CARICOM special meeting gets underway
The special meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) got underway in Trinidad and Tobago Tuesday with calls for the identification of strategic measures and harmonised positions to shield the Region from the Ebola Virus.
Briefly addressing delegates at the Diplomatic Centre, Chair of the Community, the Hon Gaston, Browne, Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, spoke of the need for harmonised positions to confront the virus. CARICOM Secretary-General Amb. Irwin LaRocque also issued a call for a coordinated Regional approach.
In her remarks, host Prime Minister, the Hon, Kamla Persad-Bissessar pointed out that although individual Member States had taken steps to stave off the virus, the Region could “do much better together” and needed to identify strategic measures.
`We can do much better together '- Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar
— CARICOM (@CARICOMorg) November 4, 2014
"Stop #ebola there and here" – Hon Dr Denzil Douglas – PM #StKittsandNevis. #StopEbola #SpecHGC17
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Dr Hon PM Denzil Douglas @ #SpecHGC17 calls for a moment of silence to acknowledge those who died as a result of the Ebola virus Disease
— CARPHA Team (@CARPHA1) November 4, 2014