STATEMENT ON THE SITUATION IN GUYANA ISSUED BY THE TENTH INTER-SESSIONAL MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM, 4-5 MARCH 1999, PARAMARIBO, SURINAME

The Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community, meeting in Paramaribo on 5 March 1999, deplore the renewal of political discord and unrest in Guyana and call for an immediate cessation and a return to the commitment and spirit of the Herdmanston Accord and the Saint Lucia Statement.

The Heads of Government urge the CARICOM Facilitator, to continue his efforts at inter-party dialogue.

5 March 1999