1997 Issues
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	Issue 1, 1997: Destination Unknown From a report on a humanitarian crisis in Africa to a tour of the UN in cyberspace, this issue covers a lot of ground. Read excerpts of it online.
	Issue 2, 1997: The Earth, The Environment - Can't we just be friends? In the Chronicle Interview, Professor Nurul Islam, Chairman of the UN Committee for Development Planning says that, “The United Nations has to play a role in promoting dialogue between the various sets of countries, in debating policies in order that a consensus on development and the future of the world economy can emerge”. Ambasador Tommy Koh of Singapore reflects on five years after Rio in our Chronicle Essay.
	Issue 3, 1997: Drawing in, Reaching out The Secretary-General stresses that the fundamental objective of the reform effort is “to narrow the gap between aspiration and accomplishment”. Read our report on his principal proposals and Annual Report on the Work of the Organization. “Our task is to recognize new requirements and responsibilities” says Hennadiy Udovenko, President of the current General Assembly session, in the Chronicle Interview. In the Chronicle Essay — John Kenneth Galbraith’s assessment of “The New Internationalism: The fact and the response” — the author writes that, “Political action is shaped by deeper change, by independently controlling trends”.
	Issue 4, 1997: The Searching Season Within the space of this year, the world has moved swiftly forward to address two critical concerns that have maimed its history. An International Criminal Court is on the anvil and a Convention prohibiting landmines has opened for signature. We look at their provisions and prospects, and hear a vivid personal recollection of the legacy landmines leave the living, from Marianne Holtz. These initiatives coincide with the start of the commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. We also carry a report by Arabela Rota on child prostitution in Brazil.

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