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From: Clinton-HQ@campaign92.org (Clinton/Gore '92)
Subject: CLINTON: Statement on the NAFTA Agreement
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Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 20:22:23 GMT

Posted by: The Office of teh President-Elect
date:      December 17, 1992

SUBJECT: Statement on Nafta

     Statement by President-elect Clinton on the Signing of NAFTA

  Today, the leaders of the United States, Canada and Mexico take
an important step toward the economic integration of North America.

  In signing the North American Free Trade Agreement President
Bush, President Salinas and Prime Minister Mulroney bring our nations
closer to the goal of free trade and economic prosperity.

  I want to reaffirm my support for this agreement and underscore
my commitment to work with the American people and our neighbors to
the north and south to ensure NAFTA is properly implemented.  The goal
of free trade is one I support but NAFTA is only one piece of the
strategy necessary to ensure that we move wisely toward an integrated
region.

  If implemented as part of a comprehensive economic growth strategy,
NAFTA will create the largest market in the world, spur more American
jobs and promote growth in Mexico and Canada.  Our economy will benefit
from eliminating Mexico's higher tariffs, from reducing barriers to
trade in services and by better protecting intellectual property rights.

  A successful NAFTA, however, must be coupled with a plan to protect
our environment and to prepare our entire workforce to compete in the
global economy.  During the campaign, I laid out in detail the three
supplemental agreements we must have before proceeding with the 
implementing legislation, involving the environment, workers and
special safeguards for unexpected surges in imports.  I also indicated
five areas the United States can address unilaterally as we move to
implement NAFTA. These areas include worker assistance, the environment, farmers, greater public participation
and closing loopholes for foreign workers.  I believe these steps do
not require renegotiation of NAFTA.

  I intend to work closely with the governments of Mexico and
Canada as well as with the leadership in Congress to ensure these
important goals are met.  I believe they are achievable and essential
to advancing our common goal of prosperity for all the people of our 
nations.  I look forward to early meetings with President Salinas and 
with Prime Minister Mulroney to move this process forward.
 
			-30-30-30



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From: rich@pencil.cs.missouri.edu (Rich Winkel)
Subject: Call for Rabin's War Crimes Trial
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Organization: PACH
Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1992 09:12:17 GMT

/** mideast.action: 30.0 **/
** Topic: Call for Rabin's War Crimes Trial **
** Written  6:53 pm  Dec 17, 1992 by cpr in cdp:mideast.action **
From: Center for Policy Research <cpr>

F O R      I M M E D I A T E     R E L E A S E
=====================================

We urge the international human rights community to endorse,
support and disseminate the following call (with any necessary
corrections or amendments). Its aim is to enforce the respect for
humanitarian law and deter further commissions of war crimes by
the Israeli government.  We would be thankful to obtain copies of
any statements or letters of endorsement. The following call
should be sent to all U.N. missions , the media and to members of
parliament (in the U.S. to members of Congress).

BEGIN OF TEXT:

A Call for the Prosecution of Yitzhak Rabin for War Crimes and
Crimes against Humanity

We undersigned are hereby calling on High Contracting Parties of
the Geneva Conventions to initiate measures - in accordance with
their legal obligations - leading to the prosecution of Yitzhak
Rabin, Prime Minister of the State of Israel, for acts committed
under his command and documented in the attached memorandum. These
acts constitute War Crimes and Crimes against Humanity, as defined
in the Nurnberg Charter and <grave breaches> as defined in the
Geneva Conventions of 1949 and their Additional Protocols of 1977.
These crimes were committed in 1948, 1967 and between 1987 and
1992. The last of these crimes was committed today when Yitzhak
Rabin, with his governmentUs endorsement, signed orders for the
illegal deportations of more than 400 protected civilians from
their homeland.

High Contracting Parties to the Geneva Conventions and to the
Additional Protocols are under the legal obligation to prosecute
individuals who have ordered the commission of <grave breaches>,
as defined in the Conventions and Additional Protocols. They are
furthermore expected to <act, jointly or individually, in co-
operation with the United Nations and in conformity with the
United Nations Charter> in <situations of serious violations>,
such as have been committed under orders of Yitzhak Rabin.

We wish to emphasize that respect for established authority and
the maintainance of world peace depends to a high degree upon the
perception by the peoples of the world that High Contracting
Parties are acting in an effective and impartial manner to ensure
the respect of international humanitarian law and the repression
of war crimes.

END OF TEXT

The memorandum mentioned above can be found in
- PeaceNet conference: mideast.levant and may be edited as
needed.

Center for Policy Research Post Box 1760 121 Reykjavik, Iceland
Tel./Fax: (354)-1-26444

17. December 1992

** End of text from cdp:mideast.action **
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Subject: Sanchez in Hospital Recovering/ed-lp
Date: 14 Dec 92 23:53:18 GMT
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From el diario/La Prensa 12/14/92

Translated and edited by Toby Mailman. "el diario/La Prensa" is
a Spanish language newspaper published in New York City.


Cuban Dissident Recovering from Attack

Cuban dissident leader Elizardo Sanchez is recovering in a
military hospital in Havana from a beating he received allegedly
from Cuban police or revolutionary vigilantes on Dec. 10.
According to Angel Padilla, the leader of the Puerto Rican
chapter of the Cuban Committee for Human Rights and National
Reconciliation, Sanchez "had bruises all over his body and his
blood pressue was very high." The information was said to have
come from unidentified sources in Cuba. On Dec. 14 the US-based
human rights organization "Americas Watch" called for the release
of Sanchez and 50 other dissident activists who are currently in
Cuban prisons. Padilla said that Vladimiro Roca, another Cuban
dissident, and son of the leader of the Cuban Communist Party,
Blas Roca, asked the Socialist International to condemn the
recent events and to separate itself even more from Castro's
policies.

Padilla said Roca issued a special call to Puertro Rican
socialists to withdraw their support for the Cuban revolution
following the events of Dec. 10. "He wants everybody's support,"
added Padilla, "even from those who favor Castro." Sanchez, a
professor of Marxism, has been opposed to Castro's policies for
the past 25 years, and has spent nearly eight out of the past
11 years in prison. (edlp 12/14/92 form AP)


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From: Greenpeace via Jym Dyer <jym@mica.berkeley.edu>
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Subject: NEWS: Greenpeace and U2 Appeal for Halt to British Plutonium Factory
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Date: 14 Dec 1992 23:23:07 GMT
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[Greenpeace Press Release from Environet -- Redistribute Freely]

     GREENPEACE AND ROCK BAND U2 LAUNCH APPEAL FOR HALT TO
                 BRITISH PLUTONIUM FACTORY

LONDON -- 11th December, 1992 -- With only four weeks before the
British Government decides whether or not to proceed with a new
nuclear reprocessing plant, Greenpeace and U2 today launched a
video appeal for international protest against this plant.

The video, featuring U2 live, urges everyone to write to their
British embassy and lodge their objection with the British
government before it makes its final decision to licence plant
on January 11th, 1993.

The plant, known as THORP would be the second plant at the
nuclear facility at Sellafield. It would be a key component of
the plutonium industry world-wide, turning ever more nuclear
waste from the world's power stations into deadly plutonium.
Estimates say that THORP will increase Sellafield's radioactive
pollution of the environment by one thousand per cent.

The urgent need to protest against the new Sellafield plant was
the theme of a special concert performed by U2 in Manchester
last June.  The following day, the band joined Greenpeace
activists to protest at Sellafield.

The Greenpeace appeal comes as the international spotlight is
on plutonium.  The Japanese government is currently shipping
almost two tonnes of plutonium around the world on the ship
the Akatsuki-maru.  But Japan's willingness to continue its
plutonium programme is fading.  Japanese officials have already
begun a review of the programme with a view to ending nuclear
waste transports to European plutonium factories like THORP.
This change in the Japanese stance comes amidst intense
political debate in Germany about the future of that country's
plutonium programme.  Privately, the US Pentagon is also
expressing deep unease about the rise in plutonium stockplies.

"Now that even Japan appears to be losing faith in plutonium,
citizens of the world should be demanding that the British
government should halt its own plutonium programme," said
John Willis of Greenpeace International. "This senseless and
dangerous industry must be shut down."

The campaign against Sellafield is the subject of a full-length
video -- STOP SELLAFIELD -- which has just gone on sale in the
US featuring, U2, Kraftwerk, Public Enemy, BAD II, and
Greenpeace.
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Subject: Slick Willy & Lloyd
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Resent-From: "Rich Winkel" <MATHRICH@MIZZOU1.missouri.edu>
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 19:18:08 GMT


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Clinton and Bentsen

Clinton is selecting Texas Senator Lloyd Bentsen for the powerful
post of Secretary of the Treasury. You may remember him. In 1988,
Democratic Presidential candidate Michael Dukakis chose Bentsen
as his running mate. That move was a direct slap in the face to
Jesse Jackson, whom many felt deserved that opportunity because
of his strong popularity, not to mention the fact that selecting
Jackson would have acknowledged the importance of the African
American community.

The move backfired on Dukakis, who lost the support of workers
who were interested in at least some semblance of progressive,
anti-racist politics in the U.S. presidential race. Bentsen, of
course, never batted an eyelash about insulting Jackson. In that
respect, he shares some kinship with Gore, who acted as former
New York City Mayor Ed Koch's racist pit bull in going after
Jackson during the state's 1988 primary.

Now, Clinton is giving Bentsen, an acknowledged friend of the big
banks, another opportunity to serve the White House. And serve it
he will.


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From: nyt%nyxfer%igc.apc.org@MIZZOU1.missouri.edu (NY Transfer News)
Subject: UN Ignores Indigenous People
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Date: Tue, 15 Dec 1992 19:21:45 GMT


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From el diariao/La Prensa 12/14/92

Translated and edited by Toby Mailman. "el diario/La Prensa" is
a Spanish language newspaper published in New York City.

Indigenous Peoples Ignored by UN

The indigenous peoples of the American continent accused the
UN of abandonment, disdain and disinterest. Luis Marcas, an
Ecuadoran indian who attended the meeting of the Commission for
Coordination of Indigenous Organizations and Nations of the
Continent, said that "the United Nations is making a joke of us."
On the day of the inauguration of the International Year of
Indigenous People in the UN on Dec. 10 "only 39 [UN]
representatives attended the opening meeting. It was a meeting
among us, the indigenous peoples, and they didn't invite us even
to take a meal," said Marcas.

Marcas represents the Confederation of Indigenous Nations of
Ecuador, CONAYE, whose membership is made up of 4,500 indians.
"We're looking for autonomy and self-determination, but we think
the UN represents other interests," added Roberto Nancucheo,
coordinator of the Machupes indians in Argentina. Nancucheo also
spoke of the common aim of the 80 million indians on the
continent, and emphasized the 13 indian peoples in Argentina,
with their respective languages and customs, despite the fact
that the government does not want to accept them." The Machupes
are found in Argentina and Chile; they do not recognize the
current territorial divisions between the two countries.

"We were dependent on Spain and now we're dominated by
people whose ancestors came from Europe," said Nancucheo. Some
1,500 indians attended the UN meeting and the participants
complained that they received no attention from the media.

"These UN meetings have been the result of our struggle to
have our rights respected," said Marcas. The next indian
Commission meeting will be held in February, 1993 in Mexico City.
The work of the indigenous people in New York City is supported
by James Corejo, Rocio Velandia and Carlos Eden, members of the
coordinating committee of the 500 Years of Resistance. (edlp
12/14/92 byline Javier Castano)


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Subject: Salvador:War Officially Over
Date: 18 Dec 92 20:25:34 GMT
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From el diario/La Prensa 12/15/92

Translated and edited by Toby Mailman. "el diario/La Prensa" is
a Spanish language newspaper published in New York City.


War Officially Over in El Salvador

In El Salvador both the government of President Alfredo Cristiani,
and the followers of the Farabundo Marti National Liberation Front
(FMLN) celebrated what was seen as the official end of the civil
war on Dec. 15. The joint official "Act of Reconciliation" took
place at the International Fair in El Salvador, followed by
separate celebrations by the two opposing forces. Various Central
American presidents, UN Secretary General Boutros Boutros-Ghali
and Dan Quayle, outgoing US Vice President, attended the
ceremony, along with Spanish Vice President Narcis Sierra, and
Dominican Vice President Carlos Morales.

Expected to attend the FMLN celebration were former Nicaraguan
President Daniel Ortega, the head of Colombia's M-19, Navarro
Wolf, and Rigoberta Menchu, Guatemalan activist and recent winner
of the Nobel Peace Prize. (edlp 12/15/92 from AP)


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Subject: Italians Investigate Leighton Shooting
Date: 18 Dec 92 20:23:35 GMT
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From el diario/La Prensa 12/15/92

Translated and edited by Toby Mailman. "el diario/La Prensa" is
a Spanish language newspaper published in New York City.


Italians Investigating Leighton Shooting

On Dec 14 in Santiago de Chile, Italian Attorney General Giovanni
Salvi began investigating a 1975 assassination attempt against
former Chilean Vice President Bernardo Leighton and his wife,
Anita Fresno, while the couple were in Rome. Leighton was the
founder and leader of the Chilean Christian Democratic Party,
exiled to Italy when General Augusto Pinochet came to power.
Michael Townley, a Chilean national intelligence (DINA) agent who
served under Pinochet, has been implicated in the crime. He was
jailed in 1980 in the US after confessing to the killing of
Chile's former foreign minister, Orlando Letelier, in Washington
DC in Sept., 1976. Letelier served under President Allende.

[Actually, Townley is an American citizen and worked for the CIA
as a contract agent as well as for the DINA. He did not confess to
anything, but was arrested, tried, and found guilty, then received
a reduced sentence by turning in the Alpha 66 agents he'd hired to
plant the bomb in Letelier's car. Townley was released from prison
after serving less than 10 years. -- NY Transfer]

Salvi has met with Marco Aburto, president of the Chilean Supreme
Court, and with Judge Adolfo Banados, who led the Letelier case.
The principal suspect in the Leighton case is Manuel Contreras,
who had been head of DINA when the attempt against Leighton and
the killing of Letelier were carried out. (edlp 12/15/92 from
AFP)


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From: Greenpeace via Jym Dyer <jym@mica.berkeley.edu>
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Subject: NEWS: Protest Against Unocal's Toxic Shipments to the So. Pacific
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Date: 14 Dec 1992 23:27:49 GMT
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                        RETURN TO SENDER:
    PROTEST AGAINST UNOCAL'S TOXIC SHIPMENTS TO SOUTH PACIFIC

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 11 (GP) -- As opposition continues to mount
against Unocal's scheme to ship toxic waste to the Marshall
Islands, environmental activists will protest Monday at the oil
company's Los Angeles headquarters to demand that the waste be
returned to the United States.

The protest, organized by Greenpeace, will begin at 11 a.m.
on Monday, Dec. 14, at the Unocal offices, 1201 W. Fifth St.
in downtown Los Angeles.

"If this scheme goes through, it would be the first time toxic
waste from the U.S. has been dumped on a Pacific Island nation,"
said Michelle Anton, director of Greenpeace's L.A.  office.
"We can't allow Unocal to launch a new era of toxic colonialism
in the Pacific."

The waste barge "Pacific Trader" left Honolulu for the Marshall
Islands on Nov. 16, loaded with petroleum-contaminated dirt dug
up from Unocal's gas stations in Hawaii.  Although Unocal claims
that it plans two shipments of waste totalling 13,000 cubic
yards, documents obtained by Greenpeace show that the company
could ship up to 169,000 cubic yards over the next three years.

The scheme was brokered by a waste-export company set up by a
Unocal engineer, who has been suspended pending a conflict-of-
interest investigation. Following revelations that the soil
would remain four times more toxic than permitted under U.S.
regulations, Marshalls officials are reconsidering the scheme,
and could turn the "Pacific Trader" away upon its arrival.

"If this stuff is supposedly safe, why is Unocal trying to avoid
U.S.  regulations and dump it in the Marshalls?"  asked Anton.
"Shipping waste from rich nations to the Third World is unsafe
and immoral, and it ought to be made illegal."
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Subject: Call State Dept, Protest Pal Expulsions
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Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1992 07:41:19 GMT

Subject: Protest Deportation of 400 Palestinians

The PSC are requesting people to contact the US State Dept. to register their protest and urge them to stop this blatant violation of human rights.

Please call (202) 647-4000.
	ask for "operations"
	Ask for Bruce Bertons.

YOU CAN CALL NOW - the state dept. are "monitoring the situation" 24 HOURS

(I hope I don't insult anybody by including this section.
If you don't know what response to give to the state dept. - you could use
the following guidelines.   That is you could say
 who you are (if you want to) 
 where you calling from
 and that you heard about the deportation, and don't believe that it's right
and are enquiring about how US state dept. are going to react.

The state dept. are noting all the calls that are made. 

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Subject: NEWS:Chamorro May Suspend Assembly Budget
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Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1992 19:51:48 GMT



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edlp 12/10

Translated and edited by Toby Mailman. "el Diario/La Prensa" is a
Spanish language newspaper published in New York City.


NICARAGUAN GOVERNMENT MAY SUSPEND ASSEMBLY'S BUDGET

According to Minister of the Presidency, Antonio Lacayo, the
government of Nicaraguan President Violeta Chamorro will study the
possibility of suspending the budget for that country's National
Assembly, in order to force the Assembly's president, Alfredo
Cesar, to abide by the Supreme Court decision which found that the
Assembly was meeting illegally, and that any decisions taken
during those meetings were invalid. The Assembly has been meeting
illegally since Sept. 2. (edlp 12/10 from AFP)


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