The British Virgin Islands (BVI) has been elected by acclimation to function a Vice Chair of the United Nations official intergovernmental physique for the Caribbean, the Caribbean Growth and Cooperation Committee (CDCC).
CDCC is a subsidiary of the Financial Fee for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC).
The choice was authorised on the thirtieth Session of the CDCC in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago on eleventh September. The opposite officers confirmed to serve on the CDCC Bureau have been Trinidad and Tobago (Chair); Saint Lucia (Vice Chair); Jamaica (Vice Chair); and Saint Kitts and Nevis (Rapporteur). Senior ECLAC officers who attended the assembly included Govt Secretary Mr. Jose Manuel Salazar-Xirinachs and Director of the ECLAC Subregional Headquarters for the Caribbean in Port of Spain Mrs. Diane Quarless.
As a Vice Chair, the BVI will assist the Chair who’s represented by the Honourable Pennelope Beckles-Robinson, Minister of Planning and Growth of Trinidad and Tobago, in finishing up the CDCC program of labor for 2024-26 that may concentrate on advancing the Caribbean’s sustainable improvement and local weather resilience beneath the Antigua and Barbuda Agenda for SIDS (ABAS) and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Growth.
The BVI may also function lead ECLAC Affiliate Member of a brand new Working Group established by CDCC decision to facilitate UN system collaboration on help to the Affiliate Members of ECLAC in assist of their sustainability, resilience, and improvement.
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On the CDCC session, Particular Envoy Mr. Benito Wheatley assumed the position of Vice Chair on behalf of the BVI in his capability as BVI Consultant to the UN in Latin America and the Caribbean. He additionally attended the eighth Assembly of the Caribbean Growth Roundtable (CDR) from Ninth-Tenth September forward of the thirtieth session of the CDCC.
Talking on the BVI’s CDCC management position, Mr. Wheatley mentioned: “We’re humbled by the belief and confidence of ECLAC, the UN system and membership of CDCC within the British Virgin Islands to function a Vice Chair of this vital intergovernmental UN physique that helps the sustainable improvement, local weather resilience and financial transformation of the Caribbean. I’m actually honored to signify the BVI on the committee on behalf of Premier Dr. Hon. Natalio D. Wheatley and the BVI Authorities. We sit up for working with the CDCC Bureau, committee members, and improvement companions to maneuver the subregion ahead.”
The BVI joined ECLAC as an Affiliate Member in 1984 and was admitted to CDCC in 1985.
The CDCC was initially established in 1975 to assist facilitate the cooperation, improvement and transformation of the Caribbean subregion.
