Your Excellency Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, President of the Federal Republic of Brazil Your Excellency Antonio de Aguiar Patriota, Acting Minister of External Relations of the Federal Republic of Brazil Other distinguished Representatives of the Government of the Federative Republic of Bra...

This Conference is most timely. Its focus on higher education priorities, challenges and opportunities as bridges for strengthening integration between the Caribbean and Latin America, is consistent with the World Conference on Higher Education held in Paris in July 2009; the outcomes of the Fifth S...

As Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community, I am pleased to extend a very warm welcome to the distinguished delegations of Japan and of CARICOM to this Fourteenth CARICOM-Japan Consultations. Ladies and Gentlemen, today’s Meeting is taking place in the shadow of a most tragic ...

Welcome to Guyana and the CARICOM Secretariat! Since we last met at the Secretariat’s Headquarters in February 2009 on the occasion of the formal launching of Caribbean Aviation Safety and Security Oversight System (CASSOS), our fledging Institution has suffered a tragic loss, the ...

Theme: Achieving human and social development through policy coherence: the role of Ministries of Labour in facilitating a decent work agenda     It is my pleasure to join in welcoming you all today to this Nineteenth Meeting of the CARICOM Counci...

First of all, I would like to apologize for not being able to be in Georgetown with you for this important meeting. But we have wonders of technology, and by this means I convey to you the greetings of our Director General, Juan Somavia, and my own. As you know Ministers of L...

    I am pleased to address this joint COHSOD and ILO Meeting of CARICOM Labour Ministers and to express my appreciation to both .CARICOM and ILO for the arrangements made and to the Government of Guyana for its hospitality It is true to say that CAR...

I was deeply shocked and saddened at the extent of the destruction caused by the catastrophic earthquake which devastated our sister nation of Haiti yesterday. The haunting images of bodies, injured persons and ruined buildings struck a chord of compassion throughout our nation for the people of Hai...

Honourable Mustapha Abdul-Hamid, Minister of Public Utilities of Trinidad and Tobago Ms Kathrin Renner, Acting Chargé d’Affaires, European Union Delegation, Trinidad and Tobago Mr. Tyrone Sutherland, Coordinating Director, Caribbean Meteorological Organisation Madam Permanent Secretar...

It is my pleasure to bring you greetings from the Caribbean Community Secretariat and indeed the entire Caribbean Community on the occasion of the Fourteenth  Meeting of the Regional Coordinating Mechanism (RCM). It is quite clear from the Agenda that the RCM and PANCAP are confronting some of ...