Secretary–General
Colleague Ministers
Other Representatives of Member States
Staff of the CARICOM Secretariat
Representatives of the Media
Thank you for your warm welcome on this my first visit to Guyana. I know I shall enjoy my short stay in this beautiful country. I am also, as Chairman of this Council, in the interesting position of having to welcome the host Minster, Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett of Guyana, to her first meeting of Community Council. Welcome, Minister!
His Excellency the President of Guyana
The Hon. Prime Minister of Guyana
The Deputy Prime Minister of the Bahamas
Cabinet Ministers of Guyana and other Honourable Ministers of Government of the Caribbean Community
Members of the Diplomatic Corps
Mr. James Moss-Solomon, Chairman, and other Members of the Task Force
Members of the Private Sector
Deputy Secretary-General and other members of the Executive Management of the CARICOM Secretariat
Other Distinguished Participants
Representatives of the Media
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)Â The CARICOM Agriculture Investment Forum got underway with calls for Caribbean governments to create a better environment for investors and bankers, and the private sector in general, to inject the necessary resources to boost the agriculture industry and ensure food security in the Region.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) H.E. Edwin Carrington Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) said the Region needed to change the general unfavourable investment climate for agriculture, relative to other economic sectors.
Investment in the agriculture sector, he said was central to the achievement of the primary objective of the CARICOM’s Agricultural Policy.
Secretary-General,
Madam Deputy Secretary-General,
Members of staff of the Secretariat,
Colleagues,
It is a great honour for me to have been appointed by Prime Minister David Thompson to be Barbados’ Ambassador to CARICOM and to be welcomed formally today into the CARICOM family.
Let me begin by underlining Barbados’ unwavering commitment to the regional integration movement. Most recently, at his inaugural speech at the 19th Intersessional Meeting of the Conference of CARICOM Heads, Prime Minister Thompson made clear from the outset that_
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Team Guyana is all set to defend their title against other formidable teams from eleven Member States of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) as the CARICOM Regional Quiz Competition moves into its zonal knock-out rounds set to take place next week.
Secretary–General
Colleague Ministers
Other Representatives of Member States
Staff of the CARICOM Secretariat
Representatives of the Media
Thank you for your warm welcome on this my first visit to Guyana. I know I shall enjoy my short stay in this beautiful country. I am also, as Chairman of this Council, in the interesting position of having to welcome the host Minster, Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett of Guyana, to her first meeting of Community Council. Welcome, Minister!
His Excellency the President of Guyana
The Hon. Prime Minister of Guyana
The Deputy Prime Minister of the Bahamas
Cabinet Ministers of Guyana and other Honourable Ministers of Government of the Caribbean Community
Members of the Diplomatic Corps
Mr. James Moss-Solomon, Chairman, and other Members of the Task Force
Members of the Private Sector
Deputy Secretary-General and other members of the Executive Management of the CARICOM Secretariat
Other Distinguished Participants
Representatives of the Media
Secretary-General,
Madam Deputy Secretary-General,
Members of staff of the Secretariat,
Colleagues,
It is a great honour for me to have been appointed by Prime Minister David Thompson to be Barbados’ Ambassador to CARICOM and to be welcomed formally today into the CARICOM family.
Let me begin by underlining Barbados’ unwavering commitment to the regional integration movement. Most recently, at his inaugural speech at the 19th Intersessional Meeting of the Conference of CARICOM Heads, Prime Minister Thompson made clear from the outset that_
Mr. Chairman - the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of The Bahamas
Other Honourable Ministers
Their Excellencies Ambassadors to the Caribbean Community
Deputy Secretary-General and other members of the Executive Management of the CARICOM Secretariat
Distinguished Delegates
Representatives of the Media
Ladies and Gentlemen
As Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community, (CARICOM) may I welcome you to this the Twenty-Second Meeting of the Community Council of Ministers, the second highest Organ of the Community.