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Strong, who will serve as secretary-general for the 1992 conference, said that two major goals of the conference will be to draft an "Earth Charter," a guideline of principles for relations between nations and the earth, and to establish an environmental agenda for the 21st Century...
...fact, the PLO does seek to deny the Israeli people the right to self-determination, even to the point of destroying the state of Israel. According to the PLO's charter, the Palestine National Covenant, "the partioning of Palestine in 1947 and the establishment of Israel are fundamentally null and void." Furthermore, Yassar Arafat, chair of the PLO, has often expressed this viewpoint...
Budget? What budget? When mogul Mario Kassar threw a party at the Cannes Film Festival last year, he spent $200,000 to charter a 203-ft. yacht and used fireworks to light up the sky with the titles and stars of his studio's new films. "It's a competitive market," explains Kassar. "If you're going to do % a party, do it right! The whole world was talking about this...
Similar press rules have been grudgingly accepted by British reporters who will cover their nation's 30,000-plus troops in the gulf. French journalists must individually sign a four-page charter imposing comparable restrictions in order to gain access to their 10,000-member gulf force. In both nations, law and tradition make it easier for the government to control the wartime press than in the U.S. The British believe stringent controls over press coverage in the Falkland Islands war contributed greatly to the success of the effort. London firmly believes that to enjoy public support, war must...
Probably the most embarrassed over the missing text is Pennsylvania, which will be host of the bicentennial celebration of the charter's ratification in Philadelphia next year. "We have no idea what happened to our copy," says the state's head archivist, Harry Whipkey. Next-door Delaware can't provide a copy either; like Maryland, Delaware returned its version to the Federal Government after the Bill of Rights' ratification. So Philadelphia officials are now contemplating crossing the Delaware to see if they can borrow New Jersey's original for the festivities...