UNESCO FINDS SYNERGY IN WORK WITH ACS

PORT OF SPAIN (02.01.2005) – In the presence of their colleagues, two Directors and one Senior Professional of the Association of Caribbean States (ACS) formalised their tenure at the ACS last Thursday morning in a private ceremony at the Association’s headquarters in St. Clair, Port of Spain.

The occasion marked the designation of Ms. Jasmin Garraway, former ACS Tourism Adviser, as Director of the Sustainable Tourism Directorate, after her official election by the ACS Ministerial Council on December 15, 2004. Director Luis Noriega was re-elected by the Ministerial Council to head the Directorate on Trade Development and External Economic Relations for one more year and the newly elected Director in the area of Transport and Natural Disasters, Mr. Luis Carpio, current Political Advisor to the Secretary General, will assume his duties on 1st May 2005, after the end of the term of current Director Carlos Dávila.

The current Adviser for the Transport and Natural Disasters Directorate, Mr. Juan Fernando Valey, was appointed Senior Professional in said Directorate, in recognition of his high level of performance and dedication to his post during the past four years.

The Secretary General of the ACS, Dr. Rubén Silié Valdez, expressed great confidence in the new appointees, certain that they “will fulfil their role thoroughly, given their experience, competence and identification with the objectives of the ACS”.

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