Bio News

The environment recognises no bound-aries and brings people together in a com-mon cause. The infinite biodiversity of ourplanet can be cherished through consciousefforts to turn travel and tourism into initia-tives for a global appreciation of bios.Cultural diversity, tradition, history and"mythos" can become the cornerstones of anew form of tourism � bio-tourism.

Bio-tourism is not just a conventionaltravel plan. It is a way for all peoples of theworld to explore each other's natural and cul-tural heritage. Through this knowledgecomes appreciation and through appreciationstrong ties and friendship can be established.Bio-tourism operates outside political andnational divides. It is based on co-operationand mutual understanding. It is a vehicle forpeace � peace within the human race andpeace among all forms of bios on our planet.

No. 16 - October 1998 A newspaper for the appreciation and protection of the bio-environment, a shift from an anthropocentric to a biocentric vision

InsideInside......Bio News p.2

Bio-Goals, Editorial

Bio-Progress p.3

Bio-Management p. 4E.M.A.S.

I.U.B.E. p.5Bios Olympiads

I.U.B.E. p.6-7Bio Culture

I.U.B.E. p.8-9-10-11Biocentric Values

I.U.B.E. p.12Biocentric Values

Who�s Who p.12-15

Bio-Art p.16

World Referendum p.16

TThe environment and the protection of thegift of life must become the nucleus of theeducation, action and thought of every citi-

zen. Life has a history of hundreds of millions ofyears and human arrogance is jeopardising itsvery existence on this planet. It is imperative toraise public awareness of these issues and takeaction against negative trends. The aim of theInternational University for the Bio-environ-ment, launched by the B.I.O. in 1990, is not onlyto provide information and training, but also todevelop awareness and encourage the evolutionof environmental dimensions in all humanendeavours.

In 1997, the I.U.B.E. acquired legal status asan accredited educational institution inBudapest, Hungary, thanks to the invaluable co-operation of distinguished B.I.O. Trustee,Academician Laszlo Kapolyi. In the frameworkof the activities of the I.U.B.E. in Hungary, aconference was recently held at the Academy ofSciences in Budapest, with the participation ofleading scholars from around the world.

DefDef ence fence f or biosor biosTo encourage international

co-operation, the world needs tostop investing in war and startinvesting in the preservation ofbios and the bio-environment.Competition for ways to destroy,should become co-operation forways to save. Without interferingwith vested interests, the greatestchallenge for the 21st centuryshould become the developmentof new ways of channelling cur-rent defence protocols so as toadopt the principle of defence forbios as the primary national andinternational priority. Existingdefence equipment can beamended and used for reforesta-tion, water resource clean-up, soilerosion recovery, protection ofthe ozone layer and the de-con-tamination of areas affected bynuclear radiation.

Present society resembles an inverted pyramid, with anthropocentric attitudes threatening the stability of theentire structure. Since its inception in 1985, the B.I.O. has been taking action to "re-invert" the pyramid, withthe aid of biocentric building blocks, in hopes of achieving a balanced and harmonious future. The goal is forsociety to shed negative attitudes and practices and to place respect and appreciation of the precious gift of bios -life -at the core of every human endeavour. A world-wide bio-assessment of technology can help to bridge the gapbetween technological progress and societal values that is presently leading to injustice and environmental deterio-ration. Technological progress will retain its positive aspects and directly contribute to the improvement of quali-ty of life on a global level. Humanity must soon acknowledge the urgency of protecting life and exit the crisis ofvalues brought on by irresponsible, short-term thinking. A millennium vision in decision-making and policyplanning is the key to a successful future.

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Human actions are altering global-scale environmental properties and processes in ways that have many unknown implications. Recent evidence that human-induced environmental alterations are seri-

ously threatening life on our planet adds urgency to the need for coherent long-term international strategy and co-operation. New values and biocentric ethics will help to re-evaluate priorities in society

and to place concern for the environment at the core of every endeavour. International co-operation to save our planet can lead to world peace and provide a guarantee for the rights of future generations

ObOb ligl ig aa t ions tot ions to ww arar ds biosds biosThe B.I.O. stresses that in addition to "human

rights" there exists a series of "human obliga-tions," geared toward our common responsibilityto preserve the environment and improve qualityof life on a global level. It is, therefore, essentialfor international legislation to make explicit refer-ence to the protection of bios on our planet andfor current environmental acts to be expandedupon and re-evaluated.

The interdependency between human rightsand human obligations is vital in this context.Rights correspond to obligations and to securethe harmonious development of society we haveto acknowledge certain important responsibilities.The defence of human rights should not beregarded as an issue unrelated to the protection ofother forms of life on our planet. Health hazardsarising from environmental degradation and pol-lution, desertification, depletion of naturalresources, water scarcity and famine are a threatto the human species. To secure our rights and toprevent disaster, we need to urgently take on theresponsibility of reversing negative trends andprotecting our natural heritage.

WWith the third millennium practically at our doorstep, there is no time to waste.To counter the forces which generate environmental problems and hindersocial and economic development a competent paradigm must emerge. A mil-

lennium vision in decision-making and policy-planning can provide the necessarylong-term objectives in order to address global problems with a view to the future.Political systems have come and gone, financial regimes have succeeded and failed,but life, in unlimited varieties and forms, has existed for millions of years. The envi-ronment is, therefore, the most powerful agent for the attainment of world peace andstability. The pursuit of peace through the development of concrete action plans forworld-wide co-operation on environmental conservation, can alleviate conflict anddivision and contribute to a new era of international understanding.

B i o s � A gB i o s � A g e ne n u i n e p ru i n e p r o f i t fo f i t f o r s o c i e t yo r s o c i e t yContinuous innovation and development as well as fluidity in the structure of society due

to changing goals, make the identification of perspectives difficult. The emerging global econ-omy ascertains the future requirements for society. While we are becoming interested in eco-nomic growth, there is also an increased awareness of the need for a better quality of life. Thelack of adequate development creates serious environmental problems. The conflict betweenthe industrial countries' ongoing economic growth and the developing countries' undisputedneed for growth, on the one hand and, the negative environmental effects of energy and rawmaterial intensive production on the other, cannot be solved within the present framework.Conventional economic development strategies are limited and often cannot respond to thechallenges ahead. Economic growth is largely being measured in terms of goods and incomecategories only, while the effects of this on the stock and quality of resources - natural capital -are not adequately considered. Traditional economics approaches are generally limited to two-dimensional approaches that are in dire need of revision and updating. The current fragment-ed and limited picture of economic theory needs to be replaced by a three-dimensionalapproach, where the value of culture, human capital, education, natural resources, and biodi-versity will factor in every development policy.

VVoic ing concero ic ing concer n on o vv er ener en v i rv i r onmenta l deonmenta l de gg rr adaada t iont ionIt is high time to bridge the gap between awareness and action. A World Referendum

where every citizen in the world will simultaneously cast a vote to save the environment canbring humanity together in a common cause. The B.I.O. has already elicited global support forsuch a project, which has met with an overwhelmingly positive response. It is hoped that insti-tutions like the United Nations and the European Commission will also embrace this initiativeand help its implementation and promotion.

Goals of theB.I.O.

Believing that to face the chal-lenges of the next millenniumhumanity will have to acknowl-

edge the interdependency betweentechnology and the arts, the BiopoliticsInternational Organisa-tion (B.I.O.)recently sponsored a Hellenic-Ukrainian Symposium at the Ministryof Foreign Affairs in Athens, with thetheme "Bio-Environment - Bio-Culture." To emphasise the importanceof drawing inspiration from art, theB.I.O. included in this timely initiative an exhibition of the"microminiatures" of the famous Ukrainian artist Nikolai S.Syadristy.

Technology expands the horizons of understanding andwidens the spectrum of thought to include not only the cos-mos but also to reveal the infinite beauty of the microcosmos� the invisible to the naked eye world of the infinitely small.Like most creators, artists seek a new source of inspiration.Biology, with its many stunningfeatures and hidden mysteriescan surely serve that purpose.Throughout the centuries, art hasreflected the study of nature. Inthis respect, "bio-art" is not aninnovation. Already painters have peered down the micro-scope to discover a completely new world of existence. Therecent opening of the microcosmos provides unlimitedsources of inspiration for artistic expression.

The stunning beauty of the microcosmos, the world of thecell, unravels the harmony and the wonder of nature. NikolaiS. Syadristy produces, with diligence and precision, master-pieces of the highest beauty, that can be truly appreciated onlyin the context of their astonishing perfection at the tiniestlevel. As the intricacies and mysteries of bios are revealed to usthrough our ability to access the microcosmos, so too art com-plements this outstanding revelation, leading to new creativityand new thinking with a world-wide impact for the next mil-lennium.

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EDITORIAL

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Dr. Agni Vlavianos-Arvanitis,

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IInntteerrnnaattiioonnaall ccoo--ooppeerraattiioonn ffoorr tthhee bbeetttteerr uunnddeerrssttaannddiinngg aanndd aapppprree--cciiaattiioonn ooff bbiiooss ((lliiffee)) aanndd tthhee bbiioo--eennvviirroonnmmeenntt.. The bio-environ-ment recognises no ideological or geographical boundar-ies, no East-West, North-South or developed-developingcountries. Bios provides the unifying force for the har-monious co-existence of all forms of life, leading to anew era of bio-diplomacy.

A WWoorrlldd RReeffeerreenndduumm to allow for people throughout theworld to express their willingness to preserve bios onour planet.

IInntteerrnnaattiioonnaall lleeggiissllaattiioonn oonn BBiiooss RRiigghhttss.. It is important toprotect all forms of life by enacting rules that preventthe deterioration of the bio-environment, and ensure thefundamental right to a clean environment and to a betterquality of life.

BBiioo--ccuullttuurree -- BBiioo--eennvviirroonnmmeenntt.. Two essential dimensions forbuilding new societal values for the next millennium.

PPrroommoottiioonn ooff bbiioo--eedduuccaattiioonn through the International Uni-versity for the Bio-Environment. The International Uni-versity for the Bio-Environment was launched in orderto reform education world-wide, and promote a biocen-tric curriculum on every educational level.

BBiioo--aasssseessssmmeenntt ooff tteecchhnnoollooggyy.. A diachronic search for new so-cietal values that will channel technological progress in adirection that leads to a better quality of life through theappreciation of the bio-environment.

RRaaiissiinngg ppuubblliicc aawwaarreenneessss ooff tthhee rraammiiffiiccaattiioonnss ooff tthhee bbiioollooggiiccaall ssccii--eenncceess, in order for more people to realise that progress inthe biological sciences relates to their own field of inter-est. This acknowledgement may lead to new fields of hu-man endeavour, such as bio-legislation, bio-medicine,bio-ethics, bio-arts, bio-linguistics, bio-economics, bio-athletics, bio-communication, bio-history, bio-educationand bio-diplomacy.

EEnnvviirroonnmmeennttaall OOllyymmppiiccss aanndd BBiiooss PPrriizzeess.. The BiopoliticsInternational Organisation has been proposing the intro-duction of cease-fire during the Olympic Games, a pro-posal which has recently been incorporated as a UnitedNations Resolution. In order to promote the bio-assess-ment of technology and a global bio-culture for the newmillennium, the B.I.O. proposes the establishment ofinternational committees in every field of human endea-vour, assigned with the responsibility to assess progressin their respective fields. Bios Prizes in every disciplinewill be awarded every four years, at the time the OlympicFlame is lit, to individuals or institutions that have con-tributed to the preservation and appreciation of the bio-environment.

Action is crucial in order to apply technological progress towardspreserving the bio-environment. It is therefore essential to:

develop a bbiioo--ssyyllllaabbuuss and new curricula for every level ofeducation, as well as audio-visual materials on issues re-lated to bios and the bio-environment

introduce a positive feeling of self-respect in the unem-ployed by paying a GGrreeeenn SSaallaarryy instead of benefits, withthe commitment to work for the protection of the bio-environment

encourage a cclleeaarriinngg--hhoouussee for individuals and organisa-tions to provide, through the use of computer link-ups, anetwork of people wishing to co-operate on the promo-tion and appreciation of bios

generate eennvviirroonnmmeennttaall aaccttiioonn ggrroouuppss drawing both from theenthusiasm of the young and the experience of seniorcitizens, to tackle local issues

encourage a bbiiooss--ssuuppppoorrttiinngg eeccoonnoommiicc ssttrraatteeggyy to replace de-structive policies, and promote a world-wide interdisci-plinary exchange of information on the appreciation ofthe bio-environment

promote the establishment of a computerised BBaannkk ooff IIddee--aass in which scientists, scholars and philosophers, as wellas any interested party, may contribute their thoughtsand create a rich repository of information and reflec-tions on bios.

Kitty P. KyriacopoulosSystem International Foundation

A.G. Leventis FoundationHellenic Ministry of CultureCommercial Bank of Greece

Action Synergy S.A.Zeneca Hellas A.E.

John N. PagidasLonza Ltd.

Maramenos & PaterasHellas-on-Line

Gerling Konzern HellasG. Vassilopoulos

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The B.I.O. is represented in the following

102 countries

Africa

Algeria, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso,Chad, Egypt, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea,

Ivory Coast, Kenya, Malawi, Mali,Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique,Nigeria, Senegal, Seychelles, South

Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Uganda

America

Argentina, Bahamas, Bermuda, Brazil,Canada, Chile, Colombia, Cuba,

Equador, Guyana, Honduras, Mexico,Peru, United States, Uruguay, Venezuela

Asia

Armenia, Bangladesh, Cambodia, China,Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Israel,

Japan, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon,Malaysia, Pakistan, Philippines,

Singapore, Sri Lanka, Thailand

Europe

Albania, Austria, Belarus, Belgium,Bosnia - Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia,

Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark,Estonia, Finland, France, FYROM,Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland,

Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Moldova,Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland,

Portugal, Romania, Russia, SlovakRepublic, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden,

Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Yugoslavia

Oceania

Australia, Papua New Guinea, NewZealand, Samoa, S olomon Islands

The 9th Annual Conference of the Association ofChief Executive Officers was held at theIntercontinental Hotel in Athens, with the partici-

pation of many business execu-tives. The goal of the confer-ence was to identify and anal-yse areas of change in business,based on the new conditions ofcompetitiveness, the presenceof evolving global markets andthe novel approaches that busi-ness leaders are called upon toendorse.

Participants included theGeneral Manager for theBalkan Region of SC Johnson& Son Hellas and President of the Association of ChiefExecutive Officers M. Pagidas, the President andManaging Director of Zeneca Hellas S.A. D.Randopoulos, the Managing Director of the Athenian

Brewery M. Tanes, Professor S. Makridakis of INSEAD,the Vice President and General Manager of Procter &Gamble Hellas Christian von Stieglitz, the General

Manager of United Distillers &Vintners Hellas S. Theodorides,the Vice President of GeneralMills Raymond G. Viault, theManaging Director ofBenchmarking Centre Ltd. SylviaCodling, the President andManaging Director of KraftHellas G. Diamandopoulos, thePresident of the Council ofEconomic Consultants of theMinistry of the NationalEconomy Professor J. Stournaras,

and the Co-ordinator of Research and Analysis forthe Union of Greek Industries Á. Tortopides. TheB.I.O. President was invited as the luncheon keynotespeaker.

Participants in the EAWCThird International Confe-rence, held June 24-30, in

Athens and Rhodes, received awarm welcome from the Presidentof the Hellenic Republic, Mr. C.Stefanopoulos, and the Mayor ofAthens, Mr. D. Avramopoulos.More than 70 women business lead-ers from around the world tookpart in this major event, whichfocused on the next generationagenda. The event was organised bythe Founder and Executive Global

President of the Euro-AmericanWomen's Council, Loula LoiAlafogiannis. The successs of theconference was primarily made pos-sible by the generous sponsorshipof IBM.

The EAWC acknowledged anoutstanding contribution to human-ity by a special award to B.I.O.President, Dr. Agni Vlavianos-Arvanitis. The award was presentedby U.S. Ambassador to Greece, Mr. R.Nicholas Burns, during a luncheonat the Athens Hilton, June 25.

October 1998 Bio-Progress Bio News/Page 3

B.I.O. PROGRESS 1998

� The B.I.O. President is re-nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize, by

Professor Dusan Kanazir, Minister of Science and Technology,

Government of the Republic of Serbia

� The B.I.O. President is appointed Honorary Professor of St. Petersburg

State Technological University for Plant Polymers and Member of the

International Academy of Ecology and Human and Nature Safety

Sciences. Official ceremony in St. Petersburg

� Series of B.I.O. events in St. Petersburg. Wide Press and TV coverage.

� Lecture, Open University, N. Ionia, Athens

� Participation in the Pontifical Academy for Life General Assembly, the

Vatican

� Biopolitics programme on National Greek Television - ET1

� Biopolitics television programme - TELETORA

� Lecture, European Perspectives, Athens. Meetings with FYROM

representatives and discussion of plans for co-operation on bio-

environmental education

� Lecture, "Byzantium � a landmark in European culture," conference at

the University of Athens

� Lecture, "The Role of Orthodoxy in the Modern World," conference of

the Society for Hellenic-American Friendship, Athens

� Creation of "Bio-Alba," the B.I.O. branch in Albania

� The B.I.O. President visits Albania and meets with the Vice Prime-

minister and other government members and representatives. Future

plans for "Bio-Alba" are discussed.

� Biopolitics at the American Community Schools Academy career day,

Athens

� Biopolitics keynote address, "Senior Citizens in the Information Age"

conference sponsored by the Municipality of Athens

� Biopolitics keynote address, conference on "Business Insurance and

Private Banking" sponsored by Euro-Business, Athens

� Keynote luncheon address, "Profit and the Bio-environment,"

Association of Chief Executive Officers conference, Athens

� Biopolitics at the Third Annual Forum of the Euro-American Women's

Council. The President receives a special award for her outstanding

leadership, millennium vision and contribution to world peace. The

award was presented by US Ambassador to Greece Mr. R. Nicholas

Burns.

� International Bioethics Society meeting in Gijon, Spain

� Keynote speech, DEMYC - YEPP Summer Conference, hosted by

ONNED, Kos, Greece

� Publication, Biopolitics - the Bio-environment, Vol. 6 "Danube River

Bonds." Proceedings from the Seventh B.I.O. International Conference,

held in Bratislava, June 1997

� Biopolitics at the Olympic Academy in ancient Olympia, within the

framework of the Second Global Conference of the Region of Ileia,

Greece. "Bio-Environment - Bio-Culture," as the governing theme for all

Cultural Olympiads in the third millennium, is unanimously adopted as

one of the predominant conference resolutions.

� Official proposal to launch the B.I.O. World Referendum in India and

South-east Asia. Initiative to be placed under the auspices of the

Governor of Gorakhpur.

� Two official proposals to launch the B.I.O. World Referendum in

Colombia and South America. Initiative to be placed under the auspices

of the President of the Manizales Chamber of Commerce, Ambassador

Mario Calderon Rivera, and Professor Miguel Patino Posse, Rosario

University, Bogota.

� Annual Bios-Olympiad in St. Petersburg, September 13-16

� Biopolitics conference at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest.

September 17-20. I.U.B.E. training seminars for teachers and public

administrators

� Hellenic-Ukrainian Conference at the Greek Ministry of Foreign Affairs,

under the auspices of the Ambassador of Ukraine Mr. Yuryi Sergeyev.

The events included an exhibit of the works of the renowned Ukrainian

microminiaturist Nikolai Syadristy and a concert by talented young

Ukrainian musicians and the Bios Camerata

� Biopolitics on the Honorary Committee of the Sixth Congress of the

Society of Interbalkan Women's Co-operation Societies and the

UNESCO Centre for Women and Peace in the Balkan Countries.

Women and Environment. Nicosia, Cyprus

� Extensive media coverage. Interview with the national TV station of Cyprus

� Third annual meeting of the International Bio-Ethics Society, Gijon Spain

� Biopolitics seminar at the Municipal Centre of Katerini, Greece

� Biopolitics seminar at the Zenon Society of Piraeus, Greece

� B.I.O. President to receive "Peace through Tourism Award" from the

World Association of Travel Agencies, Malta

� Weekly B.I.O. articles in the Athenian daily "Adesmeftos"

� B.I.O. articles appearing regularly in the "Tribune Hellenique"

� Quarterly publication of BioNews, the official B.I.O. newspaper

� Bio-ethics, bio-economics, bio-legislation, bio-diplomacy, and bio-

philosophy featured extensively on the B.I.O. Internet web site

http://www.hol.gr/bio)

E u r o - A m e r i c a n Wo m e n � s C o u n c i l

P r o f i t a n d t h e B i o - E n v i r o n m e n t

The UNESCO Centre forWomen and Peace in theBalkans and the Society of

Interbalkan Women�s Co-operationsponsored the Sixth Congress on�Women and Environment� inNicosia, 23-26 October, 1998. Thisimportant gathering was held underthe auspices of the President of theRepublic of Cyprus, Mr. GlafcosKleridis, and brought togetherwomen who have demonstratedexceptional leadership from theentire Balkan area. State officials,civic leaders, business leaders,heads of NGOs and national soci-eties, scientists, scholars and otherdynamic personalities comprised aworld-calibre forum for the discus-sion of environmental priorityissues.

The agenda addressed intergov-ernmental initiatives in favour ofthe preservation of the environ-ment, the role of women andwomen NGOs in the Balkan coun-ties, health issues and the environ-ment, environmental initiatives atthe European level, UNESCO ini-tiatives in the field of environmen-tal education for sustainable devel-opment and other pressing affairs.

The Congress received exten-sive international media coverage,which helped in the world-widepropagation of the issues discussed.

B.I.O. President, Dr. AgniVlavianos-Arvanitis, was invited toserve on the Honorary Committeeof the Congress. This was an excel-lent opportunity to launch close co-operation with other environmentalNGOs in the Balkan area and toexchange views on the most effi-cient ways of bridging the gapbetween environmental awareness

and action.The B.I.O. ideals were unani-

mously endorsed by all participants,and the B.I.O. proposals for aWorld Referendum, an urgent shiftfrom anthropocentric to biocentricvalues in society and a global appre-ciation of bios on our planet wereadopted as major Congress resolu-tions.

RReessoolluuttiioonnss

- It is a fundamental human right ofall inhabitants of the planet toenjoy a sustainable and secure envi-ronment.- All inhabitants of the planet havethe obligation to protect bios - life -on earth through sustainable devel-opment.- Women of South-eastern Europecall on governments and interna-tional organisations to for peace intheir environment and in the world.- Women should have a greater roleand be more enhanced in the activi-ties of the family region nationearth through NGOs, professionalassociations and other fora.-The Congress calls enhancedwomen's NGOs participation indecision making and enlargementof women's involvement in nationaland international environmentalpolicy formulation.- Already environmentally activewomen should encourage otherwomen in the Inter-Balkan area forlarger cross-border co-operationand concrete actions for environ-mental protection.- Due to the transboundary natureof pollution and to the fact thatnational resources can not sufficeto cope with the existing environ-mental damage, joint projects

financed also by internationaldonors are called for.- South-eastern European countrieshave specific environmental prob-lems but nevertheless they sharemany similarities for which womenin the region have already estab-lished local infrastructures. Theseshould be expanded across the bor-ders.- The society as a whole shouldincrease public participation inenvironmental protection with anew vision - a shift from anthro-pogenic to biocentric.- Women NGOs should monitorand actively participate in theimplementation of environmentallegislation and assert pressure tolegislative and executive bodies toact according to the law and also tofollow the international agreementsand recommendations concerningenvironmental protection.- A stronger active participation ofmedia is needed family educationand in raising public awareness ofenvironmental issues.- The Congress urges to find waysto resolve the land-mine and envi-ronmental problems caused by warthreatening lives and destroying theenvironment in South-East area ofEurope.- We encourage the participation ofwomen's organisations and we jointhe urgent appeal to all world lead-ers, heads of state, and govern-ments join forces and implementthe proposed simultaneous worldreferendum, in January of the year2000, to safeguard bios on ourplanet for the generations to come- The achievements of the Congressare to be followed by future meet-ings and participant's joint projectsand communication.

E nv i r o n m e n t a n d Wo m e n

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Organisations of all kinds areincreasingly concerned to achieve anddemonstrate sound environmentalperformance by controlling theimpact of their activities, products orservices on the environment, takinginto account their environmental poli-cy and objectives. They do so in thecontext of increasingly stringent legisla-tion, the development of economic poli-cies and other measures to foster envi-ronmental protection, and a generalgrowth of concern from interested par-ties about environmental matters.

Many organisations have taken envi-ronmental 'reviews' or 'audits' to assesstheir environmental performance. Ontheir own, however, these reviews andaudits may not be sufficient to providean organisation with the assurance thatits performance not only meets, but willcontinue to meet its legal and policyrequirements. To be effective, they willneed to be conducted within a structuredmanagement system and integrated withoverall management activity.

The European Commission Eco-Management and Audit Scheme(EMAS) - Council Regulation (EEC)No 1836/93 of 29 June 1993 - wasadopted to allow voluntary participa-tion by companies in the industrialsector in Community eco-manage-ment and audit schemes. It has beenestablished for the evaluation andimprovement of the environmental per-formance of industrial activities and theprovision of the relevant information tothe public.

EMAS was designed as a genericEnvironmental Management System(EMS) standard that would provide aframework for participating companieswithout being too prescriptive. Its aim isto encourage industrial firms to takeresponsibility for their environmentalissues and to decrease adverse environ-mental impact in a self-regulatory andvoluntary manner. Therein lie both thestrengths and weaknesses of theRegulation. On the one hand, EMASallows for a degree of flexibility which isessential if it is to be applied effectivelyin different cultural and legal contexts.On the other hand, this opens the wayfor differences in interpretation and dis-crepancies in application, leading to anunlevel playing field and to potentialtrade barriers.

The objective of the scheme is topromote continuous improvements inthe environmental performance of indus-trial activities by the: (a) establishmentand implementation of environmentalpolicies, programmes and managementsystems by companies, in relation to theirsites; (b) systematic, objective and peri-odic evaluation of the performance ofsuch elements; (c) provision of informa-tion of environmental performance tothe public.

Many organisations in Europehave started to tailor their environ-mental management systems to meetthe requirements of the EMASRegulation. More than one thousandsites had been registered bySeptember 1997. The EuropeanCommission is also promoting pilotstudies to increase the participation ofsmall and medium sized companies(SMEs) in the scheme and makes provi-sions for individual member states toadapt the scheme to other sectors, suchas public service.

EMAS development and implemen-tation is regulated by competent accredi-tation and registration bodies, environ-mental authorities and the EMASRegulation Committee, consisting of rep-resentatives of member states. This fol-low-up harmonises, to the extent neces-sary, the activities within member states.EMAS structure can only be changed bychanging the EMAS Regulation, accord-ing to the decision-making provisions ofthe European Union.

International Standard ISO14001

The International EnvironmentalManagement Standard ISO 14001 - offi-cially effectuated September 1996 - speci-fies requirements for an EnvironmentalManagement System (EMS), to enable anorganisation to formulate a policy andobjectives taking into account legislativerequirements and information about sig-nificant environmental impacts. It appliesto those environmental aspects which theorganisation can control and over whichit can be expected to have an influence.

It does not itself state specific environ-mental criteria. ISO 14001 resembles theEMAS Regulation but differs in the fol-lowing areas:

1111The EMAS Regulation is part of theofficial European Union environmen-

tal policy and environmental authoritiesin member states are responsible for itsintroduction. ISO 14001 does not havethe same status in international environ-mental policy, and responsibility for itsintroduction and development lies withthe ISO.

2222The certifica-tion process of

the ISO 14001standard coversonly the manage-ment system. Inthe EMASscheme, the infor-mation dealingwith emissions and environmentalimpacts is also checked.

3333EMAS includes a public environmen-tal statement, whereas ISO 14001

does not. This public statement increasesthe system's credibility and gives theorganisation more feedback of its activi-ties and results. In the ISO 14001 sys-tem, companies are only required to pub-lish their environmental policies.

4444ISO 14001 can be applied to allorganisations; only industrial sites can

join the EMAS scheme.An organisation can be certified by

ISO 14001 even if it does not have fullcompliance with regulations. The onlyrequirement is for its environmental poli-cy to state the aim of compliance in thefuture. This apparent weakness can helpdeveloping countries to initiate a processfor the continued improvement of theenvironmental performance of theirindustrial sector. World-wide applicationcan eliminate trade barriers and help tointroduce an environmental managementstandard even to those organisations thatdo not meet the requirements of nationalenvironmental legislation.

EMAS and ISO 14001 provide dif-ferent ways for an industrial company tointroduce an environmental managementsystem. Companies can naturally joinboth schemes, if they can satisfy theirdemands. An organisation implementingISO 14001 is on the way to satisfyingEMAS requirements. The additionalEMAS step - above and beyond ISO

14001 - is a public environmental state-ment.

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Environmental ManagementSystems

The environmental performance ofan organisation is of increasing impor-tance to internal and external interestedparties. Achieving sound environmentalperformance requires organisationalcommitment to a systematic approachand to continual improvements of itsEnvironmental Management System(EMS).

An EMS provides order and consis-tency for organisa-tions to addresse n v i r o n m e n t a lconcerns throughthe allocation ofresources, assign-ment of responsi-bilities, and ongo-ing evaluation ofpractices, proce-

dures and processes. Such a system isessential to an organisation's ability toanticipate and meet its environmentalobjectives and to ensure ongoing compli-ance with national and/or internationalrequirements.

The EMS provides structured pro-cesses for the achievement of continualimprovement, the rate and extent ofwhich will be determined by the organi-sation in the light of economic and othercircumstances. Although some improve-ment in environmental performance canbe expected due to the adoption of a sys-tematic approach, it should be under-stood that the EMS is a tool whichenables the organisation to achieve andsystematically control the level of envi-ronmental performance that it sets itself.The establishment and operating of anEMS will not, in itself, necessarily resultin an immediate reduction of adverseenvironmental impact.

Environmental management is anintegral part of an organisation's overallmanagement system. The structure,responsibilities, practices, procedures andresources for implementing environmen-tal policies, objectives, and targets can beco-ordinated with existing efforts inother areas (operations, finance, quality,occupational health and safety). Keyprinciples for managers implementing orenhancing an EMS include, but are notlimited to the following:

· Recognise that environmental man-agement is among the highest corporatepriorities.

· Establish and maintain communica-tions with internal and external interestedparties.

· Determine the legislative require-ments and environmental aspects associ-ated with the organisation's activities,products or services.

· Develop management and employeecommitment to the protection of theenvironment, with clear assignment ofaccountability and responsibility.

· Encourage environmental planningthroughout the product or process lifecycle.

· Establish a process for achieving tar-geted performance levels.

· Provide appropriate and sufficientresources, including training, to achievetargeted performance levels on an ongo-ing basis.

· Evaluate environmental perfor-mance against the organisation's environ-mental policy, objectives and targets andseek improvement where appropriate.

· Establish a management process toaudit and review the EMS and to identifyopportunities for improvement of thesystem and resulting environmental per-formance.

· Encourage contractors and suppliersto establish an EMS.

An organisation should implementan effective EMS in order to help protecthuman health and the environment fromthe potential impacts of its activities,products or services and to assist inmaintaining and improving the quality ofthe environment. Having an EMS canhelp an organisation provide confidenceto its interested parties that: (a) thereexists a management effort to ensure thatthe provisions of its policy, objectives,and targets are met; (b) emphasis isplaced on prevention rather than correc-tive action; (c) evidence of reasonablecare and regulatory compliance can beprovided; (d) the systems design incorpo-rates the process of continual improve-ment

BenefitsAn organisation whose manage-

ment system incorporates an EMShas a framework to balance and inte-grate economic and environmentalinterests. An organisation that hasimplemented an EMS can achieve a sig-nificant competitive advantage.Economic benefits can be gained fromimplementing an EMS. These should beidentified in order to demonstrate tointerested parties, customers, especiallyshareholders, the value to the organisa-tion of good environmental manage-ment. It also provides the organisationwith the opportunity to link environ-mental objectives and targets with spe-cific financial outcomes and thus toensure that resources are made availablewhere they provide the most benefit inboth financial and environmental terms.

The potential benefits associatedwith an effective EMS include: (a) assur-ing customers of commitment todemonstrable environmental manage-ment; (b) maintaining good public/com-munity relations; (c) satisfying investorcriteria and improving access to capital;(d) obtaining insurance at reasonablecost; (e) enhancing image and marketshare; (f) meeting vendor certificationcriteria (g) improving cost control; (h)reducing incidents that result in liability;(i) demonstrating reasonable care; (j)conserving input materials and energy;(k) facilitate obtaining permits andauthorisations; (l) fostering developmentand sharing environmental solutions; (m)improving industry-government rela-tions.

Grateful acknowledgement is extended to R.Donaldson, Operations Manager, Zeneca HellasS.A. for his most kind assistance.

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One of the most important goals ofthe Biopolitics InternationalOrganisation has been to raise

awareness of the need to promote environ-metal preservation through the OlympicGames. The hope for the Olympics toevolve from merely sporting events to cul-tural and creative initiatives has also beenstressed in this context. Furthermore, sinceits inception in 1985, the B.I.O. has beenproposing the instatement of cease-fireduring the Olympics, as a vehicle for theattainment of world peace. Recently, at amajor conference at the InternationalOlympic Academy in ancient Olympia, theB.I.O. proposal for the environment tobecome the core theme for culturalOlympiads in the next millennium wasadopted as a primary conference resolu-tion.

In the quest for new societal values for the

next millennium, a revival of the ancientOlympic spirit can contribute the necessarydimensions of unity and harmony to the devel-opment of every aspect of human endeavour.The Olympic Games, held in Greece for overten centuries, constituted important politicaland cultural events, promoting a unifyingvision of peace, kinsmanship and reconcilia-tion.

Current ly ,the OlympicGames, a bea-con of worldpeace andhope, awardmedals only forp h y s i c a lp r o w e s s .Moreover, theconcept of ath-letics is synony-mous withsports and featsof the body. Yet we should be reminded thatthe term athletics comes from the Greek wordathlos, meaning achievement. Therefore, athlet-ics encompasses all possible achievements ofhumanity, whether physical or spiritual. It isthus important that the concept of athleticsregains its original significance and becomesredefined, on the basis of a new system of val-ues.

The bios theory embraces the spirit of har-monious development, both mental and physi-

cal. People should not confine themselves tostriving for excellence in sporting events only.In order to promote the bio-assessment oftechnology and a global bio-culture for thenew millennium, the B.I.O. has been propos-ing the creation of multidisciplinary interna-tional committees, assigned with the responsi-bility of assessing progress and awarding BiosPrizes to individuals, or institutions, that have

signif icantlycon t r ibu t edto the preser-vation andappreciationof the envi-r o n m e n t .Internationalcompetitionstake place invarious fields,such asmusic, poetry,theatre and

scientific research. However, these competi-tions represent a fragmented view of humanachievements. In order to re-establish the har-mony and unity behind all expressions ofhuman creativity, an overall recognition andaward of achievement in sports, arts, and sci-ence may be carried out simultaneously, everyfour years, on the occasion of the OlympicGames. For example, legislators could beawarded for developing new legislation regard-ing bios rights; architects, for having worked in

the construction of biopolis models; corporateleaders, for including environmental protectionin their business activities. Prizes could beawarded in several disciplines, such as ethics,

legislation, economics, business, theology,architecture, diplomacy, or philosophy, withthe hope to eventually include all humanaccomplishments. The Olympiads should beperiods of world peace and occasions for allcitizens of the world to celebrate the unifyingconcepts brought forth by the Olympic spirit.At the same time, the global community can besensitised to the value of a harmonious co-existence as a vehicle for achieving a betterquality of life. Within the spirit of bio-culture,the B.I.O. has been proposing the revival ofthe ancient ideal of cceeaassee--ffiirree during theOlympics. The hope is that the bio-environ-ment will act as a unifying force for peace,leading to a new social structure, where respectfor bios will be at the core of every action andthought.

envi-ronmental and biopolitics problemsof society-the state of public organisationsaimed at environmental protectionand environmental education-the level of environmental devel-opment the promotion of biocen-tric values in society

·Outline approaches to solvingenvironmental and biopoliticsproblems by:-selecting the most promising pro-jects-setting criteria for the bio-assess-ment and bio-control of produc-tive, cultural and creative, and edu-cational activities

·Create data banks on:-methods for the investigation ofthe state of the environment andhuman beingspublic movements, projects, andprograms to unite young people

through their participation in envi-ronmental protection actions-Try new forms of internationalyouth forums for the promotionof environmental, bio-cultural andbio-athletics values.

Three hundred and fifty youngparticipants from several countriesengaged with great enthusiasm inall Bios Olympiad '98 events. Theypresented very interesting worksdealing with different aspects ofenvironmental protection andfocusing on biocentric principlesand values. Bios-Olympiad '98Awards were given for excellenceand creativity in original works.Topics included: Democratic par-ticipation in the solution of envi-ronmental problems; On thethreshold of the third millennium;Bio-environment and biopolitics inthe future; Human achievementsin environment.

The International character of this unique endeavour stressed theimportance of synergy and co-operation in the building of abrighter future.

October 1998 Bios Olympiads Bio News/Page 5

The Biopolitics International Organisation, incollaboration with the Ecological Club of PostGraduates, Students and Schoolchildren of theBaltic/Ladoga Region and St. Petersburg StateTechnological University for Plant Polymers, heldthe Third Annual International Youth Bios-Olympiadin St. Petersburg September 13-16. This timelyendeavour was made possible thanks to the efforts ofProfessor Alexander Shishkin.

On the threshold of the 21st century, theInternational Youth Bios Olympiad '98 deals with theurgent problems of biopolitics and the bio-environ-ment, and explores approaches for the control oftechnological development and for the creation of

prerequisites for a new bio-culture - the culture ofthe next millennium. Environmental conservation,the bio-assessment of technology on an internationallevel, and the bridging of the gap between technolog-ical development and societal values are stressed. Thepurpose of this event was to promote bondingamong young people on the basis of the bio-environ-ment and to help build a biocentric society for thefuture. More specifically, the goal was to:

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The role of bio-diplomacyYuriy SergeyevAmbassador of Ukraine to Athens

Biopolitics - Building a biocentric millenniumsocietyDr. Agni Vlavianos-ArvanitisPresident and Founder, BiopoliticsInternational Organisation

International co-operation for the environmentTheodoros KoliopanosDeputy Minister of Environment andPublic Works, Greece

Bio-culture and international co-operationLeonid NovokhatkoDeputy Minister of Culture of Ukraine

Biopolitics as a project of hope for the futureProfessor Ioannis Pesmazoglouf. President of the Academy of Athens

Science and bio-cultureProfessor Constantine SytnikVice-President of the Academy ofSciences of UkraineMember of Parliament

The diachronic contribution of the Greek lan-guage to bio-cultureProfessor AthanassiosAnagnostopoulosDirector, Thesaurus of the GreekLanguage Foundation

Biopolitics exonoratedProfessor ConstantinosDespotopoulosf. President of the Academy of Athens

Cultural policy of the General Secretariat ofGreeks Abroad in UkraineStavros Lambrinidis, General Secretaryof Greeks AbroadPresentation: Maria DimopoulouDirector of Cultural Affairs, GeneralSecretariat of Greeks Abroad

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Bio-environment, health and quality of lifeIoanna PanopoulouGeneral Secretary, Ministry of PublicHealth and Welfare

Bio-culture and healthDimitris PapathanassiouChairman of the Board, HippokrateioGeneral HospitalHealth and the bio-environment

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under the auspices of the Ambassador of Ukraine Yuriy Sergeyev, Hellenic Ministry of Foreign Affairs, October 20, 1998

Bio-diplomacy faces differentkind of challenges. Contradictionbetween the interests of two partiesis the source of one kind of politicaland diplomatic confrontation. In thediplomatic practice there are severalways of preventing and minimisingthe confrontation. The main chal-lenge for bio-diplomacy is to be ableand willing to understand the otherparty in terms of its' cultural, politi-

cal, historical and other traditions.Bio-diplomacy could inspire the the-oretical research of what we haveknown for thousands of years to bedemocracy and democratic values,there is no right definition becausethere are different cultures and differ-ent nations. Bio-diplomacy is animportant way of protecting, fromthe diplomatic point of view, manydifferent dimensions.

The issue of sustaining progresswhile protecting the environmentdid not come into considerationuntil it was included in the Rioagenda of 1992, at the behest of thedeveloping countries participating.And the decisions taken onlybecame binding at Kyoto, which in1997 saw agreement on the limita-tion of carbon dioxide emissions.Greece joined 178 other countriesin signing the accord.

Many people believe the Kyotoagreements to be toothless. Butwhat is really important is that, forthe first time, we had a semblanceof international co-operation on the

problem of protecting the environ-ment while at the same time main-taining growth.

Progress should continue, but ina way that does not jeopardise theprospects of future generations.Such a task is indeed difficult. TheUnited States has already expressedits displeasure with the Kyotoaccords. The European Union, onthe other hand, is at the forefront ofthe effort to sustain healthy growth.And I am hopeful that it will con-tinue to show the way, especiallyafter the addition of more member-states, in the struggle for a betterfuture.

The ideals promoted by theB.I.O. are more important todaythan they were yesterday and theywill become even more importanttomorrow. In Ukraine, a lot hasbeen done to popularise the ideasof biopolitics. The Ukrainian del-egation to UNESCO supportedthe idea of the conservation ofnature and put forward theproposition to organise a majorinternational conference on thesubject of: "The culture of theworld," taking into account thatthis conference should have an

influence on politicians, diplomatsand business people. In May1999, we are planning to have ameeting of Ministers of Culturefrom Europe and the UnitedStates and discuss issues related toculture and biopolitics. Amongthe organisers of this initiative isthe Ukrainian Delfy Committee,an organisation younger than theB.I.O. but a good bridge betweenthe two countries. I personallyinvite Dr. Vlavianos-Arvanitis tothis conference as an honoraryguest.

The basic aim of B.I.O., whichis actively represented at today'smeeting by its President, is tomotivate scientists from anincreasing number of fields, and tocoordinate the forces which meanto tackle the problems facing theenvironment. Any coordinatedcooperation calls for concentrationand motivation of research facili-ties into all aspects of scientificand public life.

This congress comes as adirect result of all the thinking thathas previously gone on in theeffort to promote organizationaland scientific cooperation betweenGreece and Ukraine. Thanks to its

connections and initiatives, B.I.O.has turned attention to its hostcountry, Greece, as a factor in theensuing struggle to protect theenvironment and to cement inter-national cooperation in matterspertaining to nuclear security andcultural creativity - in conjunctionwith industrial and economicprogress.

Today, the presence of theUkrainian delegation among us is astep forward in such critical times,which demand the attention of allpeoples. We look forward toincreased cooperation, a commod-ity which means so much to ourpeoples these days.

In Ukraine we have a lot of biopo-litical issues. On Earth, one billion peo-ple have good living conditions andfour billion do not. Biopolitics shouldconcentrate its efforts on research inthe regions where living conditions areunfair. The average life-span is verylow and we should think of ways inwhich biopolitics could solve theseproblems.

Life is everything and we shouldpreserve it. To eliminate forests on theplanet is easy, to rehabilitate them isdifficult. In the south of Ukraine, we

have 90,000 hectares of sand desert;we have planted a forest which is nowvery green. We should draw attentionto these actions in order to multiplythem. We should think of how to reg-ulate population growth on earth. Ascientific approach to this problem andto the issues connected to it is essentialfor the prolongation of life. In Greeceand Ukraine, we have taken the initia-tive to change the point of view of thegovernments and to understandbiopolicy issues and environmentalprotection.

The beauty of the world inwhich we live merits our respect -for it is only here that we may liveand create. It is however instructiveto see how our ancestors once lived,how they saw their world, if only todetermine the changes which wehave brought on our poor planetsince then. In June 1996, theThesaurus of the Greek LanguageFoundation commenced the cata-loguing of the Greek language,some 40 million terms, words, and

works by authors and philosophersranging from Homer, Plato andAristotle to Palamas, Roidis,Solomos and Papadiamantis. Oncecomplete, the electronic cataloguewill offer the reader the possibility,through a word or works search, ofseeing the world though the eyes ofthe great writers which spanned3,000 years of Greek history. It is asource of wisdom from the past, tohelp us with our vision for thefuture.

Today, the human race findsitself in a dire crisis. It has burdeneditself with technologies capable ofcausing mass, and indeed its own,destruction. Monstrous experimentsare being attempted. For the firsttime, Nature begins to show thatperhaps it is not as inexhaustible aswe had come to believe until now.Yet world population figures contin-ue to escalate unabated, while theleading industrial countries squanderthe planet�s natural resources with-

out regard to the peoples of poorernations, or indeed to future genera-tions.

For the first time in History, thefuture of the human race is at stake.Never before has there been such athreat to its survival as the one nowposed by the deterioration of theenvironment. Will humanity be ableto escape this vicious circle? It willdepend upon the foresight of thosewho lead our nations through thesecritical times.

GSGA�s cultural policy is aimedat countries which traditionally havehad close historical and culturallinks with Greece, and Ukraine iscertainly one of these countries.The aim is to foster the historicaland cultural heritage of Greekswhich live abroad, while at the sametime encouraging the contact ofGreek tradition and customs with

those of host countries. We regard the people of Greek

descent living in Ukraine as a con-duit between Greece and the out-side world, and have taken activemeasures to cement these links. It ishoped that the ideals of GreekCivilisation, which GSGE has takensuch pains to foster, will also inspirethe Biopolitics movement.

The expansion of industry, thewidespread use of chemicals, exhaus-tive agricultural techniques, increasedenergy consumption and the use ofnuclear power for noble as well asquestionable purposes have allwrought their changes on the environ-ment. New diseases have emerged andold ones have resurfaced. Forty per-cent of people living in Europe aredaily subjected to air pollution far inexcess of acceptable levels. The soil,the sub-soil, the seas and lakes andrivers of the world are all affected.

Pollution knows no borders, and

neither should the cooperation necessaryto combat it. Specifically, the GreekMinistry of Health has recently launcheda programme to monitor the environ-ment in conjunction with the govern-ments of neighbouring Balkan States. Wehave also begun to introduce health edu-cation classes to school curricula, sinceprotecting the environment shouldabove all be a way of life.

This large, and yet so small, planet, isthreatened by the behaviour of us all. Letus never forget that we have merely bor-rowed the environment in which we livefrom our children.

We once thought the Environmentto be inexhaustible. Nowadays wespend most of our time trying to reapwhat little riches are left in Nature. Youcan see it in the way we build our build-ings and our roads, in the way weexpand our industry. It makes one thinkwhether we are citizens or just con-sumers of the environment. The tech-nology which he have built pollutes atall stages - through production, throughuse of the finished product, through itspackaging, through its leftovers.

Today, at a time when nobleideals are being trampled upon,when trillions of dollars are spenton arms development, while theglobe is being ravaged by somethirty wars, while industry issteadily poisoning the environ-ment and decimating its wildlife,not even the mobilisation of thou-sands of scientists world-wide inconferences such as the ones heldat Berlin, Rio and Kyoto can havean effect, as long as the Sevenrichest countries in the world,Japan and the United States in par-

ticular, refuse to act.At a time such as this, the

efforts of BIO and its Founder-President shine like a beacon. Forthey are among the few wholabour against the tide to preventthe threat of Armageddon fromever becoming a reality. It is thusimperative that Dr. AgniVlavianos-Arvanitis be awardedthe Nobel Prize. To honour herfor her efforts is to honourGreece, her homeland, the countrywhich has given its lights to theentire world.

Yuriy Sergeyev, Ambassador of Ukraine to Athens

Theodore Koliopanos, Deputy Minister of Environment

Dr. Leonid Novokhatko, Deputy Minister of Culture of Ukraine

Professor John Pesmazoglou, f. President of the Academy of Athens

Professor Constantine Sytnik, Ukrainian Academy of Sciences

Professor Ath. Anagnostopoulos, Thesaurus of the Greek Language Foundation

Professor Constantine Despotopoulos, f. President, Academy of Athens

Maria Dimopoulou, Head of GSGA�s Cultural Affairs Department

Ioanna Panopoulou, General Secretary, Ministry of Health Dimitris Papathanassiou, President, Hippocrateio Hospital

Dr. Emmanuel Badouvas, Professor of Surgery, University of Athens

The protection of theEnvironment and the elusive goalof Sustainable Development aremajor issues of our times.Governments have learnt to bearthe Environment in mind whiledrafting their energy policies.

Two major areas which influ-ence energy policy also have a lot todo with the Environment.Unemployment is an issue whichoften nags policy makers, yet anenergy policy which uses renewablesources actually creates new jobs.Another issue is cooperation.Cooperation is imperative for thesuccess of any business venture, asindeed it is necessary for anyattempt to save the Environment tobe effective. Despite what mostpeople believe, business thinkingand environmental policies cancoexist. They do not always have towork against each other.

Constantine Maniatopoulosf. Director, European Commission for Energy

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Ministry of Foreign Affairs. (from left to right) The Deputy Minister of Culture of Ukraine, Dr. L.Novokhatko; the Ambassador of Ukraine to Athens, Mr. Y. Sergeyev; B.I.O. President, Dr. A.Vlavianos-Arvanitis, the Deputy Minister of Environment and Public Works of Greece, Mr. Th.Koliopanos; the Vice President of the Ukrainian Academy of Sciences, Professor C. Sytnik; the f.President of the Academy of Athens, Professor J. Pesmazoglou.

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October 1998 Bio-Culture / Hellas-Ukraine Bio News/Page 7

The Biopolitics InternationalOrganisation has a strong presencein Ukraine, where its goals and ide-als have gained extensive acclaim.In the search for a new vision andfor positive prototypes for thefuture, Ukraine has repeatedlyturned to the B.I.O. for inspirationand has expressed great interest inlong-term synergy and co-opera-tion.

In the summer of 1995, theB.I.O. President had been official-ly invited by the Supreme Rada(Parliament) of Ukraine to visit thecountry, address the Rada's plenarysession, and chair a series of dis-cussions on the elaboration of newdevelopment models for countriesin transition.

To strengthen the friendshipbetween Greece and Ukraine andto provide new opportunities forbusiness co-operation, the B.I.O.held a Hellenic-UkrainianSymposium in Athens, in 1996.The Symposium featured the lead-ing Ukrainian businessman, Dr.Stanislav Sokolenko, Chairman ofUKRIMPEX Joint StockCompany, as the keynote speaker.

On the occasion of theeleventh anniversary of theChernobyl disaster, Ukraine under-took a series of initiatives tosearch for ways of overcoming dif-ficulties and securing a brighterfuture. Biopolitics was chosen toprovide the moral framework for

the new millennium in the docu-mentary "Morality as a Basis forOvercoming the Crisis inUkraine," a major Ukrainian televi-sion production. The B.I.O. wasalso called upon, in the spring of1997, to offer its insight and sup-port during a series of discussionswith members of parliament, inKiev, and at a conference held inSlavutich with biopolitics as thegoverning theme. It was once againpossible to elaborate on a actionplan that would enable Ukraine toachieve development through thepursuit of biocentric endeavoursand opportunities.

As stressed by the B.I.O.President, Chernobyl, a place ofdestruction, can serve as a power-ful model to help society acknowl-edge the importance of embracingbiocentric values and preservingbios on our planet. Like a phoenixrising form the ashes, Chernobylcan be reborn. A biocentric visioncan help to create a balanced soci-ety, with the appropriate legalframework to support both tech-nological progress and environ-mental protection. On the wingsof the phoenix, messages of hopecan resonate across the entireplanet.

These proposals were unanimouslyacclaimed, as witnessed by the follow-ing letter written by the Mayor ofSlavutich and the Director of theChernobyl Power Plant.

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Dr. Emmanouel BadouvasProfessor of Surgery, University ofAthens

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Bio-business and our harmonisation with theenvironmentDr. Stanislav SokolenkoChairman of the Board, UKRIMPEXJoint Stock Company

Greece-Ukraine: options for co-operationPanayiotis KoutsikosChairman, P.K. Koutsikos Group ofEnterprises

Communications and the environmentAthanassios PapandropoulosInternational President, Union ofEuropean Journalists

Bio-tradeIoannis TzenChairman, Hellenic Foreign TradeBoard

Bio-financingConstantine KanonisDeputy General Manager, CommercialBank of Greece

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Regulations for motherhood and childhood onthe basis of biosLilia GrygorovychDeputy, Ukrainian Parliament

Principles of �biopolitics� in Greek law andlegislationIoannis SarmasJudge of the Hellenic Court of Audits

The bio-environment in the electronic era Christos EfthymiopoulosPhysicist, Biopolitics InternationalOrganisation

Environmental aspects of energy policiesConstantinos Maniatopoulosf. Director of Energy of the EuropeanCommission

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It costs 250 million dollars torehabilitate four ecological areas inUkraine. All politicians, all busi-nessmen, all people should con-tribute to improve the ecologicalpolicy in the country and muchhave changed, but many thingsremain to be done.

On the occasion of the millen-nium, the UN Secretary General iscalling a meeting with the name"Senator Millennium", ministers offinancial trade also call"Millennium round". B.I.O. hasbeen running such meetings forseveral years, I was part of some ofthese meetings. Dr. Arvanitis saidin Slavutich that it is very impor-tant for Slavutich to be a free spe-cial zone, to bring investors to run

this region with different policiesand give people the chance ofimproving their quality of life,because before the end of this cen-tury Chernobyl nuclear station willbe shut down and the town shouldstart a new life.

We have good prospects of co-operation with Greece, we havegood relationships in transporta-tion, shipbuilding, health services...but the ecological crisis in Ukraineis very special. Ukraine is preparingan anti-crisis program, it is in theprocess of establishing a conceptfor improving ecological policies.New legislation is coming, recentlya law has been adopted to intro-duce European Union standards inthe Ukrainian economy.

Only recently have we begunto fully realise the effects whichunrestrained industrial activity canhave on the environment.Unfortunately, the reaction of theinternational community has so farfallen short of addressing the prob-lem. Yet we believe that theactions undertaken by theOrganisation for Economic Co-operation among Black SeaCountries are a step in the rightdirection if we are to maintain alevel of growth which does notharm the environment.

Specifically, our organisationhas organised Work Groups which

monitor the effects of pollution inthe Black Sea area, improve the liv-ing conditions of the inhabitants,and promote co-ordination amonglocal scientists and academics, cre-ated a fund to finance contingencyplans to counter environmentalhazards, and is working continu-ously to mobilise member-statesagainst natural and industrial disas-ters

The end of the milleniumcomes at a time when our organi-sation is actively combatting prob-lems and finding solutions. Wehope that our example will proveto be an inspiration to others.

Nature is a much more complexorganism than we think - it is a sci-ence in itself, and we cannot affordto oversimplify its workings. It is allvery well to say that we must savethe rainforest, or the grasslands inAustralia, but tell that to theAmazon Indian who has to cutdown trees to feed his family, or tothe Australian farmer who prefers tolet his cattle graze because environ-mentally-friendly food is too expen-sive.

At a conference in Uruguay,when the United States proposed abarrage of industrial measures tocurtail pollution, the GATT coun-tries threatened to walk out becausetheir products would becomeuncompetitive once prices rose.

Everything stems from thedegree of respect we have for theenvironment. Take a walk aroundAthens and you will see the degreeof modern society's respect for theenvironment.

Bio-trade starts at the productionstage and ends at the market place.We live in a complex world that isgoing to require innovativeapproaches to deal with some of theproblems we have created throughtechnology.

Product manufacturing and pro-cessing must be regulated to protectthe environment. This approach cangive a different view of the product,demonstrating that bio-trade is a wayof life.

All this requires information, train-

ing and bio-education. Industries, com-mercial enterprises, agricultural units,transport companies, production exec-utives and management should adoptthis philosophy and shed obsoletepractices, guided by the desire toincrease profits irrespective of thedamage to the environment. At thesame time, the consumer must beinformed by the media about theimportance of bio-products and tradeand how these products can facilitateand protect our lives, families and soci-ety in general.

For many decades we havefinanced our "bio-destruction."International organisations havebeen more responsive with respectto the bio-environment than havecommercial banks. Realising the dan-gers of financing the development oftoday, versus sustainable develop-ment, all international organisationsrequire environmental compliancesand assurances for every project thatthey finance.

Banks like all other enterprises,

should first carefully review theirown recycling, energy allotment andother environmental issues, as wellas educate their personnel. Then,banks should review theirprofit/benefit definition versus therisks undertaken in both their loansand investments. The minimisationof exposure to financial, as well asenvironmental risks is desirable. inthe long run, only projects that donot harm the environment are goingto be financially viable.

Dr. Stanislav Sokolenko, Chairman of the Board, UKRIMPEX

Panayiotis Koutsikos, President, ERGO S.A.

Athanasios Papandropoulos, Int. President, Union of European JournalistsJohn Tzen, Chairman, Hellenic Foreign Trade Board

Constantine Kanonis, Alternate General Manager, Commercial Bank of Greece

The previous millennium hadthe slogan "further, higher, quick-er." In the next millennium theprevalent slogan should be "donot spoil." That is why we shouldthink of the preservation ofnature, of a harmonious approachto the problems of mankind, andwe should speak about the rules ofbiopolitics and bioethics in nextmillennium. I do not like to goback to the Chernobyl catastro-

phe, but I am sure that throughthe understanding of this disaster,the B.I.O. has created a newvision.

Our Commission is consider-ing a law on the transportation ofhuman organs that should beadopted this year. We have alsolaunched a new law on the protec-tion of childhood and we will startconsidering two laws on bioethicsand biopolitics.

Hellenic Law has recentlybegun to harmonise itself with theideas championed by Biopolitics,as outlined by Dr. AgniVlavianos-Arvanitis in the book"Biopolitics - Bio-Environment -Bio-Culture."

She begins by referring to therights of all creatures to life, andespecially the to human rights andto the rights of plants and ani-mals. Hellenic law provides forthe protection of human rights,but also for that of the environ-ment under Article 24 of the

Constitution. It includes specificsafeguards against pollution, andcalls for enviromentally-friendlyproduction and for the protectionof ecosystems.

The Hellenic legal profes-sion in general has becomemore enviromentally-conscious,thanks to the encouragement ofthe European Union but alsothanks to instructions from theSupreme Court, which see thatall actions potentially posing athreat to the environment arepenalised.

The Internet will serve as the primevehicle for the realisation of democrat-ic ideals in the 21st century. Its poweris due to the fact that this network isnot governed by any sort of centraladministration. The inflow and outflowof information through the Internet isnot filtered by state or internationalauthorities.

For the first time, world citizensare given the possibility for an openpublic forum. It is not yet clearwhether this new possibility will affectthe decision-making process of oursociety. But it is very probable that itwill increase pressure towards a moreparticipatory form of democracy. Tothe best of our knowledge, theBiopolitics international Organisationis the first international organisation topropose the use of the Internet inorder to unite the voice of all citizensof the world in the common requestfor the preservation of the bio-environ-ment on our planet.

Dr. Lilia Grygorovitch, Deputy, Ukrainian Parliament

John Sarmas, Judge, Hellenic Court of Audits

Christos Efthymiopoulos Physicist, B.I.O.

21 May, 1997

Dear Dr. Agni Vlavianos-Arvanitis,

Your idea to transform the city of Slavutich into a global university and scientificcentre by way of founding the International University, a laboratory of spiritual values ifthe Third Millennium, is of greatest interest and meaning to us.

Thanks to the implementation of this idea, Slavutich is to become a centre of highspirit and the city where the B.I.O. ideas will be brought into life, a place to demonstratethe moral of resurrection coming out of the area of the most serious technical disaster ofmankind.

Having turned the city into an International University and Scientific Centre, we,with your kind assistance, could regularly invite world-known Ukrainian and foreign sci-entists and students from various countries to Slavutich, for them to give their input to theunderstanding of philosophical, moral, artistic, psychological, and architectural problemsand problems of other realms of knowledge, and keeping the city at high living standards,maintaining employment levels and supporting faith in a brighter future.

Sincerely yours,

Serguei Parashin, Director, Chernobyl Nuclear Power PlantVladimir Udovichenko, Mayor of Slavutich

What are we to do? A whole newphilosophy, a whole new environment-oriented culture is needed.

The proper way to teach Nature issomething which must be taught frominfancy onward. The responsible citizenmust treat the environmental status quowith suspicion. The situation is worsethan we are told. In a society which isroughly divided into those who lead thestruggle for the salvation of theEnvironment, those who follow, andthose who are ignorant, our duty shouldbe to enlighten that last, vast, sleepingmajority.

E n v i r o n m e n t a l m o d e l s i n b u s i n e s s a n d c o m m u n i c a t i o n s

The electronic era

L e g i s l a t i o n p o l i c y

Ambassador Kai Falkman, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Sweden

Ten days ago I had the privilege toattend an international conference in

Baku on the restoration of the historicalSilk Road. Representatives of 33 countriesfrom Japan in the East to Great Britain inthe West were invited by President Aliyevof Azerbaijan and President Shevar-dnadze of Georgia to sign agreementsaiming at building a modern corridor oftransports, by road, railway, sea and air,from the Far East to the Black Sea andthe Mediterranean.

The most important aspect of thisundertaking was to reinstate theCaucasian Central Asian states into thisnetwork, that is opening up the way forthese former Soviet republics to free tradewith Europe and the West, includingJapan. Since the time of the establishmentof the Soviet empire in the beginning ofthe century all land links between Eastand West have gone through Siberia andRussia - now a new and shorter route willbe opened up south of the Himalayas andsouth of the Caspian Sea.

Oil has replaced silk as the motorfor the Silk Road. The richness of oiland gas in the region of the CaspianSea - the largest sea in the world - is,of course, the basis of West's interestin this Euroasian project. A modern

infrastructure must be built in order totransport the natural resources to themarkets in the Western world.

The representative of the EuropeanUnion Presidency - Austria - said at thisconference that it is not only a question oftrade and economy but also of values andculture. Much wisdom from the East hasreached the West through the Silk road -now, in exchange, the West is prepared touse this link for sending Eastwards ideasabout democracy and human rights, freeexpression and free elections, protectionof minorities and of environment. As oneof the only delegates at this conference the

representative of the EU Presidencyemphasised the importance of respectingand applying an article in the agreementthat stated the necessity of taking theappropriate measures to protect the envi-ronment. Enormous investments aregoing to the region of the Caspian Sea andit is important that part of these invest-ments are directed towards the protectionof the environment. Baku was called theBlack City in the beginning of this centurywhen smokes from the oil chimneysblackened the sky and made people sick.The landscape is scattered by oil towersstretching far out into the sea with norespect for border lines. It is our responsi-bility as members of the European Unionto see to it that the mistakes of the last oilboom will not be repeated in the future.Our need for energy must not be paid bydestruction of the sea and the soil and theair in the regions of energy production.

Here, the values of bios must alwaysbe in the foreground. Diplomats and busi-nessmen, politicians and bankers who areattracted to the restoration of the Silkroad because of the richness of theresources in the Caspian Sea region, mustdeal with this Euroasian project guided bybio-environmental ethics. We must neverforget that bios provides the unifyingforce for the harmonious co-existenceof all forms of life, leading to a new eraof human co-existence with Nature.

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Bio-EnBio-Envirvironment - Bio-Culturonment - Bio-CultureeBuilding a Biocentric Millennium SocietyBuilding a Biocentric Millennium Society

Hungarian Academy of Sciences

September 18September 18Visit to the historic city of EsztergomRoundtable discussion at City Hall under the auspices of theHonourable Mayor of Estergom

Bio-diplomacy - a dimension of hopeAmbassador Kai Falkman, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Sweden

Hungarian Academy of SciencesHungarian Academy of SciencesSeptember 19September 19Greetings and Welcoming Address

Academician Laszlo KapolyiPresident, System International Foundation, Co-Chair, InternationalUniversity for the Bio-Environment, Hungary

His Eminence Mr. FeofanForeign Minister, Orthodox Patriarchate of Russia

Dr. Agni Vlavianos-ArvanitisPresident and Founder, Biopolitics International Organisation,Greece

Biocentric Values and EthicsChairs: Ambassador Kai Falkman, Judge Mayer Gabay

European ecological crisis challenge and the need for productive sci-entific supranational co-operationProfessor Dusan Kanazir, Minister of Science and Technology,Republic of Serbia, Yugoslavia

Biocentric ethics and its relevance for the goals of biopolitics educa-tion Professor Rusen Keles, Director of Environmental Studies,Faculty of Political Science, University of Ankara, Turkey

Bioethics - teaching and researchProfessor Attila Szabo, Department of Biology, University ofVeszprem, Hungary

Chaos in the environment - a reflection of the chaos in our "inviron-ment"Fred Matser, Director, Sofam Beheer Ltd., The Netherlands

Building a Biocentric SocietyChairs: Professor Rusen Keles, Professor Jaroslav Stoklasa

Environmental management - a tool for sustainable development Professor Akos Redey, Head, Department of EnvironmentalEngineering, University of Veszprem, Hungary

Bios Olympiads in St. PetersburgProfessor Alexander Shishkin, Head, Ecological StandardisationLaboratory, St. Petersburg State Technological University, for PlantPolymers, Russia

Agricultural higher education in the development of a biocentricsocietyProfessor Laszlo Vermes, Head, Department of Soil Science,University of Horticulture and Food Industry, Hungary

The 'Year 2000 Problem' - the first global biocentric crisis of a neweraJohn Petersen, President, The Arlington Institute, USA

DiscussionChairs: Professor Udo Simonis, Dr. Agni Vlavianos-Arvanitis

Paths to a Positive Future and Projects of HopeBuilding a World that WorksChair: Academician Laszlo Kapolyi

Jakob von Uexkull, Founder and Chairman, The Right Livelihood Award, UK

Economics of the 21st CenturyChairs: Professor Dusan Kanazir, Fred Matser

From a 'socialistic' to a consumer societyProfessor Jaroslav Stoklasa, f. Adviser to the Minister ofEnvironment, Czech Republic

Economic strategies for the environmentProfessor Gyula Bora, Budapest University of Economics, Hungary

Economics versus environmentValentina Mileusnic-Vucic, Advisor, Ministry of EnvironmentalProtection, Republic of Serbia, Yugoslavia

Bio-financingConstantine Kanonis, Deputy General Manager, Commercial Bankof Greece

Civilised entrepreneurship and harmonisation with the environmentDr. Stanislav Sokolenko, Chairman, Ukrimpex Joint StockCompany, Ukraine

New Models in Leadership and DiplomacyChairs: Jakob von Uexkull, John Petersen

Globalisation - implications for environmental protectionProfessor Tham Seong Chee, Department of Malay Studies, TheNational University of Singapore

Pleading for a World Environment and Development OrganisationProfessor Udo Simonis, Science Centre Berlin, Germany

Discussion - ResolutionsChairs: Professor Tham Seong Chee, Dr. Agni Vlavianos-Arvanitis

A b i o s p e r s p e c t i v e o n t h e r e s t o r a t i o n o f t h e s i l k r o a dB i o - d i p l o m a c y - a d i m e n s i o n o f h o p e

Academician Laszlo KapolyiPresident, System InternationalFoundation, Hungary

Ihave the honour to welcome you all inBudapest with grateful respect, right

here, at the Hungarian Academy ofSciences, on the occasion of this meeting.Allow me to welcome with distinctive,deep respect His Eminence, Mr Feofan,the Foreign Minister of the OrthodoxPatriarchate of Russia.

Building a biocentric society does notseem to be an easy task for the next cen-tury. Due to the evolution of our world,we have to face and cope with severalnew problems. They result from thedestruction of the environment, thedecrease of energy resources and the lackof balance in the world, and constitutesuch an important part of our life todaythat many organisations and governmentsdevelop strategies for their solution.There is a general need for formulating anew cultural scale of values and this can-not eliminate the religions that have influ-enced the cultural scale of values fromtime to time.

The Biopolitics International Organi-

sation regards the development of educa-tion as a solution, since through educa-tion a significant change can be achievedin the general way of looking at future

societies. Forthe establish-ment of an edu-cational institu-tion that aimsat the promo-tion of a bio-c e n t r i capproach, join-

ing of forces of nations is required.Personnel training and training of teach-ers, and the support of research shouldappear as inherent needs in every coun-try.

Due to the educational reforms inHungary, there is a possibility for takingenvironmental training, even as a mainsubject, in primary schools. Education inenvironmental protection and humanecology plays an important role in univer-sities and colleges, however, the propor-tion of students graduating in these fieldsappears to be low in comparison to thedestruction of the environment. Theapproach of environmental protection

still belongs to the category of a "unique"speciality in Hungary nowadays, however,considerable changes have taken placesince 1990. More publicity has been givento conferences like the present one andto mass demonstrations, and there areseveral civil organisations working onattracting the attention of the populationto the dangers that have an influence onthe environment. Nevertheless, a signifi-cant change in the general attitude hasnot yet been achieved.

The establishment of the Interna-tional University for the Bio-Environ-ment appears as a significant steptowards the achievement of the purposesof the biopolitical movement. We alsointend to take active part in this. Webelieve that the establishment of peaceamong nations and religions, and alsotheir harmonious coexistence, is one ofthe most important aims for biopolitics.

I wish you all a prosperous dis-cussion about the principles of the estab-lishment of the International Universityfor the Bio-Environment, and a produc-tive time here in Budapest. I wish you alla pleasant and effective meeting andmuch success.

E d u c a t i o n a l r e f o r m st h e I n t e r n a t i o n l U n i v e r s i t y f o r t h e B i o - E n v i r o n m e n t

Ambassador and Mrs. Kai Falkman in front of the statue of their ancestor, Raoul Wallenberg, in Esztergom

Opening ceremony at Esztergom City Hall.

The Deputy Mayor of the historic city of

Esztergom welcomes the conference participants.

From left to right: Professor Rusen Keles,

Director of Environmental Studies at Ankara

University; B.I.O. President and Founder, Dr.

Agni Vlavianos-Arvanitis; the Deputy Mayor

of Esztergom; Ambassador Kai Falkman of

the Swedish Ministry of Foreign Affairs; and,

Professor Tham Seong Chee, Department of

Malay Studies, The National University of

Singapore.

October 1998 Biocentric Values in Budapest Bio News/Page 9

In the next millennium, numerous unprecedented

opportunities will be created for humanity. While we

are becoming interested in economic growth, there is

also an increased awareness of the need for a better qual-

ity of life. On the brink of the 21st century, the timely

implementation of long-range initiatives for the preserva-

tion of our planet is of the essence.

To respond to the challenges ahead, it is evident that

new leadership is crucial. Caring for our future requires

the development of effective guidelines for decision-

makers, based on an in-depth approach to the protection

of the environment and to the continuation of bios on

our planet. It is this objective, precisely, that the

International University for the Bio-Environment

(I.U.B.E.) has taken upon itself to promote and imple-

ment, on a global level.

In this context, the development of new ideas and

concepts is crucial. New models in education, adminis-

tration, diplomacy and business, along with the re-evalu-

ation of current institutions and practices, can lead to the

necessary new societal framework. A millennium vision

in decision-making and policy-planning can provide the

necessary long-term objectives, in order to address global

issues with a view to the future. The concepts of profit,

health, justice and peace need to be re-evaluated on the

basis of improving living conditions on the entire planet,

and reconciling global environmental harmony and just

economic growth.

In view of the catastrophic consequences of environ-

mental deterioration, scholars and decision-makers need

to collaborate across national and political divides on

constructive proposals for reducing the environmental

threat and improving quality of life.

By gaining deeper insight into the issues challenging

humanity, we can engage in concrete actions that will

guide us towards the building of a biocentric millennium

society.

Dr. Agni Vlavianos-Arvanitis

B.I.O. Founding President

E u r o p e a n e c o l og i c a l c r i s i s : c h a l l e n g e a n d t h e n e e d f o r p r o d u c t i v e s c i e n t i f i c s u p r a n a t i o n a l c o - o p e r a t i o n

Professor Dusan Kanazirf. President of the Serbian Academy of Arts andSciences and f. Minister of Science and Technology,Yugoslavia

Europe, especially Eastern Europe, is today the focusof the interaction of the old and the new civilisa-

tion, and of an ecological disaster due to the rush forprofit, human egoism and irrational destruction of theenvironment. The last 30 years of the revolution intechnology, especially in industrial development, havecaused the greatest environmental degradation, includ-ing even damage to the human psyche andmoral pollution. Pollution and degradationis today greater than it has been in the last200 years. Uncontrolled development ofthe industry/technology which did notrespect the laws of nature and those ofbiological evolution, not even real humanneeds, has, in a great number of Europeancountries, resulted in an exacerbation ofthe ecological degradation and in the great-est crisis. The problem, therefore, is neither nationalnor regional, nor even continental; it has global andethical dimensions.

We are buying our comforts now at the expense offuture generations by ruining the environment. Thisattitude is certainly unethical. Our current models ofeconomic development seem to have no future.Therefore, we have to create a new social and econom-ic order that will be in harmony with bios and nature.That means that we have to reconsider our models ofeconomic growth and our attitude and ethical valuestowards bios and nature.

Therefore, the ecological crisis in Europe urgentlycalls for multilateral, international and regional scientif-ic and technological co-operation, and requires that all

European countries adjust their technological activitiesto the biological and physical laws of nature. Future co-operation � if to occur � requires new ideas: how touse new knowledge and new clean technologies; howto promote international solidarity, mutual understand-ing and well programmed scientific actions. Scientistsfrom different countries must learn how to co-operateproductively for the benefit of Europe and the entireworld.

Unfortunately, in South-eastern Europe � theBalkans � the efforts for solving ecological problemson a co-operative level have not yet succeeded in over-

coming certain geopolitical, ideological, his-torical, economical and military barriers.Therefore, the future of Southern Europeand Europe in general depends on thesolutions of the essential global problemsof our civilisation � peace, disarmament �and on the recovery of the environment �"cured environment."

Bearing this in mind, it is evident that weneed wisdom and bio-ethics to cope with the ecologicalcrisis and to prevent further degradation in the healthof our children and grandchildren. Search for wisdomhas, today, acquired new importance, because the sur-vival of man and life in general can no longer be takenfor granted. Ethical values in today's Europe must betested in terms of the future and must take in consider-ation the biological and genetic nature/constitution ofman.

Bearing all this in mind, I propose to set up inEurope and Southern Europe regional institutes formonitoring and management of the environment, withinterdisciplinary approaches to various economic, tech-nological, social, environmental and human genetic andbehavioural problems.

Fred MatserDirector, Sofam Beheer Ltd., The Netherlands

We as human beings are only one of the billions ofexpressions of life on this planet. I am one of

them and I am concerned. The universe of which theworld is a part is an expression of Divine creation. Ourwhole biosphere is an expression of Divine creation.

Human beings distinguish "nature" and"culture." Nature, in the way I see it, is every-thing that is created by Divine power, includ-ing human beings. Culture is the product ofhuman creation. All expressions of nature arecyclical, such as the seasons, our breathing,our heartbeat, high tide, low tide. In order tocreate culture, man had to - and still has to -take away products of nature from the cycleand create culture. As long as this happens accordingto the cyclical laws of nature, the natural balance ofDivine creation - nature - will be maintained. Alas, we,including myself, take away too much from nature, as aresult of which nature's natural rhythm is disturbed.This, as we all can see around us, creates many prob-lems, such as pollution, wars, floods, landslides, bro-

ken-up families, material over-wealth, poverty and star-vation. Thus chaos arises as a reflection of thedisharmony in ourselves, in our "invironment," inour misaligned heads and hearts.

One of the core issues in this respect is the humanillusion that competition is real and that man needs tocompete to survive. In my understanding, however,everything within the "time-space box" is co-existing.

It is then self-evident that we as humanbeings need to co-operate with one another torestore and maintain the natural cycles on alllevels. This also includes the cycle of life anddeath.

As once a teacher said to his student:"Please do acknowledge that the power thatdetermines growth and decay in itself nevergrows nor decays." If humanity would under-

stand the profoundness of this saying on a wider scale,our spaceship, earth, would be in a much better shape.If man, including myself, would be able to act morefrom his core being, his real nature, his "human being-ness" instead of from his "human havingness," thenDivine inspiration can penetrate and alignment withDivine creation will result.

C h a o s i n t h e e n v i r o n m e n t A r e f l e c t i o n o f t h e d i s o r d e r i n o u r " i n v i r o n m e n t �

Archimandrite Feofan, Vice-Chairman, Department forExternal, Church Relations,Moscow Patriarchate, Russia

Onbehal

f of HisHol inessAlexei II,Patriarchof AllRussia, Iw h o l e -

heartedly greet all of you who havegathered at this very importantmeeting concerning the saving ofour planet, in other words biopoli-tics. Human life begins with Godand is a gift. God is the Lord, themaster of life. This has to be betterunderstood today, when new scien-tific horizons open up, and technol-ogy and biomedical researchadvance. Special attention is neededin research that can endangerhuman life. Christians need toacknowledge this new reality andevaluate the consequences.

Technological issues should notbe discussed in isolation; they haveto be combined with Christianethics, which form the basis ofEuropean and world ethics. We asChristians believe that all which istechnologically feasible should notbe accepted without consideration.To choose whether or not to ethi-cally accept certain technologicalpossibilities, we need to considerthe respect for and defence of thehuman personality. Science andtechnology cannot be the primaryessence of human life; they exist toassist humankind. The point is thathumankind devises them and it is,therefore, up to us to prove whytechnological progress exists and toset the limits for research andexperimentation.

God is the master of life andhas rights to life. These rights per-tain to the defence of the preciousgift of life. God told humankind torule over the land and the animals,however, Christianity interprets thisnot as the right to command otherliving beings but as the right towork the land and to defend it.

In the present world, with thenew technologies available, weinterpret this as the responsibility toprotect the environment. WhenGod admonished Cain for havingslain Abel, he admonished him fornot having revered life. Respect forlife must exist in the minds of allhuman beings. We do not harm life,ours or anyone else's, because lifebelongs to our God and Father.Life belongs to God, not to man.This is the sanctity of life.

Since no one can harm life, lifeis sacred. The Christian uplifting ofthe value of life lies in the faith thatwe as humans have many sins butthat Christ, with his sacrifice andresurrection, saves us and all ofCreation. As a result, Christianethics cannot be undermined innature and culture, and the progressof culture ought to be tailored tothe sphere of the Holy Gospel. Wecannot answer to all of today'squestions with the words of theGospel alone. That is why newtechnologies, including cloning andin vitro fertilisation, are resorted to.However, we should always followthe words of Christ and of theApostle Paul (Gal. 5, 25), who saidthat "we should act with our soul."Once we decide to act with oursoul, we must attribute a Christianethical dimension to our actions.Then, the words of God willbecome the primary criterion inevery scientific endeavour and inevery policy.

C h r i s t i a n e t h i c s a n d b i o s

B u i l d i n g a b i o c e n t r i c m i l l e n n i u m s o c i e t y

His All Holiness the Ecumenical Patriarch Vartholomeos

To our beloved sons in Lord, the honourable participants of the

International Conference on "Biopolitics - The Bio- Environment -

Biocentric Values for the Next Millennium," may the grace and peace of

God be with you.

Being deeply concerned about the global issues dealt with by your internation-

al conference in Budapest, in view of the forthcoming third millennium, we

are glad to express our warmest congratulations to your scientific assembly.

We wholeheartedly wish that God, the Creator of the world and of all living

beings, amplifies your spiritual efforts in reaching appropriate conclusions for

the benefit of nature and of the whole of humanity.

May the grace, the light and the infinite mercy that is from God be with

you always.

T h e C o n f e r e n c e p a r t i c i p a n t s i n E s z t e r g o m

Professor Ákos RedeyHead, Department ofEnvironmental Engineering andChemical Technology University ofVeszprém, Hungary

The main environmental objec-tive is that we should meet the

needs of the present without com-promising the needs of future gen-erations. For a long time, the envi-ronment was considered to be aresource and the capacity of thisresource was considered endless.This is not the case. If the economyincreases the GDP, final productiongenerates a significant amount ofwaste which pollutes the environ-ment very heavily.

Industrial and generally humanactivities result in various problems:global warming, the deterioration ofthe ozone layer and acid rain. Ofcourse, these problems should betreated and we have to focus oncertain recommendations. When weare talking about the environment,many factors should be taken into

cons id-eration.N o to n l ys h o u l dt h ephysicalenviron-ment be

considered but the social, the politi-cal and the economic environmentas well. As a result of the relationsbetween these factors, we couldmake some progress to solve theproblems for the future genera-tions.

The first step of an environ-mental impact assessment is that wehave to determine whether theassessment is needed. In theEuropean Union, approximately 30projects are listed in the directivesthat are mandatory for environmen-tal impact assessment. In Hungary,this list is governed by the decree ofthe government and this is muchlarger; there are approximately 140projects considered to be mandato-ry for environmental impact assess-

ment. Consultation and public par-ticipation in the process, as well asin the monitoring, the new tech-nologies and the different recom-mendations on mitigating environ-mental problems and pollution, areemphasised in environmentalimpact assessment.

An environmental Manage-ment System is a new type of sys-tematic approach to environmentalcare. It is not mandatory for thecompanies, but the companiesshould adopt a new type of philoso-phy and management system, withthe intention to continuallyimprove the environment. The aimsof this system are to identify andcontrol the aspects, impacts andrisks, and to establish and achieveenvironmental policy, objectives,and other targets, including compli-ance with legislation. In addition, itaims at the identification of envi-ronmental opportunities, the moni-toring and continuous improve-ment of environmental perfor-mances. Therefore, the EMS is avital element.

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Professor Alexander I. ShishkinSt-Petersburg State TechnologicalUniversity, Russia

Environmental training andadvanced training of experts in

engineering must now be carried outwith consideration to the radicalreform of internationalhigher education. Thegeneral trend in thedevelopment of highereducation all over theworld is a transitionfrom anthropocentric tobiocentric values. Acontinuous system ofenvironmental educationincludes the examination of biopoliticsproblems at the early stages of educa-tion, regardless of future professionalchoices. Moreover, international co-operation for the profound study ofbios must be realised in order to guar-antee the harmonious coexistence ofall living forms.

Co-operation of such a kindimplies teamwork on internationalecological programs and projects suchas the "Bio-Syllabus," "CoastwatchEurope," and "Democratic participa-tion in planning, protection and man-agement of coastal zones." The bio-environment can promote internation-

al co-operation and bio-diplomacy.Particular attention in the realisationof such co-operation will have to begiven to the wide use of new methodsand approaches of remote educationprocesses. A good example of envi-ronmental education based on remoteeducation methods is the program of

the Baltic University atUppsala Unwersity,Sweden. Ten universitiesfrom countries of theBaltic region take part inthis program.

The development ofnew forms of environ-mental education makesessential, on the threshold

of new millennium, the creation of aB.I.O. program in which all interestedEuropean universities could take part.The main goal of such a programmust be the creation of unifying edu-cational dimensions, as promoted byDr. Agni Vlavianos-Arvanitis. Tocarry out the above mentioned con-cept, it is necessary to create an inter-national network on environmentaleducation, and train specialists in thefields of clean technology and envi-ronmental management as an integralpart of biopolitics on regional, nation-al and international levels.

Biopolitics regulation of environmental education B i o c e n t r i c e t h i c s a n d i t s r e v e l a n c ef o r t h e g o a l s o f b i o p o l i t i c s e d u c a t i o nProfessor Rusen KelesDirector of EnvironmentalStudies, Faculty of PoliticalScience, Ankara University, Turkey

Biocentric and anthropocentricapproaches to the better under-

standing of the goals of environ-mental protection have been putapart so far, as contrasting mag-nets. It is now becoming clear that,as we have only one Earth, thegoals of mankind with respect tonatural values constitute a wholeand they cannot be separated fromeach other.

Therefore, it can be assumedthat the complementarity, andnot the disconnection, of bio-centric and anthropocentricapproaches can provide thebest answer for future needs.The purpose of this paper, thus, isto try to look for the possibilitiesto integrate such a holisticapproach to the development of aplan of action for the B.I.O.,including the training of futuremanagers in public and privatesectors.

Taking this brief analysis as astarting point, one can assert thatbio-education is not only environ-mental education, which aims atteaching the facts about the envi-ronment. It is and should be, atthe same time, environmentalethics education, which consistsof teaching how to incorporatethe facts and value of differentorganisms into ethical decision-making.

Multidisciplinary activities in bio-education are required in order tosupport the introduction of bio-centric curricula. Another impor-tant point to be reminded of isthat the claim that science is ethi-cally neutral may not be valid forbio-education, which directlyaffects human behaviour.

Primary school children,teenagers, the public at large anddecision-makers all need to beinformed of the role of bio-educa-tion.

A well-known environmental-ist emphasised some time ago thatthe goal must be to train environ-mental citizens. In other words,bio-education is no more and noless citizenship education; thedevelopment of personal commit-ment and social responsibility,combined with a systematicallyholistic view of man in relation tonature.

A n e t w o r k f o r e d u c a t i o n a n d t r a i n i n g

Professor Attila SzaboInstitute of Biology, University ofVeszprém, Hungary

Forerunners of the BINET researchprojects on electronic communica-

tion and distance education started atthe Cluj University of Agriculture,Romania, in 1985, were continued atBerzsenyi College Szombathely 1987-1997, and at the BINET terminal ofthe Hungarian World Federation inBudapest - beginning in 1997 - andwill be continued, hopefully, also atthe Biological Institute of theUniversity of Veszprém, beginning in1999.

BINET is based on the idea thatethnobiodiversity - the interplay ofhuman biological and cultural/eth-nic diversity with the biologicaland environmental diversity - is abasic phenomenon in man-madeecosystems. Ethnobiodiversity wasdeterministic for the evolution ofWestern civilisation and of crucialimportance in the European way of

development. Western civilisation -good or bad - based on "EuropeanValues," was essential in the evolutionof the noosphere and in the emer-gence of the cyberspace.

Cultural diversity - based on lan-guages and ethnicity - is important forlong term environmental sustainabili-ty, including the avoidance of destruc-tive political conflicts. Accordingly:

-Native cultures, languages andethnicity were, and still remain, animportant component of theEuropean environmental diversity.

-Ethnic traditions may contributeto environmental sustainability orincrease environmental vulnerability,being worth of special attention foreducation and training.

Environmental forecasts for the21th century are stressing the impor-tance of advanced environmental/eth-nocultural education and training onevery level - international, national,local, familial.

-Open education is an importanttool in this process.

A g r i c u l t u r a l h i g h e r e d u c a t i o n i n t h e d e v e l o p m e n t o f a b i o c e n t r i c s o c i e t y

Professor Laszlo VermesUniversity of Horticulture and FoodIndustry, Budapest, Hungary

Agriculture is one of the nearest eco-nomic branches of society to nature

and to the natural environment.Agricultural production uses naturalresources to a great extent,and at the same time influ-ences the life of naturalspecies and the conditionsof their habitats as well.Agricultural activitiesshould always considervery deeply the given bio-logical possibilities andcapacities of a certain area,and use natural resources in a way oflong-term thinking.

Only in the last few decades hasagriculture become - because of thegeneral and in most cases overestimateddevelopment tendencies - one of thethreatening and polluting factors of theenvironment and of the biosphere. Agricultural secondary and

higher education has always taken intoconsideration the importance of therational use and conservation of naturalresources, and in our days there is amore conscious effort - especially inagricultural higher education - to buildan environmentally and biologicallysound attitude into the curricula of all

subjects, to apply environ-mentally-friendly methodsin all production technolo-gies and to exclude harm-ful, or injurious activitiesfrom everyday agriculturalpractices.

Highly educated agri-cultural experts can influ-

ence the majority of people living main-ly in rural areas. The "green concept"of agricultural education has a deci-sive role in the development of amore biocentric, more effectivelyenvironment protecting society.

E n v i r o n m e n t a l m a n a g e m e n tA t o o l f o r s u s t a i n a b l e d e v e l o p m e n t

E c o n o m i c s v e r s u s e n v i r o n m e n tValentina Mileusnic VucicAdviser to the Minister, Ministry of EnvironmentalProtection of the Republic of Serbia, Yugoslavia

The role of the economy in today's societies is a fun-damental one, since economic determinism is an

unstoppable force. Nothing can deprivehuman freedom like the total absence offinancial means and nothing can move aperson towards socially useful endeavourslike the prospect of financial compensa-tion. Therefore, for a biocentric society torealise its basic aims, it has to achieve sus-tained economic development and a risein production and employment.Otherwise, a vast segment of the humanpopulation will be left without the means for living,destined to starvation and homelessness, deprived ofhealth care.

Paradoxically, only sound economic developmentcan contribute to the recuperation of the environment.On this planet, there is an environmentally literate pop-ulation living in poverty and an environmentally illiter-ate one which is far from poor. In other words, in theeducated population, bios oriented development is in away inevitable. In pursuit of a new developmentparadigm, integrated environmental economics bioeducation secures literacy for every decision maker,employee and consumer and is a necessary prerequisitefor the realisation of a biocentric society, which willsecure a brighter future for the entire planet.

A biocentric society is of fundamental importanceand is a mark for peace, inner and any other. There is

no goal set by a bios oriented society which is as clearand unconventional as the task of taxing personalincome and consumption, and even sacrificing the lux-ury of personal consumption, in order to create andsustain an open and modern bios oriented educationalsystem.

Einstein said that there is no better economist thannature. A better understanding of theenvironment would enrich economistswith a more profound understanding oftheir own responsibilities towards thestate of the environment and the legacyleft to present and future generations.Therefore, an economically efficient soci-ety implies stable and sustained growthwhich is hard to imagine outside the bios

oriented one. Only a bios oriented society understandsthe stimulus for bios economies as the development ofinterdisciplinary concepts outside the confines of con-ventional economic science. A fundamentally revisedsystem of corporate concepts and economic thoughtcontributing to environmental preservation is a prereq-uisite for a stable and harmonious global economy. Thenew economics of the 21st century need to representthe bios-evaluated economic theory. The evaluation ofnatural resources, externalities, green accounting, greenGDP have to become the corner stones of the newdevelopment paradigm for the third millennium. Thefact that the developed countries had the most strin-gent environmental legislature, which led to the mostenvironmentally friendly production processes andproducts, makes the dichotomy between economicsand the environment a false one.

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Professor Tham Seong CheeDepartment of Malay Studies, The NationalUniversity of Singapore, President UNASingapore

There are, essentially, two positions adopted indiscussions on globalisation. One is that

globalisation involves a loss of nationalsovereignty, even cultural identity. The other isthe diametrically opposite view, that, rather thanthe loss or weakening of national sovereignty oridentity, globalisation in fact strengthens it.Either position, as can be seen, hasimplications not only for politicaland economic relations betweenstates, but, equally, for the environ-ment and its protection, preciselybecause the environment - bios -recognises no man-made bound-aries. Therefore, what globalisationimplies and entails will directly orindirectly have an impact - positiveor negative - on the readiness, or otherwise, ofstates to co-operate in the interest of the envi-ronment/bios.

The challenge then is to guide or directglobalisation along paths that lead to a con-vergence of interests so that all round bene-fits are accruable not the least the nurturingof life or bios and the strengthening of vitaleco-systems. To be sure there is a recurrenttheme emanating from less developed countriesthat they are made to bear the burden of envi-ronmental conservation without the requisitecompensatory measures to assist them in provid-ing for their populations. It is a legitimate com-plaint that calls out for viable and mutually satis-factory solutions. In this connection, the con-cept or notion of sustainable development, whileintrinsically sound, has been interpreted as con-demning the developing countries to a perpetualstate of economic inferiority and penury vis-a-visthe wealthy and developed states which are seento have arrived. It would be unfortunate shouldthe notion of sustainable development assumean ideological dimension. In safeguarding theenvironment and biodiversity within the rubricof cumulative globalisation, the following propo-sitions merit attention.

Since globalisation is economically driven -the process no doubt has political and cultural

connections and consequences - it is necessaryto base all economic transactions and decisionson sound ethical principles, especially those thatcontribute to environmental objectives. Suchethical principles will also help to allay fear andsuspicion of cross-border entities and their oper-ation.

Environmental resources are finite andunevenly distributed, while the needs ofmankind infinite and variegated. There can neverbe a state of absolute equality either in access toenvironmental resources or in the allocation and

distribution of goods and services.Nonetheless, mechanisms should beavailable and efforts made to assistdisadvantaged communities or coun-tries to level upwards through devel-oping national resilience and localcapacities. There is no single mean-ing for the term development.

As globalisation tends to ben-efit certain entities or interest

groups operating across borders, a mecha-nism should be worked out to levy a chargeon them based on the principle of "usageand benefit." The environmental fees so accu-mulated could be disbursed to achieve desirableenvironmental objectives.

The current production system based as it ison the ethos of profit maximisation needs to bereviewed to dampen its negative effects, all ofwhich make unacceptable demands on limitedenvironmental resources. Money cannot andshould not be the measure of all things. The cur-rent world economic crisis is a manifestation ofthe negative aspects of globalisation.

States must be made more accountable tointernational responsibility in matters relatingspecifically to the environment. In this theyshould treat the environment and vital ecosys-tems as mankind�s common heritage of whichthey are guardians. The desire to preservesovereignty should not be an excuse for non-action. Development funding agencies includinglocal/national banks should incorporate envi-ronmental caveats taking into account bio-assessment and the notion of sustainability.

There must be a global renaissance in bio-centric values. Such values should be focused onkey concepts such as guardianship, moderation,accountability, ethical responsibility andreciprocity.

P l e a d i n g f o r a w o r l d e n v i r o n m e n ta n d d e v e l o p m e n t o r g a n i s a t i o n

Professor Udo SimonisScience Centre Berlin, Germany

Global environmental policy could cer-tainly gain strength if the management

of the United Nations EnvironmentProgramme (UNEP) or of the UNCommission on Sustainable Development

(CSD) weremade more effi-cient. However,such a minimaliststrategy of effi-ciency improve-ment is nopanacea: it canonly be an ele-

ment, not the core of a new global environ-mental policy.

A comprehensive and systematic globalenvironmental policy does not yet exist.Nonetheless, the first outlines of a new poli-cy arena which, while still fragmented, isessentially global in scope, are becoming vis-ible. Scenarios depicting possible futureshave illustrated how urgent it is to act andhave demonstrated the dangers of inactionor procrastination. If the economies of theindustrialised countries are not ecologicallyrestructured and if the catch-up develop-ment process of the countries in transitionand the developing countries is not maderesource and energy efficient, an ecologicalimpasse for the world as a whole willbecome inescapable. Local and national ini-tiatives can mitigate such a global concern,

but only global policy approaches can reallysolve it. Protecting the global environmentmay thus well become the chief challenge toface in the coming era of intensified eco-nomic globalism.

Instead of merely calling for improvedefficiency and co-ordination, we propose theestablishment of a World Environment andDevelopment Organisation as a new spe-cialised agency of the United Nations. At thevery least, the World Environment andDevelopment Organisation should integrateUNEP, the CSD and the relevant conven-tion secretariats. In addition, we need toexamined to what extent the United NationsDevelopment Programme (UNDP), with itsproject budget of about one billion US dol-lars, could be integrated into the new WorldEnvironment and Development Organi-sation.

The modes by which strategies areadopted and conflicts are resolved are fun-damental to every political institution. Whileconsensus procedures are gaining ground inthe day-to-day workings of the UN system,it would be a mistake to belittle the rele-vance of the structure of voting rights in itsbodies. In several international organisa-tions, special tasks and problems have led tothe establishment of very specific decision-making procedures. Selected elements ofthese various decision-making procedurescould be combined in the WorldEnvironment and Development Organi-sation is order to ensure its effectiveness anduniversal acceptance.

G l o b a l i s a t i o n - I m p l i c a t i o n s f o r e n v i r o n m e n t a l p r o t e c t i o n

P a t h s t o a p o s i t i v e f u t u r e a n d p r o j e c t s o f h o p eB u i l d i n g a w o r l d t h a t w o r k s

Jakob von UexkullFounder and ChairmanThe Right Livelihood Award, UK

The present worldorder is unwork-

able when its growth,debt, pollution anddepletion rates are pro-jected even a fewdecades into the future.Numerous workingalternatives exist, i.e.

those recognised by the Right Livelihood Award.The current system is heavily regulated in theshort-term interests of a greedy minority andunable to deliver the promised goods to the manybefore it reaches its economic and ecological lim-its. Realism today is not tinkering with symptomsbut mobilising support for models which areproblem-adequate from the viewpoint of a stablebiocentric society.

It is important to assert new values and seekthe positive in every area where solutions exist. Itis not too late yet; it may be one day soon. We areliving beyond the limits to growth, but there is notone area on earth where we can say it is too late.What is exciting is that in future technologywe do not need money, we do not need moreideas, we need the courage to implement whatwe already know. The most serious crises arenot any of the known crises, says theAmerican writer Ken Wilberg, but our failureto implement existing solutions.

The Right Livelihood award that I created in1980, was supposed to be an attempt to make

those solutions be taken seriously. If you win aNobel Prize, you are taken seriously. So I said tothe Nobel Foundation - which had already depart-ed from the principles of the Nobel Prizes createdby Alfred Nobel by introducing an economicsprize - that they can balance this by introducing anecological prize. They said "No thank you, wehave decided no more prizes."

I went ahead with much fewer resources andreceived support and donations from a number ofcountries. We were invited by a woman, memberof the Swedish Parliament, to present the award inthe Swedish Parliament, an event which takesplace annually for the last ten years. We recog-nised that the environment award is not isolated;it is an award covering different areas like archi-tecture, agriculture and many others. Health insociety requires a healthy land and vice versa; youcannot create a healthy bios in an unjust society.

We are facing, today, major problems due tothe lack of force, the disinterest, and the deactiva-tion of civic society in countries of the west, theeast and the south. To be involved in politics isnot regarded with suspicion. We have moved faraway from the Athenian democracy, the idea ofthe "polites" and the possibility of every individualto be involved. What can be done? It is quite clearfor global institutions, for the voice of bios on aglobal level. It is quite clear, as well, on the nation-al level that we need a boost, a "bios veto," afuture council with the same power as the existinglegislative chambers. Maybe the voting ofteenagers concerned about the destruction of theirfuture; kids, 15 years of age, with the right to veto.And on the global level, we need selected globaleconomies so that we can have a safe sustainablelivelihood.

T h e y e a r 2 0 0 0 p r o b l e m : T h e f i r s t g l o b a l b i o c e n t r i c c r i s i s o f a n e w e r a

John L. PetersenPresident, The ArlingtonInstitute, USA

We are entering an erathat presents the

world with a series of possi-ble global crises that willnot respond to historicalcontrol-based approaches.They will only respond tosystems-based thinking thatis best modelled in biology.The first big problem, the"Year 2000 ComputerProblem," is a test forhumanity. If we do notlearn to deal with this prob-lem with new thinking,humanity may find itselfunable to effectivelyrespond to other crises thatare on the horizon.

The whole notion ofbiopolitics and biocentricthinking rests on two fun-damental concepts, the firstone being interdependency.The second principle is thatbiopolitics is about change� rapid change � revolu-tionary as opposed to evo-lutionary change. These twoelements, interdependencyand rapid change, are thetriggers that precipitate thatchange.

An event is comingdownstream for the firsttime in history. This eventcan be an opportunity topromote these notions,however, it is not usuallythought of as such. It is the"Year 2000 Problem" ofcomputers failing or gener-ating erroneous informa-tion. We have the technicalknow-how to fix the prob-lem, but what is at issue

here is the magnitude of theproblem and the limitedtime available. It requires750,000 person years just tore-code the computer codesand there is also the ques-

tion of the innumerablemicrochips in electronicdevices all over the worldthat are expected to fail.

Some analysts believethat a deep recession will beexperienced in the UnitedStates, while 60 other coun-tries are going to economi-cally collapse because ofthis problem. This has thepotential of being the mostserious global crisis sinceWorld War II. It is an inter-esting problem being a sys-tems problem and a rapidfailure of a large system. Itis a model, an archetype ofhow new thinking can beintroduced into the wholeprocess in which we oper-ate. More than that, it is amodel for understandingthe fundamentals withwhich we operate. It isimportant to understandthat we have an opportunityto understand these funda-mentals, and to insert newbiological and biocentricthinking into what we aredoing. It is not enoughjust to save the ecological

system � what we have todo is understand this sys-tem in much deeperways.

Y2K is the first of aseries of potentially devas-tating problems in the hori-zon, including global cli-mate change and the energyrevolution. These problemsare, at the same time, globalin nature, potentially disas-trous and intrinsically out ofcontrol, as there are no gov-ernments, no existing sys-tems, that are going to con-trol them and give themdirection. The revolution,the movement we are tryingto generate is going to oper-ate around the same princi-ples that we can learn from.

Biopolitics should haveexplicit proposals for whatgovernments can do in thetime of rapid change. Y2Kpresents an opportunity forfundamental social transfor-mation. We need proposalswhere governments andother institutions, in theface of all this chaos anduncertainty, can insert thesenew concepts and facilitatethe change. Very crisp andclear communication is,therefore of the essence. Iftransformation is to beachieved, these ideas haveto make their way quicklyinto the system. We need tobe prepared for a chaoticand an uncertain future andstart to think about how totake advantage of that, asthere is extraordinaryopportunity within this kindof process if it is seen inthose kinds of terms.

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Who�s Who in the B.I.O.

TRUSTEES

BelgiumM. Wathelet, Member, Court of

Justice of the European Communities

ColombiaM. Calderon Rivera, Chairman,

Manizales Chamber of Commerce

European UnionG. Zavvos, Ambassador

GermanyProfessor E.U. von Weizsaecker,

Director, Institute for EuropeanEnvironmental Policy

GreeceDr. A. Vlavianos-Arvanitis,

Founding President,Biopolitics InternationalOrganisation - K.P. Kyriacopoulos, Chairman ofthe Board, Silver and Baryte Ores Mining Co.

HungaryAcademician. Laszlo Kapolyi,

President System International Foundation

Israel Judge M. Gabay, United Nations

Administrative Tribunal

JapanProfessor J. Kondo, f. President,

Science Council of Japan

RussiaProfessor P. Sarkisov, Rector,

Mendeleyev University Moscow

SamoaAmbassador A.T. Toleafoa

SingaporeProfessor T. Seong Chee, University

of Singapore, Institute of Southeastern AsianStudies

SwedenH.E. Ambassador K. Falkman,

Ministry of Foreign Affairs

TurkeyProfessor R. Keles, Director,

Centre for Environmental Studies, Faculty ofPolitical Sciences, Ankara University

UkraineProfessor Constantine Sytnik, Vice-

President of the Academy of Sciences of UkraineMember of Parliament

U.S.A.Professor N.A. Ashford,

Massachusetts Institute of Technology·Professor E.P. Gyftopoulos - MassachusettsInstitute of Technology ·P.F. Krogh, Dean ofthe School of Foreign Service, GeorgetownUniversity · Professor W.R. Moomaw,International Environmental Policy, TheFletcher School of Law and Diplomacy·Professor G. Pontecorvo, Director, Center forBusiness and Government Studies, ColumbiaUniversity

VenezuelaAmbassador Jose Rafael Huizi

Clavier

INTERNATIONAL REPRESENTA-TIVES, SUPPORTERS OF THE INTER-NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTALOLYMPICS CAMPAIGN, SUPPORTERSOF THE WORLD REFERENDUM

Albania HE Ambassador H. Cabej · P.

Ciruna, International Relations, AlbanianTelecom · L. Cuci, Member of the GeneralLeading Committee, Former Minister of theEconomy · R.Dhimitri, Executive Director,Albanian Civil Society Foundation · B. Rexha,Mechanical Engineer ·A. Kamberi, Architect · M. Kamberi · Z.Pilika · I. Salilari · L. Selfo, Chairman,Committee of Environmental Protection · B.Zeneli, International Secretary, Vice-Chairman,Foreign Policy Committee of theParliament · V. Agoras, Actor, Director,National Theater of Agioi Saranta · A.Angjeli, Economist, Member of Parliament ·A. Imami, Member of Parliament, GeneralSecretary, Democratic Alliance Party · A.Nesho, Director, Albanian Foundation forEuropean Affairs

AlgeriaH.E. the Ambassador of Algeria

Mr. H. M. Louhibi

ArgentinaR. Martin Saravia, Councillor and

Charge d'Affaires, Embassy of Argentina · G.L. Mondino, Geologist, EnvironmentalEducator and projectists

AustraliaD. Reeve, Principal Consultant,

Environmental Protection Authority ·Dr. K.Suklter, Writer, University of Sydney · P.Wensly, Ambassador for the Environment,International Organisations and LegalDivision · Professor S. Boyden, AustralianNational University N. Kaiyan

AustiaW. Blenk, Chairman, Science and

Research Committee, Austrian Parliament ·Professor T.H. Botterweg, Danube PCU · Dr.J. Leibetseder, Dean, Veterinary University ofVienna · Father T. Masar ·Professor A.Moser, Institut fur Biotechnologie · T.Turcan, Technical Assistant, Danube PCU ·Dr. Zilk, Mayor of Vienna · Dr. Felix Unger,President, European Academy of Arts andSciences

BahamasThe Honourable Minister of

Health Department of Environmental HealthServices

BangladeshProfessor Farid Ahsan, University

of Chittagong · Professor Syed M. Hashemi,Project Director, Grameen Trust, GrameenBank

Barbados H.L. Broomes, Permanent

Secretary Representative, Ministry of Labourand Environment

Belarus Dr. V. Evorovsky, Graduate

School for Social Research · Dr. V.N. Ivanov,President, United Nations Association

BelgiumS. W. Blackmer, Partner, Cutler &

Pickering · P. van Donkelaar, GreenTechResearch · Professor B. Feltz, CatholicUniversity of Louvain · Dr. H. Hanquet,Senator · A. Karamanou, Regional PolicyComittee · Dr. S. Klein, President, SIRMCE ·Professor F.A. Lints, Catholic University ofLouvain · C. Rassenfosse, SmithKlineBiologicals· Professor C. Susanne, Dean,Faculty of Sciences, VRIJE Universiteit · Dr.R. van Essche, Director, Scientific andRegulatory Affairs for the EEC · G.Strongylis, Astrophysicist, Commission of theEuropean Communities, DG XI, Belgium

BeninProfessor Eduard Adjanohoun,

Universite Nationale du Benin

Bermuda Dr. A. H. Knap, Director,

Bermuda Biological Station for Research

Bosnia - HerzegovinaA. Jaganjac, Director, Federal

Ministry of Culture and Sports

Botswana The Honorable P.H.K. Kedikilwe,

Minister of Commerce and Industry · P.V.Sephuma, Deputy Permanent Secretary,Chairman of the UNESCO NationalCommission Botswana · K. Moate, AssistantSecretary General, National Commission forUNESCO

Brazil Dr. P. C. Moura, Psychologist,

President of the Institute for Political andSocial Studies · Professor I. Major, StateUniversity of Ceara · Helio Jaguaribe deMattos, Dean, Institute of Political and SocialStudies

BulgariaR. Chapkanova, Faculty of

Chemistry, University of Sofia · Professor S.Gersaimov Tsvetkov, Institute of Zoology,Bulgarian Academy of Sciences · Dr. C.Guoerguiev, Secretary General, NationalCommission for UNESCO · Dr. M. Koteva,Economist, E.C. Delegation in Sofia · Dr. C.Mateva-Dontcheva, Scientific Research andTechnological Institute · E. Maneva,

T hrough c iv i l i sed enter preneur ship to the har monisa t ion o f the r e la t ions wi th the env i ronment

Dr. Stanislav SokolenkoChairman of the Board,UKRIMPEX Joint Stock Company,Ukraine

The motto of the famous selec-tionist of the 1930s, I.

Mitchurin, was "Not to wait for afavour from nature, but to take it atany price." It was implemented inUkraine for more than 70 years. Atthe end of the XXth century, suchbehaviour has practically broughtthe unique and rich nature ofUkraine on the verge of an ecologi-cal catastrophe.

Chernobyl, in 1986, was thehighlight of such a policy. The eco-nomic system existing for manyyears led to the irrational and wrong-ful use of the natural wealth ofUkraine, and to a huge overspendingof energy. Such a system could not

stimulate the preservation and effec-tive usage of nature in the country.The nega-t i v eimpact onthe envi-r o n m e n twas signi-f i c a n t :functional,structural,qualitative and quantitative changesin the status of nature in Ukraine ledto the very heavy burdening of theeconomy of the country, whichobtained its independence sevenyears ago.

Regretfully, the doctrine of thegreat Ukrainian scientist V.Vernadsky, submitted at the begin-ning of the XXth century andaffirming the interdependencebetween all bios structures as a basis

for rational economic activity andecological problem solution, was nottaken into consideration. But V.Vernadsky�s advice was forgotten.Scientific/technological develop-ments which worked against theenvironment and human beingswere introduced in business prac-tices, and the stable functioning ofthe bios system in Ukraine was vio-lated completely. Constant insubor-dination to and ceding of the bioslaws has brought Ukraine to the pre-sent ecological crisis.

The world community hasalready been trying to solve theproblems of harmonising its interac-tions with nature. The future ofUkraine depends on the consolida-tion of the efforts of society, stateand entrepreneurs to harmonisetheir relations with nature. It shouldgive a new impulse for the renais-sance of Ukraine.

B i o - f i n a n c i n g

Constantine N. KanonisDeputy General ManagerCommercial Bank of Greece

Financing is imperative for everyproject. Bio-financing is the

financing of projects by taking intoconsideration the environmentalissues, in addition to the financial

ones. Thismay seemromantic,but in thelong run,only pro-jects thatdo not

harm the environment are going tobe financially viable.

According to United Nationsstatistics released in September1998, regarding consumer prioritiesworld-wide, we spent on narcotics66 times the amount spent on basiceducation. For business entertain-ment, in Japan only, 3 times theamount spent on women's health-care world-wide. For cigarettes inEurope, 4 times the amount spenton basic health care and nutritionworld-wide. In addition, the totalwealth of the three richest personson earth surpasses the sum of theGNP of 48 countries. Therefore,we can unfortunately conclude thatour global society of today is nei-ther as civilised as we imagine, noras healthy as we think.

The bio-environment has beendeteriorating and sustainable devel-

opment is endangered. Our onlyhope is that our bio-awareness hasincreased. Bio-awareness can savethe bio-environment and can pro-vide sustainable development.Financing is undertaken by banksand international organisations. Ifwe compare the projects financedthat have burdened substantially theenvironment to those projects thatare environmentally friendly, theconclusion is desperate.

For many decades we havefinanced our "bio-destruction."International organisations havebeen more responsive withrespect to the bio-environmentthan have commercial banks.Realising the dangers of financ-ing the development of today,versus sustainable development,all international organisationsrequire environmental compli-ances and assurances for everyproject that they finance.

The World Bank Group hasincreased its environmental pro-gram substantially. All its projectsare subject to stringent environ-mental standards. The InternationalFinance Corporation (IFC) requiresEnvironmental Assessment, whilethe EBRD integrates its environ-mental policy priorities into allstages of its appraisa1 process. Itsprocedures include screening andinvestigations such as environmen-tal assessments and audits under-taken by the sponsor of the project.

Bio-awareness surfaced among

the most inspired and visionary ofthe commercial bankers. A groupof 93 banks formed and signed, onJanuary 1 1997, a Declaration onthe Environment and theSustainable Development. I amvery proud that my bank, theCommercial Bank of Greece,joined, at my suggestion, thisvisionary group of "bio-banks."

In the short run a company thatinvests without environmental pro-tection measures has a financialcomparative advantage. In thelonger term, however, the financialburden to the project, the ownersand the bank that finances the pro-ject is going to be very important.As society and laws becomestricter, the cost to repair the initialindifference to environmentalissues is going to be huge.

Today we have to move fromdevelopment to sustainable devel-opment. Likewise, we have to movefrom the free market to the "FreeBio-market." Freedom of one per-son stops where the freedom ofanother is being affected. A freebio-market should stop where thebio-environment is being affected.

Financing helps developmentwhich sometimes burdens irre-versibly our environment. Bio-financing, however, helps only sus-tainable development, which isalways beneficial and desirablebiopolitics for our bio-environ-ment.

F r o m a " s o c i a l i s t i c " t o a c o n s u m e r s o c i e t y

Dr. Jaroslav StoklasaEnvironmental Adviser, Member ofthe Czech Academy of Sciences,Czech Republic

The anthropological approachshows the interrelation between

man and the biosphere. Science andtechnology, through environmetal-ly-friendly technologies, the socialsciences and the economy, serve astools to force people to environ-mentally-friendly behaviour. Alldepends on political decision-mak-ing, which is influenced by publicwishes. After the collapse of the

communist regime in Czechoslo-vakia, the inhabitants had low con-sumption standards, and there were

v a r i o u sc o m -modi t i esthat werenot avail-able. Theo p e n i n gof bound-aries, andi n t e r n a -

tional economic influence and tradealso broadened the scale of wishesand needs of the inhabitants.

The unique opportunity to for-mulate the new environmentally-friendly life style at the beginningof the democratisation of societyand the transformation of theeconomy was lost. Now, the wholeCzech society is consumption-ori-ented, according to the Westernlife style and standard, with all thenegative environmental impact. Isthere any other solution, or doesthe developing society always haveto follow the trajectory of a con-sumer society? What could be theresult?

Minister of the Environment and Waters ·Dr. I. Petkov, Deputy Director, Institute forSocial and Political Sciences · Professor B.Sendov, President, Bulgarian Academy ofSciences - Professor Z. Zakhariev, President,Foundation "Slavyani" · Dr. I. Zakharieva,President, Association of Bulgarian Women ·Ivan Slavkov, President, Bulgarian OlympicCommittee

Burkina FasoIssouf Baadhio, Secretary General,

UNA · K. Etienne Bah, Medical Director,Centre of Medical Research

Cambodia U. Phyrun, Deputy General

Director, Secretariat of State for Environment

Canada Professor Mohamed Berraja,

Department of Geography, Universite duQuebec a Montreal · P.Erath · Dr. C.D.Levings, Research Scientist, West VancouverLaboratory · M. Owen · D. Schell, Consultant,Department of External Affairs · TheHonorable J. J. Charest, Minister of theEnvironment`

Chad Dr. K. Alio, Secretary General,

Chad UNESCO Commission

Chile M. Max-Neef, Economist, Centre

for Development Alternatives

ChinaChunyu Liu, Deputy Director,

Pollution Control Department · ProfessorYang Tianjun, President, University ofScience and Technology

Colombia H.E. Ambassador E. Barajas · B.

Betancur, President, Santillana Foundation forLatin America · E. Uribe Botero, Agronomist,Department of National Planning · ProfessorM. Suarez Melo, Rector, Colegio Mayor deNuestra Senora del Rosario Universidad · Dr.Wendy Arenas Wightman, National Institutefor Renewable Natural Resources andEnvironment · G. Betancur Mejia · J. Mayr,Executive Director, Fundacion Pro SierraNevada · Dr. M. Patino, Director, ColegioMayor de Nuestra Senora del RosarioUnviersidad · A. P. Salazar Vega, Attorney,Legal Department, Texas Petroleum Co.

Croatia Ambassador N. Stanko, Ministry of

Foreign Affairs · Z. Balic, Acting Director,State Directorate of Waters · Dr. A. Kutle,Director, State Directorate for EnvironmentalProtection · S. Dragojevic, Ministry of Culture· P. Klein, Croatian Helsinki Committeefor Human Rights

CubaH. Serrano Mendez, Vice

President, National Commission for theProtection of the Environment · Dr. JorgeRamon Cuevas, President, ProNaturaleza · T.Averhoff, Director General, United NationsAssociation

CyprusA. Demetropoulos, Marine

Pollution Programme, Mediterranean ActionPlan · A. Vassiliou, Vice-Chairman, ExecutiveCommittee WFUNA · Dr. CostasPapastavros, Head, Econosia - Department ofEnvironmental Studies · Despina Serghides,President, International Solar Energy Society ·Dr. Andreas Papavassiliou · Mr MichaelEvangelides, Executive Director, HawaiiBeach Hotel · M. A. Triantafyllides, Attorney-General of the Republic

Czech RepublicDr. D. Adamcova, Head of the

Secretariat Academy of Sciences,Council ofInternational Cooperation · Dr. F. Benda,Minister of the Environment - Professor D.Blaskovic, Vice President, Czech Academy ofSciences · Dr. M. Branis, Director, Institutefor Environmental Studies· Dr. J. Cerovsky,Senior Scientist, Czech Institute for NatureConservation · H.E. the Ambassador of theCzech Republic Mr. J. Lajka · Professor JanJenik, Charles University, Department ofBotany · Dr. Jan Kvet, Plant Ecologist,Institute of Botany, Academy of Sciences ·Dr. M. Lapka, Institute of LandscapeEcology, Czech Academy of Sciences · H.E.Ambassador of the Czech Republic J. Marvan· Dr. Milan Macek, Department of Medical

Genetics, University Hospital Motol · Dr. V.Mejstrik, Director, Institute of LandscapeEcology Czech Academy of Sciences · Dr. B.Moldan, Former Minister of Environment,Centre for Environment, Charles University ·L. Pavlicek, Council Member, City of Prague ·Dr. L. Pedal, Skoda Nuclear Machinery Ltd. ·Dr. P. Puncochar, Managing Director, T.G.Masaryk Water Research Institute · Dr. I.Rynda, Former Chairman, EnvironmentalCommittee of the Federal Assembly · Dr. J.Stoklasa, Chairman of the Commission,Czechoslovak Scademy of Sciences · Dr. R.Zahradnik, President, Czech Academy ofSciences

Denmark B.N. Olsen, Chairman, Committee

on Energy,Environment, Landscape andRoads, Storstroms AMT

EcuadorDr. F. Chamorro Garces,

Permanent Secretariat, National Commissionfor UNESCO

EgyptDr. A.L. El Ebiary, National

Institute for Sea and Fishery Sciences ·Professor A. M. Hamad, President's Advisorfor Environmental Affairs, BotanyDepartment, Assiut University · Professor S.Ashour Ahmed, Department of PlantProtection, Faculty of Agriculture, AssiutUniversity · Dr. H. Kamel Badwi, President,National Institute for Sea and FisherySciences · Professor A.E. Hillal Dessouki,Director, Centre for Political Research andStudies, Cairo University · Professor H.I.S.Ebied, Vice-President, Cairo University ·Professor S. Ghabbour, Dept. of NaturalResources, Inst. of African Research andStudies, Cairo University · Professor Kassas,Faculty of Science, Cairo University ·Professor M. Salama, President, CairoUniversity · H.E. Ambassador A. Nabil ElSalawy · Professor E.G. Yoakim, Head,Department of Zoology, University of Assiut· Ambassador A. El-Zant

EstoniaDr. J. Kiili, Tallinn Pedagogical

Institute · S. Loot, President, EstonianChildren's Fund

Ethiopia H.E. the Ambassador of Ethiopia

Mr. K. Feleke

FinlandDr. E. Paloheimo, Member of

Parliament · H. Pietila, Vice PresidentWFUNA · A. Kalela, Special Advisor

FranceDr. S. Ayme, Inserm SC11 ·

Professor E.E. Creppy, University ofBordeaux II · Professor H. Curien, formerMinister of Research and President, EuropeanSpace Research Council · Professor M.Despax, President Honoraire de l'Universitedes Sciences Sociales · Dr. C. Goldet,WFUNA Executive Committee Member · J.Hartland, Secretary, Committee on Social,Health and Family Affairs, Council of Europe· G. Martin, Ingenieur IAN, AgronomeConsultant · H.E. Ambassador F. MarcelPlaisant · Dr. G. Sergheraert, Director, Centrede Valorisation des Glucides· MonseigneurStephanos Charalambides, Eglise OrthodoxeGrecque · Eric Gudenkauf, Egology Advisor ·A. Badran, Assistant Director General forScience, UNESCO · J.M. Chasseriaux,Delegate of International Affairs, Ministry ofResearch and Space · P. Piganiol, formerMember of the Government

FYROME. Grozdanova, Ministry of Labour

and Social Policy · Z. Samardziev, ProjectOfficer, SPP Kajmakcalan ·L. Kurcleva,Councilor to the Minister, Ministry ofUrban Planning, Construction andEnvironment · Professor P. Mikuseva,President, DEM · Biljana Stevanovska, DEM· Professor S. Nicolic, DEM · Professor M.Dodovski, DEM · D. Stojanova, DEM ·Professor Z. Cvetanoski, DEM · M. Velkovic,Textiles Engineer, Fassion Designer · P.Stojcevski, DEM · Professor B. Suzkova -Manaskova · S. Kazlevska-Nikolosko,Agriculture Engineer, DEM · P. Andonov,Agricultural Engineer, DEM · Z. Zarinski,Journalist · V. Vtevski, DEM

Georgia Professor Revaz Gachechiladze,

Head, Department of Human Geography,Tblisi State University

Germany Professor L. von Dobschutz,

Hochschule fur Teknik und Wirtschaft · Dr.U. Fegeler, Meteorology Institute, Universityof Berlin · Professor K. Gottstein, Director,Max-Planck Gesellschaft · Professor A.Grohmann, Institute for Water, Soil and AirHygiene, Berlin · Professor W. Gunkel,Former Director, Biological Centre ofHelgoland · Dr. E. Hann, City Planner,Science Centre Berlin · Professor P.D.Hansen, Director, FB-7 Institute of Ecology ·Professor K. Huefner, Freie UniversitetBerlin · Professor G. Klein, Institute forWater, Soil and Air Hygiene, Berlin · Dr. C.Leipert, Science Centre Berlin · Dr. J. Luthje,President, University of Hamburg · ProfessorH. Malberg, Free University Berlin · P.Niesslbeck, President, BioConsult, President,VDBiol · Dr. J. Oesterreich, Member of theBoard, TRIALOG · F. Richter, UNA, ·Professor U.E. Simonis, Director,International Institute for the Environmentand Society, Science Centre of Berlin ·Professor E. Taubert, University of Weimar ·Dr. P. Weingarten, Institute of AgriculturalDevelopement in Central and Eastern Europe· M. Willmes, General Manager, MischkaRussland Kinderhilfe · G. Winter, Chairman,B.A.U.M · Professor P.D. Hansen, Director,FB-7 Institut fur Okologie · Dr. JurgenLuthje, President, University of Hamburg ·Professor Frederic Vester · Professor KlausHuefner, Freie Universitet Berlin, ProfessorKlaus Gottstein, Former Director, Max-Planck Gesellschaft · Professor Lenelis Kruse,Fern University Hagen, Institute forPsychology

GhanaA. Haribou, Policy Officer, FAO

Regional Office for Africa · M. Awua-Asamoa, Secretary General, WFUNA · B.Kwami Kuma, Honorary President, WFUNA

GreeceProfessor S. Alahiotis, Section of

Genetics, Department of Biology, Universityof Patra · Professor T. Alifakiotis, AristotleUniversity of Thessaloniki, Department ofAgricultural Eng. · N. Anagnostopoulos,Member of Parliament · Professor A.Angelopoulos, School of Theology, AristotleUniversity of Thessaloniki · E. Asvestis, Vice-President, Hellenic-American Chamber ofCommerce · Dr. E. Badouvas, MedicineUniversity,Athens · Professor F. A. Batzias,Pireaus Graduate Schhol of Industrial Studies·Ambassador I. Beveratos, Ministry of ForeignAffairs ·G.N. Boulougras, Governor, LionsClub · J. Boutaris, President, Boutaris and SonS.A. · C. Canonis, President, Society ofHellenic Russian Friendship · Professor C.Cassios, National Technical University ofAthens · B. Christiane, First Secretary,Embassy of Lebanon ·D. Christopoulos,Business Conslutant ·A. Dilanas · Dr. E.Delakis · P.Ellinoulis, Veterinarian · ProfessorC. Despotopoulos, f.President, Athens�Academy · M. Dimopoulou,Director,Cultural Affairs, General Secretariat, GreeksAbroad ·H.E. Ambassador A. Exarchos,Member of the Board, Leventis Foundation ·C. Zerefos, Head of Laboratory ofAtmosphere, Aristotle University ofThessaloniki · Professor M. Farantos,University of Athens · A. Fotilas, Director ofInvestments Promotion · Professor M.Haritou-Fatourou, Department ofPsychology, Faculty of Philosophy, AristotleUniversity of Thessaloniki · G. Fotiadis,Teacher ·H.E. Ambassador G. Georgiou,Director of Educational Affairs, Ministry ofForeign Affairs · Professor S. Hatziyiannis,Section of Pathology, University of Athens·Professor N. Houlis, PharmaceuticalDepartment, University of Athens · Professor C. Israelidis, Food Technology Institute · Dr.S. Kazanas ·O. Kalogeropoulou, Secretary,Lion Club ·Dr. V. Kalfakakou, University ofIoannina · C.Kanonis, Deputy GeneralManager, Commercial Bank · B.Kapsokavadis, General Manager, Gerling-Konzern Hellas Gmbh · V.Karagiaouris ·P.Karafotias, Officer in Charge, United NationsInformation Centre · Dr. N. Katsaros, SpecialSecretary of the Ministry of Industry, Vice-President of the Hellenic Chemical Society ·S. Kokkalis, General Manager, INTRACOMS.A · Ch. Komninos, Managing Director, Hellenic Bottling Company · N. Kouvaras,

Industrialist · A. Kougiouvas · P. Koutsikos,Chairman, P.K.Koutsikos Group ofEnterprises ·T. Kritas, Musical FestivalCoordinator · Professor D. Kyriakidis,Laboratory of Biochemistry, Department ofChemistry, Aristotle University ofThessaloniki · Professor K. Kyriakou,University of Athens, Health Dept ·S.LAmbrinidis, General Secretary, GreeksAbroad · Professor P. Livadaras, University ofAthens, and President, Parnassos" CulturalSociety · C.Maniatopoulos, f. Director ofEnergy, Europian Commission· D.Maniatakis, Managing Director, ICAP HellasS.A · Professor G.M. Maniatis, Department ofBiology, University of Patras · Professor N. C.Markatos, Rector, National TechnicalUniversity of Athens · Professor E.Marcoglou, Political Sciences, Deree College ·Dr. C. Masmanidis, General Manager, DowHellas S.A · Professor E. Mikroyannakis,University of Athens, Philosophical School ·Professor E.A. Moutsopoulos, Member,Academy of Athens · Professor C. Olympios,Agricultural University of Athens ·Dr. A.Orologa, Biologist, Hygienic School ofAthens · M. Pagidas, General Manager, S.C.Johnson & Son Hellas Ltd · P. Panettas, Vice-President, Athens Chamber of Commerceand Industry · Professor V. Papadias,National Technical University · Professor G.Papadopoulos, University of Patras ·Professor G. Papaevagelou, MedicalDepartment, University of Athens · ProfessorV. Papageorgiou, President, Department ofChemical Engineering, Aristotle University ofThessaloniki · Professor J. Papaioannou,Athens Centre of Ekistics · Professor T.Papaioannou, Department of Mathematics,Section of Probability, Statistics, University ofIoannina · Professor A. Papanagiotou · D.Papathanasiou, Public Relations Advisor,Ministry of Health J. Papathanasiou,President, Athens Chamber of Commerceand Industry · G. Papandreou, AlternateMinister of Foreign Affairs · A.Papandropoulos, President, EuropeanJournalists · H.E. Elisavet Papazoi, DeputyMinister for the Environment and PublicWorks - H.E. Mr. K. Papoulias, FormerMinister of Foreign Affairs · S.F. Parisi, ClubLion ·Dr. A. Paraskevopoulos, EnvironmentalConsultant · Professor I. Pesmazoglou,President, Academy of Athens · I.Polychronopoulos,President,Hellenic-Ukranian Chamber of Commerce · Dr. A.Politakis, Founder of the Abdi Ipekci Peaceand Friendship Prize · P. Poulis, President,Commercial Bank of Greece · Dr. P.Psomopoulos, President, Athens Centre ofEkistics · D. Randopoulos, ManagingDirector, Zeneca Hellas S.A · Professor D.Roupakias, Department of AgriculturalEngineering, Aristotle University ofThessaloniki · Professor K. Sakarellos, Vice-Rector, University of Ioannina · A. Samaras,Architect · I. Sarmas, Judge, Court of Audits· Professor S.A. Sarantidis, University ofPiraeus · Georgios E. Saridakis, Former Euro-Parliamentarian · N. Scoulas, f. Minister ofTourism · Professor M. Scoulos, President,European Environmental Bureau · ProfessorC. Sekeris, Director, Biology Research,National Research Council · Professor K.Sifniotis, Department of Economics, PantionUniversity of Athens · P. Smirnaios, JusticeCourt of Appeals, Athens ·Professor V.Sotiropoulos, Laboratory of Process DeviceBuilding, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki· Professor A. Stavropoulos, President, BiorylS.A. · E.Sourla, President, Kalamata LionsClub ·Professor M. Tiverios, Department ofHistory and Archaeology, Aristotle Universityof Thessaloniki · Professor S. Troianos,University of Athens · C. Tsagarakis, Plant Geneticist, AgriculturalDevelopment Specialist · Professor I.Tsagaris, University of Ioannina, Dept. ofChemistry · Professor D. Tsahalis,Department of Chemical Engineering,University of Patra · Professor A. Tsakalidis,Department of Hardware and Computers,University of Patra · Professor I. Tsekouras,University of Macedonia - Dr. A. Tsichrintzis,Legal Advisor, Violex, Bic S.A. · M.Tsilivakou · Dr. C. Tsiliyiannis, TechnicalManager, Waste Management Greece ·E.Tsiberakis, Transportations Agent ·Professor A.G. Tsopanakis, Member,Academy of Athens · I.Tzen, Chairman,Hellenic Foreign Trade Board · E. Valiantza,Advisor to the Minister of Environment andPublic Works · M. Vardinoyiannis, Industrialist · Dr. G.Vayianos, Lawyer and Priest - Professor J.Vergados, Department of Theoretical Physics,University of Ioannina · P. Vlachos ·

Professor C. Voudouris, Department ofPhilosophy, University of Athens · ProfessorC. Voulgaris, University of Athens · Dr.Richard Witt, VP, Society of Greek Scientists· Dr. C. Yapijakis, University of AthensDepartment of Neurology · James Leahy,Director, Fox & Associates · Dr. D. Georgiou· Dr. Nikiforos Kapranos · Dr. EleftheriaKrikeli, Internist, Boston University ·Professor Sofokles Mavrantonis · Dr. IoannaMavrantonis · Professor AnthonyPaithagiannis · Dr. Christos Spiropoulos · Dr.Dimitris Stroumpoulis · Dr. Foula Basilara ·Dr. Charis Christopoulos · Ambassador P.Vlassopoulos

Guinea Dr. Fode Luceny Camara, Engineer

- Hydrotechnician Ministry of NaturalResources and Environment

GuyanaI. Chandarpal, Minister of Labour

HondurasT.B. de Makris, Charge d' Affaires,

Honduran Embassy in Greece

Holy SeeH.E. L. Storero, Apostolic Nuncio,

H.E. P.F. Tabet, Apostolic NuncioHungaryJ. Bana ·Professor G. Bora, Vice-

Rector, Budapest Economic University · I.Gyori, -Rector - Professor I. Ijjas, TechnicalUniversity of Budapest · Professor J. Ivancsis,Dean, Faculty of Agricultural SciencesMosnmagyarovar · Dr. L. Kapolyi, Memberof the Academy · Ambassador L. Kincses ·Professor I. Kiss, Head of Department ofBiology, University of Veszpremi · Dr. G.Kollmann, Advisor, Ministry of Health · Dr.J. Kolozar, Rector, University of Sopron ·Professor I. Major, Service for NatureConservation · Professor L. Muzbek, Rector,University Medical School · Dr. A. Nyers,Secretary General, Medical University of Pecs· Dr. G. Patko, Pro-Rector, University ofMiskolc · Dr. F. Sandor, Rector, Liszt FerencAcademy of Music · Professor M. Simai,Member, Hungarian Academy of Sciences ·Professor S. Solymos, Architect, Philosopher,Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts · M.Sukosd, Central European University · A.Szabados, Rector, Hungarian Academy ofFine Arts - Professor G. Szabo, Dean,University College of Food Industry · Dr. I.Szabo, Technical University of Budapest · Dr.K. Szoke, Chief Advisor, Institute forEnvironment Management Service for NatureConservation · T. Harosi, Renewable EnergyClub - Dr. M. Toth, Rector, Kando KaimanPolytechnic · Professor L. Vermes, Head ofDepartment, University of Horticulture andFood Industry · E. Almassy, Journalist ·Professor Jaros Ivancsics, Dean, Faculty ofAgricultural Sciences Mosnmagyarovar,Pannon Agricultural University · Dr. FalvaiSandor, Rector, Liszt Ferenc Academy ofMusic · Professor Laszlo Vermes, Head ofDepartment, Soil Science and WaterManagement, University of Horticulture andFood Industry · Professor Laszlo Muszbek,Rector, University Medical School · Dr.Antonia Nyers, Secretary General, MedicalUniversity of Pecs · Dr. Jozsef Koloszar,Rector, University of Sopron · Dr. TiborNagy, President, Hungarian Society of SafetySciences

India Ambassador C.S. Dhody · Dr. K.

Chowdhry, Chairperson, Centre for Scienceand Environment · Dr. A. Gandhi, Author ·A. Kumar, Member, International OlympicCommittee · R. Mirdha, Honorary President,WFUNA · Dr. D. Ramamurthy, Director,Marine Products Export DevelopmentAuthority · Ambassador A. Seth · S. Sharma,Director, WFUNA Regional Office for Asiaand the Pacific · Professor V.K. Shrivastava,Chairman, University of Gorakhpur,Founding Secretary-Treasurer, Assoc. ofMarketing Geographers of India · RamMirdha, Honorary President, WFUNA·Sitaram Sharma, Director, WFUNA RegionalOffice for Asia and the Pacific · Dr. K. Singh,Member UNESCO, International Commision· Dr. M.S. Swaminathan, Chairman, M.S.Swaminathan Research Foundation

Indonesia Ambassador I. Abidin · Dr. S.

Budhisantoso, Professorial Assistant, Ministryof the Environment · Professor A. Djamin,Rector, University of Pancasila · ProfessorW.P. Napitupulu, Executive Chairman,

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Indonesian National Commission forUNESCO

Iran Dr. A.M. Kassai, University lectur-

er, Director, Office of Scholarships andInternational Affairs · Professor H.S.Mehraban, Psychology Department

IrelandDr. I. Khodaei, Royal College of

Surgeons

Israel Professor E. Aphek, Seminary of

Judaic Studies, Jerusalem · Professor L.Fishelson, University of Tel Aviv · M. Gabay,Justice of the UN Administrative Tribunal ·Ambassador M. Gilboa · Dr. J. Glass,Ministry of the Environment · Professor A.Golik, Head, Marine Geology Department,Israel Oceanographic and LimnologicalResearch Ltd. · Professor B. Kimor, Facultyof Agricultural Engineering, Israel Institute ofTechnology · Dr. H. Klugman, DirectorGeneral, Ministry of Justice · Dr. U. Marinov,Director General, Ministry of theEnvironment · Dr. A. Pruginin, DeputyDirector General, Ministry of theEnvironment · Dr. M. Roumani, Director,Elyachar Center for Sephardi Heritage · H.E.Ambassador D. Sasson · Professor D.W.Weiss, Chairman, Hadassah Medical School ·The Hebrew University of Jerusalem · Dr. E.Yapou, Secretary General, United NationsAssociation · Professor Lev Fishelson,Department of Zoology, Tel Aviv University ·Dr. Ernesto Kahan, Chair, Israeli Physiciansfor Peace and Preservation of theEnvironment · The Honourable Y. Sarid,Minister of the Environment · Dr. StefanRokem, Department of AppliedMicrobiology, The Hebrew University ofJerusalem

ItalyGuttieres, President, International

Juridical Organization for Environment andDevelopment · Dr. A. Manos, Co-ordinator,United Nations Environmental Programme ·Dr. M. Mascia, Fondiazone Lanza · Dr. R.Pegoraro, General Secretary, FondiazoneLanza · G. Oikonomou, Artist · G.Zamberletti, Rector, Centro di SviluppoDell'Area Mediterranea · Dr. VincenzoCuomo, ECOLMARE · Professor E. BarbieriMasini, Department of Social ProspectiveStudies, Gregorian University of Rome ·Professor A. Salam, Director, InternationalCentre for Theoretical Physics, Trieste · C.Walter, Director, Environmental PlanningDepartment, Ministry of the Environment

Ivory CoasttLucien Mathieu N'Gouin-Claih,

World Union of Professions

Japan Ambassador K. Kaneko,· Professor

M. Murakami, Department of InfrastructureSystems Engineering, Kouchi University ofTechnology · Dr. G. Pauli, Advisor to theRector, UN University · Professor H.Seikimoto, Research Laboratory for NuclearReactors · Dr. J. Uitto, Academic Officer, TheUnited Nations University · R. Watanuki,Science Writer · H. Yamazaki, Vice President,Soka Gakkai International · Professor H.Sekimoto, Research Laboratory for NuclearReactors, Tokyo Institute of Technology ·Professor K. Yoshida, Department ofChemical Engineering, University of Tokyo ·C. Igaya, Member, International OlympicCommitee

JordanProfessor T. S. Akasheh, Director

of Environment Sector, Higher Council forScience and Technology

KenyaW. Maathai, Consultant and

Coordinator, Environment Green BeltMovement · Dr. E. W. Mwagiru, Director,Ministry of Environment · N. Mwaniki,Managing Director, Agriconsult Ltd. · C.J.Chacha-Ogwe, Secretary General, KenyaNational Commission for UNESCO · P.W.Obara-Ondiro, National Chairman, UnitedNations Association · P.M. Aura, CivilServant, Kenya National Commision forUNESCO

KuwaitProfessor R. Halwagy, Department

of Botany and Microbiology, University ofKuwait

LatviaE. Ulinskis, Member of Latvian

Parliament · Dr. N. Zemvaldis, LatvianPhysicians Association · Dr. Aija Zobena,Assistant Professor, Department of SocialSciences, Latvia University of Agriculture · D.Ivans, Politician, Member of the LatvianNational Commission for UNESCO

LebanonDr. H. Nashabe, Dean of

Education and Secretary eneral, LebaneseNational Commission for UNESCO

Lithuania Dr. V. Denisov, Computer

Scientist, Klaipeda University Department ofComputer Sciences· Professor J. Minkevicius,Lithuanian Academy of Sciences · Dr. S.Olenin, Marine Biologist, Klaipeda University· Centre for System Analysis · Professor E.Riepshas, Lithuanian Forest ResearchInstitute · Dr. V. Rutkoviene, Head ofDepartment, Lithuanian University ofAgriculture · Professor L. Kairiukstis,Member, Academy of Sciences, LithuanianForest Research Institute

MalawiC. Majiga, Programme Officer for

Science, National Commision For UNESCO

Malaysia Dr. N. Sopiee, Director General,

Institute of Strategic International Studies

MaliAminata Sall, Secretary General,

Mali UNESCO Commission

MauritiusDr. M. Koenig, Microbiologist,

Friends of the Environment · Y. Von Arnim,Marine Biologist, Friends of the Environment

Mexico F.J. Garza. President, Belmar ·H.E.

the Ambassador of Mexico Mr. H. GutierrezVega · V. Sologaista, Director General ofInternational Relations

MoldovaGrigore Gh. Ozhog, Deputy Prime

Minister · Dr. V. Gulca, Moldsilva StateAssociation

MonacoH.S.H. Prince Albert, U.

Sassayiannis, Senior Vice President,Eurofinanciere d'Investissements SAM

Morrocco H.E. the Ambassador of Morocco

Mr. A. Laabi

MozambiqueA.E. de Santana Afonso, Secretary

General, National Commission for UNESCO

Netherlands Dr. R. Lubbers, Former Prime

Minister · B.J.E. Ten Brink, Tidal WatersDivision · F. Colijn, Tidal Waters Division,Ministry of Environment and Public Works ·-W. van Dieren, Director, I.M.S.A.,Emmastraat · A. Ten Houten, Dutch NationalAdvisory Council for EnvironmentalResearch · K. Kummer, EnvironmentalDirector, Rank Xerox Ltd · W.L. Van Oyen,Consultant, Ministry of the Environment ·J.H.A. Vinkeles Melchers, former Head ofEconomic Section, Netherlands ConsulateGeneral in Hong, Kong · Dr. P. vanSteenberger, Kluwer Academic Publishers ·H.C. Blauwkuip · Fred Matser, Director,Sofam Beheer · Ludo van Oyen, Valquest ·Professor C.M. Karssen, Rector Magnificus ·W. van Dieren, Director,I.M.S.A.,Emmastraat

New ZelandThe Honourable W.R. Storey,

Minister for the Environment

NigeriaTina N. Uwechue, Legal

Practitioner, UNA

NorwayJ. Naustdalid, Director, Norwegian

Institute for Urban and Regional Research ·K. H. Johnsen, Environmentalist · H.Rostvik, Sun Lab Solar Energy Projects

Pakistan Ambassador A. Rasheed · A. Jan,

Inspector General of Forests Ministry ofFood Agriculture and Livestock · ProfessorA. Qadir Ansari, Chairman PCSIR · Dr. M. A.Bhatti, Research Director, Pakistan Council ofResearch in Water Resources

PanamaE. L. Morice, Sociologist, National

UNESCO Commission

Papua New GuineaR. Parua, Education Administrator,

Education Department, Boroko PNG · R.Parka, Science Officer, Department ofEducation, PSA HAUS

Peru Dr. Luis Efren Lierena, United

Nations Association Institute for GreenAreas, Universidad Catolico de Santa Maria ·Dr. Percy Nicolas Ruelas Llerena, InstitutoAreas Verdes, UNA-Peru · Dr. H. NunezBorja, President, United Nations Association ·P. Ruelas, Biologist, United NationsAssociation · Dr. Hernando de Soto,Director, Instituto Libertad y Democracia ·Ambassador E. de Habish

The PhillipinesV.M. Dela Cruz, President,

University of Manila · Ç..E. Ambassador J. U.Fernandez · Professor M. Fortes, MarineScience Institute, University of the Philippines· Dr. G.G. Gatchalian, Project Director,Eulogio "Amang" Rodriguez Institute ofScience and Technology · Professor F. So.Pada, President, Technical University ofPhilippines · Professor L. R. Senora,Executive Secretary, United NationsAssociation Eulogio "Amang" RodriguezInstitute · Dr. B. Tayabas, President,University of Manila · D. Pasia, ExecutiveDirector, Philippine Aquatic and MarinelifeConservationists · Pobleo Florece, RegionalTechnical Director, EnvironmentalManagement and Protected Areas Services,DENR V, Regional Center · Virsely M. DelaCruz, President, University of the City ofManila · P.C. Caleon, Regional ExecutiveDirector, Department of Environment andNatural Resources · M. E. Gonzalez,Assistant Secretary for Management,Department of Environment and NaturalResources · Dr. L. R. Quisumbing, SecretaryGeneral, UNESCO National Commission,Foreign Affairs Department

PolandDr. E. Andrulewicz, Institute of

Metereology and Water Management · C.Baranowski, International Class AfloatFoundation · Professor T. Chmielewski,Institute of Physical Planning and MunicipalEconomy · Professor J. Dobrowolski, PolishAcademy of Sciences · J. Ewert, Faculty ofMathematics and Natural Sciences,Pedagogical University of Szupsk · ProfessorM. Golaszewska, Institute of Philosophy,Jagiellonian University of Krakow · Dr. W.Kosinski, Architect Technology Department,University of Krakow · P. Graniewski,General Secretary, United NationsAssociation · Professor Z. Grzonka, Rector,University of Gdansk · Dr. J. Haber, Vice-Chairman of the Board, UNA Poland, · E.Kamienski, Director, Centre for Building,Biology and Environmental Energy Action,BIOSKALA" · Professor K. Korzeniewski,Institute of Oceanography, GdanskUniversity · Professor P. Krzyzanowski,Ministry of Environmental Protection andNatural Resources · Professor K. Kuznicki,President, Polish Academy of Sciences · K.Kwasniewicz, Institute of English Philosophy,Jagellonian University · Dr. G. Lesniak-Lebkowska, Deputy Director, Center forEconomics and Management · Professor Z.Piatek, Jageillonian University of Krakow · S.Radwan, Zoology and HydrobiologyDepartment, Agricultural Academy in Lublin ·Dr. E.F. Skorkowski, Physiology of MarineAnimals, Gdansk University, BiologicalStation · Professor A. Szaniawska, Institute ofOceanography, Gdansk University ·Department of Marine Biology · A. Szewczyk,Jagiellonian University of Krakow · ProfessorW. Sztumski, Philosophy of Nature andEcology Department, University of Silesia ·Dr. A. Wagner, Institute of Management andProtection of the Environment · Dr. K.Waloszczyk, Technical University of Lodz ·Professor Edward Skorkowski, GdanskUniversity, Biological Station · ProfessorZachariasz Lyko, Chairman, Philosophy andSociology Department, Christian TheologicalAcademy · Dr. Grazyna Lesniak-Lebkowska,

Deputy Director, Polish American, Center forEconomics and Management, Warsaw Schoolof Economics · Professor Irena Duer,Institute of Soil Science and Plant Protection ·Senator Ryszard Ochwat, Chairman,Environmental Protection Committee,Kancelaria Senatu · Dr. A. Wagner, Ass.Professor, Institute of Management andProtection of the Environment · Dr. J C.Chojnacki, Department of Marine Ecology,University of Agriculture · Dr. J. Pajestka,Economist, Member, Polish Academy ofSciences

Portugal F.M.S. Lopes Figueira, Director,

Commission for Planning and Co-ordinationfor the Region of Alentejo · Professor D.Serrao, Medical School of Porto · Dr. L. deSouza, Director, General of Environment,Municipality of Lisboa · Professor A.M. deSousa Otto, Director, Ministry of Industryand Commerce · L. Do Carmo Guerreiro,Supervisor, Environment Education Bureau,Lisbon Municipalitymmerce

Romania Dr. M. Constantinescu, Biologist,

Environmental Engineering ResearchInstitute · M. Crivineau, Economist,Department for European Integration · D. M.Coteanu, Engineer, ECOSENS · Dr. G.Ivancea, Biologist, Ministry of Waters Forestsand Environmental Protection · Dr. P. E.Mihnea, Romanian Institute for MarineResearch · A. Pana, Economist, Departmentof European Integration · Dr. D. Popescu,Researcher, National Institute for Hydrologyand Meteorology · Dr. M. G. Razvan,Research Student, ECOSENS · Dr. E. Rus,Head of the Hydraulics Dept., EnvironmentalEngineering Research Institute · Pastor P.Dugulescu, Member of Parliament, DeputiesChamber · P. Aurel, Economist, Departmentfor European Integration · G.M. Pandelas,Assistant of International Relations, Facultyof International Relations · V. Raicu,Secretary of State, Ministry of Water,Forestand Environmental Protection · M. Shabanah,Technical Officer, WHO EasternMediteranean Regional Office · M. Tudor,Economist, Department for EuropeanIntegration

RussiaN. Avdeeva, National Centre for

Human Sciences · Dr. A. Belkovsky, Memberof the Academy · Dr. V. Bereznitsky, Head of'Alexey Krylov' Scientific Expedition · Dr. N.Blinov, Social Ecology · Public RelationsAcademy of Creative Endeavours · E.Bonner, Honorary President of theInternational Sakharov Festival · V. Boiko,Charge d'Affaires of the Russian Embassy ·L.P. Bueva, Philosophy Department, MoscowState University · Rabbi Y. Cunin, HeadChasidic Community · Diouritch,Representative of the Russian Television · Dr.V. Dovzenko, Academy of CreativeEndeavours · Dr. A. Druzhinin, DeputyRector, Russian State Academy, Maimonides ·Dr. A. Egorov, Head of Laboratory, MoscowState University · Professor V. Fedorov,Mendeleyev University · Dr. E. Filipova,National Centre for Human Studies ·Professor I. Frolov, Member, Academy ofRussia · V. Gerasimov, Member of theSupreme Soviet of the Russian Federation,Deputy Chairman, Committee for Health - D.Goldin, GOSCO· Professor L. Goldin,Academy of Sciences of Russia, Member,GOSCO · Dr. B. Gontarev, Rector, Academyof World Civilizations · Professor N.R.Gradova, Mendeleev University · Dr. N.Grigorieva, The Moscow School of Social andEconomic Sciences · V. Grishin, Head of theInformation Department of the President ofRussia · Professor M. Gusev, Dean, Facultyof Biology, Moscow State University · Dr. R.Iavtchounovskaia, Philosopher, Academy ofCreative Endeavours Social Ecology, NationalRelations · Y. Karabasov, Deputy Chief, StateCommittee of Science and Technology ·Professor S. Kolesnikov, President, EasternSiberia Branch, Russian Academy of MedicalSciences · Y. Korolev, Institute for Legislationand Comparative Law · Professor M.V.Kostenko, St. Petersburg State TechnicalUniversity · Professor V. Krasilnukov, VicePresident, All-Union Economic Society ·Professor A. Kurbatov, Member of thePresidium, Academy of Creative Endeavours ·N.B. Kuznetsova, International Academy ofEntrepreneurship· I. Malyshko, Academy ofCreative Endeavours · A. Makarov,Cosmonaut · Professor M. Manakov, Member

of the Academy, Mendeleev UniversityDirector of Biotechnology Centre · ProfessorI. Manuilova, Founding Honorary Presidentand Director General, InternationalAssociation "Family and Health," Member ofthe Russian Academy of Medicine · Dr. L.Masalkova, Department of Human Sciences,Mendeleev University of ChemicalTechnology · Professor T. Matveeva, Directorof the Department of International Relationsof the International Women's Centre · O.N.Musikhina, Director, Business TechnicalAssistance Center · Dr. M.K. Narayev,Institute for Space Equipment - P. Negnov,National Centre for Human Sciences ·Ambassador V. Nikolayenko · M. Oganov,Chairman, Council of BenefactorsInternational Physicians for the Prevention ofNuclear War · A.V. Oleskin, ResearchScientist, Department of Biology, MoscowState University · Dr. A. Otchirova, Vice-Chairperson of the Committee onInternational Affairs, The Federal Assembly,The State Duma · V. Panchenko, President ofthe Artistic Organisation GOSCO · V.M.Pashin, Director, "A. Krylov" CentralScientific Research Institute · Dr. M.V.Provotorov, Medical Institute of Russia · S.Pumpianskaya, Journalist, The New Times ·Professor A. Reteyum, Moscow StateUniversity · M. Rostropovitch, President,International Sakharov Festival · Professor A.Rubin, Corresponding Member of RussianAcademy of Science, M.S.U. Faculty ofBiology ·Professor V. Samuilov, Director,Centre for Education in Biotechnology,Moscow State University · V. Saviniyh, Pilot-Cosmonaut, Rector, Moscow Institute for AirPhotography and Cartography · B. Shapiro,Dean, The Moscow School of Social andEconomic Sciences · Professor O.P. Schepin,Director, Academy of Medicine · Dr. O.Sheviakov, Specialist, State Committee ofEducation · Professor A. T. Shitshatskii,Novorossiisk Branch Kuban State Universityof Technology · Professor A. Shishkin,Ecological Standardization, StateTechnological University for Plant Polymers ·A. Shlikov, Dep. Chief of Section, StateCommittee of Science and Technology · Dr.N. Shulenina, Philosophy Department,Lomonosov University, Moscow · ProfessorY. Sinyak, Chief Research Fellow, Institute ofEconomic Forecasting, Russian Academy ofSciences · V. Souponitski, General Director,Consortium EcoAqua · Stepanov,Representative of the Russian Television ·Professor N. Tarasova, Head, Department ofthe Problems of Sustainable Development ·Professor O. Terentiev, Rector, TechnologicalUniversity of Plant Polymers · Professor S.Ushakov, Lomonosov Moscow University,Earth Sciences Museum · Dr. Y. Voronkov,Head Department of Cosmonaut Selection ·Y. Voronzov, Ministry of culture · M.Yankelevitch, International SakharovFoundation · Professor V. Zinchenco,National Centre for Human Sciences

Saudi ArabiaT.F. al Rasheed, Chairman, Golden

Grass Inc.

Senegal The Honourable Minister of

Environment and Protection of the Nature ·Professor A. Tidiane BA, Director of Instituteof Environmental Sciences, Faculty ofScience, University of Dakar · TheHonourable M. Diop, Mayor of Dakar · M.Mbodj, Director, Ministry of RuralDevelopment · The Right Honourable M.Kebe, Minister for the Protection of Nature ·Keba Mbaye, Honorary President, WFUNA ·Professor I. Niang, Institute forEnvironmental Sciences, University CheikhAnta Diop · Professor A. Sene, Institute forEnvironmental Sciences, University CheikhAnta Diop · Professor O. Wane, Institute forEnvironmental Sciences, University CheikhAnta Diop

Seychelles

P. Pillay, Principal Secretary,

National UNESCO Commission, Ministry of

Education

Singapore

B. Koh, Board of Directors, UNA

Singapore · P. Ng, Board of Directors, UNA

Singapore

Slovak RepublicProfessor E. Bublinec, Head,

Institute of Forest Ecology, Slovak Academyof Sciences · Professor J. Cuth, President,

Page 14/Bio News Who�s Who in B.I.O. October 1998

Court of Arbitration, Slovak Chamber forCommerce and Industry · T. Davidova,Slovak Environmental Agency · Dr. M.Dubova, Institute of Forest Ecology, SlovakAcademy of Sciences · Dr. M. Dzatko, SeniorResearcher, Soil Fertility Research Institute ·Dr. J. Glasa, Institute of Medical Ethics andBio-ethics · A. Hanuskova · J. Hummel · Dr.L. Jansky, Consultant to the Minister ofAgriculture · A. Kirka, Senior Ichthyologist,Department of Government Commissioners ·Dr. F. Kubicek, Institute of LandscapeEcology · Dr. M. Makovinska, WaterResearch Institute · J. Morovic, President,City University of Bratislava · Dr. J. Oszlanyi,Director, Institute of Landscape Ecology,Slovak Academy of Sciences · Dr. Z.Plasienkova, Department of Philosophy,Comenius University · Professor L. Somsak,Department of Geobotany, ComeniusUniversity · Professor A. Tkac, Vice-President, Slovak Technical University · JanDolny · Professor Jan Drdos, Environmentaland Landscape Planning, EnvironmentalImpact Assessment · Professor V. Cernusak,President, Slovak Olympic Committee · V.Horak, Architect · J. Krumpolec · M.Krumpolocova · Dr. J. Kupka · P. Jambor,Soil Fertility Research Institute - Dr. P. Popsil· M. Sabolova · L. Taliga · I. Vojtassak

SloveniaN. Anderlic, International

Cooperation Department, Ministry of theEnvironment and Physical Planning · I. Pan,TV Slovenija · M. Vilfan, President, UNA

Solomon Islands Rt.Hon. E. Alebua, Minister of

Forests Environment and Conservation ·H.E. Ambassador J.Valko

South AfricaM.Dimba, Director, Environmental

Education ·Moss, Urban and RegionalPlanner Landscape Architect · A. Muir

SpainM. Palacios Alonso M.P., Diputado

for Asturias, Congreso de los Diputados · Dr.R.P. Antolin, Rector, Cadiz · H. E.Ambassador J. Cuenca · J.Antuna, President,Foundation Peace and Cooperation ·Professor E. Domingues-Vilches, Vice-Rector, University of Cordoba · F. T. Garcia,Rector, University of Valladolid ·Professor G.Herranz, University of Navarra · Dr. G.Martinez Massanet, Rector, Cadiz · ProfessorT. Mendizabal, Advisor, Spanish Council forScientific Research · J. Moneo, President,Club of Rome in Spain · Professor E. PerisMora, Director Oficina Verde UniversitaPolitecnica de Valencia · C.s Robles Piquer,Member of Parliament · S. de la Plata, Rector,Politechnic University of Madrid · ProfessorR. Tamares, Member Club of Rome -Autonomous University of Madrid ·Professor Gonzalo Herranz, Universita diNavarra · Dr. Ignacio Berdugo Gomez de laTorre, Rector, University of Salamanca,Professor Manuel Gala Munoz, Rector,Universidad de Alcala de Henares · Dr.Guillermo Martinez Massanet, Rector · Dr.Rafael Pyuol Antolin, Rector · ProfessorTeresa Mendizabal, Advisor, Spanish Councilfor Scientific Research · Professor EugenioDominguez-Vilches, Vice-Rector, Universityof Cordoba · Jesus Moneo · M. Lopez-Fuchet, Head, International RelationsDepartment, Corporation of Madrid

Sri Lanka: K. Fernando, Secretary General,

United Nations Association · H. Karunaratne,Chairman of the Executive Committee,United Nations Association · Dr. SLDRRathugama, Senior Lecturer, NationalInstitute of Education · Dr. A.T. Ariyaratne,President, Sarvodaya Movement

Sudan H.E. The Ambassador of Sudan

Mr. T. Mohamed Abbas, former Advisor,Ministry of Foreign Affairs · Professor F. Tag.Abushama, Director, National Centre forResearch · Dr. M. Bashir Nimir, ExecutiveDirector, Environmental Consultants Society

SwedenProfessor D. Huisingh,

International Institute for IndustrialEnvironmental Economics, Lund University ·L. Kallstromer, Senior Director of Studies,University of Uppsala

SwitzerlandProfessor A. Adamo, Ecole

Hoteliere de Lausanne · D.P. Aviolat ·Counsellor, Swiss Embassy in Athens ·Professor G. Haour, International Institutefor Management Development · R. Joseph-Rostamian · Dr. P. Kalantzis, Executive Vice-President, Alusuisse Lonza Holding Ltd. · D.Kopitsis · Dr. A. Michaels, Chairman andC.E.O. Zuri-Invest AEG · M. S. de Sabata ·Dr. P. Stavroulakis, Manager, NYNEXInternational · Dr. L. Tedjosasmito, Director,Cp Consultant & Partners C.V. · Dr. J.P.Dobbert, Lawyer, Member of the Board,A.S.N.U. · Professor George Haour,International Institute for ManagementDevelopment · His Eminence theMetropolitan of Switzerland Mr. Damaskinos

TanzaniaThe Honourable A.S. Makinda,

Government Representative

ThailandR. Karim, UN Civil Servant, Chief

of Environmental Section, IHE Division · K.Jalal, Div. Chief of Industry, HumanSettlements and Environment, ESCAP ·Mechai Viravaidya, Chairman, Population andCommunity Development Association · R.Karim, UN Civil Servant, Chief ofEnvironmental Section, IHE Division

TogoHilaire M. Locoh-Donou, Vice

President, World Union of Professions

Turkey Professor E. Acarturk, Cukurova

University · Professor G. Akbay, Rector,University of Ankara · H.E. Ambassador G.Aktan, Permanent Representation of Turkeyin Geneva · D. Akyurek, Former Minister ofEnvironment · Professor K. Alemdar, DeputyDean, Faculty of Communications, Universityof Ankara · Z. Alemdar, Correspondent,Associated Press - Professor B. Alpagut,Director, Social Science Institute, Universityof Ankara · Dr. Turker Altan, Professor,Department of Landscape Architecture,Cukurova University · A. Altinok,Department of Plant Protection, Faculty ofAgriculture, Ankara University · V.Altiparmak, Bosphorus University - ProfessorR. Arslan, Dean, Faculty of Law, AnkaraUniversity · Professor S. Atabay, Head of theDepartment of City and Regional Planning,Yildiz Technical University · A. Ates, Ministerof Tourism · Professor A. Aydin, Director ofEnvironmental Research Centre, MarmaraUniversity · Dr. I. Aykut, Minister ofEnvironment · Dr. B. Bayramoglu, BilkentUniversity · Professor M. Berkun, Black SeaTechnical University · Professor E.Bocutoglu, Dean, Faculty of Economics ·Rev. A. McCain, General Secretary, TheAmerican Board · His Eminence theMetropolitan of Ephessos Mr. Chrisostomos ·Professor Z. Davran · M. A. Demirer,Industrialist · Professor Z. Erturk, Dean,Technical University of Karadeniz · ProfessorV. Eroglu, Technical University of Istanbul ·Dr. D. Erol, Gazi University · Professor Z.Erturk, Head, Karadeniz Technical UniversityDepartment of Architecture · Professor A.Everest, Biopogy Department · Professor H.Evliya, Cukurova University · Z. Garipoglu,Head, Chemical Accidents' Control Division,Department of Chemicals' Management, TheMinistry of Environment · Dr. O. Genckaya,Assistant Professor, Department of PoliticalScience and Public Administration, BilkentUniversity · Professor C. Geray, Director,Ernst Reuter Centre for Urban Studies,Faculty of Political Sciences, AnkaraUniversity · Professor S. Gorkey, MarmaraUniversity · T. Gurpinar, Society for theProtection of Nature · Professor K. Haktanir,Faculty of Agriculture, Ankara University ·Dr. D. Isik · O. Karakullukcu, Former Mayorof Trabzon, Mechanical Engineer andIndustrialist · Professor A. Kence, Chairman,Dept. of Biology, Middle East TechnicalUniversity · Professor M. Kence, Middle EastTechnical University, Department of Biology· H. Kozakcioglu, Governor of Istanbul ·Alan McCain, General Secretary, TheAmerical Board · Professor Y. Ors, Unit ofMedical Ethics, Medical School, AnkaraUniversity · Professor A. Ozbilen, Head ofDepartment of Landscape Architecture, KTUOrman Faculty · Professor O. Saatcioglu,President, Middle East Technical University ·Professor G. Saglamer, Faculty ofArchitecture, Istanbul Technical University ·Professor A. Samsunlu, Istanbul TechnicalUniversity - Professor S. Senol, CukurovaUniversity · Professor N. Serin, Rector,University of Ankara - I. Sezgin, Minister of

Interior · The Honorable Mayor of Didim,Mr. M. Soysalan - Professor N. Sozen, Mayorof Istanbul · B. Tanik, Architect, University ofAnkara · Professor Ilhan Talinli, CivilEngineering Faculty, Istanbul TechnicalUniversity, Environmental EngineeringDepartment · Dr. M. Tuncer, Urban Planner,UTTA Planning, Project and ConsultingLtx.co. · N. Uzun, Director of Environment,Governors Office · Professor Y. Zabunoglu,Ankara University

UgandaA. Lemma, UNICEF

Representative, International ChildDevelopment Center · J. F. Mungherera,Executive Director, YWCA Uganda · J.Namakajo, Vice President, WFUNA · F. W.Nyangweso, Member, International OlympicCommittee

UkraineV. Aleksejeva, Head of the

Association of Donors of Marrow · V.Aleksyeyev, Vice Chairman, Committee onLegislative Provision of Freedom of Speechand Mass Media · Y. Andrejev, President,Association of "Union of Chernobyl" · E.Antoshyk, Director, EIDOO Centre · N.Artiouchovska, Executive Director, UkrainianBranch of the International Scientific Fund ·I. Beletskaya, New Life" All UkrainianCulture and Education Centre · Y. Bougai,Academician, Deputy Minister of Education ·Professor V. Brodvdiy, Dept. of Biology,Lecturer at the Kiev Pedagogical University ·D. Derkach, Director of Public Relations,White's Consulting, London Ltd.· ProfessorA. Drodzdovska, Scientific Fellow, NationalAcademy of Sciences· T. Golovko, ScientificFellow, Institute of Cell Biology, NationalAcademy of Sciences · V. Grankin, President,Non-State Pension Fund OBERIG · D.Grodzinsky, Academician, Chairman of theNational Commission of Radiation Protection· L.Grygorovych,Deputy of the Parliament ofUkraine · V. Idelson, Director of PublicRelations, Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant·M. Kiriliouk, Head of the StateAdministration, Khorkov Region, Kiev · Y.Kostenko, People's Deputy of the Ukraine,Supreme Rada · Professor M. Kouryk,Director, Institute of Ecology · N. Malycheva,President, National Cultural Centre "Svitozir"· Professor M. Nann, General Director,White's Consulting, London Ltd ·Ambassador B. Korneyenko · Professor V.Koudin, President of Public Organisation"Prometei" · O. Krishtal, CorrespondingMember of the National Academy of Sciences· E. Kutova, Chernobyl Nuclear PowerStation · Dr. I.M. Malakhov, Head, Councilof the Krevey Rig Branch, NationalEcological Centre · Dr. L. Novohatko,Deputy Minister of Culture of Ukraine · V.Orlov, President, Ukrainian Association ofCreative Intellectual Games · Z. Ovdiy, Head-Mistress, Sanatorium for Pre-SchoolChernobyl Accident Sufferers · Professor S.Parashyn, General Director, ChernobylNuclear Power Plant · E. Paton, Head,Institute of Microbiology and Genetics,National Academy of Sciences · G.Philipchouck, Chairman, Commission onEcological Policy, Supreme Rada · V.Ponedilko, Chairman, Committee onLegislative Provision of Freedom of Speechand Mass Media, Supreme Rada · ProfessorPonomariov, Academician, Director, Instituteof Relay and Automation ·A.A. Psykarenko,Deputy Head, The Committee of Parliament ·Professor V. Romanenko, Director, Instituteof Hydrobiology, Academy of Sciences · V.Roudakov, President, Association ofAdvertising Enterprises of the Ukraine · Y.Sergeyev, Ambassador of Ukraine to Athens ·Z.K. Sharikova, Provision and Freedom ofSpeech and Mass Media, Supreme Parliamentof Ukraine · R. Sitnir, Academician, Instituteof Botanics, National Academy of Sciences ·P. Slinko, Director of private medical firm"EMIR" · S. Sokolenko, Chairman,UKRIMPEX · E. Soloviov, Writer · V.Storizhko, Chairman, Commission on Scienceand Public Education, Supreme Rada · V.Sviato, Deputy Chairman, Commission onNuclear Policy,Supreme Rada · Professor E.Tkach, Chairman of the OrganisationalCommittee of the Biopolitics Association ofthe Ukraine · S.Tolstoukova, ALternateMinister of youth and Family, President,Ecological Assosiation, Kiev · N.Tourchenko, Scientific Fellow, Institute ofCybernetics, National Academy of Sciences·O. Valetchik, Chairman of the UkrainianCharity Fund "Intellekt" · V. Yatsenko,Chairman, Commission on ChernobylCatastrophe, Supreme Rada · V. Zevitsky,

Scientific Fellow, Institute of TeacherUpgrading

United KingdomG.V.R. Born, Medical Research

Scientist, Director of the William HarveyResearch Institute · Professor A.A. Brennan,University of Stirling · W. J. Cairns, Chairman,W.J. Cairns and Partners · N. Malet deCarteret, Consultant, Global Cooperation fora Better World · Sir B. Cartledge, Principal,Linacre College, Oxford University · Dr. D.J.Chivers, University of Cambridge · ProfessorT. Duffy, Director, Peace Studies, Universityof Ulster · Dr. M. E. Hamdi · Professor R.Harre, University of Oxford · Dr. T. Kemp,Zoological University Museum, Oxford · Dr.R. S. Kirby, Mensa International · R. Millard,President, International N-Viro · Dr. W.M.O.Moore · Norman Rifkin, Director, WorldORT Union · Rabbi Dr. N. Solomon, Fellowin Modern Jewish Thought, Oxford Centrefor Hebrew and Jewish Studies · D. Watts,Dean, School of Earth Resources, HullUniversity

Uruguay L.A.L. Herrera, President of the

Oriental Republic of Uruguay

U.S.AL.Alafogiani, Founder and

President, Euro-American Women�s Council·Dr. M. Alpert, President, Click TechnologiesInc · L. Alafogiannis, Founder, ExecutiveGlobal President and CEO, Euro-AmericanWomen's Council · G. Anderson, Researcher,Faculty Shriver Center for Mental Retardation ·E. Anderson, Public Relations Manager,Lalaounis Jewelry · Dr. J.S. Bailey, President,the American College of Greece · T. P.Benjamin, Alliance for EnvironmentalEducation · D. E. Blockstein, Senior Scientist,Committe for National Institute for theEnvironment · J. O. Blum, President,Polyisocyanurate Insulation Manufacturers'Association · S. Buckles, President, NationalCouncil on Economic Education ·J. Burda,Development Manager, Consulta Solutions ·Professor J. Carroll, Department of ForestResources, University of New Hampshire ·Professor S. Chorover, Massachusetts Instituteof Technology · J.P. Clones, EnvironmentSpecialist, The World Bank · A.Contomichalos, VP, Special AssetsManagement, Credit Agricole · Dr. A. Cortese,Executive Director, Strategic EnvironmentalConsulting · Professor C.A. Davos, Dean,School of Public Health, UCLA · P. M.Ebinger, Associate Dean and Director of theSchool of Foreign Service, GeorgetownUniversity · A. Freedman, President, SpeekOutInc. ·J. M. Forbes, Chairman, WaldenEarthcare Network & Centre for AmericanStudies at Concord · Dr. B. Frank, Director,Pollution Prevention Education Committee,U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · Dr.N. Goodwin, Global Development andEnvironment Institute, Fletcher School of Lawand Diplomacy · J. Granoff, Attorney at Law -Dr. H. Henderson, Commissioner, The GlobalCommission to Fund the United Nations · C.L. Henn, Senior Vice President, ConcordEnergy, Inc. · J. Horvath, United NationsAssociation · B. M. Hubbard, President,Foundation for Conscious Evolution -Professor A.G. "Stell" Kefalas, Department ofManagement, Terry College of Business,University of Georgia · J. M. Kelly, ExecutiveDirector, Wildlife Habitat EnhancementCouncil ·Professor R. Kenny, President,Queen�s College ·Professor S.S. Kenny,President,State University of New York, StonyBrook ·Professor A.O. Klein, BrandeisUniversity · S. Kussmann, Chairman of theBoard, Alliance for Environmental Education ·Dr. A. von Lazar, International Politics,Fletcher School of Diplomacy ·E.C. de Leon,President, Lakewood Bank ·J. Linetsky, Vice-Chairman, San Francisco Youth Commission ·Dr. P. Lobel, Woods Hole OceanographicInstitute · H. Livas, Journalist - F.T. Liu,Secretary General of UNA · J. M. McCloskey,Chairman, Sierra Club · V. Martin, President,International Wilderness LeadershipFoundation · J. McKenzie, Director,Environment, Health and Safety, XeroxCorporation · P. Meisen, President, GENI ·His Grace Bishop Methodios of Boston,Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of North andSouth America · Professor T.J. Mills, Director,Centre for Environmental Education,Oklahoma State University · Professor M.Mitias, Department of Philosophy, MillsapsCollege · Dr. A. Mohiuddin, President, MedicalCenter of Boston · J.P. Muldoon, Jr., UnitedNations Association · J. P. Nicholson,

Chairman and CEO, N-Viro InternationalCorporation · Professor M. Oelschlaeger,Department of Philosophy and ReligionStudies, University of North Texas · D. Oodit,Senior Economic Affairs Officer, UnitedNations · J. Padalino, President, PoconoEnvironmental Education Centre · ProfessorM.D. Papagiannis, Boston University · S.Papasavva, Tufts University · Professor W.Barnett Pearce, The Fielding Institute · R. Perl,President, Pacific Partners InternationalInvestments, Inc. · B. Pike, Software Engineer· K. Cameron Porter, Co-Chairperson,WORLDWIDE Network · Dr. J. Psarouthakis,Chairman of the Board and President, JPIndustries S.A. · Dr. A. Rappaport, Civil andEnvironmental Engineering, Tufts University ·D. Seaborg, President, U Turn Society ·Dr. D.Shapiro, Media Specialist · R. Shaw, Healy andBaillie, New York· H.E. Metropolitan of NewJersey Mr. Silas, Greek Orthodox Archdioceseof North and South America · Professor W.Sinnott-Armstrong, Chair, Department ofPhilosophy, Dartmouth College · B.Thomlison, Director of Public Affairs andEnvironmental Management, Church &Dwight Co. Inc.· Professor B. Smith, Dean,Huxley College of Environmental Studies,Western Washington University · Dr. M.Simon, President, MathPower, MathematicsEducator · Professor W. Sinnott-Armstrong,Chair, Dartmouth College ·G.H. Slater-Parker,President, The Hill Slater Group Inc. ·P.H.Slater, President, The Hill Slater Group Inc.·Lynne W. Twist, Co-Chairman of the Board,The State of the World Forum · W. Umbertis,President, Greenkeepers · Sir C. Warter,President, World Health Foundation forDevelopment and Peace and HeartnetInternational · Dr. D.R. Weinberg, President,American-Hellenic Alliance · U. Wright, VicePresident and Director, Environment Healthand Safety, ITT Corporation · Dr. J.Xanthopoulos, Director, Centre forInternational Affairs, Lynn University ·Professor C. Yapijakis, Cooper Union Schoolof Engineering · S. Zavvos, ContinentalAmerican Capital - E.J. Zero, ProgrammeAdministrator, BOCES III OutdoorEnvironmental Education Programme

Venezuela H.E. the Ambassador of Venezuela

O.L.Carmona

YugoslaviaThe Honourable Dr. J. Aleksic,

Minister for Environmental Protection of theGovernment of the Republic of Serbia · Dr.G. Brun, Adviser to the Minister ofEnvironmental Protection · Professor B. P.M.Curcic, Head of Institute of Zoology,University of Belgrade · Professor A. Despic,President, Serbian Academy of Sciences andArts · I. Djujic, Institute of Chemistry andTechnology · Dr. Dusan Djuric, Institute ofOccupational and Radiological Therapy · Dr.S. Grgurevic, Programme Director,International Energy and EnvironmentalStudies, Institute of Economic Sciences · D.Kanazir, Former President, Serbian Academyof Sciences and Arts · S. Komatina, BelgradeGeophysical Institute · Dr. M. Kopecni,Director General, The Vinca Institute ofNuclear Sciences · V. Lapcevic-Petkovic,Assistant Minister, Federal Ministry forDevelopment, Science and Environment · V.Lavadinovic, Research Associate, Institute ofForestry · Professor M. Gasic, Faculty ofSciences, University of Belgrade · ProfessorA. Miletic, University of Belgrade · ProfessorG. Milovanovic, Dean, Faculty of Chemistry,University of Belgrade · Professor V.Pavlovic, Faculty of Political Sciences,University of Belgrade · Dr. M. Perisic, Head,Group for Environmental Protection,Geoinstitute · Dr. Z. Radic, Faculty of CivilEngineering, University of Belgrade ·Professor I. Radovic, Dean, Faculty ofBiology, University of Belgrade · Dr. D.Radojkovic, University of Belgrade ·Professor I.R. Savic, Institute of Zoology,Faculty of Biology, University of Belgrade ·Professor D. Simeunovic, Vice-President,Faculty of Political Science, University ofBelgrade · N. Tomic, Law Student, ProfessorS. Unkovic, Vice President of theGovernment of the Republic of Serbia

Greek Committee: A. Vlavianos-Arvanitis,A. Galanis, P. Grafakos, A. Evmolpidis, E.Arvanitakis, P. EconomouU.S.A. Foundation: President: A. VlavianosArvanitis. Board Members: His Grace BishopMethodios, R. Shaw, Professor G.Pontecorvo, Dean P. Krogh, P. Kourides,Professor N. Ashford, Professor E.Gyftopoulos, Professor W. R. Moomaw.

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TThhee SSwwaalllloowwss - A swallows' nest is madefrom a poppy seed, inlaid with gold. Theswallows and their fledglings are also madeof gold and are only 5 microns thick.

TThhee FFlloowweerriinngg BBrraanncchh - An apple seed is cut inhalf and a watercolour painting of a floweringbranch has replaced the cleaned out contents of the seed.

LLiiffee - A man is displayed walking on aminuscule spring. The man, 5 microns insize, is made of gold. This human image isthe finest in the world.

CCooccaa--CCoollaa -- The smallest Coca-Cola bottle,1.65 mm in height, is made of gold. TheCoca-Cola logo is inscribed on and underthe bottle. The letters are 59 microns high.The whole composition, including the bot-tle and the inscription, is made of 33 pieces,designed separately and subsequently puttogether. Under the Coca-Cola inscription,the artist has placed his initials, in platinum.The initials are just 0.023 mm in height.

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TThhee PPoorrttrraaiitt -- The portrait of the greatUkrainian poet T. Shevchenko is carvedout of a thorn stone with a sapphireknife. Using the same technique, theartist has carved out portraits of thegreat Ukrainian singer SolomiaKruselnitskaya and Abraham Lincoln

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Nikolai S. Syadristy, a personalityof varied interests and extremely gift-ed creative abilities, was born in 1937and was educated as an agronomist.He has also undergone training at theArt College of Ukraine and hasbecome a master in underwatersports. The art of "microminiatures"has been his hobby for more thanthirty years. His achievement in such arare kind of art resulted in the awardof the Honorary Master of UkrainianFolk Art.

The works of this merited crafts-man are permanently featured in twopersonal exhibitions, one at theMoscow Polytechnical Museum andthe second at the Kiev-PecherskState Historico-Cultural Museum.Exhibitions by Nikolai S. Syadristywere a great success in Montreal,Paris, Tokyo, Osaka, Prague, Sofia,Budapest, Warsaw, Dresden andmany other cities around the world.

"Microminiatures," writesNikolai S. Syadristy in his bookMysteries of Microtechnology, "to agreat extent reflect the attained levelof treatment for various materials and,consequently, the degree of comprehen-sion of their properties; they vividly nar-rate on the culture of human labour,thus, they actually dwell on the cul-ture of human thinking."

P. Saraste: ZapateadoD. Kapsomenos: Dance of the starsN. Skorik: MelodyC. Saint-Saens: Rondo CapricciosoO. White: Jota AragonaA. Kachaturian: Dance from "Spartacus"J. Confrey: Cat on the keyboardN. Paganini: Sonata in A minorF. Chopin: NotturnoA. Gavrilin: ScerzoUkrainian Folk Song: The goblinM. Lisenko: AdaggioS. Rahmaninov: 3 preludesD. Kapsomenos: On the waves

Vera Coroliova - violin. N. Lisenko School of MusicDimitri Ilin - xylophone. N. Lisenko School of MusicSergey Neverov - harmonica. Glier School of MusicNatalia Costenko - domra. Glier School of MusicAlexei Beglechov- piano

Musical directionIrine Riepchoun, Kiev Academy of Music

Talented Young Musiciansfrom Ukraine

TThhee CCaammeellccaaddee -- A caravan sails down thesands. A pyramid and a palm tree are seenfrom a distance. The whole composition ismade of gold and placed in the eye of a nee-dle.

A. Kounadis: Musical Moment A. Vivaldi: Sinfonia alla rustica

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TThhee MMeeeettiinngg -- A jug, two wineglasses, a tray andan apple are placed on a sugar grain

SSeeaa -- The composition is made of gold andis placed on a grain of rice. It includes theocean, a sailing ship, a sea-gull and the fig-ure of a woman.

TThhee CChheessssmmeenn -- A tiny chessboard is placedon a pinhead. The piece arrangement istaken from a game between AlexanderAliokhin (black) and Raul Capablanca(white), for the 1927 world championship.The chessmen are made of gold.

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