Speeches
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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, 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…
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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 Caribbean people. It is indeed most fitting that this first effort of its kind is a product of the…
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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 to do. Not because many persons do not want to share their anxieties, fear…
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Notes FrOM Address BY Hon. dr. Denzil Douglas, prime minister of st. kitts and nevis, at the O
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 honour to be Prime Minister with responsibility for Human…
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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 the Health portfolio in CARICOM, he has been an…
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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 to do. Not because many persons do not want to share their anxieties, fear…
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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 honour to be Prime Minister with responsibility for Human…
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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 woman who was HIV positive; She’d been working in the music industry on the fringes of…
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PRESENTATION BY H. E. EDWIN W. CARRINGTON, SECRETARY-GENERAL, CARICOM TO THE CARICOM-UK CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS FOR CHANGE: REDUCE HIV/AIDS RELATED STIGMA AND DISCRIMINATION AGAINST PERSONS LIVING WITH HIV/AIDS, 22-24 NOVEMBER 2004, BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS AND NEVIS
“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: There are more than 500, 000 infected persons 40,000 are dead as a result Over US$50M in direct and indirect costs have been lost to the economies of the region…
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Remarks by the Hon. Douglas Slater at the opening of the UK-CARICOM Champions for Change conference : REDUCE STIGMA AND DISCRIMINATION AGAINST PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV/AIDS, 22-24 NOVEMBER 2004, BASSETERRE, St Kitts and Nevis
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. Kitts and Nevis who initiated the…
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