Mr. Chairman, Colleagues Heads of Government, Mr. Secretary-General, Honourable Ministers, Members of Parliament, Distinguished delegates, Excellencies of the Diplomatic Corps, Invited guests, Members of the Media, Ladies and Gentlemen, boys and girls.
As I conclude my six month term as Chairman of the Conference of the Heads of Government I wish to offer not only a retrospective but also to take a brief look at the manner in which we are advancing our Caribbean Integration.
Mr. Secretary-General, Mr. Chairman, Prime Minister Hinds, Colleague Heads of Government, distinguished delegations, Heads of regional and international organisations, Ladies and Gentlemen.
May I begin by thanking the Government and People of the Republic of Guyana, and you, Mr. President, for the excellent arrangements made for this meeting, and for the kind hospitality shown to the Bahamas delegation here in Guyana.
His Excellency, the President of Guyana and Chairman of the Conference of Heads of Government;
Other Heads of State and Government of the Caribbean Community;
Other Heads of Delegations;
Honourable Ministers;
Members of the Diplomatic Corps;
Representatives of Regional and International Organisations;
Distinguished Delegates;
Professor Rhoda Reddock;
Other Specially Invited Guests;
Members of the Media;
Ladies and Gentlemen;
Boys and Girls;
More than one hundred delegates assembled at the Princess Hotel in Belize City, Belize on 3-5 February 2002 for the Thirteenth Inter-Sessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community, presided over by Hon. Said Musa, Prime Minister of Belize and Chairman of the Caribbean Community. Among those in attendance were_ Hon. Lester B. Bird, Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda; Rt. Hon. Hubert A. Ingraham, Prime Minister of The Bahamas; Rt. Hon. Owen S. Arthur, Prime Minister of Barbados; Hon. Pierre Charles, Prime Minister of Dominica; H.E.
Your Excellencies the Presidents of Guyana and Suriname
Colleague Heads of Government,
Honourable Ministers,
Representatives of Regional Organisations
Senior Government Officials,
Representatives of the Private Sector,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
Good Morning,
Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community met in emergency session from 11-12 October, 2001 in Nassau, The Bahamas. Heads of Government in attendance were_ The Rt. Hon. Hubert A. Ingraham, Prime Minister of The Bahamas; the Rt. Hon Owen S. Arthur, Prime Minister of Barbados; Dr. the Hon. Keith C. Mitchell, Prime Minister of Grenada; His Excellency Bharrat Jagdeo, President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana; the Rt. Hon. Percival J. Patterson, Prime Minister of Jamaica; Hon. Dr. Denzil Douglas, Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis; and Dr the Hon. Kenny D.
The Twenty-Second Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) was held in Nassau, The Bahamas, on 3-6 July, 2001.
Your Excellencies Sir Orville and Lady Turnquest;
Your Excellencies the Presidents of Dominican Republic, Haiti, Guyana, and Suriname;
Colleague Heads of Government;
Honourable Cabinet Ministers, Senators and
Members of Parliament;
Mr. Secretary General;
Mr. President and Justices of the Court of Appeal;
Madam Chief Justice and Justices of the Supreme Court;
Their Excellencies the Secretaries General of the Commonwealth, the Association of Caribbean States and the Director General of the Food and Agricultural Organization;
The Right Honourable Prime Minister of Barbados, Outgoing Chairman of CARICOM
The Right Honourable Prime Minister of Bahamas, Mr. Hubert Ingraham, the Incumbent Chairman of CARICOM and our wonderful host;
Other distinguished Heads of State and Government;
The Secretary-General of CARICOM, His Excellency Mr. Edwin Carrington;
Ministers of Government of member countries of CARICOM;
Members of the Diplomatic Corps;
Other esteemed invited guests; Ladies, gentlemen and the people of our Caribbean civilisation.
His Excellency the Governor-General of The Bahamas Sir Orville Turnquest and Lady Turnquest
The Rt. Hon. Hubert Ingraham, Prime Minister of The Bahamas, and Chairman of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community and Mrs. Ingraham
Their Excellencies the Presidents of Guyana, Suriname and of the Dominican Republic
Other Distinguished Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community
Hon. Premier of Bermuda
Hon. Ministers
Hon. Deputy Leader and Minister of Tourism, Environment and Transport of the Cayman Islands