Madame Chairwoman Members of the Planning Committee Representatives of CDB, CIDA and IDB Distinguished Delegates Members of the Media Ladies and Gentlemen As Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community, it is my pleasure to welcome you all on this truly momentous occasion - an encounter invo...

The Caribbean Development (CDB) applauds the Caribbean Community Secretariat and Civil Society for convening this Conference. I know that it required much effort and determination to bring it off. We are very pleased to have an opportunity to participate in what we confidently expect to be a set of ...

The Stage has been set for the Twenty Third Meeting of the Conference of the Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), scheduled for Georgetown, Guyana from 3 - 5 July 2002. High on the agenda is the issue of Crime and Security, a major problem affecting all Member States of the Co...

Millions of people across the Caribbean and in the diaspora will enjoy a live broadcast of the opening ceremony for the 23rd Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community on 3 July 2002. The live broadcast is being sponsored by the Caribbean Community Secretariat using ...

CARICOM Secretary-General, Mr Edwin Carrington concluded a whirlwind five-day visit to North America on Friday June 21, with an address to a CARICOM Day celebration at New York's Grand Prospect Hall in Brooklyn. Earlier in the week, Mr Carrington had delivered the feature address at CARICOM Da...

I am very pleased to be here this morning to participate in the opening session of this meeting of Experts of the Caribbean Sub-Region on Violence against Women, and I wish to thank the organizers for giving me the opportunity to make a few brief remarks on this occasion. The Inter-American Comm...

Mr Chairman Your Excellency the Governor-General of St Kitts-Nevis, Colleague Heads of Government Ministers Your Lordship The Chief Justice Distinguished Members of the Diplomatic Corps Ladies and Gentlemen. We have taken 21 years to return to where we began. When we started we were anxious but eve...

Technological developments and the policies underpinning the current phase of the globalisation process are leading to a widening of several development gaps between the industrially advanced and poorer countries, in particular small countries. In our presentation at the United Nations Conference on...

HIV/AIDS related law, ethics and human rights violations will be tackled by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) as the region moves to address discriminatory practices against persons living with HIV/AIDS and their families. The Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) along with USAID will be...

Honourable Ministers of Government Excellencies Members of Parliament and the Senate Other Distinguished Guests CARICOM Nationals Ladies and Gentlemen I want to thank my friend and colleague Ambassador Bullen for his very kind introduction indeed as I do for the invitation to be here. Ladies and Gen...