It is ten years since 49 countries signed the global treaty to protect the ozone layer, although most developing countries did not join the treaty until 1990, when industrial countries agreed to help them foot the bill for giving up ozone-destroying chemicals. Industrial nations have already agreed to ban these. The Plans raise a number of questions, including the lack of any independent monitoring of Mobil's field activities. Mobil have been joined by Occidental, Exxon and Elf in a Madre de Dios development consortium, and by Shell for exploration on the river Urubamba downstream from Machu Picchu. The 1994 exhibition attracted representatives from Algeria, China, Colombia, Iran, Israel, Mexico, Saudi Arabia, Sri Lanka and Turkey.
Small publications face crippling defence costs and are asking for financial support.
Green Line , Catalyst Collective Ltd, PO Box 5, Lostwithiel, Cornwall PL22 0YT, England. Campaigns in Europe and the US are gathering pace to introduce enforceable Codes of Conduct on the arms trade. In Europe, vague criteria allow Britain, for example, to export arms to Indonesia while Portugal, Italy and Sweden impose a ban because of Indonesia's poor human-rights record. The aim is to get a Code incorporated into the Maastricht Treaty. In the US a similar Code is before Congress.