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ALL SET FOR CRIME SUMMIT
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) All 15 Member States of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and one Associate Member will be represented at the Thirteenth Special Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government taking place in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago on 5 April 2008. Up to Thursday afternoon, 3 April, 13 Heads of Government had signalled their…
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CARICOM GEARS UP FOR REGIONAL SCHOOL QUIZ
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) in preparation for its second regional school quiz to mark the 35th Anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Chaguaramas will conduct a one-day workshop for quiz masters in Basseterre, St Kitts on 3 April, 2008. The aim of the workshop is to build the capacity of quiz masters…
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CHILE SEEKS CLOSER TIES WITH THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Chile's new Ambassador to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) yesterday underscored his country’s interest in developing closer ties with the Community in trade, poverty alleviation and coastal border administration. His Excellency José Gabriel Zepeda presented his credentials to CARICOM Secretary-General His Excellency Edwin Carrington on Wednesday August 20, 2008 at the headquarters of the CARICOM…
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GEORGETOWN DECLARATION ON BUILDING A REGION FIT FOR CHILDREN FOR THE SURVIVAL, DEVELOPMENT, PROTECTION, DIGNITY, AND PARTICIPATION OF CHILDREN WITHIN THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY
We the Ministers of the Caribbean Community with responsibility for Children together with representatives of regional and international development organizations and regional educational institutions participating in the Twelfth Special Meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD) on Children at the Guyana International Conference Centre, Turkeyen, 17th – 19th March, 2008; Aiming to ensure the right…
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COHSOD Committed to Building a Region Fit for Children
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Twelfth Special Meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD) ended its three-day session in Georgetown, Guyana on 19 March 2008 with a twenty-point Declaration entitled Building a Region Fit for Children. The Georgetown Declaration seeks to ensure the right of every Caribbean child to survival, development, protection, dignity and participation…
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COHSOD to Nominate Regional Child Envoy
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD) at its Twelfth Special Meeting which focused on Children agreed in principle to a recommendation that an Envoy for Children be identified for the Caribbean. The three-day meeting which ended on Wednesday 19 March 2008, and was held under the theme Building a Region Fit for…
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Communique Issued at the Conclusion of the Twelfth Special Meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD) of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Georgetown, GUYANA, 17-19 March 2008
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)The Twelfth Special Meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD) of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), which focussed on Children, was convened at the Guyana International Conference Centre, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana on 17 -19 March, 2008 under the theme, Building a Region Fit for Children. In attendance were: The Hon. Peter Martinez,…
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Remarks by H.E. Edwin Carrington, Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) on the Occasion of the Twelfth Special Meeting of the Council For Human and Social Development (COHSOD) for Children Georgetown, Guyana 17 March 2008
Master of Ceremonies, Mr Carlton James Chairman of COHSOD, Mr. Peter Martinez, Minister of Community Development and Transformation, Belize Hon Clement Rohee, Minister of Home Affairs, Guyana Hon Edwin Wolf, Minister of Education and Community Development, Suriname and representative of His Excellency, Runaldo Venetiaan, President of Suriname and Lead Head of Government for Culture, Youth and Sport Ministers of Government,…
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Speech delivered by UNICEF Regional Director, Nils Kastberg Special COHSOD on Children Georgetown,
Mr. Chairman, H.E. the Secretary General of the Caribbean Community Honourable Ministers Distinguished Delegates Colleagues Representatives from Regional and International Organisations Staff of the Secretariat of the Caribbean Community Representatives of the Media, to those of you representing youth media Ladies and Gentlemen It gives me particular pleasure to address this Special COHSOD. It is special by the nature of…
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Special COHSOD on Children opened on a positive note
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Meeting of the Twelfth Special COHSOD on Children was officially opened last evening (17 March 2008) with the tantalising sounds of the Solo Parkside Steel Orchestra playing Whitney Houston’s The Greatest Love of All to an audience of Ministers of Government, international and regional stakeholders, child journalists and child advocates, at the Guyana…
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