The 51st SICA Meeting of Heads of State and Government held 28-30 June 2018 at the Ministry of Foreign Relations convention center in Santo Domingo ended with several commitments made by the eight participating governments. Among the agreements is one to create a fund to mitigate and better manage climate change effects. The final document for the 51st SICA Meeting of Heads of State and Government called for more efforts to promote conservation and environmental protection.
Likewise, the regional heads of government agreed to create an action plan to promote the historic memory and project to the future the challenges of the region. During the meeting, the presidents instructed the council of foreign relations ministers of SICA to evaluate the causes and consequences of the migration of the population and to present to the presidents an action plan dealing with this situation.
Among other agreements was the creating of a working group for the 200th anniversary of the independence of Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, Costa Rica and the 30th anniversary of SICA.
The agreements were signed by presidents Danilo Medina (Dominican Republic), Carlos Alvarado (Costa Rica), Salvador Sánchez (El Salvador), Jimmy Morales (Guatemala), Juan Carlos Varela (Panama) and Juan Orlando Hernández (Honduras). Foreign Minister Wilfred Elrington (Belize) and Caribbean affairs advisor Valdrack Jaenske (Nicaragua).
Belize replaces the Dominican Republic as temporary presidency of the Central American Integration System. The terms have a six-month duration. Foreign Relations Minister Wilfred Elrington of Belize received the presidency from outgoing President Danilo Medina during the SICA summit on 29 June 2018. Elrington represented Prime Minister of Belize, Dean Barrow.
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2 July 2018
