St Vincent and the Grenadines, in its capacity as Pro Tempore President of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States, (CELAC) is hosting the 45th meeting of National Coordinators of CELAC, today November 30th at the at the University of the West Indies Global Campus, Kingstown.
Some 26 delegates drawn from the 33 CELAC member countries are gathered at today’s meeting, to be chaired by Dr. Douglas Slater, National Co-ordinator of the CELAC Secretariat.
Dr. Douglas Slater in an interview with the API said that the meeting seeks to advance the process of formulating a CELAC (Kingstown) Declaration for the 8th Summit of Heads of State & Government of CELAC in 2024.
The Declaration/Document will be refined over the coming weeks and submitted to Ministers of Foreign Affairs of CELAC, prior to the Summit, for their review and approval before submitting to the Heads at the 2024 Summit.
It is expected to include decisions or proposals aimed at further strengthening the unity and socio-economic development among CELAC member countries.
