REMARKS BY HONOURABLE CYNTHIA FORDE, MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION, YOUTH AND SPORT, BARBADOS, ON THE OCCASION OF THE OPENING SESSION OF THE SIXTEENTH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT (COHSOD) [CULTURE AND YOUTH], 10-12 OCTOBER 2007, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA

Chairman Fellow Ministers Ambassadors Representatives of Regional and International Organizations adies and Gentlemen It gives me great pleasure to address this Sixteenth Meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development and to bring you greetings from the Government of Barbados, and part...
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CARICOM YOUTH WANT INCREASED PARTICIPATION IN GOVERNANCE

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Georgetown Guyana) The Sixth Meeting of the Regional Committee of Directors of Youth Affairs opened in Georgetown, Guyana on Monday, 08 October, 2007 with a strong call from youth representatives for CARICOM Governments to heighten youth participation in governance is...
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YOUTH DEVELOPMENT TAKES SPOTLIGHT AT 16TH COHSOD

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Critical issues relating to youth and culture development in the Caribbean will be the focal point of the Sixteenth Meeting of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD) set to take place in Georgeto...
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CARIFORUM/EU EPA CAN BE A WORLD LEADER

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) European Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson told Caribbean leaders that the region and the Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA), with the European Union (EU), had the potential to be models for putting trade at the service of development an...
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REGION MUST PLAN FOR OPTIMAL USE OF RESOURCES - MICHEL

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) European Commissioner for Development and Humanitarian Aid, Mr Louis Michel stressed last evening that it was up to the Caribbean region to arrive at a consensus on the priorities and particularly on the use of the regional funds available ...
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OPENING STATEMENT BY THE HONOURABLE BRUCE GOLDING M.P. PRIME MINISTER OF JAMAICA, AT THE MEETING OF CARIFORUM HEADS OF GOVERNMENT ON EPA RELATED ISSUES,  4 OCTOBER 2007,  MONTEGO BAY, JAMAICA

It is my pleasure to formally welcome you, my colleague Prime Ministers and Heads of Delegation to this Special Meeting of the Heads of State and Government of the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Caribbean Forum (CARIFORUM). We are here to address critical issues related to the CARIFORUM/EU Eco...
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EPA AFFECTS ALL

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Jamaican Prime Minister, the Honourable Bruce Golding, advised his Caribbean colleagues that they had to address real problems which would directly impact the lives of every man, woman and child as they considered the issues related to the ...
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