Caribbean Response to COVID-19: A conversation with representatives of regional players

5 years ago

by Ambassador Curtis A. Ward

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Written by Ambassador Curtis A. Ward

Amb. Curtis A. Ward

Caribbean Response to COVID-19

Conversation

Hosted by

Ambassador Curtis Ward for

CaribNation TV and The Ward Post

Special Guests:

Dr. Joy St. John

Dr. Joy St. John, Executive Director, Caribbean Public Health Agency (CARPHA);

Dr. Douglas Slater, CARICOM Assistant Secretary General – Human and Social Development;

Dr. Douglas Slater

Professor Dr. Clive Landis, Chairman, University of the West Indies COVID-19 Task Force

Prof. Dr. Clive Landis

This discussion explores the many important ways Caribbean regional institutions are contributing to national efforts to combat the COVID-19 pandemic, and the important roles they play in helping Caribbean governments respond to the challenges.

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Ambassador Curtis A. Ward

Ambassador Curtis A. Ward is a former Ambassador and Deputy Permanent Representative of Jamaica to the United Nations with Special Responsibility for Security Council Affairs (1999-2002) serving on the UN Security Council for two years. He served three years as Expert Adviser to the UN Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee. He is an Attorney-at-Law and International Consultant with extensive knowledge and experience in national and international legal and policy frameworks for effective implementation of United Nations (UN) and other international anti-terrorism mandates; the legal and administrative requirements to effectively implement and enforce anti-money laundering and countering financing of terrorism (AML/CFT); extensive knowledge of the legal and regulatory requirements for effective implementation and enforcement of United Nations multilateral and U.S.-imposed unilateral sanctions; and the imperatives for Rule of Law and governance. He is a geopolitical and international security analyst, and a human rights, democracy, and anticorruption advocate.

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