ASSOCIATION OF CARIBBEAN STATES

FOURTH ORDINARY MEETING OF THE MINISTERIAL COUNCIL

Bridgetown, Barbados, December 11, 1998

 

 

Agreement No. 3/98

AGREEMENT FOR THE COMPOSITION OF THE EXECUTIVE BOARDS OF THE SPECIAL COMMITTEES AND THE COUNCIL OF NATIONAL REPRESENTATIVES OF THE SPECIAL FUND

The Ministerial Council,

Pursuant to:

1. Article VIII, paragraph 3 of the Convention Establishing the Association.

2. Agreement No. 7/95, approved by the Ministerial Council at the Second Ordinary Meeting held in Havana, Cuba on December 13, 1996.

Hereby agrees:

  1. The Executive Boards of the Special Committees, which comprise a Chairman, a Vice Chairman and a Rapporteur, shall include the representatives of the Members of the Association as follows:

a. Trade Development and External Economic Relations

Chairman: Venezuela

Vice Chairman: Trinidad and Tobago

Rapporteur: Dominican Republic

b. Protection and Conservation of the Environment and the Caribbean Sea and Natural Resources

Chairman: Dominican Republic

Vice Chairman: Mexico

Rapporteur: Guyana

c. Science, Technology, Health, Education and Culture

Chairman: Jamaica

Vice Chairman: Dominican Republic

Rapporteur: Colombia

d. Budget and Administration

Chairman: Haiti

Vice Chairman: Trinidad and Tobago (host country)

Rapporteur: Panama

e. Tourism

Chairman: Cuba

Vice Chairman: Barbados

Rapporteur: Mexico

f. Transport

Chairman: Trinidad and Tobago

Vice Chairman: Cuba

Rapporteur: Colombia

2. Executive Board of the Council of National Representatives of the Special Fund:

Chairman: Mexico

1st Vice Chairman: Cuba

2nd Vice Chairman: Guatemala

3rd Vice Chairman: Colombia

Rapporteur: Trinidad and Tobago

3. Under the present Agreement, the Executive Boards will sit for one year, from the end of the Fourth Ordinary Meeting of the Ministerial Council until the end of the Fifth Ordinary Meeting of the Ministerial Council.

4. The Executive Board of the Council of National Representatives of the Special Fund will be elected each year by the Council of National Representatives of the Special Fund in accordance with the Operating Regulations of the Special Fund.