His colleagues responded to his vision three years later in Grenada in the now famous 1989 Grand Anse Declaration with the decision to create a CARICOM Single Market and Economy, of which we have been hearing so much. Move rapidly and resolutely towards the concept of an integrated regional economy”. …”Īnd he urged on his Colleague Heads the need to: “…arrived at a stage where a prime requirement for its further advance is the establishment of effective, diversified linkages among the economies of Member States. Hoyte was not to be satisfied with the stage of the Community whose Chairmanship he had just assumed.
But true to his known thirst for development and progress, Mr. Hoyte asserted that “ Guyana … is an integral, inseparable and enduring part of the Caribbean Community.” And so it has remained. In his very first address as President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana to a Meeting of CARICOM Heads of Government – the Seventh Meeting of the Conference, held here in Georgetown in July 1986, and coincidentally, the very meeting when he assumed Chairmanship of the Community for a year – Mr. I would like my tribute to focus a bit on his contribution to the development of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). Much has been said over the past week about the depth and breadth of Hugh Desmond Hoyte’s interests and contribution, particularly as they related to Guyana. As Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community, I am honoured to have known him as one never hesitant to declare his allegiance to the Caribbean Community indeed, in his own words,“an unrepentant integrationist.” This position no doubt found its roots in his positive and early experiences as a young teacher in Grenada and in his many travels throughout our Region – even as he promoted the interests of his nation. Hoyte dedicated over half his life in service of his country and the Caribbean region. An astute politician and enlightened leader, Mr. I am indeed deeply honoured on behalf of the Caribbean Community – CARICOM – to pay tribute to the late Hugh Desmond Hoyte, former President of the Cooperative Republic of Guyana and Leader of the People’s National Congress-Reform, whose death on Sunday, 22 December 2002 sent shock waves throughout Guyana, the Caribbean and further afield.
Leader and Members of the People’s National Congress-Reform Governor-General of Barbados and representatives of Heads of State and Government visiting Mrs Joyce Hoyte and members of the Hoyte family
Suspensions of the Common External Tariff and Safeguard certificates.Plenipotentiary Representatives accredited to CARICOM.
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