>Friday, 15 December, 2000: Sixty-seven countries have signed up to the UN >convention against organized crime, signaling their agreement to crushing >cross-border criminality but two protocols, one of which outlaws human >trafficking, are proving a sticking point for many states. The 67 states, >including the European Union, signed the agreement in a gathering in Palermo, >Italy, over the past two days. During conference plenary sessions, Libya's >delegation denounced "more or less official crimes ... committed by certain >big powers", such as "the bombing of peaceful villages," and international >financial organizations which allegedly "starve people." [AFP] _______________________________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki - Finland +358-40-7177941, fax +358-9-7591081 e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.kominf.pp.fi _______________________________________________________ Kominform list for general information. Subscribe/unsubscribe messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Anti-Imperialism list for geopolitics. Subscribe/unsubscribe messages: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________________