(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 Irwi...

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. This Meeting of the COHSOD comes a...

(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 Head...

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. This attack has devastated an entire village, where families a...

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 Barbud...

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 Barbud...

(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 Develop...

(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 lev...

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     Delegates to the 38th Meeting of the Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) were encouraged to continue to search for solutions to the various challenges that beset the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) with ...

From the outset I want to thank Minister Baptiste for so graciously accepting to chair this meeting at short notice. Unfortunately our chairman, the Honourable Wilson Laleau of Haiti, could not be here due to the death of someone close to him. Also I wish to welcome His Excellency Don Tosendjojo,...