Under the theme - Champions for Change - a Conference, hosted by the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) in partnership with the Caribbean-led Pan Caribbean Partnership Against HIV/AIDS (PANCAP) and the United Kingdom Department For International Development (DFID), was held in St. Kitts and Nevis on 22-24 November 2004. The purpose of the Meeting was to share International Best Practices on reducing stigma and discrimination against people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA).
Press Releases
"Leadership Confronting HIV/AIDS Stigma and Discrimination in The Caribbean"
The year is 1982. The first case of HIV/AIDS was diagnosed in the Region.
As we meet today, two decades later_
I welcome you to this meeting in my capacity as Chair of the Planning Committee and wish to let you know that it was my privilege to work with such a dedicated Team. On behalf of the Team I wish to acknowledge the role played by the Honourable Denzil Douglas, Prime Minister of St.
(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) As 2004 races to a close, Regional Officials are redoubling their efforts to ensure that Member States of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) are adequately equipped with the necessary information tools for the 2005 implementation of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME). To this end, the 29th Meeting of the Standing Committee of Caribbean Statisticians (SCCS) was convened on Monday 22 November in Hamilton, Bermuda and will end on the 24 November 2004
Leadership Confronting HIV/AIDS Stigma and Discrimination in The Caribbean
The year is 1982. The first case of HIV/AIDS was diagnosed in the Region.
As we meet today, two decades later_
Mr. ChairmanÂ
Mr. Gyandat Marray, President of the Berbice Chamber of Commerce and Development AssociationÂ
Mr. Muntaz Ali, President of the Regional Chambers of CommerceÂ
Mr. Kumkarran Ramdass, Regional Chairman of Region 8Â
Executive Members of Chambers of CommerceÂ
Ms. Hyacinth James, Deputy Mayor of New AmsterdamÂ
Other Executive Members of BCCDAÂ
Representatives of the Diplomatic CorpsÂ
Representative of the Ministry of Tourism, Industry and CommerceÂ
Other Members of the BCCDAÂ
(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) A CARICOM Minister responsible for youth affairs has challenged the Community's young people with the responsibility to "make a difference" in the fight against the spread of the HIV/AIDS Epidemic.
MEMBERS_
The Rt. Hon. Mr. Justice Michael de la Bastide, T.C., P.C., Chairman
Tee Hon. Sir David Simmons, K.A., B.C.H.
Ambassador Christopher Thomas, C.M.T., D. Laws
The Rt. Hon. Sir Vincent Floissac, C.M.G., Q.C.
Professor Aubrey Bishop, O.R, CCH, B.Sc., LLM
Dr. Magda Hoever-Venoaks, M.Sc., Ph.D.
Mr. Allan J. Alexander, SC
Dr. the Hon. Lloyd George Barnett, O.J.
Ms. Gloria Gray, B.Sc., M.Sc.
Ms. Nelcia Robinson, B.Sc.
Mr. Othniel Sylvester C.M.G., Q.C.
A PROFESSIONAL JOURNALISTÂ WHO CONTRIBUTED SIGNIFICANTLY TO THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM)