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THE STANDING COMMISSION OF THE RED CROSS AND RED CRESCENT AND ITS MEMBERS

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Eamon Harrison Courtenay<br />

2007-2011<br />

Mr. Eamon Harrison Courtenay was elected as a member of the Standing Commission<br />

between November 2007 and November 2011. Prior to this, Mr. Courtney was President of<br />

the Belize Red Cross Society between 1999 until 2002 and has been an active member of the<br />

Movement since 1989, holding various positions within the Belize Red Cross Society. Outside<br />

the Movement, he served as Belize’s Senator and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign<br />

Trade (2006-2007), Deputy Chairman of Belize Bank (2005-2006), Attorney General and<br />

Minister of Investment and Foreign Trade (2003-2004), as well as continuing as a practicing<br />

attorney-at-law (1988-1999). He holds a BA from the University of Texas at Austin and<br />

completed his studies in Law at the University of the West Indies and the Norman Manley<br />

Law School. 118 He was born in Belize on June 11 th , 1960 and is married with two children. 119<br />

118 Standing Commission<br />

119 http://www.cablegatesearch.net/cable.php?id=06BELIZE369<br />

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