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Bibliotheksaft 2:36 - September 15, 1999 International Concerns Contents: 1. IFLA social responsibilities paper 2. IFLA FAIFE papers 3. Discussion list for progressive librarians around the world 4. Today is the International Day of Anti-WTO Action 5. British Columbia Library Association contingent to Seattle WTO 6. URLs -- Millenium Round // Rodada do Milenio // RondeMillenaire 7. WWW Virtual Library: International Affairs Resources 8. International Labor sites 9. The Maquiladora Reader (book) 10. East Timor sites, courtesy of Martyn Lowe 11. East Timor - mailing addresses 12. East Timor Referendum 13. East Timor Human Rights Centre 14. Portuguese network of libraries in support of East Timor 15. Fun Facts About Capitalism 16. ISC/LINK Resolutions, from the 1999 Conference 17. If I dig a hole through the earth from here Quote for the week: "I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library." -Jorge Luis Borges (1899-1986) Homepage of the week: Lincoln Cushing http://www.sims.berkeley.edu/~lcush/ ___________________________________________________________________________top 1. IFLA social responsibilities paper The Growing Gap between the Information Rich and the Information Poor, Both Within Countries and Between Countries - A Composite Policy Paper, edited by Al Kagan http://www.ifla.org/IV/ifla65/papers/126-72e.htm From: http://www.ifla.org/IV/ifla65/65cp.htm IFLA 1999 Conference Program and Proceedings ___________________________________________________________________________top 2. IFLA FAIFE papers Date: Tue, 14 Sep 1999 13:39:02 -0500 From: "Don Wood" <dwood[at]ala.org> To: Intellectual Freedom Action News <ifaction[at]ala1.ala.org> Subject: Free Access to Information and Freedom of Expression The papers of the Free Access to Information and Freedom of Expression from the 65th IFLA Council and General Conference can be found at http://www.faife.dk/news/faibang.htm ___________________________________________________________________________top 3. Discussion list for progressive librarians around the world Go to http://proglib.listbot.com/ to subscribe... From: raimund.dehmlow[at]aekn.de Bcc: Date: Wed, 8 Sep 1999 11:01:16 +0200 Subject: Discussion List Dear friends, there has been a lot of traffic on our list in the last weeks. I am going to build now a special discussion list for all problems around progressive librarians around the world. I think it's necessary that all of you could have the possibility to reach all the other colleagues whithout having to send me the message which should be forwarded. So I'll include all colleagues with e-mail-adresses from http://www.germany.net/teilnehmer/100/115158/adresse.htm to a new list, which I will call "Progressive Librarians Around the World". All what you have to do is to reply to a message which invites you to this list. If there are any colleagues in your country, which you want to invite to this list, you should please send me their e-mail-address. All the best to you, Raimund Dehmlow ********************************************************************** Bitte beruecksichtigen Sie bei der Zusendung von Dateianhaengen an die Aerztekammer Niedersachsen, dass diese nur uebersandt werden koennen, wenn es sich um Microsoft Office-Formate oder Bilddateien handelt. In anderen Faellen benutzen Sie fuer die Zustellung den Postweg! Kennzeichnen Sie den Dateianhang deutlich mit der zur Erstellung verwendeten Programmversion! ********************************************************************** ___________________________________________________________________________top 4. Today is the International Day of Anti-WTO Action +++++++++++++++++++++++ September 15, 1999 International Day of Action against the World Trade Organization (WTO) NO NEW ROUND - TURN AROUND! Join tens of thousands of activists around the world in a day of action to oppose expansion of the World Trade Organization (WTO). The WTO is a powerful, undemocratic global commerce agency which imposes a regime of corporate managed trade. In its five years record, the WTO has consistently been used to attack national and local social and environmental safeguards. For example, the U.S. has already changed the Clean Air Act rules to comply with WTO demands. Top negotiators from WTO's 135 member countries are meeting in Seattle, WA in late November 1999 to set the WTO's future agenda. Some of the most eager proponents of the WTO are calling for an ambitious new "Millennium Round" of negotiations including issues like a global free logging agreement and an MAI (Multilateral Agreement on Investment) in the WTO. On the agenda is also a further de-regulation of agriculture and services (including health services and education). Enough is enough! In its five years of existence, the WTO has proved to be a disaster for democracy, workers and the environment. Rather than expand this flawed organization we need a turn-around! On September 15, take action and let people know that you oppose any attempts to broaden the scope and power of the WTO. Here's what you can do: * Call your Member of Congress and both Senators. Urge them to oppose the launch of a new round of WTO negotiations in Seattle that would expand the power of the WTO and to instead pressure the Clinton Administration to endorse an assessment of WTO's record to date so we can identify ways to change international trade and investment rules to promote fair trade and sustainable development. Call the Capitol Switchboard at 202-224-3121 or toll-free at 1-888- 449-3511. * Call the U.S. negotiators and tell them why they must oppose the "Millennium Round" proposal and why we must conduct an assessment of the WTO's performance to date. The U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) is the agency in charge of the negotiations. Call USTR's Charlene Barshefsky at 202-395-6890 (fax: 202-395-4549). You should also call the White House's John Podesta at 202-456-1414, as well as vice-President Al Gore at 202-456-1111. Get all your friends and neighbors to call as well! Come to Seattle for the Ministerial (Nov. 29 through Dec. 3)! Activists from all around the world will gather in Seattle for teach-ins, street festivities, debates, cultural activities, protests and more! Check out http://www.seattlewto.net/ for more information on accommodation/schedule of events/other arrangements or call 1-877-STOP-WTO (786-7986). ========================= NEW CITIZEN'S GUIDE TO THE WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION! On the Internet at http://www.tradewatch.org/publications/gtwpubs.htm FOR MULTIPLE COPIES CONTACT PUBLIC CITIZEN 202-588-1000 OR GO TO http://www.citizen.org/newweb/publicat.htm ___________________________________________________________________________top 5. British Columbia Library Association contingent to Seattle WTO Date: Tue, 14 Sep 1999 08:44:35 -0500 To: SRRT Action Council <srrtac-l[at]ala.org> From: Al Kagan <akagan[at]uiuc.edu> Subject: BCLA contingent to Seattle (fwd) A message from our activist colleagues to the North. Wouldn't it be nice if the ALA could wake up to the dangers to libraries from the World Trade Organization? >Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1999 23:55:22 -0700 (PDT) >From: Fiona Hunt <fionah[at]interchange.ubc.ca> >To: mai-list[at]interchange.ubc.ca >Subject: BCLA contingent to Seattle (fwd) > >*apologies for cross postings* > >The following is a posting that was sent out earlier today to the BC >Library Association Listserv. I know many of you are not located in BC, >but thought that some of you might be interested in joining us if you will >be in the Seattle or Vancouver area at the end of November. If you think >you will, let me know and I'll keep you posted as to our plans. > >If anyone out there is thinking of organizing a similar excursion for >their local library community, I can supply the name of our contact in >Seattle who will be booking accommodations for us. > >--Fiona > >---------- Forwarded message ---------- >Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1999 11:07:19 -0700 (PDT) >From: Fiona Hunt <fionah[at]interchange.ubc.ca> >To: bcla-list[at]interchange.ubc.ca >Subject: BCLA contingent to Seattle > >Dear List Members, > >As some of you may know, the next World Trade Organization (WTO) >ministerial conference will be taking place this November in Seattle. >The BCLA Information Policy Committee is organizing a contingent of >interested individuals to go down to Seattle to attend a teach-in and >other events beginning just prior to the ministerial. As most people work >Monday to Friday, we would be planning a weekend trip, leaving Friday >evening (November 26th) and returning Sunday the 28th, after the day's >events. The ministerial itself begins on November 29th. We have a contact >in Seattle who is going to book our accommodation for us, but we need to >know how many wish to attend. We have already approximately 11 in our >group, and we're hoping to attract more for what will likely be a most >interesting excursion. > >The WTO will be meeting to discuss various trade issues and agreements and >many of the resolutions passed at the meeting could have a profound impact >on libraries and on society in general. The teach-in, which begins on >Saturday November 27th, will explain many of the issues on the WTO agenda >and their significance. > >If you've been hearing about the "Millenium Round" in the news and keep >wondering what it's all about, now's your chance to find out! > >For those who are interested in joining us, we need to know a) how many >people are in your party and b) whether you prefer a Friday evening or >Saturday morning departure and c) what kind of accommodation you prefer. >Our options are: > - the hostel, with beds in a dormatory, costing $22 US per bed per > night > - hotel accommodation which runs from $80 to $130 US per night > (people could indicate whether they're willing to share to > bring down the cost) > - billeting with residents of Seattle (may be further from the > city centre) > >If enough people are interested in leaving early Saturday morning instead >of Friday evening, we may do that instead. Please state your preference >when you reply. > >Please respond to Fiona Hunt at fionah[at]interchange.ubc.ca with your >expression of interest by September 17. We need to know as soon as >possible how many are interested so we can begin booking. > >Hope to see many of you there! > Al Kagan Africana Unit, Room 328 University of Illinois Library 1408 W. Gregory Drive Urbana, IL 61801, USA ___________________________________________________________________________top 6. URLs -- Millenium Round // Rodada do Milenio // RondeMillenaire Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 09:59:52 -0700 (PDT) From: Fiona Hunt <fionah[at]interchange.ubc.ca> To: mai-list[at]interchange.ubc.ca Subject: (wto) URLs -- Millenium Round // Rodada do Milenio // RondeMillenaire (fwd) Sender: owner-mai-list[at]interchange.ubc.ca ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 27 Jul 1999 14:54:19 -0400 From: Margrete Strand-Rangnes <mstrand[at]citizen.org> To: Multiple recipients of list MAI-INTL <mai-intl[at]essential.org> Subject: (wto) URLs -- Millenium Round // Rodada do Milenio // RondeMillenaire Below are all sorts of useful links for people who are looking for more information on the World Trade Organization (WTO) and other international trade and investment issues. Thank you Andreas, for putting this together! No more endless searches on the web for info - everything you need is right here at the click of your fingertips! ===== Original Message from anro0002[at]stud.uni-sb.de at 7/27/99 11:34 Dear Friends, Herewith I send you a general Update of my "stop-wto-millennium-round-and-globalization-stuff-web-library" Iv you miss some related URL's let me know please. All the best, Andreas [p.s. most of the sites are in english - I use the conventional internet abbreviations to indicate the languages in which the URLs are available -- en - english, fr - french, de - german etc.] -------------------------------------------------------- Millenium Round // Rodada do Milenio // Ronde Millenaire -> UPDATE! <- ==================== "OFFICIALS": (neolib's blah blah) ==================== World Trade Organization: http://www.wto.org WTO Seattle http://www.wto.org/wto/minist/seatmin.htm Seattle Business welcomes WTO: http://www.wtoseattle.org European Commission: http://europa.eu.int/comm/dg01/dg1newround.htm TABD Mid Year Report: http://www.tabd.org/about/MYMExecSummary1.html and the annex: http://www.tabd.org/about/MYMTechnicalAnnex.html =================================================== "INOFFICIALS": =================================================== ============================================ WTO - MILLENNIUM ROUND - GLOBAL TRADE - MAI ============================================ (* frequently updated) Adbusters: The big Question / en http://www.adbusters.org/campaigns/economic/splash.html American Lands / en http://www.americanlands.org/forestweb/newwto1.htm ATTAC / en /fr * http://attac.org/ang/ (in french): http://www.attac.org Brian Jenkins anti-MAI page / en * http://www.nettrek.com.au/~brian/ "Citizens on the Web" / Toronto en * http://www.interlog.com/~cjazz/action7b.htm home: http://www.interlog.com/~cjazz/ EjTrcito Zapatista de Liberaci=n Nacional / es * http://www.ezln.org "Infos zum MAI" / de http://userpage.fu-berlin.de/~timor/mai/ "Millennium Round" (a URL of EP Green Party) / en * http://www.millennium-round.org 180 Movement for Democracy and Education / en http://www.corporations.org/democracy/wto.html home: http://www.corporations.org/democracy/ No2WTO Listarchive / en * http://no2wto.listbot.com/cgi-bin/view_archive?Act=view_archive&list_id=no2w to "MAI niet gezien" / Leiden nl * www.stelling.nl/mai Observatoire de la Mondialisation / Paris fr http://www.ecoropa.org/ob Ontario PIRG's MAI-not Project / Ottawa en * http://mai.flora.org Peoples Global Action (PGA) / en fr es de ru * Acci=n Global de los Pueblos/ Action mondiale des peuples AGP/AMP http://www.agp.org PGA in Seattle / en http://members.aol.com/mwmorrill/pga.htm List archive: www.listbot.com/cgi-bin/view_archive?Act=view_archive&list_id=WTOSeattleDisc ussion People For Fair Trade / Seattle en http://www.peopleforfairtrade.org Polaris Institute / en http://www.nassist.com/mai/ Public Citizens Global Trade Watch / en * http://www.tradewatch.org List archive: http://lists.essential.org/mai-intl/ "Road To Seattle" (Newsletter) / en * www.newsbulletin.org/bulletins/getcurrentbulletin.cfm?bulletin_id=67&sid= Seattle Citizen Committee/ en http://www.seattlewto.org "SHUTDOWN SEA-TOWN" / Seattle en http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/Lobby/8771/nowto.html Third World Network / en * http://www.twnside.org.sg/souths/twn/trade.htm ============================================================== some more European Groups involved in the Stop Millennium Round Campaign (without special WTO websites) ============================================================== BUND (Friends of the Earth Germany) / de http://www.snafu.de/~bund or http://www.bund.net Center for Environmental Public Advocacy (Slovakia) / sk http://www.changenet.sk/cepa Friends of the Earth Europe / en http://www.foeeurope.org Friends of the Earth Czech /cz http://www.duhafoe.cz Friends of the Earth UK / en http:://www.foe.co.uk Trade, Environment and Sustainability: http://www.foe.co.uk/foei/tes KEPA Finland / fi http://www.kepa.fi Movimiento contra la Europa de Maastricht / es http://www.nodo50.org/maast Oxfam Belgium / fr en http://www.oxfamsol.be =========== AGRIGULTURE =========== Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy / en http://www.iatp.org/ Rural Advancement Foundation Int'l http://www.rafi.org ========= ANTI APEC ========= Aotearoa/New Zealand APEC Monitoring Group / en http://www.apec.gen.nz/ APEC Alert! Vancouver / en http://www.cs.ubc.ca/spider/fuller/apec_alert/ No to APEC / en http://www.trican.com/~rsantos/front.htm ===================================== ENVIRONMENT - SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT ===================================== CUTS - Centre for International Trade, Economics & Environment in http://www.cuts-india.org (under construction) Earth First! / en http://www.k2net.co.uk/ef Friends of the Eath international / en http://www.foe.org International Center for Trade and Sustainable Development / en http://www.ictsd.org International Institute for Sustainable Development / en http://iisd1.iisd.ca/ National Center for Sustainability / Vancouver en http://www.islandnet.com/~ncfs/ncfs/ Raingow Keepers/ ru en http://www.ecoline.ru/KOI/SEU/KOLLEKT/RK/INDEXE.HTM Sacred Earth Network / ru en http://www.igc.apc.org/sen/ russian: http://www.ecoline.ru/sen/ SEAC - Student Environmental Action Coalition / en http://www.seac.org/ ========== OTHERS ========== Alliance for Democraty / en http://www.afd-online.org/ A SEED Europe / en http:// www.antenna.nl/aseed A SEED Japan http://www.jca.ax.apc.org/~aseed/ C.A.D.T.M. / en fr es http://users.skynet.be/cadtm/ Corporate Watch / enatch / enhttp://www.corpwatch.org Critical Mass Seattle es http://www.oz.net/~nic/cm.html Critical Mass Tokyo http://www.jca.ax.apc.org/~aseed/bicycle2.htm Ending Corporate Governance / en http://www.ratical.com/corporations/ EuroDusnie / Leiden nl en http://stad.dsl.nl/%7Erobbel/ Eyfa - European Youth For(est) Action / en http://antenna.nl/eyfa/ Food First / en http://www.foodfirst.org Food Not Bombs Seattle / en http://www.scn.org/activism/foodnotbombs Global Policy Forum NYC / en http://www.globalpolicy.org/ http://www.globalpolicy.org/globaliz/ Halifax Initiativee / en http://www.sierraclub.ca/national/halifax/ IBON Foundation / en http://www.ibon.org/ InterContinental Caravan / en http://http://stad.dsl.nl/~caravan/ International Coalition for Development Action / en http://www.icda.be June 18th international day of actions / en http://www.j18.org LabourNet Austria / de http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/LabourNetAustria/ Les Peripheriques vous parlent / Paris fr www.globenet.org/periph Multinational Corporations Human Rights / en (Erasmus University Project, Rotterdam) http://www.multinationals.law.eur.nl/ PICIS Korea http://www.jinbo.net/~picis/top_e.html Procect Underground / en http://www.moles.org/ProjectUnderground/ reclaim Madrid (June 18th) / es http://www.nodo50.org/reclaim "Reclaim the Streets!" / en http://www.gn.apc.org/rts Socio-Ecological Union ru http://www.ecoline.ru/seu TOES - The Other Economic Summit / en http://pender.ee.upenn.edu/~rabii/toes/ Transnational Corporate Research / en http://www.trufax.org/menu/resource.html Transnational Institute / en http://www.tni.org Tusovka / ru en http://www.savanne.ch/tusovka/en "50 Years are enough!" (IMF/ WB) / en http://www.50years.org/ Zeme predevsim! (Earth First! Prague) / cz http://www.geocities.com/RainForest/Canopy/1651 http://www.ecn.cz/zemepredevsim ============================ Organizations and Treaties - more ore less pushing Globalization ============================ ---------------------------- FREE TRADE AREAS ---------------------------- APEC http://www.apec.org Secretariat http://www.apecsec.org.sg/ ASEAN (Association of Southeast Asian Nations) http://www.asean.or.id/ MERCOSUR http://www.americasnet.com/mauritz/mercosur/ WEF Santiago Summit, May 1999: http://www.weforum.org/Activities/Regional/Mercosur/live99/ trade and investment report: http://www.mercosurinvestment.com/ SAFTA (South Asian Free Trade Agreement) South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) http://www.south-asia.com/saarc/ ---------------------------- INDUSTRIAL LOBBY GROUPS ---------------------------- ERT (European Round Table of Industrialists) http://www.ert.be/ ICC (International Chamber of Commerce) http://www.iccwbo.org UNICE (Union of Industrial and Employers' Confederations of Europe) USCIB (US Council for International Business) http://www.uscib.org/ Expo 2000: http://www.expo2000.de/ ---------------------------- FAO http://www.fao.org IMF (International Monetary Fond) http://www.imf.org OECD (Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) http://www.oecd.org TABD (Trans-Atlantic Business Dialogue) http://www.tabd.org Trilateral Comission http://www.trilateral.org/ UNCTAD (UN Conference on Trade and Development) http://www.unicc.org/unctad/ WBCSD (World Business Council for Sustainable Development) http://www.wbcsd.ch/ WEF (World Economic Forum) http://www.weforum.org World Bank http://www.worldbank.org/ ********************************** In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, this material is distributed without profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information for research and educational purposes. Margrete Strand Rangnes MAI Project Coordinator Public Citizen Global Trade Watch 215 Pennsylvania Ave, SE Washington DC, 20003 USA mstrand[at]citizen.org 202-454-5106 202-547 7392 (fax) To subscribe to our MAI Listserv send an e-mail to mstrand[at]citizen.org, or subscribe directly by going to our website, www.tradewatch.org (Please indicate organizational affiliation if any, and also where you found out about this listserv) Search the MAI-NOT & MAI-INTL archives at http://lists.essential.org/ ___________________________________________________________________________top 7. WWW Virtual Library: International Affairs Resources http://www.etown.edu/vl Professor Wayne Selcher, Professor of International Studies (Dept. of Political Science, Elizabethtown College) has forwarded the above new URL and following description for the WWW Virtual Library: International Affairs Resources: "Now with over 1400 annotated links in many areas of international affairs. It is frequently maintained, and should be of use to journalists, researchers, professors, and students, among others. It has received recommendations from several Internet academic organizations, including CHOICE Magazine and the Argus Clearinghouse." - Prof. Wayne Selcher Browse by Media Sources, Organizations, Regions and Countries, and specific topics. Submitted by: The ResPool Listowner rjtiess[at]warwick.net ResPool - http://members.tripod.com/~rtiess/respool.htm ___________________________________________________________________________top 8. International Labor sites "White, Dave" wrote: > I am seeking online resources that allows one to search for the latest or > daily news on labor issues in as many countries as possible and in as many > different languages as possible. David, Here are several such sites (appearing to be all in English): LabourStart - http://www.labourstart.org International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mine and General Workers' Unions - http://www.icem.org/index.html General Federation of Trade Unions - http://www.gftu.org.uk/html/home.html International Labor Rights Fund - http://www.laborrights.org Inernational Labour Organization - http://www.ilo.org Human Rights Watch - http://www.hrw.org Even more sites can be located at the Global Labour Directory of Directories - http://www.solinet.org/LEE/gldod.html Hope that helps. Submitted by: The ResPool Listowner rjtiess[at]warwick.net http://members.tripod.com/~rtiess ResPool - http://members.tripod.com/~rtiess/respool.htm ___________________________________________________________________________top 9. The Maquiladora Reader (book) Subject: New Book on Global Economy Date: Mon, 13 Sep 1999 10:52:17 -0400 From: Bertha Mwantembe <BMwantembe[at]afsc.org> To: chuck[at]tao.ca PUBLICATION ANNOUNCEMENT THE MAQUILADORA READER is an important new book on grassroots labor activism in the global economic arena. Subtitled "Cross-Border Organizing Since NAFTA," this compilation documents how workers and their allies are reaching across the border to search for new answers to the challenges of globalization. THE MAQUILADORA READER explores activism at the intersection of international labor organizing, women's empowerment, environmental and occupational health, and cross-border solidarity. In the process, it reveals how the Mexico-U.S. border - the only border in the world where the advanced industrial North directly meets the "underdeveloped" South - functions as a unique "cutting edge" where new paradigms of activism are being forged. Published by the American Friends Service Committee, this book reflects AFSC's involvement of more than 20 years in cross-border activism, which has centered on a partnership with the Comité Fronterizo de Obreras (Border Committee of Women Workers), a worker-controlled grassroots organization on the Mexican side. Information is included about numerous organizations and initiatives, offering a comprehensive portrait of labor activism at the border in the NAFTA era. Individual chapters delve into such areas as women at the border, health and environmental issues, differing strategies for cross-border activism, and how the border fits into the larger panorama of free trade agreements. This publication will be a valuable resource for educators and activists seeking practical tips on coming to grips with the global economy, as well as undergraduate and graduate classes in labor studies, women's studies, ethnic studies, and global economics. Additional details, including ordering information, are available in our online brochure at http://www.afsc.org/maquiladora.htm. Please help us get the word out about this new resource by reposting this announcement as widely as possible. If you have a website, we hope you consider adding a link to our brochure at the URL noted above. If you need additional information about this book, please contact Luis Perez (Lperez[at]afsc.org). ___________________________________________________________________________top 10. East Timor sites Date: 4 Sep 99 19:56:57 BST From: Martyn Lowe <martynlowe[at]usa.net> To: Subject: East Timor Websites Dear Comrades ! Here are some websites that might be of immediate use for those who are interested in following the current crisis in East Timor. ................... East Timor Action Network "ETAN/US provides information about, and ways to help, East Timor, which was invaded and subjugated by US ally Indonesia in 1975. ETAN advocates changing US foreign policy and urges support for self-determination and human rights for East Timor." http://etan.org .............. Here is a news network with East Timor Information upon it - http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/asia/july-dec99/timor_index.html ................ The U.N. East Timor website http://www.un.org/peace/etimor/etimor.htm ........................... Peace Movement Aotearoa " - is the national networking organisation for those concerned about peace and related issues in Aotearoa/New Zealand " This website covers the peace movement from NZ - Has East Timor info' upon it http://www.converge.org.nz/pma/ ...................... TIMOR Today East Timor International Support Center - ETISC PO Box 651, Nightciff, Darwin NT 0814, Australia http://www.easttimor.com/ ..................... That's all for now Martyn ___________________________________________________________________________top 11. East Timor - mailing addresses aberdeen[at]ns2.trytel.com on 11.09.99 01:27:08 Thema: East Timor - addresses Hello Raimund Dehmlow, It's been a while since my last email regarding the website "Address Directory, Politicians of the World". Given the situation in East Timor, I thought you might not mind if I supplied you with a few useful addresses: Bacharuddin Jusuf Habibie President Office of the President 15 Jalan Merdeka Utara Jakarta Indonesia gov't webpage http://www.dfa-deplu.go.id/english/govern1.htm National Commission for Human Rights Jl. Latuharhary No. 4B Menteng, Jakarta 10310 Indonesia phone 62-21-392-5230, fax 62-21-392-5227 email info[at]komnas.go.id Gubernur Jalan Infante de Henri Dili, Timor Timur Indonesia Best regards, Don Vermithrax http://www.trytel.com/~aberdeen/ Address Directory - Politicians of the World http://www.trytel.com/~aberdeen ___________________________________________________________________________top 12. East Timor Referendum East Timor: Special Report -- BBC News [RealPlayer] http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/special_report/1999/05/99/east_timor/ newsid_340000/340363.stm Timor Today -- East Timor International Support Center (ETISC) http://www.easttimor.com/ East Timor Referendum: Indonesia's "Litmus Test" -- USIA http://www.usia.gov/admin/005/wwwh9825.html Indonesia: Identity Crisis -- _Time Asia_ http://www.pathfinder.com/time/asia/magazine/1999/990607/indonesia1.html The Struggle for East Timor -- Mojo Wire http://motherjones.com/east_timor/ "Either way, it's a vote for civil war" -- _Sydney Morning Herald_ http://www.smh.com.au/news/9908/27/features/features5.html The East Timorese capital Dili was once again the scene of protest and violence this week, just days before a UN-supervised referendum. On Monday, East Timor's 800,000 residents will choose whether to remain part of Indonesia as an autonomous province or to establish an independent nation. A Portuguese colony for 400 years, East Timor was independent for about a year before it was invaded and annexed by Indonesia in 1976. After decades of military repression and civil strife (see the April 20, 1999 Scout Report for Social Sciences), the post-Suharto Indonesian government announced it would allow the East Timorese to decide their own political fate. In their strongest showing so far, pro-independence advocates organized a rally of up to 10,000 people in the capital on Wednesday. A counter-rally the next day resulted in the worst violence since April, when dozens were killed by anti-independence militias. Despite the violence and continued threats by these militias, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan has made it clear that the twice-postponed vote will be held on Monday as scheduled. The BBC News Special Report on East Timor provides breaking news, analysis, archived articles, related links, and audio and video selections. The ETISC, a pro-independence organization, offers a host of resources at its site. They include background articles, news stories from various international sources, reports, key documents, and biographies, among others. The United States Information Agency (USIA) site provides its usual excellent round-up of editorials and articles on East Timor from newspapers across the world. Appearing in the June 7, 1999 issue of _Time Asia_, the next item explores the difficulties of forging a common identity in East Timor. Provided by _Mother Jones_, the Mojo Wire special site on East Timor contains news, reference materials, analysis, questions and answers, and a useful primer on the province for the uninitiated. Finally, this editorial from the _Sydney Morning Herald_ offers a sobering analysis of what the future may hold for both East Timor and Indonesia. Additional resources on East Timor can be found in Signpost, the Scout Report's database. These include the UN's Question of East Timor, the War, Peace, and Security Guide, and The United States Security Strategy for the East Asia-Pacific Region 1998. [MD] Signpost http://www.signpost.org Question of East Timor http://scout7.cs.wisc.edu/page/00010464.html War, Peace, and Security Guide http://scout7.cs.wisc.edu/page/00000955.html The United States Security Strategy for the East Asia-Pacific Region 1998 http://scout7.cs.wisc.edu/page/00008987.html >From The Scout Report, Copyright Internet Scout Project 1994-1999. http://scout.cs.wisc.edu/ ___________________________________________________________________________top 13. East Timor Human Rights Centre http://law.murdoch.edu.au/minihub/ethrc/ This human rights organization was established to promote and protect human rights in East Timor, a former Portuguese colony annexed by Indonesia. This site is especially relevant due to East Timor's current violent upheaval resulting from an August 1999 referendum for independence. There are media releases and current information about human rights violations with urgent action recommendations to write, fax, or e-mail protest letters to the Indonesian government as well as the government of the person reading the recommendations. Also included is photographic documentation of ongoing torture and links to major human rights organizations and background information on East Timor. - mc Subjects: indonesia | human rights Carole Leita, cleita[at]sunsite.berkeley.edu LIIWEEK Listowner and Coordinator of the Librarians' Index to the Internet http://sunsite.berkeley.edu/InternetIndex/ ___________________________________________________________________________top 14. Portuguese network of libraries in support of East Timor Date: Wed, 8 Sep 1999 17:37:53 -0000 Reply-To: International Federation of Library Associations mailing list <IFLA-L[at]INFOSERV.NLC-BNC.CA> Sender: International Federation of Library Associations mailing list <IFLA-L[at]INFOSERV.NLC-BNC.CA> From: Biblioteca Municipal de Beja <bmbeja[at]MAIL.PT> Subject: EAST TIMOR URGENT MESSAGE To: IFLA-L[at]INFOSERV.NLC-BNC.CA TIMOR LOROSAE THE BARBARITY BEYOND CONTROL The portuguese network of libraries in support of East Timor cause asks your library support to promote awereness about the genocide that Indonesia is taking among EastTimor population. We challenge you to send a message to ONU and his Security Council, and also to the President of the US. For more information see the following sites: . http://www.lusitania.org/timor/index.shtml . http://www.un.org/NewLinks . http://www.un.org/gerinfo/malu.htm . http://www.un.org/Overview/organs.sc.html Timor Lorosae values of freedom, democracy and tolerance are been violated. Those are our civilizational values, and also the library ones. "We see, listen and read. We can¥t ignore that." This is the RIGHT TIME. This is OUR TIME. Let¥s be worthy of it. PORTUGUESE NETWORK OF LIBRARIES FOR TIMOR LOROSAE CAUSE FOCAL POINT: Public Library of Beja-JosÈ Saramago Luis de Cam�es, s/n. 7800 BEJA PORTUGAL Telef. 351 84 311900 Fax. 351 84 311929 e-mail. BMBEJA[at]mail.pt ______________________________________________________ mail.pt, um mail para todos - Gratuito em http://mail.pt/ ___________________________________________________________________________top 15. Fun Facts About Capitalism From John K. The annual UN Human Development Report 1999 is available online at: http://www.undp.org/hdro/report.html It's a large document in PDF format. Below are some interesting facts my dark and brooding psyche selected: "The world's 200 richest people more than doubled their net worth between 1994 and 1998 to more than 1 trillion dollars. " "The assets of the 200 richest people are more than the combined income of 41 percent of the world's people. " "The assets of the top 3 billionaires are more than the combined GNP [Gross National Product] of all least developed nations and their 600 million people. More generally: By the late 1990's the fifth of the world's people living in the highest income countries had: 86 percent of the world's GDP [Gross Domestic Product]--the bottom fifth had one percent of the world's GDP. The middle sixty percent had thirteen percent of the world's GDP. Food production per capita increased by neaarly 25% during 1990-97, BUT... "Nearly 1.3 billion people live on less than a dollar a day, and close to 1 billion can't meet their consumption requirements." "850 million people are malnourished. " "Nearly 160 million children are malnourished." Education such as it is and isn't: "One percent of the assets of the richest 200 people could provide for universal access to primary education for all." "850 million people are illiterate." "In industrial countries more than 100 million people are illiterate." "More than 260 million children are out of school on the primary and secondary levels." "More than 250 million children are working as child labourers." Women: "340 million women are not expected to survive to age 40." "A quarter to a half of all women have suffered physical abuse by an intimate partner." johnk ___________________________________________________________________________top 16. ISC/LINK Resolutions, from the 1999 Conference Public Libraries and Social Exclusion, an International Perspective: Resolutions from the 5th LINK/Information for Social Change, April 24th, 1999, Overseas Development Institute, London. WHEREAS we consider that social exclusion is a world wide problem caused by capitalism and globalism; and WHEREAS we believe that the solution to this problem is socialism and internationalism; and WHEREAS we are convinced that library and information workers have a role to play in tackling social exclusion; WE RESOLVE that the following actions are required by library and information workers: 1. to be pro-active, committed and radical in their approach to social exclusion 2. to recognize that information is power, and that this power should be used strategically and tactically 3. to be aware of the differences between poverty, equal opportunities and social exclusion in different contexts and countries 4. to define who the socially excluded are, and to reconise barriers to library usage such as race, class and gender 5. to determine what information and library services the socially excluded require and demand 6. to encourage western agencies to support library and information workers in Majority World countries to identify relevant needs. 7. to make ruling elites conscious of the importance and value of information, education, literacy, and libraries 8. to put pressure on governments (via agencies such as UNESCO) to commit a fixed percentage of national budget on education and libraries From: all/some of those who attended the conference To: LA, IFLA, FID, LA members, British Council, UNESCO, EEU, donor agencies ___________________________________________________________________________top 17. If I dig a hole through the earth from here where do I end up? http://www.jessamyn.com/dig That and other fun with latitude and longitude, including conversions to geographical locations and from IP address to map coordinates. ___________________________________________________________________________top L I B R A R Y J U I C E | http://libr.org/Juice/ | | Original material and added value in Library Juice | is copyright-free; beyond that the publisher makes | no guarantees. Library Juice is a free weekly | publication edited and published by Rory Litwin. | Original senders are credited wherever possible; | opinions are theirs. Your comments and suggestions | are welcome. Juice[at]libr.org This page was created by SimpleText2Html 1.0.3 on 15-Sep-99.