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Kronologi over fredssagen og international politik 11. Juni 2004 / Time Line June 11, 2004
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Lokalvalg i Storbritannien.
Arbejderpartiet, Labour, taber mere end 400 mandater pga
'vælgernes utilfredshed' med krigen i Irak, som 'mange af dem
var imod'.
Litteratur: Theils, Lone: Blair betaler prisen for
Irak. I: Berlingske Tidende, 06/13/2004.
06/11/2004
The second annual Teaching Nonproliferation Summer
Institute
This summer, you have a chance visit a lovely area and at the same
time join a project that we hope will positively affect the future
of our planet. The second annual Teaching Nonproliferation Summer
Institute will be held from June 11-15 at the University of North
Carolina at Asheville. We're inviting you and your colleagues.
We've designed this development workshop to enable university
faculty to include issues related to reducing the threat from
weapons of mass destruction in appropriate courses. This year's
institute will emphasize environmental, public health, and security
issues. Participants will both learn from and establish connections
with renowned experts in the field. This is an opportunity to add a
timely and diverse dimension to your teaching.
Participants will receive room, board and a travel stipend.
Speakers will be:
* Clay Moltz and Charles Ferguson, Center for Nonproliferation
Studies, Monterey Institute of International Studies
* Randall Forsberg, Institute for Defense and Disarmament
Studies
* Arjun Makhijani, Institute for Energy and Environmental
Research
* William Long, Chair of the Sam Nunn School for International
Affairs, Georgia Tech. and tentatively
* Victor Sidel editor of "War and Public Health" and a founder of
Physicians for Social Responsibility,
* Avner Cohen, Center for International Security Studies at
University of Maryland, author of "Israel and the Bomb,"
* Stephen Schwartz, publisher of the Bulletin of the Atomic
Scientist,
Thanks for considering our invitation and circulating it to others
in your department or, better yet, your university!
Dot Sulock, Institute Director
06/11/2004
UN 1540 Committee began its work.
06/11/2004
Forsvarsforlig er en hån mod befolkningens nej til
EU-hær
- Ja-partierne, kristendemokraterne og Dansk Folkeparti baserer
deres politik på forventet opsigelse af aftalen med
vælgerne, udtaler Ditte Staun fra Folkebevægelsen mod
EU.
Det dugfriske forsvarsforlig – aftalen om forsvarets ordning
fra 2005 – 2009 – siger i sin indledning, at "Endvidere
vil dansk forsvar ved en eventuel ophævelse af det danske
forsvarsforbehold kunne deltage i EU’s indsats uden for
Unionens område med henblik på fredsskabelse,
fredsbevarelse, konfliktforebyggelse, humanitære operationer
og styrkelse af international sikkerhed i overensstemmelse med
principperne i FN-pagten.”
- Forligspartierne håner undtagelsen overfor EU’s
militære projekt, som befolkningen har vedtaget ved
folkeafstemning. Det gør de, når de direkte går
indgår aftaler om det danske forsvars forventede fremtidige
deltagelse i EU-hæren, siger Ditte Staun, som er en af
spidskandidaterne for Folkebevægelsen mod EU ved valget til
EU-parlamentet på søndag.
- Danmark kan sagtens deltage humanitære opgaver – for
eksempel gennem den multinationale FN-styrke SHIRBRIG, som har
hovedkvarter ved Birkerød i Nordsjælland.
EU-hæren handler langt fra kun om indsats med FN's
godkendelse. Tværimod siger udkastet til EU-grundlov, der
skal forhandles på plads om knap en uge, at der ikke
behøver at være noget FN-mandat for EU’s
militære indgreb, siger Ditte Staun og tilføjer:
- Verden har ikke brug for EU-militarisering, men for et styrket
FN!
06/11/2004
NDP leader shoots down missile defence program
Toronto Star
The U.S-led missile defence program will spark a dangerous new arms
race and Canada should have no part of it, NDP Leader Jack Layton
says.
Layton used a rally at a downtown Toronto church last night to lash
out against the proposed program, denouncing it as a costly, ill-
conceived hold-over from the Cold War that will ultimately put
weapons in space.
And as he vowed to make missile defence an election issue, he got
some high-profile help from members of Toronto's arts scene, who
added their own angry voices in condemning the proposed
program.
"It is shocking to see that Canada would even be considering
joining such a Cold War again," singer Steve Page, of the Barenaked
Ladies, told a crowd of about 200 people at the Church of Saint
George the Martyr.
Pianist Anton Kuerti said the costs of the program would make the
sponsorship scandal look like a "little appetizer." "We need to be
getting rid of missiles, not encouraging others to build more," he
said.
Noted environmentalist David Suzuki said the scheme, which involves
using ground-based interceptors to shoot down incoming missiles, is
unworkable.
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