Caribbean Report 03-06-1993
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1993-06-03
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1. Headlines (00:00-00:38)
2. There is mounting speculation among European trade experts that the Lomé agreement risk being unraveled over GATT objections. At issue is the preferential access granted to Caribbean and other ACP bananas entering the EC. A confidential document obtained by Caribbean Report says that even if the objections by the GATT disputes panel is overruled by the GATT General Council, the death knell would still have been sounded for the Lomé accord. The document stated that the EC violated GATT’s provision by offering preferential trading to a limited group of nations. Mike Jarvis reports (00:39-02:38)
3. The Economic Committee for Agriculture which brings together European banana producers is in support of the ACP countries. The Committee is dismayed by the decisions taken by the GATT’s disputes panel and is calling on the European Community to reject the recommendations. The Financial Times also attacks the new banana regime as being defective and incompatible. Mike Jarvis reports (02:39-05:12)
4. The Caribbean is reported to have supported a UN agency recommendation for the transport of nuclear and other hazardous materials by sea. The International Maritime Organization (IMO) which has Caribbean members says that it has endorsed and even exceed current international standards. The international environmental organization, Greenpeace has challenged the assertions. The recommendations are to be discussed by the IMO governing body later in the year. Interviews with Damian Monglin, International Co-coordinator with Greenpeace and Roger Kohn, IMO spokesman in London (05:13-09:55)
5. Caribbean Epidemiology Centre (CAREC) says its workload will be severely hampered unless governments clear a backlog of subscription arrears. CAREC’s director, Franklin White says arrears over the past three years stand at over five million US dollars and some countries have not paid subscription in eight years. Interview with Franklin White, CAREC’s director (09:56-12:00)
6. A debate is looming in Trinidad and Tobago over the state of relations between the two main ethnic groups, people of African and Indian descent. It stems from claims by Hulsie Bhaggan, Member of Parliament for the largely Indian based opposition party, the United National Congress. Bhaggan claims that the Indian community in Central Trinidad is being targeted by a group which she calls African bandits (12:01-14:42)
7. Canadian Prime Minister, Brian Mulroney has reiterated that a naval blockade be set up around Haiti to force the de facto government to accept the return of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide (14:43-15:15)
2. There is mounting speculation among European trade experts that the Lomé agreement risk being unraveled over GATT objections. At issue is the preferential access granted to Caribbean and other ACP bananas entering the EC. A confidential document obtained by Caribbean Report says that even if the objections by the GATT disputes panel is overruled by the GATT General Council, the death knell would still have been sounded for the Lomé accord. The document stated that the EC violated GATT’s provision by offering preferential trading to a limited group of nations. Mike Jarvis reports (00:39-02:38)
3. The Economic Committee for Agriculture which brings together European banana producers is in support of the ACP countries. The Committee is dismayed by the decisions taken by the GATT’s disputes panel and is calling on the European Community to reject the recommendations. The Financial Times also attacks the new banana regime as being defective and incompatible. Mike Jarvis reports (02:39-05:12)
4. The Caribbean is reported to have supported a UN agency recommendation for the transport of nuclear and other hazardous materials by sea. The International Maritime Organization (IMO) which has Caribbean members says that it has endorsed and even exceed current international standards. The international environmental organization, Greenpeace has challenged the assertions. The recommendations are to be discussed by the IMO governing body later in the year. Interviews with Damian Monglin, International Co-coordinator with Greenpeace and Roger Kohn, IMO spokesman in London (05:13-09:55)
5. Caribbean Epidemiology Centre (CAREC) says its workload will be severely hampered unless governments clear a backlog of subscription arrears. CAREC’s director, Franklin White says arrears over the past three years stand at over five million US dollars and some countries have not paid subscription in eight years. Interview with Franklin White, CAREC’s director (09:56-12:00)
6. A debate is looming in Trinidad and Tobago over the state of relations between the two main ethnic groups, people of African and Indian descent. It stems from claims by Hulsie Bhaggan, Member of Parliament for the largely Indian based opposition party, the United National Congress. Bhaggan claims that the Indian community in Central Trinidad is being targeted by a group which she calls African bandits (12:01-14:42)
7. Canadian Prime Minister, Brian Mulroney has reiterated that a naval blockade be set up around Haiti to force the de facto government to accept the return of President Jean-Bertrand Aristide (14:43-15:15)