Dr. Candice A. Pitts is Belize’s resident Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the Republic of China (Taiwan) and the non-resident Ambassador to Japan. She is a former elected Councilwoman of the Belize City Council (with responsibility for Foreign Affairs; Women, Children, and Families; NGOs; and After School Programs), and former professor at the University of Belize and Albany State University in the USA.

 

She will speak in the Opening Ceremony regarding the importance of diplomacy as well as the impact small countries can have on a global scale.