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BARBADOS HOSTS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Stakeholders in the field of renewable energy and sustainable development are meeting in Barbados from Wednesday 9 May to explore and exchange ideas on how solar energy and solar thermal systems could be utilised more efficiently in the Region.

Bahamas results reflected will of the people - caricom electoral observer mission

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Electoral Observer Mission has said that the results of the just-concluded General Elections in the Bahamas “reflected the will of the Bahamian people”.

Bahamians on Monday 7 May elected the Progressive Liberal Party led by the Honourable Perry G. Christie to form the next government.

CARICOM SECRETARY-GENERAL HAILS WORK OF CARIBVET, WARNS AGAINST COMPLACENCY

(CARICOM Secretarait, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, on Monday lauded the sterling work of the Caribbean Animal Health Network (CaribVET) but cautioned against complacency in the fight against animal health diseases in the Community.

ADAPT FOREIGN POLICY COORDINATING TO CHANGING GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community’s (CARICOM) foreign policy coordination in a constantly changing international climate was the common thread running through the addresses at the Fifteenth Meeting of the Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR) in Paramaribo, Suriname, Thursday 3 May 2012.

SECOND ISSUE OF THE EPA NEWSLETTER FOR 2012 PUBLISHED

(Caribbean Community Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The CARICOM Secretariat-based Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) Implementation Unit on 4 May published the second Issue for 2012 of its flagship newsletter, EPA Implementation Bulletin. It delves into a range of matters germane to the EPA implementation narrative, focusing particular attention on ACP-EU relations.

CARICOM FOREIGN MINISTER LOOK AT WAYS TO STRENGTHEN CO-ORDINATION

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Council for Foreign and Community Relations (COFCOR) will be seeking ways to strengthen co-co-ordination of foreign policy among the Community’s Member States.

The Council, comprising of the Community’s Foreign Ministers, holds its Fifteenth Meeting on 3-4 May, 2012 in Paramaribo, Suriname. Foreign Policy Co-ordination is one of the four pillars of CARICOM along with Economic Integration, Human and Social Development and Security Co-operation.

ADDRESS BY THE HON. ALVINA REYNOLDS, MINISTER OF HEALTH, HUMAN SERVICES, FAMILY AFFAIRS AND GENDER RELATIONS, SAINT LUCIA AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE SIXTEENTH SPECIAL MEETING OF THE COUNCIL FOR HUMAN AND SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT (COHSOD) - HEALTH

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown Guyana) Madam Chair – Ms Myrna Bernard; Chair of COHSOD – Hon Madam Florence Duperval Guillaume; Deputy Chair of the Executive Board of PANCAP – Prof. Peter Figueroa; Hon. Ministers of Health in the CARICOM Region; heads of delegations, representatives of fraternal organizations, civil society representatives, members of the media.