Guyana’s Ambassador to Belgium and the European Community, Dr. Patrick Gomes, wasForeign Affairs Minister Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett and Ambassador Patrick Gomesyesterday selected as the new Secretary-General of the African, Pacific and Caribbean Group of States (ACP) for the period 2015 to 2020.Announcing the selection yesterday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said, that Dr. Gomes was chosen at the 100th Session of the Council of Ministers of ACP held at its headquarters in Brussels.Ambassador Gomes will take office in March 2015 in the fortieth year of the ACP. It was in Guyana,Cheap Jerseys USA, 39 years ago in 1975, that the ACP was birthed through the Georgetown Accord.Gomes has served as Guyana’s Ambassador to the ACP Group of States and the European Union from February 2005. He is also the Chairman of the Ambassadors’ Working Group on Future Perspectives of the ACP.“For almost a decade, Ambassador Gomes has worked consistently within the ACP to gain beneficial terms of trade and development in the markets of the European Union for ACP’s agricultural commodities and minerals. He has also pursued improved financial support and services for joint ACP-EU institutions such as the Centre for Technical Cooperation in Agriculture and Rural Development,Cheap Jerseys Free Shipping, and has been instrumental in promoting the potential for capacity development of the ACP through South-South and Triangular Cooperation,” the Ministry said.In thanking the ACP Ministers for the confidence they have exhibited in Ambassador Gomes,Authentic NFL Jerseys From China, Foreign Affairs Minister, Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett, said “the ACP is at a critical juncture and experience and wise leadership coupled with patience are critical if we are to overcome the challenges. Ambassador Gomes possesses these attributes and together with the support of all of us,Cheap Jerseys From China, I am confident he will not only keep the Georgetown Agreement alive but will make it thrive.”Government said it views the appointment as an honour for Guyana,Cheap Basketball Jerseys, the Caribbean and the ACP Group.