Caribbean Commission

Extract

At the thirteenth session of the Caribbean Commission it was announced that agreements had been made between the Technical Cooperation Administration of the United States and the governments of France, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom for technical assistance in the field of aided self-help housing, $68,000 being allotted for a two-year period. The commission, at this session, 1) accepted the recommendation that a statement of the radio stations issuing hurricane warnings and a list of frequencies and power output be sent to interested governments at the start of the hurricane season; 2) selected Guadeloupe as the site for the fourteenth session of the commission opening on May 5; 3) agreed that a trade promotion conference should be held, which would include a discussion on the effect of tariffs; 4) agreed on a provisional agenda for the fifth session of the West Indian Conference; and 5) agreed that the fields selected for emphasis in new projects should be limited to agriculture, forestry and fisheries development, industrial development and housing. The commission also adopted the following schedule of conferences for 1952: industrial development, in Puerto Rico in February; fisheries, in Trinidad in March; existing and potential timber trade, in Trinidad in April; Eastern Caribbean Hurricane Subcommission, in Trinidad in June (second meeting); cooperative workshop, in Puerto Rico in July or August; and home economics, in Trinidad in the latter part of the year or early 1953. A proposal that the commission study the problem of providing credit for small farmers and a resolution urging governments to encourage the maximum use and development of natural resources were approved, while the commission urged implementation of a previous resolution relating to freedom of the air.