Val McComie

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Val McComie (* 1920 in Trinidad ; † May 4, 2007 in Washington, DC ) was a diplomat from Barbados who was, among other things, Deputy Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS) between 1980 and 1990 .

Life

After attending school in Trinidad and Barbados, McComie studied Modern Languages at the University of London , followed by postgraduate studies at the University of Bordeaux and the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). He then worked as a teacher at secondary schools in Barbados, California and Ghana , before he joined the diplomatic service of Barbados after Barbados gained independence from the United Kingdom on November 30, 1966.

1968 McComie was appointed ambassador in the United States and was appointed at the same time as such as Permanent Representative to the OAS accredited . During this time he was instrumental in negotiating Barbados' entry into the OAS and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). He was then ambassador to Venezuela from 1974 to 1976 .

In 1979 he was first elected Deputy Secretary General of the OAS for a five-year term and, after being re-elected in 1984, held this position for ten years between 1980 and 1990. After the premature resignation of Alejandro Orfila, he held the post of OAS General Secretary for some time in 1984 until João Baena Soares took office . During his work for the OAS, he worked to strengthen ties between the individual member states and to promote practical cooperation between Latin America and the English-speaking countries of the Caribbean . In addition, he dealt with issues of human rights and environmental protection in the region within the organization .

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Organization of American States (rulers.org)
personal data
SURNAME McComie, Val
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Barbadian diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH 1920
PLACE OF BIRTH Trinidad
DATE OF DEATH May 4, 2007
Place of death Washington, DC