On behalf of my government, I wish to convey our gratitude to the Vanukean Trade and Industry Minister, Jezklune Shtén, and the President of the General Assembly, Kyle Mizzi, for agreeing to meet myself and my Deputy Prime Minister, Louis Poullain, in order to discuss the issues related to the agricultural market.
It is our strong view, and also the strong view of a number of other third world governments, and also the view of a number of international aid and international development organisations such as the Terran Poverty Relief Association (TPRA) that the governments of Terra's wealthiest countries should cease subsidising their agricultural exports in order to give poorer countries a better chance at cashing in on agricultural exports on the world markets.
We also believe action should be taken to ensure third world nations get fairer prices for the agricultural products they export. At present, we feel the huge global corporations are able to put unfair pressure on our producers to lower their prices.
There are also issues with agricultural labourers in countries like Noumonde not getting a fair deal from their employers. In Noumonde, my government is working to remedy this, although progress is slow, and we are seriously hindered by the lack of international support for our
International Noumonde Fund for Land Redistribution.
Noumonde and other third world nations face serious challenges on many fronts, but to turn to practical matters now, we believe it would be enormously helpful if Vanuku would be prepared to agree to the following very limited and reasonable requests:
i) To set itself a target of eliminating all of its agricultural subsidies and agricultural tariff barriers by the year 4500.
ii) To work with His Excellency Kyle Mizzi, ourselves and other interested parties to prepare a World Congress resolution calling on all nations ranked as "Strong" or "Very Strong" economic powers by the
Zardic Institute of International Relations to work towards eliminating all of their agricultural subsidies and agricultural tariff barriers by the year 4500.
iii) To make a donation to the
International Noumonde Fund for Land Redistribution and encourage other international partners to do as well.
iv) To pass laws requiring Vanukean companies not to purchase agricultural products from producers who unacceptably exploit their labour and/or cause unacceptable harm to the environment.