Caribbean Committee on Reparations for slavery proposed by Eastern Caribbean to CARICOM Heads of Government

Excerpt of 

COMMUNIQUÉ 

Fifty-Seventh Meeting of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) Authority

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REPARATIONS

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Heads of Government agreed that the OECS would raise the matter of reparations at the upcoming CARICOM Heads of Government and also agreed to propose the establishment of a Caribbean-wide Committee on Reparations to address the issue of native                  genocide and slavery.

The members of the OECS are: 

Anguilla (associate member)

Antigua and Barbuda

British Virgin Islands (associate member)

Commonwealth of Dominica

Grenada

Montserrat (associate member)

Saint Lucia

St. Christopher (St. Kitts) and Nevis

St. Vincent and the Grenadines

Read full OECS Communique here .