> > Le Monde diplomatique > ----------------------------------------------------- > > > July 2000 > > >NEW HOPE, OLD FRUSTRATIONS > >Morocco: the point of change > >by IGNACIO RAMONET > > <http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/en/2000/07/01ramonet> > > Translated by Harry Forster > > >THE KOSOVO CONFLICT > >Nato on trial > >by AVNER GIDRON and CLAUDIO CORDONE > > Established in 1998, the International Criminal Court is still > struggling for life. Many states are reluctant to ratify its > statute, when they are not actively opposed to it, like the United > States, Russia and China. The International Criminal Tribunal for > the Former Yugoslavia, on the other hand, was presented as the > precursor of a fairer international order. These double standards > may also apply to the assessment of Nato's bombing campaign against > Yugoslavia in the spring of 1999. Amnesty International believes > that Nato "did not fully comply with the obligation to take all > precautions to protect civilians" and that, in at least one case, > it attacked a civilian object. > > <http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/en/2000/07/02kosovo> > > Original text in English > >Was the Serbian TV station really a legitimate target? * > >by AVNER GIDRON and CLAUDIO CORDONE > > Original text in English > >The protection of civilians > > <http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/en/2000/07/04kosovobox1> > >International law's highest standards > > <http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/en/2000/07/05kosovobox2> > > >STATES OF CONCERN > >Armed peace in the Middle East * > >by GEOFFREY ARONSON > > The Israeli government and the Palestinian Authority were engaged > in a war of nerves before the Washington summit with President > Clinton. The Palestinians even accused Israel of preparing a > "military solution" while the Tel Aviv press was publishing the > brush strokes of an agreement proposed by the US. Meanwhile in > Syria, the new president needs to make a decision about talks with > Israel. Yet, even if accords are reached, US strategists do not > foresee more than an armed peace for the region. > > Original text in English > >Syria: the rise and rise of Doctor Bashar * > >by ALAIN GRESH > > Translated by Wendy Kristianasen > > >THE SHINING PATH STILL GLIMMERS > >Peru: pacified but not peaceful * > >by our special correspondent KARIM BOURTEL > > After ten years in power, Alberto Fujimori was - controversially - > re-elected president after voting in April and May. Disowned by the > Organisation of American States, which withdrew its observers, and > reproved by the United States, Fujimori won after a second round in > which his opponent, Alejandro Toledo, refused to take part. But, > with Peru sunk in poverty, ballot fraud is not the whole story. > Many Peruvians, reliant on a regime that gives them a rickety > structure of social measures only in exchange for their allegiance, > and still seeing Fujimori as the man who beat hyperinflation and > the Shining Path terrorists, gave him their votes. > > Translated by Derry Cook-Radmore > >Authoritarian rule not denied > >Maurice Lemoine > > <http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/en/2000/07/09lemoine> > > >THE COUNTRY THAT DOESN'T QUITE EXIST > >Haiti's last chance * > >by our special correspondent CHRISTOPHE WARGNY > > Since June 1997 a long-drawn-out institutional crisis has paralysed > Haiti, the poorest country in the Americas. Many hoped that > elections (whose first round was held on 21 May) would bring a > return to normality. But though it showed wide support for the > party of the ex-president, Jean-Bertrand Aristide, Fanmi Lavalas, > the voting was full of irregularities and threw the country into > further confusion. > > Translated by Derry Cook-Radmore > >The Aristide decade > > <http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/en/2000/07/11haitibox> > > >'THE POOR HAVE THE RIGHT TO WAGE WAR TOO' > >Ethiopia invades Eritrea * > >by JEAN-LOUIS P�NINOU > > After two years of war, the prospects of a genuine peace between > Ethiopia and Eritrea still seem uncertain, despite periodic lulls > in the fighting, mediation and hard-won ceasefires achieved by the > Organisation of African Unity - and even despite the peace > agreement signed in Algiers on 18 June. > > Translated by Julie Stoker > >Conflict in the Horn of Africa > > <http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/en/2000/07/13ethiopiabox> > > >MUSLIMS WANT TO SEPARATE FROM CATHOLIC STATE > >The Sultanate of the Philippines * > >by our special correspondents SOLOMON KANE and LAURENT PASSICOUSSET > > Twenty-one Asian and European tourists were recently taken hostage > and held on the island of Jolo in the Philippines. The kidnappers > were members of the Abu Sayyaf group which aims to build a national > entity that is not just a haphazard outcome of decolonisation. > Along with other groups pursuing similar objectives in the Malay > and Indonesian archipelagos, Abu Sayyaf is using Islam as a lever > to achieve its aim. Islam is the key unifying factor between the > many different nationalities (87 in all) in the southern > Philippines. > > Translated by Ed Emery > > >CANADA V FRANCE: WTO RULES > >The asbestos conspiracy > >by PATRICK HERMAN and ANNIE TH�BAUD-MONY > > Even though it is nearly 40 years since asbestos was scientifically > shown to cause cancer and it has now claimed thousands of lives, > the WTO is examining a complaint by Canada, which exports 99% of > its output, against France, which banned it in 1997. The WTO's > Dispute Settlement Body is quite capable of finding in favour of > the purveyors of death and the governments that so shamelessly > support them, since it habitually puts "freedom" for trade before > any other consideration. Since the outrageous ruling on > hormone-treated beef, anything seems possible. > > <http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/en/2000/07/15asbestos> > > Translated by Malcolm Greenwood > > >NO PATENTS ON BIOTECHNOLOGY PRODUCTS > >Africa defies licences for life * > >by FRANCK SEURET and ROBERT ALI BRAC DE LA PERRI�RE > > No country is self-sufficient in biodiversity. The WTO is seeking > an appropriate legal framework to encourage trade. But appropriate > for whom? There's the rub. The intellectual property system, which > champions the breeders' interests, is becoming an instrument of > neo-colonialism. The Organisation of African Unity, offering an > alternative that is in the public interest as well as its own, has > taken the lead in new thinking about the exploitation of life. > > Translated by Barbara Wilson > >Protection or exclusion > > <http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/en/2000/07/17patentbox> > > Translated by Wendy Kristianasen > > >BACK PAGE > >'Do you know the way to San Jose?' * > >by DANI�LE STEWART > > Uncontrolled development is a growing threat to the US environment. > It is caused by the lack of efficient public transport, which helps > to concentrate housing in certain areas, but also private land > management and the rush to leave "unsafe" inner cities. The trend > is particularly alarming in what was once the Far West. Forests and > deserts are threatened by property developers and their "great > deals", by roads and car parks. Environmental pressure groups are > no longer the only people to question the merits, and cost, of this > form of "development". > > Translated by Harry Forster > > > > > English language editorial director: Wendy Kristianasen > _________________________________________________________________ > > (*) Star-marked articles are available to paid subscribers only. > > Yearly subscription fee: 24 US $ (Institutions 48 US $). > > > > ALL RIGHTS RESERVED - Le Monde diplomatique > ______________________________________________________________ > > For more information on our English edition, please visit > > http://www.monde-diplomatique.fr/en/ > > > To subscribe to our free "dispatch" mailing-list, send an > (empty) e-mail to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To unsubscribe from this list, send an (empty) e-mail to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > __________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. 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