I.P.O. ANNUAL
REPORT 1984
Vienna, 31 December 1984
NEW PUBLICATIONS
Arabism and Islam/Arabisme et Islam., by Dr. Elias Farah, Studies in International Relations, vol. 8.Le Conflit des Malouines, by Dr. Eric David and General Edgardo Mercado Jarrin, Studies in International Relations, vol. 9.
Porträt des Palastinensischen Volkes. Monograph. Vienna 1984.
Forthcoming:
The New International Information and Communication Order. Studies in International Relations, vol. 10 (1985.)
NEW
MEMBERS
The Executive Board has admitted new members from Austria, Germany (FRG), Ghana, Libya, Malta, Luxemburg, Niger, Spain, the United States and Venezuela.
The Board will consider further applications at its forthcoming session in December.
INFORMATION
PROJECT
The I.P.O. organized a documentary exhibition on Sabra and Shatila (Vienna, December 1983) which was opened by the Austrian Minister of State Johanna Dohnal. Present was the French poet Jean Genet who presented his eyewitness report. The exhibition was organized in cooperation with the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA).
CONFERENCES
The International Conference on Sabra and Shatila originally scheduled for December 1983 was postponed. It was rescheduled for 2-3 May 1984 in Vienna and dealt with the broader theme Israel as Occupying Power. President of the Conference was Ramsey Clark, former Attorney-General of the United States. The conference was attended by several international organizations and by eyewitnesses and legal experts from the United States, Europe, the Middle East and Asia.
The I.P.O. will organize between 28 and 30 September 1984 in Brussels, Belgium an International Conference on Reagan's Foreign Policy -Facts and Judgement. Geographical reports on regions such as Central America, the Caribbean, the Middle East, South Africa, South-East Asia etc. will be followed by a legal analysis according to the criteria of international law and human rights. Chairman of the panel of jurists (tribunal), consisting of 8 members from all continents, will be Prof. Francis Boyle (USA). Personalities such as Nobel Laureates Seàn MacBride and George Wald, Ramsey Clark, General Edgardo Mercado Jarrin (Peru) and General Nino Pasti, former Deputy Commander of NATO, will participate. The I.P.O. is planning to publish the proceedings.
The I.P.O. will organize - in cooperation with UNESCO and at the invitation of the government of Cyprus - an international research seminar on The New International Information and Communication Order - Basis for Cultural Dialogue and Peaceful Coexistence Among Nations (Nicosia/ Cyprus, 26-27 October 1984). Experts in the field of communication from all continents will participate. The opening lecture of the seminar which will be held under the auspices of H.E. Spyros Kyprianou, President of the Republic of Cyprus, will be delivered by Ambassador Mustapha Masmoudi, former Minister of Information of Tunisia. The proceedings will be published in the Studies in International Relations.
PARTICIPATION
IN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES
The permanent representatives of the I.P.O. have participated in a number of United Nations meetings in New York, Geneva, Paris and Vienna. In particular, the I.P.O. has participated actively in the General Conference of UNIDO which was held in Vienna in August 1984.
CO-OPERATION
WITH OTHER INSTITUTIONS
A delegation of the I.P.O. headed by President Hans Koechler has met with the acting President of the Academy of International Law in the Hague, H.E. Manfred Lachs (judge at the International Court of Justice). Possible cooperation in the field of publications and conferences was discussed.
The I.P.O. has established cooperation with the Korean Association of Social Scientists (Pyongyang) in the field of development questions, human rights and social philosophy.
The I.P.O. has also established cooperation with the International Association of Democratic Jurists (Brussels) in the field of international law and human rights.
SESSION
OF THE EXECUTIVE BOARD
The Executive Board of the I.P.O. met in Malta on 20 December 1984 and has taken a number of decisions on the activities in 1985 (see details below).
INTERNATIONAL
SYMPOSION IN GENEVA
The I.P.O. is planning to organize at the University of Geneva/Switzerland an international symposion on The Crisis of Representative Democracy and Possible Alternatives (15-17 November 1985). About 30 experts in political science, philosophy and law will participate.
COLLOQUIUM
IN NEW YORK
On the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the foundation of the United Nations, the I.P.O. will organize in New York (at the end of October 1985) a meeting on Democracy in International Relations. The I.P.O.'s American members and experts from the United States will be invited.
PUBLICATIONS
The New International Information and Communication Order. Basis for Cultural Dialogue and Peaceful Coexistence among Nations. Studies in International Relations, n. 10.
Reagan's Foreign Policy. Facts and Judgement. Studies in International Relations, n. 11.
NEW
MEMBERS
The Executive Board has admitted new members from Algeria, Austria, Bangladesh, Cameroon, Dominican Republic, Finland, France, Ghana, Greece, India, Lesotho, Nigeria, Pakistan, Poland, Qatar, Italy, Sri Lanka, Tanzania, United Kingdom, the United States, Yugoslavia, Zaire, Korea (DPRK) and Zimbabwe.