The idea of the Commission for Health and Development arose out of the concern that the Report of the WHO Commission on Macro-economic and Health, though it provided a dynamic frame of reference did not adequately portray the Caribbean situation. Hence The Ministers of Health at COHSOD VII in Ap...

SURINAMESE DIPLOMAT ELECTED AS NEXT OAS ASSISTANT SECRETARY GENERAL CHRIST CHURCH, BARBADOS – Director General of the Caribbean Regional Negotiating Machinery (RNM) Ambassador Dr. Richard Bernal welcomed the election Tuesday evening (June 7) - on the occasion of the XXXV Meeting of the General...

The idea of the Commission for Health and Development arose out of the concern that the Report of the WHO Commission on Macro-economic and Health, though it provided a dynamic frame of reference did not adequately portray the Caribbean situation. Hence the Ministers of Health at COHSOD VII in Ap...

MILESTONE FOR SMALL ECONOMIES IN GLOBAL TRADE TALKS CHRIST CHURCH, BARBADOS – “The proposal represents a milestone for small economies in global trade talks,” said the Director General of the Caribbean Regional Negotiating Machinery (RNM), Ambassador Dr. Richard Bernal, reacting to...

(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Foreign Ministers have expressed deep concern over the deterioration of the situation in Haiti. The Community's Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR) pointed out that "the fragility and volatility of the secur...

The Eighth Meeting of the Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR) was held in Freeport, Grand Bahama, The Bahamas, on 1-2 June 2005. The Ministers attending were: Dr the Hon. Edmund Mansoor, Minister of State in the Office of the Prime Minister, Antigua and Barbuda; Hon Frederick A Mitc...

(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) The immediate past Chair of CARICOM's Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR), the Hon. Dame Billie A. Miller says the crisis in Haiti has been one of the most complex and revealing tests of CARICOM's foreign policy management and Caribb...

(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) The immediate past Chair of CARICOM’s Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR), The Hon. Billie A. Miller says the current discussion on the reform of the United Nations (UN) Security Council represents an opportunity CARICOM states as smal...

(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) Chairman of CARICOM's Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR) and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Public Service of The Bahamas Hon. Fredrick Mitchell has underscored the need for CARICOM to remain consistent and be more vigilant regarding t...

(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) The Eighth meeting of CARICOM's Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR) got on the way in Freeport The Bahamas on 1 June with an extensive agenda focusing on Regional security matters and CARICOM's relationship with traditional partners ...