Remarks By Ms Myrna Bernard Director, Human Development   At The Opening Of The Caribbean Sub-Regional Capacity Building Workshop On The Nagoya Protocol On Access And Benefit-Sharing Georgetown, Guyana 19 May 2014

I bring you greetings and warm wishes on behalf of the Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community, Ambassador Irwin LaRocque. The CARICOM Secretariat is very pleased to be a collaborative partner in this workshop, which represents a continuation of our work to build the capacity of member states t...
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Implementation of CSME to be examined through gender lens

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     The Twenty-Sixth Meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD) got underway on Wednesday at the CARICOM Headquarters in Georgetown Guyana. The Council is being chaired by Minister of Health and Soc...
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Opening Remarks At The 26th Meeting Of The Council For Human And Social Development (COHSOD – Labour And Gender By Hon. Ms.Jennifer Webster, MP - Minister Of Human Services & Social Security Government Of The Republic Of Guyana   Georgetown, Guyana May 14th -15th, 2014

It gives me great pleasure this morning to welcome you to Guyana on behalf of His Excellency President Donald Ramotar, the Government and people of Guyana. I look forward to participating in the discussions of this 26th Meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development that will allow us to...
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Remarks By Dr. Douglas Slater, Assistant Secretary General, Human And Social Development at The opening Ceremony of The Twenty-Sixth Meeting Of (COHSOD)  14 – 15 May, 2014,  Georgetown, Guyana

It is  a distinct pleasure to welcome you to this Twenty-Sixth Meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD) convened under the Theme of Labour and Gender. I would like to begin by expressing my sincere gratitude to the ILO, the UN Women and the Caribbean Development Bank, f...
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Address by The Hon. Colin Riley, Minister of Health and Social Development, Montserrat Chairman of COHSOD to the Opening Session Of the Twenty-Sixth Meeting of The Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD)

It is indeed a privilege for me to address this opening session of the Twenty- Sixth Meeting of COHSOD in my capacity as Chairman of the Council. We are gathered here over the next two days to consider important matters related to the development of our region. The focus of the Meeting is on Labour ...
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Remarks by Secretary-General Of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ambassador Irwin LaRocque at the Twenty-Sixth Meeting of the Council For Human and Social Development (COHSOD) On Labour and Gender 14-15 May 2014

It is indeed a pleasure to welcome you to this Meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD) and to the CARICOM Secretariat Headquarters.  I wish to welcome, in particular, those Ministers participating in this Council for the first time. This Meeting of the COHSOD comes a...
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Labor and gender take center stage at Twenty-Sixth COHSOD

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     Issues related to gender and labor will be the main focus of the upcoming Twenty-Sixth Meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD) on Wednesday 14 May and Thursday 15 May 2014 at the CARICOM Head...
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