It is my pleasure to bring you greetings on behalf of the Secretary-General and staff of the Caribbean Community Secretariat and indeed the entire CARICOM family.
Your Excellencies the Governor General of Jamaica and the Most Hon. Lady Cooke
Our Host, the Prime Minister of Jamaica, and our current CARICOM Chairman, the Most Hon. P. J. Patterson
Your Excellencies the Governor General of Jamaica and the Most Hon. Lady Cooke Our Host, the Prime Minister of Jamaica, and our current CARICOM Chairman, the Most Hon. P. J. Patterson
Your Excellency Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community
Members of Staff of the CARICOM Secretariat
Colleague Members of Staff of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Your Excellencies the Most Honourable Sir Howard Cooke and Lady Cooke
President Thabo Mbeki
President Ricardo Lagos
Colleague Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community
Your Excellency Ambassador Elisabeth Harper
Deputy Secretary-General
Assistant Secretaries-General
Distinguished guests
Ladies and gentlemen
Members of the Media
Your Excellency Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community Members of Staff of the CARICOM Secretariat Colleague Members of Staff of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs
My presence here today as Prime Minister is the consequence of an electoral choice that is without precedent in the post-independence history of my country.
Governor General of Jamaica
Colleague Heads of Government
Your Excellency President of South Africa
Ministers of Government
Members of the Diplomatic Corp