CARICOM, ACS TO HAVE ‘STRONG VOICE’ AT SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) As Trinidad and Tobago accelerates plans in preparation for the Fifth Summit of the Americas in April 2009, the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the Association of Caribbean States (ACS) are collaborating to shape the Region’s positi...
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GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS IN FOCUS AT COFAP MEETING

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Thirteenth Meeting of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Council For Finance and Planning (COFAP) will be convened in Bridgetown, Barbados on Thursday January 29, 2009 with the implications of the global financial crisis on the Region hi...
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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 adopt...
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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 He...
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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.&rd...
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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 a...
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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 E...
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