Communique issued at the conclusion of the Thirty-Second Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community

Speeches at the Opening Ceremony, 30 June 2011:

Speech delivered by Ambassador Lolita Applewhaite, Secretary-General (ag.), CARICOM

Speech by the Hon Freundel J. Stuart, QC, MP., Prime Minister of Barbados

Speech by His Excellency Desire Delano Bouterse, President, Suriname

Optimal Integration in the Caribbean :  Address by Dr. The Hon. Ralph E. Gonsalves, Prime Minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines

Speech by His Excellency Joseph Michel Martelly, President of Haiti

Statement by the Hon. Kamla Persad-Bissessar, Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago

Remarks by The Honourable Tillman Thomas, Prime Minister of Grenada and Outgoing Chairman of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community

Speech by the Honourable  Dr. Denzil L. Douglas, Prime Minister, St. Kitts and Nevis

Press Releases:

Embrace, nurture CARICOM – Acting Secretary-General (press release 241/2011)

CARICOM has achieved quietly and against the odds, says Barbados PM (press release 243/2011)

CARICOM Secretariat needs sustainable financing, Heads agree at 32nd Summit (press release 244/2011)

The CSME is not derailed; its timetable just delayed, says Barbados PM (press release 246/2011)

 CARICOM Heads of Government express concern over President Chavez’ illness  (press release 249/2011)

Not business as usual, says St Vincent and Grenadines PM.   Time for a new SG  (press release 250/2011)

Suriname President calls for urgent measures to stamp out child abuse  (press release 251/2011)

Dispel the pall of gloom –PM Gonsalves  (press release 252/2011)

Haiti keen on full integration in CSM   (press release 254/2011)

Invest in Haiti – President Martelly to CARICOM businessmen (press release 255/2011)

Two weeks closer to the appointment of the Region’s Top Civil Servant (press release 256/2011)

Thirty-Second CARICOM Summit closes with positive outcomes CARPHA.  is now legal (press release 259/2011)

Groundwork laid to advance integration movement – PM Douglas (press release 260/2011)

CARICOM Heads of Government endorse candidatures  (press release 261/2011)

Caribbean – EU Statement (press release 262/2011)

Ministerial Committee to look into West Indies Cricket (press release 263/2011)

Guyana President bids adieu to The Conference.  Urges his colleagues to defend CARICOM (press release 264/2011)

Saint Lucia, Guyana cop 10K Road race (press release 266/2011)

'Big Four' must provide focused leadership – Prime Minister Gonsalves (press release 267/2011)

 Patterson calls for CARICOM to support new Haitian Administration in its plan for Haiti reconstruction (press release 269/2011)

CARICOM Awards:

Citation presented to Sir Edwin Wilberforce Carrington on the occasion of the conferment of the award of the ORDER OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY

Citation read in honour of Professor Violet Eudine Barriteau on the occasion of the presentation of THE TENTH CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY TRIENNIAL AWARD FOR WOMEN