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INES Congress 2000

''Challenges for Science and Engineering in the 21st Century''

Stockholm, 14-18 June 2000

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• INES MEMBERSHIP UPDATE
• MEMBER ORGANISATIONS' AND PROJECT GROUPS' NEWS
• Eric Fawcett, Science for Peace Canada, informs about "Yugoslavia/NATO-info"
• UK: Scientists for Global Responsibility (SGR)
• INESAP references
• Papers on security in the Middle East by Bahig Nassar (INESAP)
• NUCLEAR WEAPONS
• Latest references
• BRIEFINGS
• New international campaign against depleted uranium weapons launched
• CONFERENCES, MEETINGS, SEMINARS
• People's Europe 99: Europe-which direction?
• Renewable Energy Europe
• Interdisciplinary Conference "For the Love of Nature?"
• Science for the 21st Century: A New Commitment
• Green Energy - Local Energy
• INES WEB- AND EMAIL SERVICE

No new or changed email or web addresses in this issue

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INES MEMBERSHIP UPDATE

Please inform us about changes of your email address or your homepage!

MEMBER ORGANISATIONS' AND PROJECTS' GROUP NEWS

Eric Fawcett, Science for Peace Canada, informs about "Yugoslavia/NATO-info"

"Yugoslavia/NATO-info" is being produced by the Dutch-based Global Reflexion Foundation, which "will contribute, according to its ability, information on the situation in the Balkans and NATO that, in the media, does not receive proper attention or is presented in a distorted way. We receive information from different sources that does not necessarily reflect our opinion."

• "Yugoslavia/NATO-info" 31, May 19, 1999, carries the following:

1. Acts of murder

2. Belgrade University Hospital Bombed Tonight

3. US-backed KLA linked to heroin network, say intelligence reports

4. Danger! KLA in the U.S.A.

5. NATO soldiers involved in production of narcotic "Ecstasy"

6. Bombings Reignite Nuclear War Fears

7. Diplomats, deserters press Milosevic

8. "Washington Post": Different picture of Kosmet

9. Clinton under the pressure looks for the way out from the war

10. The Mystery of Britain's Stubborn Advocacy of a Ground War

11. Is the U.S./NATO leadership planning a ground war?

• "Yugoslavia/NATO-info" Special Info Nr. 2 on environment, carries the following:

1. Environmental NGOs Oppose Escalation of Humanitarian and Environmental Destruction in Balkans

2. The Latest Threat to Earth

3. The Condition of Environment during NATO Aggression

4. NATO air strikes could cause a second Chernobyl

5. Update on NPP "Kozloduy" in relation to the war

6. NATO Bombing Unleashes Environmental Catastrophe in Europe

7. GPUSA Rejects German Greens' Compromise

8. Aggression on Yugoslavia indirect Chemical Warfare

9. Confirmed NATO use of 'depleted' uranium in Kosovo

10. Environmental Impact of the NATO Bombing in Yugoslavia

!!! If you are interested, contact:  Global Reflexion - Foundation for International Cooperation  mailto:  and: Center for International Cooperation mailto:

UK: Scientists for Global Responsibility (SGR) http://www.gn.apc.org/sgr/

In the SGR Newsletter No. 18/Spring 1999, the following, among other things, is published:

• Conference reports:
• Information about the last SGR Annual General Meeting
• "Genetically Modified Foods - What's the Problem?"
• "Biotechnology and the Social Responsibility of Science"
• Workshop on Genetic Engineering
• Report on the UK Programme of the 13th IWOSP
• Articles:
• An Alternative Perspective on the GMO Debate
• Genetically engineered crops and food - the imposition of a technology in the name of science
• Several articles on the Climate Train Project (*)
• Articles on Nuclear and Ethical Issues
• Info on SGR's "e-mail talkline SGRforum":  To subscribe, send a message to   leaving the subject line blank and with the following message in the body of the text message: subscribe sgrforum firstname lastname [new line] End
• Who Does What at SGR?
• (Interim) Editor for the Newsletter: Dani Kaye (SGR Secretary) < >
• Climate Change issues: Michelle Valentine <   Ben Matthews < >
• Ethical Careers/Issues: Stuart Parkinson < >
• Nuclear Matters: Phil Webber (SGR Chair) < >
• Genetics: Dani Kaye (SGR Secretary) < >
• Publications: Tim Foxon < >
• (last but not least) SGR Office Administrator: Kate Maloney  < >
• The central theme of the next Newsletter (summer issue) is Nuclear Issues

(*) A "Report of the Climate Train. Journey by Train and Boat from Europe to the UN Climate Convention in Kyoto Nov-Dec 1997" is available [SGR, Freepost (SW 5294); London SW 18 4YY]

INESAP references

!!! INESAP homepage:  http://www.tu-darmstadt.de/ze/ianus/inesap/inesap.html

Papers on security in the Middle East by Bahig Nassar (INESAP)

Egyptian INESAP member Bahig Nassar who is serving for the Cairo-based Arab Coordination Center of NGOs has recently produced the following papers:

• US Nuclear Policy: Its impacts on NWFZ [Nucler-Weapon Free Zones] in the Middle East
• NATO Expansion to the South and US Nuclear Strategy to Maintain World Order
• Transformation of the Middle East into a zone Free from Nuclear Weapons and Other Weapons of Mass Destruction
• OSCE Security Model: The Mediterranean Region
• An Action Plan to Prevent War in Euro-Mediterranean Region for Peace, Security, Cooperation and Development
• Supporting the New Agenda Coalition. The Middle Power Initiative (Report by the Arab Coordination Center of NGOs)

!!! The author can be contacted through:  mailto:

NUCLEAR WEAPONS

Abolition 2000 homepage: http://www.abolition2000.org

For the latest nuclear weapons abolition grassroots news, visit: http://www.napf.org/abolition2000/news/

Latest references

• The latest issue of "Frontline" (May 8-21, 1999) has some analytical pieces by N. Ram, Sukumar Muralidharan, T. Jayaraman, Jayati Ghosh, R. Ramachandran, and Amit Baruah on nuke related topics.  http://www.the-hindu.com/fline/fl1610/fl161000.htm
• For some recent debate on nuclear energy and safety in India, please see:  http://www.the-hindu.com/fline/fl1610/16101060.htm   This is a follow-up of Dr. A. Gopalakrishnan's article "Issues of Nuclear Safety" in "Frontline"   http://www.the-hindu.com/fline/fl1606/16060820.htm
• Explosive Secrets (By Linda Rothstein; Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, March/April 1999): http://www.bullatomsci.org/issues/1999/ma99/ma99rothstein.html

BRIEFINGS

New international campaign against depleted uranium weapons launched

At The Hague Appeal for Peace Conference a world-wide campaign against the radiological depleted uranium (DU) weapons was formed.

Now being used by NATO forces in the Balkans, first used in the Gulf War, DU munitions release deadly radioactive particles upon impact.

Depleted Uranium is radioactive and toxic and will remain in the environment for 4.5 billion years. These particles can be inhaled or ingested causing cancers, birth defects and other health problems to soldiers and civilians alike.

The international campaign to ban depleted uranium weapons will be working with international organisations, governments and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) to implement and enforce international laws with regards to the use of radioactive weaponry. The UN Human Rights Sub commission on the Prevention and the Protection of Minorities passed a resolution listing depleted uranium weaponry as a "weapon of mass destruction and with indiscriminate effect."

CONTACT:  Campaign Against Depleted Uranium (CADU)  e-mail Greater Manchester and District CND:            

CONFERENCES - MEETINGS - SEMINARS

Events listed here are being published only once due to limited space.  Changes, however, will be taken into account (marked with ''UPDATE'')

[Most of the announcements published below are from the "SGR Newsletter," No.18]

People's Europe 99: Europe-which direction?

Civil Society presenting its demands to the EU

• Date: 28-30 May 1999
• Venue: Bonn (University), Germany
• Supported by the European Commission, the European Parliament, the Federal Press Office of the German Government and the City of Bonn
• Topics include:
• The Balkans - Europes abandoned province?
• Creating civil society in the Balkans - A democratic perspective without nationalism and war
• Civil rights for refugees
• Democracy, civil rights and social justice
• Towards a sustainable Europe
• The European Union - a good neighbour?   (Final Plenary)
• Workshops:

(1) Does Europe need a written constitution?

(2) The role of NGOs in a Political Union

(3) A European Citizens Charter

(4) A European Bill of Rights;

(5) Social Inclusion;

(6) European Elections;

(7) Combating Racism and Promotion of Equality in Working Places

(8) Social Integration Through Housing and Jobs;

9) European Trade Unions

(10) Regional Policy and Environmental Protection in the;

(11) A Solar Europe;

(12) Parallel Imports and Consumer Protection;

(12) Conflict Prevention in Europe (INES);

(13) Migration Policy and the Mediterranean

(14) EU Refugee Policy;

(15) Civil Society in Central and Eastern Europe;

(16) Democratic Opposition facing Dictatorship in Belarus

For more details,   mailto:

Renewable Energy Europe

• Date: 1-3 June 1999
• Venue: Frankfurt/M., Germany

For more details, contact Caroline van Broekhoven  

Interdisciplinary Conference "For the Love of Nature?"

• Date: 24-28 June 1999
• Venue: Scotland
• Organized by the Findhorn Foundation

For more details, mailto:

Science for the 21st Century: A New Commitment

• Date: 26 June - 1 July 1999
• Venue: Budapest, Hungary
• Organized by UNESCO

For more details,

Green Energy - Local Energy

An Energy21 Exhibition and Seminars

• Date: 15-17 July 1999
• Venue: Stroud, Glos., UK
• Organized by Energy21

For more details, 

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