What's New in INES no. 7/1999

	WHAT'S NEW IN INES?
No. 7/1999		Dateline: 14 February 1999

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 < >

CONTENTS

INES WEB- AND EMAIL SERVICE

No new or changed email or web addresses in this issue. NOTE: All INES e-mail addresses and homepages are available upon request from: < >

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT ^

"Linkages Journal" February 1999 edition http://www.iisd.ca/linkages/journal/ ^

The latest edition of "Linkages Journal", quarterly publication of the "International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD)" on global environment and development issues, was published on 1 February. This edition focuses on the year ahead and features articles on a number of key processes:

"Population, Consumption and Atmospheric Equity" (Robert Engelman of Population Action International)

Persistent Organic Pollutants: Hand-me-down Poisons that Threaten Wildlife and People (by the World Wildlife Fund Global Toxic Initiative)

Biosafety: An Industry Perspective as the Deadline Approaches (Val Giddings, Ph.D., Vice President for Food & Agriculture, Biotechnology Industry Organization)

Are there too many people on the planet?: An overview of Cairo + 5 (Susan Davis)

Ramsar's COP-7: Accelerating the Application of the Wise Use Principle (Delmar Blasco, Secretary General, the Convention on Wetlands (Ramsar, Iran, 1971))

TOPIC - Trade and Environment. Fidel, Saddam and the World Trade Organization (Stephen L. Kass and Jean M. McCarroll Carter, Ledyard & Milburn)

The edition also includes brief reports on recent meetings, an extensive list of upcoming meetings, reviews of recent publications and a printable meeting calendar for February - April 1999.

BRIEFINGS ^

The Millennium Report http://www.2000cdn.com ^

2000CDN.COM is pleased to introduce the print version of The Millennium Report - the most comprehensive, in-depth and up-to-date guide to the Millennium available anywhere in the world!

The Millennium Report (First Edition) is the essential information source, resource guide and networking tool for communities, organizations and companies who are planning Millennium initiatives or who wish to do so!

The Millennium Report contains:

200 fact-filled pages of easy-to-read information in an indexed 3-ring binder
The "Millennium Story" to date - history, evolution and preparation
An "Around the World Millennium Tour" - coverage of planned activities in 23 countries on every continent
Over 300 Web Site listings with contact information for Millennium projects, events and initiatives around the world
Nearly 100 worldwide Millennium / Year 2000 news stories with links
An original artwork insert cover

A "Quarterly Subscription Service" to update The Millennium Report will be available, in both print and electronic formats, beginning in March 1999.

"Disarmament Diplomacy" http://www.gn.apc.org/acronym

This is to inform you that the latest "Disarmament Diplomacy", # 33, is now on the website of the Acronym Institute (see above). It contains opinion pieces on:

No first use from Jozef Goldblat
Persian Gulf security from Gawdat Bahgat
Iraq policy from Douglas Scott, and
The Canberra Commission from Carl Ungerer.

In addition to a roundup of the main events from the start of the Conference on Disarmament session in 1999, there is also an opinion piece on rescuing the NPT review process (by Rebecca Johnson). News review and documents and sources cover December 98 and January 99.

New disarmament readings (Source: Patricia Lewis, UNIDIR Director)

Buzan, Barry/Waever, Ole/de Wilde, Jaap: "Security: A new framework for analysis"; Lynne Rienner Publishers 1998
Huru Jouko/Jalonen, Olli-Pekka/Sheehan, Michael (eds): "New Dimensions of security in Central and Northeastern Europe"; Tampere Peace Research Institute, Research Report No 83, 1998
Brown, James (ed): "New Horizons and New Strategies in Arms Control"; Sandia National Laboratories (USA), SAND 98-2214, 1998

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'')

Prevention of an Arms Race in Outer Space ^

Annual women's seminar to celebrate International Women's Day, 1999

Date: 10-11 March 1999
Venue: Geneva (Palais des Nations), Switzerland
Organized by Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF)

Main topics:

"Overview of the Current Stage of Militarization of Outer Space"
"UN and CD Response to the Prevention of an Arms Race in Outer Space"
"People Organizing against the Militarization of Space"
"Mis-Using Space, Mis-Using Earth - Women Resisting The Space-Based War/Spy Battle Station in Yorkshire"
"Update on the Research Work on Disarming Outer Space"

For more details, !!! mailto < >

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