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CARIBBEAN COMMISSION APPOINTMENTS

Mr. Garnet H. Gordon, 0.B.E., an elected member of the Legislative

Council of St. Lucia, Windward Islands, and Mr. W.H. Courtenay, an elected

member of the Legislative Council of British Honduras, have been appointed

by the Secretory of State for the Colonies as members of the British

Section of the Caribbean Commission for the period up to the end of the

next session of the West Indian Conference. This will be Mr. Gordon's

second term of office.

Both members were selected by the non-official British delegates

to the third session of the West Indian Conference held in Guadeloupe

in December.

Both are members of the Executive Councils of their respective colonies.

COLONIAL OFFICE INFORMATION DEPARTMENT

There

The Caribbean Commission is a consultative and advisory body established

in October, 1946, by the Governments of the French Republic, the Kingdom of

the Netherlands, the United Kingdom and the United States of America.

are 16 Commissioners, four of whom are appointed by each of the member

governments. The Commission meets ot least twice a year.

The West Indian Conference is one of two auxiliary bodies of the

Commission,

The

The Conference provides regular me ons of consultation with and

between delegates from the territories on matters of common interest.

Conference is convened by the Commission at least biennially.

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