On the picture Dr Len Ishmael shaking hands with Congolese Brazzaville ambassador, Roger Menga, Dr Patrick Gomes to their right. Picture by ACP Press
Brussels, Friday, 21 September 2016/ACP House: The African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) Committee of Ambassadors shall be chaired by the Ambassador of the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis, HE Dr. Len Ishmael for the period 1 August 2016 to 31 January 2017.
St. Lucian-born geographer Dr. Ishmael served as Director General for the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS) between 2003 and 2013 before taking up her ambassadorial post in Brussels. The OECS’s secretariat is located in Castries, St. Lucia.
Ambassador Dr. Ishmael represents the islands states of the Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and Dominica before Belgium and the EU. The missions are also concurrent to The Netherlands, Luxembourg and Germany.
Ambassador Ishmael chairs likewise the Bureau of the Committee of Ambassadors, which coordinates the work of the main body, and includes one Ambassador from each of the six ACP regions.
For the term from 1 August 2016 to 31 January 2017, members of the Bureau include: HE Ambassador Ibrahim Sorie (Sierra Leone /West Africa), HE Ambassador Dr Daniel Emery Dede (Central African Republic/Central Africa), HE Ambassador Tadeous Tafirenyika Chifamba (Zimbabwe/Southern Africa), HE Ambassador Vilma McNish (Jamaica/Caribbean), HE Ambassador Tine Leuelu (Tuvalu/Pacific), and HE Dr. Mutrif Siddig Ali (Sudan/Eastern Africa).
For more information:
Embassy of the Eastern Caribbean States (HE Dr Len Ishmael): http://www.oecs.org/overseas-missions/ecs-mission-in-brussels
ACP House: http://www.acp.int/content/st-kitts-and-nevis-presides-over-acp-committee-ambassadors-new-chair
