WASHINGTON, CMC – The Group of American States (OAS) says the brand new Everlasting Consultant of Barbados, Victor Fernandes, has introduced his credentials to OAS Secretary Basic Luis Almagro.
In a ceremony on the OAS headquarters in Washington, Fernandes highlighted “the Authorities of Barbados´s agency dedication to upholding the ideas on which the OAS was based as enshrined in its Constitution: guiding democracy, human rights, multidimensional safety and integral growth within the hemisphere.”
He additionally emphasised that his nation “sees the OAS because the premier multilateral group within the Americas, working to advertise peace and strengthening political dialogue.”
Almagro famous that Barbados has been a part of the OAS since 1967 and that it has “honored the fundamental ideas of our group.
“These 4 pillars are interconnected, and one can not exist with out the opposite,” he stated. “Barbados has performed an essential function in important points on the OAS, akin to local weather change, pure disasters, gender equality, racial equality, and reparations.”
The OAS stated Ambassador Fernandes has served as chairman of the Barbados Nationwide Oil Firm, the Barbados Nationwide Terminal, and the Barbados Tourism Funding Company, in addition to director of the Nationwide Petroleum Company and the Bayview Hospital, amongst different positions.
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