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. Chairman
Mr. Gyandat Marray, President of the Berbice Chamber of Commerce and Development Association
Mr. Muntaz Ali, President of the Regional Chambers of Commerce
Mr. Kumkarran Ramdass, Regional Chairman of Region 8
Executive Members of Chambers of Commerce
Ms. Hyacinth James, Deputy Mayor of New Amsterdam
Other Executive Members of BCCDA
Representatives of the Diplomatic Corps
Representative of the Ministry of Tourism, Industry and Commerce
Other Members of the BCCDA
(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 JOURNALIST WHO CONTRIBUTED SIGNIFICANTLY TO THE CARIBBEAN COMMUNITY (CARICOM)
(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) A three-day conference under the theme, Champions for Change, involving at least one Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Prime Minister, Ministers of Government, health officials and civil society representatives from the Region as well as the United Kingdom opens in St. Kitts on Monday, November 22.
A Special Session of the ‘CARICOM Working Group on Services
Negotiations’ was convened in Barbados, November 16 to 18.
Mr. Ramesh Chaitoo, Caribbean Regional Negotiating Machinery
(RNM) Services Trade Specialist, characterized the Special Session as an
“important opportunity to assess the status of the region’s preparations
for World Trade Organization (WTO) services offers, and discuss crucial
next steps in this process.”
The Special Session considered draft initial services offers, with a view to
(CARICOM Secretariat, Georgetown, Guyana) Secretary General of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), Mr. Edwin Carrington has issued a call for all persons in the CARICOM Region to strive to control the scourge of HIV/AIDS, and to give hope to persons living with the disease.
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It is a pleasure and an honour for me to be present at this Fourth Anniversary Awards Ceremony of the Caribbean-Guyana Institute for Democracy. The Secretary-General, His Excellency Edwin Carrington, unfortunately, has been unable to attend and has asked me to convey warmest congratulations and his very best wishes to you. I speak to you on his behalf. |