(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) It is a pleasure for Grenada to be Chairing the Thirty-Sixth Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED).
Colleague Ministers, our Community is at yet another defining epoch in our development. Indeed, there is much skepticism among segments of our stakeholder groups, which has often-times weakened the case for the work of the COTED.
We must do two things through the important work at this 36th COTED_
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(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has been charged to rethink, re-organize and re-strategise the way the business of the Council is conducted.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) A place for the private sector at the table of meetings of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) is gaining traction with the Honourable Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Guyana and Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), both making strong recommendations in this regard on Thursday.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has underscored the need for Member States to work together to find and implement solutions to the challenges that faced the Community.
Basing his comments on the current state of the global environment and its effects on the Region, the Secretary-General said that while the times are difficult, they also presented an opportunity for the Region to band together to overcome them.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) You are no stranger to the Caribbean Community family as you have represented your country at numerous Meetings of the Councils of CARICOM. Nevertheless, it is with great pleasure that I welcome you in your new role as Antigua and Barbuda’s Plenipotentiary Representative to the Caribbean Community.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) St. Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister, the Rt Honourable Dr Denzil Douglas on Monday called for the rekindling of values that would inspire global development.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) It is with a deep sense of pride and humility that I stand in this hallowed hall of the Parliament of Catalonia which is associated with such a spectacular history, dating back to the Eleventh Century. Your parliamentary history as we witnessed in the informative guided tour preceding this ceremony, included the Counts of Barcelona and the Corts Catalones, composed of the three estates representing Church, feudal nobles and citizens of Royal Towns such as Barcelona.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) It is with a deep sense of pride and humility that I stand in this hallowed hall of the Parliament of Catalonia which is associated with such a spectacular history, dating back to the Eleventh Century. Your parliamentary history as we witnessed in the informative guided tour preceding this ceremony, included the Counts of Barcelona and the Corts Catalones, composed of the three estates representing Church, feudal nobles and citizens of Royal Towns such as Barcelona.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) It is with great pleasure that I welcome you to the Headquarters of the Caribbean Community Secretariat. Allow me to also welcome the distinguished colleague from the High Commission of India in Georgetown, Guyana to the CARICOM Secretariat. Excellency, within this building itself is tangible evidence of the strong relations between CARICOM and India.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque has enlisted India as another of the Community’s advocates to highlight the deleterious effects of the `graduation’ of small, highly-indebted Member States away from access to badly needed international development assistance on a concessional basis.