When the explorers discovered the West Indies and America, they marked their conquest by planting the flag of their country, symbolizing their entitlement to the territory. In war, soldiers rush to claim enemy territory by raising their country’s flag to signal to all the new
Recently a large iceberg, estimated to be about the size of the state of Rhode Island, broke loose from the floating Larsen Ice Shelf of Antarctica and slowly started drifting northward.1 Scientists immediately attributed the breakup to “rising regional temperatures” in Antarctica amid speculation as
No doubt the coming weeks leading up to the United Nations Fourth World conference on Women in Beijing in September will be filled with media hype about high hopes for a successful outcome. But such reports may prove unrealistic. The problem is that UN delegations
Newly initiated participants in the recent series of United Nations conferences, unfamiliar with UN bureaucratic language, were at a disadvantage in analyzing the resulting resolutions. The heated debates over the more obvious controversial issues drew attention away from the background language of the documents, further
Although US State Department officials say they’re against coercive population control in China, they have led the effort to deny U.S. asylum to Chinese who say they fled forced abortion and sterilization. Diplomats apparently have won their fight within the-Clinton Administration, but they could still
On May 9, 1994, the State Department issued a long report for use by immigration officials in evaluating asylum claims by Chinese nationals. Referring to fines for those who violate the Chinese government’s population policy, the report said unpaid fines “can result in confiscation of
The Fourth World Conference on Women (FWCW), to be held in Beijing 30 August to 16 September, has been in the making since 1990. At that time, the U.N. Economic and Social Council called for a world women’s conference in 1995, requesting further that the
On to Beijing! — Maybe Washington Post columnists, Jack Anderson and Michael Binstein, have reported complications confronting participants at the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing (Washington Post, 18 May 1995). The United Nations open appeasement of China, a nation known for its human
Water, Water Everywhere A recent report concerning the sustainability of Egyptian agriculture1 provided some interesting facts about Egypt’s potential water resources. Long pictured as an international basket case in regards to its water supplies and needs, Egypt has routinely been relegated to one of the
At the Third Preparatory session for the Fourth World Women’s Conference (FWWC) held at the United Nations (April 1995), the definition of the word “gender” became a matter of controversy. The dispute was of particular significance since the reference to “gender” occurs 300 times in
When the explorers discovered the West Indies and America, they marked their conquest by planting the flag of their country, symbolizing their entitlement to the
Recently a large iceberg, estimated to be about the size of the state of Rhode Island, broke loose from the floating Larsen Ice Shelf of
No doubt the coming weeks leading up to the United Nations Fourth World conference on Women in Beijing in September will be filled with media
Newly initiated participants in the recent series of United Nations conferences, unfamiliar with UN bureaucratic language, were at a disadvantage in analyzing the resulting resolutions.
Although US State Department officials say they’re against coercive population control in China, they have led the effort to deny U.S. asylum to Chinese who
On May 9, 1994, the State Department issued a long report for use by immigration officials in evaluating asylum claims by Chinese nationals. Referring to
The Fourth World Conference on Women (FWCW), to be held in Beijing 30 August to 16 September, has been in the making since 1990. At
On to Beijing! — Maybe Washington Post columnists, Jack Anderson and Michael Binstein, have reported complications confronting participants at the Fourth World Conference on Women
Water, Water Everywhere A recent report concerning the sustainability of Egyptian agriculture1 provided some interesting facts about Egypt’s potential water resources. Long pictured as an
At the Third Preparatory session for the Fourth World Women’s Conference (FWWC) held at the United Nations (April 1995), the definition of the word “gender”