Caribbean Report 14-02-1992

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SpecialCollections.repositoryAll sounds files in this collection are being kept at the Main Library, Mona Campus, Jamaica and The Alma Jordan Library, St. Augustine Campus, Trinidad and Tobago.en_US
dc.contributorThe University of the West Indiesen_US
dc.contributor.authorGoffe, Leslie (anchor)
dc.contributor.authorNorton, Michael (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorWalker, Herbert (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorFawcett, Tim (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorJoseph, Maynard (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorWater, Frank (interviewee)
dc.coverage.spatialCaribbean Area.en_US
dc.creatorThe British Broadcasting Corporationen_US
dc.date.accessioned2012-08-22T14:08:32Z
dc.date.available2012-08-22T14:08:32Z
dc.date.issued1992-02-14
dc.description.abstractHaitian lawmarkers call on the President of the Senate for a date and venue to be announced within the next 72 hours for the next rounds of talks with the OAS. United States express concerns on reports circulating that people trying to leave Haiti are being persecuted. After fears are expressed by the Dominican Republic on the ability to provide adequate security for ousted Haitian President Jean Bertrand Aristide, he declines to apeak at a scheuled meetngin Haiti, while reports circulate on the real reason for not wanting him to speak. An OAS representative withdraws from attendance to a UN Caribbean and Latin group meeting on the crisis in Haiti. The OECS reviews the tariff ceiling in the Common External Tariff. General Secretary of the Barbados Workers Union says hte regions politicians are misjudging the desire for integration and Caribbean Banana Producers are seeking assurances from the European Community that their guaranteed markets under the Lome Convention will not be destroyed by the Introduction of the Single European Market.en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents1. Headlines (00:00-00:42)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents2. Report on the call by Haitian lawmakers to the President of the Senate to arrange the next rounds of talks with the OAS, and calls for a date and venue within the next 72 hours. Michael Norton reports from Port-au-Prince on whether the law makers were serious and on the violence in Haiti (00:43-03:35)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents3. Report on the concerns by the United States about reports that people trying to leave Haiti are being persecuted. U.S. says they would be sending more staff to the embassy in Haiti to monitor the situation, as well as asking the Haitian authorities about the detention of two journalist, one employed by the BBC (03:36-04:06)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents8. Report that ousted Haitian President, Jean Bertrand Aristide would not be attending the scheduled ACP-EC meeting in the Dominican Republic (13:36-14:09)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents4. Report on the meeting of the Caribbean and Latin American group of the United Nations to review the crisis in Haiti and the setbacks due to the withdrawal of attendance to the meeting of an OAS representative; Herbert Walker, Jamaica's UN ambassador who attended the meeting is interviewed (04:07-06:27)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents5. Report on the proposal by the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States to review the tariff ceiling in the Common External Tariff which has gained the support of the CET's main architect, Earl Bachus, head of the CARICOM export development project, who says that global trends towards trade liberalization could force the larger CARICOM countries to accept the OCES's proposal (09:11-10:11)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents6. Report on the statement by Leroy Trotman, General Secretary of the Barbados Workers Union who says the regions politicians are misjudging the desire in the Caribbean for integration (09:11-10:11)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents7. Caribbean Banana Producers are seeking assurances from the European Community that their guaranteed markets under the Lome Convention will not be destroyed by the Introduction of the Single European Market. Tim Forsette reports from Dominica on the importance of Banana production and interviews Maynard Joseph, Dominica's Minister of Agriculture on whether he envisages diversification away from bananas. General Secretary of the Farmers Union Frank Water thinks the situation could be worse (10:12-13:35)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents8. Report that ousted Haitian President, Jean Bertrand Aristide would not be attending the scheduled ACP-EC meeting in the Dominican Republic, which he was advised not to attend (13:36-14:09)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents9. Ending of report (14:10-14:37)en_US
dc.formatStereo 192 bit rate MP3;44,100 Mega bits;16 biten_US
dc.format.extent14 min 38 sec.en_US
dc.format.mediumSound, mp3en_US
dc.identifier.otherCAR0950en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2139/13210
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherThe British Broadcasting Corporationen_US
dc.relation.ispartofThe BBC Caribbean Archives Collection 1988 - 2011en_US
dc.rightsCopyright British Broadcasting Corporationen_US
dc.rights.accessRightsAccess to this collection is available on site at the Main Library, Mona Campus (main.library@uwimona.edu.jm), Jamaica and The Alma Jordan Library (wimail@sta.uwi.edu), St. Augustine Campus, Trinidad and Tobago.en_US
dc.subject.lcshHaiti -- Presidents.en_US
dc.subject.lcshHaiti--Politics and government.en_US
dc.subject.lcshOrganisation of American States.en_US
dc.subject.lcshRefugees -- Haiti.en_US
dc.subject.lcshAristide, Jean-Bertrand.en_US
dc.subject.lcshTariff structure.en_US
dc.subject.lcshTaxation -- Caribbean Area.en_US
dc.subject.lcshBanana trade -- Caribbean Area.en_US
dc.subject.lcshBanana trade -- Dominica.en_US
dc.subject.otherHaitian refugees -- Violence.en_US
dc.subject.otherRepatriation -- Haitian refugees.en_US
dc.subject.otherBarbados Workers Union.en_US
dc.titleCaribbean Report 14-02-1992en_US
dc.typeRecording, oralen_US

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