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By mahtabala, 5 April, 2002

STATEMENT BY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL OF CARICOM, ON THE PRESENTATION OF CREDENTIALS BY H.E. LAWRENCE SYLVESTER, HIGH COMMISSIONER OF BELIZE TO CARICOM

Honourable Minister of Foreign Affairs and Co-operation of Belize
Deputy Secretary-General
Your Excellency Director General, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Guyana
Madame Permanent Secretary
Your Excellencies, High Commissioners to CARICOM and the UK
Assistant Secretaries-General
Other Members of Staff of the Secretariat

By mahtabala, 4 April, 2002

REMARKS BY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY AND CHAIRMAN OF THE OPENING CEREMONY FOR THE THIRD CARIBBEAN-UK FORUM, 3 APRIL, 2002, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA

Honourable S.R. Insanally, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Guyana
Honourable Jack Straw, Secretary of State of the United Kingdom
Honourable Deputy Prime Ministers and Ministers of Foreign Affairs of Barbados and St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
Other Honourable Ministers of the Caribbean and UK delegations
Other Heads of Delegation
Members of Parliament
Members of the Diplomatic Corps
Distinguished Delegates
Distinguished Guests
Members of the Media
Ladies and Gentlemen

Good evening.

By mahtabala, 4 April, 2002

OPENING STATEMENT BY THE HON. S.R. INSANALLY, MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, GUYANA, AT THE THIRD CARIBBEAN-UK FORUM, 3-5 APRIL, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA

Mr. Secretary-General
Colleague Ministers of the United Kingdom and the Caribbean
Excellencies
Distinguished Delegates
Ladies and Gentlemen

In welcoming you all to this Third UK/Caribbean Forum. I say what an honour it is for Guyana to host this important event.

By mahtabala, 3 April, 2002

STATEMENT BY EDWIN W. CARRINGTON AT THE PRESENTATION OF THE BOOK “ETERNAL SPRING_ LIVING WITH ENOUGH IN A WORLD OF ABUNDANCE”, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA, 3 APRIL 2002

Members of the Diplomatic Corps
Dr Edmunds and Party
Deputy Secretary-General
Members of Staff of the Secretariat
Members of the Media
Ladies and Gentlemen

By mahtabala, 27 March, 2002

SECRETARY GENERAL TO RECEIVE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT BOOK

Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary-General, Mr Edwin Carrington, will receive a copy of the book AEternal Spring_ Living with Enough in a World of Abundance@ from Dr Joseph Edmunds on Wednesday 3 April 2002.

The ceremony will take place in the Large Conference Room at the CARICOM Secretariat=s headquarters, Bank of Guyana Building at 10.30 a.m. The book=s author, Jef Crab, will also be present at the presentation to which members of the Diplomatic Corps have been invited.

By mahtabala, 21 March, 2002

REMARKS BY DR CARLA BARNETT, DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), AT THE OPENING OF THE YWCA CARIBBEAN REGIONAL TRAINING MEETING, 20 MARCH 2002, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA

Madame Chairman,
Minister of Culture Youth and Sport of the Republic of Guyana,
General Secretary, World YWCA, Dr Musimbi Kanyoro,
Vice President World YWCA, Ms Monica Zetsche,
National President YWCA, Ms Dhanmattie Sohai,
Members of the Diplomatic Corps,
Members and Representatives of Regional YWCAs,
Specially invited guests and participants in this Opening Ceremony,
Young women of the Caribbean and the World

By mahtabala, 17 March, 2002

STATEMENT BY THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) SECRETARIAT AT THE UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON FINANCING FOR DEVELOPMENT, 18-22 March 2002, Monterrey, Mexico

Mr / Madam Chairperson_

First of all, let me on behalf of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) congratulate you on your appointment to the Chair, and at the same time, thank all of those, including the Facilitator, the Bureau, the UN Secretariat Staff, the other Chairpersons, and all those who participated in the preparatory process for this Meeting in this beautiful city of Monterrey. The Government and people of Mexico and of the city of Monterrey deserve our highest commendation.

Partnership for Development_

Mr / Madam Chairperson_

By mahtabala, 12 March, 2002

ADDRESS BY DR. CARLA BARNETT, DEPUTY SECRETARY GENERAL, CARICOM, TO COMMONWEALTH DAY INTER-FAITH SERVICE, NATIONAL CULTURAL CENTRE, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA , 11 MARCH, 2002

As I greet you on behalf of the Caribbean Community at this observance of Commonwealth Day, I must apologise for the absence of the Secretary-General who has been unavoidably detained in Trinidad. He sends his personal best wishes and regrets that he could not be part of this celebration involving the Commonwealth with participation by a segment of our population that is so close to his heart - the Youth.

By mahtabala, 11 March, 2002

ADDRESS BY DR. CARLA BARNETT, DEPUTY SECRETARY GENERAL, CARICOM, TO COMMONWEALTH DAY INTER-FAITH SERVICE, , 11 MARCH, 2002, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA

As I greet you on behalf of the Caribbean Community at this observance of Commonwealth Day, I must apologise for the absence of the Secretary-General who has been unavoidably detained in Trinidad. He sends his personal best wishes and regrets that he could not be part of this celebration involving the Commonwealth with participation by a segment of our population that is so close to his heart - the Youth.

By mahtabala, 8 March, 2002

STATEMENT BY MS. JACQULYN JOSEPH, DIRECTOR, HUMAN DEVELOPMENT, CARICOM SECRETARIAT AT LAUNCH OF 2001 REPORT OF THE INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL BOARD

As we meet to launch the 2001 Report of the International Narcotics Control Board I wish to acknowledge the high level of collaboration and cooperation we in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) have had with the United Nations Drugs Control Programme (UNDCP) as we worked together on meeting international commitments.

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