E/CN.4/2004/18/Add.1
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Annex
REPORT SUBMITTED BY MR. DOUDOU DIÈNE, SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR
ON CONTEMPORARY FORMS OF RACISM, RACIAL DISCRIMINATION,
XENOPHOBIA AND RELATED INTOLERANCE, ON HIS MISSION TO
GUYANA AND TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO (14-25 JULY 2003)
CONTENTS
Paragraphs
Introduction ..............................................................................................
I.
II.
Page
1-2
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MISSION TO GUYANA .........................................................
3 - 41
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A. General overview ..............................................................
5 -11
7
1.
Legal and institutional framework ............................
6-8
7
2.
Political context .........................................................
9
8
3.
Economic situation ....................................................
10 - 11
8
B. A history marked by inter-ethnic tensions and conflict ....
12 - 25
8
1.
Political dynamic of ethnic polarization ...................
18 - 21
10
2.
Impact of racial polarization on economic
and social life ............................................................
22 - 25
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C. Measures taken by the Government .................................
26 - 32
12
D. Action by the United Nations ...........................................
33
13
E.
Action by civil society ......................................................
34 - 37
13
F.
Analysis and evaluation of ethnic polarization .................
38 - 40
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G. Recommendations ............................................................
41
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MISSION TO TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO ...........................
42 - 60
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A. General overview ..............................................................
43 - 46
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B. The issue of race relations ................................................
47 - 51
20
C. Measures taken by the Government .................................
52 - 56
22
D. Action by civil society ......................................................
57 - 59
23
60
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E.
Recommendations ............................................................
Appendices
I.
II.
Table of senior administrative ranks by ethnicity
in the public service in Guyana ..........................................................................
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Selected list of persons whom the
Special Rapporteur met ......................................................................................
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