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 MediaDistinguished Ladies and Gentlemen I am truly del...
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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,  ...
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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 Caribbe...
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Speech by Ms. Yolanda Simon, Regional Coordinator, Caribbean Regional Network of People Living With HIV/AIDS (CRN+) at the Opening Ceremony, CARICOM-UK Champions For Change Conference: Reduce HIV/AIDS Stigma And Discrimination, November 22-24, 2004, St. Kitts and Nevis

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! Yet this is exactly what PLWHA continue t...
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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! Yet this is exactly what PLWHA continue to do. Not because many persons do not want to share their anxieties, fear and pain or seek support i.e.

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 t...
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Speech by Ms. Yolanda Simon, Regional Coordinator, Caribbean Regional Network of People Living With HIV/AIDS (CRN+) at the Opening Ceremony, CARICOM-UK Champions For Change Conference: Reduce HIV/AIDS Stigma And Discrimination, November 22-24, 2004, St. Kitts and Nevis

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! Yet this is exactly what PLWHA continue t...
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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. Equally, on behalf of the CARICOM Community for which I have the...
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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 & Nevis

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 wo...
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