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Volume XXXVII
Number 3 2000
Can They Make a Difference?
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In This Issue... Can They Make a Difference? |
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Millennium Summit
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Interview: Harry Holkeri of Finland (26)
The President of the Millennium Assembly talks about the Summit and his hopes for the future.
Special Centre Section (29)
Reclaiming the Future.
Quote-UNquote: Just One Thought (30)
The Summit — in the words of its participants.
Millennium Declaration (38)
World leaders attending the Millennium Summit reaffirm their commitment to the United Nations and recognize a collective responsibility to uphold human values and principles.
Interactive Round Tables ... A Welcome Innovation (50)
For the first time, world leaders held round-table discussions. Two Chairmen offer their assessments:
President Aleksander Kwasniewski of Poland and Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong of Singapore
Perspectives
ECOSOC Bureau Summit (13)
Women Leaders Summit (15)
Security Council Summit (19)
World Peace Summit (21)
National Parliaments, International Potential (25)
The Rio Group (53)
President Andrés Pastrana Arango of Colombia
DPI/NGO Conference on Global Solidarity (54)
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A Century in Retrospect
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Biological Diversity: An Uphill Campaign at an Unpropitious Time (12)
Rallying support for tigers is hard. Doing it for the abstract cause of biodiversity is even harder.
A. Hamid Zakri
Democracy as Conflict Prevention (14)
Does the advocacy of democracy to manage ethnic diversity hold good, as a 1992 UN Declaration argues?
Anita Inder Singh
Is a Strong, Workable Biological Weapons Convention Feasible? (18)
It is within our power to create a world where these weapons are no longer an acceptable option.
Ian R. Kenyon
Determined Elimination of the Danger of Deliberate Disease (20)
The menace of disease as a weapon of war continues to make a case for a new Protocol to the 1975 Biological Weapons Convention.
Graham S. Pearson
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A Millennium of Minds
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Strengthening the United Nations (24)
Tackling reform issues comprehensively and effectively.
Yoshiro Hayashi
Initiating a Global Council (56)
A global council encompassing all key international organizations is needed on the road to globalization.
Supachai Panitchpakdi
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A Millennium of Minds, cont.
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Global Alliances and Multilateral Policy (57)
Reforming the international development architecture requires coherence.
Eveline Herfkens
'Our Preparation Stands in Expectation' (58)
Five expectations play a role in a responsible vision of the United Nations.
Ioan Voicu
Disarming Our Hearts and Our Nations (59)
If humanity is to thrive, it must embark on the road of non-violence toward a new culture of peace.
John Dear
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Commentary
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Guest Column: Investing in the Rural Poor (4)
Princess Basma Bint Talal of Jordan
Essay: The Century Ahead: Ever-Greater Problems or Ever-Wider Opportunities?
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Norman Myers
Halting a Thousand Suns: Bridging the Chasm between the Nuclear Haves and Have-Nots (16)
Tad Daley
Opinion: Sanctions and Collective Guilt (55)
Robert H. Hayden
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Plus...
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Taking a Close Look at Conflict Diamonds (64)
The Security Council holds a public hearing on the role of diamonds in the Sierra Leonean conflict, with key facts and events.
'We Need a Permanent International Panel' on Diamonds (65)
Conversation with Ambassador Anwarul Karim Chowdhury.
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