(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community’s (CARICOM) vision for a single regional airline is among key agenda items for the Twenty-Second Special Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development scheduled for 21-22 May 2007 in St. Vincent and the Grenadines to address regional transportation matters.
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(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Regional Information Communication and Technology (ICT) Steering Committee has identified a number of areas for immediate focus towards the development of the Caribbean Information Society (CARIB-IS).
Honourable Charles Savarin, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Trade, Labour and the Public Service of Dominica and Chairman of the COTED;
Honourable Eamon Courtenay, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Belize and Outgoing Chairman of the COTED;
Other Honourable Ministers;
Distinguished Delegates; Members of the Diplomatic Corps;
Other distinguished Guests;
Honourable Minister of Information, Broadcasting and Telecommunications, Antigua and Barbuda, Dr Edward Manzoor
Representative of the European Commission, Ms. Celine Anselme
Delegates, Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen
A very pleasant good morning to you. It is my pleasure to make these brief opening remarks on behalf of the Secretary General and Deputy Secretary General of CARICOM and to welcome you to Guyana and the Inaugural Meeting of the Regional ICT Steering Committee.
Your Excellency Ambassador Jesus Silva, Plenipotentiary Representative (Designate) of the Kingdom of Spain to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM)
Deputy Secretary-General, Ambassador Lolita Applewhaite
Assistant Secretaries-General
Other Members of Staff of the CARICOM Secretariat
Other distinguished Guests
Representatives of the Media
It is my great pleasure to represent the Caribbean Community Secretariat and to bring you greetings on behalf of the Secretary-General, H.E. Mr Edwin Carrington and indeed the entire Caribbean Community.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Dr Edward Greene, Assistant Secretary-General for Human and Social Development, of the CARICOM Secretariat is advocating for the Caribbean Community to appropriate policies necessary to plug the mass migration of Caribbean professionals - especially nurses, teachers and doctors - to developed countries.
It is my great pleasure to represent the Caribbean Community Secretariat and to bring you greetings on behalf of the Secretary-General, H.E. Mr Edwin Carrington and indeed the entire Caribbean Community.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Preparations are well advanced for the hosting by CARICOM of an international Donor Conference at the Crowne Plaza Trinidad Hotel, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, on 2 June 2007. The Conference will bring together bilateral, multilateral, and regional donors and other partners to garner financial and technical support for the expansion and diversification of the Region’s agriculture industry,