| Born: 29 January
1944, Jamaica
Education:
| 1964 |
- B.A. London, United Kingdom |
| 1968 |
- LL.B. (Hons.) London, United Kingdom |
| 1968 |
- Barrister of Law, Middle Temple,
United Kingdom |
| 1970 |
- Certificate, Hague Academy of International
Law, The Netherlands |
| 1972 |
- LL.M. Kings College, London, United
Kingdom |
Professional Experience:
| 1964 - 1966 |
- Graduate teacher of English |
| 1968 - 1971 |
- Crown Counsel, Director of Public
Prosecutions Office, Jamaica |
| 1972 - 1973 |
- Legal adviser to Ministry of Foreign
Affairs, Jamaica |
| 1971 - 1998 |
- Crown Counsel, Senior Assistant Attorney-General,
Director of the Division of International Law and Deputy Solicitor-General
in the Attorney-General’s Department, Jamaica |
| 1972 - 1998 |
- Jamaica’s Representative to the Sixth
(Legal) Committee of the United Nations General Assembly |
| 1981 - 1998 |
- Leader of Jamaica’s delegations for
the negotiation of treaties on several subjects, including Extradition,
Mutual Legal Assistance, Maritime Delimitation and Investment
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Member:
| 1988 - 1995 |
- Inter-American Commission on Human
Rights, and President in 1991 |
| 1991 - 1996 |
- International Law Commission |
| Since 1996 |
- International Bio-ethics Committee |
| 1995 - 1996 |
- Foreign member of the Haiti Truth
and Justice Commission |
| 1997 |
- Chairman of the 12th Session of the
United Nations Commission on Transnational Corporations (UNCTAD);
UNCTAD’s Expert Meeting on Existing Agreements on Investment
and their Development Dimension |
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- Ambassador of the Annual Session
of the General Assembly and the Third United Nations Conference
on the Law of the Sea
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