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The integrity of the Caribbean’s financial sector

Caribbean Financial Action Task Force
President David Granger at the opening of the 46th Plenary of the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF) at the Marriott Hotel Guyana, this morning.

The Cooperative Republic of Guyana, commemorated on 6th October, the slaughter of eleven innocent citizens in 1976 in what, up to that time, was the worst incident of international terrorism in the western hemisphere.
Guyanese citizens were killed when two terrorist bombs exploded on board Cubana de Aviación flight CU 455, just off the coast of Barbados. The flight, originating in Guyana, proceeded to Trinidad and Tobago and then to Barbados and would have been en route to Jamaica before its scheduled final stop in Cuba. Guyanese know about terrorism.
The Caribbean commemorated, six days later on 12th October, the 525th anniversary of European arrival on an island in The Bahamas in 1492. The trickle of European interlopers turned into a torrent.
The Region, in succeeding centuries, experienced the establishment American, British, Danish, Dutch, French, German, Spanish and Swedish colonies and territories. These visitors made it the most balkanised region on earth.
The Caribbean became known as the ‘cockpit of Europe’ – a theatre of European conquest and conflict. Warfare between European states was waged in the Caribbean, invariably and vicariously, not only by regular armies and navies but by irregular bands of buccaneers, corsairs, pirates and privateers.
The Caribbean, today, is fighting a war against financial ‘privateers’ to preserve the integrity of its institutions and to counter money-laundering and the financing of terrorism.
Guyana is fit to fight. It embarked on the path of passing robust regulations and legislation to protect its financial system from financing unlawful activities seventeen years ago. It passed:

  • The Money-Laundering (Prevention) Act 2000;
  • The Anti-Money Laundering and the Countering of the Financing of Terrorism Act 2009;
  • The Anti-Money Laundering and the Countering the Financing of Terrorism (Amendment) Act 2010;
  • The Anti-Money Laundering and the Countering the Financing of Terrorism (Amendment) Act 2015; and
  • The Anti-Money Laundering and the Countering the Financing of Terrorism (Amendment) (No. 2) Act 2015.

This legislation, progressively, has corrected deficiencies in the AML-CFT regime and allowed for the improvement of compliance with the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force standards.
The appropriate agencies – the Bank of Guyana, the Financial Intelligence Unit and the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions – have been empowered with the authority and autonomy and equipped with the technical and institutional means to discharge their functions under our anti-money laundering and the countering of the financing of terrorism legislation.
The Caribbean, after half a millennium of conquest, conflict and chaos, yearns to be a zone of concord and peace. Located within the main sea lanes which can be used for narcotics-trafficking between the North and South America continents and given its fragmented jurisdictions scattered over 2, 754 million km² of sea-space, with countless cays, coves and islets, the Caribbean has become an attractive destination – a ‘paradise’ – for money-launderers, tax-evaders and assorted transnational criminal cartels.
These crimes have the potential of disrupting our economies, corrupting officials, subverting our institutions, perverting our youth and spawning frightening levels of crime and violence in society.
The Caribbean Financial Action Task Force recommendations are necessary to insulate the Region’s financial sector from the crimes of money-laundering and the financing of terrorism.

CFATF
Speaker of the National Assembly, Hon. Dr. Barton Scotland, Prime Minister Moses Nagamootoo, Ministers of Government and Members of the diplomatic corps at the Opening Ceremony of the 46th Plenary of the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF) at the Marriott Hotel Guyana, this morning.

The Caribbean Financial Action Task Force recommendations can help to insulate the Region’s economies from contamination by ‘dirty’ money and by protecting the integrity of our financial sector from the risks associated with ill-gotten gains.
The Caribbean Financial Action Task Force recommendations will help, also, to cultivate a stable financial sector that will allow for the facilitation of international trade and investment and enhance the interconnectedness between the Region’s financial sector and the global banking system in order to prevent our banks from being blacklisted.
The Cooperative Republic of Guyana is honoured to host this ‘Forty-Sixth Plenary Meeting of the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force.’   We wish you, the visiting delegates, fruitful deliberations and a pleasant sojourn in our country.
The presence of so many distinguished Ministers, Attorneys-General and officers at this meeting is evidence of the importance that Caribbean governments attach to the Task Force’s core responsibility for the peer review process of the mutual evaluation programme.
The work to be done during this meeting is a necessity for guaranteeing the integrity of the Region’s financial sector and, particularly, for preventing money-laundering and the financing of terrorism.
We are confident that the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force work will improve the security and prosperity of this region and the safety and happiness of its people.

Grenada celebrates CARICOM Energy Month 2017

CARICOM Energy Month

 Energy Month is an annual CARICOM initiative in which member states are invited to raise awareness and educate the public and the business community on sustainable production of electricity. The Month also seeks to encourage behavioural changes in homes and workplaces to conserve and reduce energy consumption through the use of renewable energies and energy efficient appliances and fittings.
For the year 2017, CARICOM Energy Month will be held across the Region under the theme “REthinking Energy”. This theme encourages us to examine the role of renewable energy in our sustainable energy transition and also to focus on the importance of the efficient use of energy.
The main activity organized by the Energy Division to celebrate the 2017 Energy Month, is a Kill-A-Watt Exhibition. This event is scheduled for Friday 24th November 2017 from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm on the Carenage in front of the Financial Complex.
This exhibition will feature exhibitors of renewable energy and energy efficiency solutions, as well as energy suppliers and will be an opportunity for networking among the key stakeholders and the sharing of information on how to “REthink Energy” in Grenada.
The Government also promotes the use of renewable energies by offering duty and tax exemptions for renewable energy systems. Furthermore the Grenada Development Bank offers lower interest rate loans for renewable energy applications.

Canada/Caribbean Farm Labour Programme

Farm Labour Programme
Farm workers in strawberry fields. (Mark Miller/Getty Images)

50 years of the Canada/Caribbean Farm Labour Programme.

For the past five decades, the Seasonal Canadian Agricultural Programme, more commonly referred to as the Farm Labour Programme, has been a mainstay for Barbados’ economy.
For the past five decades, the Seasonal Canadian Agricultural Programme, more commonly referred to as the Farm Labour Programme, has been a mainstay for Barbados’ economy.
Since its inception in 1967, the programme has provided job opportunities for hundreds of Barbadians on Canadian farms.  The remittances sent back home from the workers helped to sustain many Barbadian families in the 1960’s, when job opportunities were scarce, and scores of West Indians migrated to North America and the United Kingdom, in search of greener pastures.
Although the number of workers signing up over the years has declined, the programme is still one of the more sought after employment opportunities offered by the National Employment Bureau (NEB).
This Sunday, November 19, those seasonal agricultural workers who participated in the programme from its inception, as well as those who have given yeoman service for several years, will receive long-service awards during a special ceremony and cocktail reception in recognition of the 50th Anniversary milestone.  Minister of Labour, Senator Dr. Esther Byer Suckoo, and other officials from Canada will address the gathering.
Newly-appointed Counsul/Liaison Officer, Sophia Lowe, shared her vision for the programme during a recent interview with the Barbados Government Information Service.
She pointed out that the Farm Labour Programme had a significant impact on Barbados’ economy in the 1960’s and 1970’s.  However, she stated that although the programme was still important from the point of view of remittances, it had declined over the years.
“In reviewing the Farm Labour Programme, we recognise that we need to be more strategic in how we approach it with a view to [implementing improvements] in light of the competition that it is facing. Barbados is not the only country going into the Farm Labour Programme; there are other countries such as Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, the OECS and Mexico,” Ms. Lowe added.
The Counsul/Liasion Officer also shared her views about the significance of the programme for the last 50 years.
“In light of the 50th Anniversary of Barbados’ Independence celebrations last year, Barbados would have bid to host the review meeting to highlight the progress made throughout the years and to recognise those persons who entered the programme in the earlier years.  Although those surviving workers are no longer with the programme, their contributions will still be recognised as persons who can testify about their experiences in the Canadian Farm Labour Programme,” she said.
On the topic of the biggest misconception about the programme, Ms. Lowe pointed out that many viewed it as a “low-skilled employment opportunity” that was unattractive because of the perception that the workers did not have academic certification.
She reasoned that the programme was evolving and the proposed rebranding of the NEB to the Barbados Employment and Career Counselling Services would “encompass a new human resource approach to the employment concept”.
Ms. Lowe added: “The NEB is rebranding the services it offers so that it becomes more attractive to the public and therefore, we want to be the agency to be promoting opportunities at all levels.”
While in Canada, her role will include, but is not limited to, facilitating workers entering Canada; negotiating the best terms and conditions for workers with employers; and carrying out inspections of the workers’ quarters.  Ms. Lowe will also seek to maintain cordial relations with employers and workers.
“It [Consul/Liaison Officer] is a broad role and while there is an assistant and one Liaison officer, you are also expected to manage the office, manage how you recruit, research new job opportunities and make contacts within the diaspora.  Although the role is defined, you are still expected to be multifaceted because you have to fit into different roles in the absence of other staff,” Ms. Lowe explained.
As she prepares to leave Barbados shortly, the Counsul/Liaison Officer is confident that under her leadership, the Farm Labour Programe will grow from strength-to-strength.
“One of our main strengths is our people. We have made significant strides in education to enhance person’s skills and this is what we have to sell to the world.  While we do not have the iron, ore and lumber to export, we have people that we can tell the world, ‘these are the skills that we intend to offer you and our people can make a difference to your country while benefiting Barbados in the process’,” she underlined.

Belize attends UN Climate Change Conference (COP23)

Climate Change Conference - COP23

Hon. Dr. Omar Figueroa, Minister of State in the Ministry of Fisheries, Forestry, the Environment, and Sustainable Development, leads a delegation of government officials at the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP23) in Bonn, Germany.  The COP23 meeting calls for not only the preservation of the global consensus of the landmark adoption of the Paris Climate Change Agreement but urges for greater momentum by countries to build resilience and low carbon societies.

During the opening ceremonies, H.E. Frank Bainimarama, Prime Minister of Fiji and the new President of the COP23 conference, pleaded for faster action as the conference comes on the heels of recent extreme weather events that ravaged hundreds of communities and displaced millions of people in the Caribbean, Asia and the Americas. He stated: “The human suffering caused by intensifying hurricanes, wildfires, droughts, floods and threats to food security caused by climate change means there is no time to waste.”  In support of this, on Sunday, 12thNovember 2017 countries signed the Bonn-Fiji Commitment to take further and faster action to deliver the Paris Climate Change Agreement at all levels of government.

Following the signing of the commitment, Minister Figueroa explained that Belize’s ability to build resilience against the impacts of Climate Change hinges on our decisive and fast action now.  He added that: “We cannot afford to ignore the devastation that Climate Change has on people. Confronting Climate Change challenges requires swift, collective and cohesive actions of our governments, local leaders, civil society, the private sector and each individual.”

The 2017 UN Climate Change Conference, which began on 5th November, will conclude on 17th November 2017. As it reviews the progress of governments, the conference focuses on two critical and inter-linked areas:

  • Governments working to increase climate action under the terms of the Paris Agreement and the UN Climate Change Convention and;
  • Showcasing, fostering and launching new and expanding global climate action initiatives by all actors with a view towards better coordination that aligns efforts in more efficient, effective and transformative ways.

Kabakaburi residents take advantage of sensitisation outreach

Kabakaburi
A section of the persons attending the Ministry of Social Cohesion’s campaign.

The Ministry of Social Cohesion’s team on Sunday called upon the residents of Kabakaburi to unite, during their sensitisation and awareness campaign.
Natasha Singh-Lewis, Technical Officer attached to the Ministry of Social Cohesion, advised the residents to put aside their differences and focus on the village’s development.
“We have to work to resolve them (issues). Our ministry’s vision and mission speaks to cohesion and togetherness that will work for all of us,” Singh-Lewis said.

Kabakaburi residents take advantage of sensitisation outreach 1
Shabbir Ali, Liaison Officer attached to the Ministry of Social Cohesion.

Deodat Singh, District Secondary School Education Officer, expressed his appreciation for hosting of the sensitisation campaign, noting that it aims to bring the people together for a greater purpose. He also encouraged the villagers to speak frankly about matters regarding the education sector and any attending issues.
“I know that some of you have concerns about education, hence I am here to assist you in any way I can, concerning those matters,” Singh assured.
One of the issues raised was the call for further support in the production of bamboo furniture. Pauline Chance, a resident, said that there is a demand for the bamboo furniture she and others are currently making.  However, their small business ventures are in need of chemicals to colour and cure the bamboo.
Regarding the issue of the construction of the Kabakaburi Secondary School, residents are requesting further collaboration with the regional officials. It was highlighted that Kabakaburi residents had selected a site for the construction of the school but regional officials made the decision to attach it to the nursery school.
Also discussed was the creation of jobs for youth employment and assistance to tackle the issue of bullying in schools.
Kabakaburi Toshao, Steven Simon said that he was appreciative of the response shown by the residents during the team’s visit. Simon noted that there is room for inclusion and collaboration among the people, regardless of political affiliation and religion.
Shabbir Ali, Liaison Officer attached to the ministry, thanked the residents for highlighting the areas of concern and assured they will be dealt with through the respective channels.
The Ministry has to date visited 30 communities in its sensitisation and awareness campaign. The team is slated to visit Queenstown, Lima Sand, and Mainstay among other areas for the duration of their outreach in the region. They have also launched an education programme on diversity for teachers and students.
READ MORE: Minister for Social Development Statement

Concessional Development Financing

concessional development financing

Caribbean Needs “Urgent Access” to Finance to Achieve Sustainable Development Goals – PM Mitchell.

Chairman of the World’s Small Island Developing states, Grenada’s Prime Minister Dr.Keith Mitchell, is insisting that Caribbean countries need “urgent access to financing” if they are to achieve Sustainable Development Goals.
Prime Minister Mitchell has also echoed concerns that the process for Caribbean countries to get resources such as the Green Climate Fund can be daunting.
The Grenadian leader and CARICOM chairman was addressing an event of the United Nations Development Programme on the sidelines of Cop 23 in Bonn Germany on Tuesday.
“Time is of the essence in accessing those funds, as events such as these hurricanes are occurring more frequently. Reconstruction must therefore be climate resilient in time for the next event,” said Prime Minister Mitchell.
“Achieving the SDGs will require a rethink of the financing required, given the high costs of rebuilding and the need to reallocate resources to sectors devastated by these natural disasters.
The issue of financing to achieve the SDGs is of paramount importance to developing countries in particular, LDCs and climate vulnerable small states”.
The Prime Minister has been fronting calls for the international community to provide more financial aid to the Caribbean islands, who remain vulnerable to the ravages of Hurricanes which have been on the rise.
In recent months, two category five Hurricanes swept across the Caribbean over a two-week period claiming lives and causing massive devastation.
As a result, 20,000 children in the Caribbean community have been affected and 32,000 people displaced.
Prime Minister Mitchell has pointed at Dominica which was recently decimated by Hurricane Maria two years after it was ravaged by Tropical Storm Erika.
“Before rehabilitation and reconstruction was complete from that first event, a second climatic event has now compounded the problems. The estimated damage and loss from Maria amounts to almost 200 percent of GDP,” Dr. Mitchell said.
“Our experience is that you borrow to rebuild.  Another climatic event destroys what you are rebuilding.  You have to borrow to build again, even as you have not yet paid off the first set of debt”.

Concessional Development Financing

Meantime, Prime Minister Mitchell is reporting positive signals from the international community regarding the region’s campaign for the relaxation of rules regarding eligibility for concessional development financing.
“In a very almost diabolical way, construction adds to your GDP; hence your per capita income increases and our countries are labeled as middle income.  Therefore, they cannot access concessional development financing.  It is a trap for countries like ours,” said the CARICOM Chairman.
“As a matter of extreme urgency, I call for vulnerability to be included as a major criterion in determining eligibility for concessional development financing”.
The World Bank report, “Turn down the Heat”, says the number of severe hurricanes is projected to increase by 40 per cent, if global temperatures rise by 2°C, and up to 80 per cent should they rise by 4°.
The study also predicts that the expected sea-level rise will have devastating effects on all Small Island and Low-Lying Coastal Developing States (SIDS), particularly those in the Caribbean.
“The events of last month underscore the fact that climate change is not a matter to be debated.  For us, climate change is a lived reality. It is an existential threat to our Region,”said Prime Minister Mitchell.
“With that reality in mind, there is need to respond swiftly and to bolster the resilience of the Caribbean SIDS”.

Anti-Corruption Training for Students

Anti-Corruption

Anti-Corruption Training for Belizean Secondary and Tertiary Students.

The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), in collaboration with the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the Attorney General Ministry of Belize, is delivering anti-corruption training for secondary and tertiary students during November and December in various high schools, junior colleges, and universities across the country.

On International Anti-Corruption Day last year, December 9, Belize took a historic step by signing its accession to the United Nations’ Convention Against Corruption (UNCAC), becoming the 182nd country worldwide to sign onto this international agreement. As part of the UNCAC implementation process, numerous activities are being held across the country to build awareness among and actively engage youth, women, civil society and other relevant stakeholders on corruption.

To lead up to the commemoration of International Anti-Corruption Day 2017, a series of activities are planned, including anti-corruption school trainings, an essay contest, TV talk shows, a national symposium featuring national and regional experts, and the launch of a study on gender and corruption. The training on anti-corruption for secondary and tertiary students is being delivered as an effort to reach out to citizens of all ages on this vital development issue.

To engage secondary and tertiary students, a team from UNDP Belize, in cooperation with UNODC in Panama, has been deployed. The team has already visited the University of Belize in Belmopan, Galen University, Stann Creek Ecumenical Junior College, and Corozal Junior College. Institutions to be visited soon include Our Lady of Guadeloupe Catholic High School in Belmopan and Muffles Junior College in Orange Walk. The team hopes to visit secondary and tertiary institutions in every district, with hundreds of students participating in this important endeavor.

The team’s approach includes communicative sessions to talk about the nature and definition of corruption, the causes of corruption and strategies to fight it, as well as the basics of the United Nations Convention against Corruption. In addition, students will engage in an eLearning module developed by the United Nations, “Introduction to Anti-Corruption,” which will allow students who successfully finish to receive an official UNODC Certificate of Completion.

At the end of the training, the students will have gained a better understanding of the principles of anti-corruption and practices and strategies to reduce and, hopefully, eliminate corruption. The students will learn how exercising these values and strategies can contribute to good citizenship, as well as to a more prosperous and equitable Belize.

This activity contributes to fulfilment of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), specifically SDG 16,  “promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels,” which calls for a substantial reduction in corruption and bribery in all their forms.

For further information please contact: Natasha Balani at Natasha.balani@undp.org

Diabetes leading cause of deaths within Guyana’s workforce

World Diabetes Day
Team from Diamond Grove Lions Club and Ms. Kesaundra Alves.

In observance of World Diabetes Day, the Lions Club of Diamond-Grove held an interactive session and screening for diabetes at the Ramada Princess hotel.
Chairperson of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation, Kesaundra Alves, delivered the feature address on behalf of the Minister Health Volda Lawrence.
Alves outlined that in the region of the Americas, “there are some 54 countries where the situation is quite alarming. Guyana and Trinidad occupy the top two positions with regard to the incidents of diabetes and deaths of persons during their working life and those becoming sick or chronically ill or disabled due to diabetes.”
According to the chairperson in 2105, there were a recorded 49,800 cases of diabetes and in the
World Health Organization country profile for 2016 it was revealed that most deaths occurred in the 30 to 69 age range. 160 men and 180 succumbed to diabetes in Guyana for that year.
Alves noted too that the sustainability of the country’s economy will be severely compromised if on a yearly basis human resources are lost at this rate. The health official urged persons to be more cognizant of their health and reiterated that that disease can be prevented or better managed by a change of lifestyle that helps to reduce the risk factors.
“Diabetes is a long-term condition that causes high blood sugar levels so first, we have to take a look at our diet. It is ill-advised to indulge in eating habits that will jeopardize our health so let’s craft a healthy eating plan, one that has less consumption of sugar, our sugary drinks and snacks and all the processed foods high in sugar that we consume, it is crucial that we control our blood glucose levels so let us take a keen look at the household nutrition and make the appropriate changes.”

World Diabetes Day
Ramada Staffer having an examination of her eyes.

Speaking directly to the theme of the session “Women and Diabetes – our right to a healthy future” Alves revealed that women are more affected than men and less able to withstand the burden of the disease. She also advocated for increased physical activity and exercise and also for the person to put wellness as a priority while highlighting the dangers of being overweight, smoking and alcohol consumption.
World Diabetes Day
Ms. Kesaundra Alves, Chairperson of the Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation making remarks.

Alves observed that data is instrumental since it will allow health officials to monitor patients more effectively and devise action plans and strategies based on the trends that emerge in from the data. This, she said, will prove to be cost-effective in the long run and will generate empirical evidence that will be an effective tool.
World Diabetes Day is observed every year on November 14.

Regional Commission on Marijuana to Host National Consultations

Regional Commission on Marijuana

Regional Commission on Marijuana to host National Consultations.

The Attorney General’s Ministry of Belize in collaboration with and under the auspices of CARICOM’s Regional Commission on Marijuana, hereby issues this release to notify all interested parties and stake holders, that the Regional Commission on Marijuana will be hosting National Consultations by way of Focus Group meetings on the 23rd day of November 2017 at the Tapir Room of Best Western Plus, Belize Biltmore Plaza. These consultations will commence promptly at 9:00 a.m. through to 1:30 p.m.

The Consultations are geared at:

a) Conducting rigorous enquiries into the social, economic, health and legal issues surrounding marijuana use in the Caribbean;

b) Determining whether there should be a change in the current drug classification of marijuana;

c) Recommending, in the event there is a re-classification, the legal and administrative conditions that shall apply to the same and upon completion;

d) Collating the findings and preparing a final report to be submitted to the Heads of CARICOM.

In attendance of these consultations will be the Chair of the Regional Commission on Marijuana along with three other commissioners and two representatives from the CARICOM Secretariat. Representatives from the following key sectors have also been invited to attend to aid in the discussion.

A.      Law Enforcement

B.      Legal Practitioners

C.      Medicine and allied health practitioners

D.      Health research

E.      Anthropology/Sociology/Culture

F.      Faith Based Organizations

G.      NGO’s

H.      Ethics

I.       Youth

J.       Education

These Consultations will be divided into three Focus Groups and will be held at various times throughout the morning and are hereby listed below:

Group A: 9:30 a.m.  – 10:30 a.m.

Education and Youth Sector: Students from secondary and high schools; community colleges; tertiary learning institutions; out-of-school youth; youth leaders and institutions working with youth.

Group B: 11:00 a.m.  – 12:00 p.m.

Faith Based Organizations and Non-Governmental Organizations

Group C: 12:30 p.m.  – 1:30 p.m.

Researchers, Medical Practitioners, Practitioners of alternative medicine, Advocates for medicinal use of marijuana, Representatives from the National Drug Council, Law Enforcement and Legal Practitioners.

Kindly note that following the Focus Group Consultations, a Town Hall meeting is scheduled to be held thereafter at 5:00p.m. until 7:00 p.m. in the Tapir Room of Best Western Plus, Belize Biltmore Plaza, where the public and all interested parties are invited to attend.

Drop-Off Day for Diaspora Toy Drive

Toy Drive

The Consulate General of Saint Lucia in New York invites all fellow nationals and friends of Saint Lucia to participate in its first annual Diaspora Toy Drive to benefit underprivileged children on the island, by donating new, unwrapped toys to its drop-off location in Brooklyn. Games and toys for all age groups are welcomed. Those wishing to contribute are encouraged to bring their donations to the Saint Lucia House, located at 438 East 49th Street (between Church and Snyder Avenues), on Saturday, November 18, 2017, between the hours of 11:00 AM and 4:00 PM.
The consulate asks the Saint Lucian community to be as generous as possible as it seeks to brighten the holidays for needy families back home, and to make the theme of this year’s drive, “One Toy Equals One Smile,” a reality.
The consulate also wishes to express its gratitude to all those who have thus far contributed towards this effort, which continues through November 27, 2017. Three barrels of toys have already been shipped to the National Community Foundation (NCF) in Saint Lucia for distribution.
For those living or working in Manhattan, additional donations are being accepted at the consulate. They can be dropped off in person, or mailed to the following address:
Consulate General of Saint Lucia
800 Second Avenue, 5th Floor
New York, New York 10017
For more information regarding the Diaspora Toy Drive, please contact the consulate at 212.697.9360, ext. 203, or via e-mail at sluconsulateny@govt.lc.

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