It is a distinct pleasure to welcome you to this Twenty-Sixth Meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD) convened under the Theme of Labour and Gender.
It is indeed a privilege for me to address this opening session of the Twenty- Sixth Meeting of COHSOD in my capacity as Chairman of the Council. We are gathered here over the next two days to consider important matters related to the development of our region. The focus of the Meeting is on Labour and Gender Issues, issues which lie at the very heart of our development.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The ability of men and women to participate equally and equitably in all aspects of life under the CSME must be ensured. Those were sentiments expressed by Secretary General of the Caribbean Community Ambassador Irwin LaRocque on Wednesday as he addressed the opening ceremony for the Twenty-Sixth Meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD) which is being held at the CARICOM Headquarters in Georgetown, Guyana.
It is indeed a pleasure to welcome you to this Meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD) and to the CARICOM Secretariat Headquarters. I wish to welcome, in particular, those Ministers participating in this Council for the first time.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Issues related to gender and labor will be the main focus of the upcoming Twenty-Sixth Meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD) on Wednesday 14 May and Thursday 15 May 2014 at the CARICOM Headquarters in Georgetown, Guyana.
The Government of St Kitts and Nevis expresses its profound concern at the abduction of over 200 innocent Nigerian school girls while they were asleep in their dormitories at their secondary school in the village of Chibok on April 14.
The CARICOM Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED), at its Thirty-Eighth Meeting held in Georgetown, Guyana 9-10 May, 2014, urged the United States (US) to become compliant with the decision of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Dispute Settlement Body in the matter of Antigua and Barbuda and the US with respect to Online Gaming.
The CARICOM Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED), at its Thirty-Eighth Meeting held in Georgetown, Guyana 9-10 May, 2014, urged the United States (US) to become compliant with the decision of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) Dispute Settlement Body in the matter of Antigua and Barbuda and the US with respect to Online Gaming.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Trade Ministers of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the Regional business community began the process of re-engagement on Saturday, the final day of the 38th Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development at the Pegasus Hotel, Georgetown Guyana.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Trade and Development Agreement being negotiated between the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and Canada must take into full account the Community’s development interests, given the differences in size and levels of development between the two sides, CARICOM Secretary-General, Ambassador Irwin LaRocque said on Friday.