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Nov. 4-5. changed, entire nations will vanish from the map of the Earth, Nov. 4, 2000: The Italian Catholic daily Avvenire pub- as is already demonstrated in Africa. And, as the conditions lishes an article, titled “25 Senators of the Opposition Say: in Bulgaria and Albania illustrate, even Europe can plunge We Need a New Bretton Woods.” Avvenire reports: “To com- into a new dark age in a very short time. Germany, for exam- mit the government to a ‘new international conference at the ple, has reached de facto the same level of unemployment as level of heads of state and government like the one which when Hitler came to power. took place in Bretton Woods in 1944, with the aim of creating Thus, many governments, parliamentarians, and leaders a new international monetary system and of taking measures of social institutions are confronted with the unacceptable to stop the mechanisms which created the speculative bubble dilemma, that if we are to fulfill the conditionalities of the and of launching programs which relaunch the real economy.’ IMF, or such requirements as those of the Maastricht Treaty This is what is demanded by a motion presented by 25 Sena- or the Balanced Budget Amendment in the United States, we tors of the opposition and of the center parties of Catholic would have to act against the most vital interests of the people inspiration belonging to the Parliamentary Group for the Jubi- whom we represent. But the international financial institu- lee. It will be examined on Nov. 4 and 5 at the Vatican, on the tions have no right to require that the debt to them be paid occasion of the Jubilee of the Parliamentarians.” with a pound of flesh of each of our citizens. The U.S. Declaration of Independence states: “When in the course of human events, it becomes neces- sary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the pow- ers of the Earth the separate and equal station to which the Organizing Campaign Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should The following Appeal to President Clinton was adopted by declare the causes which impel them to the separation.” acclamation at the Presidents’ Day conference of the Schiller In this spirit we say, that not for “one people,” but for the Institute and International Caucus of Labor Committees, peoples of the world, it has become necessary not to dissolve meeting in Reston, Virginia on Feb. 15-17, 1997. The first two the political, but the financial bands with the presently hege- signers of the call are the founder of the Schiller Institute, monic financial institutions. Helga Zepp-LaRouche, and Ukrainian economist Natalia Vi- In the Declaration it is further stated: “But when a long trenko, member of the Supreme Rada (Parliament) of train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same Ukraine. The Schiller Institute circulated the call worldwide object, evinces a design to reduce them under absolute Despo- for endorsement by government and other leaders. The text tism, it is their right, it is their duty, to throw off such Govern- follows: ment, and to provide New Guards for their future security.” Such a condition has emerged, threatening to throw our entire Urgent Appeal to President Clinton To human civilization into chaos and barbarism. Convoke a New Bretton Woods Conference Therefore, we appeal to you, President Clinton, to use the The world economy, with the exception of China, is faced Powers of the Presidency of the United States, to convoke, with an accelerating collapse of industrial capacity and the on an emergency basis, a new international Bretton Woods skyrocketing of unemployment, which has led to a political conference, to replace the present bankrupt monetary system mass-strike process, shaking the foundations of many govern- with a new one. A global debt reorganization, the establish- ments and social institutions around the world. ment of fixed-parity exchange rates and a new set of trade and The unavoidable bursting of the international derivatives tariff agreements, are the absolute precondition for stability bubble, or any relevant political event, could trigger a chain- in world economic and financial relations, which are required reaction of stock market crashes and banking crises in many for a return to economic growth. countries, leading toward the vaporization of the international It is also required that sovereign governments have exclu- financial system within a matter of days. The political, social, sive responsibility for the emission of currency and the cre- and military consequences of such a systemic crash would ation of credit and that, in the tradition of President Franklin be incalculable. D. Roosevelt’s bold anti-Depression programs, they make Meanwhile, the tragedy of the so-called IMF reform poli- available cheap and long-term credit lines for large-scale in- cies in the former is now playing out, in the vestments in infrastructure, industry, and agriculture. form of a monstrous collapse of production, a demographic The outline of a new world economic system is already disaster, and an unprecedented criminalization of society, taking shape. Led by the initiative of the Chinese government, which has resulted in an even worse and more rapid catastro- several countries of Asia are currently engaged in the con- phe than has already occurred in Ibero-America and Africa. struction of the “New Eurasian Land-Bridge.” By integrating If the present course of these international policies is not all of the Eurasian continent economically, a similar “Land-

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© 2000 EIR News Service Inc. All Rights Reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part without permission strictly prohibited. Bridge” development is planned which will soon also connect We appeal to you with the utmost urgency to take the the U.S., via the Bering Strait, and Africa, via the Near East, necessary steps, so that your Presidency does not mark the bringing economic development and prosperity to all pre- beginning of a new dark age, but that of a new golden era viously landlocked areas of the world. of mankind. As a cornerstone of this global reconstruction program, the economist Lyndon LaRouche has emphasized what he Ad Hoc Committee for a New Bretton Woods terms the “Machine-Tool Principle.” This principle is the rec- The following call was initiated on April 7, 2000, and has ognition that the economy must be based on the fact, that it is been circulated internationally. We publish here the names solely the creative reason of the individual which is the source of a small selection of the hundreds of dignitaries who have of wealth in society. It is the continued ability of creative signed it. Affiliations are for identification purposes only. reason to formulate adequate hypotheses about the laws of nature, which leads to scientific and technological progress. The governments of the G-7 nations, have repeatedly demon- These discoveries are applied in the form of new, improved strated their unwillingness and inability to prevent the threat- machine tools and in upgrading the skills of the labor force, ened collapse of the global financial system, through a resulting in increasing productivity of the productive process. prompt, and thorough reorganization of the system. This ren- The global economic reconstruction must therefore put abso- ders it urgently necessary that all those who recognize the lute priority on Classical, universal education and the devastating consequences of a systemic financial crisis, raise strengthening of the creative powers of the individual. their voices. The building of the Eurasian Land-Bridge as the corner- We, the signators, refer to Lyndon LaRouche, as the econ- stone for similiar infrastructure and economic programs for omist, worldwide, who has analyzed the causes of the sys- Africa, Australia, and the Americas, is the only way that eco- temic crisis in greatest depth, and over the longest time, and nomic development can bring peace and stability to all corners who, at the same time, has elaborated a comprehensive pack- of the world. Such a policy is therefore in the strategic security age of measures to be taken to overcome it: the anti-crisis interest of the United States. It is also in the tradition of the program for a New Bretton Woods. Founding Fathers, as a policy for a community of principle We, the signators, take note of the recent initiative of among nations. members of the European Parliament, which states:

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: ∑ WHEREAS the 1944 agreement of Bretton Woods mechanisms contributed to the realization of monetary stabil- ity and to post-war economic reconstruction; LAROUCHE ON ∑ WHEREAS a divergence was created between the real THE NEW BRETTON WOODS economy and the financial economy after the decoupling of the dollar from the gold reserve system; WHEREAS financial crises have exploded in different A 90-minute ∑ “The present fatally ill parts of the world since 1997; videotape with WHEREAS the international monetary and financial global financial and excerpts from ∑ institutions have malfunctioned, failing to carry out their monetary system must be a speech by tasks; radically reorganized. Lyndon H. LaRouche, Jr. ∑ WHEREAS it has been ascertained that the “specula- It can not be reformed, it given on tive bubble” has had devastating effects for the economies of March 18, 1998. the developing countries, transforming completely the struc- must be reorganized. tures of the world economy, and reaching the level of at least This must be done in the $300 trillion, compared to a world GDP of about $40 trillion; $35 postpaid Order number manner of a reorganization EIE 98-002 INVITES THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION: in bankruptcy, conducted a) to propose the convocation of a new Conference, simi- under the authority EIRNewsService lar to the one at Bretton Woods, with the purpose of creating P.O. Box 17390, a new international monetary system, capable of gradually not of international Washington, D.C. 20041-0390 eliminating the mechanisms which led to the “speculative bubble”; institutions, but of To order, call 1-888-EIR-3258 b) to evaluate the possibility of anchoring the currency sovereign governments.” (toll-free). values to a real reference point, and to exert more effective We accept Visa or MasterCard. control over exchange rates; c) to propose the creation of new credit lines oriented

32 Feature EIR November 24, 2000 to develop investments in the real economy and to define Rep. Charles Hoffman, Georgetown, Kentucky infrastructure projects of continental dimensions. Rep. Art Morrell, New Orleans, Louisiana Del. Clarence Davis, Baltimore, Maryland The most dangerous absurdity of the present situation is Rep. Ed Vaughn, Detroit, Michigan underlined by the fact, that the so-called “New Economy” is Rep. Earle Banks, Jackson, Mississippi being celebrated by the White House in the U.S.A. and by Rep. Erik Fleming, Jackson, Mississippi government leaders of the European Union, as a great success, Rep. Melinda Curls, Kansas City, Missouri at the very same moment that the financial bubble, blown up Rep. Charles Quincy Troupe, St. Louis, Missouri with this myth, is bursting! Far from advancing growth and Sen. Joe Neal, Chair, Nevada Legislative Black Caucus, Las development of the world economy, so-called “globalization” Vegas, Nevada has in reality shown itself to be a form of unbridled predator Rep. Derek Owen, Hopkinton, New Hampshire capitalism, which has exacerbated the divergence between Rep. David A. Welch, Kingston, New Hampshire financial titles and real economy on the one hand, and rich Sen. Carlos Cisneros, Questa, New Mexico and poor, on the other, in an intolerable manner—both on the Rep. Ray Begaye, Shiprock, New Mexico national and the international plane. Rep. Fred Luna, Los Lunas, New Mexico Considering the increasingly accelerating systemic crisis, Rep. Roger Madalena, Jemez Pueblo, New Mexico we, the signators, have decided to constitute the Ad Hoc Com- Sen. Luther Jordan, Wilmington, North Carolina mittee for a New Bretton Woods. Rep. Howard Hunter, Conway, North Carolina Rep. Vernon Sykes, Akron, Ohio Signers include: Sen. Vincent Hughes, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania UNITED STATES Rep. Harold James, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Former U.S. Congressmen Rep. William Robinson, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Sen. Eugene McCarthy, former Presidential candidate, Min- Sen. Maggie Wallace Glover, Florence, South Carolina nesota Rep. Walter Lloyd, Watersboro, South Carolina Rep. Clair A. Callan, Nebraska Sen. Jerry Shoener, Rapid City, South Dakota Rep. Father Robert J. Cornell, Wisconsin Sen. John Ford, Memphis, Tennessee Rep. Mervyn Dymally, former Chair, Congressional Black Rep. Jerry Kreitzer, Rutland, Vermont Caucus, California Civil Rights and Human Rights Leaders Rep. Walter Fauntroy, President, National Black Leadership Rev. Nimrod Reynolds, Nat’l. Sec., Southern Christian Lead- Roundtable, Washington, D.C. ership Conference (SCLC), Anniston, Alabama Rep. Cornelius Gallagher, New Jersey , Civil Rights activist, Tuskegee State Legislators Institute, Alabama Endorsed by the entire Alabama House of Representatives, Hunter Huang, Chair, National Association for China’s Re- as well as by the following individually: unification, Washington, D.C. Rep. William Clark, Pritchard, Alabama Cesar Flores, Project Coordinator, State Economic Opportu- Rep. Johnny Ford, Tuskegee, Alabama nities Division, Hawaii Rep. Andrew Hayden, Uniontown, Alabama Bernard Broussard, Co-Founder, Louisiana Human Relations Rep. Tommy Houston, Birmingham, Alabama Council, Franklin, Louisiana Rep. Thomas Jackson, Thomasville, Alabama Trade Union Leaders Rep. John J. Letson, Moulton, Alabama James Barnett, President, NW Alabama Coalition of Black Rep. Bryant Melton, Tuscaloosa, Alabama Trade Unions; Chair, Martin Luther King Annual March, Rep. Demetrius Newton, House Speaker Pro-Tem, Bir- Florence, Alabama mingham, Alabama Bill Dickens, President, United Container and Rail Haulers Rep. George Perdue, Birmingham, Alabama of America, Baltimore, Maryland Rep. John Rogers, Birmingham, Alabama Melvin Muhammad, former State Chair, NAPE/AFSCME Rep. James Thomas, Selma, Alabama (Nebraska Association of Public Employees), Omaha, Rep. Gerald Willis, Piedmont, Alabama Nebraska Rep. Dennis Williams, Wilmington, Delaware Carlton Horner, former National Organizing Director, United Rep. Michael Kahakina, Honolulu, Hawaii Auto Workers (UAW), Broken Arrow, Oklahoma Rep. Howard Kenner, Chicago, Illinois Religious Leaders Rep. Coy Pugh, Chicago, Illinois M.R. Thomas J. Gumbleton, Roman Catholic Auxiliary Sen. Walter Blevins, Jr., Senate President Pro-Tem, West Bishop of Detroit, Michigan Liberty, Kentucky M.R. Juergen Bless, German Evangelical Lutheran Bishop, Sen. Dan Seum, Louisville, Kentucky California Rep. Perry Clark, Louisville, Kentucky The Rev. J.E. Bridges, President, Eastside Ministers Union

EIR November 24, 2000 Feature 33 of Southern California, Los Angeles, California mer Member of Parliament (1990-92) The Rev. Antanas V. Bitinas, M.S., Th.D., Pontifical Lithua- Prof. Dr. Antonije Djukic, University of Dubrovnik nian University of Rome (Italy), Connecticut Niko Gunjina, Hrvatska Udruga Sindikata (HUS—Croatian The Rev. Richard T. McSorley, S.J., Director, Center for Federation of Trade Unions), Zagreb Peace Studies, Georgetown University, Washington, Prof. Dr. Branko Horvat, Institute for Advanced Studies, D.C. Zagreb Minister Abdul Alim Muhammad, Minister of Health and Faris Nanic, General Secretary, SDA Party, Zagreb Human Services and National Spokesman for the Nation Ilija Rkman, Board Member, Croatian Christian Democratic of Islam, Washington, D.C. Union (HKDU), Zagreb The Rev. Carl Washington, President, Baltimore Baptist Min- Branko Stancic, President, Senate of HKDU (Croatian Chris- isters Conference, Baltimore, Maryland tian Democratic Union), Rijeka Syed Ahsani, Texas Chair, American Muslim Association, Dr. Marko Veselica, President, HKDU, Zagreb Arlington, Texas Czech Republic The Rev. Martha Knight, Director, Social Action Committee, KSCM (Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia) Parlia- State AME Conference, Virginia mentary Group in National Chamber of Deputies Other Notable Signers Josef Dolejsi, Ph.D., Kladno Haithan Aranki, President, Arab Community Center, Los Stanislav Fischer, Ph.D., Member of Parliament Angeles, California Prof. Dr. Jiri Vackar, Czech Technical University; Czech Mohammed Arif, President, of Islam, Los Christian Academy, Prague Angeles, California Dr. Bedrich Vymetalik, Attorney-at-Law, Frydek-Mistek Yousef Haddad, former President, Arab American Press Marcel Winter, Director of WMC (Winter Management and Guild, Los Angeles, California Consulting), Prague Prof. Tettah A. Kofi, Economics Dept., University of San Denmark Francisco, California Prof. Dr. Charles Akinde, former State Legislator in Ondo Prof. Yaw A. Asamoah, Dept. of Economics, Indiana Univer- State, Nigeria, Brondby Strand sity of Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Joseph Bangurambona, former Burundi Ambassador in Ke- nya, Hedehuene CANADA Fritz Hermann, President, United Farm Organization Benoit Laprise, Member, National Assembly of Quebec (LFO), Karup Claude Pinard, Member, National Assembly of Quebec Leon Ngarukiye, former Director of Cabinet, Ministry of For- Chor-Bishop Elias El Hayek, Montreal eign Affairs of Rwanda, Copenhagen Bishop Raynauld Rouleau, Roman Catholic Diocese of Laurent Niyongeko, former CEO for Development Bank of Churchill-Hudson Bay Burundi, Copenhagen Gilles Grondin, President, Campaign Que´bec-Vie, Montreal Erling Svendsen, President, Danish Grain Producers Associa- tion, Hvelsoe EUROPE England Armenia Dr. Mostafa Al Barzagan, Al Arab International, London Haik Babookhanian, Member of Parliament, Yerevan France Hrant Khachatrian, Member of Parliament, Yerevan Andre´ Gerin, Deputy, National Assembly; Mayor, Venis- Austria sieux (Department of Rhoˆne) Prof. Dr. Hans R. Klecatsky, former Minister of Justice of the Jean Royer, former Deputy, National Assembly, Mayor, Republic of Austria; University Professor, Innsbruck Tours Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Jakob Christian Neyer, Deputy, State Parlia- Jean-Jacques Bilcaz, Mayor, St. Pierre d’Allevard ment, Vorarlberg, Egg Louis Dejean, Mayor, Corbreuse Dr. Hans Ko¨chler, President, International Progress Organi- Etienne de Ravinel, Mayor, Nossoncourt zation, Vienna Marcel Georges, Mayor, Bonnecourt Bosnia-Hercegovina Noubar Kechichian, Deputy Mayor, Valence Rusmir Mahmutcehajic, International Forum Bosnia, Sa- Georgia rajevo Prof. Vakhtang Goguadze, former Speaker, Georgian Parlia- Prof. Dr.Sc. Fahrudin Sebic, Faculty of Economics, Univer- ment; Member, International Coordinating Bureau, Peo- sity of Sarajevo ples Patriotic Forces of CIS, Tbilisi Prof. Dragoljub Stojanov, Faculty of Economics, University Dr. Teimuraz Dokvadze, Expert in Computer Sciences of Sarajevo Dr. Vladimir Kilasonya, Economist, Tbilisi Croatia Germany Antun Abramovic, Professor of History and Sociology; for- Robert Becker, Publisher, Eschau

34 Feature EIR November 24, 2000 Prof. Peter Gra¨bner, President, House of Environment, Con- Dr. Marek Gruchelski, Economist, Advisor of the Trade struction and Traffic, Dresden Union Solidarity for individual farmers, Warsaw Prof. Wilhelm Hankel, Economist; former State Secretary in Russia the Finance Ministry A.A. Chudin, Scientist, Institute of Management, Dr. Bruno Huegel, Academic Director, Eichsta¨tt University C.V. Gulyajev, Scientist, Institute of Management, Moscow Gisela Krieg, Chancellor, Technische Fachhochschule A.G. Makarov, Scientist, Institute of General Physics, (THF), Berlin Moscow Helmut Knebel, Member of State Parliament of Lower Sax- Prof. Stanislav Menshikov, Central Mathematical Economics ony, Salzgitter Institute (CEMI), Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow Dr. Hermann Schneider, Professor of Physics, Heidelberg Prof. Grigorii G. Pirogov, Senior Scientist, Institute for Com- Prof. Dr. Ing. P. Guenther Werner, Technology Advisor, parative Political Studies, Russian Academy of Sci- Kerpen ences, Moscow Holland A.A. Samochin, Scientist, Institute of General Physics, Rus- Y. Zhang, Chinese Christian Democratic Union, Almelo sian Academy of Sciences, Moscow Hungary Prof. A. Shelepin, Institute of Physics (FIAN), Russian Acad- Andor Mandoki, Chair, Expert Committee, Christian Demo- emy of Sciences, Moscow cratic People’s Party, Budapest Prof. Nodar A. Simoniya, Deputy Director, Institute for Istvan Morvay, former State Secretary, Interior Ministry World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO), Prof. Imre Pozsgay, St. Laszlo Academy, Budapest Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow Italy Scotland Rosario Alessandrello, Industrial Manager, Milan Alan Clayton, Convener, Council Liaison Committee, Scot- Giuseppe Bidese, Industrialist; Board Member, Financial tish National Party Argyll and Bute Committee, Association of Medium-Sized Industry of Vi- Prof. John Erickson, Professor of Defense Studies, Edin- cenza burgh University Sergio Bindi, Journalist; Spokesman, Partito Democratico Slovakia Cristiano, Rome Prof. Dr. Michal Drobny, Member of Parliament, Bratislava Aldo Brandirali, City Council Member (Forza Italia), Milan Laszlo Hoka, Member of Parliament, Bratislava Paolo Caoduro, former President, Immobiliare Fierae, Vi- Prof. Dr. Augustin Marian Huska, Member of Parliament, cenza Bratislava Dr. Quintino de Notariis, Nuclear Physicist; President, ASPE Spain (Association of European Political Studies) of Alleanza Kuan Chu, Chair, Chinese Christian Democratic Union, Nazionale, Termoli Madrid Pietro Giubilo, former Mayor, Rome; National Council Mem- Gen. (ret.) Emilio Garc´ıa Conde Cen˜al, former Chief of the ber, Centro Cristiano Democratico party, Rome Spanish Air Force, Four-Star General, Madrid Sergio Sabelli, State’s Attorney, Rome Rosa Mar´ıa Romero, Economist, Spain Alberto Servidio, former President, Cassa del Mezzogiorno, Ukraine Rome Ljudmyla Bzuglaja, Member of Parliament Roberto Tengg, Industrialist; Vice President, Italian Federa- Natalia Lymar, Member of Parliament, Kiev tion of Wood Traders, Cremona Volodymyr Marchenko, Member of Parliament, Kiev Luxemburg Petro Romanchuk, Member of Parliament, Kiev Bernard Zamaron, Centre Robert Schuman pour l’Europe Mykhailo Sadovchuk, Member of Parliament, Kiev (Robert Schuman Center for Europe) Natalia Vitrenko, former Presidential candidate; Member of Poland Parliament, Kiev Sen. Jozef Fraczek, Chair, Senate Committee on Agriculture Prof. Dr. Viktor Fedosov, Chief, Department of Finance, Kiev Janina Kraus, Member of Parliament (Sejm), Confederation Economic University for the Independent Poland-Patriotic Camp (KPN-OP), Svitlana Kurkartseva, General Director, Joint Ukrainian-Rus- Warsaw sian Ventures “Stankomplekt,” Kiev Prof. Aleksander Legatowicz, Economics Professor and for- Prof. Dr. Viktor S. Naidyonov, Scientific Consultant, Dikom mer Member of Parliament Investment Company, Kiev Jerzy Oledzki, former Vice Minister of Education (1992-93) Mykola D. Rudenko, Writer, dissident, and human rights ac- Prof. Aleksander Krzyminski, former Vice Minister of For- tivist; author, “The Energy of Progress: Essays on Physi- eign Affairs (after 1990) cal Economy”; Honorary Chair, Sergei Podolinsky Sci- Prof. Pawel Bozyk, SGH (Warsaw School of Economics), ence and Technology Center, Kiev Warsaw Prof. Dr. Petro O. Stepanenko, Doctor of Economic Sciences, Bishop Antoni Dydycz, Drohiczyn Kiev Economic University

EIR November 24, 2000 Feature 35 Dr. Volodymyr Shevchuk, Economist, Trade Economic Uni- K.R. Ganesh, former Indian Union Minister of Finance, New versity, Kiev Delhi, India Prof. Dr. Vasyl Stolyarov, Institute of Finances, Kiev Meilono Soewondu, Member of Parliament, Republic of In- Dr. Borys Svetlov, Dean, Faculty of Studies, Kiev donesia Prof. Dr. Mykola M. Yermashenko, Section Chief for Fi- Nasser Motameeh, former Deputy Minister of Foreign Af- nance and Credit, Staff of the Ukrainian National Security fairs, Iran, Burbank, California and Defense Council, Kiev Akira Nambara, former Executive Director, Bank of Japan (central bank), Tokyo IBERO-AMERICA Dr. Masaki Shiratori, former Japanese Executive Director for Elected/Government Officials the World Bank, Tokyo, Japan Jose´ Lo´pez Portillo, former President of Mexico Laith Shubeilat, former Member of Parliament, Jordan Julio C. Gonza´lez, former Secretary of State, Argentina Dr. Gongpil Choi, Chief Economist, Korea Institute of Fi- Germa´n Winox Berraondo, former Trustee, National Devel- nance, Seoul, Korea opment Bank, Argentina Dr. Wonchang Jang, Senior Economist, Korea Institute of Dr. Anuart Jarma, former Deputy Secretary for Budget and Finance, Seoul, Korea Treasury, Argentina Dr. Yunjong Wang, Director, International Macroeconomics He´ctor Claudio Salvi, former Governor, Province of Santa and Finance, Korea Institute for International Economic Fe, Argentina Policy (KIEP), Seoul, Korea Franciso Dontaf, Deputy, Brasilia State Parliament, Brazil Prof. Khurshid Ahmad, Chair, Institute of Policy Studies; Jorge Carrillo, former Minister of Labor, Colombia former Federal Minister; Deputy Chair, Planning Com- Sen. Amylkar David Acosta, Member of Congress, Colombia mission, Government of Pakistan; Chair, Senate Standing Rep. Dr. Humberto Carrillo Torres, Member of Congress, Co- Committee on Finance and Economy, Islamabad, Pa- lombia kistan Pastor Garc´ıa Marin, Mayor, Santa Rosa, Bol´ıvar, Colombia Dr. Ahmed Al-Kedidi, Professor, University of Qatar Elsa Valbuena Ortiz, Member, City Council of Bogota´, Co- Dr. Mete Gundogan, Turkish Virtue Party, Economic Advisor lombia to former Prime Minister Necmettin Erbakan, Turkey Cong. Rafael Me´ndez, Member, Chamber of Deputies, Con- gress of the Dominican Republic AUSTRALIA Dr. Jorge Yeara Nasser, former Ambassador of the Domini- Elected Officials can Republic; President, Dominican-Arab Association, The Hon. Jim Cairns, former Deputy Prime Minister (1974- Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic 75); former Treasurer (1974-75); former Minister for Aldo Bugarin, former State Legislator, Jalisco, Mexico Overseas Trade (1972-74) Prof. Alfredo Go´mez Go´mez, former Member, Chamber of The Hon. Clyde Cameron, former Federal Minister for La- Deputies, Congress of Mexico, Jalisco, Mexico bour (1972-74) and Minister for Works in Whitlam Gov- Antonio Cha´vez M., former Member, Chamber of Deputies, ernment Congress of Mexico; Sec. Gen., Local 252, Union of The Hon. R.C. Katter, Federal Member of Parliament for the Workers of the Bottling Industry of Coca Cola, Guana- Electorate of Kennedy juato, Mexico Tom Helm, Member, Legislative Council (Western Australia Lic. Juan Jaime Herna´ndez, former Member, Chamber of State Parliament), Mining & Pastoral Region Deputies, Congress of Mexico, Jalisco, Mexico Robert Mitchell, Shadow Minister for Mines and Energy; Rep. Roger Ca´ceres Vela´squez, Member of Congress, Peru Member of Queensland State Parliament for the Elector- ate of Charters Towers AFRICA Trade Union Leaders Sam Aluko, Professor of Economics; former Chair, National Adrian Bennett, Secretary, Municipal Employees Union Economics Intelligence Committee of Nigeria (1994- (MEU), Western Australia; Chair, Curtin Labor Alliance, 1999) W.A.; Federal Member of Parliament for Swan, 1969-75 Lawrence Fejokwu, Editor-in-Chief, Nusa International, Les Crofton, Secretary, Rail, Tram and Bus Union (RTBU), Lagos, Nigeria Queensland Jean Gahururu, Economist, on behalf of the Rally for the W.J. Game, State Secretary, Engineering & Electrical Divi- Return of Refugees and Democracy in Rwanda (RDR) sion, Communications, Electrical & Plumbing Union P.R. Malavi, Speaker/Legislator, Provincial Legislature, (CEPU), W.A. Northern Province, South Africa Ken Griggs, Branch Secretary, United Firefighters Union of Australia (Australian Government Branch) MIDDLE EAST and ASIA Anthony Papaconstuntinos, former Deputy National Secre- Marc Faber, Investment Advisor, Hong Kong S.A.R., China tary, Maritime Union of Australia

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