Twenty-eight countries will take part in one of the most diverse Caribbean Festival of the Arts ever, which gets underway in Paramaribo, Suriname on Sunday 24 August.
Trinidad and Tobago
Mr. Secretary-General,
My colleague, the British High Commissioner, representing the Presidency of the EU in Guyana
Members of the Diplomatic Corps,
Members of the media,
Special invitees,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
On behalf of the European Commissioner for Development, Mr. Poul Nielson, I wish to express the Commission’s satisfaction on this occasion of the signing of the Regional Strategy Paper and Regional Indicative Programme.
Honourable Ministers
Ms. Jacqulyn Joseph and other members of the CARICOM Secretariat
Permanent Secretaries
Representatives of Ministers
Representatives of Regional and International Institutions
Distinguished Guests
Ladies and Gentlemen.
I am delighted to welcome all of you who have honoured the invitation to this 6th Special Meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development. Your presence here, is fitting testimony to your commitment to the urgent need for us to work harmoniously together in facing the challenges of Human and Social Development, as they relate to education at all levels of the system.
This Meeting provides a forum for dialogue with the objective of evolving enduring solutions to the human development constraints facing the Caribbean Region.
The 14th Inter-Sessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) was held in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, on 14-15 February 2003. It was presided over by immediate past Chairman, H.E. Bharrat Jagdeo, President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana, in the absence of the Chairman, Hon. Pierre Charles, Prime Minister of Dominica who was indisposed.
Colleague Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community
Ministers of Government
Secretary General of the Caribbean Community
Excellencies
Ladies and Gentlemen_
We are meeting in Trinidad and Tobago where thirty years ago, at Chaguaramas, the Treaty which gave life to our family of nations was signed.
Chairman,
Colleague Heads of Government
Secretary General
Ministers of Government
Honourees and other Distinguished Guests
Ladies and Gentlemen.
Heads of State and Government of the Caribbean Community
Honourable Ministers
Distinguished Secretary-General
Members of the Diplomatic Corps
Distinguished Guests
Artistes
Ladies and Gentlemen
As Chairman of the Caribbean Community, it is my most pleasant task to welcome you all this evening to this very special occasion, the Launch of the CARICOM 30th Anniversary Programme.
Mr. Chairman,
Colleague Heads of Government,
Honourable Ministers,
Secretary-General,
Members of the Diplomatic Corps,
Specially Invited Guests,
Delegates,
Members of the Media,
Ladies and Gentlemen,
It is with great pleasure that, on behalf of the Government and People of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, I extend a warm welcome to this distinguished assembly, at this Opening Ceremony of the Fourteenth Inter-Sessional Meeting of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community.
Integration, our Key to Prosperity. We may not be a Federation but we are definitely integrating.
Hon Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago
Other Prime Ministers
Hon. Ministers of Government
Members of the Diplomatic Corps
Registrar of the UWI St Augustine Campus
Mrs. Tewarie
Specially Invited Guests
Students