Exhibit2.pdf

COMMENT submitted by Television Association of Programmers Latin America

Exhibit 2 (TAP Filing to FCC)

2009-06-25

This document pretains to SCL-T/C-20090506-00009 for Transfer of Control on a Submarine Cable Landing filing.

IBFS_SCLTC2009050600009_719642

RESTRICTED WORLD TRADE WT/ACC/BHS/1 10 May 2001 ORGANIZATION (01—2404) Original: English ACCESSION OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE BAHAMAS Request for Accession Pursuant to Article XII The Director—General has received the following communication from the Government ofthe Commonwealth of the Bahamas with the request that it be included on the agenda of the next General Council. The Government of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas presents its compliments to the Director of the World Trade Organization (WTO) and has the honour to advise of its decision to apply for membership in the WTO under Article XII of the Marrakesh Agreement Establishing the WTO. As a small island economy, the Commonwealth of the Bahamas is mindful of the necessity of full participation in the international trading system and, to that end, looks forward to becoming a member of the WTO in accordance with the procedures established for accession. 1 should therefore like you to place our application before the General Council at its next meeting. The Government of the Commonwealth of the Bahamas remains at your disposal and at the disposal of the governments of all WTO Members for any further information that may be required with regard to its application for accession.

WTO | accession — Summary Table of Ongoing Accessions Page 1 of 2 search on this site register contact us WORLD TRADE ‘”"—-f)/ ORGANIZATION& THE WTO | WTONEWS | TR&DE TOPICS | RESOURCES | DOCUMENTS | COMMUNITY/FORUMS ——z) espanol frangais > angoing accessions ACCESSIONS: ONGOING ACCESSIONS Summary Table of Ongoing Accessions (Updated April 2009) Application Working Party Memorandum First/Latest® Working Party Number of Working Party Goods Offer Services Offer Draft Working Party Established Meeting Meetings * Report ** initlal latest* initial latest* Afghanistan Nov 2004D ec 2004 Apr 2009 Algeria Jun 1987 Jun 1987 Jul 1996 Apr 1998/Jan 2008 10 Feb 2002 Nov 2007 Mar 2002 Nov 2007 Jun 2006 Aandorra Jul 1997 Oct 1997 Mar 1999 Oct 1999 1 Sep 1999 Sep 1999 Azerbalian Jun 1997 Jul 1997 Apr 1999 Jun 2002/Dec 2008 6 May 2005 Feb 2008 May 2005 Mar 2007 Dec 2008 (FS) Bahamas May 2001 Jul 2001 Belarus Sep 1993 Oct 1993 Jan 1996 Jun 1997 /May 2005 7 Mar 1998 May 2006 Feb 2000 Sep 2006 Jun 2007 (FS) Bhutas Sep 1999 Oct 1999 Feb 2003 Nov 2004/Jan 2008 4 Aug 2005 Nov 2007 Aug 2005 Nov 2007 Dec 2007 Bosniaand Herzegovina May 1999 Jul 1999 Oct 2002 Nov 2003/Mars 2009 6 Oct 2004 Feb 2007 Oct 2004 Feb 2007 Feb 2009 Comoros Feb 2007 Oct 2007 Feb 2007 Feb 2008 3 Jan 2003 Feb 2003 Jan 2007 May 2008 1 iran Jul 1996 May 2005 iraq Sep 2004 Dec 2004 Sep 2005 May 2007/April 2008 2 Kazakhstan Jan 1996 Feb 1996 Sep 1996 Mar 1997/Jul 2008 10 Jun 1997 May 2004 Sep 1997 Jun 2004 Jun 2008 Lao e‘s Democratic Jul 1997 Feb 1998 Mar 2001 Oct 2004/Jul 2008 4 Nov 2006 Jun 2008 Oct 2007 Jun 2008 Jun 2008 (FS) Lebanese Republic Jan 1999 Apr 1999 Jun 2001 Oct 2002/Feb 2009 6 Nov 2003 Jun 2004 Nov 2003 Jun 2004 Oct 2008 Liberia, Republic of Jun 2007 Dec 2007 Libyan Arab Jamahiriva Jun 2004 Jul 2004 Montenegro Dec 2004 Feb 2005 Mar 2005 Oct 2005/Nov 2008 7 Draft Schedule Draft Schedule Jan 2009 Dec 2008 Dec 2008 RussianFederation Jun 1993 Jun 1993 Mar 1994 Jul 1995/Mar 2006 30 Feb 1998 Feb 2001 Oct 1999 Jun 2002 Oct 2004 Samoa Apr 1998 Jul 1998 Feb 2000 Mar 2002 1 Aug 2001 Aug 2001 Feb 2006 Nov 2006 SaoTameandPrincipe Jan 2005 May 2005 Dec 2004 Feb 2005 Mar 2005 Oct 2005/Dec 2008 6 Apr 2006 Nov 2008 Oct 2006 Nov 2008 Nov 2008 May 1995 Jul 1995 Aug 1996 Feb 1997 1 Jun 1997 May 1997 Jun 1997 http://www.wto.org/english/thewto_e/ace_e/status_e.htm 6/16/2009

WTO | accession — Summary Table of Ongoing Accessions Page 2 of 2 Sudan Oct 1994 Oct 1994 Jan 1999 Jul 2003/Mar 2004 2 Jul 2004 Oct 2006 Jun 2004 Oct 2006 Sep 2004 (FS) Talikistan May 2001 Jut 2001 Feb 2003 Mar 2004/0ct 2006 3 Feb 2004 Mar 2009 Feb 2004 Mar 2009 May 2006 (FS) Urbekistan Dec 1994 Dec 1994 Oct 1998 Jul 2002/0ct 2005 3 Sep 2005 Sep 2005 Yanuatu Jut 1995 Jul 1995 Nov 1995 Jul 1996/0ct 1999 2 Nov 1997 Nov 1999 Nov 1997 Nov 1999 Accession Package Oct 2001 Yemen Apr 2000 Jul 2000 Nov 2002 Nov 2004/Oct 2008 5 Sep 2005 Aug 2008 Aug 2005 Aug 2008 Aug 2008 Note: * As of the date of this document. bas t ** Most recent Factual Summary (FS), draft Working Party Report or Elements of draft Working Party Report. back contact us : World Trade Organization, rue de Lausanne 154, CH—1211 Geneva 21, Switzerland http://www.wto.org/english/thewto_e/ace_e/status_e.htm 6/16/2009

WORLD TRADE WT/ACC/11/Rev.7 18 May 2007 ORGANIZATION (07—2042) TECHNICAL NOTE ON THE ACCESSION PROCESS Note by the Secretariat: State of Play and In formation on Current Accessions Revision This paper contains summary information on the state of current applications for accession and accession Working Parties. Summary information on completed accessions can be found in the latest revision of document WT/ACC/10. This document has been prepared under the Secretariat‘s own responsibility and without prejudice to the positions ofMembers and to their rights and obligations under the WTO


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WT/IACC/I 1 /Rev.7 Page 1 INTRODUCTION This document contains information on the status of ongoing WTO accessions, including a brief description of the current state of play for each accession‘. A comprehensive technical note on the accession process, containing information on completed accessions, is presented in the latest revision of document WT/ACC/10. =— Recently Completed Accessions The General Council approved Viet Nam‘s accession package on 7 November 2006. Viet Nam became the WTO‘s 150th member on 11 January 2007. The accession package of the Kingdom of Tonga was adopted at the Sixth WTO Ministerial Conference (15 December 2006). Tonga will become a Member of the WTO 30 days after notifying the WTO of the domestic ratification of the accession package. — Ongoing Accessions As of the date of this document, the following governments are in the process of accession to the WTO (in alphabetical order): 1. Afghanistan 15. Lebanese Republic 2. Algeria 16. Libyan Arab Jamahiriya 3. Andotra 17. Montenegro 4. Azerbaijan 18. Russian Federation 5. Bahamas 19. Samoa 6. Belarus 20. Sao Tomé and Principe 7. Bhutan 21. Serbia 8. Bosnia and Herzegovina 22. Seychelles 9. Cape Verde 23. Sudan 10. Ethiopia 24. Tajikistan 11. Iran 25. Ukraine 12. Iraq 26. Uzbekistan 13. Kazakhstan 27. Vanuatu* 14. Lao People‘s Democratic Republic 28. Yemen * The final meeting of the Working Party on the Accession of Vanuatu was held on 29 October 2001. 23 Applicants have submitted a Memorandum on the Foreign Trade Regime — a key document containing the factual information needed for activating the work of the Working Party; 21 Working Parties have held their first meeting; 21 Applicants have tabled their offers on goods and/or services to initiate bilateral market access negotiations with interested Members; and A draft Working Party Report or Elements of a draft Report (a document that lays down the basis for the draft Working Party Report) has been prepared for 10 Applicants. A Working Party has not yet been established to examine a request for accession from Syria (documents WT/ACC/SYR/1, 2 and 3), Equatorial Guinea (document WT/ACC/GNQ/1) and the Comoros (document WT/ACC/COM/1). ‘ Up—to—date information on the state of play in ongoing WTO accessions is available at www.wto.org.

SUMMARY TABLE OF ONG OING ACCESSIONS ed L ASYU/TI/DOV/LM 7 o3 C 0 Tork — First/Latest*® Number of Goods Offer Services Offer ft orking Party Country Application W;;:;giiiggy Memorandum Working Working Party [~~~~ .. TT . Draft ;{i010};2% Party > Party Meeting Meetings initial latest initial latest P Afghanistan Nov 2004 Dec 2004 & Apr 1998 Feb Jan Mar Jan Algeria Jun 1987 Jun 1987 Jul 1996 Oct 2005 9 2002 2005 2002 2005 Jun 2006 Andorra ooo Jul 1997 Oct 1997 Mar 1999 Oct 1999 1 Sep 1999 eP 1999 .. — Jun 2002/ May Apr May Mar Azerbaijan Jun 1997 C Jul 1997 C Apr. 1999 Mar 2006 4 2005 2007 2005 2007 Bahamas May 2001 Jul 2001 . Jun 1997/ Mar May Feb Sep .3 Belarus Sep 1993 Oct 1993 Jan 1996 May 2005 7 1998 2006 2000 2006 Apr 2005 (FS) . Nov 2004/ Aug Apr Aug Apr Bhutan Sep 1999 Oct 1999 Feb 2003 Oct 2006 3 2005 2007 2003 2007 Sep 2006 Bosnia and RMeiG 9 Nov 2003/ Oct Jun Oct June a Herzegovina May 1999 dul 1999 Oct 2002 Mar 2007 3 2004 2005 2004 2005 Feb 2007 (FS) — . , Mar 2004/ Nov Nov Nov Nov « Cape Verde Nov 1999 Jul 2000 Jul 2003 Tul 2005 3 2004 2005 2004 2006 Nov 2005 Ethiopia Jan 2003 Feb 2003 Jan 2007 Iran Jul 1996 May 2005 Iraq Sep 2004 Dec 2004 Sep 2005 , Mar 1997/ Jun May Sep Jun Kazakhstan Jan 1996 Feb 1996 Sep 1996 Nov 2006 9 1997 2004 1997 2004 Sep 2006 Lao People‘s R Oct 2004/ Nov Democratic Republic Tul 1997 Feb 1998 Mar 2001 Nov 2006 2 2006 . Oct 2002/ Nov Jun Nov Jun Lebanese Republic Republic C —Jan 1999 Apr 1999 Jun 2001 May 2007 5 2003 2004 2003 2004 Mar 3 2007 * In alphabetical order.

. First/Latest* Number of Goods Offer Services Offer o a Country Application W;q?;g}igsiggy Memorandum Working Working Party [~—~~ x hns x Draft ;\20222% Party Party Meeting Meetings initial latest initial latest P ~ Libyan Arab Jamahiriya Jun 2004 Jul 2004 : c ar 2 a Oct 2005/ Jun Feb Jul Jun Montenegro Dec 2004 Feb 2005 Mar 2005 Feb 2007 3 2006 2007 2005 2006 us e 4 Jul 1995/ Feb Feb Oct Jun Russian Federation Jun 1993 Jun 1993 Mar 1994 Mar 2006 30 1998 2001 1999 2002 Oct 2004 Aug Aug Feb Samoa Apr 1998 Jul 1998 Feb 2000 Mar 2002 1 2001 2001 2006 Nov 2006 Sao Tomé and Principe Jan 2005 May 2005 o . Serbia Dec 2004 _ Feb 2005 2 c Mar 2005 Oct 2005/ Dec 2006 3 Apr 2006 Oct 2006 a Jun May Seychelles May 1995 Jul 1995 Aug 1996 Feb 1997 1 1997 1997 Jun 1997 . Jul 2003/ Jul Oct Jun Oct o Sudan Oct 1994 Oct 1994 Jan 1999 Mar 2004 2 2004 2006 2004 2006 Sep 2004 (FS) n ie Tajikistan May 2001 Jul 2001 ; Feb 2003 Mar 2004/ Oct 2006 3 Feb 2004 Jun 2006 Feb 2004 Jun 2006 May 2006 (FS) s ha Feb 1995/ May May Feb Jun Ukraine Nov 1993 Dec 1993 Jul 1994 Jun 2006 16 1999 2002 1997 2004 Apr 2007 uho L Jul 2002/ Sep Sep Uzbekistan Dec 1994 Dec 1994 Oct 1998 Oct 2005 3 2005 2005 c , Jul 1996/ Nov Nov Nov Nov Accession Package Yanuatu Tul 1995 Tul 1995 Nov 1995 Oct 1999 2 1997 1999 i1997 1999 Oct 2001 , Nov 2004/ Sep Jun Aug Jun . Yemen Apr 2000 Jul 2000 Nov 2002 Jul 2006 3 2005 2006 2003 2006 Jun 2006 (FS) * As of the date of this document. ** Most recent Factual Summary (FS), draft Working Party Report or Elements of draft Working Party Report. L APY/TI1/OOV/ILMA £ 382q

WT/ACC/I1 1/Rev.7 Page 9 BAHAMAS A Working Party to examine the application of the Bahamas was established at the General Council meeting on 18 July 2001. The Bahamas has not yet submitted a Memorandum on the Foreign Trade Regime. The Working Party has not yet met. Application Received 10 May 2001 WT/ACC/BHS/1 Working Party Established 18 July 2001 WT/GC/M/66 Chairperson: to be designated Memorandum Questions and Replies Meetings of the Working Party Other Documentation (a) Additional Questions & Replies (b) Agriculture (WT/AACC/4) (c) Services (WT/ACC/3) (d) SPS/TBT (WT/ACC/8) (e) TRIPS (WT/ACC/) (f) Legislative Action Plan Market Access Negotiations Goods Offer Services Offer Factual Summary Draft Working Party Report


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