The Caribbean Community is an intergovernmental organisation that is a political and economic union of 15 member states and five associated members throughout the Americas,The Caribbean and Atlantic Ocean. It has the primary objective to promote economic integration and cooperation among its members,ensure that the benefits of integration are equitably shared,and coordinate foreign policy. The organisation was established in 1973,by its four founding members signing the Treaty of Chaguaramas. Its primary activities involve:
Owen Seymour Arthur was a Barbadian politician who served as the fifth prime minister of Barbados from 6 September 1994 to 15 January 2008. He is the longest-serving Barbadian prime minister to date. He also served as Leader of the Opposition from 1 August 1993 to 6 September 1994 and from 23 October 2010 to 21 February 2013.
Theo-Ben Gurirab was a Namibian politician who served in various senior government positions. He served as the second prime minister of Namibia from 28 August 2002 to 20 March 2005,following the demotion and subsequent resignation of Hage Geingob. Previously he was the country's first Minister of Foreign Affairs from 1990 to 2002 and was President of the United Nations General Assembly from 1999 to 2000. He was Speaker of the National Assembly of Namibia from 2005 to 2015,when he was replaced by Peter Katjavivi. Gurirab ultimately resigned from politics in 2015.
The Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States is an inter-governmental organisation dedicated to economic harmonisation and integration,protection of human and legal rights,and the encouragement of good governance between countries and territories in the Eastern Caribbean. It also performs the role of spreading responsibility and liability in the event of natural disaster.
Samuel Rudolph Insanally was a Guyanese diplomat. He was Guyana's Permanent Representative to the United Nations from 1987 onwards and was Minister of Minister of Foreign Affairs of Guyana from 2001 to 2008.
The Norman Paterson School of International Affairs is a professional school of international affairs at Carleton University that was founded in 1965. The school is based at Richcraft Hall on Carleton's campus in Ottawa,Ontario,Canada. Students,alumni and faculty of NPSIA are referred to as 'NPSIAns'.
The Caribbean Court of Justice is the judicial institution of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM). Established in 2005,it is based in Port of Spain,Trinidad and Tobago.
Edmund William Barker was a Singaporean politician and lawyer who authored the Proclamation of Singapore. A member of the governing People's Action Party (PAP),he served in the Cabinet between 1964 and 1988. Barker also served as Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Singapore between 1963 and 1964,and Leader of the House between 1968 and 1985.
The Consultative Assembly of Saudi Arabia,also known as Majlis ash-Shura or The Shura Council, is the formal advisory body of Saudi Arabia. It is a deliberative assembly that advises the King on issues that are important to Saudi Arabia. It has the power to propose laws to the King of Saudi Arabia and his cabinet to approve it and pass it. It has 150 members,all appointed by the king and chosen "from amongst scholars,those of knowledge,expertise and specialists". Since 2013,the Assembly has included 30 female members out of the total of 150 members,after a 20 percent minimum quota for women was imposed. The Consultative Assembly is headed by a Speaker. As of 2016,the Speaker was Abdullah ibn Muhammad Al ash-Sheikh. The Assembly is based in al-Yamamah Palace,Riyadh.
The Federal Parliament of Nepal is the bicameral federal and supreme legislature of Nepal established in 2018. It consists of the National Assembly and the House of Representatives as parallel houses.
Mia Amor Mottley,is a Barbadian politician and attorney who has served as the eighth prime minister of Barbados since 2018 and as Leader of the Barbados Labour Party (BLP) since 2008. Mottley is the first woman to hold either position. She is also Barbados' first prime minister under its republican system,following constitutional changes she introduced that abolished the country's constitutional monarchy.
The CARICOM passport is a passport document issued by the 15 member states of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) for their citizens. It can be used both for intra-regional and international travel. The passport was created to facilitate intra-region travel;however,citizens of the OECS that are citizens from Antigua and Barbuda,Dominica,Grenada,St. Kitts and Nevis,Saint Lucia,Guyana and St. Vincent and the Grenadines may use a member-state issued drivers licence,national identification card,voters registration card or social security card for travel within the OECS area.
In the United Kingdom,devolution is the Parliament of the United Kingdom's statutory granting of a greater level of self-government to the Scottish Parliament,the Senedd,the Northern Ireland Assembly and the London Assembly and to their associated executive bodies:the Scottish Government,the Welsh Government,the Northern Ireland Executive and in England,the Greater London Authority and combined authorities.
Leslie Ramsammy is a Guyanese politician who is a member of the National Assembly.
The Honourable or The Honorable is an honorific style that is used as a prefix before the names or titles of certain people,usually with official governmental or diplomatic positions.
Dame Sandra Prunella Mason is a Barbadian politician,lawyer,and diplomat who is serving as the first president of Barbados since 2021. She was previously the eighth and final governor-general of Barbados from 2018 to 2021,the second woman to hold the office. On 20 October 2021,Mason was elected by the Parliament of Barbados to become the country's first president,and took office on 30 November 2021,when Barbados ceased to be a constitutional monarchy and became a republic.
Richard L. Bernal,OJ was a Jamaican economist and diplomat. Bernal served as the Jamaican Ambassador to the United States from 1991 to 2001,simultaneously holding the post of Permanent Representative of Jamaica to the Organization of American States. As of March 2016,Bernal held the post of Pro Vice-Chancellor for Global Affairs at the University of the West Indies (UWI). Bernal was a Member of the Order of Jamaica. In 2018,he was made a Professor of Practice (PoP) in international economic policy at The UWI. Bernal was a Member of the Leadership Council of the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network. He was also a member of the Board of Directors at Laspau,Harvard University.
During a debate at the Oxford Union on 28 May 2015,the Indian Member of Parliament,diplomat and writer Shashi Tharoor delivered a speech supporting the motion "Britain owes reparations to her former colonies". Tharoor was the seventh speaker in the debate,the final speaker from the proposition,and spoke for about fifteen minutes. While criticising the opposition,he argued that British colonial rule damaged the Indian economy.
Jane Caroline Miller OBE is a British diplomat who is currently the High Commissioner of the United Kingdom to Guyana. She is the first female to be appointed to the post. She also serves as Ambassador of the United Kingdom to CARICOM and non-resident Ambassador to the Republic of Suriname.
