NewsWhore
05-13-2009, 04:00 PM
Henry Gill, director general of the Caribbean Regional Negotiating Machinery (CRNM) has resigned, effective 30 June 2009. The resignation followed the March 2009 decision taken by the Conference of the Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (Caricom) to incorporate the CRNM into the Caricom Secretariat as a specialized department. The office played a leading role in the crafting of the regional negotiating strategy pursued in the expanded Caricom + Dominican Republic (Cariforum) negotiations for an Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) with the European Union.
Ivan Ogando, current general manager of the International Development Bank (IDB) funded International Trade and Development Industry program at the Ministry of Foreign Relations, commented that this was a major setback for the region and the DR "because he is one of the best experts at the service of cooperation and regional integration." Ogando said that with Gill's resignation the DR loses one of the best liaisons it had with the English-speaking Caribbean. "Henry is one of the few people who fully understands Caribbean idiosyncrasies as well as the Latin idiosyncrasy. He is a person who knows how to find a fair consensus in regional negotiations," declared Ogando, who from 2005 to 2007 worked as EPA coordinator at the CRNM that administered the EUR1.3 million-fund in support of the EPA negotiations.
The Dominican government had supported the position that the CRNM team was the most capable of being entrusted with the role of Cariforum coordinator with the joint Cariforum-EC Council for the implementation of the EPA.
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Ivan Ogando, current general manager of the International Development Bank (IDB) funded International Trade and Development Industry program at the Ministry of Foreign Relations, commented that this was a major setback for the region and the DR "because he is one of the best experts at the service of cooperation and regional integration." Ogando said that with Gill's resignation the DR loses one of the best liaisons it had with the English-speaking Caribbean. "Henry is one of the few people who fully understands Caribbean idiosyncrasies as well as the Latin idiosyncrasy. He is a person who knows how to find a fair consensus in regional negotiations," declared Ogando, who from 2005 to 2007 worked as EPA coordinator at the CRNM that administered the EUR1.3 million-fund in support of the EPA negotiations.
The Dominican government had supported the position that the CRNM team was the most capable of being entrusted with the role of Cariforum coordinator with the joint Cariforum-EC Council for the implementation of the EPA.
More... (http://www.dr1.com/index.html#9)