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Technological developments and the policies underpinning the current phase of the globalisation process are leading to a widening of several development gaps between the industrially advanced and poorer countries, in particular small countries. |
HIV/AIDS related law, ethics and human rights violations will be tackled by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) as the region moves to address discriminatory practices against persons living with HIV/AIDS and their families. The Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA) along with USAID will be lending financial support to the Community while the Canadian HIV/AIDS Legal Network will provide technical assistance.
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Honourable Ministers of Government |
Honourable Ministers of Government
Excellencies
Members of Parliament and the Senate
Other Distinguished Guests
CARICOM Nationals
Ladies and Gentlemen
Sir John Melvin Compton, OCC Awardee of 2002, is a Vincentian by birth but sculpted his reputation and legacy as political leader extraordinaire out of the throes of Saint Lucia’s development.
Sir John Compton’s political evolution from Chief Minister, Premier and Prime Minister of Saint Lucia symbolises the interconnectedness of the comity of Caribbean nations and the benefits of free inter territorial movement.
Professor Rhoda Reddock, national of Trinidad and Tobago and esteemed scholar of the Caribbean Community, is the seventh outstanding woman from the Caribbean Community to receive the CARICOM Triennial Award for Women.
Attaining a Doctorate in Applied Sociology in 1984 at the University of Amsterdam, she served as a Research Fellow and Associate Lecturer at the Institute of Social Studies at The Hague before returning to the Region in 1985, where she was appointed Lecturer, then Senior Lecturer at the University of the West Indies at St. Augustine.
Lloyd Algernon Best, one of Trinidad and Tobago’s most acclaimed intellectuals, is the recipient of the OCC, conferred in 2002.
Described as “economist, politician, publicist, political commentator, philosopher and ‘doctor of doctor politics'”, Lloyd Best developed an intimate relationship with the University of the West Indies, beginning his illustrious multifaceted career as a Junior Research Fellow in 1958 at the Institute of Social and Economic Research of the UWI in Jamaica.
15 May 1919 – Dame Mary Eugenia Charles has the distinction of being the first female lawyer in her native land of Dominica and the first female to be elected Prime Minister in the Caribbean.
Her entry into the political arena came in 1968 owing to the attempt of the Dominica Labour Party (DLP) to have a Sedition Act passed. From then onward she never looked back and confidently blazed the trail for what was to become a distinguished course of statesmanship.
"It is with deep regret that I have learnt of the unfortunate and tragic death of Mr Hugh Crosskill. Mr Crosskill's contribution to the development of the media in the Region was an outstanding one.
From his early beginnings as a broadcaster in his native Jamaica, then on to the fledgling Caribbean News Agency (CANA) before going on to head the Caribbean Service of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), he displayed a real talent.
The just concluded CARICOM Inter-Agency Meeting on Youth has reported progress towards the creation of an enabling environment for youth development and empowerment in the Community.