Press Releases
-
CARICOM SECRETARY-GENERAL ECHOES CALL FOR CCJ AS FINAL COURT OF APPEAL
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary-General, His Excellency Edwin Carrington has supported the call for all CARICOM Member States to fully adopt the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ) as the final Court of Appeal. Echoing recent pleas by prominent legal practitioners including former Prime Minister and leader of the opposition in Saint Lucia, Dr the…
Read More » -
CARICOM STATEMENT ON DEVELOPMENTS IN GAZA
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Bureau of the Caribbean Community’s Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR) has issued a statement on developments in Gaza. Following is the text of the statement: The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) welcomes the adoption of a resolution last night by the United Nations Security Council calling for “an immediate, durable and fully-respected ceasefire”…
Read More » -
NEW YEAR ADDRESS BY CHAIRMAN OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), THE HONOURABLE DEAN BARROW, PRIME MINISTER OF BELIZE
As Prime Minister of Belize I have, on January 1, 2009, assumed the Chairmanship of the Caribbean Community for the next six months. I count myself lucky that this has happened at this time, allowing me the opportunity to send out warmest New Year greetings to the entire CARICOM family. It is also of significance that I do this from…
Read More » -
CARICOM APPOINTS NEW DEAN FOR YOUTH AMBASSADORS
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Twenty-six year old Barbadian Donna Greene, is the new Dean of the CARICOM Youth Ambassador (CYA) programme. Making the announcement on Thursday, 13 December, 2007) at the closing of the CYA Strategic Evaluation and Planning workshop, Dr Heather Johnson Deputy Programme Manager, Community and Youth Development said, “as youth ambassador for the past two…
Read More » -
YOUTH COMMISSION FINDS DISTURBING TRENDS AMONG CARIBBEAN YOUTH
CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Co-chair of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Commission on Youth Development, (CCYD) Professor Barry Chevannes has described preliminary research findings on the situation of Caribbean youth as “rich and interesting yet disturbing.” At the close of the Commission’s three-day meeting in Haiti on Thursday Professor Chevannes told members of the Haitian media that the evidence…
Read More » -
STATEMENT DELIVERED BY PROFESSOR BARRY CHEVANNES AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE THIRD MEETING OF THE CARICOM COMMISSION ON YOUTH DEVELOPMENT (CCYD), 8-10 DECEMBER 2008, PORT AU PRINCE, HAITI
Salutations The Mandate The CARICOM Commission on Youth Development arose out of a mandate from the 27th Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government held in St. Kitts and Nevis in July 2006. The Mandate is to “provide a full scale analysis of the challenges and opportunities for youth in the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) and to…
Read More » -
CARICOM YOUTH GOVERNANCE STRUCTURES STILL EFFECTIVE
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) At its third meeting held in Haiti on 8-10 December, the CARICOM Commission on Youth Development (CCYD) noted the findings of qualitative research conducted among youth in several critical areas including youth governance structures. An analysis of those findings revealed that the Community has put effective good governance structures in place for youth participation…
Read More » -
MICHEL SIDIBE APPOINTED UNAIDS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) On World AIDS Day the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon appointed Dr Michel Sidibe as the next Executive Director of the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS). Congratulating Dr Sidibe on his appointment, outgoing Executive Director Dr. Peter Piot said, “The leadership of UNAIDS is in very capable hands. UNAIDS has a vital…
Read More » -
CARICOM SECRETARY-GENERAL SPREADS CHRISTMAS CHEER AT RED CROSS ORPHANAGE
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary-General, His Excellency Edwin Carrington along with staff members of his office got into the Christmas spirit on December 12, 2008 with the sharing of gifts at the Red Cross Convalescent Home for Children, Georgetown, Guyana. Secretary-General Carrington said that the exercise was to “help spread Christmas cheer to the youngsters.”…
Read More » -
STATEMENT DELIVERED BY PROFESSOR BARRY CHEVANNES AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE THIRD MEETING OF THE CARICOM COMMISSION ON YOUTH DEVELOPMENT (CCYD), 8-10 DECEMBER 2008, PORT AU PRINCE, HAITI
Salutations The Mandate The CARICOM Commission on Youth Development arose out of a mandate from the 27th Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government held in St. Kitts and Nevis in July 2006. The Mandate is to “provide a full scale analysis of the challenges and opportunities for youth in the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME) and to…
Read More »