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New UNICEF Representative assumes office in the Eastern Caribbean Area

17 August 2022

Min-Walcott-and-UNICEF-Ambassador stand together for the photo opportunity — Caption: New UNICEF Representative to the Eastern Caribbean Area, Mr Pieter Bult stands with Barbados’ Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator Dr. The Most Honourable Jerome Walcott, welcomed Mr. Bult during a courtesy call at the Ministry’s headquarters.

Photo: © Barbados Government Information Service (BGIS)

Mr Pieter Bult now leads multi country programme

Mr Pieter Bult has taken up duties as UNICEF’s new Representative to the Eastern Caribbean Area, replacing Dr Aloys Kamuragiye, who retired in June.

The UNICEF Eastern Caribbean Office implements a Multi Country Programme which covers Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, British Virgin Islands, Dominica, Grenada, Montserrat, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Trinidad and Tobago and Turks and Caicos Islands.

On 16 August Barbados’ Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade, Senator Dr. The Most Honourable Jerome Walcott, welcomed Mr. Bult during a courtesy call at the Ministry’s headquarters, where he presented his credentials to the Minister.

Minister Walcott while noting that he looked forward to a productive and engaging relationship with Mr. Bult, assured the representative that UNICEF could rely on the cooperation and facilitation of the Ministry in advancing the Barbados-UNICEF relationship to the benefit of Barbadian children.

He also extended thanks to UNICEF for its assistance, over the years, especially in the area of technical assistance and personal protective equipment (PPE) donated to assist in mitigating the spread of COVID-19 in childhood institutions and day care centres in 2020.

Mr. Bult who was previously the UNICEF Assistant Programme Officer based in Barbados during the period 1994 to 1995, said he was happy to be back and looked forward to years of fruitful collaborations during his tenure, where he plans to focus on enhancing the care component of UNICEF’s services.

Minister Walcott and Mr. Bult also discussed a multi-country programme, childhood obesity, the use of technology to improve the quality of education as well as global education and learning losses due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Also present at the meeting were: Permanent Secretary (ag), Kay Sealy; Senior Foreign Service Officer, Euclid Goodman; Foreign Service Officer, Shae Archer and UNICEF’s Communication Specialist, Patrick Knight.