CARICOM WANTS SEA DECLARED SPECIAL AREA.Although the Caribbean Community (CARICOM CARICOM: see Caribbean Community and Common Market. ) has agreed to push for the United Nations (UN) to declare the Caribbean Sea a nuclear free zone, a top regional official does not believe that will put an end to the transshipment Transshipment The passing goods from one ocean vessel to another. of hazardous substances through regional waters, reports CANA Cana (kā`nə), ancient town of Galilee. According to the Gospel of St. John it was here that Jesus performed his first miracle by turning water into wine at a wedding. Cana wedding feast where Christ made water into wine. [N.T. (January 24, 1999). Chairman of the CARICOM Council for Trade and Economic Development (COTED) John Horne has called on member states to support the resolution to be tabled at the Special Session of the UN General Assembly in September which would deal with the Small Island Developing States According to the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, small island/developing states (SIDS) are low-lying coastal countries that share similar sustainable development challenges, including small population, limited resources, remoteness, susceptibility Plan of Action. France has over the years been shuttling hazardous substances to Japan through the Panama Canal and into Caribbean waters despite repeated condemnations by CARICOM member states and environmental groupings such as Greenpeace. |
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