Members of the famous Mayurbhanj Chhau Group from Orissa, India are on their way to the West Indies for several performances and workshops from March 14 to 20. This is under the aegis of the High Commissioner of India, Malay Mishra and Mahatma Gandhi Institute for Cultural Cooperation.

Taiwan's sports diplomacy is in full swing! That's as the country recently completed construction on a national tennis center in Saint Lucia. Republic of China Ambassador to Saint Lucia Tom Chou said that the purpose of building the tennis center is to make tennis a national pastime in Taiwan's Caribbean ally.

The British government has recently launched an initiative to make its Ambassadors front-line persons in pushing British business abroad.

Mid-level foreign affairs officers from across the region will be participating in a training programme which seeks to increase their awareness of diplomatic issues presently facing small island Caribbean states.

Among the Summit's outputs were: the Declaration of Brasilia and more than 40 bilateral agreements addressing areas of collaboration including health, education, culture, agricultural development, energy, tourism and civil defense.

Mayors of 41 cities in Latin America and the Caribbean today established the Cities Alliance for Citizen Security, a regional dialogue network aimed at sharing experiences of innovation in violence and crime prevention and control, with an impact on quality of life and improved citizen security.