P.O Box 817, Kingstown, St. Vincent & the Grenadines
Tel: +1-784-456-2704; Fax: +1-784-456-1383
E-mail:Winfa@winfa.org
Date: November 3, 2008
WINFA MEDIA RELEASE
Subject: Vincentians attend Caribbean Civil Society Gathering
Civil Society organizations in the Caribbean have been preparing their input into next year’s sixth SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS, the meeting of Heads of State and Government of all western hemispheric nations which belong to the Organization of American States (OAS). That meeting is scheduled to be held in Port of Spain, the capital of Trinidad and Tobago, in April 2009 and will be the first one to be held in the Caribbean. Cuba will be the only country in the Americas not represented since it is excluded from the OAS.
More than 100 representatives of civil society organizations from throughout the Caribbean met in Port of Spain last Thursday and Friday (October 30 and 31) to prepare their input. It was the first of three such sub-regional meetings being organized by the Secretariat for the Summit. Among them were two Vincentian participants, Ms. Debra Dalrymple, Director of Marion House, and Mr. Renwick Rose, Co-ordinator of WINFA.
The two-day meeting examined the main areas relating to the themes of the Summit, “Securing our Citizens’ future by promoting human prosperity, energy security and environmental sustainability” and made recommendations in these areas. Mr. Rose was one of the lead presenters on the “Human Prosperity” topic. OAS Assistant Secretary General, Ambassador Albert Ramdin, and T&T’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Hon. Paula Gopee-Scoon, both addressed the meeting, pledging support to and co-operation with civil society co-operation in the Summit process.
Ms. Dalrymple and Mr. Rose are to seek a meeting with Foreign Affairs Minister Hon. Sir Louis Straker, to discuss Vincentian participation in the Summit. They have also undertaken to report to local civil society organizations on their discussions.
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Renwick Rose
Nov.3, 2008
Tel: +1-784-456-2704; Fax: +1-784-456-1383
E-mail:Winfa@winfa.org
Date: November 3, 2008
WINFA MEDIA RELEASE
Subject: Vincentians attend Caribbean Civil Society Gathering
Civil Society organizations in the Caribbean have been preparing their input into next year’s sixth SUMMIT OF THE AMERICAS, the meeting of Heads of State and Government of all western hemispheric nations which belong to the Organization of American States (OAS). That meeting is scheduled to be held in Port of Spain, the capital of Trinidad and Tobago, in April 2009 and will be the first one to be held in the Caribbean. Cuba will be the only country in the Americas not represented since it is excluded from the OAS.
More than 100 representatives of civil society organizations from throughout the Caribbean met in Port of Spain last Thursday and Friday (October 30 and 31) to prepare their input. It was the first of three such sub-regional meetings being organized by the Secretariat for the Summit. Among them were two Vincentian participants, Ms. Debra Dalrymple, Director of Marion House, and Mr. Renwick Rose, Co-ordinator of WINFA.
The two-day meeting examined the main areas relating to the themes of the Summit, “Securing our Citizens’ future by promoting human prosperity, energy security and environmental sustainability” and made recommendations in these areas. Mr. Rose was one of the lead presenters on the “Human Prosperity” topic. OAS Assistant Secretary General, Ambassador Albert Ramdin, and T&T’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Hon. Paula Gopee-Scoon, both addressed the meeting, pledging support to and co-operation with civil society co-operation in the Summit process.
Ms. Dalrymple and Mr. Rose are to seek a meeting with Foreign Affairs Minister Hon. Sir Louis Straker, to discuss Vincentian participation in the Summit. They have also undertaken to report to local civil society organizations on their discussions.
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Renwick Rose
Nov.3, 2008
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