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...

I am pleased to lead my country's delegation to this Fifth Meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD) and to bring greetings to you in our capacity as its out going Chair. At our national COHSOD this year, the social sector Ministers and Technical Advisors had an opportunity to...

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 o...

The Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD), an Organ of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), will examine proposals aimed at refashioning the Region's 1997 human resource development strategy as it places emphasis on human capital development in the Community at its Fifth Meeting in Georget...

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. In the context of the Year 2000, and recent fears about "the millenni...

The CARICOM Council for Human and Social Development has set the goal for the elimination of Rubella and Congenital Rubella Syndrome from the Caribbean Community by the end of the year 2000. The Resolution, passed at the first Ministerial Meeting of COHSOD, held at the Crowne Plaza Kingston Hotel, f...