SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES DIPLOMATIC AND CONSULAR LIST April, 2018 Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Trade & Commerce This Diplomatic List will be updated every six months and can also be accessed via the Government of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines’ website http://www.gov.vc Kindly report all changes to the Protocol Department within the Ministry in order for changes to be included in the next edition as they occur (new addresses, arrivals, departures, promotions etc). 2 MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS, TRADE & COMMERCE 3RD FLOOR ADMINISTRATIVE BUILDING BAY STREET, KINGSTOWN ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES TELEPHONE NUMBER: (784) 456 2060 OR (784) 456 1111 EXT. 319 OR 880 FAX NUMBER: (784) 456 2610 EMAIL ADDRESSES: [email protected] [email protected] PROTOCOL AND CONSULAR Telephone No: 1 784 4571489 or Ext. 362 BILATERAL UNIT Ext. 323 MULTILATERAL UNIT Ext.316 FOREIGN MINISTER Honourable Sir Louis Straker PERMANENT SECRETARY Mrs. Sandy Peters-Phillips FOREIGN POLICY AND RESEARCH Mr. Mozart Carr - Director Mrs. Doris Charles – Deputy Director BILATERAL UNIT Ms. Tamira Browne Senior Foreign Service Officer Mr. Westford Joseph Desk Officer Americas Mrs. Karleen Jackson Desk Officer Asia and Oceania Mr. Ed Dunbar Desk Officer Middle East/Africa/Europe 3 MULTILATERAL UNIT Ms. Oslyn Porter Senior Foreign Service Officer Mr. Marshall Barnwell Desk Officer United Nations Mr. Broderick Francis Desk Officer OAS Mrs. Safiya Horne-Bique Desk Officer CELAC, OECS, CARICOM, ACS PROTOCOL AND CONSULAR Mr. Olson Dallaway Ms. Yaphet Niles Ms. Glenda Abraham Ms. Shameika Prince Ms. Jadese Smith TRADE AND COMMERCE DEPARTMENT TELEPHONE NUMBER: (784) 456 2442 OR 456 1111 EXT. 315/504 FAX NUMBER: (784) 456 2610 EMAIL ADDRESSES: [email protected]/ [email protected] DIRECTOR OF TRADE Mrs. Okolo John-Patrick 4 CONTENTS PAGES RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVES 6 RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVES CONTACT DETAILS 7 - 8 REPRESENTATIVES – RESIDENT AND NON-RESIDENT 9 - 15 (In Order of Precedence) AMBASSADOR DESIGNATE 16 REGIONAL MINISTRIES OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS 17 - 24 DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS ACCREDITED TO ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES 25 - 52 NON-RESIDENT INTERNATIONAL AND REGIONAL ORGANISATIONS ACCREDITED TO ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES 53 - 57 INTERNATIONAL AND REGIONAL INSTITUTIONS REPRESENTED IN ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES 58 - 61 HONORARY CONSULAR REPRESENTATIVES IN ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES 62 - 69 OVERSEAS DIPLOMATIC MISSIONS AND CONSULATES OF SAINT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES 70 - 74 SVG JOINT OVERSEAS DIPLOMATIC MISSION AND CONSULATES 75 SVG OVERSEAS HONORARY CONSULAR REPRESENTATIVE 76 - 88 INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL OFFICES OF SVG 89 REGISTER OF NATIONAL DAYS 90 - 96 DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS TO SVG 97 – 105 TABLE OF PRECEDENCE FOR ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES 106 - 107 PUBLIC HOLIDAYS IN ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES – 2018 108 5 LIST OF RESIDENT REPRESENTATIVES (In Order of Precedence) Mission and Representative Date of Accreditation Republic of Cuba H. E. Vilma Reyes Valdespino (m) 18th January, 2016 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Resident) Federative Republic of Brazil H.E. Antonio Jose Rezende de Castro (m) 1st March, 2016 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Resident) Republic of China (Taiwan) 10th April, 2018 H.E. Mr. Calvin Chen-Huan Ho (m) Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Resident) Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela H.E. Francisco Manuel Perez Santana (m) Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (designate) tba (Resident) N.B: Please note that the (m) following the Ambassador’s name means married 6 RESIDENT EMBASSIES CONTACT INFORMATION REPUBLIC OF CHINA (TAIWAN) National Day: 10th October Address: Embassy of the Republic of China (Taiwan) Murray Road P.O. Box 878 Kingstown ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES Telephone. 784 456 2431 Fax: 784 456 2913 Email: [email protected], [email protected] AMBASSADOR: H. E. Mr. Calvin Chen-Huan Ho Minister Counsellor: Mr. James Chou Counsellor: Ms. Nicole Su First Secretary: Ms. Constance Hu First Secretary: Mr. Dario Chuang Third Secretary: Ms. Huiting Lien Opening Hours: 8:30 a.m. to 12:45, 1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday to Friday CUBA National Day: 1st January Address: Embassy of the Republic of Cuba Ratho Mill P. O. Box 2407 Kingstown ST.VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES Telephone: 784 458 5844/456 8798 Fax: 784 456 9344 Email: [email protected] [email protected] AMBASSADOR: H. E. Mrs. Vilma Reyes Valdespino (m) Spouse of Ambassador/Consul: Mr. Victor Simon Opening Hours: 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Monday to Friday 7 VENEZUELA Independence Day: 5th July Address: Embassy of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela Sutherland’s Building Murray Road P. O Box. 852 Kingstown ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES Telephone: 01 784 456 1374/456 2776 Fax: 01 784 457 1934 Email: [email protected] Ambassador Designate: H.E. Mr. Francisco Manuel Perez Santana First Secretary: Mr. Edicson Espinoza Second Secretary: Mrs. Daliana Guanipa Urquia Second Secretary: Ms. Natasha Pineda Opening Hours: 8:00 a.m. to 12:30 1:30 to 4:00 p.m. Monday to Friday BRAZIL Independence Day: 7th September Address: Embassy of the Federative Republic of Brazil Villa P. O. Box 2311 Kingstown ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES Telephone: 01 784 458 4241 Fax: 01 784 457 4021 Email: [email protected] AMBASSADOR: H.E. Antonio José Rezende de Castro Spouse of Ambassador and Chancery Assistant: Mrs. Carita de Oliveira Souza Rezende de Castro Counsellor: Mr. Gustavo Da Veiga Guimaraes Opening hours: 9:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Monday to Friday 8 LIST OF REPRESENTATIVES – RESIDENT AND NON-RESIDENT (In Order of Precedence) MISSION AND REPRESENTATIVE Date of Accreditation Russia H. E. Mr. Nikolay Dmitrievich Smirnov (m) 29th August 2011 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Non-resident) Holy See H. E. Archbishop Nicola Girasoli 10th May, 2012 Apostolic Nuncio (Non- resident) Poland H. E. Mr. Piotr Kaszuba (m) 21st May, 2013 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Non-resident) Malaysia H.E. Mr. Mahinder Singh Ram Singh (m) 14th November, 2013 High Commissioner (Non-resident) Republic of Chile H. E. Mr. Fernando Schmit 11th August, 2014 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Non-resident) New Zealand H.E. Mrs. Jan Henderson (m) 14th August, 2014 High Commissioner (Non-resident) Kingdom of Denmark H. E. Claus Hammer Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Non-resident) 9 State of Israel H.E. Mordehai Amihai-Bivas February, 2015 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Non-resident) Barbados 7th April, 2015 The Hon. Robert Livingstone Morris High Commissioner (Non-resident) Libya 22nd September, 2015 Mr. Elsaed A.O. Elmoalef Charge d’ Affaires (Non-resident) Cuba H. E. Vilma Reyes Valdespino (m) Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary 18th January, 2016 (Resident) Venezuela H.E. Yuri Pimentel (m) Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary 18th January, 2016 (Resident) Federative Republic of Brazil H.E. Antonio Jose Rezende de Castro (m) Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary 1st March, 2016 (Resident) Japan H.E. Mitsuhiko Okada 15th February, 2016 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Non-resident) 10 Italy H. E. Mr. Silvio Mignano 16th February, 2016 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Non-resident) United States of America H. E. Linda Swartz Taglialatela 9th March, 2016 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Non-resident) Netherlands H.E. Jules Bijl 9th March, 2016 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Non-resident) Nicaragua H.E. Valdrack Ludwig Jaentschke Witaker 15th March, 2016 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Non-resident) The Hellenic Republic H.E. Mr. Nilolaos Kotrokois Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary 4th May, 2016 (Non-resident) St. Lucia H.E. Ms. Elma Gene-Isaac 2nd May, 2017 Ambassador to CARICOM & the OECS Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Non-resident) France H.E. Mr. Phillippe Ardanaz 13th February, 2017 Ambassador (Non-resident) 11 India H. E. Satendar Kumar High Commissioner (Non-resident) 13th February, 2017 Delegation of the European Union H. E. Mrs. Daniela Tramacere 13th February, 2017 Ambassador/Head of Delegation (Non-resident) Argentina H. E. Mrs. Ana C. Pisano 13th February, 2017 Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Non-resident) Kingdom of Morocco H. E Mr. Abderrahim Kadmiri Ambassador, Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary 15th February, 2017 (Non-resident) South Africa H. E. Mrs. Xoliswa Nomathamsanqa Ngwevela High Commissioner 15th February, 2017 (Non-resident) Georgia H. E. Mr. Kaha Imnadze Ambassador, Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary 15th February, 2017 (Non-resident) Austria H.E. Mrs. Marianne Feldmann Ambassador, Exraordinary and Plenipotentiary 15th February, 2017 (Non-resident) Finland H.E. Jukka Pietikainen Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary 20th March, 2017 (Non-resident) 12 Sweden H. E. Ms. Elisabeth Eklund Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary 28th March, 2017 (Non-resident) Palestine H.E. Dr. Linda Sobeh Ali Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary 8th March, 2017 (Non-resident) Republic of Turkey H.E. Aydin Evirgen Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (Non-resident) United Kingdom Mrs. Janet Douglas High Commissioner April, 2017 (Non-resident) Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia H.E. Dewano Kedir Haji Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary 26th April, 2017 (Non-resident) Australia H. E. Mr. John Pilbeam, High Commissioner 8th May, 2017 (Non-resident) Switzerland H. E. Mr. Didier Chassot