The CARICOM Electoral Observer Mission was mounted, at the invitation of the Government of Trinidad and Tobago, to monitor the conduct of the General Elections on 10 December, 2001.
Member
Mr. Chairman, Rt. Hon Hubert Ingraham
Distinguished Heads of Government
Secretary General of CARICOM
Ministers of Government
Your Excellencies
Tourism Public and Private Sector Colleagues
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,
The Legal Affairs Committee (LAC) of the Caribbean Community has called on the Preparatory Committee for the Establishment of the Caribbean Court of Justice to put in place the necessary mechanism needed to have the Agreement establishing the Court implemented.
This was with the view to having the Court inaugurated by no later than October 2002. This was one of the major decisions emanating from the Fifth Ordinary Meeting of the LAC which was held in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, from November 28-30, 2001.
In less that two months, CARICOM Heads of Government are once again meeting in The Bahamas, this time for a Tourism Summit on 8-9 December at the Atlantis Resort on Paradise Island, The Bahamas.
The Government of Trinidad and Tobago has invited the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) to mount a CARICOM Electoral Mission to that Member State to evaluate and monitor the electoral systems and processes as well as the conduct of the General Elections on 10 December, 2001.
CARICOM has agreed, given the limited time available, to mount a Mission to observe the conduct of the General Elections on 10 December, 2001.
Honourable Prime Ministers of Barbados, Grenada, St. Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia and St. Vincent and the Grenadines
Honourable Ministers of Finance
Other Honourable Ministers
The Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Director of the Regional Bureau for Latin America and the Caribbean of the UNDP,
Vice-president of the Americas Branch of the Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)
The President of the Caribbean Development Bank
It was with profound sadness that the Caribbean Community learnt of the death of the Honourable Jagernath Lachmon, Speaker of the National Assembly of the Republic of Suriname on Friday October 19, 2001 at 85 years of age.
Honourable Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis
Honourable Ministers of CARIFORUM
Distinguished Director of the European Commission for West and Central Africa and the Caribbean
Other Heads of CARIFORUM Delegation
Mr. Secretary-General
Members of the Diplomatic Corps
Distinguished Delegates
Members of the Media
Ladies and Gentlemen
Secretary General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Mr Edwin Carrington, is slated to deliver the key note address at the eighth National Consultation with Civil Society in Saint Lucia as the Community advances towards its goal of integrating ideas from the non-government sector into a forward-looking strategy for the Region.
The government of Saint Lucia through the Ministries of Foreign Affairs and Community Development will host the forum in Castries, Saint Lucia's capital, tomorrow, 19 October 2001.