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Rose Marie Harris
Monday, February 17, 2003 - For the first time ever, a small developing
Caribbean nation has been norminated to hold the mantle of leadership of the United Nations
General Assembly. On making the announcement that Saint Lucia has been nominated
to head the UN Assembly, Prime Minister Honourable Dr. Kenny Anthony said this
is an honour not only for Saint Lucia but for the entire Caribbean.
“The nomination of Saint Lucia to the post of President of the General Assembly
has been supported by the entire Latin American group as well as the Caricom
Group and this election has been made possible on an agreed procedure and
formula established several years ago. It is an important honour for Caricom
only because this is the very first time that a very small state, a micro state
like ours will have the honour of chairing the Presidency. Obviously this will
entail some costs and the government has had to ensure that it minimises those
costs,” said Anthony.
Dr. Anthony said that he is of the firm belief that the decision to nominate
Saint Lucia to the Presidency is a CARICOM effort and has called on other
governments of the region to provide support services to the government of Saint
Lucia in the execution of this new responsibility. “We think this is the way to
go for a number of reasons because it is not often that Caricom countries have
the opportunity to manage the processes and procedures of the General Assembly
and it is an opportunity that other persons in the public service of the region
can acquire knowledge and skills. This proposal was warmly received by the Heads
of Government and I expect shortly to be writing to them to request them to
nominate the person who will be working with the government of Saint Lucia,”
Prime Minister Anthony ended.
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