KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, CMC – Prime Minister Dr. Ralph Gonsalves says United Nations Secretary-Normal António Guterres will attend the Neighborhood of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) Summit to be held right here on March 1.
“The Secretary Normal of the United Nations has already indicated that he’s coming,” mentioned Gonsalves, whose professional tempore presidency of the hemispheric grouping expired in January however will preside over the March summit.
“I believe it’s the first time that Antonio Guterres or any secretary normal for that matter of the United Nations is coming to St. Vincent and the Grenadines earlier than or after independence,” Gonsalves mentioned on the state-owned NBC Radio.
“And there are different individuals we’ve got invited from the US, from Europe, from Africa, from India, from the ASEAN nations — Affiliation of Southeast Asian Nations,” he mentioned, as he reported on his web site go to to Sandals Seashores Resort in Buccament Bay, which is able to host the one-day summit forward of its official opening on March 27.
“They’re working across the clock as a result of Sandals sees this occasion; simply give it some thought: You’re having 33 heads of state and governments, or if all 33 ain’t come, they are going to be represented by a really excessive degree. I’ve been suggested that a lot of the heads are coming…,” Gonsalves informed radio listeners.
“So it is going to be fairly an occasion, and picture Sandals opening with the 33 nations of CELAC. That’s 650 million individuals. Then you might be having representatives coming from Europe, from Africa,” Gonsalves mentioned, including that he had not heard as but who would signify India on the occasion.
“However, this factor goes to be beamed worldwide. And that is one thing which Sandals, the publicity, they’ve a splendid public relations equipment. You think about what they’re going to do with this.
“And for us, St. Vincent and the Grenadines…Individuals usually speak about placing St. Vincent and the Grenadines on the map. We’re on the map already, however you already know the expression, shifting additional, lifting it greater and better,” he added.
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