Weekly Report - 24 June 2010 (WR-10-25)

Six member states of the Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) signed an agreement in Castries, St Lucia, on 18 June creating an Economic Union. The leaders of Antigua & Barbuda, Dominica, Grenada, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia and St Vincent and the Grenadines marked the 29th anniversary of the signature of the founding treaty of the OECS by opting for “a single economic and financial space" to deepen the integration of the sub-region. The British dependency of Montserrat is expected to join the Economic Union within the next few weeks, followed by Anguilla and the British Virgin islands, which are associate members of the OECS.