Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community and their advisers concluded three days of intensive deliberations this afternoon in Basseterre, St. Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla, against the background of the global and regional economic situation, in the course of which the Conference took decisions on a wide range of matters aimed at improving the quality of life in all CARICOM countries.

A Special meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) took place in Barbados on 26^th and 27^th January, 1974 .

All the four Member States of the Community were represented_ Barbados by the Rt. Hon. Errol Barrow, Prime Minister; Guyana by Hon. Forbes Burnham, Prime Minister; Jamaica by Hon Michael Manley, Prime Minister; and Trinidad and Tobago by Hon. George Chambers, Minister of Finance.

Other Ministers present were_

ESTABLISHMENT OF CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY AND COMMON MARKET

The Eight Heads of Government Conference, which met in Georgetown from 9^th – 12^th April, 1973, has decided to establish the Caribbean Community (including the Caribbean Common Market.)

The Seventh Heads of Government Conference of Commonwealth Caribbean Countries has agreed that the Caribbean Free Trade Association (CARIFTA) will become a Common Market on 1^st May, 1973, the fifth Anniversary of CARIFTA.

The Conference was described by delegates in closing speeches as the most important, historic and epoch-making to be held in the Commonwealth Caribbean.

as modified by the Meeting of Heads of Government of Signatory States,
November 8, 1971 in Georgetown, Guyana

Acknowledging it to be the inescapable destiny of the peoples of the West to be bound together in Nationhood;

Mindful of the lessons of past efforts in the cause of West Indian Unity;

Conscious of the urgent need to end all forms of Colonialism in the Caribbean to secure the effective independence of its peoples;

The Meeting of Heads of Government of Signatory States of the Grenada Declaration convened in Georgetown, Guyana, on Monday, November 8, 1971. Those attending the Meeting as Leaders of Delegations were the Hon. E.O. Le Blanc, Premier of Dominica, the Hon. L.F.S. Burnham, Prime Minister of Guyana, the Hon. R.L. Bradshaw, Premier of St. Kitts-Nevis-Anguilla, the Hon. R.M. Cato, Premier of St. Vincent and the Hon. D> Sylvester, Minister of Health and Local Government of Grenada. Also present at the meeting were the Secretary-General of the Commonwealth Caribbean Regional Secretariat. Mr.

The Sixth Conference of Heads of Government of Commonwealth Caribbean Countries concluded its business tonight, (Friday), under the Chairmanship of the Rt. Hon. H.L. Shearer, Prime Minister of Jamaica. The Conference, which was opened last Monday by His Excellency the Governor General, Sir Clifford Campbell, discussed many important items affecting Commonwealth Caribbean Regional integration and cooperation.

The Conference adopted a Resolution on the "Challenge of Change in the Seventies", and resolved_

The Third Plenary Session of the Sixth Heads of Government Conference of Commonwealth Caribbean Countries this afternoon (Wednesday) agreed to the appointment of an Inter-Governmental Committee of Experts to enquire into all matters affecting the competitive position of the Tourist Industry in the Commonwealth Caribbean, including an examination of air fares, hotel rates and other matters ancillary to this industry.

The Second Plenary Session of the Sixth Heads of Government Conference of Commonwealth Caribbean Countries today appointed two Committees to consider a number of the items on the Agenda.

The Sixth Heads of Government of Commonwealth Caribbean Countries was officially opened this morning by His Excellency, Sir Clifford Campbell, Governor General of Jamaica at the Sheraton Kingston Hotel. A reply to the Governor General's address was made by the Hon. R.M. Cato, Premier of St. Vincent.

Delegations attending the Conference are from the eleven Member Territories of the Caribbean Free Trade Association, the Commonwealth of the Bahama Islands and British Honduras (Belize).

The Conference is scheduled to conclude on Friday 18^th April 1970.