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9 May 2008
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Antigua and Barbuda says issues before the Commission on Sustainable development are of paramount importance to developing countries
09/05/2008
With soaring global prices of oil and food staples like rice and corn grabbing news headlines and sparking riots across the developing world, the Commission on Sustainable Development this week began a two-year cycle aimed at tackling many of the issues at the heart of the crisis and identifying actions to increase the food supply for the world's poorest people.
Meanwhile, the representative of Grenada Ambassador Angus Friday, speaking on behalf of the Alliance of Small Island States -AOSIS- stressed that the issues on the agenda are highly important issues for the small island developing States –SIDS.
According to Barbados' foreign minister Chris Sinckler, as a small vulnerable economy conditioned by weak and under developed structures, Barbados, like so many other small, vulnerable economies, confront the contradictory realities of the need to integrate into a highly competitive global economy for its own survival.
The situation was of no less concern to Suriname.
Minister of Trade and Industry Clifford Marica expressed concern about the course of globalization which he said accompanied trade liberalization had resulted in a shift of policy focus – both nationally and internationally.
And Jamaica's Senator Ronald Robinson noted that over the last few years, there have been significant changes in the global environment.
He said this has been characterized by rapid technological advancement and changing patterns of trade in goods and services, especially within the developing world with the emergence of dominant economic powers in the South.
Producer: Donn Bobb
(duration: 15'00")
Meanwhile, the representative of Grenada Ambassador Angus Friday, speaking on behalf of the Alliance of Small Island States -AOSIS- stressed that the issues on the agenda are highly important issues for the small island developing States –SIDS.
According to Barbados' foreign minister Chris Sinckler, as a small vulnerable economy conditioned by weak and under developed structures, Barbados, like so many other small, vulnerable economies, confront the contradictory realities of the need to integrate into a highly competitive global economy for its own survival.
The situation was of no less concern to Suriname.
Minister of Trade and Industry Clifford Marica expressed concern about the course of globalization which he said accompanied trade liberalization had resulted in a shift of policy focus – both nationally and internationally.
And Jamaica's Senator Ronald Robinson noted that over the last few years, there have been significant changes in the global environment.
He said this has been characterized by rapid technological advancement and changing patterns of trade in goods and services, especially within the developing world with the emergence of dominant economic powers in the South.
Producer: Donn Bobb
(duration: 15'00")
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