During the 47th Regular Meeting of the Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), the Chairmanship of the CDEMA - Caribbean Disaster Emergency Management Agency was formally accorded to Dr. the Hon. Ralph Gonsalves, the Prime Minister of St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Present at the ceremony, on the margins of the meeting, were Hon. Philip Pierre, Prime Minister of Saint Lucia, who is the immediate past chair of CDEMA and Executive Director of CDEMA; Elizabeth Riley.