Roseau, Dominica – July 2 , 2010……Prime Minister of Dominica and outgoing Chairman of the Caribbean Community(CARICOM),Hon. Roosevelt Skerrit, is leading Dominica’s delegation to the Thirty-First(31) Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community(CARICOM), scheduled for Montego Bay, Jamaica, from 4-7 July, 2010.
Matters for discussion over the three days of deliberations include:
- Progress towards national recovery and development in Haiti
- The Community in the Contemporary World: Securing its place in the face of critical changes and challenges
- Progress in the implementation of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy(CSME)
- Global Economic and Financial issues
- Matters related to External Trade
- Human and Social Development
- Issues from the deliberations of the Twenty-Sixth Meeting of the Community Council of Ministers
- Critical issues in the development of the Community to include Climate Change and Water Resources in the Community
- The Oil Spill in the Gulf of Mexico : Its implications and impact on the Region, in particular the Bahamas
Given the growing importance of CARICOM in world affairs, there will also be an Exchange of Views with special guests to include the President of the Dominican Republic, His Excellency Leonel Fernandez, Secretary General of the United Nations, His Excellency, BAN Ki-Moon, Commonwealth Secretary General, His Excellency, Kamalesh Sharma, Secretary General of the Organisation of American States, His Excellency, Jose Miguel Insulza and the Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund, Mr. Dominique Stauss-Kahn.
