(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown , Guyana ) One of the foci at the Seventeenth Meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD) is the strengthening of the Early Childhood Care and Development sector in the Caribbean region by the introduction of regional guidelines for policy regulations and standards in the delivery of early childhood services.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretary-General, His Excellency Edwin Carrington will sign an agreement in Shanghai , China later this week with respect to the Community’s joint participation in the 2010 World Exposition in that city.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Accelerating the Implementation of the Education Agenda is the theme for the Seventeenth Meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD), and Ministers with responsibility for education will meet on 17-18 November to evaluate the progress made in education for the past ten years and to devise ways of expediting the education agenda within the Caribbean Community.
Salutations
It is my pleasure to chair this opening session of the Seventh Meeting of the Council for National Security and Law Enforcement (CONSLE). I am sure that you will have no reservation endorsing my request for this CONSLE to join President Bharrat Jagdeo of the Republic of Guyana, the Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community and other CARICOM leaders in acknowledging one of the most historic events in modern times and offering our warmest congratulations to President-elect of the USA, Senator Barack Obama.
Mr. Chairman
Other distinguished members of the CARICOM-Dominican Republic Task Force
Staff of the CARICOM Secretariat
Chair
Honourable Samuel Hinds, Prime Minister of the Republic of Guyana
Honourable Martin Joseph, Minister of National Security of Trinidad and Tobago and Chair of CONSLE
Honourable Ministers of Government of other Member states
Chair and Members of the Security Policy and Advisory Committee (SEPAC)
Executive Director and staff of the Implementation Agency for Crime and Security (IMPACS)
Staff Members of the CARICOM Secretariat
Representatives of the Media
Ladies and Gentlemen
Ambassador Lolita Applewhaite, Deputy Secretary General, CARICOM Secretariat
Other Members of the Head Table
Fellow Ministers responsible for National Security throughout the Community
Distinguished Delegates
Members of the Press
Ladies and Gentlemen
A pleasant good morning to you
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The passing of David De Caires will no doubt create a void in the ranks of Media Managers in the Caribbean Community. This “elder statesman” among the corps of media accredited to the CARICOM Secretariat had become a voice in advocacy for candid discourse between the Caribbean political directorates and the public through the intermediary of the media
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) It is with a profound sense of loss that the Secretary – General and staff of the CARICOM Secretariat learnt of the death of Byron Aloysius St. Elmo Lee, a national of Jamaica and Citizen of the Caribbean.
His death at the age of 73 brings to an end just over half a century of unmatched contribution of a unique genre of music which he composed and shared with appreciative Caribbean and global audiences. To the people of the Caribbean, Byron Lee was “Community property,” embraced, appreciated, and beloved.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Since our first meeting in 1992, I have held David De Caires in high esteem; a fact so well known that my staff contacted me with the news of his passing, even though I was away from Headquarters on official travel.