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(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) I thank you all for having accepted my invitation to join in our celebration tonight, of the thirty-sixth anniversary of the Caribbean Community – CARICOM. |
Distinguished Heads of Regional Institutions and Organisations
Other Distinguished Delegates
Deputy Secretary-General and other Staff of the Secretariat
Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen
As always it gives me very great pleasure as Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to say a few words in welcoming you all to the Headquarters of the CARICOM Secretariat. It is good to see so many of you who were here last year, back with us and looking none the worst, for the wear and tear of the last year.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary-General, His Excellency Edwin W Carrington and Heads of CARICOM regional institutions will convene their Third Meeting on 23-24 July 2009 at the CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana.
The Heads of institutions will explore avenues for strengthening functional cooperation among their organisations through the sharing of programmes and policies, greater use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) and the development of human resources.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) A three-day regional capacity-building workshop for Member States of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) on treaty law and practice was held from 15 to 17 July, in St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Convened by the CARICOM Secretariat‘s Office of the General Counsel and hosted by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs and the Attorney General’s office of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, it was organized in collaboration with the United Nations (UN) Treaty Section of the Office of Legal Affairs.
 (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Urgency of Statistics and the Global Crisis_ Enabling Development in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM)is the theme of a High-Level Advocacy Forum on Statistics set for July 30, 2009 in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.
 (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Urgency of Statistics and the Global Crisis_ Enabling Development in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM)is the theme of a High-Level Advocacy Forum on Statistics set for July 30, 2009 in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.
 (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Member States of the Caribbean Forum of African Caribbean and Pacific States (CARIFORUM) and regional organisations and non-state actors met with representatives of the European Commission (EC), EU Member States and the European Investment Bank on 18 July 2009 in Antigua and Barbuda.
The Dialogue was co-chaired by Senator the Hon Charlotte Tessa Mangal, Minister of Commerce Industry and Consumer Affairs, Saint Lucia and Mr. Stefano Manservisi, Director-General for Development, European Commission.