AZERBAIJANI DM CALLS ON HIS CIS COUNTERPARTS TO CALL ARMENIA AGGRESSOR
Today, Azerbaijan
May 31 2006
Today Baku is hosting the 50th meeting of Board of Defense Ministers
of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS).
As APA reports, the meeting has brought together the CIS executive
secretary Vladimir Rushaylo, delegations from Defense Ministries of
Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan,
Russia and Ukraine as well as delegations of the CIS Executive
Committee and Defense Ministers Board Secretariat.
Addressing the meeting, Azerbaijani Defense Minister Safar Abiyev
said Azerbaijan is having military cooperation with international and
regional organizations and attaches great importance to its activity
in the CIS Board of Defense Ministers. Touching on economic successes
Azerbaijan achieved during its 15-year of independence, the Minister
stressed that the Armenia-Azerbaijan conflict poses a great obstacle
to improvement of these successes.
“There is a great deal of uncalculated military equipment and supplies
in the Azerbaijan’s territories under Armenian occupation currently
and terrorists are trained there. There is illegal traffic in arms
and weapons of mass destruction and illicit drugs transferred to
different regions of the world from there,” Minister Abiyev underlined.
Abiyev also reminded that Armenia ignores the UN Security Council’s
four Resolutions on unconditional withdrawal from Nagorno Karabakh
without further delay. The Azerbaijani Defense Minister addressing
his counterparts said it is high time to take a fundamental and
objective stance.
“Armenia should be called aggressor and Yerevan should be demanded to
comply with international legal norms and withdraw from the Azerbaijani
territories it has occupied,” he stressed.
He also noted that CIS’s existence much depends on its ability to
solve the conflicts in the Commonwealth territory.
Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov called the meeting efficient
at the new conference following the closed meeting. He said they
discussed military and military-technical cooperation and adopted a
decision on improving the structure of working bodies of the Board.
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AZERBAIJANI DM DOES NOT EXCLUDE GUAM PEACEKEEPERS’ PLACEMENT IN NK
Azeri Press Agency, Azerbaijan
May 31 2006
Azerbaijani defense minister Safar Abiyev while responding the question
on establishing peacekeepers, said that this issue has been update for
several years, he discussed this matter with his Ukraine counterpart
Anatoly Grichenko. (APA)
Safar Abiyev stating that “Establishing of peacekeepers is in the
preparation level said that defense ministers do not decide these
kind of decisions themselves. Those proposals will be submitted to
discussion of state heads after the defense ministers agreed.
Azerbaijani Defense minister answered to the question “Can those
forces be placed in Nagorno Garabagh?”-“time will show it”.

KARABAKH CONFLICT SHOULD BE SOLVED BILATERALLY – DEFENSE MINISTER
RIA Novosti, Russia
May 31 2006
BAKU, May 31 (RIA Novosti) – A long-running dispute between Armenia
and Azerbaijan over the Nagorny Karabakh region should be resolved
by the two countries themselves and not by third parties, Russia’s
defense minister said Wednesday.
Speaking at a news conference in the Azerbaijani capital, Baku, Sergei
Ivanov said: “Any settlement scheme imposed from the outside could
in my opinion be not only counterproductive, but also very dangerous.”
He said international mediators should not try to impose a solution
on Armenia and Azerbaijan, but should facilitate the implementation
of any agreement the sides may reach over Karabakh bilaterally.
Ivanov also said peacekeepers could be deployed in the zone of the
conflict, which claimed 30,000 lives on both sides between 1988 and
1994 after the Azerbaijani region with a largely Armenian population
proclaimed independence from Azerbaijan in a bid to join Armenia.
“I do not rule out the possibility of peacekeepers appearing in
the Karabakh conflict zone in the foreseeable future to enforce all
political agreements that will be reached sooner or later,” he said.
The Russian minister’s remarks came a day after Armenia and Azerbaijan
both claimed fatalities following a shootout between soldiers on the
border near Nagorny Karabakh and accused each other of breaching a
1994 ceasefire agreement.
More than 100 people have been killed in the region since the ceasefire
was brokered.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

EACH OUTSIDE-THRUST PLAN OF NK CONFLICT SETTLEMENT IS VERY DANGEROUS – RUSSIAN DM
Author: R. Abdullayev
TREND Information, Azerbaijan
May 31 2006
Each plan of settlement thrust from the outside is not only
counter-productive, but also very dangerous, Trend quotes Sergey
Ivanov, Defense Minister and Vice Premier of Russia, commenting May
31 the totals of CIS Defense Ministers session.
“The final plan of settlement, first of all, shall be based on
agreement of the two parties, and in case such agreement is achieved
the warrant-countries will do their best to ensure meeting these
assumptions”, – Ivanov said.
He said also Russia had several times opined on Nagorno-Karabakh
conflict. “Moscow greets peaceful political settlement of this
conflict. Alongside the US and France, Russia is a co-chair of OSCE
Minsk Group. I know OSCE Minsk Group is regularly talking to Azerbaijan
and Armenia on the matter”, – Ivanov added.
“However, one should be followed with another, not the contrary. Some
people say, let Russia, US and France develop the model, thrust it
on the parties and execute it. It is not good”, – The RF official said.
“I cannot estimate the progress or its absence, but consider it the
only right way”, – Ivanov concluded.

IVANOV: “RUSSIA STATED FOR SEVERAL TIMES THAT NK CONFLICT SHOULD BE SOLVED IN PEACEFUL WAY”
Azeri Press Agency, Azerbaijan
May 31 2006
“Russia has stated for several times that Nagorno Garabagh conflict
should be solved in peaceful way”, Defense minister of Russia Sergey
Ivanov has told these words. (APA).
Sergey Ivanov reminding his being one of the OSCE Minsk Group
co-chairmen stated that Azerbaijan and Armenia should find the solution
way of the problem themselves. “The system applied by force outside is
of not effective and dangerous. If the sides agreed co-chair countries
will suggest any chances for realizing the agreement.” The minister
has stated that, some powers invite Russia, the USA and France to
apply their models by force in the solution of the conflict.
From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress

CRASHED A-320 DATA COULD BE DECODED IN TWO MONTHS – MINISTER
RIA Novosti, Russia
May 31 2006
MOSCOW, May 31 (RIA Novosti) – The decoding of the flight data from
an Armenian Airbus that crashed into the Black Sea May 3 could take
up to two months, the Russian transportation minister said Wednesday.
Igor Levitin said experts would have to check about 300 technical
parameters from the flight data recorder to establish the cause of
the tragedy, and that Armenian technicians would have to be involved
because the plane’s pilots spoke Armenian during the tragedy.
The recovery operation at the scene of the disaster was officially
declared over on May 24.
Tatiana Anodina, head of the Interstate Aviation Committee, said
earlier that experts might face problems deciphering data from the
cockpit flight recorder, because of damage to the recording medium.
The airliner, operated by Armenia’s Armavia, crashed while flying
from the Armenian capital, Yerevan, in stormy weather 6 kilometers
(3.7 miles) from Russia’s Adler airport, which services the popular
resort of Sochi. All 113 people on board died.

VIC “RAGING BULL” DARCHINYAN HITS LAS VEGAS!
East Side Boxing
May 31 2006
(Las Vegas, USA: 31st May 2006) Reigning IBF/IBO flyweight world boxing
champion Vic “Raging Bull” Darchinyan – Australia’s only current male
boxing world champion – has arrived in Las Vegas and intends on making
a huge impression when he competes for the first time in the famous
boxing metropolis this coming weekend.
“My training has been perfect and I am feeling very strong,” said
Darchinyan. “People around the world are going to take notice of me
when they see my fight this weekend. My opponent Luis Maldonado is
a very good boxer, but I am still going to knock him out!”
Considered one of the hottest new stars in world boxing, Vic “Raging
Bull” Darchinyan will defend his two world titles against undefeated
28 year-old Mexican Luis Maldonado (33 wins, 0 losses, 1 draw, 25
knockouts) on a card that will see them as the main support bout to
one of the world’s ‘Fights of the Year’ in Jose Luis Castillo versus
Diego Corrales III at the Thomas & Mack Centre in Las Vegas, USA.
Darchinyan’s trainer and three-time world boxing champion Jeff Fenech
has been pleased with Darchinyan’s sparring over the last three weeks.
“Vic wanted to come to the USA early to get the best sparring possible
and he has been in awesome form,” said Fenech. “We have sparred the
best boxers available in Los Angeles and Phoenix and I couldn’t be
happier with the way things are going.”
30 year-old Darchinyan, the Armenia born Australian citizen southpaw,
has an undefeated record of 25 wins, 0 losses and 20 knockouts. In
his last fight on March 3 at the Chumash Casino Resort in Santa Ynez,
California in the USA, Darchinyan knocked out IBF mandatory challenger
Diosdado Gabi from the Philippines spectacularly with one punch in
round 8.
Darchinyan is promoted by well-known American Gary Shaw, who guides
the careers of some of the best active boxing talent today.
The Darchinyan versus Maldonado fight will be televised live
into Australia from 11am this Sunday 4th June 2006 by Main Event
Pay-Per-View, Fox Sports Pub & Club Vision and Sky Channel.

PRESS RELEASE
Black Maria Gallery
3137 Glendale Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90039
Contact: Zara Zeitountsian
Tel: 323. 660 9393
Fax: 323. 669 2821
E-mail: [email protected]
web:
Black Maria Gallery Will Host
Exhibition to Raise Funds for a Cross-Cultural Mission in Turkey
– Installation will Feature New Sculptures by Kardash Onnig –
Los Angeles – Black Maria Gallery announced a major installation by Kardash
Onnig, featuring new and recent works by the New York-based sculptor.
Opening on Thursday, June 8, at 7 PM, the exhibition will continue until
Sunday, June 11.
The installation at Black Maria Gallery will serve to raise funds in support
of a peace mission that Kardash plans to undertake in Turkey. The mission
will include the creation of linkages with Turkish artists and cultural
leaders, collaborative projects designed to promote cross-border dialogue,
and a teen apprenticeship program in sculpture and carving taught by Kardash
Kardash’s installation is part of his evolving “Tools” project, now entering
its third decade that consists of sculptures based on the idea of the
quaternary.
“It’s all about universality,” Kardash explained. “Virtually every culture
on the planet has symbols and metaphors deriving from the quaternary, or the
principle of four. Think of the four seasons, the four elements, the four
corners of the world. In other words, our most profound cultural aspirations
speak of the universal, of embracing the whole, whereas we’re stuck in
two-dimensional modes of thinking such as nationalism or corporate
globalization, and we worship two-dimensional devices, such as our
technological wonders that actually prevent us from experiencing things
beyond our cocoons. The ‘Tools’
Project is my way of shattering the barriers of two-dimensionality, of
crossing borders, to both acknowledge and experience ‘the other.'”
Kardash said his project owes much to his travels throughout the world. He
has lived and worked in a number of diverse societies, and many of his
sojourns have inspired him to undertake various teaching and writing
initiatives. For the past 20 years he has conducted a Teen Apprenticeship
Program in New York, fostering unfettered artistic expression grounded in
advanced techniques and discipline. He has also authored several monographs
and children’s books, all of which share a message of nonviolence and
cultural concordance through mutual understanding.
“Ninety-one years have passed since the Genocide of Armenians in Ottoman
Turkey, yet Armenian-Turkish dialogue is not only nonexistent today, it’s an
enormous taboo,” Kardash explained. “But I’m not pursuing a specifically
political mission by trying to create links with Turkish cultural workers
and teaching sculpture to talented kids. I’m just doing my thing as a
sculptor and as someone genuinely interested in advancing peace across
national divides. In the past, I’ve conducted similar programs in
Nagorno-Karabagh and elsewhere, and I’m not interested in only the
Armenian-Turkish issue. I believe the canvas of peace and mutual
understanding should be spread throughout the world, irrespective of one’s
background.”
Kardash’s installation at Black Maria Gallery will include an interactive
feature whereby visitors will be encouraged to move around his sculptures to
form distinct “ensembles” and set-ups. These movements will be taped by an
overhead camera and projected onto a screen in the main space of the
gallery. There will also be shown a mini documentary on Kardash, including
clips of the artist discussing the concept of the quaternary.
Black Maria is located at 3137 Glendale Boulevard in Atwater Village.
Gallery summer hours are Tuesday through Saturday, 1 to 6 PM. For more
information, call 323. 660 9393
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PRESS RELEASE
Catholicosate of Cilicia
Communication and Information Department
Contact: V.Rev.Fr.Krikor Chiftjian, Communications Officer
Tel: (04) 410001, 410003
Fax: (04) 419724
E-mail: [email protected]
Web:
PO Box 70 317
Antelias-Lebanon
Armenian version:
IRAQI PRIMATES VISIT ANTELIAS
His Holiness Aram I met with the primates of the Armenian and Syrian
communities of Iraq in his office in Antelias on May 30. Primate of the
Diocese of the Armenian Church of Iraq Archbishop Avak Assadourian and
Primate of the Syrian Orthodox Church of Baghdad and Basra Mor Severios Hawa
discussed with the Pontiff the situation in Iraq and particularly the
difficulties the country’s Christian communities face.
The primates assured His Holiness that despite the ongoing lack of security
in Iraq, the country’s Christian communities are well organized. They
pointed out that a number of projects planned by Churches in Iraq need
overseas funding.
The Middle East Council of Churches (MECC) helps these Christian communities
to a certain extent. The Primates asked His Holiness Aram I to intervene
with the MECC for increased support taking into consideration the economic
crisis in Iraq.
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The Armenian Catholicosate of Cilicia is one of the two Catholicosates of
the Armenian Orthodox Church. For detailed information about the Ecumenical
activities of the Cilician Catholicosate, you may refer to the web page of
the Catholicosate, The Cilician Catholicosate, the
administrative center of the church is located in Antelias, Lebanon.

May 31, 2006 05:02:04 PM |
<; News From Georgia < ia> >>
Power games in the Caucasus
Source: BBc News: By Kieran Cooke, 2006-05-07
In Dgvari village, Georgia
Roman Gogoladze, a farmer living in the village of Dgvari, high up in
the mountains of Georgia in the Caucasus, points at the foot wide
cracks in the walls of his house.
The whole structure looks as though it will soon collapse and slide
down the valley.
“Big powers – the oil companies and the government – are destroying
our homes and our land,” he says.
“They are playing their money games and ignore people like us.”
The anger of Mr Gogoladze and other villagers in Dgvari is mainly
directed at BP, the energy giant leading a consortium which recently
completed the world’s longest pipeline project, stretching 1,767kms
from Baku in Azerbaijan via Tbilisi in Georgia to the port of Ceyhan
on Turkey’s Mediterranean coast.
The Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline and an associated South
Caucasus gas supply line are sunk into the mountainside less than one
kilometer above Dgvari.
Villagers say pipeline excavations have seriously destabilised
surrounding lands and allege that promised amounts of compensation
have not been paid.
BP insists work on the BTC is not to blame for Dgvari’s landslide
problems.
It says it has offered $1m (£550,000) of humanitarian aid to the
government to help resettle the villagers elsewhere.
Foreign investment
Georgia, one of the richest republics in the old USSR, went into sharp
economic decline following the collapse of the Soviet Union and the
country’s independence in the early 1990s.
As Russia’s economy went into free-fall, Georgia lost its key export
market, particularly for its food produce and wine.
More than a million of the country’s 5m people were forced to emigrate
in search of jobs.
Though there have been limited signs of economic improvement recently,
the country – with much of its infrastructure in a state of near
collapse, most of its industry at a standstill and estimates of
unemployment varying between 30% and 50% – is in desperate need of
investment.
The Georgian government says the BTC project will play a central role
in rejuvenating the country’s economy.
According to government statistics, more than 60% of total foreign
investment over the past two years has been associated with the
project.
“I have no illusions that this pipeline will solve all our problems,
but this is a start,” says Georgia’s president, Mikhail Saakashvili.
Seismic zone
However, many farmers along the route of the BTC, plus local
environmental groups, have voiced strong opposition.
The oil and gas pipelines go near the source of the country’s famed
Borjumi spring water, a principal export.
Georgia is in a seismic zone: the BTC’s critics say any earthquake
activity could cause massive environmental and economic damage.
The $3.6bn BTC project, strongly backed by the US and British
governments, plays a key role in an increasingly frenzied battle for
control of vital energy sources in the Caspian region and Central
Asia, with Washington and London viewing the presence of the pipeline
as a vital counterbalance to Russia’s growing control over the area’s
energy supplies.
The Georgian government not only hopes to gain much needed funds from
charging for the transit of oil and gas through its territory.
With much of its own energy sources, including a network of hydro
stations, in a state of severe disrepair, the country is heavily
dependent on imports, particularly of gas, supplied by Russia.
Moscow, which has military bases in Georgia, has watched with concern
as its former republic has turned to the West: US military advisors
are training the Georgian army – President Bush visited Tbilisi last
year, describing the country as “a beacon of freedom.”
At the beginning of this year Russia doubled the price of gas it
supplies to Georgia.
In late January, in the middle of one of the coldest winters on
record, an as yet unexplained explosion severed the pipeline carrying
Russian gas to Georgia, leaving a large part of the country without
power for a week.
President Saakashvili was quick to point the finger at Moscow,
alleging his country was the victim of “outrageous blackmail.”
Power and influence
Georgia is seeking to diversify energy supplies, though a gas import
agreement with Iran met with Washington’s disapproval and was quickly
terminated.
The government is now negotiating terms for a gas supply from the BTC
associated South Caucasus Pipeline project.
Yet while the government says it’s trying to escape from Moscow’s
shadow, there are indications powerful political factions are pressing
for the sell-off of the country’s power sector to Russian interests.
“Strange games are going on here,” says Mrs Salome Zourabichvili, the
country’s former foreign minister, sacked by Mr Saakashvili last year.
“There’s a lot of infighting in government with a pro-Moscow faction
seeming to get the upper hand.
“What is white is black and vice versa. As everywhere else in the
territories of the old Soviet Union, Russia is using its power as an
energy producer to further its influence.”
Empty promises
The complexities of local politics, big power rivalries and the energy
business mean little to Roman Gogoladze and his fellow farmers in the
village of Dgvari.
The government says there’s a growing danger of landslides and has
told the village’s 500 inhabitants they must leave.
“The Russians, BP, the government – they’re all the same,” says Mr
Gogoladze.
“All sorts of promises are made but nothing ever happens.
“When we protested against the pipelines, the police came and beat
people up. Not one person in the village was given work on the
project. Indians and Columbians were brought in instead and we were
left with nothing – but we are never going to leave our lands.”
31.5.2006
News From < aijan>
Azerbaijan >>
PRESIDENT ILHAM ALIYEV RECEIVES UKRAINIAN DELEGATION LED MY MINISTER
OF FUEL AND ENERGY IVAN PLACHKOV
Source: Azetag, 2006-05-16
On May 16, President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev received at the
Presidential Palace the delegation of Ukraine led by the country’s
Minister of Fuel and Energy Ivan Plachkov.
The Head of State described current relations between Azerbaijan and
Ukraine as steadily developing. The President pointed out he had
recently discussed different aspects of bilateral cooperation with his
Ukrainian counterpart, adding they will meet during the forthcoming
summit of GUAM member states in Kiev.
Ivan Plachkov conveyed to the Azerbaijani leader greetings and letter
from President Viktor Yuschenko. In the letter, the Ukrainian leader
expressed readiness to promote further development of his country’s
all-round cooperation with Azerbaijan. Describing the
Azerbaijan-Ukraine relations as strategic, Viktor Yuschenko noted he
is looking forward to meeting with the Azerbaijani President during
the coming GUAM summit in Kiev.
President Ilham Aliyev expressed his gratitude for the greetings from
Viktor Yuschenko, and asked Mr. Plachkov to convey his own ones to the
Ukrainian leader.
31.5.2006
News From Armenia < ia>
>>
FOUNTAINS AND GREEN ZONES OF NORTHERN AVENUE TO BE CHANGED
Source: Noyan Tapan, 2006-05-15
A considerable reconstruction work is necessary in order to put in
operation again the fountrains of Yerevan’s Northern Avenue currently
under construction, because the infrastructures supplying these
fountains are too old. Chief Architect of Yerevan Samvel Danielian
told NT correspondent about it. According to him, the Urban
Development Council of Yerevan is now examining a version of
constructing Northern Avenue, by which the upper level of the avenue
is viewed as a green area, while fountains will be installed below –
at the “minus 1” level. Besides, a version to build an underground car
parking space at the “minus 2” level all along Northern Avenue is
being discussed. The car parking lots will not be built only at the
area limited by Eznik Koghbatsi and Abovian Streets, where it is
envisaged to construct the Old Yerevan historical and architectural
complex of 14 buildings.
31.5.2006
International < mational>
News >>
Kazakhstan mulls Baku- Erzurum gas pipeline link
Source: New Europe, 2006-05-15
Kazakhstan is thinking about linking up with the Baku-Erzurum gas
pipeline, Danial Akhmetov, Kazakhstan’s prime minister, said at a
briefing in Baku. `Kazakhstan is thinking of linking up to this new
gas pipeline, which will create not only new alternatives for our
country but new and I’d say more interesting economic opportunities,
because Greece lies directly beyond Erzurum, and then Italy. This
would give Kazakhstan access to the European markets,’ Interfax quoted
Akhmetov as saying.
The Baku-Erzurum pipeline, capacity 30 billion cubic metres of gas
annually, will be built in September this year, Akhmetov said. The
pipeline will carry gas produced at Azerbaijan’s Shah Deniz field to
market.
Akhmetov also said that he discussed Kazakhstan’s participation in the
Trans-Caspian Gas Pipeline construction with Iranian President Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad in Baku on Friday before last.
`The meeting with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was devoted
primarily to the issue that the (Kazakh) President (Nursultan
Nazarbayev) asked (me to discuss), namely integration in the sphere of
energy resources, new opportunities and Iran’s attitude to
Kazakhstan’s participation in, say, the construction of the
Trans-Caspian Gas Pipeline,’ Akhmetov said.
The Shah Deniz project participants are BP – 25.5 percent (technical
operator), Statoil – 25.5 percent (commercial operator), Azeri state
oil company SOCAR – 10 percent, Luk-Agip – 10 percent, Total – 10
percent, National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) – 10 percent and TPAO –
nine percent. The Trans-Caspian pipeline would be built along the
Tengiz (Kazakhstan) – Turkmenbashi (Turkmenistan) – Baku (Azerbaijan)
– Tbilisi (Georgia) – Erzurum (Turkey) route.
Kazakhstan also expects to sign an agreement to use the
Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline to transport its own oil in the
second half of June, Akhmetov said. `The agreement between Azerbaijan
and Kazakhstan on the BTC pipeline will in principle be closed in
May. I think that in the second half of June we will do everything
possible for the heads of state to sign it,’ Akhmetov said.
Azeri state oil company SOCAR and Kazakhstan’s national oil and gas
company KazMunaiGaz began talks on Kazakhstan using the BTC pipeline
in November 2002. Tankers will ship the Kazakh oil from Aktau to
Baku. Initially, the BTC will carry 7.5 million tonnes of Kazakh oil
per year, rising to 20 million tonnes per year in time. The
1,767-kilometre BTC pipeline is capable of carrying 50 million tonnes
of oil per year. The BTC project participants are BP (30.1 percent),
SOCAR (25 percent), Unocal (8.9 percent), Statoil (8.71 percent), TPAO
(6.53 percent), ENI (five percent), Itochu (3.4 percent),
ConocoPhillips (2.5 percent), INPEX (2.5 percent), Total (5 percent)
and Amerada Hess (2.36 percent).
31.5.2006
International < rence>
Seminar / Conference / Meeting >>
International Conference 2006: “Reviewing the past for reshaping the
future”
(Addressing root causes of Conflicts & Environmental Hazards)
This International Conference is organized by “Eastern University of
Sri Lanka” as a part of Silver Jubilee celebration on the theme
“Reviewing the Past for Reshaping the Future”.
Over the past few decades Sri Lanka had faced numerous natural hazards
and a major ethnic conflict which led to the loss of lives and
destruction of properties and the natural environment of the
country. The conference aims to examine various aspects of the issues
in order to initiate dialogue that can lead to formulate strategies
and mechanisms for a secure future.
Official Website of the International Conference 2006:
Re ference:
Conference Brochure
Researchers are invited to submit papers relating to one or more of the
following areas; (1) Political Economy of Development, (2) Environmental
Issues, (3) Revisiting Tsunami, (4) Conflict, (5) Good Governance, (6)
Traditions and Cultural Diversity, (7) Public Health, (8) Education, (9)
Gender Concerns.
Important Dates of the Conference,
Submission of Abstracts – 07th July 2006
Revision of Abstracts – 31st July 2006
Submission of Full papers – 20th September 2006
Final Submission of Full papers – 20th October 2006
Date of Conference – 11th and 12th December 2006
Inauguration of the International Conference will be on the 10th
December
2006 and the Conference will be held at the Eastern University, Sri
Lanka on
the 11th and 12th December 2006.
Read more -> (.PDF File
Format,
4 MB)
Interested personnel can register now.
Postal Address:
Conference Secretariat,
International Conference -2006,
Eastern University of Sri Lanka,
Vantharumoolai,
Chenkalady 30350,
Sri Lanka.
Contact Persons: Dr. M. Printhan and Ms. V.R. Ragel
E-mail: [email protected]
Phone: +94-65-2241205, 2240757
+94-65-2240490 Ext-404
Fax: +94-65-2241205, 2240758
Registration Fee,
Participants from SAARC countries, U.S. $ 50 accompanying U.S. $ 25
(SAARC countries are India, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal,
Bhutan, Sri Lanka and The Maldives)
Other Foreign Participants, U.S. $ 100 accompanying U.S. $ 50
Local Participants, Rs. 1000
Local Students, Rs. 250
Payments to be made by a bank draft to the Account Number 1-67-000503-3
at
the Peoples Bank-Chenkalady Branch, Sri Lanka.
31.5.2006
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31.5.2006
Announcement < ncement> >>
CLIMATE JUSTICE PHOTO COMPETITION LAUNCHED
Source: ENWL, 2006-05-17
On May 17, 2006 Friends of the Earth International announced the
launch of its first-ever photo competition, which will gather photos
on the theme of climate justice from around the globe. The best shots
will feature in a 2007 FoEI wall calendar and in a traveling photo
exhibit.
Friends of the Earth International is the world’s largest grassroots
environmental network, uniting 71 diverse national member groups and
some 5,000 local activist groups on every continent, and totaling 1.5
million members and supporters around the world.
We are looking for imaginative, striking photos that illustrate the
impacts that the changing climate is having on people and the
environment; that show who is responsible for dangerous climate
change; and that show the way forward towards climate justice.
Our global photo competition is free of charge, and both professional
and amateur photographers are invited to submit photos. We
particularly encourage young people, women and people living in the
developing world to take part.
The deadline for entries is July 15, 2006.
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