Caribbean Report 03-06-1993

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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.authorRowe, Yvette (anchor)
dc.contributor.authorJarvis, Mike (correspondent)
dc.contributor.authorMonglin, Damian (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorKohn, Roger (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorWhite, Franklin (interviewee)
dc.contributor.authorFraser, Tony (correspondent)
dc.coverage.spatialCaribbean Area.en_US
dc.creatorThe British Broadcasting Corporationen_US
dc.date.accessioned2020-05-01T20:37:44Z
dc.date.available2020-05-01T20:37:44Z
dc.date.issued1993-06-03
dc.description.tableofcontents1. Headlines (00:00-00:38)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents2. 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)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents3. 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)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents4. 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)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents5. 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)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents6. 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)en_US
dc.description.tableofcontents7. 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)en_US
dc.formatStereo 192 bit rate MP3;44,100 Mega bits;16 biten_US
dc.format.extent15 min. 15 sec.en_US
dc.format.mediumSound, mp3en_US
dc.identifier.otherCAR1289en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/2139/48993
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.lcshLomé Conventionsen_US
dc.subject.lcshBanana trade -- Caribbean Areaen_US
dc.subject.lcshNuclear cargo ships -- Caribbean Areaen_US
dc.subject.lcshCaribbean Epidemiology Centreen_US
dc.subject.lcshInternational Maritime Organizationen_US
dc.subject.lcshGeneral Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (Organization)en_US
dc.subject.lcshEmbargo -- Haitien_US
dc.titleCaribbean Report 03-06-1993en_US
dc.typeRecording, oralen_US

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