Press Releases
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Optimize youth participation, Regional meeting urged
CARICOM Youth Ambassador (CYA) from Belize and Vice Dean of the CYAs Tarun Butcher has challenged delegates of the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD) to do everything in their power to get the optimum participation of young people in the activities of the Caribbean Community. Ms. Butcher was speaking at the opening of the Twenty Ninth Meeting of…
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Remarks by Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ambassador Irwin LaRocque At The Twenty-Ninth Meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD) (Youth and Culture) 3-¬4 March 2016 GEORGETOWN, Guyana
It is my pleasure to warmly welcome you to the Twenty-Ninth Meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD) on Youth and Culture. I welcome, especially, those of you who are visiting our Community Headquarters for the first time. To the Hon. Evans Rogers, Minister of Health and Social Development with responsibility for Youth and Culture of…
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Craft a culture that makes youth assets – Minister Ramjattan tells Regional Youth Forum
Guyana’s Minister for Public Security, Hon. Khemraj Ramjattan, called for the crafting of a culture that makes youth assets rather than liabilities. The Minister made this call at the Official Opening of the two-day Regional Forum on Youth Crime and Violence which opened today, 29 February 2016, in Georgetown, Guyana, under the theme: Youth Crime and Violence; Breaking the Cycle…
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Remarks By Dr Manorma Soeknandan Deputy Secretary General, Caricom Secretariat At The Caricom Regional Forum Of Youth Crime And Violence, Arthur Chung Conference Centre, Liliendaal, Greater Georgetown, Guyana 29 February – 1 March 2016
Honourable Khemraj Ramjattan, Vice President and Minister of Public Security, Co-operative Republic of Guyana Chair, Dr Douglas Slater, Assistant Secretary General, Human and Social Development, CARICOM Secretariat His Excellency, José Maria Fernandez Lopez de Turiso, Plenipotentiary Representative of Spain to CARICOM Ministers of Government of CARICOM Members of the Diplomatic Corps Dr Martin Baptiste, Operations Officer, Education,…
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Opening remarks delivered by EU Ambassador Mikael Barfod
It is a real pleasure to be here with you today and deliver some opening remarks at this Preparatory meeting to the CARIFORUM Civil Society Consultative Committee. The text of the EU-CARIFORUM Economic Partnership Agreement is extremely clear in reserving a fundamental role to the Consultative Committee. The overall objective is to promote dialogue and ensure that the voice…
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CDB urges Regional governments to DECIDE
The Caribbean Development Bank (CDB) has pointed to an urgent need for broad policy initiatives, including labour market reform and investment in developing the skills of potential workers to move Regional economies forward. In a presentation at the Bank’s Annual Review and Forecast titled, ‘Time to D.E.C.I.D.E,’ Director of Economics, Dr. Justin Ram said governments must aim to become Dynamic,…
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Elections results reflect will of the people: CARICOM Observation Mission Preliminary Statement
The CARICOM Election Observation Mission has praised the conduct of Jamaica’s just concluded general elections and said the results reflected the will of the people. The eleven-member Mission, led by Ms. Josephine Tamai, Chief Elections Officer, Belize, issued a Preliminary Statement Friday, following Thursday’s elections which saw the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) led by Mr. Andrew Holness emerge victorious over…
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CARICOM seeks more formal cooperation with Israel
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is hopeful that a more structured and formal mechanism for cooperation will be established with the State of Israel at the regional level, as it accredits a new Israeli envoy. While Israel enjoys warm bilateral relations with all CARICOM Member States, the Community wishes to conclude a multilateral Memorandum of…
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Israel renews commitment to support CARICOM development
As the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) accredits a new Israeli envoy, the Middle-Eastern state has reaffirmed its commitment to assist CARICOM to achieve its ideals. His Excellency Mordehai Amihai-Bivas, Plenipotentiary Representative of the State of Israel to CARICOM, speaking at the CARICOM Secretariat Headquarters on Thursday 25 February said, “The objectives of the Caribbean Community are noble ones. They are centred…
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CARICOM Holds Youth Crime and Violence Forum: Explores new platforms
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Each year, approximately 200,000 youths aged 10 to 29 die, and many more sustain serious injuries, because of violence across the world[1]. “Youth violence is a global challenge”. One which the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) knows only too well, since youth are both the main perpetrators and victims of such crime in the Community. But…
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