H.E. Felipe Caldeŕon, President of Mexico
H.E. Luisa Diogo, Prime Minister of Mozambique
H.E. José Rodríguez Zapatero, Prime Minister of Spain
Dr Pedro Cahan, President of the International AIDS Society and International Conference Co-Chair
Dr Luis Ramirez, Local Conference Co-Chair
Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen
Speeches
Distinguished Heads of Regional Institutions and Organisations
Ambassador Charles Maynard, Plenipotentiary Representative of the Commonwealth of Dominica to the Caribbean Community
Other Distinguished Delegates
Deputy Secretary-General and other Staff of the Secretariat
Representatives of the Media
Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen
It is a great pleasure for me, as Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community, to welcome you all once again to the Headquarters of the Community - your Community.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Single Market Advisor with the CARICOM Secretariat, Ms Desiree Field Ridley has cited Agriculture as one of the Community’s critical responses to the global challenges now impacting the Region’s economic well-being.
Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, The Right Honourable David Milliband
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs the Hon. Meg Munn
Distinguished Members of the UK Parliament
Colleague CARICOM Heads of Government and Foreign Ministers
Specially invited guests
Ladies and gentlemen!
It is indeed my pleasure and honour to address you on behalf of the Peoples and Governments of the Caribbean Community on the occasion of this, the Sixth UK - Caribbean Forum.
Salutations
The CARICOM Secretariat wishes to thank the Caribbean Food Crops Society for the opportunity to discuss the challenges for the Caribbean Community in these early years of the 21st Century and onward.
I. PREAMBLE
I am honoured by the invitation of the Caribbean Food Crops Society to speak at its Forty-Fourth Annual Meeting. Your longevity is indicative of an accumulation of knowledge and service to the agricultural sector of the Caribbean which I, a mere Economist and occasional dabbler in the special field of agricultural economics cannot match. Therefore I thank you in advance for your kindness and tolerance.
II. INTRODUCTION
There is an old truism that Water is Life. This is borne out by the 2002 United Nations World Water Development Report, which, among other things, states that, “…of all the social and natural resource crises, we humans face, the water crisis is the one that lies at the heart of our survival and that of our planet Earth.”
There is an old truism that Water is Life. This is borne out by the 2002 United Nations World Water Development Report, which, among other things, states that, “…of all the social and natural resource crises, we humans face, the water crisis is the one that lies at the heart of our survival and that of our planet Earth.”
Your Excellency the President of Guyana
Honourable Prime Minister
Members of Cabinet of Guyana
Members of the Diplomatic Corps
Distinguished Guests
Staff of the Secretariat
Representatives of the Media
Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen
It is my very pleasant task as Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to welcome you on this CARICOM Day to this celebration of Caribbean unity – marking the 35th Anniversary of CARICOM.
Your Excellency, Dame Louise Lake-Tack Governor-General of Antigua and Barbuda
Distinguished Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community
Distinguished Secretary General of the Organisation of American States
Distinguished Secretary General of CARICOM
Distinguished Secretary General of the Commonwealth
Ministers of the Government of Antigua and Barbuda
Ministers of other CARICOM Governments
Madame President and Members of the Senate
Madame Speaker and Members of the House of Representatives
Honourable Members of the Judiciary