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CÚPULA DA AMÉRICA LATINA E DO CARIBE SOBRE INTEGRAÇÃO E DESENVOLVIMENTO - CALC
transportation as a means of facilitating trade and agricultural products. To
guarantee our citizens access to food of sufficient quality and quantity and
reduce the impact of food crisis at the national level, Trinidad and Tobago has
adopted a number of policy initiatives, including the establishment of largescale
farms and the provision of significant acreage for diversified agricultural
production. In addition, capital is accessible to farmers through the National
Agricultural Development Bank.
I am pleased at this time, as I conclude, to provide a short update of the
status of preparations for the Fifth Summit of the Americas, which the
government of Trinidad and Tobago is proud to be hosting. We must point
out that we look forward to the day when Cuba will be included as an equal
participant in all hemispheric organizations. The Fifth Summit is scheduled to
take place from 17 th to19 th April in Port of Spain with the theme: securing the
future of all citizens by promoting human prosperity, energy security, and
environmental sustainability. The declaration of Commitment of Port of Spain
will carry the same title and will seek to establish realistic and attainable goals.
The Summit implementation review group of the Summit of Americas process
has been mandated to finalize the draft of Declaration of Commitment of Port
of Spain and has been meeting on a monthly basis to achieve this goal. And in
this regard we thank the Governments of Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados,
and, of course, the OAS headquarters in Washington D.C. and the Government
of El Salvador all who have hosted third meetings on our behalf. Trinidad and
Tobago’s National Secretariat has been working with all stakeholders, including
civil society, to ensure that the Summit adopt a final document with clear and
realistic timelines and implementable mandates. The Honorable Prime Minister
of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago has asked me to emphasize that he
looks forward to welcoming you to Port of Spain in April 2009 and I too look
forward to doing do so. Thank you very much.
Presidente Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva – Obrigado, Ministra de Trinidad
e Tobago. Passo a palavra agora à Ministra Maxine McClean, de Barbados.
Minister Maxine McClean - Your Excellency, President Luiz Inácio
Lula da Silva, other distinguished Heads of State and Government, ladies and
gentlemen, I am delighted to join you in Salvador, Bahia, which reminds me
so much of my own Caribbean with its warmth, its beauty, and its friendly
people. I must begin by conveying the deep regrets of Prime Minister David
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