AMBASSADOR BRISTOL ASSUMES VICE-CHAIR OF O.A.S'S PERMANENT COUNCIL

WASHINGTON, D.C., January 5, 2010 -

Grenada’s Permanent Representative to the Organisation of American States (OAS), Ambassador Gillian Bristol on Tuesday assumed the Vice Chair of the Permanent Council.

The Grenadian diplomat took over from Ambassador Jorge Skinner-Klee, Representative of Guatemala while Ambassador José Enrique Castillo of Costa Rica assumed the chairmanship from Colombia’s Luis Alfonso Hoyos.

The ceremony, held in the office of the President of the Permanent Council at the Organization’s headquarters in Washington, D.C., was also attended by José Miguel Insulza, the OAS Secretary General; Albert Ramdin, the OAS Assistant Secretary General; Luis Diego Escalante, the Ambassador of Costa Rica to the White House; and the Permanent Representatives to the OAS of Brazil, the United States and Saint Kitts and Nevis, as well as officials from the General Secretariat and Permanent Missions.