US leaders (incl Al Gore) better change their tune or they may end up isolated from the rest of the planet when the next recession arrives. Steve ------------------------------------------------------------------- "NATURAL" DISASTERS A MISNOMER, UN LEADER SAYS GENEVA, Switzerland, July 6, 1999 (ENS) - "It is a tragic irony that 1998, the penultimate year of the Disaster Reduction Decade, was also a year in which natural disasters increased so dramatically," United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan said Monday. Annan was speaking at the closing ceremonies for the United Nations International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction (IDNDR) at the International Conference Centre of Geneva. Copyright Environment News Service (ENS) 1999 For full text and graphics visit: http://ens.lycos.com/ens/jul99/1999L-07-06-04.html Kenn
