Caribbean Report 06-04-1999
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1999-04-06
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1. Headlines with anchor Ken Richards (00:27)
2. United States officials confirm that they will house 20, 000 refugees from the conflict in Kosovo at the naval base in Guantanamo Bay in Cuba. Johnathan Marcus reports that the crisis in Balkan presents the harshest test for President Clinton foreign policy. Larry Burns in Washington and BBC correspondent Tom Gibb discusses the impact of forced migration and the Cuban government reaction to the relocation of refugees. Professor Philip Brenner at the American University comments on the isolation of refugees at the military base and humanitarian effects (00:28 – 07: 40)
3. The World Health Organization (WTO) will decide on the successor to Director General Renato Ruggiero. Delegates remain split on choosing a candidate. Chairman of WTO General Council is holding consultations with delegates to break the deadlock and achieve consensus (07: 41 – 08:15)
4. In Saint Vincent it is reported that drug traffickers are plotting to assassinate police and customs officers in Dominica. Dominica Police Commissioner Simon Darroux speaks to Ken Richards on the assassination plot and plans to protect his police officers. BBC Correspondent Matthias Peltier reports (08: 16 – 12:54)
5. Antigua/Barbuda is consulting with British foreign minister on the movement of foreign waste though Caribbean via British and French companies. This mode of transporting waste materials is viewed as posing clear and present danger to all Caribbean countries (12:55 – 13: 18)
6. A new stamp will be available in Antigua featuring Australian model Elle Macpherson who has vacationed on the island and aided in the promotion of the tourism industry. Religious activists are protesting the move. Kimberly Anderson Thomas reports (13:19 – 14:33)
7. Jamaican defence soldiers have begun mobile patrols to assist police in protecting criminal elements affecting the tourist industry (14:34 – 15: 28)
2. United States officials confirm that they will house 20, 000 refugees from the conflict in Kosovo at the naval base in Guantanamo Bay in Cuba. Johnathan Marcus reports that the crisis in Balkan presents the harshest test for President Clinton foreign policy. Larry Burns in Washington and BBC correspondent Tom Gibb discusses the impact of forced migration and the Cuban government reaction to the relocation of refugees. Professor Philip Brenner at the American University comments on the isolation of refugees at the military base and humanitarian effects (00:28 – 07: 40)
3. The World Health Organization (WTO) will decide on the successor to Director General Renato Ruggiero. Delegates remain split on choosing a candidate. Chairman of WTO General Council is holding consultations with delegates to break the deadlock and achieve consensus (07: 41 – 08:15)
4. In Saint Vincent it is reported that drug traffickers are plotting to assassinate police and customs officers in Dominica. Dominica Police Commissioner Simon Darroux speaks to Ken Richards on the assassination plot and plans to protect his police officers. BBC Correspondent Matthias Peltier reports (08: 16 – 12:54)
5. Antigua/Barbuda is consulting with British foreign minister on the movement of foreign waste though Caribbean via British and French companies. This mode of transporting waste materials is viewed as posing clear and present danger to all Caribbean countries (12:55 – 13: 18)
6. A new stamp will be available in Antigua featuring Australian model Elle Macpherson who has vacationed on the island and aided in the promotion of the tourism industry. Religious activists are protesting the move. Kimberly Anderson Thomas reports (13:19 – 14:33)
7. Jamaican defence soldiers have begun mobile patrols to assist police in protecting criminal elements affecting the tourist industry (14:34 – 15: 28)