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ADDRESS BY HON. JACINTH HENRY-MARTIN, MINISTER OF CULTURE, YOUTH AND SPORTS, ST. KITTS AND NEVIS, AT THE OPENING OF CARIFESTA VII, 17 AUGUST, 2000

Welcome again to the smallest country to host this Region's greatest exposition of Arts and Culture! This reference to our size is not an excuse by any means ... please feel free to consider it a boast that small as we are... our pride and joy at having you here cannot be surpassed. Over the next ten days, you will find yourselves immersed in activities designed to make you proud of yourselves as people of the Caribbean, activities that are educational, culturally stimulating, and highly enriching. Thank you for coming.

STATEMENT BY MR. EUGENE G. PETTY, PROGRAMME MANAGER, RESOURCE MOBILISATION AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, CARICOM SECRETARIAT AT THE UNITED NATIONS ASSOCIATION OF GUYANA (UNAG) LAUNCHING OF COMMUNITY PEACE PROJECT TOWER HOTEL, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA, O3 AUGUST, 2000

Mr Chairman, Dr Martin Boodhoo
His Excellency Mr Jacques Crête, High Commissioner of Canada to Guyana
Justice Donald Trotman, President of the UN Association of Guyana
Justice Rudolph Harper, Chairman of the Law and Justice Committee of the United Nations Association of Guyana
Members of the UN Association of Guyana
Members of the Diplomatic Corps
Members of the Media
Ladies and Gentlemen

CARICOM HONOURS 31 STAFFERS

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat will say "thanks" to 31 members of staff who have provided between ten and thirty years of service in the discharge of the Secretariat's functions throughout the Community.

The function will take place at the Georgetown Club on Camp Street, Georgetown, on Friday July 21, 2000, on the occasion of the Twenty-seventh Anniversary of the Signing of the Treaty of Chaguaramas.

CARIBBEAN YOUTH EXPLOSION 2000 ON THE MOVE

More than 90 youth delegates representing 18 Caribbean territories move into the third round of deliberations today, up-beat on their course of action to make a formidable impact in moving forward the implementation of decisions and recommendations pertaining to the empowerment and development of Caribbean youth which have arisen out of conferences and workshops held over the past five years.

ECONOMIC INTEGRATION: THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY AND THE PRIVATE SECTOR AT CANOUAN : ADDRESS BY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY AT THE PRESIDENT’S DINNER OF THE ST VINCENT CHAMBER OF INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE 7 July 2000, Kingstown, St. Vincent and the Grenadines

Mr. President of the St. Vincent Chamber of Industry and Commerce;
Members of the Chamber;
Distinguished Guests;
Ladies and Gentlemen.

I am delighted to be here this evening on the occasion of the Annual President's Dinner of the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Chamber of Industry and Commerce.

SECRETARY-GENERAL’S CARICOM DAY 2000 MESSAGE

It is with a measure of satisfaction that we mark the Twenty-Seventh Anniversary of the Caribbean Community.

At this juncture in our history, the Community sits on the cusp of a new era in our lives. We are facing a world of immense possibilities, but also one of unprecedented challenges.