On behalf of the people of Jamaica, let me thank you for the opportunity to serve as Co-Chairman at this meeting. I am honoured to co-chair this, the 2nd Joint COTED/COSHOD meeting.
I welcome all delegates to this meeting as it has been a long time, 2001, since both CARICOM bodies have met and there are important items to be addressed on the Agenda.
Co-Chairmen
Honourable Ministers
Distinguished Delegates
Assistant Secretaries-General and Staff of the CARICOM Secretariat
Representatives of the Media
Ladies and Gentlemen
It is with the greatest pleasure that as Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community, I join the honourable Minister of Foreign Trade and International Cooperation of Guyana, in welcoming you all to this historic Second Joint Meeting of the Councils for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) and Human and Social Development (COHSOD).
Mr Chairman, the Honourable Karl Samuda, Minister of Industry and Commerce of Jamaica
Dr the Honourable Henry Jeffrey, Minister of Foreign Trade and International Co-operation of Guyana
Other Honourable Ministers
Distinguished Delegates
Representatives of Regional Bodies
Assistant Secretaries-General and Staff of the Secretariat
Representatives of the Media
Ladies and Gentlemen
CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Twenty-Fifth Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) opened at the Buddy’s International Hotelin Georgetown Friday with challenges thrown out for the Region to become more competitive in order to respond to the challenges of the current global environment.
Distinguished Delegates, It is my honour to be afforded the opportunity to Chair this the 25th Regular Session of the COTED.
I am reassured by the manner in which we worked yesterday to complete the COTED/COHSOD Agenda. I know that our concerted efforts today will result in timely agreement on important items on the Agenda.
On behalf of the people of Jamaica, let me thank you for the opportunity to serve as Co-Chairman at this meeting. I am honoured to co-chair this, the 2nd Joint COTED/COSHOD meeting.
I welcome all delegates to this meeting as it has been a long time, 2001, since both CARICOM bodies have met and there are important items to be addressed on the Agenda.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The major strides in achieving the underlying objectives of the first Joint Meeting of the Councils for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) and Human and Social Development (COHSOD) held in September 2001 were not only symbolic but helped to consolidate the spirit of Community which now infused all regional considerations, Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) His Excellency Edwin Carrington said Thursday.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Matters relating to Free Movement in the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) as well as Culture and Trade in the CSME will be high on the agenda of the Second Joint Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) and the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD) which opens on Thursday 24 January in Georgetown, Guyana.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) January 23 is a date of special significance to the people of the Caribbean Community and in particular to the people of Saint Lucia.
Two of the Caribbean’s Nobel Laureates, the late Sir Arthur Lewis and Mr Derek Walcott were born on 23 January in Saint Lucia, 15 years apart. Sir Arthur, who won the Nobel Prize for Economics in 1979 and died in 1991, was born on 23 January 1915, while Mr Walcott, who earned his Nobel Prize for Literature in 1992, was born on 23 January 1930.