On September 11, the British Virgin Islands (BVI) was elected by acclimation to serve as a Vice Chair of the United Nations’ (UN) official intergovernmental body for the Caribbean, the Caribbean Development and Cooperation Committee (CDCC). The CDCC is a subsidiary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), and was established in 1975 to help facilitate the cooperation, development and transformation of the Caribbean subregion. At the September meeting (the 30th session of the CDCCC in Port-of-Spain), other officers were also confirmed to serve on the CDCC Bureau: Trinidad and Tobago (Chair); Saint Lucia (Vice Chair); Jamaica (Vice Chair); and Saint Kitts and Nevis (Rapporteur).
