The Third Meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD) got underway in Georgetown today 13 January, 2000 amidst optimism by top officials for the speedy implementation of decisions in the hands of this Council.
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The Third Meeting of the CARICOM Council for Human and Social Development takes place in Georgetown, Guyana on 13 and 14 January 2000. The Opening Session will begin at 09_30hrs, in the Savannah Suite of the Pegasus Hotel.
CARICOM Secretary-General, Mr. Edwin W. Carrington will deliver the Opening Remarks. Other remarks will be made by Hon. Henry Jeffrey, Minister of Health and Labour, Guyana and Hon. Damian Greaves, Minister of Community Development, Culture, Local Government and Cooperatives, Saint Lucia.
Statisticians from Member States of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) began a 4-day meeting in Georgetown, Guyana today Monday 10th January, 2000.
Today's dawning of the year 2000 puts us on the very doorstep of the much- heralded 21st Century and Third Millennium. Not so long ago, these milestones in time were seen as distant landmarks in man's progress. Today, they are all but here and so are many of the futuristic fantasies associated with the 21st Century. But many of these may not have been as we had perceived them.
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Chairman, the Hon. Basdeo Panday, Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago presented "a CARICOM gift of love" to the people of Montserrat on Wednesday 29 December 1999.
Chief Minister of Montserrat, the Hon. David Brandt described his island's CARICOM Village as a "monument to CARICOM and the ideal of integration."
The Chief Minister was speaking on Wednesday at the official handing-over ceremony of the first phase of the Village comprising of 15 three-bedroom units at Lookout in the North of the island. The Chairman of CARICOM, the Hon Basdeo Panday, Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago, officially handed over the houses and unveiled a stone plaque commemorating the event.
The Caribbean Community has been advised that yet another shipment of hazardous waste is soon to leave Europe for Japan.
Heads of Government once again reiterate their unwavering opposition and that of the people of the Region to the choice of the Caribbean Sea as the preferred route for the transhipment of highly toxic nuclear materials.
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Chairman, the Hon. Basdeo Panday, Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago will on Wednesday December 29, 1999 officially hand over 15 houses to the people of Montserrat. This comprises the first phase of the CARICOM Village being built by the Caribbean Community for the residents of the volcano-stricken Community Member State.
The Hon. David Brandt, Chief Minister of Montserrat will receive the houses, which are located at Lookout on the North of the island, on behalf of the people of Montserrat.
1.   This is the last report on the Political Dialogue for 1999. It covers the period from 14 June 1999 to the present.
Prime Minister, Dr. the Hon. Kenny D. Anthony in his capacity as CARICOM Head of Government with responsibility for spearheading CARICOM's support to the process of political normalisation in Guyana, today held discussions with CARICOM Secretary-General, Edwin Carrington in Castries Saint Lucia, on the status of implementation of the Herdmanston Accord and the Saint Lucia Statement - the two agreements to which CARICOM and the two major political parties in Guyana, the PPP/Civic and the PNC, are signatories.