CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Preparations are already underway for the 10th staging of the Region's flagship cultural festival, the Caribbean Festival of Arts (CARIFESTA), to be hosted by The Bahamas in August 2008.
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The Eighteenth Inter-Sessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) was held in Kingstown, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, on 12-14 February 2007 under the Chairmanship of Dr. the Hon. Ralph Gonsalves, Prime Minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines and Chairman of the Conference of Heads of Government.
The Eighteenth Inter-Sessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) was held in Kingstown, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, on 12-14 February 2007 under the Chairmanship of Dr. the Hon. Ralph Gonsalves, Prime Minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines and Chairman of the Conference of Heads of Government.
On behalf of the Government and People of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and on my own behalf, I welcome the distinguished Heads of State and Government, the esteemed Heads of International and regional organsations, and their respective delegations, and all other invited guests to St. Vincent and the Grenadines, a fountain head of regional integration from which the unpolluted streams of Caribbean unity flows.
Dr. The Honourable Ralph Gonsalves – Prime Minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines & Chairman of Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community, Presidents of Guyana and Suriname and Colleague Heads of Government, Ministers of Government of St. Vincent and the Grenadines and of other CARICOM Countries, Leader of the Opposition of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Parliamentarians of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Visiting Heads of regional and international institutions, members of the Diplomatic Corp, Distinguished Delegates.
Dr. the Honourable Ralph Gonsalves, Prime Minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines and Chairman of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community
Their Excellencies the Presidents of Guyana and Suriname
Other Distinguished Heads of Governments
Honourable Ministers
Members of Parliament (and High Government Officials)
Members of the Diplomatic Corps
Distinguished Representatives of Regional and International Organisations
Chairman and Members of the Technical Working Group on Governance
Distinguished Guests
On behalf of the Government and People of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and on my own behalf, I welcome the distinguished Heads of State and Government, the esteemed Heads of International and regional organsations, and their respective delegations, and all other invited guests to St. Vincent and the Grenadines, a fountain head of regional integration from which the unpolluted streams of Caribbean unity flows.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) At the invitation of the Governor General of Turks and Caicos Islands, a three-member CARICOM Electoral Observer Mission critically observed the General Elections held on Friday, 9 February 2007.
The Mission comprised Mr. Carson Raggie, Supervisor of Elections, Saint Lucia/Head of Mission, Mr. Elon Daniels, Internal Auditor, Electoral Office, Jamaica, and Ms Mignon Bowen, Project Officer, CARICOM Secretariat.
Dr. the Honourable Ralph Gonsalves, Prime Minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines and Chairman of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community
Their Excellencies the Presidents of Guyana and Suriname
Other Distinguished Heads of Governments
Honourable Ministers
Members of Parliament (and High Government Officials)
Members of the Diplomatic Corps
Distinguished Representatives of Regional and International Organisations
Chairman and Members of the Technical Working Group on Governance
Distinguished Guests
Dr. The Honourable Ralph Gonsalves – Prime Minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines & Chairman of Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community, Presidents of Guyana and Suriname and Colleague Heads of Government, Ministers of Government of St. Vincent and the Grenadines and of other CARICOM Countries, Leader of the Opposition of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Parliamentarians of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Visiting Heads of regional and international institutions, members of the Diplomatic Corp, Distinguished Delegates.