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HEADS OF
GOVERNMENT MEET IN T&T SET FOR CRIME SUMMIT
Date Posted: April 04, 2008.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)
All 15 Member States of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM)
and one Associate Member will be represented at the
Thirteenth Special Meeting of the Conference of Heads of
Government taking place in Port of Spain, Trinidad and
Tobago on 5 April 2008.
Up to Thursday afternoon, 3 April, 13 Heads of Government
had signalled their intention to attend with Belize and
Suriname being represented by their Minister of National
Security and Minister of Justice and Police respectively.
Bermuda is being represented by the Minister of Labour, Home
Affairs and Housing.
The Special Meeting was called on the initiative of the host
Prime Minister the Honourable Patrick Manning to discuss
crime and security in the Region. Mr Manning, who has lead
responsibility for Security in the Quasi Cabinet of the
Community’s Heads of Government, had called for the meeting
during the recent Inter-Sessional Meeting of the Heads of
Government in Nassau, The Bahamas.
Three preparatory Meetings have been held prior to the
Special Meeting. The Heads of Police Services and Military
Forces met in Georgetown, Guyana, on 18-20 March while the
Council for Ministers of National Security and Law
Enforcement began their Fifth Meeting on Thursday 3 April in
Port of Spain. This two-day session follows the meeting of
the Security Policy Advisory Committee (SEPAC) which
consists of senior officials of Ministries of National
Security and Law Enforcement as well as senior Security
Officers.
The Heads of Government will meet for an informal session on
Friday at the Prime Minister’s Residence prior to the formal
meeting at the Trinidad Hilton Hotel and Conference Centre
from 9.30 a.m on Saturday.
