Reparations
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Sir Hilary writes open letter to British PM on reparations
The chairman of CARICOM’s Reparation Commission, Sir Hilary Beckles, has penned an open letter to British Prime Minister David Cameron pleading for him to respond to the calls for compensation by the British for the period of slavery in the region. According to Sir Hillary, otherwise, there could be the greatest political movement of this era. “It is not an…
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UNESCO conference explores reparations
Basseterre, St. Kitts – (SKNIS): A two-day conference hosted by the St. Kitts and Nevis UNESCO National Commission and forming part of the commemoration of the 20th Anniversary of the Establishment of the UNESCO International Scientific Slave Route Project, has reopened the dialogue on the negro legacy, including the matter of reparations for the descendants of the enslaved. The conference was held under…
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CARICOM heads to continue pushing reparations agenda
When the CARICOM Heads of Government gather in Barbados early next month for the 36th Regular Meeting, they are expected to continue “fleshing out” the initiatives that have to be taken to push the reparations agenda forward. This disclosure has come from Prime Minister Freundel Stuart, who acknowledged that progress was being made towards Reparations for Native Genocide and Slavery…
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Int’l reparations conference ends on high note
NEW YORK, USA (CMC) — An international conference on reparations has ended here with a call for Caribbean governments to proceed urgently with the recommendation that the slave-owning and slave-trading European nations be invited to attend an inter-governmental reparatory justice summit in 2015. In addition, delegates also agreed to organise two global reparations summits, the first in 2016 to be…
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Advocates to gather for historic Reparations Summit
SCORES OF reparations advocates, Pan-Africanists and social justice activists from the United States, Canada, Latin America and the Caribbean will gather in New York City this week (April 9-12) for an historic Reparations Summit which will see the formal launch of the National African-American Reparations Commission (NAARC). Among the participants will be leaders of national reparations commissions, committees and task…
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OAS pleased With preparations for Model Session in St. Kitts-Nevis
Basseterre, St. Kitts, March 23, 2015 (SKNIS): Final checks are being made by officials in St. Kitts and Nevis to ensure that all is set for Tuesday’s (March 24) start of the 33rd Model OAS General Assembly (MOAS) for Universities of the Hemisphere. Specialist with the MOAS Programme, Nelly Robinson, said she was pleased with the attention to detail that has…
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Engagement not Protest – the approach on Reparations, Prime Minister Stuart
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will not “pursue the issue of reparations on the basis of a diplomacy of protest” but “on the basis of a diplomacy of engagement,” assures Barbados Prime Minister Rt. Hon. Freundel Stuart. Prime Minister Stuart, who Chairs the Prime Ministerial Sub-Committee (PMSC) on Reparations, addressed the issue at the closing press conference…
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Engagement not Protest – the approach on Reparations: Prime Minister Stuart
The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) will not “pursue the issue of reparations on the basis of a diplomacy of protest” but “on the basis of a diplomacy of engagement,” assures Barbados Prime Minister Rt. Hon. Freundel Stuart. Prime Minister Stuart, who Chairs the Prime Ministerial Sub-Committee (PMSC) on Reparations, addressed the issue at the closing press conference for the just-ended 26th…
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CARICOM: Preparations Underway in Cuba
The fifth summit between Caricom nations and Cuba will be held in Havana. Caricom-Cuba continues to model stronger ties among Caribbean nations strengthing solidarity and cooperation in the region. On Monday, the Fifth Caribbean Community (CARICOM) Summit with Cuba will take place in Havana. The Palace of the Revolution will be the headquarters for next week’s events where heads of state will gather…
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P.J Patterson passes “Reparations Torch” to Prime Minister Gaston Browne at Second Regional Conference on Reparations
(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkey, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The Most Hon. P. J. Patterson, former Prime Minister of Jamaica, in a rousing address to the Opening Ceremony of the Second Regional Conference on Reparations in Antigua and Barbuda on Sunday night, gave the charge and entrusted the continuity of the pursuit of Reparations for Native Genocide and Slavery, to the Hon. Gaston…
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