Dr Terrance Drew, Prime Minister of St Kitts and Nevis and outgoing Chairman of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), has called for a stronger and more effective regional integration movement for future generations.

He said that this requires modernising governance, improving the implementation of decisions, making the community safer, more prosperous and more relevant to the lives of its people.

Prime Minister Drew issued the calls in his remarks on Sunday at the opening ceremony of the 51st Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of CARICOM in Saint Lucia as he passed the baton of chairman to Philip J. Pierre, Prime Minister of Saint Lucia.