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Commonwealth Secretariat press release

Commonwealth Secretary-General to address CARICOM

5 July 2004

Commonwealth Secretary-General Don McKinnon will address leaders of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) today at their 25th Meeting in St George's, Grenada.

Speaking ahead of the Meeting, Mr McKinnon said: "As an international organisation which includes 12 Caribbean members, the Commonwealth is one of CARICOM's close partners and is active in a number of areas of concern to the Caribbean Community. Many of the issues Caribbean leaders will be addressing at their Meeting - be it promoting tourism, achieving progress in the current international trade talks or managing vulnerability to natural disasters - are important areas of work for the Commonwealth, which has a special focus on the needs and concerns of small states.

"The Commonwealth is committed to assisting Caribbean member states through a number of specific development programmes. In 2002-03, the Commonwealth provided £1.9 million (US$3.6 million) in assistance to the Caribbean region."

While in Grenada, the Secretary-General will also hold bilateral meetings with Caribbean leaders to discuss issues of common interest, including follow-up action on the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) held in Abuja, Nigeria, last December, and issues relating to the forthcoming CHOGM, to be held in Malta next year.

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