Conference On The Caribbean: US Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez to speak at opening ceremony

GREATER GEORGETOWN, Guyana – Prime Minister of Barbados the Rt Honourable Owen Arthur and United States Commerce Secretary Mr. Carlos Gutierrez will deliver the keynote addresses on behalf of CARICOM and the United States respectively, at the Plenary Opening Ceremony of the Conference on the Caribbean which begins in Washington DC on June 19.

The three-day groundbreaking event will be held under the theme `Conference on the Caribbean: A 2020 Vision’. Its highpoint will be the CARICOM-US summit when CARICOM Heads of State and US President George W. Bush hold talks on June 20, 2007 at the White House.

The Plenary session on June 19, which begins at 8:30 at the Preston Auditorium, World Bank, will be held under the theme `CARICOM Development in the 21st Century: Economic Growth with Social Equity’.