From the Countries

China seizes Harry Wu, American citizen Naturalized American citizen. Harry Wu was seized entering China at the border in Kazakhstan. Mr. Wu was traveling on a valid United States passport and a visa issued by the Chinese Embassy in the US. Wu had spent 19

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Global Monitor

Europe lags in population control funding An international forum of parliamentarians has complained about the European Union’s (EU) lag in population control funding. The European Parliamentary Forum for Action reported that spending on population programmes was “less than one seventh of the $390 million planned

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Non-Governmental Organizations in the 21st Century

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

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Popcorn: Just One Huge Ice Cube

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

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The United Nation’s Civil Society

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

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The U.S. State Department vs. other sources

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

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Beijing Monitor

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

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From the Countries

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

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From the Countries

China seizes Harry Wu, American citizen Naturalized American citizen. Harry Wu was seized entering China at the border in Kazakhstan. Mr. Wu was traveling on

Read More »

Global Monitor

Europe lags in population control funding An international forum of parliamentarians has complained about the European Union’s (EU) lag in population control funding. The European

Read More »

The United Nation’s Civil Society

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.

Read More »

Beijing Monitor

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

Read More »

From the Countries

On to Beijing! — Maybe Washington Post columnists, Jack Anderson and Michael Binstein, have reported complications confronting participants at the Fourth World Conference on Women

Read More »