Caribbean Report 06-02-1992
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1992-02-06
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The British Broadcasting Corporation
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The decision to relax the trade embargo against Haiti by the Bush administration is defended by Elliot Abrams, United States Assistant Secretary of State for Latin American Affairs. Legal council to ousted President Jean Betrand Aristide believes that the longer President Aristide remains out of office, chances for his re-instatement are diminished. There are reports on the repatriation of Haitian refugees and views expressed by lawyers of the United Nations High Commission for refugees. Finally the 40th anniversary of the reign of the Queen in Britain is reported on.
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1. Headlines (00:00-00:35)
2. Interview with U.S. assistant secretary of state for Latin American Affairs, Elliot Abrams who defends the Bush administration decision to relax the trade embargo against Haiti, as it had failed to achieve its stated objective (00:36-05:13)
3. Report on the view of the diminishing chances of a return to power of ousted Haitian President Jean Bertrand Aristide, as expressed by Michael Barnes, former chairman of the U.S.House sub-committee on the western hemisphere and legal council to President Aristide (05:1-08:42)
4. Report on the views held by lawyers of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees that the United States did not contravene the 1951 Convention by repatriating Haitian refugees, but the Geneva based agency is urging the United States to stop the return of Haitians on Human Rights grounds. Interview with Shawn Chetty, Deputy Director of the division of International protection of the U.N. Refugee Commission is aired and further reports are made on the continued repatriation of Haitian refugees (13:03-14:58)
5. Report on the observation of the 40th anniversary of the reign of the Queen in Britian and views aired of United Kingdom and Commonwealth citizens on the meaning of the monarchy, including that of Sir Shridath Ramphal, former Commonwealth secretary General as well as the views of the editor of the London based Caribbean Times newspaper (13:03-14:58)
2. Interview with U.S. assistant secretary of state for Latin American Affairs, Elliot Abrams who defends the Bush administration decision to relax the trade embargo against Haiti, as it had failed to achieve its stated objective (00:36-05:13)
3. Report on the view of the diminishing chances of a return to power of ousted Haitian President Jean Bertrand Aristide, as expressed by Michael Barnes, former chairman of the U.S.House sub-committee on the western hemisphere and legal council to President Aristide (05:1-08:42)
4. Report on the views held by lawyers of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees that the United States did not contravene the 1951 Convention by repatriating Haitian refugees, but the Geneva based agency is urging the United States to stop the return of Haitians on Human Rights grounds. Interview with Shawn Chetty, Deputy Director of the division of International protection of the U.N. Refugee Commission is aired and further reports are made on the continued repatriation of Haitian refugees (13:03-14:58)
5. Report on the observation of the 40th anniversary of the reign of the Queen in Britian and views aired of United Kingdom and Commonwealth citizens on the meaning of the monarchy, including that of Sir Shridath Ramphal, former Commonwealth secretary General as well as the views of the editor of the London based Caribbean Times newspaper (13:03-14:58)