FAO BID FAREWELL TO THE BAHAMAS

October 15, 2004

Ms. Hannah Clarendon, Representative of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) to The Bahamas, paid a courtesy call on the Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Thursday morning, October 14, 2004, to bid farewell at the end of her three-year term.  She was met by Mr. Philip Miller, Under Secretary for Trade and Economic Affairs, who thanked her for her invaluable contribution to the development of Agriculture in The Bahamas   Present at the farewell meeting was His Excellency Godfrey Eneas, Ambassador of the Bahamas to the FAO. 

Later in the day, Ms. Clarendon was hosted to a farewell luncheon on Paradise Island by Ms. Camille Johnson, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries. Present at the luncheon were Mr. Michael Braynen, Director of Fisheries, Mrs. Colleen Nottage, Under Secretary in the Ministry of Agriculture, Mr. Philip Miller , Under Secretary, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Simeon Pinder, Deputy Director of Agriculture, His Excellency Godfrey Eneas, Ambassador to FAO and other officials of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries and the Ministry of Foreign