This Conference is most timely and its theme is appropriately expressive of the daunting prospects facing the Caribbean as it confronts several challenges and prepares for the epic Fifth Summit of the Americas to be held in Port-of-Spain Trinidad and Tobago, among others. The Summit is being planned and implemented as a CARICOM hosted event in Trinidad and Tobago.
Speeches
Honourable Dean Barrow, Prime Minister of Belize and Chairman of the Conference of the Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community
Your Excellencies the Presidents of Guyana and Suriname and Other Members of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community
Honourable Ministers
The Honourable Chief Justice of Belize
Members of Parliament of Belize
Members of the Diplomatic Corps
Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) Dr. Jacques Diouf
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Heads of State and Government of CARICOM Secretary General of CARICOM, Dr. Edwin Carrington My Lord, Chief Justice of Belize Ministers of Government and Members of the National Assembly of Belize Heads of International and Regional Organizations Members of the Diplomatic and Consular Corps Other Specially invited guests Delegates |
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Colleague Prime Ministers of the Subcommittee on the CSME Honourable Prime Ministers of the Community Ministers of Government Secretary-General |
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)Â The CARICOM Secretariat is honoured to salute the women and girls of the Caribbean Community on the occasion of International Womenâs Day (IWD), 8 March, 2009.
This annual celebration gives us a special opportunity to reflect on the achievements on the path towards gender equality and womenâs empowerment.
Chairperson
Representatives of the_ Food and Agriculture Organisation of the UN; Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA); United States Department of Agriculture/Animal and Plant Health International Services (USDA/APHIS)
Senior Officials of Member States and Associate Members of the Caribbean Community
Representatives from the DR, Aruba, Martinique and Guadeloupe;
French Agricultural Research Centre for International Development (CIRAD);
CARDI, UWI, UG, CABI
Good morning.
Representative of the Commonwealth Secretariat, Dr. Deryck Brown, Head of the Commonwealth Secretariatâs Technical Cooperation and Strategic Response Group for the Governance and Institutional Development Division
Ambassador Kishan Rana, Senior Fellow, Diplofoundation, Malta and Geneva and Professor Emeritus, Foreign Service Institute, New Delhi
Representatives from CARICOM Member States
Representatives of the Institute of International Relations and the University of the West Indies
Members of Staff of the CARICOM Secretariat
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The Honourable Humphrey Hildenburg, Minister of Finance of Suriname and Chairman of the Council for Finance and Planning (COFAP); Honourable Prime Ministers of St Vincent and the Grenadines and Saint Lucia Honourable David Estwick and other Distinguished Ministers; President of the Caribbean Development Bank; Central Bank Governors and Deputy Governors; |
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)
Buenos Dias Señoras y Señores,