Ceasefire backing
published: Friday | August 11, 2006

GEORGETOWN (CMC):

Caribbean Community (CARICOM) governments are backing a United Nations call for an immediate cessation of hostilities in the Middle East.

Regional governments said a ceasefire would bring an end to further human suffering as well as create the conditions for negotiating lasting peace.

"The member states of the Caribbean Community express their grave concern over the escalating conflict in the Middle East and deplore the attendant loss of life, the majority reportedly being women and children, as well as the widespread destruction.

"The ongoing and intensifying conflict in an already volatile region poses a threat to international peace and security. CARICOM reiterates its attachment to the principles enshrined in the Charter of the United Nations, in particular the peaceful settlement of disputes," the CARICOM Secretariat said in a statement Wednesday.