The eighth meeting of the Monitoring Committee oflfiSáÊariífôean Development and Cooperation Committee (CDCC), was held in Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago, on 21-22 March 1996. The meeting was attended by representatives from the following CDCC member and associate member countries: Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guyana, Jamaica, Netherlands Antilles, Saint Lucia, Suriname and Trinidad and Tobago. (A list of participants is annexed to this report).
The meeting was chaired by Ambassador Louis Wiltshire, Permanent Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Trinidad and Tobago. Ambassador Wiltshire greeted participants and reviewed the historical evolution of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean/Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee (ECLAC/CDCC).