The Fourth Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community was held in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago from 4-8 July 1983. Twelve States were represented by their Heads of Government_ the Rt. Hon. Sir Lynden Pindling, the Commonwealth of The Bahamas; Rt. Hon. J.M.G. Adams, Barbados; the Rt. Hon. George Price, Belize; Hon. Mary Eugenia Charles, Commonwealth of Dominica; Hon. Maurice Bishop, Grenada; President Forbes Burnham, Guyana; the Rt. Hon. Edward Seaga, Jamaica; Hon. John Osbourne, Montserrat; Hon. Dr Kennedy Simmonds, St. Kitts-Nevis; Hon.

We the Heads of Government of Member States of the Caribbean Community and The Bahamas here assembled -

Deeply aware of our situation as small States, for the most part newly independent, island-developing, prone to natural disasters and with small open economies particularly vulnerable to turbulence and pressures from within the international economic system;

The Third Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community met in Ocho Rios, Jamaica from 16-18 November, 1982. Twelve States were represented by their Heads of Government_ Hon. Vere Bird, Antigua and Barbuda; Rt Hon. Lynden Pindling, The Bahamas; Rt. Hon. J.M.G.M. Adams, Barbados; Hon. George Price, Belize; Hon. Mary Eugenia Charles, Dominica; Hon. Maurice Bishop, Grenada; President Forbes Burnham, Guyana; Rt. Hon. Edward Seaga, Jamaica; Hon. John Osborne, Montserrat; Hon. Dr. Kennedy Simmonds, St. Kitts-Nevis; Hon. John Compton, Saint Lucia; Hon.

Recognising with satisfaction that since popular Governments in Dominica, Grenada and St. Lucia have taken office, the friendly relations between the three Governments and the people of the three countries have developed greatly on an new basis,

Confirming that the following Declaration constitutes the basis of the relations of peace, friendship and co-operation between the three countries and that the principles enunciated in the Declaration should be strictly observed.