1999-07-30 Jan Slakov From: “Janet M Eaton” <•••@••.•••> Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 16:33:43 +0000 Subject: [GSN] UN Denies NATO bombing led to ecological catastrophe !! 2 Items From: “Janet M Eaton” <•••@••.•••> 2 news releases + commentary !! Over 80 news releases, articles, reports that I have reviewed and referenced and another 11 being … Read more
1999-07-29 Jan Slakov From: •••@••.••• Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 23:34:04 EDT Subject: Re: rn: Janet Eaton & UN Balkans Environmental Team To: •••@••.••• In a message dated 7/23/99 1:20:40 PM Eastern Daylight Time, •••@••.••• writes: << But I hate to give up on the UN and all its affiliates too easily. (I’m quite sure … Read more
1999-07-26 Jan Slakov Dear RN, July 26 Two postings, one to remind us of what our economic system means for many of the world’s people. It means, if you are an adult, being helpless to prevent the children around you from succumbing to hunger and disease. And if you are a child, it means, sometimes, … Read more
1999-07-25 Jan Slakov From: “Janet M Eaton” <•••@••.•••> Date: Sun, 25 Jul 1999 12:25:47 +0000 Subject: [GSN] Polluted for years – NATO Strikes … From: “Janet M Eaton” <•••@••.•••> I am still busy tracking the Environmental and human health consequenecs of the NATO bombings in Yugoslavia – This piece notes the terrible impact of living … Read more
1999-07-25 Jan Slakov Dear RN list, The UNDP seems to be such a useful program (publishing the Human Development Report, for instance) so it is particularly dismaying to learn of its being co-opted. It would seem that so far it is just one program (The Global Sustainable Development Facility) which is linked to corporate sponsors … Read more
1999-07-25 Jan Slakov From: “Janet M Eaton” <•••@••.•••> To: •••@••.••• Date: Sun, 25 Jul 1999 02:39:01 +0000 Subject: (Fwd) Re: rn: commentary on yesterday’s posting re: UN Dear Jan, Ib and all: I think that Ib makes very good points- about the chances of the UN team finding anything significant- In a press release from … Read more
1999-07-24 Jan Slakov From: “Ib Bang” <•••@••.•••> Subject: The Role of the UN. Date: Fri, 23 Jul 1999 22:49:32 +0200 Dear Jan and RN, Lately you wrote under the subject: “rn: Janet Eaton & UN Balkans Environmental Team: But I hate to give up on the UN and all its affiliates too easily. (I’m quite … Read more
1999-07-24 Jan Slakov Dear RN list, July 24 Earlier one RN list subscriber, Daniel Haran, wrote to recommend a book on “anger, fear, power, work, sexuality, community – and the spirituality and practice of non-violence”, _Allow the WAter_, by Leonard Desroches, éditions Dunamis publishers. I am only getting into it now but feel it is … Read more
1999-07-24 Jan Slakov Date: Fri, 16 Jul 1999 23:13:28 -0400 From: Eric Fawcett <•••@••.•••> Subject: sfp-12: United Nations co-opted by corporations and military? It appears that the United Nations is embarking upon a dubious course of involving corporations in matters of peace and diplomacy [1]. This announcement follows a previous report by Secretary-General Kofi Annan … Read more
1999-07-23 Jan Slakov Dear RN list, July 23 Just lately I have seen two postings which are very damning of the UN: one from Zapatista Subcommander Marcos and another about wells drilled by UNICEF and the Bangladeshi government which are poisoning Bangladeshis (arsenic). But I hate to give up on the UN and all its … Read more