PRESS RELEASE
Roseau, Dominica, June 2025: Prime Minister Hon. Roosevelt Skerrit will attend the Seventh Sitting of the OECS Assembly on June 17, 2025, and the 77th Meeting of the
OECS Authority on June 18 in St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
He will be joined at the OECS Assembly by parliamentarians Cassanni Laville, Roland Royer, Dr. Cassandra Williams, and Anthony Charles, the Parliamentary Representative for the Marigot constituency. The Assembly will be held under the theme, “Strengthening Regional Unity in a Shifting Global Order.”
The June 18 Heads of Government meeting will address key matters, including free movement and the legislative framework for implementation, and the impact of global
trade and economic policies on OECS Member States. During the session, Prime Minister
of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Dr. Ralph Gonsalves, will assume the chairmanship of the OECS Authority.
Ambassador to the OECS and CARICOM, H.E. Dr. Gerard Jean-Jacques, and Permanent
Secretary in the Office of the Prime Minister, Mrs. Missi Henderson, will also participate in the meeting. In the Prime Minister’s absence, Minister for Tourism, Hon. Denise Charles-Pemberton, will serve as Acting Prime Minister.