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The Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community meeting in its Seventh Special Session at Chaguaramas, Trinidad and Tobago on 26-27 October 1999;

Having deliberated on a Vision for the future of the Region, and recognising the need for ensuring that the integration of the Region must be made more meaningful for its people, especially the Youth, adopted the Consensus of Chaguaramas as follows_

As you are aware, I have been assigned responsibility by the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community for the implementation of the Herdmanston Accord and Saint Lucia Statement. This assignment is in pursuance of the commitment of the Conference to support the process of political normalisation in Guyana. The purpose of my visit to Guyana is to update myself on the progress of the Constitutional Reform process and the Political Dialogue mandated by the Herdmanston Accord.

The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Secretariat, the Latin American Economic System (SELA) and the Spanish Agency for International Co-operation (AECI) will meet at the Association of Caribbean States (ACS) Secretariat's offices in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, 29-30 October 1999.

This meeting comes in the wake of the discussions held last July in Port-of-Spain between CARICOM leaders and the Prime Minister of Spain, Don Jose Maria Aznar prior to the XIX Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community.

Hon. Indra Chandrapal, Minister of Human Services and Social Security
Other Ministers of Government
Dr. Bernadette Theodore-Gandhi, PAHO/WHO Representative to Guyana
Members of the Diplomatic Corps
Delegates
Distinguished Guests
Ladies and Gentlemen

On behalf of the Caribbean Community Secretariat, let me welcome you to this launching of the Caribbean Charter on Health and Ageing.

Caribbean Charter on Health and Ageing was launched in Guyana today Wednesday 20 October, 1999. The Charter has as its guiding principle a coordinated, systematic approach for ensuring the health and full integration and participation of older persons in Caribbean societies and economies.

A range of social issues influencing life in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will be addressed when CARICOM Ministers on the Council for Human and Social Development (COHSOD) meet in Guyana on the 20^th and 21^st October, 1999.

The Third Meeting of The Council will address matters relating to the Free Movement of Skills and People in the Region, and Sport Sector Development and Strengthening. Human Resource Development, and National Policies for the Sport Sector are among the issues to be considered.

Representatives at the Second Sitting of the Assembly of Caribbean Community Parliamentarians (ACCP), which ended in Grenada on Friday, have come out in support of the Caribbean Court of Justice.

The two-day session, which was held at the Convention Centre of the Grenada Grand Beach Resort, received an invitation from Belize to host the Third Sitting in the fourth quarter of 2000.

WHEREAS Venezuela continues to advance her claim to the Essequibo Region of Guyana, a claim which amounts to no less than five-eighths of Guyana's territory;