Montserrat's Premier Attends CARICOM 43rd Regular Meeting of the Conference of Governments

Premier the Honourable Joseph Farrell is meeting with CARICOM leaders this week at the Forty-Third Regular Meeting of the Conference of Governments.

The meeting which is being held in Suriname from July 3rd to the 5th, began with an opening ceremony on Sunday.
The business side of the meeting will see the Heads of Government deliberating on a wide range of issues of importance to the Community.

These include COVID-19 and its impact on the region, advancing regional food and nutrition security, actions to support CSME implementation, and Climate Change and Climate Financing.

Premier Farrell and his fellow leaders are expected to deliberate on the ongoing regional Public Health Response and Economic Recovery measures and hear from the Lead Head on Agriculture and the Special CARICOM Ministerial Task Force on Agriculture on moving the sector forward.

They will deliberate on the CSME, and on advocacy for a more systematic global response to help address the adverse impact of climate change, and the Region’s Plan of Work for COP27.