Remarks by the Honourable Carolyn Rodrigues – Birkett,  Minister of Foreign Affairs, Guyana and Chair of COFCOR   At the Opening Ceremony of the Seventeenth Meeting of the Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR)  Guyana International Conference Centre May 20, 2014 ,

It is a real pleasure for me to welcome you all this morning to the opening ceremony of the 17th Meeting of the Council for Foreign and Community Relations of CARICOM.  As I welcome our visitors to Guyana, I do so not only on my own behalf, but also on behalf of His Excellency President Donald ...
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Opening Remarks by Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, Secretary-General Caribbean Community   At The Seventeenth Meeting of the Council For Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR)  Georgetown, GUYANA 20-21 May 2014

It is my pleasure to welcome you to this Meeting of the Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR).  This annual gathering is the opportunity for the Ministers of Foreign Affairs to look back and take stock of the multiple activities undertaken by the Community in the promotion and pr...
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Remarks By Ms Myrna Bernard Director, Human Development   At The Opening Of The Caribbean Sub-Regional Capacity Building Workshop On The Nagoya Protocol On Access And Benefit-Sharing Georgetown, Guyana 19 May 2014

I bring you greetings and warm wishes on behalf of the Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community, Ambassador Irwin LaRocque. The CARICOM Secretariat is very pleased to be a collaborative partner in this workshop, which represents a continuation of our work to build the capacity of member states t...
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Implementation of CSME to be examined through gender lens

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     The Twenty-Sixth Meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD) got underway on Wednesday at the CARICOM Headquarters in Georgetown Guyana. The Council is being chaired by Minister of Health and Soc...
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Opening Remarks At The 26th Meeting Of The Council For Human And Social Development (COHSOD – Labour And Gender By Hon. Ms.Jennifer Webster, MP - Minister Of Human Services & Social Security Government Of The Republic Of Guyana   Georgetown, Guyana May 14th -15th, 2014

It gives me great pleasure this morning to welcome you to Guyana on behalf of His Excellency President Donald Ramotar, the Government and people of Guyana. I look forward to participating in the discussions of this 26th Meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development that will allow us to...
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Remarks By Dr. Douglas Slater, Assistant Secretary General, Human And Social Development at The opening Ceremony of The Twenty-Sixth Meeting Of (COHSOD)  14 – 15 May, 2014,  Georgetown, Guyana

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. I would like to begin by expressing my sincere gratitude to the ILO, the UN Women and the Caribbean Development Bank, f...
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