Caribbean Times 28th Issue

Monday 13th June 2016 c a r i b b e a n t i m e s . a g 15
The OECS turns 35 years old this week
BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS – Thirty-five
years ago this week, the Treaty
of Basseterre was signed on June 18 th ,
1981 in the capital city of St. Kitts, establishing
the Organisation of Eastern
Caribbean States (OECS).
The original signatories were Antigua
and Barbuda (signed by Deputy
Premier Lester Bird); Dominica (Prime
Minister Mary Eugenia Charles); Grenada
(Prime Minister Maurice Bishop);
Montserrat (Minister of Education
Franklyn Margetson); St. Kitts and
Nevis (Premier Kennedy Simmonds);
St. Lucia (Prime Minister Winston Cenac),
and St. Vincent and the Grenadines
(Deputy Prime Minister Hudson
Tannis).
By signing the treaty, they agreed to
cooperate with each other and promote
unity and solidarity among the OECS
membership. The British Virgin Islands
joined the OECS in November 1984 and
Anguilla in May 1995; both are associate
members.
Tomorrow, Monday, June 13 th at
9:00am, the 35 th Anniversary Celebrations
will be launched at a press conference
that is scheduled to simulcast in
all OECS Member States. Dr. Didacus
Jules, the Director General of the OECS
Commission, will deliver welcome remarks.
The outgoing OECS Chairman,
Prime Minister Dr. the Honourable
Keith Mitchell of Grenada, will deliver
a feature address at the press conference.
Prime Minister Dr. the Honourable
Timothy Harris will also deliver a feature
address as the incoming OECS
Chairman. The OECS Authority meets
twice a year and its chairmanship changes
every June.
A Q&A session will follow a presentation
by Mr. Anthony Severin, the
OECS Commission’s Head of International
Relations, on the role of the
OECS institutions. In addition to Director
General of the OECS Commission,
Dr. Jules, the heads of the other OECS
institutions who will be at the press conference
are Chief Justice of the Eastern
Caribbean Supreme Court (ECSC), the
Honourable Dame Janice M. Pereira;
Governor of the Eastern Caribbean
Central Bank (ECCB), Mr. Timothy
Antoine; Director General of the Eastern
Caribbean Civil Aviation Authority
(ECCAA), Mr. Donald McPhail, and
Managing Director of the Eastern Caribbean
Telecommunications Authority
(ECTEL), Mr. Embert Charles.
On Wednesday, June 15 th , starting at
9:30am, a church service will be held
at the Immaculate Conception Church
in Castries, St. Lucia, where the OECS
Secretariat is based.
The complete list of the OECS’s 35 th
Anniversary Week of Activities follows.
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