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CARICOM CHAIRMAN INSTALLS 31 NEW YOUTH AMBASSADORS

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) President of the Republic of Suriname and Chairman of the Caribbean Community H.E. Desiré Delano Bouterse, last Thursday, officially installed thirty-one youth leaders as CARICOM Youth Ambassadors.

The installation ceremony took place as part of the opening ceremony of the CARICOM-UNASUR High Level Youth Exchange hosted by the President in Paramaribo, Suriname on 14-15 June, 2012.

FORGET ABOUT TURF AND COLLABORATE, SAYS CARICOM OFFICIAL CARICOM-UNASUR HIGH LEVEL YOUTH EXCHANGE

(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 CHAIRMAN CHARGES YOUTH LEADERS TO GET INVOLVED IN POLITICS

(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 YOUTH REPORT TRANSLATED IN DUTCH AND FRENCH

(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 SECRETARY-GENERAL PLEDGES GREATER SUPPORT FOR YOUTH AMBASSADOR

(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).

Feature Address By H.e. Desiré Delano Bouterse, President Of The Republic Of Suriname, On The Occasion Of The Caricom – Unasur High Level Youth Exchange, 14 June 2012, Paramaribo, Suriname

​(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.

CARICOM CHAIRMAN HOSTS HIGH LEVEL CARICOM-UNASUR YOUTH EXCHANGE

(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.