Hilary Beckles on the General Assembly: 64th plenary…

Sir Hilary Beckles is Vice-Chancellor of The University of the West Indies. He is the Chairman of the Caribbean Community [CARICOM] Commission on Reparation and Social Justice, President of Universities Caribbean, an editor of the UNESCO General History of Africa series and a Director of the Global Tourism Resilience and Crisis Management Centre. He has also served as an advisor to the UN World Culture Report and Advisor to the Secretary-General of the United Nations on Sustainable Development. He is a past Vice President of the International Task Force for the UNESCO Slave Route Project and a past consultant for the UNESCO Cities for Peace Global Programme. He played a leading role in "Rhythms of Resistance," the UN Department of Global Communications' online cultural event in March 2022 to mark the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade. He is from Barbados.