His Excellency the Deputy Governor General, Mr. Denniston Bobb Secretary General of CARICOM, Dr. Edwin Carrington Outgoing Chairman of CARICOM, Dr. Denzil Douglas Colleague Heads of Government His Excellency Dr. Cesar Gavaria - Secretary General of the Organisation of American State His Excellency t...

Thank you Dr Carrington, our Secretary General of CARICOM Your Excellency the Deputy Governor General of St Vincent and the Grenadines, Mr. Denniston Bobb and Mrs. Bobb Colleague Heads of State and Government Distinguished Ministers of the Government of St Vincent and the Grenadines Other CARICOM M...

It has become a ritual for new Heads of Government in their maiden presentation at CARICOM Summits to chastise the sitting heads for converting our meetings into a "talk shop". However, they themselves are accused later of joining the "club". But are the Heads really to blame when progress on some c...

On-going discussions to promote the advancement of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME), and development issues of the Community, as well as matters associated with the territorial integrity of Member States, CARIFESTA Vll and economic threats to the Region are some of the major items listed...

Mr Chairman Mr Secretary-General, Honourable Colleagues, Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen: It is my pleasure to welcome you to Barbados. As you know this is the last three meetings, which the Government of Barbados has had the honour of hosting during the past week. These meetings started ...

Mr. Chairman Hon. Sam Condor Hon. Billie Miller, Deputy Prime Minister of Barbados Hon. Ministers, Distinguished Delegates Members of the Media Ladies and Gentlemen I wish to extend a warm welcome to you all to the Sixth Meeting of the Community Council. In doing so I want to convey on behalf of us ...

Honourable Ministers Delegates Ladies and Gentlemen It is a pleasure for me to be back in Barbados for this, the Sixth Meeting of the Community Council and I thank the Government of Barbados for offering to host this important meeting. I gather that this is one in a series of meetings being held her...

Honourable William C. Allen, Governor for The Bahamas and Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), Distinguished Governors, President Sir Neville Nicholls, Vice Presidents, Directors and Staff of the CDB, Ladies and Gentlemen: I am honoured and pleased to bring you...

Honourable Ministers of the Council for Foreign and Community Relations Honourable Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cuba Your Excellency the Secretary-General of the Association of Caribbean States (ACS) Your Excellency the Assistant Secretary-General of the Organisation of American States Your Excell...

Colleague Ministers Secretary-General Distinguished Delegates Members of the Media Ladies and Gentlemen It is with great pleasure that I welcome my distinguished Colleague Ministers of Foreign Affairs and their delegations to the shores of Trinidad and Tobago as we convene the Third Meeting of the ...