(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Yet another effort by the CARICOM Secretariat to address the problem of substance abuse has been lauded as exceptional, by an international organization.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Today, June 26, the Caribbean Community Secretariat joins the rest of the world in commemorating International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking under the theme: Do drugs control your life? Your life. Your community. No place for drugs. Indeed, the theme is quite apt as it reflects the extent to which both the international and Caribbean Community have been scathed by the destructive effects of illicit drugs.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The theme to mark this year’s International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking on 26 June – Do Drugs Control Your Life?
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The CARICOM Community Council of Ministers at its recent meeting in Barbados, reaffirmed the importance of a common regional approach to address the threats and challenges of climate change, and for the effective participation of the region in the upcoming United Nations Climate Change Conference in Denmark .
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat has intensified its offensive against illicit drug use with the focus, this time, on developing and strengthening social care and rehabilitation programmes for drug users, in a bid to mitigate the social and health consequences of substance abuse.
I would like to begin these remarks by extending my appreciation to Honourable Prime Minister Douglas for organising this important consultation on Youth Crime and Violence in our society. This issue is central to the investigations being carried out by the Caribbean Commission on Youth Development (CCYD) appointed by the Conference of Heads of Government, which is due to complete its Report later this year.
I would like to begin these remarks by extending my appreciation to Honourable Prime Minister Douglas for organising this important consultation on Youth Crime and Violence in our society. This issue is central to the investigations being carried out by the Caribbean Commission on Youth Development (CCYD) appointed by the Conference of Heads of Government, which is due to complete its Report later this year.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) THE CARICOM Development Fund (CDF) is reporting satisfactory progress in its work, as a team led by its Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Ambassador Lorne McDonnough, has commenced a series of consultative missions to Less Developed Countries (LDCs) in CARICOM.
During the mission’s recent visit to Antigua and Barbuda, Ambassador McDonnough updated the media on the progress the organization has made since its inception last year.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) As the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) continues to battle lifestyle- related diseases, Jamaica is the first Member State to benefit from three colposcopes donated by the Government of Spain to boost the country’s capacity to detect early signs of cervical cancer.
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(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) needed to deduce best practice responses of individual Member States to the global financial and economic crisis that could be emulated by the entire Community. |