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Aug 24, 2008 News
Sir Shridath Ramphal, former Commonwealth Secretary General and member of the International Commission of the 1980s, and former Chancellor of the University of the West Indies (UWI) and the University of Warwick, turns 80 on October 3.
In honour of his 80th birthday, a book of essays on many of his accomplishments in international and Caribbean life has been produced by a number of well known persons who have either worked with Ramphal or researched his work.
Edited by Richard Bourne, Senior Research Fellow of the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, other contributors are Rex Nettleford, former Vice Chancellor of the UWI, Professor Tony Payne, Pro Chancellor of Sheffield University, Sir Ronald Sanders, writer and international business consultant, Derek Ingram Doyen of Commonwealth journalism, and Vincent Cable, the Deputy Leader of the Liberal Democratic Party in the UK.
The book entitled, “Shridath Ramphal: The Commonwealth and the World” is published by Hansib in the UK, and it will have its Caribbean launch on August 28 during CARIFESTA in Guyana. Its European launch will be held in London on Sir Shridath’s birthday when it is expected that the Ramphal Centre will also be inaugurated at a ceremony at the Headquarters of the Commonwealth Secretariat under the auspices of the present Secretary General, Kamalesh Sharma.
The Centre’s work will be dedicated in the causes that Ramphal espoused, among them disarmament, development, constitutionality, internationalism and the rule of law.
The editor, Richard Bourne, says the book is not just a tribute to a major international personality on his 80th birthday, but a lasting contribution to contemporary history. The publication documents Ramphal’s work in ending racism in Southern Africa, in helping to free Nelson Mandela in South Africa, his work on behalf of Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific, and his pioneering work in environment and development issues that have helped to change the world. (Caribbean Net News)
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