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Grenada and Japan hold bilateral meeting
ImageTOKYO, Japan, September 1, 2010 - Foreign Affairs Minister Peter David on Wednesday met with his Japanese counterpart H.E Mr. Katsuya Okada as they discussed a wide range of issues including Climate Change, UN Security Council Reform among others.

The Grenadian Minister, who is in the Japanese capital to attend the Second CARICOM-Japan Ministerial Meeting, took the opportunity to thank the Government of Japan for the assistance they have made available so far, especially in the Fisheries Sector, Human Resource Development through the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) programmes and in the area of Climate Change.

Mr. Okada said that Japan was pleased with Grenada’s leadership of Alliance of Small Island States (AOSIS) particularly at the COP15 and looks forward to their continued leadership at COP16 scheduled for Cancun, Mexico in December.
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Salvador Declaration Calls for Criminal Justice Reform to Safeguard Human Rights, Security and Devel
Wednesday, 21 April 2010
SALVADOR, 19 April (UN Information Service) - The 12th United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice has wrapped up in Salvador, Brazil with the adoption of a Declaration that calls for Member States to adapt their criminal justice systems to a changing world. The Congress, which is held every five years, took place from 12 to 19 April. Representatives from more than 100 countries took part, as well as participants from international, regional, and non-governmental organizations. In addition to political meetings and drafting sessions, numerous ancillary meetings were held on a wide range of issues related to criminal justice.
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CARICOM Official defends the Integration Movement
Tuesday, 20 April 2010
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)  Dr. Edward Greene, CARICOM Assistant Secretary-General, Human and Social Development staunchly defended the Caribbean regional integration movement at a recent UNESCO Conference on Higher Education, at which he was the keynote speaker.
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Communique issued at the conclusion of the Nineteenth Meeting of COHSOD
Monday, 19 April 2010
The Nineteenth Meeting of the Caribbean Community Council for Human and Social Development (COHSODIX)-Labour, in conjunction with ILO Seventh Meeting of Caribbean Labour Ministers was convened under the theme: Coherence for Human and Social Development in the Caribbean Community: the Contribution of Labour Ministries and the Decent Work Agenda, at the Guyana International Convention Centre, Liliendaal, Greater Georgetown, Guyana on 14-16 April 2010. The Meeting was chaired by the Hon. Karl Hood, Minister of Labour, Grenada.
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CARICOM continues advocacy for representation on ICAO Council
Monday, 19 April 2010
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)     The Caribbean Community will actively pursue the candidature of Trinidad and Tobago to the International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO) Council, at elections due to take place at the ICAO Assembly in September/October 2010.
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