It is my pleasure to formally welcome you, my colleague Prime Ministers and Heads of Delegation to this Special Meeting of the Heads of State and Government of the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Caribbean Forum (CARIFORUM). We are here to address critical issues related to the CARIFORUM/EU Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA). The fact that we are meeting at this level as the negotiations near their conclusion is an indication of the importance which CARIFORUM places on the EPA negotiations.
Speeches
It is my pleasure to formally welcome you, my colleague Prime Ministers and Heads of Delegation to this Special Meeting of the Heads of State and Government of the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Caribbean Forum (CARIFORUM). We are here to address critical issues related to the CARIFORUM/EU Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA). The fact that we are meeting at this level as the negotiations near their conclusion is an indication of the importance which CARIFORUM places on the EPA negotiations.
Hon. Robert Persaud, Minister of Agriculture
Representatives of Member States
Representatives of Associate Members
Mr Hugh Saul and other colleagues of the CRFM
Representatives of Institutions
Staff of the CARICOM Secretariat
 Ladies and Gentlemen of the Media
It gives me great pleasure to address this Second Special Meeting of the Caribbean Fisheries Forum on the Common Fisheries Policy and Regime for the Caribbean Community.
Dr. the Hon. Jerome Walcott, Minister of Health, Barbados and Chair of the Regional Coordinating Mechanism of PANCAP
Dr. Edward Greene, Assistant Secretary-General, Directorate of Human and Social Development, CARICOM Secretariat
Mr. Carl Browne, Director, PANCAP
Ms. Altoscha Anderson, CARICOM Youth Ambassador
Members of the Regional Coordinating Mechanism, PANCAP
Officials of the CARICOM Secretariat and the PANCAP Coordinating Mechanism
Officials of the Ministry of Health and National AIDS Programme of St. Vincent and The Grenadines
Right Honourable Owen Arthur, Prime Minister of Barbados and Chairman of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community
The Honourable Patrick Manning, Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, and Host Prime Minister
Your Excellency the President of Suriname Other Members of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community
Honourable Ministers
The Honourable Sir George Alleyne, OCC. Chancellor of the University of the West Indies, and Heads of Other Regional Organisations
Other Distinguished Participants
It is a wonderful feeling, as Prime Minister of Barbados, to be in a position to welcome you, and to preside over a Conference in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. Fear not. I will not take over. It is not the Flying Fish Season.
Colleague Heads
Members of the Diplomatic Corps
Representatives of Local, Regional and other International Agencies
Representatives of Academia
Members of the Media
Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen
Introduction
Ladies and gentlemen, it is my pleasure to address the media on issues related to the Summit on Non-Communicable Diseases to be held in Port of Spain at the Crowne Plaza Hotel on Saturday 15 September.
The burden of non-Communicable Diseases
Introduction
Ladies and gentlemen, it is my pleasure to address the media on issues related to the Summit on Non-Communicable Diseases to be held in Port of Spain at the Crowne Plaza Hotel on Saturday 15 September.
The burden of non-Communicable Diseases
It is an honour for me to represent the Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) at this the 2nd China-Caribbean Economic and Trade Cooperation Forum, following the very successful 1st forum which took place in Jamaica in February 2005. Regrettably, he was unable to be present at this Forum since he will be attending a meeting of our Heads of Government who will shortly be meeting in Trinidad and Tobago at a Special Summit to discuss health issues.