NOTES ON THE ARGYLE AGREEMENT BETWEEN GUYANA AND VENEZUELA. DECEMBER 13, 2023. By Dr. Abiola Inniss No. 8 of the agreement makes Ralph Gonsalves of St Vincent and the Grenadines , Rooseveldt Skerrit , and Brazil’s Ignacio Da Silva the substantive interlocutors in the border dispute and relegates the United Nations Secretary General to observer. NO MATTER WHO HOLDS THE OFFICE,it is the effective comptroller of the most powerful and effective internaional diplomatic organization in the world. The United Nations was created after the failed League of Nations following World War 2 for the purpose of instititionalizing diplomatic relations among nations. Can these individuals who have temporary political office, and in the case of Gonsalves no real international diplomatic influence hold Venezuela to account? HOW IS THIS A WIN FOR GUYANA ? This agreement weakens the diplom...
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Wither Caribbean Intellectual Property in 2023? BY Dr. Abiola Inniss Ph.D. LLM Executive Director CAAIPO It seems endemic to Caribbean society that policy planning and execution in almost all spheres is based either on current needs arising from past partially resolved issues, or in pursuit of world trends such as technological developments which require regulatory coping strategies, especially in the areas of innovation and technology. It is not as common for governments in the region to create policies with the intention of stimulating technological innovation. Most of the time policy efforts are aimed at bolstering the efforts of small and medium sized enterprises (SME’s) so that they might contribute to the GDP of the country through the creation of ...