Youth Portal for the Latin America and the Caribbean

PRESS RELEASES:

Help on the Way for Haiti’s Tertiary Students (press release 48/2010)
http://www.caricom.org/jsp/pressreleases/pres48_10.jsp

Prospects of youth in the Caribbean must be improved, Jamaica’s Prime Minister (press release 46/2010)
http://www.caricom.org/jsp/pressreleases/pres46_10.jsp

Plaudits for CARICOM Commission on Youth Development (press release 45/2010)
http://www.caricom.org/jsp/pressreleases/pres45_10.jsp

Empower us now, CARICOM Youth Ambassador (press release 44/2010)
http://www.caricom.org/jsp/pressreleases/pres44_10.jsp

CARICOM Heads of Government Summit on Youth Development: CARICOM Secretary-General calls for urgent and decisive action on youth issues (press release 43/2010)
http://www.caricom.org/jsp/pressreleases/pres43_10.jsp

National Legislation Hampers Movement in CSME (press release 41/2010)
http://www.caricom.org/jsp/pressreleases/pres41_10.jsp

Special Unit for CARICOM Haiti Assistance (press release 40/2010)
http://www.caricom.org/jsp/pressreleases/pres40_10.jsp

Haiti’s Youth Ambassador appeals to COHSOD Let us rise and re-build the education system (press release 38/2010)
http://www.caricom.org/jsp/pressreleases/pres38_10.jsp

Regional Youth Forum Opens Wednesday in Suriname : No Investment; no CSME (press release 37/2010)
http://www.caricom.org/jsp/pressreleases/pres37_10.jsp

Not Business as usual for COHSOD (press release 36/2010)
http://www.caricom.org/jsp/pressreleases/pres36_10.jsp

Ignore Youth Report at our Peril - SG (press release 35/2010)
http://www.caricom.org/jsp/pressreleases/pres35_10.jsp

Haitian youth applauded at Youth Forum: Minute of Silence for Haiti’s youth (press release 27/2010)
http://www.caricom.org/jsp/pressreleases/pres27_10.jsp

The Youth Report, the hope of CSME, says CARICOM Secretary-General (press release 26/2010)
http://www.caricom.org/jsp/pressreleases/pres26_10.jsp

Special Summit on Youth Development a call to action, says CARICOM Secretary-Genera (press release 22/2010)
http://www.caricom.org/jsp/pressreleases/pres22_10.jsp

Invest in youth now for the Community tomorrow (press release 16/2010)
http://www.caricom.org/jsp/pressreleases/pres16_10.jsp

Youth in focus at Special CARICOM Summit (press release 15/2010)
http://www.caricom.org/jsp/pressreleases/pres15_10.jsp

Youth risky behaviours a high cost to the Region (press release 14/2010)
http://www.caricom.org/jsp/pressreleases/pres14_10.jsp

Youth development: To invest or not to invest? (press release 12/2010)
http://www.caricom.org/jsp/pressreleases/pres12_10.jsp

“We want to see action,” Youth Commissioners declare (press release 08/2010)
http://www.caricom.org/jsp/pressreleases/pres08_10.jsp

SPEECHES:

Remarks delivered by Ms Monelle Alexis, Dean of the CARICOM Youth Ambassador Corps At the Opening Ceremony of the Special Summit of CARICOM Heads of Government on Youth Development, 30 January 2010, Paramaribo, Suriname
http://www.caricom.org/jsp/speeches/cya_ccyd_suriname_alexis.jsp

Remarks by His Excellency Edwin W. Carrington, Secretary-General Caribbean Community (CARICOM) at the Opening of the CARICOM Summit on Youth Development, 29 January 2010, Paramaribo, Suriname (press release 42/2010)
http://www.caricom.org/jsp/pressreleases/pres42_10.jsp

Remarks delivered by the Hon. Jermaine Wade, Parliamentary Secretary for Youth Affairs, Community Services and Sports, Montserrat to the Special Meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD) on Youth and Development, 28 January 2010, Paramaribo, Suriname (press release 39/2010)
http://www.caricom.org/jsp/pressreleases/pres39_10.jsp

Remarks by the Hon Edwin Wolf, Minister of Education and Community Development, Suriname at the Opening Ceremony of the Special Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD) on Youth and Development, 28 January 2010, Paramaribo, Suriname (press release 34/2010)
http://www.caricom.org/jsp/pressreleases/pres34_10.jsp

Address by the Hon. Patrick Simmons, Chair of COHSOD and Minister of Youth Empowerment, Culture and Sport, Grenada to the Special Meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD) on Youth and Development, 28 January 2010, Paramaribo, Suriname (press release 33/2010)
http://www.caricom.org/jsp/pressreleases/pres33_10.jsp

Remarks by H.E. Edwin. W. Carrington, Secretary-General Caribbean Community (CARICOM) On the Occasion Of the Special Meeting Of the Council For Human and Social Development (COHSOD) on Youth Development, Paramaribo, Suriname, 28 January 2010 (press release 32/2010)
http://www.caricom.org/jsp/pressreleases/pres32_10.jsp

Remarks delivered by Ms. Farah Khodabaks, Suriname's CARICOM Youth Ambassador at the Opening of the CARICOM Regional Youth Forum, 27 January 2010, Paramaribo, Suriname (press release 29/2010)
http://www.caricom.org/jsp/pressreleases/pres29_10.jsp

Address by the President of the Republic of Suriname, His Excellency Runaldo Ronald Venetiaan on the Occasion of the Opening of the Regional Youth Forum of CARICOM, 27 January 2010, Paramaribo, Suriname (press release 28/2010)
http://www.caricom.org/jsp/pressreleases/pres28_10.jsp

Remarks by His Excellency Edwin W. Carrington, Secretary General, Caribbean Community (CARICOM), on the occasion of the opening of the Regional Youth Forum, 27 January 2010, Paramaribo, Suriname (press release 25/2010)
http://www.caricom.org/jsp/pressreleases/pres25_10.jsp

DOCUMENTS AND PRESENTATIONS:

Report of the CARICOM Commission on Youth Development, January 2010: EYE 0N THE FUTURE: Investing in YOUTH NOW for Tomorrow’s Community
http://www.caricom.org/jsp/communications/CCYD_report_cohsod3.pdf

Youth in Agriculture - Challenges and Opportunities Presented by Ms Valerie Lalji, Suriname
http://www.caricom.org/jsp/communications/Youth_in_Agriculture_Concept_Note%20Final.pdf

Youth and Agriculture, Ms. Valerie Lalji, 28 January 2010, Suriname
http://www.caricom.org/jsp/communications/Youth%20and%20Agriculture.pdf

Presentation on ICT and Development to the Special Meeting of the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD) on Youth Development by Kyle deFreitas, Youth Commissioner, 28 January 2010, Paramaribo Suriname
http://www.caricom.org/jsp/communications/ICT%20and%20Youth%20Presentation.pdf

DECLARATIONS AND STATEMENTS:

Declaration of Paramaribo on the Future of Youth in the Caribbean Community (press release 47/2010)
http://www.caricom.org/jsp/pressreleases/pres47_10.jsp

Report on the CARICOM Commission on Youth Development, January 2010
http://www.caricom.org/jsp/communications/DrafTCCYDREPORT@22%20JAN.pdf

Declaration: Towards Greater Involvement of CARICOM Heads of Government in the development of Youth in the Caribbean Community, 27 January 2010, Paramaribo, Suriname
http://www.caricom.org/jsp/communications/Youth%20Forum%20Draft%20Declaration%20rev2-28%20Jan.pdf

Statement issued at the Regional Youth Forum from the CARICOM Youth Ambassador Programme, 27 January 2010, Paramaribo, Suriname
http://www.caricom.org/jsp/communications/The%20real%20thing%20-%20CCYD%20Report%20Statement.pdf

Statement Issued at the End of the Joint Meeting of CARICOM Youth Ambassadors and Directors of Youth Affairs, 30 November 2009 - 2 December 2009, Paramaribo, Suriname
http://www.caricom.org/jsp/communications/Joint%20CYA%20-%20Statement.pdf