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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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CONTENTS of WNII No. 46/1999

• Member Organisations' + Project Groups' News:
  • INES Workshop on European Integration and Militarisation
• Whistleblowers:
  • Support for Vanunu Needed Now
• Conferences, Meetings, Seminars:
  • The Vienna Platform. Building Partnership with Central and Eastern Europe
• INES Web- and Email Service
  • Update: e-mail INES Office Brussels

MEMBER ORGANISATIONS' AND PROJECT GROUPS' NEWS

INES Workshop on European Integration and Militarisation

• Date: 9 December 1999 (10.00 18.00 hrs)
• Venue: Brussels-Schaerbeek (IFIAS Gallery *, 61 rue Henri Stacquet), Belgium * The Gallery can be reached by bus no. 54 (Stop: Chazal). From Gare du Midi or Gare du Nord with tram no. 90 (Stop: Place des Bienfaiteurs). In both cases you enter Avenue Jan Stobbaerts and find the workshop at the corner to Rue Henri Stacquet ground floor.
• Aim: The Common Foreign and Security Policy of the European Union is on the agenda of the Amsterdam Treaty. But there remain doubts and question marks on the implementation of this EU pillar. Which way the EU will go? Will it copy the US model? Will it give priority to conflict prevention and peace-keeping? Can we expect consensus on security policy? In some way the closer cooperation between EU member states on military issues seems to show a way of a disintegrated military policy: Cooperation in the field of arms production yes but in the field of a common strategy no. What can we expect of the future of a EU Military Policy keeping in mind the differences in the member states on armed defence let alone nuclear weapons on the European territory. We will discuss these questions with members from the European Parliament and experts from EU member states.
• Keynote speakers:
  • Prof. A. Tenner, INES Chair
  • F. Sauqillo MEP, PSE Spain ("European contribution for military interventions and limits")
  • Dr. J. Scheffran, INESAP ("EU Conflict Prevention and Peace keeping")
  • J. von Helldorf, IFIAS Brussels ("The Relation of the European Union and NATO")
  • John Palmer, European Policy Centre ("European Security Policy in a Changing World")
  • R. Braun, INES Executive Director

For contacts, mailto:  

WHISTLEBLOWERS

Support for Vanunu Needed Now

From the International Campaign to Free Mordechai Vanunu; December 1, 1999 International Prisoners for Peace Day

On November 24, Israeli newspaper Yediot Ahronot published parts of the trial protocols and investigation material in the case of nuclear whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu, following the release for publication of more than 1,200 pages of material by the Jerusalem District Court. This material has been secret for the past 13 years, since Vanunu was kidnapped and tried in camera. The published articles include details of his kidnapping, testimony of Shin-Beit interrogators, and much more information related to the case. As a result of the publication of this information, public discussion has been raised in Israel about Israel's policy of secrecy on nuclear issues in general , and about the Vanunu case in particular.

Sometime probably in one week or two Vanunu will have a parole board hearing. He has already served over two-thirds of his 18 year sentence, and so is eligible for parole.

PLEASE SEND LETTERS, FAXES AND EMAILS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TO THE FOLLOWING OFFICIALS, ASKING FOR HIS UNCONDITIONAL RELEASE FROM PRISON.

Prime Minister Ehud Barak 3 Kaplan St., Hakirya, Jerusalem 91007 Email:   and/or  

Yossi Beilin, Minister of Justice 29 Salah al-Din, Jerusalem 91010 Email:  

Shlomo Ben-Ami, Minister of Public Security P.O. Box 18182, Jerusalem 

Translated articles can be found at: http://www.nonviolence.org/vanunu .    Background information on the Vanunu case can also be found there and at: http://www.vanunu.freeserve.co.uk 

If you wish to write to Mordechai Vanunu, for example on the occasion of New Year, here is his address: Mordechai Vanunu, Hashikma Prison, PO Box 17, Ashkelon Israel

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'')

The Vienna Platform. Building Partnership with Central and Eastern Europe

• Date: 7-10 January 2000
• Venue: Bratislava, Slovakia
• Organized by the Institute for International Assistance and Solidarity (IFIAS) Belgium
• under the patronage of the Slovak Government

The project of the Vienna Platform is to enable the dialogue between the citizens of the EU accession countries, who have organized in associations and NGOs, including not-for-profit service providers, and the European institutions. This shall be done through a transnational structure, a "Platform" at the example of existing platforms, which are involved in a dialogue on Brussels level and also serve as facilitators to bring information back from Brussels to their grassroots members.

The Draft Programme includes, among other things, the following workshops:

• Workshop I: Social services in the EU
• Workshop II: Ecology without borders
• Workshop III: Migration, minorities and human rights
• A Fringe Meeting by ETUC/ETUI: The Stability pact for the Balkans "Stop Corruption"

For more details, < > or < >

INES WEB AND E-MAIL SERVICE

All INES e-mail addresses and homepages are available upon request from:

Update: e-mail INES Office Brussels

Note that the INES Office at Brussels, which is run by Gerd Greune, can be reached by the following new email address:

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