Adelina Guastavi and Barry Oxtoby
The United Nations Staff College Project (UNSCP), conceived in 1996 as a project with an initial life‐span of five years, has been entrusted by the United Nations to the…
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The United Nations Staff College Project (UNSCP), conceived in 1996 as a project with an initial life‐span of five years, has been entrusted by the United Nations to the International Training Centre of the ILO in Turin. The college aims at promoting and developing a series of new and innovative learning and training opportunities in support of a more effective United Nations system and as a contribution and support to the process of change and reform currently under way. This paper is a commentary on the progress made in conceiving, creating, developing and applying a learning and change process in the United Nations Staff College Project. The time span is from January to June 1997.
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The racial diversity of the Caribbean stemmed directly from the historical processes of colonialism, imperialism, slavery, and indentureship. Since the early 17th century, slaves…
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The racial diversity of the Caribbean stemmed directly from the historical processes of colonialism, imperialism, slavery, and indentureship. Since the early 17th century, slaves have been imported from Africa to work in the Caribbean. In the British West Indies, slavery was abolished in 1834 but these African slaves worked on the sugar estates until the apprenticeship was abolished on August 1, 1838. Even before 1838, planters frequently complained of labor shortages and appealed to Britain for the approval of imported labor. Thus, there were attempts by the planters in colonies, such as Trinidad, to introduce Chinese labor to the plantations. As early as 1806, there was the importation of 192 Chinese from Macao and Penang into Trinidad. However, this experiment soon failed. In 1834 and 1839, laborers from Portugal were imported into Trinidad. This soon ended as Portuguese workers could not withstand the rigorous conditions of the contract labor system.