries-General Other Members of Staff of the CARICOM Secretariat Other distinguis...

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Dr Edward Greene, Assistant Secretary-General for Human and Social Development, of the CARICOM Secretariat is advocating for the Caribbean Community to appropriate policies necessary to plug the mass migration of Caribbean professionals - e...

It is my great pleasure to represent the Caribbean Community Secretariat and to bring you greetings on behalf of the Secretary-General, H.E. Mr Edwin Carrington and indeed the entire Caribbean Community. When the Caribbean Accreditation Authority for Education in Medicine and other Health Professi...