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Crime
- Piracy
- International
Maritime Organization
- "Terrorism
on the high seas: Asian shipping at risk," By John
Brandon (Asia Foundation), International Herald Tribune,
6/6/03. "members of the [ARF] forum should follow the
lead of Japan and China by signing the United Nations
convention that allows them to prosecute pirates caught
in their waters for acts of piracy committed in another
country's jurisdiction. Failure to combat piracy effectively
and prevent terrorists from copying the pirates may deal
a blow to Southeast Asia that could reverberate well beyond
the region. http://www.iht.com/ihtsearch.php?id=98558&owner=(IHT)&date=20030606141152
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Demography
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Education
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Environment
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Health
& Medicine
- Daniel
Shapiro's Zoonois Website
- World
Orgranization for Human Health (OIE)
URL: http://www.oie.int
- Intergovernmental organization that collects and
analyses the latest scientific information on animal disease
control. The OIE provides technical support to Member
Countries requesting assistance with animal disease control
and eradication operations, including diseases transmissible
to humans. Founded in 1924 as the Office International
des Epizooties. Critical agency in international efforts
to control BSE or Mad Cow disease.
- SARS
2003
- "Epidemic
Takes Toll on Japanese Profits," FT6/23/03, p6. According
to JETRO survey, more than 60% of Japanese companies operating
in 12 East Asian countries experienced declining profits
due to SARS. http://www.jetro.go.jp/it/e/press/2003/jun20.html
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Human Rights
- Country
Reports on Human Rights Practices, 3/4/02
- U.S.
2003
- "Supporting
Human Rights and Democracy: The U.S. Record, 2002-2003"
, US State Dept, 6/24/03. "This report is being submitted
to Congress for the first time and complements the annual
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices for 2002.
Unlike the 196 Country Reports, Supporting Human Rights
and Democracy: The U.S. Record 2002-2003 highlights
U.S. efforts to promote human rights and democracy in
only 92 countries and entities -- the 92 with the most
human rights abuses. References to Hong Kong, Macau
and Tibet have been incorporated into the China report,
and Western Sahara is mentioned in the Morocco report.
Due to the rapidly evolving situation in Iraq, this
report does not include that country." http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/shrd/
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Information
Society / Internet
- 2003
- "The
Information Revolution in Asia," by Nina Hachigian
and Lily Wu, RAND .Supplied Note: A broad look at the
economic and political effects of the information revolution
in Asia. The report analyzes Asia's huge role in the production
and consumption of technology; Asia now accounts for over
80% of the total world output of desktop PCs, notebooks,
cellular phones and modems, and China represents the world's
largest cell phone market of over 200 million users. Likewise,
information technology (IT) has had a profound effect
on the politics of some Asian nations, both liberal democracies
and one-party states alike. http://www.rand.org/nsrd/capp/bulletin/inforev.html
- "RAND's
CAPP," co-sponsored perhaps the largest U.S. conference
on the Internet in China. "China and the Internet:
Technology, Economy, and Society in Transition," a
two-day conference, was held at the University of Southern
California on May 30-31, 2003. http://www.rand.org/nsrd/capp/bulletin/internetconf.html
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Lobbying
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Migration
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NGOs
- 2003
- "Accountability
Vital If NGOs Are To Retain Trust," FT6/26/03, p6.
According to UN report issued by UN Environment Programme
and UN Global Compact, The 21st Century NGO: Roles, Rules,
and Risks, international NGOs need to be more transparent
if they are to retain their influence and efficiency.
Find
Report, Report,
Executive
Summary
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International
Public Opinion
- 2003
Iraq War
- BBC
Poll Shows Wide Disapproval of Iraq War, FT6/17/03,
p4. 11-country opinion poll condemns Bush's policies and
the Iraq War. 57% of 11,000 people polled had an unfavorable
view of Pres. Bush. Countries polled: Austrailia, Canada,
Brazil, France, Indonesia, Israel, Jordan, Russia, South
Korea, UK, and US. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/2994924.stm
- Views
of a Changing World 2003: War With Iraq Further Divides
Global Publics, Pew Global Attitudes Project, 6/4/03.
It is interesting to note that the survey did not discuss
Japan or East Asia. South Korea and Indonesia were mentioned
only in passing at the press conference; in that 58% of
Indonesians surveyed believed that Osama Bin Laden could
be trusted to make the right decision, and that the South
Korean view of Americans has deteriorated. The Pew Global
Project Survey only dedicates five pages to Asia with
only Bangladesh, China, India, Indonesia, Philippines,
South Korea, and Vietnam listed. The questions asked focused
on American ideals such as political rights and civil
liberties and not on public opinion toward America. Questions
on elections were not permitted in Vietnam and none of
the questions on democracy was permitted in China. Japan
was noted sporadically in three of the six sections of
the survey. http://people-press.org/reports/display.php3?ReportID=185
- 2003
Iran
- "Poll:
Majority Backs Use of Force in Iran; Survey Reflects Concern
on Nuclear Effort," WP6/24/03, A16. In WP/ABC News
poll, 67% of those interviewed approve of the way President
Bush is dealing with Iraq; 64% said the benefits of the
war outweighed the costs, and 68% were concerned that
the US's peacekeeping mission in Iraq would become protracted.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/polls/vault/stories/data062403.htm
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Religion
- International
Religious Freedom
The Annual Report on International Religious Freedom, issued
each September. The report contains an introduction, executive
summary, and a chapter describing the status of religious
freedom in each of 195 countries throughout the world
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Security
- National
Defense Capabilities
- Nonproliferation
- Nuclear
Transparency in the Asia Pacific - Building Confidence
Through Nuclear Transparency, Sandia National Laboratory
- Cooperative
Monitoring Center, Sandia Laboratory
- Nuclear
Threat Initiative
- Proliferation
Security Initiative
2003
- "Pyongyang
in Canberra's Sights," FT6/17/03, p6. Australia
seeks to help stop North Korea from trafficking nuclear
materials, narcotics, and other illicit goods. Australian
FM Alexander Downer says, "We're looking at ways to
stop North Korea's illicit trading, and there are 11
countries looking at the same general principles. There
needs to be some outreach from these 11 to stop illicit
trade. We are looking at practical co-operation with
key countries to deny North Korea access to further
weapons of mass destruction material and to deny access
to markets well." http://www.dfat.gov.au/qwon/2003/qwn_030616b.html
- "North
Korea faces 11-nation campaign to stop arms smuggling,"
AFP, 6/17/03. "A group of 11 nations has endorsed a
US-Australian plan to crack down on North Korea's illicit
trade in nuclear material and narcotics, Australian
officials said. Diplomats meeting in Madrid last week
endorsed the initiative under which ships suspected
of being involved in the illegal trade will be stopped
and aircraft forced down. "North Korea must understand
that it does have to cease these activities and abandon
altogether its nuclear programs," Australian Foreign
Minister Alexander Downer warned. The so-called "Madrid
initiative", endorsed by Canada, France, Germany, Italy,
Japan, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal and Spain as well
as Australia and the United States, will be discussed
further when their representatives meet again next month
at a location yet to be decided. http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20030617/wl_asia_afp/australia_nkorea_030617051856
- "Canberra
Joins Fight Against N. Korea's Weapons Programme,"
FT6/12/03 p7. Australian Foreign Minister Downer confirms
that Australia is working with US and Japan to stop
North Korean vessels trafficking nuclear materials,
drugs, and other illicit goods. "It is a very difficult
issue to deal with because international law requires
that flagged vessels on the high seas can't be interdicted
except in the most exceptional of circumstances. So
to make a system of interdiction work, you have to have
very broad international co-operation." http://www.dfat.gov.au/media/transcripts/2003/030611_doorstop.html
- "Remarks
by the President to the People of Poland, Wawel Royal
Castle, Krakow, Poland," 5/31/03 - And I call on
America's G8 partners to follow through on their financial
commitments so that we can stop proliferation at one
of its sources. When weapons of mass destruction or
their components are in transit, we must have the means
and authority to seize them. So today I announce a new
effort to fight proliferation called the Proliferation
Security Initiative. The United States and a number
of our close allies, including Poland, have begun working
on new agreements to search planes and ships carrying
suspect cargo and to seize illegal weapons or missile
technologies. Over time, we will extend this partnership
as broadly as possible to keep the world's most destructive
weapons away from our shores and out of the hands of
our common enemies. http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2003/05/20030531-3.html
- Nuclear
Weapon
2003
- "Congress
Agrees to Administration's Nuclear Weapons Initiatives,"
American Institute of Physics Bulletin of Science Policy
News Number 74: June 12, 2003. "When House and Senate
conferees sit down in coming weeks to resolve differences
in the $400.5 billion National Defense Authorization Act
for FY 2004 there will be many points to resolve. Although
some provisions of this massive bill will be changed,
there is unlikely to be significant alteration to several
controversial provisions regarding research on new types
of nuclear weapons or in nuclear weapons test site preparations."
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