DESIRED DESTINATIONS: A FRESH BREEZE ARISING” : ADDRESS BY THE HON. DR. KENNY D. ANTHONY,  PRIME MINISTER OF SAINT LUCIA AND IN-COMING CHAIRMAN OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE TWENTY-SIXTH MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, 3 JULY 2005, CASTRIES, SAINT LUCIA.

There is hope that our sargasso days are ending. The promise of fresh wind turns our bow toward waiting horizons plotting our course by our judgment of the sun and the latitude of familiar stars. (…Anonymous) If I were a seafaring man, I would say that there is a fresh breeze arising. It ...
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ADDRESS BY HON. ROOSEVELT SKERRIT, PRIME MINISTER OF DOMINICA, AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE TWENTY-SIXTH MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY, 3 JULY 2005, CASTRIES, SAINT LUCIA

SALUTATIONS It is with great satisfaction and optimism that I address you today as one of the new generation of leaders who are emerging throughout the Caribbean to take responsibility for the political, social and economic development of our Region in a rapidly changing global environment. First, I...
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WELCOME REMARKS AND ADDRESS BY H.E. EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE TWENTY-SIXTH MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), 3 JULY 2005, CASTRIES, SAINT LUCIA

Your Excellency, the Governor-General of Saint Lucia, Dame Pearlette Louisy Dr. the Hon. Kenny D. Anthony, Prime Minister of Saint Lucia and Chairman of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community Your Excellencies the Presidents of Guyana and of Suriname Other Heads of Gover...
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SPEECH DELIVERED BY DR. EDWARD GREENE, ASSISTANT SECRETARY-GENERAL, HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) SECRETARIAT AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE NINTH SPECIAL MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT (COHSOD) [HEALTH],  8 JUNE 2005, BRIDGETOWN, BARBADOS.

The idea of the Commission for Health and Development arose out of the concern that the Report of the WHO Commission on Macro-economic and Health, though it provided a dynamic frame of reference did not adequately portray the Caribbean situation. Hence The Ministers of Health at COHSOD VII in Ap...
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SPEECH DELIVERED BY DR. EDWARD GREENE, ASSISTANT SECRETARY-GENERAL, HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) SECRETARIAT AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE NINTH SPECIAL MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT (COHSOD) [HEALTH], 8 JUNE 2005, BRIDGETOWN, BARBADOS

The idea of the Commission for Health and Development arose out of the concern that the Report of the WHO Commission on Macro-economic and Health, though it provided a dynamic frame of reference did not adequately portray the Caribbean situation. Hence the Ministers of Health at COHSOD VII in Ap...
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STATEMENT BY HON. DAME BILLIE MILLER, OUTGOING CHAIR OF THE COUNCIL FOR FOREIGN AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS (COFCOR) AND MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND FOREIGN TRADE, BARBADOS, AT THE OPENING OF THE EIGHTH MEETING THE COFCOR, 1 JUNE 2005, FREEPORT, THE BAHAMAS

Chairman, the Hon Fred Mitchell, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas Colleague Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Caribbean Community Secretary General of the Caribbean Community Excellencies Senior Officials Distinguished Guests Ladies and Gentlemen Let me begin b...
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