Shridath Ramphal, Guyana
Shridath Ramphal, Guyana Secretary-General of the Commonwealth 1975-90 and Minister of Foreign Affairs and of Justice of Guyana 1972-75. Chief Negotiator for the Caribbean on international economic issues since 1997. Chairman of the Board of the International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance - IDEA since 1995. Chancellor of the University of the West Indies and of the University of Warwick in Britain, both since 1988. Member of the Brandt, Palme, Brundtland, and South Commissions, and the Commissions on Humanitarian Issues and on Preventing Deadly Conflict. Chairman of the West Indian Commission 1989-92. Author of Our Country The Planet, written for the Earth Summit.