STATEMENT DELIVERED BY H.E. EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), ON THE OCCASION OF THE SECOND MEETING OF CARICOM-CUBA FOREIGN MINISTERS, 29 MAY 2007, KINGSTOWN, ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES

Mr. Chairman, the Honourable Elvin Nimrod, Attorney-General and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Grenada Honourable Baldwin Spencer, Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Antigua and Barbuda Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, the Ho...
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STATEMENT BY H.E. EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), ON THE OCCASION OF THE TWENTIETH MEETING OF THE COMMUNITY COUNCIL OF MINISTERS, 30 MAY 2007, KINGSTOWN, ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES

The Honourable Sir Louis Straker, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and Chairman of the Community Council of Ministers The Honourable Dame Billie Miller, Senior Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Barbados Other Honou...
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STATEMENT BY H.E. EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), ON THE OCCASION OF THE TWENTIETH MEETING OF THE COMMUNITY COUNCIL OF MINISTERS, 30 MAY 2007, KINGSTOWN, ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES

he Honourable Sir Louis Straker, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and Chairman of the Community Council of Ministers The Honourable Dame Billie Miller, Senior Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Barbados Other Honour...
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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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