With specific focus on issues pertaining to health, the Fourteenth Meeting of the CARICOM Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD) was held at the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank, (ECCB) St. Kitts and Nevis on 27-28 April 2006, under the chairmanship of the Hon. Bernard Nottage, Minister of Health of The Bahamas.
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Your Excellency Ambassador H.E. Mr. Soong-chull Shin
Deputy Secretary-General
Assistant Secretaries General
Distinguished Guests
Ladies and Gentlemen
Members of the Media
Your Excellency, on behalf of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), it is my distinct pleasure to welcome you to the Headquarters of the Caribbean Community Secretariat. This welcome you can be sure is extended to include the Caribbean Community itself.
Your Excellency Ambassador H.E. Mr. Soong-chull Shin
Deputy Secretary-General
Assistant Secretaries General
Distinguished Guests
Ladies and Gentlemen
Members of the Media
Your Excellency, on behalf of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), it is my distinct pleasure to welcome you to the Headquarters of the Caribbean Community Secretariat. This welcome you can be sure is extended to include the Caribbean Community itself.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is poised to receive assistance from the Government of Korea to advance the Region’s Information and Communication Technology (ICT) development agenda.
On Tuesday 2 May, CARICOM and Korea signed a Consultation and Cooperation Mechanism at the CARICOM Secretariat Headquarters in Georgetown, Guyana, formalising bilateral cooperation between the two sides in a number of areas including the use of ICTs for the Community’s development.
1. The Fifth UK-Caribbean Forum, hosted by the Government of Barbados, took place in Bridgetown on 26-28 April 2006. The Forum was co-chaired on the Caribbean side by the Hon. Elvin Nimrod, MP, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade of Grenada and current Chair of the CARICOM Council for Foreign and Community Relations, and on the UK side by the Rt. Hon. Jack Straw, MP, Secretary of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
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Lord Triesman, Minister responsible for Relations with the Caribbean in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and Interim Head of the Delegation of the United Kingdom
The Hon. Elvin Nimrod, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade of Grenada, Chairman of the Council for Foreign and Community Relations of CARICOM and Co-Chairman of this Forum
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LORD TRIESMAN, MINISTER RESPONSIBLE FOR RELATIONS WITH THE CARIBBEAN IN THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE AND INTERIM HEAD OF THE DELEGATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM;
THE HONOURABLE ELVIN NIMROD, MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE OF GRENADA, CHAIRMAN OF THE COUNCIL FOR FOREIGN AND COMMUNITY RELATIONS OF CARICOM AND CO-CHAIRMAN OF THIS FORUM;
DR EDWIN CARRINGTON, SECRETARY GENERAL OF CARICOM;
MINISTERS AND DELEGATES OF ALL PARTICIPATING STATES;
DISTINGUISHED GUESTS, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN_
The Ninth Meeting of the Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR) was held in Point Salines, Grenada 24-25 April, 2006 under the chairmanship of the Hon. Elvin Nimrod, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Grenada. The Ministers attending were_ the Hon. W. Baldwin Spencer, Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Antigua and Barbuda; the Hon.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Secretary General and Staff of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat mourn the passing of Mr. William “Billy” Pilgrim, one of Guyana’s and the Region’s cultural icons.
Mr. Pilgrim recognised, respected, and celebrated the rich cultural history of the Region and worked tirelessly to ensure that this legacy would not only be expressed but also be preserved.
Mr. Chairman, the Honourable Elvin Nimrod, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Trade of Grenada
Colleague Ministers
Rev. Osbert James
Secretary General of the Caribbean Community
Excellencies and other Government representatives
Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen