I am certain that the FICAC Caribbean Region has the capability of making a meaningful contribution in this area.

The Caribbean Region offers a real challenge to our regional FICAC Board since twenty five countries in the area with unlimited possibilities of interaction in the commercial and cultural fields.

I am the quintessential Caribbean person. My international sporting background as an international field hockey athlete and my University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad & Tobago experience as the Director of Sport & Physical Education…

His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI receives President of the World Federation of Consuls, Honourable Arnold Foote OJ. Looking on is Secretary General of FICAC Hon. Aykut Eken.

My sense is that every human being living on the globe is basically seeking a simple life of peace and happiness. That is the fundamental quest which unites human beings across all frontiers, borders, countries and other divisions. Everybody wants peace and happiness.

I cannot find enough words to describe the graciousness and hospitality that we have all received from we arrived here in beautiful New Delhi. Thank you very much.

I deem it a great privilege to welcome you all to the First FICAC South Asia Consular Conference, On behalf of the HCCD – India and on my personal behalf, I wish to sendmy warmest greetings to you all.

The President of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, H. E. Hon. Md. Zillur Rahman, in his keynote address at the inaugural ceremony of the Forum of Consuls in Bangladesh stated;

Foreign Minister H.E. Carlos Morales Troncoso delivering the keynote address at the official opening ceremony of the FICAC Caribbean and Central America Regional Conference.

On behalf of the World Federation of Consuls, it is my honour today to present the FICAC award of Distinction to the His Excellency Carlos Morales Troncoso, Minister of Foreign Relations of the Dominican Republic. This award is given to persons who have served with distinction in the development of their country and their fellow citizens.