New Year’s Message from the Chairman of the Caribbean Community, H.E. Desiré Delano Bouterse, President of the Republic of Suriname.
| (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) People of the Caribbean Community, I wish you all a happy, healthy and productive New Year. As Chairman of the Conference of Heads of State and Government of CARICOM, I look forward to a year that holds great opportunities for strengthening our integration movement, and thereby improving the lives of our citizens. While the 1st of January is an important day for me, it is even more so for His Excellency, President Michel Martelly, and the people of the Republic of Haiti, who celebrate their independence on this day. I wish to offer them my heartiest congratulations on the completion of yet another auspicious milestone. I am delighted that we are witnessing the active participation of Haiti within the Caribbean Community, as proof of the resilience and fortitude of its people to rebound from the adversity of the disastrous earthquake of 2010. I also wish to congratulate the People and Government of Jamaica for the peaceful manner in which the recent elections have been conducted. Once again, the Jamaican people have demonstrated that the democratic traditions and institutions within our Community are strong and vibrant. I furthermore extend my congratulations to the People’s National Party and its Chairman on their victory and my best wishes and full support to the Most Honourable Portia Simpson-Miller as |
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