The Nineteenth Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community, was held in Castries, Saint Lucia, on 30 June-4 July 1998 with an Opening Ceremony on the evening of 30 June1998C and a Closing Ceremony on 4 July 1998.

(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana)  Protocol II of the Treaty establishing the Caribbean Community, the Treaty of Chaguaramas, can now be provisionally applied in Member States of the Caribbean Community. This is now possible as Montserrat signed the Protocol and Suriname made its signature of the Protocol effective on 4 July, 1998, the final day of the 19th Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community. The venue for the Meeting was Castries, Saint Lucia.

(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and Prime Minister of Saint Lucia Dr the Honourable Kenny Anthony today (Thursday 3 July 1998) accepted what he described as an "extraordinary" gift for the continued support of the Regional Negotiating Machinery (RNM) of the Caribbean Community.

 1. In signing the `Herdmanston Accord' on 17 January 1998, the Leaders of Guyana's two main political Parties stated that they are doing so `specially mindful of the willingness of (their) CARICOM colleagues to remain engaged with Guyana in this endeavour'. It is in this spirit that as colleagues we have taken the opportunity of our St. Lucia Summit, on the occasion of the 25^th anniversary of CARICOM, to initiate a dialogue with them on the current situation in Guyana - conscious of our own full participation as signatories to the `Herdmanston Accord'.

    
1. In signing the `Herdmanston Accord' on 17 January 1998, the Leaders of Guyana's two main political Parties stated that they are doing so `specially mindful of the willingness of (their) CARICOM colleagues to remain engaged with Guyana in this endeavour'. It is in this spirit that as colleagues we have taken the opportunity of our St. Lucia Summit, on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of CARICOM, to initiate a dialogue with them on the current situation in Guyana - conscious of our own full participation as signatories to the `Herdmanston Accord'.

(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana)  CARICOM Chairman Dr the Hon. Keith Mitchell will lead a team representing the Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community in a cricket match against the University of the West Indies (UWI).

A vision for the Caribbean Community for the next decade will engage the attention of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community when they gather in Castries, Saint Lucia for their X1X Regular Meeting.