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Jan 31, 2010 News
CARICOM Secretary General, Edwin Carrington, has pointed to the need for Caribbean countries to frame legislations that facilitate hassle free movement within the Community for its youths.
Carrington, who was addressing Caribbean youths in Suriname at a recent youth forum, noted that this needs to be done so as to further facilitate interaction among youths across the region.
However, this is being severely hampered by the Immigration Restriction Acts within member states, he pointed out.
Noting how impressed he was with the way young people articulated their issues during the forum, Carrington observed that the Caribbean’s young people are definitely “on the right course.”
He however pointed to a number of issues that should be considered seriously, namely, gun and gang violence, climate change and development.
“We have to find a way to separate man from guns,” he lamented. “That combination is wreaking too much havoc on our Community.”
With regard to climate change, he told the youths not to underestimate its effects, particularly in the wake of the devastating earthquake in Haiti earlier this month.
He further challenged young people to be strong advocates for the preservation of the environment to further mitigate the effects of climate change.
Pointing to an impending follow-up meeting of world leaders in Mexico to address outcomes of the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, last December, Carrington said that he will be advocating regional governments to include at least one youth leader in their contingent for that meeting.
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