Speeches

By mahtabala, 14 June, 2007

Your Excellency Ambassador Jose L. Vignolo
Deputy Secretary-General, Ambassador Lolita Applewhaite
Members of Executive Management
Other Members of Staff of the CARICOM Secretariat
Representatives of the Media
Other Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen

It is my honour and pleasure to extend a warm welcome to you, Ambassador Vignolo, on the occasion of your accreditation as the first Plenipotentiary Representative of the Argentine Republic to the Caribbean Community.

By mahtabala, 12 June, 2007

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) CARICOM Youth Ambassadors are partnering with telecommunications giant of Suriname, Telesur, to develop a high impact Information and Communication Technology (ICT) project that is expected to engage Caribbean Youth in competitive activities that will promote the Caribbean Single Market and Economy (CSME).

By mahtabala, 11 June, 2007

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)  The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat wishes to thank Mr. Bryn Pollard for his letter to the Editor, Stabroek News on Saturday, 9 June 2007 entitled `National Committees are Vital to the Implementation of the Charter of Civil Society’. In stating that “Article 4 of the Charter mandates every Member State adopting the Charter to establish a National Committee”, he makes the seminal point. The rest, including the composition and functions of the Committee follows.

By mahtabala, 30 May, 2007

he Honourable Sir Louis Straker, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and Chairman of the Community Council of Ministers
The Honourable Dame Billie Miller, Senior Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Barbados
Other Honourable Ministers
Members of the Diplomatic Corps
Distinguished Delegates
Staff of the Secretariat
Representatives of the Media
Ladies and Gentlemen_

By mahtabala, 30 May, 2007

Mr. Chairman, the Honourable Elvin Nimrod, Attorney-General and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Grenada

Honourable Baldwin Spencer, Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Antigua and Barbuda

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, the Hon. Sir Louis Straker

Your Excellency Felipe Perez Roque, Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cuba

By mahtabala, 30 May, 2007

The Honourable Sir Louis Straker, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, and Chairman of the Community Council of Ministers
The Honourable Dame Billie Miller, Senior Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Barbados
Other Honourable Ministers
Members of the Diplomatic Corps
Distinguished Delegates
Staff of the Secretariat
Representatives of the Media
Ladies and Gentlemen_

By mahtabala, 23 May, 2007

Salutations

On 6 April 2007, the Inter-Governmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) released its Fourth Assessment Report on climate change which focused on the impacts, adaptation and vulnerability with regard to planet earth. The high level of confidence demonstrated in the methodology and in the quality data used in the preparation of the report, underscores the global concerns over the relationship between observed climate change and observed changes in the natural and human environment.

By mahtabala, 23 May, 2007
Mr Chairman
Honourable Ministers
Other Distinguished Delegates
Members of the Media

First of all I should like to extend a warm welcome to those of you who are visiting and to express the hope that, despite the importance of the matters to be addressed over the next two days, there will be time for some extra curricular activity.

By mahtabala, 23 May, 2007
Mr Chairman
Honourable Ministers
Other Distinguished Delegates
Members of the Media

First of all I should like to extend a warm welcome to those of you who are visiting and to express the hope that, despite the importance of the matters to be addressed over the next two days, there will be time for some extra curricular activity.