WNII is an electronic information service of INES,
the International Network of Engineers and Scientists for Global Responsibility

Editor: Tobias Damjanov, e-mail: < >
INES homepage: http://www.mindspring.com/~us016262/ines.html
INES International Office < >
INES Chair Prof. Armin Tenner < >

INES MEMBERSHIP UPDATE

Do not forget to inform us about changes of your email address or your homepage!

USA: Nuclear Age Peace Foundation (NAPF), The Sunflower, No. 20, January 1999 http://www.wagingpeace.org/the_sunflower.html

The first 1999 edition of The Sunflower contains information bits on Iraq, the Y2K problems, subcritical testing by Russia and the US, nuclear-related items with regard to Pakistan, North Korea, Germany, Brazil, a calendar of upcoming events, and some selected resources.

For subscription information, !!! mailto < >

All issues of The Sunflower are on the web at the homepage indicated above.

Please note that NAPF, serving as the international coordinating body of the Abolition 2000 Network, has also published recently the very useful ''Abolition 2000 Grassroots Newsletter January 1999''.

To obtain this Newsletter !!! mailto < >

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

Russia admits plutonium, uranium in subcritical tests http://ens.lycos.com/ens/jan99/1999L-01-05-01.html

Copyright Environment News Service (ENS) 1999

OSLO, Norway, January 5, 1999 (ENS) - Russia has conducted five subcritical tests of nuclear weaponry at the Arctic Novaya Zemlya archipelago between September 14 and December 13, 1998 according to the Norwegian nuclear watchdog group Bellona. Deputy Nuclear Energy Minister Lev Ryabev acknowledged last week that both weapons grade plutonium and uranium were used, contradicting Russia's previous denials, Bellona's Thomas Nilsen reported.

For full text and graphics visit the homepage indicated above.

Millennium 2000: Walking the Ways of Peace

This major anti-nuclear event is hosted by the US-based Nevada Desert Experience and is scheduled for December 29, 1999 to January 2, 2000. The highlight will be a candlelight procession onto the Nevada Test Site, USA, at midnight on December 31, 1999.

For details, !!! mailto < >

BRIEFINGS ^

Information on the US-Iraq-UN Crisis

• From the WNII Editor - I'd like to inform you that, as a member of the German INES organisation Scientists' Initiative Responsibility for Peace and Sustainability, I have produced a compilation of articles on this issue [Word 7 textfile, 150 KB] which I can make available as an email attachment upon request. Please note, however, that some of the articles are in German language (I am ready to cut them out, if you wish me to do so). Send your request to: < >
• At the following webpage, you can find a ''A Call to Action on Sanctions and the U.S. War against the People of Iraq'' by Noam Chomsky, Edward Herman, Edward Said, and Howard Zinn: http://www.zmag.org/callaction.htm
• Voices in the Wilderness - This US-based peace organisation (''A Campaign to End the US/UN Economic Sanctions Against the People of Iraq'') has visited Iraq 19 times to deliver medical supplies and toys for children. Now, the US Office of Foreign Assets Control has accused them for breaking the sanctions, proposing penalties amounting to US$163,000. You can find related documents, recent delegation reports and other useful information at their homepage: http://www.nonviolence.org/vitw
• INES Vice Chair David Krieger has written two articles regarding the issue:
• Military Action Against Iraq Violates International Law
• US Military Strike Against Iraq Undermines The Rule Of Law

Selected references re: Year 2000 computer bug

• Listserver - The UK-based Y2K Community Action (< >) is running an email listserver called <uk-y2k-action>. To subscribe please send a blank email to:

• Selected websites:
• War & Peace Foundation http://www.interport.net/~warpeace/y2k.html
• Year 2000 Transition - United Nations web site http://www.un.org/members/yr2000
• The Year 2000: Social Chaos or Social Transformation? http://www.wfs.org/wfs/year2k.htm
• International Year 2000 Links http://www.itpolicy.gsa.gov/mks/yr2000/g7yr2000.htm
• Selected Papers on the Year 2000 Problem http://www.itpolicy.gsa.gov/mks/yr2000/y2kconf/papers.htm
• Year 2000 Problem and the Danger of Accidental Nuclear War http://www.fas.org/2000/y2k/analysis.htm
• Information Portal on the Year 2000 Problem http://www.y2k.com
• Cassandra Project - Grassroots preparations for Y2K http://www.millennia-bcs.com
• Washington DC Y2K User Group http://www.wdcy2k.org
• U.S. Federal Government Gateway for Year 2000 Information http://www.itpolicy.gsa.gov/mks/yr2000/y2khome.htm
• U.S. Government Accounting Office - Year 2000 Computing Crisis http://www.gao.gov/y2kr.htm
• "The Bug in the Bomb: The Impact of the Year 2000 Problem on Nuclear Weapons". Michael Craig, published by the British American Security Information Council. http://www.basicint.org/y2krept.htm
• "Y2K: So Many Bugs...So Little Time". Peter de Jager. http://www.sciam.com/1999/0199issue/0199dejager.html
• "The Year 2000 (Y2K) Computer Problem". Michael Goodfellow http://www.best.com/~mgoodfel/y2k.htm
• "Embedded Systems and the Year 2000 Problem". Mark A. Frautschi, Ph.D. http://www.tmn.com/~frautsch/y2k2.html
• "Y2K Citizen's Action Guide". Edited by Eric Utne http://www.utne.com/y2k
• "Time runs out". A 24-page survey of the millennium bug, published in The Economist. http://www.year2000.com/archive/NFeconomist.html
• The Arlington Institute's Project Y2K http://www.azstarnet.com/~nuu/Other_DOCS/project_y2k_arlington.htm

CONFERENCES - MEETINGS - SEMINARS ^

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

Meeting of Peace Movements in Asia and the Pacific

• Date: 24-26 March 1999
• Venue: Hanoi, Vietnam
• Organized by World Peace Council (WPC) and Vietnam Peace Committee 

For more details, !!! mailto Tadaaki Kawata, Secretary of WPC: < >

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