From hammond@sunshine-project.org Fri Dec 1 10:37:08 2000 Received: from mxu2.u.washington.edu (mxu2.u.washington.edu [140.142.32.9]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW00.05/8.9.3+UW99.09) with ESMTP id KAA183188 for ; Fri, 1 Dec 2000 10:37:07 -0800 Received: from sm4.texas.rr.com (IDENT:root@mail.texas.rr.com [24.93.35.211] (may be forged)) by mxu2.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW00.02/8.9.3+UW99.09) with ESMTP id KAA04286 for ; Fri, 1 Dec 2000 10:37:06 -0800 Received: from [1.1.1.101] (cs162115-83.austin.rr.com [24.162.115.83]) by sm4.texas.rr.com (8.10.1/8.10.1) with ESMTP id eB1Ib5j14988 for ; Fri, 1 Dec 2000 12:37:05 -0600 Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Sender: hammond%sunshine-project.org@mail.equinox.net Message-Id: Date: Fri, 1 Dec 2000 12:37:03 -0600 To: indknow@u.washington.edu From: Edward Hammond Subject: Sunshine: New Report on Opposition to Agent Green Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" ; format="flowed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello Everyone - We haven't been cross-posting this issue in Indknow; but perhaps this=20 report will be of interest to some listmembers. It includes several=20 references to the thorny issue of when "narcotic" or "illicit" crops,=20 in Western eyes, are medicinal or sacred plants for indigenous=20 peoples.... and are, in this case, sadly caught in the crossfire of=20 armed conflicts. Regards, Edward Hammond ----- (sigue en espa=F1ol) The Sunshine Project announces a new report released today (1 December): Biological Weapons in the Drug War A Review of Opposition in South America With Examples from Other Regions, Intergovernmental Agencies, and NGOs Available on our website (www.sunshine-project.org), this 8 page=20 report details political action against Agent Green, the biological=20 weapons to eradicate crops that have been proposed for use in the=20 Drug War in Colombia and elsewhere. The report is a resource for=20 policymakers, NGOs, and others opposed to the use of biological=20 weapons in forced crop eradication. The report focuses on political action by governments and=20 legislatures in South America, detailing the intense opposition to=20 the use of these weapons from Argentina to Venezuela. It also=20 includes updates on the positions of intergovernmental agencies=20 including UNDCP, UNEP, the OAS, and the Andean Community. Examples=20 of action by countries outside of South America are also included as=20 well as details from the BBC's recent interviews with US proponents=20 of using biological weapons. To directly access the report, please visit:=20 http://www.sunshine-project.org/bk3en.html The report is also available in Acrobat (PDF) format. ---- El Sunshine Project anuncia un nuevo informe divulgado hoy (1 de diciembre): Armas Biol=F3gicas en la Guerra contra las Drogas Una Revisi=F3n de la Oposici=F3n en Sudam=E9rica Con Ejemplos de Otras Regiones, Agencias Intergubernamentales y ONGs Disponible en nuestro portal de internet (www.sunshine-project.org),=20 este informe de 8 p=E1ginas narra la acci=F3n pol=EDtica en contra del=20 Agente Verde - las armas biol=F3gicas para erradicar cultivos=20 propuestas para ser usadas en la Guerra contra las Drogas en Colombia=20 y el resto del mundo. El informe constituye un recurso para los=20 tomadores de decisiones, ONGs y otros que se oponen al uso de armas=20 biol=F3gicas en la erradicaci=F3n forzosa de cultivos. El informe se concentra en la acci=F3n pol=EDtica de gobiernos y=20 legisladores de Sudam=E9rica, narrando la fuerte oposici=F3n al uso de=20 armas biol=F3gicas desde Argentina hasta Venezuela. Tambi=E9n incluye=20 una actualizaci=F3n de la posici=F3n de agencias intergubernamentales,=20 tales como UNDCP, PNUMA y OEA y la Comunidad Andina. Ejemplos de=20 otros pa=EDses por fuera de Sudam=E9rica tambi=E9n han sido incluidos, al=20 igual que detalles de las recientes entrevistas de la BBC con los=20 proponentes del uso de armas biol=F3gicas. La introducci=F3n y tabla de contenido en espa=F1ol se encuentra=20 disponible en http://www.sunshine-project.org/bk3essumm.html Para acceder directamente al informe completo en ingl=E9s, por favor=20 visite: http://www.sunshine-project.org/bk3en.html El informe=20 tambi=E9n est=E1 disponible en formato Acrobat (PDF). Gracias! .