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Last Updated: Feb 6, 2017 - 2:32:04 PM |
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The
Permanent Representative of Barbados to the Organization of American
States (OAS), John E. Beale today assumed the Chair of the Inter-
American Council for Integral Development (CIDI), the main body of the
hemispheric organization with decision making power in matters of
partnership for integral development.
The Chair of the CIDI was received from the Permanent Representative
of Antigua and Barbuda, Deborah-Mae Lovell, who held the role for the
past six months and who concluded her term highlighting development as a
“central” issue in the work of the OAS. "These are interesting times in
the chapter of development for the region, and in the last six months
we have been working for the Council to address this issue from a
broader and invigorated perspective," said the Caribbean ambassador, who
also offered her support to the incoming Chair.
For his part, Ambassador Beale said that "Integral development
really says it all about the OAS," because in his view it is an issue
that affects both developing and developed countries. "Development is
the way and the engine of economic growth," he said, recalling that, of
all the pillars of the OAS, this is the most important because “this is
the one that will help us achieve the other ones.”
During the ceremony, held at OAS headquarters, the new CID Chair
announced that he will focus his work on achieving more concrete and
achievable objectives with fewer mandates.
The OAS Secretary
General, José Miguel Insulza, congratulated the representative of
Barbados and shared his vision regarding the importance and impact of
development in all areas of the work of the organization. "Democracy and
development go hand in hand," he said, and expressed his support for
the prioritization of greater focus, rather than expansion, of CIDI’s
work.
"We have to define the areas in which we can make a difference and
discuss and negotiate with other organizations of the Inter-American
system the possibilities to share what we have been doing and we want to
do," said the leader of the hemispheric organization.
The CIDI reports directly to the General Assembly and is intended to
promote cooperation among Member States for the furtherance of their
integral development and, in particular, to help eliminate extreme
poverty. The Council is composed of all Member States who meet in
regular, extraordinary, specialized and/or sectoral meetings.
A gallery of photos of the event is available here.
For more information, please visit the OAS Website at www.oas.org.
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