(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) “Nations need to move beyond trivial nationalistic turf and collaborate or perish.”
This was the strong word from the Officer in Charge of Human and Social Development at the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat Ms. Myrna Bernard as she addressed the opening ceremony of the two-day inaugural CARICOM-UNASUR High Level Youth Exchange hosted by the President of the Republic of Suriname on Thursday.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) President of the Republic of Suriname and Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) H.E. Desire Delano Bouterse, on Thursday, challenged CARICOM Youth Ambassadors and youth leaders from the 12-member Union of South American Countries (UNASUR) to do the responsible thing and get involved in the representational politics of their regions.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat has presented Suriname and Haiti with Dutch and French translations of the 2010 Report on the situation of Caribbean youth.
The presentations were made at the CARICOM - UNASUR High Level Youth Exchange in Paramaribo, Suriname, on Thursday, 14 June, during the youth leaders’ interaction with the CARICOM Secretary-General Ambassador Irwin LaRocque.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Ambassador Irwin LaRocque has re-affirmed his commitment to advancing the youth agenda within the Community and to strengthen the CARICOM Youth Ambassador Program (CYAP).
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) It is for me a privilege to exchange views with youth of the CARICOM and UNASUR in this first ever High Level Youth Exchange. I would like to congratulate both the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Sport and Youth Affairs for making this exchange happen here in my beloved country.
(Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat , Turkeyen, Greater, Georgetown, Guyana) It is a pleasure and honour for me to represent the Secretary General of the Caribbean Community, Ambassador Irwin LaRocque at this High Level Youth Exchange between CARICOM and UNASUR, and to bring warm greetings on his behalf.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) President of the Republic of Suriname and Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), His Excellency Desi Delano Bouterse is hosting a high level youth exchange between CARICOM youth leaders and young people from the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) in Suriname on Thursday and Friday.
The meeting will be held under the theme_ Youth participation for the development of our region; developing our region through cultural connections.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana ) A Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Youth Ambassadors (CYA) meeting opened in Suriname on Monday morning with a call by Suriname’s Minister of Sport and Youth Affairs, Hon. Ismantho Adna for youth leaders to be vigilant and critical of the policies implemented in the region.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) A five-day training intervention on negotiation skills for junior environmental negotiators ended in St Kitts and Nevis on Friday with the consensus that Negotiators play a vital role in the process of implementing Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs).
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana ) It is my distinct pleasure to address you at the Opening of this Twenty-Fourth Session of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee (CDCC). Let me first express my appreciation to Ms Alicia Barcena, Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) for inviting me to share this occasion with you. She and I had a very productive dialogue soon after I assumed office and I look forward to working with her in the interest of the Region.