Read the full Declaration of what CELAC leaders agreed on in SVG

CELAC leaders and the UN Secretary-General gather at Buccament, St. Vincent and the Grenadines for a family photo during the 8th CELAC Summit. Photo by One News SVG.

By Admin. Updated 8:05 a.m., Sunday, March 3, 2024, Atlantic Standard Time (GMT-4).

Heads of State and Government of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) met in St. Vincent and the Grenadines on March 1 for the 8th CELAC Summit.

The leaders discussed many issues and published a joint declaration on the way forward for the regional bloc which represents 33 states and a collective population of over 600 million people.

The joint declaration is called the Kingstown Declaration.

Some of the issues they touched on were peace and security, climate change, disaster financing, health and sanitation, among others.

The Secretary-General of the United Nations – António Guterres was also present at the event and made a presentation.

Here is the full text of the 100-paragraph Joint Declaration.

Final Declaration of Kingstown.pdf Download

About CELAC

According to the United Nations, CELAC is the result of several multilateral bodies established by Latin American countries to seek peace, socio-economic development and integration region-wide.

It was created in February 2010 at a meeting of the CALC, in Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo – Mexico. Subsequently, at the Summit of Caracas – Venezuela, December 2011, it was definitively established as CELAC.

CELAC is an instrument to implement and strengthen regional participation in multilateral negotiation processes, extra-regional cooperation, and political dialogue towards the different challenges of the current economic, social and political system aiming at an equitable development.