Press Releases

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) says it will continue its partnership with the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) in fighting Chronic Non-Communicable Diseases (NCDs) that are wreaking havoc on the economies of the regions of the Americas.

Chronic NCDs, including heart disease and stroke, diabetes, cancer and chronic lung disease account for more than 70% of deaths globally and is the number one killer in the Americas, which include the Caribbean region.

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Caribbean and Latin American stakeholders in the agriculture sector on Thursday morning buckled down to three days of discussions that are aimed at reducing malnutrition and advancing action to ensure the region is food and nutrition secure.

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The 23rd Meeting of the CARICOM Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD XXIII) with its focus on children and youth opened in Guyana on Tuesday with a chorus call for an integrated and holistic approach to tackling one of the Region’s most pressing challenges – violence against children and youth.

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) As the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) continues to advance its food security agenda in the face of high food prices, Member States will join their Latin American counterparts in Georgetown Thursday primarily to further strengthen governance arrangements for food security at the regional and global levels.

​(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) I have the pleasure to welcome you to the Twenty-Third Meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD) which will focus on Children and Youth, the building blocks of our Caribbean society. I offer a very special welcome to the Ministers who are attending their first COHSOD Meeting.

​(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The ultimate aim of working with and for children is to make our Region a better place for them to live, grow and develop. Making the CARICOM Region fit for children should be everybody’s business.

The fact that Member States are very well represented at this COHSOD is a clear indication of your conviction that a holistic approach is absolutely necessary to effectively implement the regional priority actions pertaining to children and youth as identified in the Regional Framework for Action for Children.

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) I have the pleasure to welcome you to the Twenty-Third Meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD) which will focus on Children and Youth, the building blocks of our Caribbean society. I offer a very special welcome to the Ministers who are attending their first COHSOD Meeting.

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) When it comes to violence against children in any form, there can be no compromise in taming this beast in order to chart a brighter future for our Region’s children.

This was the strong and unequivocal message from the CARICOM Secretary-General, Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, as he addressed the 23rd Meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD) which opened in Georgetown, Guyana on Tuesday.

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)It is a pleasure to be bringing remarks on behalf of the CARICOM Youth Ambassador (CYA) Corps at this the 23rd meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD) looking at Children and Youth.

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The ultimate aim of working with and for children is to make our Region a better place for them to live, grow and develop. Making the CARICOM Region fit for children should be everybody’s business.