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The Caribbean Sea Commission was established on September 11, 2006, with a view to promoting and achieving the preservation and sustainable use of the Caribbean Sea, through the formulation of guidelines for coastal and marine management. One of it’s major task is to develop a plan of action and programme of activities which will reinforce the Association’s ongoing initiative to have the international community declare the Caribbean Sea a Special Area in the Context of Sustainable Development,. The Commission is currently under the Chairmanship of Barbados, (spearheaded by that country’s Permanent Representative to the Association, Ambassador John Williams,) with Panama and Guatemala in the post of Vice Chairmen. These countries, together with Aruba, Costa Rica, Cuba, France (in respect of Guadeloupe, Martinique and French Guiana), Mexico, Trinidad and Tobago, the United Nations Environment Programme and Senator Cropper, will serve on the Commission for a two-year period, from October 1, 2006 to October 30, 2008. The Commission has two permanent members – the ACS Secretary General and the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean. Senator Angela Cropper is known both regionally and internationally for her intense involvement in environment-related activities. The Caribbean Sea Ecosystem Assessment (CARSEA), a project of the Cropper Foundation, has much in common with the ACS Caribbean Sea Initiative, in that it recognises the need for the countries bordering the Caribbean Sea to work together to manage this shared resource and to protect its fragile ecosystem for the benefit of future generations. Although the Association is working towards having the Caribbean Sea declared a Special Area in the context of Sustainable Development, it has a profound commitment to the “preservation of the environmental integrity of the Caribbean Sea, by deploying the collective capabilities of their peoples in developing and exploiting its resources on an environmentally sound and sustainable basis, in order to enhance the quality of life of present and future generations of Caribbean peoples”.[1] The Caribbean Sea Commission, at its next meeting, will seek to define its Plan of Action and Programme of Activities for the coming biennium. These are expected to be presented to the Twelfth Ordinary Meeting of the Ministerial Council of the ACS, for endorsement, in January, 2007. Attached photo: Dr. Rubén Silié, ACS Secretary General, at left, presents Senator Cropper, with her copy of the Instrument of Office. [1] Convention Establishing the Association of Caribbean States, Preamble, Paragraph 8 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 |
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