Caricom should appoint special representative on humanitarian issues

Civil society groups here are calling on Caricom to name a Special Representative on Humanitarian Issues in the aftermath of the devastation caused in the region by hurricanes Irma and Maria.

In a statement on October 7, the groups said that the Special Representative should be entrusted with the following tasks:

* Adopting a common rights-based framework of principles and standards for humanitarian disasters to be executed by governments, civil society and international forces.