KEYNOTE ADDRESS BY HIS EXCELLENCY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, AT THE 30TH ANNUAL MIAMI CONFERENCE ON THE CARIBBEAN BASIN,  4-6 DECEMBER 2006,  MIAMI, FLORIDA

Theme: 30 years of Progress: The COMPETITIVENESS CHALLENGE TO THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY Salutations In an age of instant gratification and built-in redundancy, the celebration of a thirty-year anniversary, even in a marriage, is becoming very rare. So it is with great pleasure that I extend hearty ...
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REMARKS BY AMB. LOLITA APPLEWHAITE, DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), AT THE OPENING OF THE SIXTH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE CARIBBEAN PARTNERSHIP AGAINST HIV/AIDS (PANCAP), 9 NOVEMBER 2006, TORTOLA, BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS

I would normally start by saying that it is a pleasure for me to be here today; however, there is nothing pleasurable about the topic that brings us here today. For it must concern us that the number of HIV infected persons in the Caribbean is larger than the entire population of Barbados; we cannot...
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REMARKS BY H.E. EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) ON THE OCCASION OF THE PRESENTATION OF CREDENTIALS BY H.E. DAVID ROBINSON, PLENIPOTENTIARY REPRESENTATIVE OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TO CARICOM, 27 OCTOBER 2006, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA

Your Excellency, Mr. David Robinson, Deputy Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community,  Assistant Secretary-General, Other Staff of the CARICOM Secretariat, Members of the Media, Ladies and Gentlemen It is with distinct pleasure that I welcome you most warmly, Ambassador, to the Headquarters...
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WELCOME REMARKS BY AMB. IRWIN LAROCQUE ASSISTANT SECRETARY-GENERAL, REGIONAL TRADE AND ECONOMIC INTEGRATION, CARICOM SECRETARIAT, AT THE SECOND ROUNDTABLE ON THE STRATEGIC PLAN AND COORDINATING MECHANISMS FOR SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES, 24-25 OCTOBER 2006, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA

Honourable Minister of Tourism, Industry and Commerce of Guyana, Manniram Prashad; Deputy Secretary-General, Ambassador Lolita Applewhaite; our Chairman for this Roundtable; Madame President of the Caribbean Association of Small and Medium Enterprises, Senator Sandra Husbands of Barbados; Other Dist...
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REMARKS BY AMBASSADOR LOLITA APPLEWHAITE, DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF SECOND ROUNDTABLE ON THE STRATEGIC PLAN AND COORDINATING MECHANISMS FOR SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES, 24 OCTOBER 2006, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA

Honourable Minister of Tourism, Industry and Commerce of Guyana, Manniram Prashad; Chairman, Mr. Kyle Jackman; President of the Caribbean Association of Small and Medium Enterprises, Senator Sandra Husbands; Assistant Secretary-General and other Members of Staff of the CARICOM Secretariat; Members o...
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OPENING REMARKS BY DR. EDWARD GREENE, ASST. SECRETARY-GENERAL, HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, CARICOM SECRETARIAT, AT THE FIFTEENTH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT (COHSOD), 19 OCTOBER 2006, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA

I welcome you all most sincerely to this Fifteenth Meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development. This Meeting is taking place at a critical juncture in the life of the Community. The CARICOM Single Market was established in January this year. Soon after, a new democratically e...
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ADDRESS BY H.E. EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) AT THE CLOSING CEREMONY OF CARIFESTA IX,  1 OCTOBER 2006,  PORT OF SPAIN, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO

Mr Chairman Honourable Joan Yuille-Williams Minister of Community Development, Culture and Gender Affairs and Special Responsibility for CARIFESTA IX and other Ministers of the Government of Trinidad and Tobago Their Excellencies the Heads of State of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas and the Common...
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