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OAS and ACS Celebrate Resolution “Support for the Work of the Caribbean Sea Commission”

  June 7, 2011

OAS and ACS Celebrate Resolution “Support for the Work of the Caribbean Sea Commission”
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The Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), José Miguel Insulza, the Secretary General of the Association of Caribbean States (ACS), Luis Fernando Andrade, together with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Barbados, Maxine McClean, in her capacity as Chair of the Caribbean Sea Commission, expressed their satisfaction at the adoption by the OAS General Assembly, at its forty-first regular session, of the resolution entitled “Support for the Work of the Caribbean Sea Commission.”

The resolution recognizes the importance of this subject for the member states of the Greater Caribbean and proposes, for its implementation, coordinating initiatives with other bodies involved in this inter-American issue to contribute to the work plan of the Caribbean Sea Commission, which the Association of Caribbean States is promoting.

The aforementioned resolution further proposes conducting the consultations required for convening a working meeting with the above-mentioned bodies as soon as the parties so decide in order to establish guidelines for actions following up on the resolution.

Reference: FNE-5599