European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 03, 1995, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 12 the stars and stripes world sunday september 3,1995 a women at Huai Rou China a Organ i ers of the world s largest women s con Ference on saturday gave China 24 hours to Stop harassing delegates and suggested they might cancel the conference in China reneges on a Promise to do so. Officials at the gathering of private women s groups said a walkout was unlikely because most delegates having travelled far to attend the first such Gath ering in a decade would be reluctant to leave prematurely. But the threat reflected growing ten Sions Between organizers of the meeting and their Host country. The friction dates Back to March when China abruptly moved the Confer ence to the town of Ila Iron an hour s drive from Beijing and from the , sponsored fourth world conference on Yvo Oman which starts monday. Since the private conference began delegates have complained of widespread harassment and surveillance by chinese authorities. On saturday the organizers demanded that it end. After a two hour meeting with chinese officials organizer Rosalind Harris said the chinese had assured organizers that participants would be totally free to carry on their there will be no Security no censorship and no surveillance she said. But organizers remained wary. Executive director Irene Santiago said that if things had t improved by noon today appropriate action would be taken. What that would be was unclear. Salamo Mulivai co head of the Asia Pacific bloc at the gathering said it would be up to the delegates. I will Call the Asia Pacific Region and say what do you want do you want to. --.-. " " of tibetan american Chuml than Dan argues with a chinese delegation saturday. The chinese yelled and clapped to disrupt the workshop held by exiled tibetan women. Cancel do you want to Boycott do you want to riot or what the meeting followed complaints about chinese Security guards shadowing and photographing delegates harassing tibetan and human rights campaigners confiscating videotapes and breaking up meetings. A " -."-, complaints also covered Lack of facilities for the disabled and poor transportation Between the site in Huai Rou and Bei Jing v -.,- a. The United states warned saturday that the intervention bodes poorly for the . Conference. They the chinese arc incurring an awful lot of frustration and Wrath in How they Are handling things Here said Tim Othy worthy. Undersecretary of state for global affairs. It s imperative that the . Be very firm with China on what their obligations arc \ to . Cd i Onyx Hillary Rod Ham Clinton As its honorary chairwoman wants to make sure the final document of the conference meets . Position in.". Four ways Wirish said. 1 he said the. United states wants it to declare human rights to be Universal / highlight violence against women and urge that women take a greater role in economic decision making. It a rust not he said endorse abortion As a method of population control. 4white House officials. Said saturday that Clinton will speak but on human rights but will not directly Challenge China about its record of abuses. The first lady who leaves today for the International women s conference in Bei Jing also will not meet with any of China s leaders the officials said. The first lady in Hawaii with president Clin ton for ceremonies marking the50th anniversary of the end of world War ii is slated to arrive in China Early tuesday after crossing the International Ami making a refuelling Slop in Guam later that Day she is scheduled to speak at the . Conference v her plan to participate has come under criticism led by republicans who say the first lady should Boycott the con Ference in protest of China s poor human rights record. She announced she would attend after China released chinese american human rights activist Harry we after convicting him on . Despite the conference s focus on human rights Hillary not directly confront China on its record officials said. V frankly to single out one country at this conference would not be the Wisest thing to do said White House press Secretary Mike Mccurry " he said there arc other countries rep resented at the conference k that Are much More substantively in violation of human rights than China and that there is not greater concern about those violations. V / Call Usa per minute from Germany vice fees a a sign up by phone cd 06221-12178 office phone Rny Zihere we 06221 12179, Fox 26793 liberian factions form Dyer Hrent Monrovia Liberia a v after nearly six years of War a dozen failed cease fires and 150,000 deaths Liberia rebel leaders joined forces in a new government Friday and formally declare peace. V \ \.,. The stubborn conflict that erupted Christmas eve 1989 came to an end in an auditorium festooned with flags and filled with foreigndignitaries and Africa leaders in Bright Robes. Outside hundreds of thousands of liberians lined the streets listening to the ceremony on portable radios and Strain ing for Glimpsesof the men who wrecked their country but now promised to repair i ask you to forgive what May appear to be unforgivable ghanaian president Jerry Rawlings said in a Tough speech that contained several references to the War s atrocities and seemed to be telling the warlords they had Little to be Proudof. V. 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The Success after a Doxen failed accords was due to fatigue on the part of the warlords and their fighters and to pressure from West Africa s two most powerful leaders Rawlings and Nigeria a s Gen. Sani Abaca who made Clear they did not want to continue their peacekeeping operations in Liberia. In addition the United nations had threatened to end its observer Mission in the country. Ukrainians turn rats against cockroaches Kiev Ukraine a driven to desperation people in a vermin infested town in Eastern Ukraine have started to train rats to catch cockroaches a newspaper has reported. Young rats that have had a two month course to teach them to attack Roaches but not people can fetch up to the equivalent of $150 at the Central Market in the town of Lugansk the newspaper Nezah Simost re ported wednesday. Rats also can be trained to drive away mice and other rats from their owners Home the newspaper wrote if your rat bites you the Odds Are you would die within two weeks rats Are carriers of a virus that kills nine people out of 10 who Are bitten
