>From: "Michael Canney" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: [Cuba SI] Cuba leads summit on globalization >[This "South Summit" of the G-77, occurring the same week as the action >in Wshington, DC, should not go unnoticed by Northamericans concerned >about the impact of the WTO/IMF/World Bank plunder of the third world. >It is an extremely significant event, moreso because it is taking place >in La Habana. I suspect it will get little coverage in the US media, >but we should make sure the word gets out, especially to the organizers >of the protests in Washington. Cuba's message is finding a great deal >of resonance today among the many victims of the plunder that has been >taking place. "Business as usual" is about to become more difficult for >the imperialists.] > >AP 04/10/00 > >World Leaders Gather in Havana > > By JOHN RICE, Associated Press Writer > >HAVANA (AP) _ Dozens of leaders from the world's poor countries >began gathering today in Cuba to forge a common position demanding >a greater share of the world's power and wealth. > >The 133-nation ``Group of 77'' is expected to call for debt >relief, greater global attention to the needs of the poor and >possible structural changes in the United Nations during its formal >sessions on Wednesday and Thursday. > >``The process of globalization that we have witnessed in recent >years has exacerbated problems (of poor countries),'' said Arthur >Mbanefo of Nigeria, president of the Group of 77, during a weekend >news conference. > >He said the summit would aim to ``redefine North-South relations >with a view to assure that the South plays an active role in the >design of the world commercial system.'' > >Cuban and summit officials estimated that more than 60 heads of >state or government would appear, along with scores of foreign >ministers and other senior officials. > >Already in Havana today were Nigerian President Olusegun >Obansanjo and Vietnamese President Tran Duc Luong. Also expected >were U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan and leaders of Indonesia, >South Africa, Cambodia, Venezuela and Pakistan. > >Cuban officials said Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat and Libyan >leader Moammar Gadhafi also might attend. > >The G-77 was created in 1964 by 77 developing nations and has >grown to 133 members as new countries have emerged with the end of >the colonial era. > >``Our problems cannot be resolved only through collaboration >between countries of the South,'' Cuban Foreign Minister Felipe >Perez Roque said in a state television interview Saturday. > >``The only way the countries of the Third World, countries of >the Group of 77, have to defend our rights is to unify and join in >a united front to take part in this discussion with the developed >countries.'' > >He said the resolutions could form the basis for a common front >at a ``Millennium Summit'' of world leaders at the United Nations >in September. > >Within Cuba itself, the summit has been overshadowed by a >6-year-old boy: Elian Gonzalez and the Cuban government's battle to >win his repatriation from the United States. > > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ >Enter to WIN one of 10 NEW Kenmore Ranges! >Only at sears.com >http://click.egroups.com/1/2677/0/_/30563/_/955409347/ >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >Cuba SI: http://www.egroups.com/group/cubasi/ > >Imperialism NO! Venceremos! > >Information and discussion about Cuba. > >Discussion of the path of Ernesto Che Guevara. > > __________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki - Finland +358-40-7177941, fax +358-9-7591081 e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.kominf.pp.fi ___________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe/unsubscribe messages mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___________________________________
