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For Immediate Release:
No.
03/2008
April 29,
2008
Bernal Resigns as Director-General of the
CRNM
Christ Church, Barbados
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Ambassador Dr. Richard L. Bernal has tendered
his resignation as Director-General of the Caribbean
Regional Negotiating Machinery with effect from 30th
June, 2008. He will assume the post of
Alternate Executive Director for the
Caribbean at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) in
Washington, DC.
An economist with over 35 years of
experience, Ambassador Bernal holds the degrees of B.Sc.,
MA, Ph.D. (Economics), and MIPP (International Public
Policy).
Ambassador Bernal joined the CRNM on 1st
September, 2001 succeeding Sir Shridath Ramphal. He was the
principal negotiator for CARIFORUM during the negotiation of
an Economic Partnership Agreement with the European Union
which was concluded in December, 2007. For almost 7 years he
provided overall direction to the CRNM and supervised a
staff of technical experts and trade specialists operating
from Kingston, Bridgetown, St. Lucia, Brussels and Geneva.
Ambassador Bernal’s contribution to the work
of the region in trade fora includes his service as the
first chair of the Working Group on Small Economies of the
Free Trade Area of the Americas (FTAA) and CARICOM’s lead
negotiator in the FTAA negotiations. Additionally,
Ambassador Bernal’s stewardship has extended to the
multilateral trade arena where he headed the CRNM technical
teams advising the CARICOM delegations at the WTO
ministerial meetings in Cancun and Hong Kong. Through his
advocacy and publications he advanced policy on special and
differential treatment and the needs of small developing
economies in trade agreements.
Commenting on his experience during his
tenure as Director-General, the Ambassador said, “It has
been my honour and privilege to serve this region and I
remain committed to continuing to do so in my future
endeavours.”
Prior to joining the CRNM, Dr. Bernal was
Jamaica’s Ambassador to the United States of America as well
as the Organisation of American States (OAS) during the
period 1991 -2001.
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