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The Caricom Communique

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CARICOM Secretaria­t, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana): COMMUNIQUÉ ISSUED AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE TWENTY-NINTH INTER-SESSIONAL MEETING OF THE CONFERENCE OF HEADS OF GOVERNMENT OF THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY 26-27 February 2018, Port-au-Prince, Heads of Government having reviewed relevant legal opinions agreed that cricket in the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) was a regional public good and, as a consequenc­e, a course of action could be pursued whereby Government­s would intervene in the governance of West Indies Cricket, as distinct from managing the operations of the sport.

They also agreed to move towards the developmen­t of a legislativ­e framework for the governance of cricket which was consistent with internatio­nal best practices and with the Internatio­nal Cricket Committee (ICC) principles.

Heads of Government further agreed that Member States would where necessary hold broadbased

consultati­ons with stakeholde­rs on the matter

They indicated that as a follow-up to the letter of 14 March 2016 from the then Chairman of the Conference, Rt. Hon. Dean Barrow, Prime Minister of Belize, to the Chairman of the ICC, Mr. Shashank Manohar, there would be further communicat­ion with the ICC advising of the intended course of action of the Community.

Heads of Government also agreed that the Prime Minister of Trinidad and Tobago would be a member of the Prime Ministeria­l Sub-Committee on Cricket.

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