It is my pleasure to address this distinguished gathering, on behalf of the Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community, and to offer congratulations on this historic occasion of the Twentieth Anniversary of the Caribbean Telecommunications Union (CTU).
Lolita Applewhaite
Representative of the Commonwealth Secretariat, Dr. Deryck Brown, Head of the Commonwealth Secretariat’s Technical Cooperation and Strategic Response Group for the Governance and Institutional Development Division
Ambassador Kishan Rana, Senior Fellow, Diplofoundation, Malta and Geneva and Professor Emeritus, Foreign Service Institute, New Delhi
Representatives from CARICOM Member States
Representatives of the Institute of International Relations and the University of the West Indies
Members of Staff of the CARICOM Secretariat
Representative of the Commonwealth Secretariat, Dr. Deryck Brown, Head of the Commonwealth Secretariat’s Technical Cooperation and Strategic Response Group for the Governance and Institutional Development Division
Ambassador Kishan Rana, Senior Fellow, Diplofoundation, Malta and Geneva and Professor Emeritus, Foreign Service Institute, New Delhi
Representatives from CARICOM Member States
Representatives of the Institute of International Relations and the University of the West Indies
Members of Staff of the CARICOM Secretariat
Salutations
It is my pleasure to welcome you, on behalf of the Secretary-General, to this the Seventeenth Meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD).
This Education COHSOD is meeting at a time when the global economic and financial crisis brings into sharp focus the need to have a trained, readily trainable and re-trainable work force in our Region.
Today’s global situation makes it imperative for countries such as ours to re-orient and fine-tune our systems to cope with the phenomenon.
Chair
Honourable Samuel Hinds, Prime Minister of the Republic of Guyana
Honourable Martin Joseph, Minister of National Security of Trinidad and Tobago and Chair of CONSLE
Honourable Ministers of Government of other Member states
Chair and Members of the Security Policy and Advisory Committee (SEPAC)
Executive Director and staff of the Implementation Agency for Crime and Security (IMPACS)
Staff Members of the CARICOM Secretariat
Representatives of the Media
Ladies and Gentlemen
Chairman
Senator Honourable Maxine Mc Clean, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office
Ms. Juanita Thorington-Poulett, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Finance, Economic Affairs and Energy
Mr Harold Robinson, Representative United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Office for the English and Dutch-speaking Caribbean
Professor Paul Cheung, Director United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD)
Representatives of National, Regional and International Organizations
Mrs Angela Hunte, Director of Statistics, Barbados Statistical Service (BSS)
Chairman
Senator Honourable Maxine Mc Clean, Minister in the Prime Minister’s Office
Ms. Juanita Thorington-Poulett, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Finance, Economic Affairs and Energy
Mr Harold Robinson, Representative United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Office for the English and Dutch-speaking Caribbean
Professor Paul Cheung, Director United Nations Statistics Division (UNSD)
Representatives of National, Regional and International Organizations
Mrs Angela Hunte, Director of Statistics, Barbados Statistical Service (BSS)
Dr. Weggoro, Director, Productive and Social Sector of the East African Community Secretariat, and Head of the East African Community delegation;
Representatives from Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda;
Colleagues, staff of the CARICOM Secretariat including those of the CSME Unit in Barbados who are participating via Video Conference;
I am honoured to have the opportunity to welcome you today to the CARICOM Secretariat.
Dr. Weggoro, Director, Productive and Social Sector of the East African Community Secretariat, and Head of the East African Community delegation;
Representatives from Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda;
Colleagues, staff of the CARICOM Secretariat including those of the CSME Unit in Barbados who are participating via Video Conference;
I am honoured to have the opportunity to welcome you today to the CARICOM Secretariat.
Dr. Weggoro, Director, Productive and Social Sector of the East African Community Secretariat, and Head of the East African Community delegation;
Representatives from Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda;
Colleagues, staff of the CARICOM Secretariat including those of the CSME Unit in Barbados who are participating via Video Conference;
I am honoured to have the opportunity to welcome you today to the CARICOM Secretariat.