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	Politics of Saint Lucia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Politics of Saint Lucia takes place in the framework of an independent parliamentary democratic Commonwealth Realm with Queen Elizabeth II as its head of state, represented by a Governor General, who acts on the advice of the prime minister and the cabinet.
		As head of state, Queen Elizabeth II is represented by a governor general who acts on the advice of the prime minister and the cabinet.
		The parliament may be dissolved by the governor general at any point during its 5-year term, either at the request of the prime minister--in order to take the nation into early elections--or at the governor general's own discretion, if the house passes a vote of no-confidence in the government.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Politics_of_Saint_Lucia (790 words)

	Governor-General - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The most common contemporary usage of the term is to refer to the royally-appointed territorial governor of a region, or royal representative in a country.
		In these cases, the former colonial Governor was "upgraded" (sometimes for the same incumbent) to the title of Governor[-]General upon independence, as the nature of the office became a universal 'constitutional figurehead' position, no longer a symbol of colonial rule.
		Lord Tweedsmuir was Governor General of Canada from 1935 to 1940.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Governor_General (2928 words)

	Encyclopedia :: encyclopedia : Saint Lucia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Saint Lucia is an island nation in the eastern Caribbean Sea on the boundary with the Atlantic Ocean.
		As a Commonwealth Realm, Saint Lucia recognizes Queen Elizabeth II as the Head of State of Saint Lucia, represented on the island by a Governor-General.
		Lucia boasts the highest ratio in the world for number of Nobel laureates produced with respect to the total population of the nation.
	www.hallencyclopedia.com /Saint_Lucia (1549 words)

	List of Governors-General of Saint Lucia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		During any period when the office of Governor-General is vacant of the holder of the office of Governor-General is absent from Saint Lucia or is for any other reason unable to perform the functions of his office those functions shall be performed by such person as Her Majesty may appoint.
		Any such person as aforesaid shall not continue to perform the function of the office of Governor-General if the holder of the office of Governor-General or some other person having a prior right to perform the functions of that office has notified him that he is about to assume or resume those functions.
		The holder of the office of Governor-General shall not, for the purposes of this section, be regarded as absent from Saint Lucia or as unable to perform the function of his office-
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_Governors-General_of_Saint_Lucia (503 words)

	Saint Lucia
		Saint Lucia joins the rest of the members of this august body in applauding this decision to give especial attention, in these turbulent times, to the children of the world, the future of humanity.
		Indeed there is cause for concern, as 14% of the cases recorded in St. Lucia are children under the age of 20; 8% are pediatric cases in the 1 - 5 age group, while 92% of adolescent cases are girls between the ages of 15 and 19.
		Saint Lucia therefore looks to the continued support of the international community in maintaining, even in these difficult times, the enabling environment in which it can access the financial resources and the technical assistance needed to answer the legitimate call of its children for a more secure and less stressful environment.
	www.un.org /ga/children/saintluciaE.htm (710 words)

	Saint Lucia
		Saint Lucia is a multiparty, parliamentary democracy and a member of the Commonwealth of Nations.
		The Saint Lucia Crisis Center for Women, a nongovernmental organization located in Castries, monitored cases of physical and emotional abuse and helped clients to deal with such problems as incest, nonpayment of child support, alcohol and drug abuse, homelessness, custody, and visitation rights.
		The Saint Lucia Crisis Center reported that the incidence of child abuse remained relatively high; it received 13 new cases involving child abuse as of August.
	www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2003/27918.htm (3174 words)

	Saint Lucia
		A Governor General, appointed by the British monarch, is the titular head of state, with largely ceremonial powers.
		Saint Lucia is diversifying its economy into other types of agriculture, light manufacturing, and construction.
		The Saint Lucia Crisis Center for women was established in 1988 in Castries, the capital; a second opened in the southern town of Vieux Fort in January 1999.
	www.state.gov /g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2000/wha/index.cfm?docid=830 (3497 words)

	Press Releases: Angola, As Assembly continues special session, speakers address negative impact of armed conflict on ...
		There was cause for concern as 14 per cent of cases recorded in Saint Lucia were children under the age of 20 years; 8 per cent were paediatric cases in the 1 to 5 age group; and 92 per cent of adolescent cases were girls between 15 and 19.
		Saint Lucia's children, therefore, called for programmatic interventions to reduce the spread of the disease and for the removal of discrimination against infected persons.
		Saint Lucia looked to the continued support of the international community in maintaining the enabling environment in which it could access the financial resources and technical assistance needed to answer the legitimate call of its children for a more secure and less stressful environment.
	www.reliefweb.int /rw/rwb.nsf/AllDocsByUNID/29d6d83b7168009e85256bb40074011a (10530 words)

	Index J (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		13, 1919, Soufrière, Saint Lucia), governor-general of Saint Lucia (1988-96); knighted 1992.
		The governor was also accused of stealing from the state pension fund, and the opposition said her officials kept files on thousands of people in the province.
		17, 1958, Brussels), governor of Ruanda-Urundi (1932-46) and governor-general of Belgian Congo (1946-52).
	www.manic-raven.com /rulers/indexj.html (18103 words)

	Saint Lucia
		Saint Lucia: History - History Columbus may have sighted the island on his 1502 voyage.
		Lucia Joyce as Cordelia and the fool.(Lucia Joyce: To Dance in the Wake)(biography)(Critical Essay)
		Saint Martin/Sint Maarten: a case study of the effects of culture on economic development.
	www.infoplease.com /ce6/world/A0843105.html (258 words)

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		Among the key issues raised this morning as the General Assembly special session on children continued its general debate were the negative impact of armed conflict on children and the need to put an end to their exploitation.
		In preparation for the special session, she said, Saint Lucia had convened a children's forum that sought to canvass the feelings, ideas, worries, hopes and dreams that they wished to convey to the international community.
		She said the children of Saint Lucia had also called for the creation of spaces of their own, such as recreational centres, a children's hospital, foster homes, counselling centres and children's resource centres.
	www.unhchr.ch /huricane/huricane.nsf/view01/8B64645E793B487BC1256BB5002D2909?opendocument (10359 words)

	Saint Lucia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Confirmed by the UN office of St. Lucia, who wrote me that the flag was adopted after their website had been completed, and so they show the old design in dark blue.
		The official colours, proportions and dimensions of the Saint Lucia National Flag are given as follows: Colours of the Saint Lucia National Flag: Cerulean Blue (Process Cyan 100%), Light Chrome Yellow, Black, White.
		Proportions of the Saint Lucia National Flag: Width of the white part of triangle - 1 ½ inches on both sides of the fl; Distance between peaks of fl and white triangles - 4 inches; Length of common base shared by triangles - 1/3 of the length of the Flag.
	www.crwflags.com /fotw/flags/lc.html (2089 words)

	St. Lucia Jottings
		Generally regarded as one of the loveliest bays in St. Lucia.
		Soufriere, in St. Lucia's southwest, is one of the oldest settlements and was the French captial.
		The Pitons have been called St. Lucia's "twin towers" and have long been regarded as the symbol of the island.
	www.silvertorch.com /jottings/stlujots.html (920 words)

	General Comment (Saint Lucia)
		Legal sources in Saint Lucia include acts adopted by Parliament, UK laws and regulations that were in effect immediately before 22 February 1979 and that have not been repealed, but which may have been amended by the Governor-General before 31 December 1980, and English common law.
		On 18 September 1981, the Swiss government received an instrument dated 14 September of that year by which Saint Lucia declared its succession to the four Geneva Conventions of 1949, by virtue of their ratification by the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
		Saint Lucia acceded to the two Additional Protocols of 1977 on 7 October 1982.
	www.icrc.org /IHL-NAT.NSF/162d151af444ded44125673e00508141/b724b1a5d77a531741256ca6003b670e?OpenDocument (2065 words)

	At the Court at Buckingham Palac
		Whereas the status of association of Saint Lucia with the United Kingdom is to terminate on 22nd February 1979 and it is necessary to establish a new constitution for Saint Lucia upon its attainment of fully responsible status within the Commonwealth:
		CHAPTER II There shall be a Governor-General of Saint Lucia who shall be a citizen appointed by Her Majesty and shall hold office during Her Majesty's pleasure and who shall be Her Majesty's representative in Saint Lucia.
		Subject to the provisions of this Constitution, the executive authority of Saint Lucia may be exercised on behalf of Her Majesty by the Governor-General either directly or through officers subordinate to him.
	www.cmseducation.org /wconsts/saint_lucia.html (13862 words)

	Dr. Pearlette Louisy Appointed to Office of Governor General
		According to a release emanating out of the Prime Minister's Office, it was noted, that Her Excellency was born of humble parents in the southern village of Laborie and received her early education at the Laborie Girls Primary School and the St. Joseph's Convent.
		Lucia with what she refereed to as "the zeal, the sensitivity and the objectivity that such an expression of confidence deserves."
		The new Governor General also seized the opportunity to thank her family and friends for having provided her with the environment and the sense of community which had helped to shape her life.
	www.stlucia.gov.lc /pr1997/dr__pearlette_louisy_appointed_to_office_of_governor_general.htm (356 words)

	Office of the Governor General
		To act, in accordance with the provision of the Constitution, as queen’s representative in Saint Lucia and to exercise such functions as would foster national unity and identity both at home and abroad, helping to promote national economic, culture and social interests, encouraging in the process excellence all fields of endeavour.
		General oversight of the administrative and domestic staff and of the management of the official residence of the Governor-General;
		Provide leadership in those aspects of the social, cultural, intellectual and economic life of the country, which fall within the remit of the Office of the Governor-General.
	www.stlucia.gov.lc /agencies/office_of_the_governor_general.htm (221 words)

	Saint Lucia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Lucia was first settled by France in 1650.
		During French rule, it used the same flag as Martinique, its neighbouring island to the north.
		The flag represents the island surrounded by the sea - two triangular shapes on the flag represent two volcanic hills, the Pitons, which are recognized by the people of St. Lucia and by the world as the symbol of this island.
	www.netlinkit.dk /fotw/flags/lc.html (300 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		By Dame Pearlette Louisy, Governor* General, Saint Lucia The development and economic crises of the 1980’s may well have influenced the nature and focus of the debate on the whole issue of sustainable development in both the developed and the developing world.
		Even when there was not a commonly accepted definition of “sustainable development”, the emphasis seemed to have been placed on the threat to the physical ecosystem and the concern over our overexploitation of the earth’s natural resources, whether renewable or non-renewable.
		Prior to that appointment she was the Principal of the Sir Arthur Lewis Community College, the island’s premier tertiary level institution, and one of the founding members of the Association of Caribbean Tertiary Institutions.
	portal.unesco.org /en/file_download.php/ba34bb536e3391d85c44e556bc6ba212CLT2.doc (1641 words)

	Welcome remarks and address by H.E. Edwin W Carrington, Secretary-General,Caribbean Community (CARICOM), at the ...
		Saint Lucia is now once again in the Chair of the Community and it is with the greatest pleasure that I welcome you Prime Minister Anthony, once again to the Chairmanship which you have already assumed with your customary dynamism, wisdom and foresight.
		Coincidentally, it was here in Saint Lucia at that 1998 Meeting, that the Community adopted in principle, the Agreement Establishing the Caribbean Court of Justice (CCJ)-that central pillar of the CARICOM Single Market and Economy (CSME).
		In the junior categories: Shonell Griffin and Hiley Fulgence, both of Saint Lucia; and in the senior category: Pominus Balantyne and Samia Akbar, both of St. Vincent and the Grenadines.
	www.caricom.org /jsp/pressreleases/pres145_05.htm (2049 words)

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		She said that since the establishment of diplomatic relations 7 years ago, the two countries have built up close and friendly relations on the principles of peaceful coexistence, emphasizing that the one-China policy is an important pillar of Saint Lucia's policies towards China and Saint Lucia will continue adhering to the policy.
		She added that the government and people of Saint Lucia will treasure up the precious assistance rendered by China in the memory and are looking forward to continuing the mutually beneficial, reciprocal and fruitful cooperation with China.
		Following the talks, Vice President Zeng Qinghong and Governor General Dr. Perlette Louisy attended the signing ceremony for the economic and technological cooperation agreement between the government of China and the government of Saint Lucia.
	lc2.mofcom.gov.cn /aarticle/bilateralvisits/200411/20041100003909.html (359 words)

	St Lucia Government, St Lucia Government resources
		Lucia continues to recognize Queen Elizabeth II as titular head of state and is an active member of the Commonwealth.
		Lucia is the second largest island of the British Lesser Antilles.
		Lucia's dream of becoming the world's first renewable energy country may soon be a reality.
	www.stlucias.co.uk /StLuciaGovernment (1543 words)

	Index J
		July 18, 1998, New Montrose, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines), governor-general of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (1989-96); knighted 1991.
		He was graduated from the College of Army Commanders and then became general in the northeastern region, before which he had been the staff officer of Heilongjiang Gov. Zhu Qinglan.
		29, 1975, Vevey, Vaud, Switzerland), acting lieutenant governor of Niger (1923-25) and governor of Senegal (1926-29), the French Settlements in Oceania (1930-32), and New Caledonia (1932-33, 1938-39); grandson of Alphonse Seignac-Lesseps.
	www.rulers.org /indexj.html (19361 words)

	rotary
		There were members of all 3 Rotary clubs in Saint Lucia as well as Rotaractors at the 13th District Conference in Barbados held March 30th to April 3rd.
		The Wine and Cheese Fiesta is usually held at the Official Residence of the Governor General of Saint Lucia.
		Rotary Club of Saint Lucia Decmeber 2005 community programme: donation of food to homes for the elderly, distribution of food hampers, christmas party for needy children, shirts and trousers for needy boys, and feeding of the homless and indigent.
	groups.msn.com /rotary/pictures (292 words)

	Saint Lucia Map
		Zeal - Saint Lucia map - Human written reviews of their fine web sites in a huge number of categories.
		Netscape - Browse their Saint Lucia map listings here.
		Saint Lucia Map results at Excite - Now gathers results from the top engines and directories.
	www.inneans.com /maps/Saint-Lucia-map.html (516 words)

	Constitution of St. Lucia
		2.- The Saint Lucia Constitution Order 1967(b), which made provision for the constitution of the Associated State of Saint Lucia, is revoked.
		20.- (1) During any period when the office of Governor-General is vacant of the holder of the office of Governor-General is absent from Saint Lucia or is for any other reason unable to perform the functions of his office those functions shall be performed by such person as Her Majesty may appoint.
		(2) Subject to the provisions of this Constitution, the executive authority of Saint Lucia may be exercised on behalf of Her Majesty by the Governor-General either directly or through officers subordinate to him.
	www.saint-lucia.com /st-lucia-constitution.html (12655 words)

	St. Lucia
		The first inhabitants of St. Lucia were the Arawak Indians, who were forced off the island by the Caribs.
		Explored by Spain and then France, St. Lucia became a British territory in 1814 and one of the Windward Islands in 1871.
		On Feb. 22, 1979, St. Lucia achieved full independence in ceremonies boycotted by the opposition St. Lucia Labour Party, which had advocated a referendum before cutting ties with Britain.
	www.factmonster.com /ipka/A0107931.html (547 words)

	U.S. Newswire : Release : Human Life International Calls for Excommunication of St. Lucia's GovernorGeneral (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		On April 30, 2004, Louisy sanctioned the legalization of abortion in St. Lucia by formally assenting to Clause 166 of the revised Criminal Code.
		The measure legalized abortion in cases of rape or incest and to protect the mother's health or life.
		Pro-lifers in St. Lucia believe Parliament passed the law over the strenuous protests of St. Lucia's Catholic population in all probability to secure development of a luxury hotel that will double as an abortion mill.
	releases.usnewswire.com /printing.asp?id=33435 (328 words)

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