European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 2, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse 1942-1992 50 years of service vol. 51. No. 46 35 tuesday june 2,1992 d 8693 Iraq rejects new Frontier in Defiance of cease fire United nations api rejecting the lint key condition of the Penman chill War cease fire. Iraq has told the . Secretary general that it refuses to recognize its new Border with Kuwait diplomats said monday. The new Boundary set in May by . Surveyors shifted the Border deeper into Iraq giving Kuwait 10 new Oil Wells and an abandoned iraqi naval base at the port of Qasir. In a 57-Page letter in arabic to Secretary general Boutros Boutros Ghali iraqi foreign minister Ahmed Hussein called the redrawing of the Border Hussein s letter repeated Baghdad a Contention that Kuwait was actually a part of Iraq that had been sliced Oft by the British colonial Empire. Iraqi presi Dent Saddam Hussein used that argument to justify invading Kuwait in August 1990. Thomas r. Pickering the former . Ambassador to the United nations had said the United nations economic sanctions against Iraq would remain in effect if Baghdad did not accept the new Border. In its cease fire Resolution the Security Council demanded that Baghdad recognize the a inviolability of the International Boundary and the allocation of islands set out in a 1963 agreement Between Iraq and Kuwait. The april 1991 Resolution officially ended hostilities although the .-led Allied coalition had routed iraqi troops from Kuwait at the end of february 1991. The . Border commission worked see Iraq on Page 2 Earth 8ummt92 related stories on pages 14-16 Bush boosting Effort to save world s Trees Washington a president Bush seeking to polish his environmental record in Advance of the Earth Summit offered an extra $150 million monday to help save the worlds forests and challenged other countries to double their conservation budgets. Bush in a speech at Goddard space flight Center in suburban Maryland said that when he attends the Summit in Rio de Janeiro a the . Will go proudly As the worlds Leader. In environmental but his announcement on saving Trees was greeted with scorn by environmentalists who have strongly criticized his stance on global issues that will be addressed at the Summit As Well As his administrations recent decision to allow Clear cutting in ancient Pacific Northwest forests in this country. Michael Fischer executive director of the Sierra club called the announced action a the height of hypocrisy and a a drop in the bucket see Bush on Page 2 most in . Want treaty on warming Washington apr most . Residents support a treaty to combat global wanning even if it harms the Economy according to a poll released monday. The poll conducted by Usa today and san Kei Shimun newspapers of Japan found that 58 percent of americans questioned favored such a treaty despite the possibility it will harm the Economy or increase the Cost of gasoline and electricity. The 12-Day . Summit on the environment opens wednesday in Rio de Janeiro Brazil. The Agenda includes Protection of the atmosphere the oceans forests threatened species and fresh water and the cleanup of toxic and hazardous wastes. President Bush who arrives in Rio on june 11, has come under fire from environmentalists who see . On Page 2 protester in Belgrade Yugoslavia Cany a Black paper ribbon to signify mourning for victims of the War. Leader of ostracized Serbia hails citizens determination Belgrade Yugoslavia a despite worldwide isolation and punishment Serbia a hard line president Slobodan Milosevic on monday declared Victory Over foreign and Domestic enemies. The United nations and most of the world blaming Serbia and its tiny ally Montenegro for the bloody War in neighbouring Bosnia and Herzegovina imposed Tough sanctions saturday against the two states forming the new Yugoslavia. Milosevic told Belgrade radio that despite a unprecedented International pressure a people in Yugoslavia a have shown their determination to decide their he said sundays parliamentary elections in Yugoslavia represent a Victory a and Are an answer to the anti yugoslav Campaign Here and Milosevic claimed that More than 60 percent of Eligi ble voters look part in the elections thus showing their Defiance against the world and opposition parties that boycotted the vote. Belgrade a Tan Jug news Agency reported that first election results earlier promised Lor monday would be known today. The electoral commission did not explain the delay. The opposition parties and International observers boycotted the ballot which included Only Milosevic a socialists and Allied Ultra nationalist parties. The boy Cotters claimed that the election was rigged and that voter turnout was far below the needed 50 percent to elect officials. On sunday tens of thousands demonstrated in Belgrade against Milosevic an authoritarian former e see Serbia on Page 2
