(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Former Trinidad and Tobago cabinet minister and Ambassador to CARICOM, Mr. Kamaluddin Mohammed is the recipient of the Caribbean Region’s highest award - the Order of the Caribbean Community (OCC).

The Conference of Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community, at its 33rd Regular Meeting in Saint Lucia, conferred this honour on Mr. Mohammed for the decisive role he played in what can be considered the “Replanting of the Caribbean Vineyard.”