BASSETERRE, St. Kitts, March 12th, 2012 (CUOPM) – Caribbean governments are to try to resolve issues related to West Indies cricket and have reaffirmed support for Guyana and Belize in the border disputes with neighbouring countries.
In the communiqué issued at the 23rd Inter-Sessional in Suriname, regional leaders agreed to seek an urgent meeting between the Prime Ministerial Sub-Committee on Cricket and the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) before the end of March 2012 to try and resolve several issues.
In this regard, they received a report presented by the Government of Guyana, with respect to the ongoing situation in that country.
The mandate given to the sub-committee includes a mediation role in the on-going disputes between Mr Christopher Gayle and the WICB as well as issues related to the governance of cricket.
In the latter regard, the sub-Committee will review the state of implementation of the Patterson Report on Governance of West Indies Cricket in collaboration with the WICB.
Heads of Government were of the view that the recent statement by the WICB responding to the Prime Minister of Jamaica was insensitive, out of order and disappointing
According to the communiqué, Heads of Government took note of the continued growing relations between the Republic of Guyana and the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela and expressed the hope that the existing friendly relations will aid the efforts towards a resolution of the controversy that emerged from the Venezuelan contention that the Arbitral Award of 1899, that definitively established the boundary with Guyana, is null and void.
Heads of Government reaffirmed their support for the maintenance of the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Guyana.
Caribbean leaders also reaffirmed their unequivocal support for the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Belize
Heads of Government reiterated the importance of observing the provisions of United Nations General Assembly Resolution No. 31/49 and also called on both parties to resume negotiations on all the relevant issues in order to find as soon as possible, a peaceful and definitive solution to the dispute, in keeping with the relevant resolutions of the United Nations.
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