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The OECS Director General Extends Condolences on the Passing of Former Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, Sir Lester Bird

The OECS Director General Extends Condolences on the Passing of Former Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, Sir Lester Bird

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Monday, August 9, 2021 — The Commission of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) extends sincere condolences to the people of Antigua and Barbuda, and to the family of Sir Lester Bird, who departed this life on August 9, 2021.

Sir Lester Bird, a national hero of Antigua and Barbuda, served as Prime Minister from 1994-2004. He also served as the first Chairman of the OECS in 1982 and served as Chairman for a second time in 1989.

To mark this solemn occasion, the OECS Commission’s flag will be flown at half-mast.

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The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) is an International Organisation dedicated to economic harmonisation and integration, protection of human and legal rights, and the encouragement of good governance among independent and non-independent countries in the Eastern Caribbean. The OECS came into being on June 18th 1981, when seven Eastern Caribbean countries signed a treaty agreeing to cooperate with each other while promoting unity and solidarity among its Members. The Treaty became known as the Treaty of Basseterre, so named in honour of the capital city of St. Kitts and Nevis where it was signed. The OECS today, currently has eleven members, spread across the Eastern Caribbean comprising Antigua and Barbuda, Commonwealth of Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, St. Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, St Vincent and The Grenadines, British Virgin Islands, Anguilla, Martinique and Guadeloupe. 

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