Haiti demonstrated its renewed commitment to the work of the Association by presenting candidatures for posts on the Executive Boards of various Committees and was confirmed in the post of Vice Chairman of the Special Committees on Natural Disasters, Transport and the Council of National Representatives of the Special Fund. The country will also serve as Rapporteur of the Special Committee on Sustainable Tourism.

At the culmination of the day’s deliberations, Minister Abraham presented the Secretary General with a framed piece of artwork commissioned especially for the ACS Secretariat, by one of Haiti’s renowned artists Richard Barbot, on behalf of the Government and people of Haiti, and in recognition of the ACS’ unstinting support for the country.

About the ACS

The Association of Caribbean States is the organization for consultation, cooperation and concerted action in trade, transport, sustainable tourism and natural disasters in the Greater Caribbean. Its Member States are Antigua & Barbuda, The Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Mexico, Jamaica, Nicaragua, Panama, St. Kitts & Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent & the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad & Tobago and Venezuela. Its Associate Members are Aruba , France on behalf of French Guiana , Guadeloupe , and Martinique , and the Netherlands Antilles .

For further information, please contact:

Denise Lewis Martínez
Communications Officer
Association of Caribbean States
E-mail: communications@acs-aec.org
Tel : 1-868-622-9575
Fax : 1-868-622-1653