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By mahtabala, 30 November, 2004

Address by H.E Mr. Edwin W. Carrington, Secretary-General, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM), to the 120th Annual General Meeting of the Saint Lucia Chamber of Commerce, Industry And Agriculture, 24 November 2004,  Rodney Bay, Saint Lucia

Ms. Thecla Deterville, President of the Saint Lucia Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture
Mr. Brian Louisy, Executive Director of the Chamber
Other Members of the Chamber's Management Committee
Other Members of the Chamber
Members of the Media
By mahtabala, 30 November, 2004

ADDRESS BY H.E. EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM) TO THE 120TH ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE SAINT LUCIA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, INDUSTRY AND AGRICULTURE, 24 NOVEMBER 2004, RODNEY BAY, SAINT LUCIA

Ms. Thecla Deterville, President of the Saint Lucia Chamber of Commerce, Industry and Agriculture
Mr. Brian Louisy, Executive Director of the Chamber
Other Members of the Chamber's Management Committee
Other Members of the Chamber
Members of the Media
Distinguished Ladies and Gentlemen

By mahtabala, 27 November, 2004

Remarks by H. E. Mr. Edwin W. Carrington, Secretary-General, CARICOM at the Launch of the Publication, ‘CARICOM: Our Caribbean Community - An Introduction, 26 November 2004,  Mona, Jamaica

The Most Honourable P.J. Patterson, Prime Minister of Jamaica, 
Honourable Ministers of Government, 
Members of the Diplomatic Corps, 
Dr. Richard Bernal, Director-General of the Regional Negotiating Machinery, 
Professor Norman Girvan, former Secretary-General of the ACS, 
Members of the UWI Administration Mona 
President of the Guild of Students, 
Distinguished Educators, 
Librarians, 
Students, 
Members of the media, 
Distinguished ladies and gentlemen all

By mahtabala, 27 November, 2004

Speech by the Most Hon. P. J. Patterson ON, PC, QC, MP, Prime Minister, Jamaica at the Launch of the Publication, ‘CARICOM: Our Caribbean Community - An Introduction, 26 November 2004,  Mona, Jamaica

Salutations.

This new publication, Our Caribbean Community - An Introduction, targeted at young readers, appropriately written in simple, straightforward language, is a timely and most welcome addition to the growing body of literature about the maturing regional integration movement of the Caribbean people.

By mahtabala, 25 November, 2004

Honourable Prime Minister of St. Kitts & Nevis, Dr Denzil Douglas, Sir George Alleyne, Dr the Honourable Douglas Slater, the Honourable Garth Thomas, Dr Peter Piot, Distinguished Guests_  The battle of stigma and discrimination cannot be fought by HIDING

First, let me congratulate Prime Minister Douglas, not only on his recent victory at the polls , but for having been the initiator of this high-level meeting to discuss the issue of stigma and discrimination as it relates to the situation in the Caribbean. As the person with the responsibility for the Health portfolio in CARICOM, he has been an indefatigable champion of the need for the Region as whole to seek solutions to our major health problems and not be party to a simple repetition of the litany of them which we know so well.

By mahtabala, 25 November, 2004

Notes FOR Address BY DR. Denzil Douglas, PRIME MINISTER, ST. KITTS AND NEVIS, AT THE CARICOM-UK CHAMPIONS FOR CHANGE CONFERENCE : REDUCE STIGMA AND DISCRIMINATION AGAINST PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV/AIDS, 22-24 NOVEMBER 2004, ST. KITTS AND NEVIS

Welcome

It is with profound pleasure that, on behalf of the Government and people of St. Kitts and Nevis, I welcome all of you to this first-ever High Level Forum on Reducing HIV/AIDS-related Stigma and Discrimination in the Caribbean.

By mahtabala, 25 November, 2004

Speech by Gareth Thomas, U.K. Parliamentary-Under-Secretary of State For International Development to the UK/CARICOM Champions For Change Conference : Reduce Stigma AND Discrimination Against People Living With HIV/AIDS, 22-24 November 2004, St. Kitts & N

Honourable Governor General of St Kitts and Nevis, Prime Minister, Sir George Alleyne, fellow Ministers and Parliamentarians, Ladies and Gentlemen……

On an official visit to Calcutta last year, I visited an AIDS clinic in the city's largest brothel.

I met there a stunningly beautiful woman who was HIV positive; She'd been working in the music industry on the fringes of Bollywood.

When her HIV status became known she lost her job, couldn't' find other work and had to go home to her parents and family in Calcutta.

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