Dorothy – 23/6/00 The problems with the mining company discussed in Part One continued. New proposals for mining In the late 1980s there was a German airborne survey to assess all minerals on the island. They found that the island and its seabed were full of minerals including gold, and an untapped source of oil….
Dorothy – 16/6/00 Left to right, Sam, Josie, and Melanie, in front Imelda The Kauona Sirivi family in the photo are from Bougainville. At present they are living in Palmerston North in the North Island of New Zealand. Sam Kauona Sirivi has been given a scholarship by the New Zealand Government to study to become…
A Price On The BRA Leaders’ Heads And Danger For Their Wives Dorothy – 21/4/00 An interview with Josie Kauona Sirivi – part ii If you have not already read the previous articles in this series, you may wish to begin by reading Part One A price on the BRA leaders’ heads and danger for…
The Sufferings Of The Women Of Bougainville Dorothy – 17/4/00 An interview with Josie Kauona Sirivi – part i If you have not already read the previous articles in this series, you may wish to begin by reading Part One When I had the privilege of talking to Josie her first comment was that so…
Combined Authorship – 17/12/99 Nuclear weapons MUST be taken off hair trigger alert over the Y2K period. This letter addressed to Igor Sergeyev, Russian Defence Minister, and to Ivan Ivanov, Russian Foreign Minister, with copies to William S. Cohen, U.S. Secretary for defence, and President Clinton, sums up the alarming situation facing the world. IVAN…
Kate Dewes and Rob Green – 05/12/97 On 8 December at a UN meeting to establish an International Criminal Court, NATO will attempt to exclude use of nuclear weapons but not chemical and biological weapons, from the new court’s list of war crimes. New Zealand, with Switzerland and the Red Cross, has proposed alternative wording…
Selected by Commander Robert Green, Royal Navy (Retired) – 23/10/97 Introduction by Commander Robert Green “On 1 October 1997 in Wellington, General Lee Butler USAF (Ret) delivered the second Erich Geiringer Memorial Oration. [Dr Geiringer was a key mover in getting the World Health Organisation to ask the World Court for its opinion on the…
Conrad – 3/7/97 Madrid, July 1997 Madrid will be the scene of a David-and-Goliath confrontation when the NATO Heads of State meet on 8 July 1997. An international group of non-violent peace-activists, representing the Nuclear Weapons Abolition Days Network (A-days) will present a ‘Citizens’ Summons’ at the start of the meeting. According to the activists…
– Dorothy – 8/5/97 An interview with Dr Jim Methven, Chair New Zealand Branch. International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War is a Dr Jim Methven physicians’ organisation that sees Nuclear War as THE Public Health hazard. It seeks, with like-minded international organisations, to have a treaty signed by the year 2000 that commits…
