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Examines the Great Britain-US electronic intelligence system called Echelon, and its predecessors since the 1940s, which are used to eavesdrop on communications for political, military, commercial, and civilian purposes. Role of the British intelligence organization, Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ), and the US organization, National Security Agency (NSA).

Examines terrorist activities against Cuba carried out by the US Cuban exile community, a 1997 assassination attempt against Fidel Castro, and use of chemical and biological weapons.

In most states in Mexico, abortion is excluded as a crime in pregnancies resulting from rape. However, legislation does not specify the norms by which women can obtain a legal abortion, which makes it difficult to choose this alternative. A partial solution to unwanted pregnancies from rape would be to provide emergency contraception (EC). Psychologists were trained to provide information on EC to women who reported a rape at four public ministry agencies specialized in sexual crime. In addition, 11 medical backup referral centers were established. To scale up the strategy, workshops were provided to representatives from State Attorney General Offices and NGOs. The project's main objective was to test the use of EC as an element in the care of rape victims in Mexico City. As noted in this report, objectives included testing the feasibility, acceptability, and effectiveness of providing information on EC to rape victims, and scaling up the strategy for providing EC as an element in the care of rape victims among Attorney General Offices of the different states of Mexico.

Contents: Groundswell of abuses -- Time for chnage -- A shift in view -- Interview: Jose Ramos-Horta, The shock of the real -- Special supplement: EU policy on East Timor

Zunächst wird ein Überblick über die Hauptaufgaben der UNO im Bereich der Wahrung der kollektiven Sicherheit und über die Verschiebungen gegeben, die innerhalb dieses Aufgabenbereiches in jüngster Zeit stattgefunden haben. Im Hauptteil des Aufsatzes wird die UNO-Intervention in Somalia in ihren entscheidenden Schritten und Etappen dargestellt, wobei ein "unglücklicher Verlauf" konstatiert wird. Die "Operation neue Hoffnung" (so die offizielle Bezeichnung für diesen UNO-Einsatz) verstieß in vielen Punkten gegen traditionelle Grundsätze der UNO-Friedensmissionen, insbesondere werden genannt: Die Verhältnismäßigkeit der Mittel mit möglichst zurückhaltendem Gewalteinsatz sowie die Bindung jeder Intervention an die Zustimmung der betroffenen Parteien. Die intendierten und nichtintendierten Verletzungen der Operationsprinzipien der UNO werden problematisiert und in Frage gestellt, "es sei denn, die UNO wäre bereit, eine Befriedungs- und Ordnungsdiktatur in dem betreffenden Land zu errichten, was ihr Mandat in jedem Fall sprengen würde". (pra)

The development of agricultural biotechnology in North America has been supported by public funds entitling the public to a voice in decisions about the acceptability of these technologies and the value of further public investments in them. This is already happening in Western Europe and it is time for North American governments to do the same. So far application of biotechnology in the field of agriculture appear to have little effect on the establishment of more sustainable agriculture and food systems in North America or globally. Instead they seem to entrench environmentally unsustainable practices more deeply. Instead of addressing global food concerns they serve as technological fixes to what are fundamentally social, economic, and political problems.