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UWI Vice Chancellor Calls For Greater Collaboration To Support Children
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Professor Nigel Harris, Vice Chancellor of the University of the West Indies (UWI), yesterday challenged the Caribbean Community to ensure greater collaboration with Regional and international institutions in order to build a Region fit for children. Delivering the Keynote Address at the Opening Ceremony of the Twelfth Special Meeting of the Council for Human…
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CARICOM Moves Forward With Contingent Rights Protocol
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)Secretary General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) His Excellency Edwin Carrington said yesterday, that preparatory work had started for the drafting of a Protocol on Contingent Rights to be accorded to spouses, children and other dependents of persons who exercised the right to move within the framework of the CARICOM Single Market (CSM). Foremost among…
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Children most vulnerable to Climate Change
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)Human safety and well-being ‘will worsen as a direct consequence of climate change’ and children are most vulnerable, said UWI lecturer, Dr Leonard Nurse. Addressing a technical session at the Twelfth Special COHSOD on children which opened in Guyana today, Dr Nurse cautioned his audience comprising Ministers of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), child…
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UWI Vice Chancellor to Address COHSOD on Children
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Professor Nigel Harris, Vice Chancellor of the University of the West Indies (UWI) will be the Keynote Speaker at the Twelfth Special Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD), which has its focus for the second time on Children. The three-day COHSOD, which has as its theme: Building a Region Fit for Children, opens…
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Special COHSOD to Focus on Child Legislation
(CARICOM Secretariat Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) When the Twelfth Special Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD) meets in Guyana next week (17-19 March 2008), it will be making a strong case for the establishment of a comprehensive child legislative framework and efficient implementing mechanisms for greater protection of children in the Caribbean. With its focus on children, the COHSOD…
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CARICOM Focuses on a Region Fit for Children
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Against the background of mounting concerns about the plight and prospects of the Region’s children, the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD) is devoting its Twelfth Special Conference to issues related to children. Set to take place on 17-19 March 2008 at the Guyana International Conference Centre, under the theme:…
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COMMUNIQUE ISSUED AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE NINETEENTH INTER-SESSIONAL MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) 7-8 MARCH 2008, NASSAU, THE BAHAMAS
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)The Nineteenth Inter-Sessional Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) was held in Nassau, The Bahamas, from 7-8 March 2008. The Right Honourable Hubert Ingraham, Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, presided. Other members of the Conference in attendance were: the Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda,…
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MESSAGE FROM THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) SECRETARIAT ON THE OCCASION OF INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat is honoured to salute the women and girls of the Caribbean Community today on the occasion of International Women’s Day 2008. International Women’s Day (IWD) is an occasion to review and reflect on the quest by women for equality, peace and development. It also affords an opportunity to celebrate…
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“Time is not on our side,” says CARICOM Secretary-General
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)Unity of purpose and action was essential not only in the quest to maximize the Community benefits for its citizens, but also to surmount the serious threat crime posed to regional societies, Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) H.E. Edwin Carrington said on Friday. Delivering opening remarks at the Nineteenth Inter-Sessional Meeting of the Conference…
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