St. Kitts and Nevis' Prime Minister Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas Tuesday celebrated the 11th Anniversary of his appointment as Prime Minister of the twin-island Federation.
Although no official event was planned, the St. Kitts and Nevis leader began the day by hosting the CARICOM Community's First Heads of Government Prayer Breakfast, which took place at the St. Kitts Marriott Resort.
"I am honoured to host this Prayer Breakfast, for I believe it is appropriate that we gather as leaders to pray. First, as leaders, we need God's guidance, his compass, to keep us on course personally, that we would walk with integrity; we need God's heart of concern, caring and compassion to do what is best for all; we also need God's spirit of grace and mutual respect to move our united efforts forward in goodwill and finally, we want to seek first, God's Kingdom and humble ourselves in prayer, putting aside notions of self-interest, so we might pursue the common good with His help,"
said Prime Minister Douglas in remarks, adding: "That is the spirit in which we gather today. I desire this for myself and I wish it for all of us as leaders. I desire it for all our people of the Caribbean Community and our CARICOM meetings."
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| Deputy Director of Christian Embassy, United Nations, Dr. Michael Leary (l) presents gift to St. Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister and Chairman of CARICOM, Hon. Dr. Denzil L. Douglas. Third from left is Executive Director of Christian Embassy, United Nations and Mr. Steve Mohammed, Christian Embassy, CARICOM. |
Dr. Douglas, who assumed the Chairmanship of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), was joined at the head table by Prime Minister of Jamaica, the Most Hon. Portia Simpson-Miller, St. Kitts and Nevis Deputy Prime Minister, Hon. Sam Condor; Assistant Secretary General of CARICOM, Mr. Edward Greene and the Executive Director of Christian Embassy, Mission to the United Nations, Mr. John Austin.
Prayers at the CARICOM Community Heads of Government Prayer Breakfast were said by CARICOM Youth Ambassador, Ms. Khalea Robinson; Readings by Deputy Prime Minister Condor; Prayer for the Caribbean Community by the Jamaican Prime Minister, the Message was presented by General Secretary of the Evangelical Association of the Caribbean, Dr. Gerry Seale and the CARICOM Response by Dr. Greene.
~~Adz:Left~~The Lord's Prayer and In the Presence of Jehovah were immaculately sung by Mr. Larry Vaughan.
The event attended by the Presidents, Prime Ministers, the Secretaries General of CARICOM and the Commonwealth, local and regional government ministers, local clergymen and other officials, was funded entirely by private donations and facilitated as a gift to CARICOM by the Christian Embassy at the United Nations in New York.
Dr. Douglas was sworn in as the Second Prime Minister on July 4th 1995 after his St. Kitts-Nevis Labour Party won the general election winning seven of the eight seats on St. Kitts in the 11-member National Assembly.
Since wining the 1995 poll, Prime Minister Douglas has led his St.
Kitts-Nevis Labour Party to victory in the March 2000 and October 2004 General Elections.
