​ I extend greetings to you from the Staff of the Directorate of Human and Social Development ,and in so doing could not help reflecting on the mixed fortunes of this Council, its ever changing composition, due to the democratic processes to which our Member States adhere and to overwhelming p...

​      This workshop takes place at an important moment in history. With last week’s MDG Summit at the United Nations in New York evaluating the progress made mid-way to reach the targets set in 2005, we find ourselves in a World where close to one billion men, women and childre...

​Since 2005, the world has experienced dramatic increases in the prices of many staple foods. Indeed, in the first three months of 2008, international food prices of all major food commodities reached their highest level in nearly 30 y. In addition, the price of fertilizers rose about 85 per...

​      Honourable Robert Persaud, Minster of Agriculture Ms. Florita Kentish, Representative of the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) Representatives of Member States of the Caribbean Community Representatives of Regional and International Organisations Priv...

​(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) I join the Chairman, Deputy Secretary General and the Director of PAHO in expressing warm greetings to you, the members of the Executive Board, who have the responsibility for piloting this noble venture which we are gathered here this aft...

​ I greet you warmly to the Official Opening of the 15th Ordinary Meeting of the Regional Coordinating Mechanism of PANCAP that is being held here in the beautiful resort town of Montego Bay and, in so doing to also record our profound gratitude to the Government and wonderful people of Jamaic...

​ It is my pleasure to bring you greetings from the Caribbean Community Secretariat and indeed the entire Caribbean Community on the occasion of this Fifteenth Meeting of the RCM This RCM Meeting is particularly important as PANCAP prepares to celebrate its 10th anniversary at the annual Gen...

Hon. Attorney General Hon. Minister of Legal Affairs Specially Invited Guests Distinguished Participants Ladies and Gentlemen of the Media Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen As Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community, I am deeply appreciative of the opportunity afforded me to express a few thou...

The Honourable Baldwin Spencer, Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda Chairman, the Honourable Harold Lovell, Minister of Finance, of Antigua and Barbuda and other Ministers of Government Ambassador Valeriano Diaz, Head of the Delegation of the European Union to Barbados and the Eastern Caribbean Go...

​      Colleague Heads Secretary General of CARICOM Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen, I have come to Montego Bay with a specific mission born of my recent stint as Chairman of this august body, cognizant of our limitations but fortified by our capacities and aspirations. A mi...