Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) convened in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago on Saturday, 15 September 2007 for a Regional Summit on Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) under the theme, Stemming the Tide of Non-Communicable Diseases in the Caribbean. The Right Honourable Owen Arthur, Prime Minister of Barbados and Chairman of the Conference of Heads of Government was Chairman.
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Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) convened in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago on Saturday, 15 September 2007 for a Regional Summit on Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) under the theme, Stemming the Tide of Non-Communicable Diseases in the Caribbean. The Right Honourable Owen Arthur, Prime Minister of Barbados and Chairman of the Conference of Heads of Government was Chairman.
We,the Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), meeting at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago on 15 September 2007 on the occasion of a special Regional Summit on Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs);
Conscious of the collective actions which have in the past fuelled regional integration, the goal of which is to enhance the well-being of the citizens of our countries;
Right Honourable Owen Arthur, Prime Minister of Barbados and Chairman of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community
The Honourable Patrick Manning, Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, and Host Prime Minister
Your Excellency the President of Suriname Other Members of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community
Honourable Ministers
The Honourable Sir George Alleyne, OCC. Chancellor of the University of the West Indies, and Heads of Other Regional Organisations
Other Distinguished Participants
It is a wonderful feeling, as Prime Minister of Barbados, to be in a position to welcome you, and to preside over a Conference in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. Fear not. I will not take over. It is not the Flying Fish Season.
Colleague Heads
Members of the Diplomatic Corps
Representatives of Local, Regional and other International Agencies
Representatives of Academia
Members of the Media
Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The groundbreaking CARICOM Heads of Government Summit on NCDs opened in Port-of-Spain, with a strong call from the Keynote Speaker the Hon. Dr Denzil Douglas, Prime Minister of St Kitts and Nevis and the Lead Head of Government with responsibility for Health, in the Quasi Cabinet of CARICOM, to implement appropriate legislation, fiscal and regulatory measures and promote public/private sector partnerships to stem the tide of the NCDs.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The curtain came down on the landmark Summit on Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases (CNCDs) on Saturday, 15 September 2007, with the adoption of a fourteen-point declaration committing Heads of Government to collective action to stop the epidemic of Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases.
Introduction
Ladies and gentlemen, it is my pleasure to address the media on issues related to the Summit on Non-Communicable Diseases to be held in Port of Spain at the Crowne Plaza Hotel on Saturday 15 September.
The burden of non-Communicable Diseases
Introduction
Ladies and gentlemen, it is my pleasure to address the media on issues related to the Summit on Non-Communicable Diseases to be held in Port of Spain at the Crowne Plaza Hotel on Saturday 15 September.
The burden of non-Communicable Diseases