COHSOD
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REMARKS BY MR. EDWIN CARRINGTON, SECRETARY GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY AT THE OPENING OF THE FIFTH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT (COHSOD), 3 OCTOBER 2001, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
It is a special pleasure for me, as Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community, to welcome you to the Fifth Meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD). This Council is one of the critical organs of the Community. In focusing as it does on vital areas such as education, health, youth, sport, gender and culture, it is concerned…
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OPENING REMARKS DELIVERED BY AMBASSADOR ANTHONY SEVERIN, OF SAINT LUCIA, AT THE OPENING SESSION OF THE FIFTH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL OF HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT (COHSOD), 3 OCTOBER 2001, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA
I am pleased to lead my country’s delegation to this Fifth Meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD) and to bring greetings to you in our capacity as its out going Chair. At our national COHSOD this year, the social sector Ministers and Technical Advisors had an opportunity to review the development of this Council over the…
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ADDRESS BY THE HONOURABLE S.R. INSANALLY, MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, GUYANA, TO THE FIFTH MEETING
Honourable Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Chairman of COHSOD Honourable Ministers Mr. Secretary-General Distinguished Delegates Ladies and Gentlemen: I am very pleased, on behalf of the President, the Government and people of Guyana, to welcome you all to this Fifth Meeting of the Council on Human and Social Development. I know that air travel is not easy…
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UPSTAGING HUMAN CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT – COHSOD V
The Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD), an Organ of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), will examine proposals aimed at refashioning the Region’s 1997 human resource development strategy as it places emphasis on human capital development in the Community at its Fifth Meeting in Georgetown, Guyana. The Meeting gets underway at the Le Meridien, Pegasus, on 3 October 2001, considering…
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COHSOD URGED TO STEP UP IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS
The Third Meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD) got underway in Georgetown today 13 January, 2000 amidst optimism by top officials for the speedy implementation of decisions in the hands of this Council. In the context of the Year 2000, and recent fears about “the millennium bug”, the new chairman of COHSOD, Mr. Damian Greaves, Saint…
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COHSOD PASSES RESOLUTION TO ELIMINATE RUBELLA IN THE CARIBBEAN
The CARICOM Council for Human and Social Development has set the goal for the elimination of Rubella and Congenital Rubella Syndrome from the Caribbean Community by the end of the year 2000. The Resolution, passed at the first Ministerial Meeting of COHSOD, held at the Crowne Plaza Kingston Hotel, from Monday, 20 April to Tuesday, 21 April, noted the high…
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