His Excellency, Sir Colville Young, is in South Florida in the US to represent the country at the first Belize Travel and Trade Show, which started today, and continues until Sunday.
The show is an event organized by the Belize Diaspora Network, LLC, in collaboration BELTRAIDE and the Belize Tourism Board.
In Sir Colville's absence, His Excellency James Murphy, who is Coordinator at the Referendum Unit in the Foreign Affairs Ministry, will act as Governor-General in Belize.
And another Leader who was recently had the honor of representing the country outside is Prime Minister Dean Barrow. While in London on Tuesday, the Prime Minister met with the Chairman of the City of London Policy and Resources Committee, Mark Boleat, just before the Guildhall Lunch. He donned a hard hat and witnessed 13,000 tons of Belizean sugar being received at Tate & Lyle Sugar Refinery in London.
He also had an opportunity to speak with an audience of international financiers and businessmen at the Guildhall Lunch.
And Yesterday, Kim Simplis-Barrow, the Special Envoy for Women and Children, was greeted by staff at Evelina Children's Hospital, a part of Guy's & St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, just minutes away from the House of Parliament, where Prime Minister Dean Barrow met with members of Parliament.
According to her office in Belize, this visit was quote,
"a crucial element in Mrs. Barrow's efforts to
raise money to construct a children's intensive care facility at the National Referral Hospital in Belize."
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