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;