The Thirteenth Meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD) of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), which focussed on Youth, Sports and Drugs, was convened at Le Meridien Pegasus Hotel, Georgetown, Guyana on 26-28 October 2005 under the theme, “Youth in the CSME: Perspectives...

(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean region is being urged to take immediate action to ensure its national response mechanisms are fully in place to ward off the social and economic effects of invasive pests and diseases. This call to action was made by the Caribbean Invasive Spec...

(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) The Fifth Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Pan Caribbean Partnership Against HIV/AIDS (PANCAP) takes place on 31 October to 2 November, in Trinidad and Tobago, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel. Among the key features of this fifth AGM is the launch of the Pan Ca...

(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean’s youth and adolescent have been identified as being most vulnerable to the growing problem of substance use and abuse. Data put forward by the Inter-American Drug Abuse Commission, CICAD, reveal that the average age of “first-use...

I am pleased to welcome you on behalf of the CARICOM Secretariat and in particular the members of the Directorate of Human and Social Development. This past year has been a very active period for the Directorate and, indeed, the entire Secretariat. As you know, 2005 has been designated the Year of...

CHRIST CHURCH, BARBADOS – Secretary for Commerce, Industry and Technology of Hong Kong, China Mr. John Tsang will be in the Caribbean during the first week of November. Secretary Tsang is expected to visit Barbados, Guyana and Jamaica, in his capacity as Chairperson of the Sixth World Trade Organiz...

(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) Minister of Education, Youth and Sport of Barbados, Hon Reginald Farley today called on the Region’s policy makers to create of an enabling environment for the Region’s youth to decisively channel their views and input decision-making processes t...

I am pleased to welcome you on behalf of the CARICOM Secretariat and in particular the members of the Directorate of Human and Social Development. This past year has been a very active period for the Directorate and, indeed, the entire Secretariat. As you know, 2005 has been designated the Year of t...

(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) St. Kitts and Nevis today became the third Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Member State to bring the CARICOM Passport into operation, making good on its promise to launch it before the end of the year. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs in St. Kitts and Nevis sai...

(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) Caribbean Community (CARICOM) officials responsible for human development will advance talks for the establishment of a Demand Reduction Programme for Drugs when they meet under the umbrella of the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD) in Guyana ...