Statement by Ministerial Council on COVID-19

The 25th Ordinary Meeting of the Ministerial Council of the Association of Caribbean States (ACS), meeting virtually on 19th June 2020 as a result and in the context of the historic global human experience occasioned by the COVID-19 pandemic, acknowledges with solemnity the considerable human, socioeconomic, cultural, environmental and political toll of this scourge on the people and nations of the international community. The Ministerial Council notes with appreciation the efforts of the ACS at this juncture, under the leadership of its 25th Chairman, the Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade of Barbados, the Hon. Dr. Jerome X. Walcott with the support of Secretary General, Dr. June Soomer.