NEW Secretary-General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Ambassador Irwin LaRocque will assume duties on Monday August15, 2011, according to Chairman of the Conference of Heads of Government of CARICOM and Prime Minister of St. Kitts and Nevis, Dr. Denzil Douglas. “Ambassador LaRocque assumes office as the Community’s seventh Secretary-General, with the full confidence and support of the Conference of Heads of Government and the best wishes of the entire Community,” Prime Minister Douglas announced in a statement yesterday.

The statement, issued by the CARICOM Secretariat, reads:

“As Chairman of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), I am pleased to announce the formal assumption of office by Ambassador Irwin LaRocque, as Secretary-General of CARICOM, on Monday, August 15, 2011.

His assumption to office follows his selection by the Conference on July 21, 2011.

Ambassador LaRocque assumes office as the Community’s seventh Secretary-General, with the full confidence and support of the Conference of Heads of Government and the best wishes of the entire Community.”