UNITED NATIONS (CMC):

Grenada has called on Britain and Argentina to find a solution to the ongoing dispute over the Falkland Islands.

"My delegation takes the floor to reiterate its long-standing position on this matter and to restate its commitment to the principle of self-determination and the rights of a people to decide their own destiny," Patricia Rouse, Grenada United Nations Ambassador, told a debate on the matter by the U.N. Decolonization Committee.

She said Grenada wanted both countries "to continue negotiations, concentrating on the issues of genuine importance to the islands, with the hope of finding the best possible solution to the current situation, in accordance with the Resolutions of the United Nations and the Organisation of American States and the principles and Charter of the United Nations."

PORT-OF-SPAIN, TRINIDAD (CMC):

Trade union organisations in Trinidad and Tobago will observe this year's Labour Day activities on Monday as separate entities, according David Abdullah, president of the Federation of Independent Trade Unions and NGOs.

Abdullah told reporters that his organisation would not be teaming up with the National Trade Union Centre to organise the Labour Day rallies at Fyzabad, south of here on Monday, a national holiday.

"There was no discussion prior to June 19 this year about a joint platform, perhaps that will happen sometime in the future," Abdullah said.

BASSETERRE, ST. KITTS (CMC):

Caribbean countries appear willing to side with Japan in calling for an international conference to discuss the future of the International Whaling Commission (IWC).

The independent meeting would be held outside of the IWC's sphere of influence and would be attended by officials of Japan and like-minded countries in the Caribbean, Africa, Central America, Asia, Latin America and Europe which support the policy of the sustainable use of the world's marine resources, including whales for food.

If held within the next 12 months, the conference can eventually lead to an exodus of Japan and a host of developing countries from the 60-year-old commission and the formation of a new international organisation dedicated to the principle of the sustainable use of the world's marine resources, including whales.

It's the first time that Japan and other countries are openly talking about leaving the IWC which opened its 58th annual conference here yesterday.

"The IWC has become a dysfunctional body," said Joji Morishita, the director for international negotiations in Japan's fisheries agency.

GEORGETOWN, GUYANA (CMC):

A High Court judge has banned Home Affairs Minister Gail Teixeira and other government ministers and public functionaries from commenting on the controversial wiretapped tape case involving embattled Police Commissioner Winston Felix.

Prime Minister Sam Hinds wrote Felix earlier this month demanding an immediate response to allegations contained in two tapes from bugged conversations he allegedly had with an opposition legislator and employees of the main opposition People's National Congress Reform, Felix applied to the High Court for a nisi order to quash Hinds' decision to write to him on allegations derived from the controversial tapes and an order prohibiting the Prime Minister from proceeding with any investigation that could lead to President Bharrat Jagdeo appointing a tribunal resulting in his possible removal as Police Commissioner.

KINGSTOWN, ST. VINCENT (CMC):

St. Vincent and the Grenadines' Tourism Minister, Glen Beache, says he is cautiously optimistic that the United States will not issue a travel advisory against the island following the rape of two teenaged American girls last month.