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WORLD
Wednesday, September 6,2000
THE BATTALION
U.N. Millennium Summit gathers
Leaders, protesters to bring various agendas
UNITED NATIONS (AP) —
Secretary-General Kofi Annan on
Tuesday urged the kings, generals
and presidents descending on New
York for the U.N. Millennium Sum
mit to use the unprecedented meeting
to forge peace and end poverty in the
21 st century.
But some heads of state are ex
pected to use the three days of
speeches, discussions and meetings
beginning Wednesday to push their
own agendas — including those that
are critical of the United States.
In a taste of what may come.
North Korea denounced the United
States as a “rogue state” Tuesday,
claiming the government was re
sponsible for allegedly ordering the
strip search of members of the dele
gation as they switched planes in
Germany. The incident prompted Py
ongyang to call off the summit trip by
its No. 2 leader, who had been sched
uled to meet South Korean President
Kim Dae-jung.
North Korea’s U.N. Ambassador
Li Hyong Choi warned that the hu
miliating security check could prove
“quite expensive” for U.S.-North
Korean relations, even though the
State Department quickly said it
deeply regretted the incident.
Washington is also expected to
come under fire from Cuban Presi
dent Fidel Castro, who came to New
York on Tuesday for the first time in
five years. He is expected to speak
out against American domination of
the United Nations in his five min
utes on the podium Wednesday.
Foreign Minister Felipe Perez
The United Nations role in the 21st century
The Millennium Summit, taking place Sept. 6-8 at the United Nations, is addressing how to strengthen the role
of the world body in the 21st century It is the largest-ever gathering ot heads ot state or government. U.N
Secretary-General Koti Annan has outlined his vision for the United Nations in a globalized world — an action
plan to make globalization work tor people everywhere — and asks member states to consider vanoua goals
Freedom
from fear
Internal wars
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people from their
homes. Weapons
ot mass destruction cast
shadows ot tear
► Prevent conflicts
* Address problems with
Intervention
► Strengthen peace
operations
* Target sanctions
► Control small arms
transfers
► Reduce dangers ot
existing nuclear weapons
and ot further proliteration
Globalization
and governance
Faster growth, higher
living standards and
new opportunities are
all good but these
benefits are distributed unequally
► Strengthen states so they act
together to help with internal
wars and distribution ot power
► Learn to govern better
Freedom from want
Nations must confront the
extreme poverty and
inequality among countries
and take action on:
► Poverty ► Debt reiiel
► Access to water ► Needs ot Africa
► Education ► Bridge digital
► Health and HIV/AIDS divide
* Upgrading slums ► Access to trade
Sustaining our planet for
future generations
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Climate change 1 i
► Water cnsis j !
► Pros and cons i j |
of biodiversity ;
► Conservation
Renewing the United Nations
► Structural reform
► Identity and build on core
strengths
► Network with private and
non -governmental agenaes
► Improve interaction
through technology
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Roque told a press conference in Ha
vana last week that Cuba would lam-
bast “the growing tendency of a
small and powerful group of coun
tries” to violate the U.N. Charter and
intervene militarily in meinber coun
tries without Security Council ap
proval — a reference to the U.S.-led
NATO bombing of Yugoslavia.
The United States also can expect
to get an earful from more friendly
countries.
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir
Putin and Chinese President Jiang
Zemin are likely to use the gathering
to continue rallying international
support against U.S. national missile
defense plans.
President Clinton’s announce
ment last week that he would leave it
to the next administration to decide
whether and when to deploy such a
system will certainly be welcomed
by many leaders who have criticized
the U.S. plans as a threat to 30 yean
of arms control treaties.
But analysts have predicted that
Jiang will use the summit — anda
one-on-one meeting with Clinton
— to pressure the United States to
cancel the missile defense propos
al altogether. Beijing fears that the
anti-missile shields will render
useless its growing arsenal of mis
siles and force China into a costly
arms race.
Jiang, however, will have his
own controversies to deal with as
members of the Falun Gong spiri
tual movement stage continuous
demonstrations against the Chinese
leader for Beijing’s crackdown on
the sect — part of the 91 demon
strations planned this week.
Red Cross discourages
cluster bombs, deaths
News in Brief
Rebels refuse to
release American
GENEVA (AP) —The Red Cross
is urging governments to suspend the
use of cluster bombs because they
can kill and maim long after a war
ends, an official said Tuesday.
A new study by the International
Committee of the Red Cross found
that, compared with land mines,
those injured or killed by cluster
bombs were 4.9 times as likely to be
children under the age of 14.
The 50-page report focused on
the aftermath of NATO’s 78-day
bombing of the Yugoslav province
of Kosovo.
Children are especially at risk
because the bombs are usually an
eye-catching yellow with little para
chutes attached, said Peter Herby,
an ICRC specialist.
“People think they are duds be
cause they didn’t go off at first, but
they are highly unstable and can be
set off easily,” Herby added.
The ICRC found that cluster
bombs killed 50 people and injured
101 in Kosovo during the first year
after the bombing ended in June
1999, the report said.
Land mines killed 30 people and
wounded 169.
Victims of land mines often sur
vive, although they may lose feet or
legs, but cluster bombs generally
kill anyone near them when they
explode.
Herby said the ICRC, charged
with enforcing the Geneva Conven
tions on the conduct of war, has sent
governments its study with an ap
peal for a new international law on
the weapon.
“The use of cluster bombs should
be suspended until an international
agreement on their use and clearance
has been achieved,” said a message
to diplomats in Geneva.
Although cluster bombs were
used in the Gulf War and the In
dochina war in Laos, Kosovo pro
vided the Red Cross with its first
chance to study their long-term im
pact, Herby said.
A single cluster-bomb canister,
dropped to destroy airfields or tanks
and soldiers, typically scatters 200 to
600 bomblets over an area the size of
a football field.
ZAMBOANGA, Philippines
(AP) — Muslim rebels holding
an American hostage in a
southern Philippine jungle re
fused Tuesday to exchange him
for a suspected guerrilla.
Jeffrey Schilling, 24, of Oak
land, Calif., ended a hunger
strike and is being held in a heav
ily guarded bamboo hut, said a
government envoy. On Monday,
police said they had arrested a
73-year-old man suspected of be
longing to the Abu Sayyaf rebels
and accused him of taking part
in kidnappings on Basilan island.
Rebel spokesman Abu
Sabaya identified the man as
his grandfather, but refused to
swap him for Schilling, who was
kidnapped Aug. 28.
The rebels will not release
Schilling for "even 10, even 100
of my grandfathers," Sabaya told
the Radio Mindanao Network.
The rebels, who say they are
fighting to establish an Islamic
state in the southern Philip
pines, have insisted that the ar
rested man, Ahmad Opao, be
freed before they begin talks for
Schilling’s release.
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