Dominican Edgar Hunter elected UNCCD (COP 15) Vice President for Latin America and the Caribbean

Edgar Hunter at the UNCCD conference in Côte d’Ivoire

Edgar Hunter was elected Vice President for the Latin America-Caribbean grouping at the 15th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP 15) of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification (UNCCD) on May 11, 2022 in Côte d’Ivoire .

Mr. Hunter, the Senior Technical Advisor in Dominica’s Ministry of Environment, Rural Modernisation and Kalinago Upliftment and UNCCD Focal Point, was elected along with H.E Reina Sotillo of Argentina as the representatives for The Group of Latin America and the Caribbean (GRULAC). The COP Bureau is the highest decision-making body within the COP and provides oversight to the several programmes adopted by the COP. Mr. Hunter will serve as Vice President until the next COP in 2024.

The fifteenth session of the Conference of the Parties (COP 15) of the UNCCD takes place in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire from May 9-20, 2022. The theme of COP-16, ‘Land. Life. Legacy: from Scarcity to Prosperity,’ is a call to action to ensure land use remains a priority matter despite the various levels of development within each country.

Others elected were: Stephen Muwaya (Uganda) for the African Group; Abdu Alsharif (Saudi Arabia) and Jin Sun (China) for Asian States; Nino Chikovani (Georgia) and Marine Hakobyan (Armenia) for Central and Eastern European States; and Patrick Reilly (USA) and Juliane Wiesenhutter (Germany) for Western European and Other States.

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7 Comments

  1. JAH KAL
    May 25, 2022

    Another one again his guy’s is a real boom boom fly when you see them they acting like minister’s to ,Man the last time i saw this guy i said to my self what a mess Dominica become.

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    • We the People
      May 25, 2022

      You are so right!!! Mister is a real con artist. Even the colour of his glasses frames changed from blue to red. What a clown :twisted:

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  2. Hunting Season
    May 25, 2022

    ADMIN, we need an interview with Mr. Hunter so we can know what plans are in place for Dominica to deliver on this important issue.

    Sorry but this apparent photo opportunity will not cut it.

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  3. We the People
    May 24, 2022

    Oh yes Edgar, the opportunist, see you boy :mrgreen:

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  4. Righteous
    May 23, 2022

    Congratulations Edgar. Always nice to see that Dominica is always in the forefront.

    #OneLoveDominicans #OLD767

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    • dissident
      May 24, 2022

      Dominica is not always in the forefront……. that’s a silly lie!!!
      So long dat story out regular dlp supporting crabs don’t even know that exists nor what it represents!
      Serios lack of interest in the story!!!!!!

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  5. Toto
    May 23, 2022

    Why the PM office release this news after the event is finished already. Pointless.

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