Basseterre, St. Kitts – Nevis
March 11, 2008 (CUOPM)
Two important issues ““ tourism and crime and security ““ are to get special attention by Caribbean leaders over the next few months.
CARICOM will devote a full day during its regular meeting of Heads of Government in July to focus on Tourism, and has agreed for the first time to make Tourism a standard item on all CARICOM agendas in view of its importance to the economies of the region.
A Special Session of Heads of Government will be held in Trinidad in April of this year to discuss issues of crime and security.
CARICOM Secretary General His Excellency Dr Edwin Carrington, St. Kitts and Nevis Prime Minister Hon. Dr Denzil Douglas, Jamaica Prime Minister, the Most Honourable Bruce Golding, Trinidad and Tobago Prime Minister, Hon. Patrick Manning and Bahamas’ Prime Minister the Right Hon. Hubert Ingraham also took part in the press conference at the end of the 19th Inter-Sessional of the Conference of Caribbean Heads of Government.