By mahtabala, 10 October, 2001

MESSAGE FROM THE SECRETARY-GENERAL OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY ON THE PASSING OF THE HONOURABLE PHILLIP STANLEY WILBERFORCE GOLDSON

It was with great sadness that the Caribbean Community learnt of the death of the Honourable Phillip Stanley Wilberforce Goldson, former Minister of Government of Belize, on Wednesday October 3, 2001 at 78 years of age.

On behalf of the Caribbean Community, the Staff of the CARICOM Secretariat and on my own behalf, I wish to extend deepest condolences to the Government and People of Belize on the passing of an elder statesman who came to be regarded as a National Icon, a Symbol of Heroism and hailed as a Belizean Patriot.

By mahtabala, 10 October, 2001

CONSULTING WITH THE PEOPLE OF ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES ON THE WAY FORWARD FOR CARICOM

The sixth National Consultation of the Region's Civil Society will get underway tomorrow in Kingstown, St Vincent and the Grenadines capital, bring together a cross section of the local population to elaborate a people's vision of the Caribbean Community.

The Forum is expected to attract private and public sector interests, persons involved in human resource development, representatives of the trade union movement, religious organisations, farmers, and women and youth groups including secondary school students.

By mahtabala, 6 October, 2001

COMMUNIQUE ISSUED ON THE CONCLUSION OF THE FIFTH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT (COHSOD), 3-5 OCTOBER 2001, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA

The Fifth Meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD) was held at the Le Meridien Pegasus Hotel, Georgetown Guyana, 3-5 October 2001 under the distinguished Chairmanship of the Hon Girlyn Miguel, Minister of Social Development, Cooperatives, Family, Gender and Ecclesiastical Affairs, St Vincent and the Grenadines.

By mahtabala, 4 October, 2001

REMARKS OF MR. EDWIN CARRINGTON, SECRETARY GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY AT THE OPENING OF THE FIFTH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT , GEORGETOWN, GUYANA, 3 OCTOBER 2001.

It is a special pleasure for me, as Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community, to welcome you to the Fifth Meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD). This Council is one of the critical organs of the Community. In focusing as it does on vital areas such as education, health, youth, sport, gender and culture, it is concerned with the issues that directly affect the quality of life of the people of this Region.

By mahtabala, 3 October, 2001

ADDRESS BY THE HONOURABLE S.R. INSANALLY, MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, GUYANA,  TO THE FIFTH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT, 3 OCTOBER, 2001, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA

Honourable Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Chairman of COHSOD 
Honourable Ministers
Mr. Secretary-General
Distinguished Delegates
Ladies and Gentlemen_

I am very pleased, on behalf of the President, the Government and people of Guyana, to welcome you all to this Fifth Meeting of the Council on Human and Social Development.

I know that air travel is not easy these days so that the attendance by some of you on this occasion must be seen as a reflection of your commitment to the business of the Caribbean Community.

By mahtabala, 3 October, 2001

REMARKS BY MR. EDWIN CARRINGTON, SECRETARY GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY AT THE OPENING OF THE FIFTH MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT (COHSOD), 3 OCTOBER 2001, GEORGETOWN, GUYANA

It is a special pleasure for me, as Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community, to welcome you to the Fifth Meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD). This Council is one of the critical organs of the Community. In focusing as it does on vital areas such as education, health, youth, sport, gender and culture, it is concerned with the issues that directly affect the quality of life of the people of this Region.

By mahtabala, 3 October, 2001

ADDRESS BY THE HONOURABLE S.R. INSANALLY, MINISTER OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, GUYANA,  TO THE FIFTH MEETING

Honourable Minister of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Chairman of COHSOD 
Honourable Ministers
Mr. Secretary-General
Distinguished Delegates
Ladies and Gentlemen_

I am very pleased, on behalf of the President, the Government and people of Guyana, to welcome you all to this Fifth Meeting of the Council on Human and Social Development.

I know that air travel is not easy these days so that the attendance by some of you on this occasion must be seen as a reflection of your commitment to the business of the Caribbean Community.

By mahtabala, 2 October, 2001

CARICOM HEADS HOLD EMERGENCY MEETING

CARICOM Secretary-General Edwin Carrington announced in Georgetown today that The Bahamas Prime Minister Hubert Ingraham, Chairman of CARICOM, will host an Emergency Session of the CARICOM Heads of Government Conference in Nassau, The Bahamas on 11-12 October, to discuss the impact on the Region of the 11 September terrorist attacks in the United States.

By mahtabala, 1 October, 2001

CONSULTING THE CITIZENS OF THE COMMUNITY ON THE REGIONS AGENDA

A cross-section of interest groups in Trinidad and Tobago, Member State of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), will be afforded the opportunity to contribute to the regional strategy for taking the integration movement forward at a national consultation slated for tomorrow in the Trinidadian capital, Port-of-Spain.