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Salutations: "A New Horizon A Whole New World" is a fitting theme for us as Dominicans and Caribbean people at this time to observe such an occasion. The many changes taking place in both the regional and international sphere provide an ideal opportunity for all of us to chart a course of development for this region which will improve the quality of life of all of our citizens. |
Speeches
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On behalf of the CARICOM Secretariat, let me welcome you to this CARICOM Workshop on "Strengthening Capacity of Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems in CARICOM Member States- Focusing on the Improvement of Statistics on Fertility and Mortality." For those who are visiting from outside Guyana, I would also like to welcome you to Guyana, the location of the headquarters of the Secretariat. |
On behalf of the CARICOM Secretariat, let me welcome you to this CARICOM Workshop on "Strengthening Capacity of Civil Registration and Vital Statistics Systems in CARICOM Member States- Focusing on the Improvement of Statistics on Fertility and Mortality."
For those who are visiting from outside Guyana, I would also like to welcome you to Guyana, the location of the headquarters of the Secretariat.
Salutation
"Everyone has the right to work, to free choice of employment, to just and favourable conditions of work and to protection against unemployment. Everyone, without any discrimination, has the right to equal pay for equal work. Everyone who works has the right to just and favourable remuneration ensuring for himself and his family an existence worthy of human dignity, and supplemented, if necessary, by other means of social protection". (Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Paris, 1948, Article 23)
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The convening of this Forum is a tangible expression of the commitment of the CARICOM Secretariat to providing support to Member States in the discharge of their obligations under the Revised Treaty. |
Salutation
"Everyone has the right to work, to free choice of employment, to just and favourable conditions of work and to protection against unemployment. Everyone, without any discrimination, has the right to equal pay for equal work. Everyone who works has the right to just and favourable remuneration ensuring for himself and his family an existence worthy of human dignity, and supplemented, if necessary, by other means of social protection". (Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Paris, 1948, Article 23)
Commonwealth Day provides an opportunity for the people of the Member States of the Commonwealth to reflect on a range of global issues and on the international cooperation that has been undertaken, and continues to be pursued, among the 53-nation Commonwealth, for the benefit of its 1.8 billion citizens.
Twelve Member States of the Caribbean Community are members of the Commonwealth, cooperating in a wide array of fields anchored by shared values, principles and aims, and linked by common historical ties in social, economic and political terms.
Mr. Raymond Ryan, Chairman of the Caribbean Fisheries Forum
Mr. Juichiro Sasaki, Leader of the Government of Japan/ Japan International Cooperation Agency Study Team
Other members of the Japanese delegation
Mr. Hugh Saul, Executive Director, Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism
Directors of Fisheries and Chief Fisheries Officers of CARICOM
Other Members of the CARICOM team
Staff of the CARICOM Secretariat
Ladies and Gentlemen
Mr. Raymond Ryan, Chairman of the Caribbean Fisheries Forum
Mr. Juichiro Sasaki, Leader of the Government of Japan/ Japan International Cooperation Agency Study Team
Other members of the Japanese delegation
Mr. Hugh Saul, Executive Director, Caribbean Regional Fisheries Mechanism
Directors of Fisheries and Chief Fisheries Officers of CARICOM
Other Members of the CARICOM team
Staff of the CARICOM Secretariat
Ladies and Gentlemen