The Darien venture Auteur(s) : Cundall, Frank, 1858-1937 Éditeur(s) : Printed by order of the trustees Printed by order of the trustees ( New York ) Résumé : (Statement of Responsibility) by Frank Cundall (Bibliography) Bibliography: p. 138-141. Frontispiece accompanies by guard sheet with descriptive letterpress. New Caledonia (Colony) Droits : Book digitized and online with permission of the Hispanic Society of America. All rights retained by the Hispanic Society of America. 000125676 AAP1651 01576443 24184114 | Partager |
Plectranthus amboinicus ; =Coleus amboinicus ; country borrage ; french thyme ; orégano frances ; orégano grueso ; soup mint Résumé : Herbácea, suculenta, aromática, generalmente de menos de 1 m. Hojas ovadas, cuneadas u obtusas en el ápice, subcordadas en la base, márgenes crenados, pubescentes. Flores en racimos de 10 a 30 cm; cáliz tomentoso, labio superior oblongo; corola blanquecina, rosada o lila. Herbacée succulente, aromatique, atteignant généralement moins de 1 m. Feuilles ovées, avec pointe obtuse, base subcordée, bords crénelés, pubescents. Fleurs en grappes de 10 à 30 cm; calice tomenteux, lèvre supérieure oblongue; corolle blanchâtre, rosée ou couleur lilas. Perennial herb, 60-100 cm high,with soft thick-stems, succulent, hairy, aromatic. Leaves blades, 2.5-4.5 x 2.5-4 cm, thick and soft, broadly ovate, truncate-subcordate at the base, apex obtuse to rounded, margins crenate, both surfaces densely pubescent with glands; inflorescence a raceme 10-30 cm long; flowers bilabiate, corolla 7-9 mm long, lilac to whitish. Nativa de Asia tropical y Africa, cultivada en las zonas tropicales del mundo. Originaire de l;Asie tropicale et d;Afrique, cultivée dans les zones tropicales du monde. Native to tropical Asia and Africa, cultivated in tropical regions http://www.tramil.net/fototeca/plant287 | Partager Voir aussi |
Emperor Haile Selassie I on throne in a straw tent. Auteur(s) : Rikli, Martin (1898-1969) Résumé : Abessinien 1935-1936 (Acquisition) Collection purchased with support from the Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art. Africa -- Ethiopia -- Addis Ababa 1935-1936 Africa 60551148 3278264 | Partager |
Coffea arabica ; arabica coffee ; café ; kafé Résumé : Arbusto de hasta 7 m de altura, tronco delgado, recto. Hojas corto-pecioladas, elípticas a oblongas, brillantes, subcoriáceas, de 7 a 15 cm. Flores en grupos axilares, fragantes, generalmente sésiles; cáliz truncado; pétalos blancos. Baya oblonga a globosa, de 10 a 16 mm, de color rojo al madurar. Arbuste pouvant atteindre 7 m de haut, tronc mince, droit. Feuilles à petit pétiole, elliptiques à oblongues, brillantes, épaisses, de 7 à 15 cm. Fleurs en groupes axillaires, odorantes, généralement sessiles; calice tronqué; pétales blancs. Baie oblongue à arrondie,de 10 à 16 mm, de couleur rouge une fois parvenue à maturité. Shrub, up to 7 m tall with stem branching; leaves opposite, petiole ca. 1 cm long, leaf blade dark green, shiny, obovate, oblanceolate or broadly elliptical, 10-40cm x 5-15 cm; inflorescence in axillary clusters, flowers white, fragrant, generally sessile; fruit a berry, oblong to globose 12-25 mm long, red when ripe. Originaria de Africa, cultivada en las regiones tropicales. Originaire d';Afrique, cultivée dans les régions tropicales. Native to Africa, cultivated in tropical regions. http://www.tramil.net/fototeca/plant138 | Partager Voir aussi |
Emperor Haile Selassie I descends some outdoor stairs with a servant holding his parasol. They are accompanied by two small white dogs. Auteur(s) : Rikli, Martin (1898-1969) Résumé : Abessinien 1935-1936 (Acquisition) Collection purchased with support from the Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art. Africa -- Ethiopia -- Addis Ababa 1935-1936 Africa 60551148 3278264 | Partager |
Structural adjustment and agriculture Auteur(s) : Lele, Uma J Seminar on Food and Agricultural Policies Under Structural Adjustment, (1992 Éditeur(s) : Food and Resource Economics Dept., Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida Food and Resource Economics Dept., Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida ( Gainesville Fla ) Résumé : (Bibliography) Includes bibliographical references. (Statement of Responsibility) Uma Lele. "November 1992"--Cover. "Keynote address to the First Plenary Session of the European Association of Agricultural Economists' Seminar on Food and Agricultural Policies Under Structural Adjustment, September 21-25, 1992, Hohenheim, Germany." (Funding) Electronic resources created as part of a prototype UF Institutional Repository and Faculty Papers project by the University of Florida. Africa Asia Latin America Africa Asia Latin America Droits : All rights reserved, Board of Trustees of the University of Florida 001784450 27377053 AJK7832 | Partager |
The Emperor Haile Selassie I seated in a luxury car with the convertible top down. Auteur(s) : Rikli, Martin (1898-1969) Résumé : Abessinien 1935-1936 (Acquisition) Collection purchased with support from the Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art. Africa -- Ethiopia -- Addis Ababa 1935-1936 Africa 60551148 3278264 | Partager |
Ricinus communis ; carapate ; castor oil ; cawapat ; fèy grenn ; higuera ; karapat ; karapat blanc ; maskèti ; palma Kristi ; ricin ; risen ; ata Résumé : Hierba erecta, a menudo con apariencia de arbusto. Hojas orbiculares, palmado-lobadas, los lóbulos ovado-oblongos o lanceolados, acuminados, irregularmente glandular dentados. Inflorescencias terminales, en racimos pedunculados, flores monoicas, apétalas, las superiores pistiladas, las inferiores estaminadas. Cápsula casi esférica, con espinas suaves, septicida, con semillas elipsoides. Herbe dressée, ayant souvent l’apparence d’un arbuste. Feuilles orbiculaires, palmées-lobées, lobes ovés-oblongs ou lancéolés, acuminés, irrégulièrement glandulaires-dentés. Inflorescences terminales, en grappes pédonculées, fleurs monoïques, sans pétales, avec pistil pour les supérieures, les inférieures portant les étamines. Capsule presque sphérique, munies d’épines souples, septicide, avec graines ellipsoïdales. Monecious, short-lived shrub or small tree, more than 5 m high with copious clear sap. Leaves spiral, long-stalked, blades 60 cm. broad, peltate, palmately divided into 7 or more lobes; inflorescence terminal panicle to 20 cm long or more; male flowers clustered at the base of pedicels with white calyx ca, 9 mm long, female flowers at the top of pedicels with calyx deciduous; fruit a capsule oblong about 2.5 cm long, spiny prickles; seeds elliptic,10-17 mm long, mottled grey or brown. Ampliamente distribuida en las zonas tropicales, probablemente originaria de Africa. Largement répandue dans les zones tropicales, probablement originaire d;Afrique. Widely disseminated in tropical areas; probably originally from Africa. http://www.tramil.net/fototeca/plant254 | Partager Voir aussi |
Research highlights ; Research highlights (East Lansing, Mich.) Auteur(s) : Bean/Cowpea Collaborative Research Support Program Éditeur(s) : Michigan State University Bean/Cowpea CRSP Michigan State University Bean/Cowpea CRSP ( East Lansing ) Résumé : (Statement of Responsibility) Michigan State University Bean/Cowpea CRSP. (Dates or Sequential Designation) Vol. 1, no. 1 (1984)- Title from caption. (Funding) Electronic resources created as part of a prototype UF Institutional Repository and Faculty Papers project by the University of Florida. Africa Latin America Africa Latin America 13864898 | Partager |
Eryngium foetidum ; chadwon beni ; cilantro ancho ; culantro ; culantro de coyote ; fit weed ; koulant ; spirit weed Résumé : Hierba perenne, glabra, de hasta 60 cm. Hojas lanceoladas a oblanceoladas de hasta 30 cm de largo, crenadas a finamente espinuloso serradas, adelgazadas en la base formando un pecíolo corto, alado. Inflorescencias en dicasios, ampliamente ramificados con capítulos verde-amarillentos; brácteas involucrales, lanceoladas foliáceas, excediendo los capítulos. Fruto globoso, comprimido lateralmente, densamente escamoso. Herbe perenne, glabre, pouvant atteindre 60 cm. Feuilles lancéolées à oblongues-lancéolées pouvant atteindre 30 cm de long, crénelées à finement denticulées, minces à la base, laquelle forme un pétiole court, en forme d’aile. Inflorescences caractérisées par une fleur terminale, et deux autres situées sur des tiges latérales opposées, amplement ramifiées avec capitules vert-jaunes; bractées en forme de collerette, lancéolées-foliacées, dépassant les capitules. Fruit arrondi, comprimé sur les côtés, abondamment recouvert d’écailles. Biennial, tap-rooted, pungent herb. Leaves forming a basal rosette, oblanceolate, serrate-dentate, 30 cm x 4 cm; inflorescence widely spreading from the main shoot; flower heads cylindrical ca 1.5 cm long, green, subtended by a whorl of 5- 6 unequal bracts; fruits scaly, ca 2 mm long. Originaria de América tropical, introducida y naturalizada en Africa tropical. Originaire d’Amérique tropicale, introduite et naturalisée en Afrique tropicale. Native to tropical America, introduced and naturalized in tropical Africa http://www.tramil.net/fototeca/plant168 | Partager Voir aussi |
Report of the Lords of the Committee of Council Appointed for the Consideration of All Matters Relating to Trade And Foreign Plantations: Submitting to His Majesty's Consideration the Evidence And Information They Have Collected In Consequence of His Majesty's Order In Council, Dated the 11th of February 1788, Concerning the Present State of the Trade to Africa, And Particularly the Trade In Slaves; And Concerning the Effects And Consequences of This Trade, As Well In Africa And the West Indies, As to the General Commerce of This Kingdom Auteur(s) : Great Britain. Board of Trade. Résumé : Great Britain. Board of Trade. Report of the Lords of the Committee of Council Appointed for the Consideration of All Matters Relating to Trade And Foreign Plantations: Submitting to His Majesty's Consideration the Evidence And Information They Have Collected In Consequence of His Majesty's Order In Council, Dated the 11th of February 1788, Concerning the Present State of the Trade to Africa, And Particularly the Trade In Slaves; And Concerning the Effects And Consequences of This Trade, As Well In Africa And the West Indies, As to the General Commerce of This Kingdom. [London], 1789. Droits : This item is presumed to be in the public domain. The University of Florida George A. Smathers Libraries respect the intellectual property rights of others and do not claim any copyright interest in this item. Users of this work have responsibility for determining copyright status prior to reusing, publishing or reproducing this item for purposes other than what is allowed by fair use or other copyright exemptions. Any reuse of this item in excess of fair use or other copyright exemptions may require permission of the copyright holder. The Smathers Libraries would like to learn more about this item and invite individuals or organizations to contact Digital Services (UFDC@uflib.ufl.edu) with any additional information they can provide. http://ufdc.ufl.edu/AA00027008/00001 | Partager Voir aussi |
Emperor Haile Selassie I seated at an official gathering. Auteur(s) : Rikli, Martin (1898-1969) Résumé : Abessinien 1935-1936 (Acquisition) Collection purchased with support from the Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art. Africa -- Ethiopia -- Addis Ababa 1935-1936 Africa 60551148 3278264 | Partager |
Another view of the Emperor Haile Selassie I reviewing troops or passing an honor guard. Auteur(s) : Rikli, Martin (1898-1969) Résumé : Abessinien 1935-1936 (Acquisition) Collection purchased with support from the Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art. Africa -- Ethiopia -- Addis Ababa 1935-1936 Africa 60551148 3278264 | Partager |
An Act to discontinue, for a limited Time, the Payment of the Duties upon Low Wines and Spirits for Home Consumption, and for granting and securing the due Payment of other Duties in lieu thereof... ; British Parliamentary Acts Auteur(s) : Great Britain. Parliament. Éditeur(s) : Printed by C. Eyre and the Executors of W. Strahan, Printers to the King's most Excellent Majesty Printed by C. Eyre and the Executors of W. Strahan, Printers to the King's most Excellent Majesty Résumé : The West Indies were colonized by Great Britain beginning in the early 17th century and were crucial to the triangular trade that developed between Europe, Africa, and the British colonies of North America and the Caribbean. The acts in the collection often address issues of trade, both between the islands and between the islands and Great Britain during the 18th and 19th centuries. The entire collection is open for research. Cite as: Bryant British West Indies British Parliamentary Acts Collection, Special Collections and University Archives, University of Central Florida Libraries, Orlando, Florida Unpublished records are protected by copyright. Permission to publish quote or reproduce must be secured from the repository and the copyright holder Droits : All rights to images are held by the respective holding institution. This image is posted publicly for non-profit educational uses, excluding printed publication. For permission to reproduce images and/or for copyright information contact Special Collections & University Archives, University of Central Florida Libraries, Orlando, FL 32816 phone (407) 823-2576, email: speccoll@mail.ucf.edu CFM2002_08 DP0001172 | Partager |
A twelvemonth's residence in the West Indies, during the transition from slavery to apprenticeship; with incidental notice of the state of society, prospects, and natural resources of Jamaica and other islands. By R. R. Madden. Auteur(s) : Madden, Richard Robert, 1798-1886. Carey, Lea & Blanchard. Éditeur(s) : Carey, Lea & Blanchard. Carey, Lea & Blanchard. ( Philadelphia ) Résumé : From Wikipedia (March 23, 2013) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Robert_Madden : Richard Robert Madden (born Dublin, Ireland 22 August 1798, died Dublin, 5 February 1886) was an Irish doctor, writer, abolitionist and historian of the United Irishmen. He was born at Wormwood Gate, Dublin to Edward Madden, a silk manufacturer. He was educated at private schools. He studied medicine in Paris, Italy, and St George's Hospital, London. While in Naples he became acquainted with Lady Blessington and her circle.[1] Madden was employed in the British civil service from 1833, first as a justice of the peace in Jamaica, where he was one of six Special Magistrates sent to oversee the eventual liberation of Jamaica's slave population, according to the terms of the Slavery Abolition Act 1833. From 1835 he was Superintendent of the freed Africans in Havana. His son, Thomas More Madden, who later became a surgeon and writer, was born there. In 1839 he became the investigating officer into the slave trade on the west coast of Africa, in 1847 the secretary for the West Australian colonies. He returned to Dublin and in 1850 he was named secretary of the Office for Loan Funds in Dublin.[2] He died at his home in Booterstown, just south of Dublin city, in 1886 and is interred in Donnybrook Cemetery. Early Caribbean Literature and History. al-Sadika, Abu-Bakr/Edward Donlan. “The History of Abon Becr Sadika” in this, volume 2, starting on page 126. Droits : See Google statement. 18826401 http://ufdc.ufl.edu/AA00014503/00001 | Partager |
Emperor Haile Selassie I. Auteur(s) : Rikli, Martin (1898-1969) Résumé : Abessinien 1935-1936 (Acquisition) Collection purchased with support from the Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art. Africa -- Ethiopia -- Addis Ababa 1935-1936 Africa 60551148 3278264 | Partager |
Cross-shelf structure of coastal upwelling : a two - dimensional extension of Ekman's theory and a mechanism for inner shelf upwelling shut down Auteur(s) : Estrade, Philippe Marchesiello, P Colin De Verdiere, A Roy, C Éditeur(s) : Yale University Résumé : Sea-surface temperature images of the coastal upwelling regions off Northwest Africa show that the core of upwelling is sometimes located far from the coast. This has been documented in three regions that share a common feature, namely a wide and shallow continental shelf. This upwelling feature plays a key role in the ecology of the Canary Current System. It creates an innerfront which provides retention for biological material, e.g. fish eggs and larvae, in the highly productive nearshore environment. An analytical model has been developed based on a two dimensional extension of Ekman's solution. The linear and steady response of a homogeneous ocean forced by an upwelling-favorable wind provides a mechanism for the upwelling separation from the coast. The merging of the surface and bottom Ekman layers induces a very weak cross-shore circulation and a "kinematic barrier" for the Ekman transport divergence. In the case of an alongshore wind, the barrier is located near the isobath h ≈ 0.4D, where D is the thickness of Ekman layers. This yields an upwelling cell which is essentially concentrated in the region 0.5D < h < 1.25D, with upwelling occurring preferentially near the isobath h ≈ 0.6D. It turns out that the cross-shore width of upwelling scales with D/S, the ratio of Ekman depth to bottom topographic slope. The application of this solution to real bathymetric profiles rationalizes, not only the offshore upwelling observations in Northwest Africa, but also the influence of topography on the cross-shelf structure of a wind-driven coastal upwelling. The model also quantifies the effect of the cross-shore wind component showing how it drives the nearshore pressure gradient adjustment and how it affects the upwelling. A linear numerical experiment reproduces the theoretical steady solution, thereby allowing investigation of the transient regime. Relaxation of the hypothesis in the numerical model validates the linear assumption of the theory and then allows investigation of the sensitivity to friction parameterizations and the influence of stratification. The latter leads to an "oscillation" of the upwelling cell with seaward migration driven by outcropping and homogeneization of the water column, and, coastal incursion driven by a "boundary layers splitting" process caused by shoreward advection of the isopycnal dome and stratification of the inner shelf. Journal of Marine Research (Yale University), 2008-09 , Vol. 66 , N. 5 , P. 589-616 Droits : 2008 Yale University http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/2008/publication-6334.pdf DOI:10.1357/002224008787536790 http://archimer.ifremer.fr/doc/00000/6334/ | Partager |
Forum with Parliament Members : Students Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination ; Audio Recordings of the Proceedings Auteur(s) : Caribbean IRN Résumé : From the PNCR, GAP MPs free to vote conscience on gay rights bill
By Johann Earle
Stabroek News
June 11, 2003
The PNCR will allow its members to vote their conscience on the controversial Constitution (Amendment) Act of 2001 which seeks to prevent discrimination against persons on the basis of their sexual orientation and other grounds.
A number of religious organisations are opposed to the passage of the bill because it includes sexual orientation as one of the grounds. They are concerned that it could lead to a legalisation of homosexual relations and demands for recognition of gay marriages among other things.
PNCR Member of Parliament (MP) Vincent Alexander told a forum at the National Library on Saturday, that the Bill did not seek to legalise homosexuality, but to ensure that persons would not be discriminated against based on their sexual preferences.
He was one of two parliamentarians who showed up - the other being PNCR member, Myrna Peterkin.
The forum was organised by Students Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination (SASOD), a group comprising fifteen students from the University of Guyana which was formed about two weeks ago.
Alexander expects the vote on the bill to come up before the National Assembly in a matter of months.
Paul Hardy, Leader of the Guyana Action Party (GAP), told Stabroek News that his party would not be using the so-called parliamentary whip. He added that GAP took a decision that every member should vote according to his or her own conscience. “We have no right to deny the rights of others based on sexual orientation. [The Bill] will guarantee rights to the homosexual.” GAP is in Parliament as part of an alliance with the Working People’s Alliance. GAP/WPA has two MPs.
The bill was met with rejection from some members of the religious community in 2001 and as a result of this, the President did not assent to it.
In a statement on Monday, the Central Islamic Organisa-tion of Guyana (CIOG) said that it stood in firm opposition to the Bill. The CIOG says the general purpose of the bill may be commendable and that the organisation’s objection is not based on a willingness to promote discrimination. Rather, the CIOG said, it was based on the fact that specific legal protection on the basis of sexual orientation without definition or qualification gives tacit legitimacy to practices which are considered criminal in Islam. “It is foreseeable that such a legal nod of approval (subtle as it may be) of these practices may pave the way for greater social (or even legal) acceptability in the future which, from the perspective of all Muslims including those in Guyana, is an undesirable and sinful outcome,” the CIOG statement said.
At Saturday’s event, Muslim teacher Moulana Mohamed Ali Zenjibari spoke of instances of abuse, discrimination and harsh penalties meted out to gay and lesbian persons in countries such as Iran and Saudi Arabia and noted that the Quran did not sanction such punishments for homosexual behaviour.
President of the CIOG, Fazeel Ferouz told Stabroek News that a meeting to discuss a strategy with regards to the bill was planned for tomorrow with various religious groups.
Stabroek News tried to get a comment on the issue from the PPP/C but to no avail.
ROAR leader, Ravi Dev said that his party was now having discussions on the issue. ROAR feels that it is an important question which has to do with morality and should be discussed across the country. He added legislators had to be in tune with their constituents on the issue.
SASOD is lobbying for the legislation through the sensitisation of MPs.
Keimo Benjamin, a law student at UG, gave a presentation based on the jurisprudential aspects of the discussion on sexual orientation. He argued that morality should not be the only guiding principle on which to base the laws. Sexual activities between two consenting male adults in private could not be equated with a violation of a person’s rights, he said, making the point that the thrust of his presentation was not whether homosexuality was wrong, but whether it violated the rights of others. He said that the attitudes of some towards this subject were based on preconceived notions and prejudices. He cited studies to show that the suppression of certain perceived deviant sexual impulses in persons might do more harm than good. One Harvard University study of teens who said they were gay indicated that those teens were three times more likely to commit suicide.
Vidyaratha Kissoon, of Help and Shelter, in his contribution on Saturday, expressed his displeasure at the low turnout at the forum and urged the parliamentarians who showed up to take the message to their colleagues. He noted that because of homophobia, the numerical minority was terrified of speaking out against instances of discrimination. Gays and lesbians in Guyana were subjected to ridicule and abuse, and walk the streets at night not looking for sex necessarily, but for the companionship of persons who empathise with them.
During his presentation, Joel Simpson, another member of SASOD, outlined a number of changes made within national jurisdictions that had international implications. One such crucial change was South Africa’s 1996 adoption of a new constitution, making that country the first in the world to expressly include sexual orientation as a prohibited ground of discrimination. It was the first time a developing country had taken the lead with respect to the rights of sexual minorities.
He also said that according to Douglas Sanders, a Canadian jurist, the rights of homosexual, bisexual or transsexual men and women had never been officially recognised by the United Nations, despite the fact that international laws on the issue began to emerge at the close of the Second World War.
Simpson said that under Article 170 (5), as amended by Section 8 of the Constitution (Amendment) (No. 4) Act 2000, the President is required to assent to any bill which is returned by the National Assembly unaltered after a two-thirds majority within 90 days of its presentation to him. To the parliamentarians present, Simpson stressed that the onus was now on them to adequately represent their constituents which include lesbian, gay, bisexual and transsexual Guyanese.
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Vote on sexual orientation should be a matter of conscience - MP Alexander
By Esther Elijah
Guyana Chronicle
June 8, 2003
PEOPLE’S National Congress (PNC/R) Member of Parliament Mr. Vincent Alexander, said the Opposition will vote on “conscience” when the piece of legislation on sexual orientation is again brought before the National Assembly.
“With specific reference to my party, when this Bill gets back to the Parliament in the spirit of the arguments here, we will not use the `whip’. Our party will not say we have to vote for the provision (in the Sexual Orientation Bill). We will allow our members to vote as a matter of conscience,” he told participants gathered in the Conference Room of the National Library.
“We feel this is a matter of conscience. You may end up with a collective position but you have to deal with us individually,” Alexander said at a poorly attended public consultation aimed at gaining support for sexual orientation to be considered a fundamental right in Guyana.
Alexander, one of the main persons who sat on the Constitutional Reform Commission that addressed this controversial clause, said the legislation was not meant to legalise homosexual activities in Guyana.
“It was intended to ensure that persons who have an orientation - a way of thinking - which may or may not lead to a certain activity, to not be discriminated against, in terms of their rights,” he explained.
Alexander noted that very often, discussions on the sexual orientation provision in the Bill have led to seepages into other areas where debates centre on the “right to be homosexual.”
“I am saying the Bill does not comment on that… However, law is peculiar, especially in a Common Law system. Once you venture out and change the law, very often you open other windows which we cannot definitively say exist or does not exist in advance,” he said.
“The fear of some people is that the legislators might say one thing and the Courts will eventually say something else. While some people can’t argue against the law, per say, they will say this has opened a window of opportunity not meant to be opened. So, it is better to stay without a window than open it and then have a possibility of something you didn’t intend to happen - happening sometime in the future.”
Alexander added: “I want to say I’ve found this activity to have been rich from the perspective of the amount of research which was done by student (speakers). Without any comment as to whether I agree with the arguments, I would wish that much more research on other issues be done by students, and that at the University (of Guyana) students would find it convenient to have forums on other issues, with the same depth of research for their own intellectual development.”
Alexander and other Opposition M.P, Lurlene Nestor were the only three Parliamentarians in attendance at the session organised by the recently formed `Students Against Sexual Orientation Discrimination’ (SASOD), a group that has a membership of 15 mostly University of Guyana (UG) students from various faculties.
SASOD was established two weeks ago.
With the exception of members of the press, the consultation only managed to attract 11 persons, a handful of who were SASOD members.
While congratulating the students for an “insightful” presentation, Nestor pointed out that whether or not she chooses to agree with their position is “another issue” and she is entitled to her “own view”.
“The issue of sexual orientation is very `toucheous’ …while we agree with the human rights provisions and all that as a society, we must also revert to our own society. Some of the very critical questions that I would want to ask is whether or not at the society (level) we are ready for that kind of thing,” she remarked.
“We cannot, at (any) time, ignore the religious groups in our society. If we look at statistics going back to 1992 from a survey done by the Bureau of Statistics, we would see that a small section of the Guyanese population might be considered as people who do not subscribe to a religious view. While the laws are not necessarily based on moral values, we must acknowledge the fact that we might want to revert to many of the cases that (concern) laws that protect public morality.”
Nestor told the speakers at the consultation these were some of the issues that they needed to deal with.
She highlighted, too, that what must be examined is the effects of same-sex marriages on society and how this issue must be tackled.
“These are some of the things we should consider and I don’t think you dealt with that in the presentations,” Nestor stated, adding that the issues must be addressed “frontally.”
“Do we think that with the coming to being of this Bill that there might be quite a number of challenges to the Constitution in relation to the same issue of a man marrying a man? What do we do at the society (level)? Do we recognise that?” were the questions directed at the five speakers at the session.
Nestor continued: “There is some argument that says, `Oh the Bill does not promote homosexuality or does not encourage a man to marry (another) man, but if you look at Section (15) that talks about `non-discrimination’ then how can we not, with the passage of this Bill, allow a man not to marry (another) man.”
According to Nestor, matters of this nature constitute some of the “inconsistencies” of the Bill.
On the argument raised by presenters at the session on who determines what is morality, Nestor said in the concept of democracy it is the people who are the determinants based on a “line of thinking.”
She also rebutted on grounds that put the spotlight on teachers who may have been caught “interfering” with their young students and who may subsequently be dismissed from their jobs.
“Could you imagine such a person interfering with a boy below age 10 - and by virtue of the fact that the Bill is there, the judges (in the case) will have to use their discretion in terms of what happens. We will have more Constitutional changes and problems (arising with the passage of the Bill).”
SASOD member and law student, Joel Simpson, in reply, said he doesn’t think any homosexual in Guyana wants to “run into a church and ask that people marry them or anything of that sort.”
At one point likening the church to a “club”, Simpson claimed the church has the right to exclude whomever it wants. He further stated that in accordance with the Constitution, people of the same sex do not currently have the right to marry, and will also not be able to do such an act with the passage of the Bill.
However, Simpson said it is possible that the law, with the passage of the Bill, would have to recognise same-sex domestic partnerships in relation to employment benefits, sharing of properties, etc.
Simpson said he believes there should be a realm of “public” and “private” morality between consenting adults, and implied that the Bill did not fully give “rights” to homosexuals.
But, Nestor interjected: “I am informing you further…that the Sexual Orientation provision has, in fact, in some way recognised the rights of homosexuals and we must accept that.”
Meanwhile, there was no vocal Christian representative(s) at the consultation and apart from the two Opposition representatives none other participant gave comments or directed questions at the presenters.
Other speakers in support of the sexual orientation clause were: Moulana Mohammed Ali Zenjiban, Assistant Director of the International Islamic College; Denuka Radzik from Red Thread, Keimo Benjamin, UG law student and Vidyartha Kissoon from Help & Shelter.
The Sunday Chronicle has been reliably informed that the Georgetown Ministers Fellowship, representing groups of Christian leaders staunchly against sexual orientation as a right in Guyana, have recently prepared a detailed 16-page document outlining issues arising from research to further boost their argument against the inclusion of the clause.
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