March 17, 2021
Former Barbados High Commissioner to the United Kingdom Reverend Guy Hewitt is questioning Government’s rationale for a number of recent diplomatic postings, given the global COVID-19 pandemic and the country’s present dire economic situation.
Though complimenting the administration for establishing a long-overdue foreign mission on the African continent, he charged in an interview with
Barbados TODAY that it was repeating the mistake of past administrations by not first presenting a foreign policy statement to Barbadians that explained the rationale for the missions and the specific persons being posted. Hewitt noted that in the absence of any coherent framework, Government’s recent appointments seemed “ad hoc at best and cronyistic at worst”. The former diplomat suggested that rather than just open new overseas missions, the Mia Mottley administration should be reviewing the operations of some that already exist.
Barbados to open new diplomatic offices in Kenya, Ghana and UAE
Article by March 13, 2021
Barbados will open new diplomatic offices in Kenya, Ghana and United Arab Emirates, while at the same time extending its diplomatic mission in Asia.
Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade and Chair of the Cabinet Sub-Committee on COVID-19 Senator Dr Jerome Walcott, today announced that former Member of Parliament Gline Clarke will assume the position of High Commissioner to Canada, while businessman Alexander McDonald will take up the post as High Commissioner to the Republic of Kenya and Permanent Representative to the United Nations Office at Nairobi.
Talebula Kate
9 March, 2021, 7:29 am
Fiji’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations while participating at the virtual meeting on “Peace and Security implications of the Climate Crisis” Picture: SUPPLIED
Permanent members of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) have been urged to pursue a cohesive global response to address threats to international peace and security arising from the climate crisis.
The call was made by Fiji’s Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations Dr Satyendra Prasad while speaking at the UN Security Council’s Open Debate on “Peace and Security implications of the Climate Crisis” convened last week.
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