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CARICOM High Level Ministerial Meeting on the Rights of Persons With Disabilities in the Caribbean Building a Disability-Inclusive Society For All Declaration of Pétion Ville 6 December 2013

We, the representatives of the Fifteen States of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM),

 

 

Having met in Pétion Ville on 5 and 6 December 2013 for the High Level Ministerial Meeting on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities;

 

Recalling the decision of the Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community, meeting in July 2013, that priority attention be given to the concerns of persons with disabilities;

 

Declaration of Port au Prince expected to be signed after CARICOM High-Level Meeting on the Rights of Persons Living with Disabilities and Special Needs

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     A two-day High Level Meeting on the Rights of Persons Living with Disabilities and Special Needs began in Haiti on Thursday. It is expected to conclude with the signing of the Declaration of Port-au-Prince which should outline a strategy for International Cooperation as it relates to persons living with disabilities and special needs in the Caribbean.

CARICOM, UNFPA and Government of Trinidad and Tobago Unite to tackle Adolescent Pregnancy in the Caribbean

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     Ambassador John W. Ashe, President of the 68th Session of the General Assembly, and Dr. Babatunde Osotimehin, Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund will lead a high level delegation to Trinidad and Tobago for a regional consultation on adolescent pregnancy. The purpose of the consultation is to explore the opportunities and challenges in addressing adolescent pregnancy which has been identified by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) as a priority issue.

ICT- a major topic to be discussed at the next CARICOM intersessional meeting

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     The CARICOM Heads of Government have decided that ICT will be one of the major topics to be discussed at the upcoming Intercessional meeting in February. This was disclosed by Secretary General of the Caribbean Community Ambassador Irwin LaRocque in a message to the Opening Ceremony of the 12th Caribbean Ministerial Strategic ICT Seminar, hosted in Jamaica on Tuesday.

CARICOM Attorneys-General discuss implications of Myrie Ruling

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)    The Legal Affairs Committee (LAC) of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has discussed the implications for the Community and Member States on the recent Caribbean Court of Justice ruling in the matter involving Shanique Myrie.

CARICOM After School Activity Programme (ASAP) workshop kicks off in Anguilla

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     The first of a series of workshops in preparation for the implementation of the pilot project for the CARICOM After School Activity Programme (ASAP) began on Monday in Anguilla.
The workshop which is being implemented by the Caribbean Sport and Development Agency was attended by twenty one persons consisting of teachers, coaches, sports administrators, and students from across Anguilla.

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