Press Releases

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Secretary General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) His Excellency Edwin Carrington has described Cuba’s former President His Excellency Fidel Castro Ruz as a true Caribbean Man.

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown Guyana) Haiti is expected to participate in at least one component of the Caribbean Single Market and Economy, (CSME) by the first quarter of 2009.

The fundamental components of the CSME are free movement of goods and services, free movement of people and skills, and the right of establishment of business entities within the Community. Haiti’s participation in the CSME will increase the size of CARICOM’s market under the CSME to an unprecedented 15 million people.

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Commission on Youth Development (CCYD) is meeting at the Hotel Montana in Port au Prince, Haiti, for three days, to discuss preliminary research findings and develop a plan of action to complete the Commission’s Report. The recommendations of which will be discussed by the special Meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD) in April 2009, prior to its submission to the CARICOM Conference of Heads of Government in July 2009.

We, the Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community, meeting in Georgetown, Guyana at the Twelfth Special Meeting of the Conference on Friday, 7 December 2007, with a view to finding solutions, at both the national and regional levels, to the critical issue of poverty and the rising cost of living, took note of the research which highlights a number of factors impacting this issue in the Caribbean Community.

Members of the Haitian Government
Master Ambassador, Representative of the Bureau of CARICOM in Haiti
Master Director General of the Ministry, Youth and Sports and Civic Action
Master Co-Chair of the CARICOM Commission for the Development of Youth
Madam the Regional Director of UNICEF
Madam the Executive Director of IDEJEN
Madam, Master Ambassadors of Youth of Haiti to CARICOM
Directors and Upper Management of the Ministry of Youth, Sports and Civic Action
Representatives of Non-Governmental Organizations

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) When the CARICOM Commission on Youth Development (CCYD) meets in Haiti next week it will be to discuss preliminary research findings and develop a plan of action to complete the Commission’s Report which will be discussed by the special Meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD) in April 2009.

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Diplomatic relations spanning 36 years between the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and Cuba will be consolidated at the Third CARICOM/Cuba Summit, as Caribbean leaders seek to explore and exchange ideas on how to solve critical issues affecting the Region.

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Government of India through its newly accredited envoy to the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) has acknowledged the “exciting phase” at which the Community and that country are currently poised, and has committed to work with the integration bloc for all-round growth.

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) His Excellency Edwin Carrington, Secretary General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) on Friday staunchly rejected terrorism in all its forms and manifestation.

“I take this opportunity today to reiterate that message and to reaffirm CARICOM’s staunch rejection of terrorism in all its forms and manifestations. Excellency, the Caribbean Community extends its deepest condolences to the families of the victims of those attacks and to the Government and People of India,” the Secretary-General said.