The 38th meeting of the OECS Authority, scheduled to take place in St. Lucia, November 10-11, has regrettably had to be postponed. And the authorities are in the process of making arrangements to hold it on a new date which will be announced shortly.

The OECS Secretariat has announced that three Heads of Government are unable to be present because of illness. Additionally, the Prime Minister of Grenada would also have been absent due to his country’s approaching general selections, set for November 27th.

Decisions at meetings of the OECS Authority are arrived at by concensus. Therefore the Heads of Government felt that the very important matters on the agenda for this meeting require the full presence and input of all Heads.

This meeting was expected to agree on measures to further advance the movement towards an OECS economic union, including common OECS Citizenship, and the common OECS passport.

The Heads were also due to examine the level of implementation of the OECS Development strategy which will guide the future economic development of the sub-region.

Several critical issues involved in current international trade negotiations, such as the proposed hemispheric Free Trade Area of the Americas, were also down for discussion.

The Heads were also expected to give their approval for a number of cooperation initiatives which offer wide-ranging benefits to the people of the sub-region. These include stronger OECS/Puerto and OECS Guadeloupe relations. The OECS is a grouping of the nine Member States of Antigua/Barbuda, Anguilla, the British Virgin Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, St. Kitts/Nevis, St. Lucia, and St. Vincent and the Grenadines.

Contact:
Kendol Morgan Senior Communications Officer OECS Secretariat This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it