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. http://www.landofsixpeoples.com/news301/ns306115.htm and 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. The document is yet to be made public. http://www.landofsixpeoples.com/news301/nc306083.htm

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Éditeur(s) : ICTA, Sector Público Agropecuario y de Alimentación ICTA, Sector Público Agropecuario y de Alimentación ( Guatemala )
Résumé : (Bibliography) Includes bibliographical references (leaf 12).
(Statement of Responsibility) Ramiro Ortiz.
Cover title.
"Proyecto de Generación y Transferencia de Tecnología Agropecuaria y Producción de Semillas - PROGETTAPS"--Cover.
"ICTA, DIGESA, DIGESEPE, Sector Público Agropecuario y de Alimentación, Guatemala, C.A."--Cover.
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Guatemala
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Éditeur(s) : Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnologi´a Agri´colas, Sector Pu´blico Agri´cola ( Guatemala, C.A ) Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología Agrícolas, Sector Público Agrícola ( Guatemala, C.A )
Résumé : Cover title.
"Marzo, 1979."
At head of title: "Semillas ICTA, Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología Agrícolas, Sector Público Agrícola."
Guatemala
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Résumé : From the joint media release (http://sasod.blogspot.com/2013/09/joint-media-release-from-thesociety.html ) " The Chief Justice said that cross-dressing in a public place is an offence only if it is done for an improper purpose. The Chief Justice also found that the police violated the human rights of the four litigants in the case during their crackdown in February 2009 when they arrested them under section 153(1)(xlvii) of the Summary Jurisdiction (Offences) Act and he awarded each of the four arrested compensation of $40,000 (GYD) for breach of their rights to be informed as soon as reasonably practicable as to the reason(s) for their arrests under Article 139 (3) of the Guyana Constitution. Chief Justice Chang also decided that section 153 (1) (xlvii) of the Summary Jurisdiction (Offences) Act, is immune from the constitutional challenge brought by the four transgender litigants and their supporting organisations. As an 1893 law, pre-dating Guyana’s independence, the Chief Justice said “legislative rather than curial action is necessary to invalidate the provision.”

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Éditeur(s) : Gleaner Co. Gleaner Co. ( Kingston, Jamaica )
Résumé : (Biographical) From Wikipedia for H. G. de Lisser, from 29 June 2013: Herbert George de Lisser CMG (9 December 1878 - 19 May 1944) was a Jamaican journalist and author. He has been called "one of the most conspicuous figures in the history of West Indian literature". De Lisser was born in Falmouth, Jamaica, and attended William Morrison's Collegiate School in Kingston. He started work at the Institute of Jamaica at the age of 14. Three years later he joined the Jamaica Daily Gleaner, of which his father was editor, as a proofreader, and two years later became a reporter on the Jamaica Times. In 1903, De Lisser became assistant editor of the Gleaner and was editor within the year. He wrote several articles for the paper every day. He also produced a novel or non-fiction book every year, beginning in 1913 with Jane: A Story of Jamaica, significant for being the first West Indian novel to have a central black character. Another famous novel of his, The White Witch of Rosehall (1929), is linked to a legend of a haunting in Jamaica. De Lisser also wrote several plays. In December 1920 he began publishing an annual magazine, Planters' Punch. De Lisser devoted much time and effort to the revival of the Jamaican sugar industry and represented Jamaica at a number of sugar conferences around the world. He was also general secretary of the Jamaica Imperial Association, honorary president of the Jamaica Press Association, and chairman of the West Indian section of the Empire Press Union. He was appointed Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in the 1920 New Year Honours.
Jamaica -- Caribbean

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Éditeur(s) : Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología Agrícolas. Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología Agrícolas. ( Guatemala )
Résumé : (Numbering Peculiarities) 1976/1977 called 1976 on cover.
(Issuing Body) Issued jointly by ICTA and the Sector Público Agrícola.
Description based on 1976/1977.
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Guatemala
Guatemala
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72791247
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Éditeur(s) : Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnologi´a Agri´colas, Sector Pu´blico Agri´cola ( Guatemala, C.A ) Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología Agrícolas, Sector Público Agrícola ( Guatemala, C.A )
Résumé : Cover title.
"Marzo, 1979."
At head of title: "Semillas ICTA, Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología Agrícolas, Sector Público Agrícola."
Guatemala
Guatemala

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Éditeur(s) : Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología Agrícolas, Sector Público Agropecuario y de Alimentación Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología Agrícolas, Sector Público Agropecuario y de Alimentación ( Guatemala C.A )
Résumé : (Statement of Responsibility) Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología Agrícolas, Sector Público Agropecuario y de Alimentación.
"Agosto 1983."
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71053364

Éditeur(s) : Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología Agrícolas, Sector Público Agropecuario y de Alimentación Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología Agrícolas, Sector Público Agropecuario y de Alimentación ( Guatemala C.A )
Résumé : (Statement of Responsibility) Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología Agrícolas, Sector Público Agropecuario y de Alimentación.
Spiral bound.
Guatemala
Guatemala
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71366373

Éditeur(s) : Departamento de Divulgaciâon Agrâicola DIGESA, Ministerio de Agricultura Departamento de Divulgaciâon Agrâicola DIGESA, Ministerio de Agricultura ( Guatemala )
Résumé : (Statement of Responsibility) Sector Pâublico Agrâicola, Ministerio de Agricultura.
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Guatemala
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Éditeur(s) : Ministerio de Agricultura Ministerio de Agricultura ( Guatemala )
Résumé : "Octubre de 1993."
"Consulta nacional con las organizaciones de agricultores del sector empresarial, SPAYAE; sector cooperativo confederado, CONFECOOP; organizaciones de pequeños agricultores; organizaciones de mujeres rurales y organizaciones no gubernamentales que trabajan con mujeres rurales; organizaciones no gubernamentales que trabajan con pequeños agricultores y campesinos, y sector académico y profesional..."
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Guatemala
Guatemala
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Éditeur(s) : Detroit Photographic Company Detroit Photographic Company ( [Detroit, Mich.] )
Résumé : During the 19th century, Havana grew beyond the city walls and Habana Vieja. Broad avenues, classical architecture, trees, and monuments made this section elegant and sophisticated. Foremost among these streets is El Prado.
Digital image. 2005. 400 ppi, 2865 x 3681 pixels, 30.1 mb rgb tif. Detroit Photograph Company. Photochroms. Box 2.
Attached to 11 x 14 in., acid-free window mat.
Havana (Cuba)

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Éditeur(s) : Centro Internacional de Investigaciones para el Desarrollo ; Centro Internacional de Investigaciones para el Desarrollo Departamento de Ciencia Política, Universidad de los Andes Centro Internacional de Investigaciones para el Desarrollo ;
Résumé : (Bibliography) Includes bibliographical references.
Colombia
Colombia
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Éditeur(s) : Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología Agrícolas, Sector Público Agrícola Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología Agrícolas, Sector Público Agrícola ( Guatemala C.A )
Résumé : (Statement of Responsibility) Instituto de Ciencia y Tecnología Agrícolas, Sector Público Agrícola.
"Impreso en ... Guatemala, mayo de 1976"--T.p. verso.
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Résumé : (Bibliography) Includes bibliographical references.
(Citation/Reference) Brown, J.C. Cat., 1493-1800,
(Citation/Reference) Sabin,
(Citation/Reference) Martin & Walter,
(Citation/Reference) Bissainthe, M. Dictionnaire de bib. haitienne,
Statement of responsibility for v. 2-4: Par J.Ph. Garran, député par le département du Loiret. Imprimé par ordre de la Convention nationale. Tome II, distribué au Corps législatif en pluviôse an VI.; ... Tome III, [-IV,] distribué au Corps législatif en nivose an VII.
Dates of publication: v.2: An VI de la République [1798]; v.3: An VII de la République [1799].
Text divided into three sections: Première partie. Des troubles parmi les blancs durant l'Assemblée constituante, et de la première assemblée coloniale (v.1); Seconde partie. Des insurrections contre les blancs, et de la seconde assemblée coloniale (v.2); Troisième partie. De l'administration de Polverel et de Sonthonax, et de l'affranchisement général des noirs (v.3-4).
(Statement of Responsibility) fait au nom de la Commission des colonies, des Comités de salut publique, de législation et de marine, réunis, par J. Ph. Garran, député par le département du Loiret. Imprimé par ordre de la Convention nationale, et distribué au Corps législatif en ...
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Haïti

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Éditeur(s) : Planters' Punch Planters' Punch ( [Kingston: Jamaica] )
Résumé : (Biographical) From Wikipedia for H. G. de Lisser, from 29 June 2013: Herbert George de Lisser CMG (9 December 1878 - 19 May 1944) was a Jamaican journalist and author. He has been called "one of the most conspicuous figures in the history of West Indian literature". De Lisser was born in Falmouth, Jamaica, and attended William Morrison's Collegiate School in Kingston. He started work at the Institute of Jamaica at the age of 14. Three years later he joined the Jamaica Daily Gleaner, of which his father was editor, as a proofreader, and two years later became a reporter on the Jamaica Times. In 1903, De Lisser became assistant editor of the Gleaner and was editor within the year. He wrote several articles for the paper every day. He also produced a novel or non-fiction book every year, beginning in 1913 with Jane: A Story of Jamaica, significant for being the first West Indian novel to have a central black character. Another famous novel of his, The White Witch of Rosehall (1929), is linked to a legend of a haunting in Jamaica. De Lisser also wrote several plays. In December 1920 he began publishing an annual magazine, Planters' Punch. De Lisser devoted much time and effort to the revival of the Jamaican sugar industry and represented Jamaica at a number of sugar conferences around the world. He was also general secretary of the Jamaica Imperial Association, honorary president of the Jamaica Press Association, and chairman of the West Indian section of the Empire Press Union. He was appointed Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG) in the 1920 New Year Honours.
Jamaica

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Éditeur(s) : Classic Editions Classic Editions
Résumé : Front cover and selection from the book.
With an introduction and reading comprehension questions in the full book.
(Biographical) Lyonel Dominique S. Desmarattes works in the Haitian Creole section of the Voice of America in Washington, D.C. His publications include Mouche Defas and Lekòl fanm yo, plays originally written by Molière.
(Biographical) Benjamin Hebblethwaite works as Assistant Professor in Haitian Creole and Francophone Studies at the University of Florida in Gainesville. His publications include Vodou Songs in Haitian Creole and English and Une saison en enfer / Yon sezon matchyavèl (with Jacques Pierre), a translation of Arthur Rimbaud’s prose poem.
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