First meeting of the new International Scientific Committee for the Project The Slave Route
At UNESCO Headquarters, with the presence of its Director General
March 9, 2006/ UNESCO Regional Office for Culture in Latin America and the Caribbean
On February 22nd last, the first meeting of the new International Scientific Committee of the project The Slave Route was held at the UNESCO Headquarters. The Director General of the organization, Mr. Koichiro Matsuura, was present at the meeting.
The new Committee is now as follows: Council Chairman: Mr. Rex Nettleford (Jamaica) Vice Chairpersons: Mr. Jean-Michel Deveau (France)
Ms. Benigna Zimba (Mozambique)
Dr. Miguel Barnet (Cuba)
Rapporteurs: Ms.Aisha Bilkhair-Khalifa (United Arab Emirates)
Mr. Jocelyn Chan Low (Mauritius) Members
Mr. James Anquandah (Ghana)
Mr. Ibiratan Castro Araujo (Brazil)
Ms. Isabel Castro Henriques (Portugal)
Mr. Quince Duncan (Costa Rica)
Ms. Marta Beatriz Goldberg (Argentina)
Mr. Laënnec Hurbon (Haiti)
Mr. Paul E. Lovejoy (Canada)
Mr. Nestor N. Luanda (United Republic of Tanzania)
Ms. Luz-María Martínez-Montiel (Mexico)
Mr. Nicolas Ngou-Mvé (Gabon)
Mr. Kiran Kamal Prasad (India)
Ms. Anne Remiche-Martynow (Belgium)
Mr. David Richardson (United Kingdom of Great Britain)
Ms. Sheila W. Walker (United States of America)