10 June 2013

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

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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: