(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) The Eleventh Special Meeting of the Legal Affairs Committee (LAC) was held at the CARICOM Secretariat, Bank of Guyana Building, Georgetown, Guyana on 15 June 2005.
Ministers in attendance were:
(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), His Excellency Edwin Carrington has made a plea to the CARICOM Legal Affairs Committee (LAC) to give urgent attention to legislation aimed at curbing the increasing incidents of crime and violence in the Community, which he said could threaten the Regional economic integration process.
Mr. Chairman
President of the CCJ, The Rt. Hon. Mr. Justice Michael de la Bastide;
Deputy Prime Minister, Attorney General, and Minister of Home Affairs, Barbados, The Hon. Mia Mottley;
Honorable Attorneys-General and Ministers of Justice of the Member States of the Caribbean Community;
Specially Invited Guests,
Members of Staff of the Caribbean Community Secretariat,
Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen,
Good morning.
We welcome the opportunity to be part of the IDB Portfolio Review not only to look back at the projects executed in the last five years, but also to look forward to challenges and needs of the Caribbean Community in preparation for the Bank’s new strategy for 2005 to 2009.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) The inaugural CARICOM 10K Road Race will be launched in Saint Lucia on the morning of 3 July 2005, just hours before the opening ceremony for the 26th Meeting of CARICOM Heads of Government.
The race is open to professional and amateur athletes from across the Region as well as other CARICOM nationals residing elsewhere. The race is a means by which the Community wishes to encourage CARICOM nationals to use physical activity and sport to promote healthy lifestyles, peace and cooperation, and to improve their quality of life.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) Staff of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat in Guyana will mark World Blood Donors day on June 14 by donating blood to Guyana's National Blood Transfusion Service (NBTS). The donation will be administered by the NBTS from 1:00 p.m. at the Bank of Guyana Headquarters of the CARICOM Secretariat.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) Caribbean Community Secretary-General H.E Edwin Carrington says the election of CARICOM's candidate Ambassador Albert R. Ramdin to be the next Assistant Secretary-General of the Organisation of American States (OAS), is a reflection of CARICOM's growing influence in the Region.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) A Special Meeting of Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Ministers responsible for National Security and Law Enforcement was held in Jamaica, 9-10 June 2005. The Meeting was convened to facilitate the dialogue between Ministers responsible for National Security and Law Enforcement and Law Enforcement officials and Cricket World Cup (CWC) 2007 on the security requirements and specifically the role of CARICOM and the CARICOM law enforcement agencies. Dr. The Hon. Peter Phillips, Minister of National Security, Jamaica chaired the Meeting
The idea of the Commission for Health and Development arose out of the concern that the Report of the WHO Commission on Macro-economic and Health, though it provided a dynamic frame of reference did not adequately portray the Caribbean situation.
The idea of the Commission for Health and Development arose out of the concern that the Report of the WHO Commission on Macro-economic and Health, though it provided a dynamic frame of reference did not adequately portray the Caribbean situation.
Hence the Ministers of Health at COHSOD VII in April 2002 recommended that a task Force be established and the Heads of Government in July 2002 mandated the establishment of the Caribbean Commission on health and Development. In January 2003 the Commission was established with the Support of the WHO- Macro economic Committee.