President Donald Ramotar has stressed the need for there to be a united front on sustainability and climate change at the upcoming Rio + 20 Summit this month and for countries of the region to embrace integration as a means to lift the region out of poverty.
Speaking yesterday at the opening of the sparsely attended Twenty-Fourth Session of the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee (CDCC) of ECLAC in the Guyana International Conference Centre, Ramotar said that the meeting is taking place at a time when the region is going through one of its most difficult times since independence five decades ago. He said further that the region has passed through a host of difficulties over the past five years, including fuel and food price crises.
The President said that the crises show how vulnerable the region is to factors that arise outside of its borders and beyond its control. He lauded the round table discussions for what he said were the
