Order of the Caribbean Community
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The Order of the Caribbean Community is an award given to
The award was initiated at the Eighth (8th) Conference of Heads of State
and Government
s of CARICOM in 1987 and began bestowal in 1992. Decisions as to award are taken by the Advisory Committee for the Order of the Caribbean Community
The Insignia
of the O.C.C. set in gold
and the Ribbon
of the Order are presented to those honoured.
- "Caribbean nationals whose legacy in the economic, political, social and cultural metamorphoses of Caribbean society is phenomenal"
The award was initiated at the Eighth (8th) Conference of Heads of State
Head of State
A head of state is the individual that serves as the chief public representative of a monarchy, republic, federation, commonwealth or other kind of state. His or her role generally includes legitimizing the state and exercising the political powers, functions, and duties granted to the head of...
and Government
Government
Government refers to the legislators, administrators, and arbitrators in the administrative bureaucracy who control a state at a given time, and to the system of government by which they are organized...
s of CARICOM in 1987 and began bestowal in 1992. Decisions as to award are taken by the Advisory Committee for the Order of the Caribbean Community
The Insignia
Insignia
Insignia or insigne pl -nia or -nias : a symbol or token of personal power, status or office, or of an official body of government or jurisdiction...
of the O.C.C. set in gold
Gold
Gold is a chemical element with the symbol Au and an atomic number of 79. Gold is a dense, soft, shiny, malleable and ductile metal. Pure gold has a bright yellow color and luster traditionally considered attractive, which it maintains without oxidizing in air or water. Chemically, gold is a...
and the Ribbon
Ribbon
A ribbon or riband is a thin band of material, typically cloth but also plastic or sometimes metal, used primarily for binding and tying. Cloth ribbons, most commonly silk, are often used in connection with clothing, but are also applied for innumerable useful, ornamental and symbolic purposes...
of the Order are presented to those honoured.
Privileges and entitlements
There are some privileges and entitlements invested upon the recipients. Some of these are the follows:- The award confers the styling The HonourableThe HonourableThe prefix The Honourable or The Honorable is a style used before the names of certain classes of persons. It is considered an honorific styling.-International diplomacy:...
upon the recipient and Post-nominals O.C.C.
- Members of the Order are accorded the privilege of free movementFree movementFree movement may refer to:*Freedom of movement between states*The Free Movement, an R&B group...
among Member States of the Community and are issued with a travel documentTravel documentA travel document is an identity document issued by a government or international treaty organization to facilitate the movement of individuals or small groups of persons across international boundaries...
which is assigned similar status to a diplomatic passport.
- The right to reside in and be gainfully employed in any Member State, as well as the right to acquire and dispose of propertyPropertyProperty is any physical or intangible entity that is owned by a person or jointly by a group of people or a legal entity like a corporation...
, as would citizens of Member States, is entitlements granted to Members of the Order.
Recipients
- William Gilbert Demas, 1992
- Sir Shridath Surendranath RamphalShridath RamphalSir Shridath Surendranath "Sonny" Ramphal, GCMG, AC, ONZ, OE, OM, QC, FRSA served as the second Commonwealth Secretary-General from 1975-1990. Ramphal previously served as the Foreign Minister of Guyana from 1972-1975...
, 1992 - Derek Walton Walcott, 1992
- Dame Nita Barrow, 1994
- Justice Philip Telford Georges, 1994
- Sir Meredith Alister McIntyre, 1994
- The Rt. Hon. Michael Norman Manley, 1994
- The Rt. Hon. Vere Cornwall Bird, 1998
- Arthur Napoleon Raymond Robinson, 1998
- Sir Philip Manderson Sherlock, 1998
- Sir Garfield SobersGarfield SobersSir Garfield St Aubrun Sobers AO, OCC is a former cricketer who captained West Indies. His first name of Garfield is variously abbreviated as Gary or Garry. He is widely regarded as one of cricket's greatest ever all-rounders, having excelled at all the essential skills of batting, bowling and...
, 1998 - Sir George AlleyneGeorge AlleyneSir George Alleyne currently serves as United Nations Secretary-General's Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in the Caribbean region. He was appointed to the position by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan in February 2003....
, 2001 - George PriceGeorge Cadle PriceGeorge Cadle Price PC was the first Prime Minister of Belize and is considered to have been one of the principal architects of the country's independence, and is today referred to by many as "the Father of the Nation"....
, 2001 - Slinger Francisco (The Mighty Sparrow), 2001
- Dame Eugenia CharlesEugenia CharlesDame Mary Eugenia Charles, DBE was Prime Minister of Dominica from 21 July 1980 until 14 June 1995. She was Dominica's first, and to date only, female prime minister, as well as the nation's longest serving prime minister...
, 2002 - Sir John ComptonJohn ComptonSir John George Melvin Compton, KBE, PC was the first, fifth and eighth Prime Minister of Saint Lucia in 1979, from 1982 to 1996, and from 2006 until his death. Compton, who previously led Saint Lucia under British rule from 1964 to 1979, was the country's first leader when it became independent...
, 2002 - Lloyd BestLloyd BestThe Honorable Lloyd Algernon Best, OCC was a Trinidadian intellectual, columnist, professor, and economist....
, 2002 - Professor the Honourable Ralston Rex' NettlefordRex NettlefordRalston Milton "Rex" Nettleford, OM ,FIJ, OCC, was a Jamaican scholar, social critic, choreographer, and Vice-Chancellor Emeritus of The University of the West Indies , the leading research university in the Commonwealth Caribbean. Born in Falmouth, Jamaica, Nettleford...
, 2008 - The Honourable George LammingGeorge LammingGeorge Lamming , is a novelist and poet. He was born in Barbados and teaches at Brown University.- Early life and education :George Lamming was born on June 8, 1927 in Carrington Village, Barbados, of mixed African and English parentage. After his mother married his stepfather, Lamming split his...
, 2008 - Brian Charles LaraBrian LaraBrian Charles Lara, TC, OCC, AM is a former West Indian international cricket player. Lara is generally regarded as one of the greatest batsmen of all time...
, 2008 - His Excellency Dr. Nicholas Joseph Orville LiverpoolNicholas LiverpoolNicholas Joseph Orville Liverpool is a Dominican politician and jurist who has served as the sixth President of Dominica since October 2, 2003....
, 2008 - Sir Edwin Carrington, KCN, TCTrinity CrossThe Trinity Cross was the highest of the National Awards of Trinidad and Tobago, between the years 1969– 2008. It was awarded for: distinguished and outstanding service to Trinidad and Tobago...
, CM 2011