From: owner-roc-digest@lists.xmission.com (roc-digest) To: roc-digest@lists.xmission.com Subject: roc-digest V2 #421 Reply-To: roc-digest Sender: owner-roc-digest@lists.xmission.com Errors-To: owner-roc-digest@lists.xmission.com Precedence: bulk roc-digest Thursday, February 1 2001 Volume 02 : Number 421 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Tue, 30 Jan 01 10:43:30 PST From: roc@xpresso.seaslug.org (Bill Vance) Subject: VIN: The Last Food Fight (fwd) On Jan 29, Rich Martin wrote: [-------------------- text of forwarded message follows --------------------] FROM MOUNTAIN MEDIA THE LIBERTARIAN, By Vin Suprynowicz The Last Food Fight -- Clinton staff proves a class act to the end At the time he published his book "Unlimited Access: An FBI Agent Inside the Clinton White House," Gary Aldrich was accused of exaggerating his reports of undignified conduct at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue -- everything from the Hillary Clinton throwing lamps, to prophylactics hung by the Christmas tree with care, to unusual sex acts in inappropriate places. Either that, or the feeling seemed to be that Mr. Aldrich was -- at the least -- a bit of a prude; a member of the hired help who had no business carrying tales. But as the truth about the gang that has occupied the nation's first house for the past eight years -- setting records for the number of staffers granted "permanent waivers" from normally routine tests for illicit drug use, for instance, while continuing to hypocritically jail hundreds of thousands of young men of color for the same behavior -- the public may yet wish they had paid closer attention to Mr. Aldrich's warnings. The Washington Post reports Bush officials moving into their offices last week found obscene messages left in copying machines, while the ''W'' key had been popped off many computer keyboards. (George Walker Bush had made a three-fingered ''W'' his signature salute in the waning days of his campaign.) Initially, such incidents were portrayed as harmless hijinks. But by Thursday, Bush officials were describing serious damage -- including cut computer and telephone cords -- that has cost taxpayer money to repair. According to a report in last week's Washington Times, Clinton staffers flying Air Force One to New York after the Bush inauguration virtually cleaned out the plane of anything that wasn't nailed down, from blankets and pillows to champagne glasses and tubes of toothpaste. Much of what couldn't be stolen was destroyed. Meantime, while Senate ethics rules prevent her from accepting gifts worth more than $50 after her swearing-in as New York's freshman senator on Jan. 20, the Associated Press now reports Hillary Clinton skirted those rules by assigning her friend, Rita Pynoos of Beverly Hills, Calif., to solicit gifts from supporters worth more than $190,000 before the deadline - -- sofas, easy chairs, rugs, paintings, china, and sculpture which will now be used to furnish the Clintons' two new homes: a five-bedroom house in Chappaqua, N.Y. and another five-bedroom home in the Embassy Row area of Washington. Actress Mary Steenburgen and her husband, Ted Danson, gave $4,787 in china. The Post further reports a high-ranking Bush campaign official has accused some Clinton staffers of taking White House paintings and trying to have them shipped to themselves. Others are said to have steamed official seals off office doors and tried to have those shipped. In response, the incoming Bush administration ordered all packages X-rayed starting at noon Saturday. Ours is an informal nation. President Washington didn't wish anyone to bow before him, or call him "majesty." No one expects today's White House staff to wear starched collars on weekends. But liberal commentators may yet have cause to regret the eight years they spent ridiculing all warnings that Mr. Clinton and his staff were permanently eroding the respect formerly afforded the nation's highest office. Sometimes the little things speak volumes about people's underlying attitudes. From the day they moved into the White House, Mr. Clinton's Best and Brightest have evoked hushed dismay among long-time Washingtonians with their sense of entitlement and their level of thoughtless arrogance -- staffers right up to the first family expecting Marine sentries to act as busboys and bellhops; men as distinguished as Vernon Jordan sent to chauffeur the president's mopsy to prestigious Pentagon job interviews. It should thus have come as no great surprise when this sense of entitlement led Mr. Clinton to rent out the Lincoln Bedroom to Red Chinese agents bearing bags of campaign cash in exchange for classified missile technology -- when such disrespect for any person or institution not part of "their crowd" soon extended to the Clintons' savage defamation of their political opponents, of the credibility and purity and even sanity of each in the chain of women who reluctantly came forward to complain about Mr. Clinton's sexual aggression -- even to the arrogant and unjustified treatment of a church full of innocent women and children in Waco, Texas. There is one bright side to these revolting displays. The desperation of the Clintons and their staff to skirt every rule, take every advantage, cart off everything that's not tied down, may at least show they've subconsciously realized Americans have begun to wise up to their act -- that they're not likely to get back into the White House again in their lifetimes. And that would be a good thing. Vin Suprynowicz is assistant editorial page editor of the Review-Journal. His book, "Send in the Waco Killers: Essays on the Freedom Movement, 1993-1998," is available by dialing 252-0655; or via web site www.thespiritof76.com/wacokillers.html. *** Vin Suprynowicz, vin@lvrj.com "When great changes occur in history, when great principles are involved, as a rule the majority are wrong. The minority are right." -- Eugene V. Debs (1855-1926) "The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed -- and thus clamorous to be led to safety -- by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary." -- H.L. Mencken * * * [------------------------- end of forwarded message ------------------------] - -- - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- RKBA! ***** Blessings On Thee, Oh Israel! ***** RKBA! - ----------------+----------+--------------------------+--------------------- An _EFFECTIVE_ | Insured | All matter is vibration. | Let he who hath no weapon in every | by COLT; | -- Max Plank | weapon sell his hand = Freedom | DIAL | In the beginning was the | garment and buy a on every side! | 1911-A1. | word. -- The Bible | sword.--Jesus Christ - ----------------+----------+--------------------------+--------------------- Constitutional Government is dead, LONG LIVE THE CONSTITUTION!!!!! - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - - ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 30 Jan 01 16:29:53 PST From: roc@xpresso.seaslug.org (Bill Vance) Subject: Boxer is right! (fwd) On Jan 30, House, David Alan wrote: [-------------------- text of forwarded message follows --------------------] I know that is an astounding admission, but for once she is right. Barbara Boxer, ultra-liberal pro-big government Dem. Senator from California, while speaking today on her confirmation opinions regarding Gale Norton for Secretary of the Interior, seems to severely revile the thought that Norton's perspective of State's Rights, and post Civil War loss of such, is 'way out there'. Indeed from her opinion such ideas are 'way out there'. The fact is that she, along with most of our nation, have been prevented from knowing the whole truth. She is apparently entirely unaware that the esteemed General Lee predicted that slavery would have gone away without a Civil War and the attendant atrocious loss of life, limb, and property. Though no reasonable protectors of freedom desire an extension of the uncivil slave practices even under the most harmonious of circumstances, Lee's expectation puts a light on the situation which decries the results of the war in pathos as well as governance. Boxer seems to oddly ignore the fact that the Constitution had to be savaged and trampled under foot in order to salvage the 'union' of the states. Such perspectives remind me too well of the current liberal attitudes which proclaim that we are much better off to consider the brilliant and happy ultimate presumed Shangri-La outcome which we can expect even when we pursue actions which should be considered to be beneath us. It seems most of our nation do indeed prefer to modify the cry, 'The Ends are Justified by the Means'. This is a complete misrepresentation and will lead us to some variety of ruin depending upon how closely we apply ourselves to this 'new' moral of wisdom. The methods used are just as important as the destination desired and if we are willing to put ourselves into a position of debauchery and thievery in order to reach a goal of honor and morality we shall not receive nor be deserving of either. Boxer wants us to see history through her eyes, and she may well be honest in her belief of her facts, but I prefer that so long as the attitude of she and her compatriots remains to have an affect upon us, we cannot have truth or a government based upon such. If we violate one portion of the Constitution in order to support another particular ideal, then we may as well pitch the whole thing because it becomes only a figurehead. Boxer points a ridiculing finger at Gale Norton for proclaiming her allegiance to the Constitution regardless of the ecologic consequences. Boxer has no faith in the Constitution nor in the private ownership of land. She is not interested in the personal pride of ownership which derives from the individual in possession of property. Gale Norton has the understanding that for her to perform her duties in accord with the 'rule of law', she must first and foremost apply the test of the Constitution. It is this which so frightens the liberal cabal, and we can find the same kind of frightening resolve in Mr. Ashcroft. These are the Constitutional Patriots we have been waiting for and it is now up to us to assure that they be allowed to repair such of our government as they may have responsibility for. There should be no allowance for industry to do what government has done. Either is equally injurious to freedom. But personal ownership is the heart and soul of preservation. This is a vision Boxer will never understand. Boxer is right when she says Norton is 'way out there', but the 'way out there' is where the nation was founded. Beyond the ecological extremism which has gripped California, beyond the rapid-fire executive orders, and beyond the debasement of the Constitution some 150 years ago. We must focus on the origin and what was intended, and what were considered to be reasonable and achievable goals. If Norton is 'way out there' then I am ecstatic to be as well. Welcome Gale, John, and anyone else who will not be satisfied to let things go along as they are. Our Generals have arrived and all the remains for us is to fall in rank and begin to march, as has been quoted, 'to the sound of the guns'. David House housed@indiana.edu [------------------------- end of forwarded message ------------------------] - -- - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- RKBA! ***** Blessings On Thee, Oh Israel! ***** RKBA! - ----------------+----------+--------------------------+--------------------- An _EFFECTIVE_ | Insured | All matter is vibration. | Let he who hath no weapon in every | by COLT; | -- Max Plank | weapon sell his hand = Freedom | DIAL | In the beginning was the | garment and buy a on every side! | 1911-A1. | word. -- The Bible | sword.--Jesus Christ - ----------------+----------+--------------------------+--------------------- Constitutional Government is dead, LONG LIVE THE CONSTITUTION!!!!! - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - - ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 30 Jan 01 19:47:20 PST From: roc@xpresso.seaslug.org (Bill Vance) Subject: SRA - Warriors & Weapons... (fwd) On Jan 30, Brad3000 wrote: [-------------------- text of forwarded message follows --------------------] FYI - Read. Interesting. Warriors and Weapons by David A. Yeagley - FrontPageMagazine.com | January 26, 2001 http://www.frontpagemag.com/columnists/yeagley/2001/dy01-26-01p.htm A YEAR AGO, I had a religious experience. No, I didn't speak in tongues. I didn't see an apparition of Mary. And even though I'm Comanche Indian, I didn't commune with my ancestors or hear the eagles talk. All I did was watch a TV infomercial produced by the National Rifle Association (NRA). There I was, sitting in my easy chair, eating chicken soup and watching television. Suddenly, I saw an immense pile of guns, thousands of them, being bulldozed into a metal crusher. The narrator explained. These weapons had been confiscated from law-abiding citizens, and were being destroyed. The government had first required the people to register their firearms, and promised that no confiscation would ever occur. Then the government broke its promise. According to the voice-over, this happened in Australia, England, and Canada. The United States was next in line. On the screen appeared distraught gun owners, one after another. "They said they would never do this, but they did it! Don't let this happen to you!" they warned Americans. We Comanches don t usually admit to being scared. But I was terrified.I had a sense that I was losing America (and, as an Indian, it wouldn t be the first time). I guess I d always known, in the back of my mind, that there were people out there trying to take our guns. But those faces on TV drove the point home like nothing else had. They were the faces of a people betrayed. Long ago, the government took away the Indian's weapons and put him on reservations. That is history. Indians know all about broken promises. But why would the White Man betray himself? Why would the U.S. government take the weapons away from its own good citizens? They say they re trying to stop crime. But the more gun laws they pass, the more crime we get. A hundred years ago, we didn t have gun laws and we didn t have much crime either. In his book, More Guns, Less Crime, Yale Law School economist John Lott shows that, across the United States, over an 18-year period, "states experiencing the greatest reductions in crime are also the ones with the fastest growing percentages of gun ownership. So why does the government keep pushing gun control? The warrior in me knows. He who takes my bow is not my friend. He who takes away my ability to defend myself is my enemy. If the government takes our guns, it s not because they are trying to help us. It s because they are trying to control us. Since my religious experience of watching that documentary, I ve found myself wondering why Indians have not played a bigger role in the gun rights debate. Weapons are an integral part of our culture. In Indian country, it s taken for granted that everyone shoots and hunts. Perhaps the use of arms is so fundamental to us that we don t even think of it as a right that can be lost. Recently, I visited Indian friends of the Salish-Kootenay Reservation in Montana. It was a few days before a funeral. Extra food was needed for the mourners. "I've got to go get a deer," my friend Terry said, as simply as most Americans would say "I've got to go to the store." Among Indians, the weapon is a symbol of honor. In Comanche tradition, the young man grew up with the bow. Its mastery was a test of manhood. The relationship of man and weapon was intimate and lifelong. Every Comanche learned to fight and hunt. If you weren t waging war, you were preparing for war. It was the duty of every member of the tribe to be ready, just in case. In modern America, women seem to have turned against their own men over the gun issue, judging by the polls and the Million Mom March. Indian women have a different mindset. It was the women who taught Comanche boys how to use their weapons. Long before anyone ever heard of Xena the Warrior Princess, a woman called the a diva, or governess ran the Comanche training camps. Americans nowadays seem to be forgetting what it means to be a warrior. They don t value preparedness. They think the government will always be there to defend them from enemies and criminals. But that s not the Indian way. That s not the way of a man. I m glad the NRA is out there spreading this message. It has earned this Indian s blessing for helping to keep the warrior spirit alive. To show support for adding Dr. Yeagleys patriotism course to the Oklahoma public school curriculum, contact: Governor Frank Keating Office of the Governor State Capitol Building Oklahoma City, OK 73105 governor@gov.state.ok.us E-mail Dr. David A. Yeagley: badeagle2000@yahoo.com - --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **COPYRIGHT NOTICE** In accordance with Title 17 U. S. C. 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(fwd) On Jan 30, Brad3000 wrote: [-------------------- text of forwarded message follows --------------------] FYI - This is a real BIG shame.... CAN we help? Email Jon. Gun industry countersuit out of ammo Support drying up for pro-2nd Amendment organization By Jon Dougherty = © 2001 WorldNetDaily.com Email: jdougherty@worldnetdaily.com http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=21525 The efforts of a pro-Second Amendment organization to file litigation against 31 cities "that have been trying since 1998 to bankrupt the gun industry" are, a year after the group's formation, losing momentum and financial wherewithal. The Civil Liberties Defense Foundation says the cities are attempting to hold gun makers responsible for the costs associated with violent gun crime by filing class action suits. Since January 2000, former Texas state Sen. Jerry Patterson and Reps. Suzanna Hupp, Rick Green and Bob Turner "have worked tirelessly" crisscrossing the country, attending fundraising events and appearing in media venues whenever possible to "raise awareness" about the countersuit "and enough money to enable [CLDF] to proceed with its lawsuit to protect the Second Amendment," the group said in a statement released Friday. But now, organization leaders are becoming exasperated with what they have characterized as a general "lack of support" that may cause the foundation to drop its countersuit plans altogether -- something leaders really don't want to do because of the continuing risk of litigation from anti-gun city and municipal officials. Despite a small string of legal victories for the gun industry last year, the class action suits are still tied up in litigation and still pose a danger to the industry and, CDLF says, all gun owners. The group's lawsuit, which was eventually filed last November in a Texas district court in Lubbock, is an attempt "to keep these cities from damaging our right to keep and bear arms and the right of gun stores to conduct their businesses free from harassing lawsuits," according to Hupp, who lost her parents when a gunman killed them and a dozen others in a Luby's Restaurant shooting in Killeen, Texas, in 1991. "We want to put a stop, once and for all, to the attempts by litigious attorneys to hold lawful industries liable for the criminal misuse of their products," added Patterson, who founded the Civil Liberties Defense Foundation. "If we do not stop them now, the alcohol, automotive and countless other industries will be attacked next," he said, adding that such legal action would send prices for those products "skyward" and would affect "the availability and affordability of products for the average consumer." "We are desperately searching for a knight in shining armor to come to the rescue of this lawsuit and our right to keep and bear arms," the statement released Friday said. "However, our hope is beginning to fade." The Civil Liberties Defense Foundation said a "lack of support from most gun-rights organizations and almost all of the gun stores" contacted by group members has not thwarted efforts to get the suit researched and at least filed in court. However, "we still have not raised enough money to carry us through a lengthy litigation" of the kind municipalities are able to carry out. "For that reason, we have refrained from serving the defendants with the paperwork necessary to proceed with the case. Once we do that, we will be locked into a battle we currently don't have the resources to win." The group's officials said it "has concluded that if we are unable to raise at least $100,000 by the service of process deadline," or mid-February, "we will be forced to withdraw the case and live to fight another day." Foundation officials said the gun lawsuits have already had an adverse effect on the gun manufacturers. For example, Colt announced last fall that because of the lawsuits, it will no longer sell certain handguns to the public. In addition, several manufacturers have filed for bankruptcy protection, "with more expected to do so in the near future." Smith & Wesson also signed an agreement last year with the Clinton administration that bypasses the legislative process and imposes gun control on Smith & Wesson and the gun stores that buy from them, though the company has since retreated from some of those provisions. It is unclear whether the Justice Department, under an Attorney General John Ashcroft, would continue federal participation in the municipal suits. During testimony last week before the Senate Judiciary Committee, Ashcroft was non-committal on the future of the gun suits and federal suits against the tobacco industry, though Ashcroft has a well-established record of supporting most gun rights. The group also said several Texas gun stores had expressed an interest in becoming parties to its countersuit, alleging that the anti-gun industry suits were infringements of their rights to freely conduct business under the Constitution's Commerce Clause. The provision "forbids state and local governments from enacting laws or policies that place an undue burden on interstate commerce," the group said. "Based on the Commerce Clause, the U.S. Supreme Court has consistently held unconstitutional state and local laws that seek to regulate business in other states and will certainly frown upon the current attempts." 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We're going to make > this a long-term > project -- END VOTER FRAUD in 2002. So it's > imperative WJC continue its > investigation without any delays. But, of course, > you can only proceed as > long as you have the funds to do so. That's why > your help is needed. If > we don't get the truth out, I guarantee the > Democrats in Congress and > their mainstream media accomplices will kill this > story -- and the same > type of fraud will take place in the 2002 election! > > Here is the link again: > http://www.westernjournalism.com/voterfraud/military.htm > > Thanks again. > > > > ___________________________ > Please do not respond to this message. > This WND subscriber alert is handled by a system > which does not > process incoming mail. > > This list is distributed to those who have requested > the WorldNetDaily News Alert service. 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Margi U.N. plans "Small Arms" Conference eco-logic report Editor's note: The Commission on Global Governance recommended that the United Nations control the manufacture, sale, and distribution of all munitions - including small arms. Since that recommendation in 1995, the U.N. has been marching steadily toward this goal. This upcoming U.N. Conference is another major step in that march. Here is what the U.N. has to say about small arms, and the conference, scheduled for June/July, 2001. What are small arms and light weapons? Small arms are weapons designed for personal use, while light weapons are designed for use by several persons serving as a crew. Examples of small arms include revolvers and self-loading pistols, rifles, sub-machine guns, assault rifles and light machine-guns. Light weapons include heavy machine-guns, some types of grenade launchers, portable anti-aircraft and anti-tank guns, and portable launchers of anti-aircraft missile systems. Most small arms and light weapons would not be lethal without their ammunition. Ammunition and explosives thus form an integral part of small arms and light weapons used in conflicts. They include cartridges (rounds) for small arms, shells and missiles for light weapons, anti-personnel and anti-tank hand grenades, landmines, explosives, and mobile containers with missiles or shells for single-action anti-aircraft and anti-tank systems. What problems are caused by small arms and light weapons? One of the major problems associated with small arms and light weapons is their widespread availability in many regions of the world. They are the "weapons of choice" in today's predominantly internal conflicts - relatively cheap, lethal, portable and concealable, long-lasting and so easy to operate that children as young as 10 have carried them into combat. They are illicitly trafficked in exchange for hard currency and goods such as diamonds and other precious gems, drugs and related contraband. Armed gangs, criminals, mercenaries and terrorist groups illegally traffic and use these weapons. Accumulations of small arms and light weapons by themselves do not cause the conflicts in which they are used. Their availability, however, contributes towards intensifying conflicts by increasing the lethality and duration of violence, by encouraging a violent rather than a peaceful resolution of differences, and by generating a vicious circle of a greater sense of insecurity, which in turn leads to a greater demand for and use of these weapons. How can small arms be controlled? This is a difficult question. Unlike nuclear, chemical and biological weapons, there are no agreed international norms and standards dealing directly with small arms and light weapons. At the same time, many of the over 100 States which do not export these weapons rely on them for their legitimate national and collective defence and internal security needs. States uphold the right of individual and collective self-defence, as recognized in Article 51 of the Charter of the United Nations, and the legitimate security demands of all countries. It is also generally recognized that small arms are traded globally for legitimate security and commercial considerations. Therefore to ban small arms and light weapons as the international community has done in the case of anti-personnel mines (the Ottawa Convention) would be a difficult if not impossible task. Other global measures to combat the excessive and destabilizing accumulation of small arms and light weapons must be identified. That is one of the reasons why the General Assembly decided in December 1999 to convene the United Nations Conference on the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects [A/RES/54/54 V] in June/July 2001. The Assembly established a Preparatory Committee and requested it to recommend to the Conference a draft final document which will include a programme of action. Why is the United Nations taking action against these weapons? Virtually every part of the UN system is dealing with the direct and indirect consequences of recent armed conflicts fought mostly with these weapons. Small arms and light weapons are increasingly used as primary instruments of violence in the internal conflicts dealt with by the UN, they are responsible for large numbers of deaths and the displacement of citizens around the world, and they consume large amounts of United Nations resources. Many of these conflicts have inflicted heavy casualties on the people involved, the vast majority of whom have been civilians, mostly women and children. The excessive and destabilizing accumulation and transfer of small arms and light weapons is closely related to the increased incidence of internal conflicts and high levels of crime and violence. It is, therefore, an issue of legitimate concern for the international community. Although some regions of the world are affected more than others, this is truly a global phenomenon and thus a source of concern at the United Nations, the world's most representative body. Closer to home, the easy availability of small arms and light weapons has led to the targeting of UN peacekeeping and humanitarian field staff as well as its non-governmental partners on the ground. "Blue Helmet" peacekeepers are unable to completely disarm warring factions because these groups sometimes hide their best weapons or only turn in old, unusable ones, as "insurance" if hostilities resume. The UN's development projects and those of donor countries are damaged if not destroyed when groups carrying these weapons ransack towns and villages. Its peace negotiators and mediators are obliged to return to the negotiating table because one or more factions decide that they can get more on the battlefield than they can at the negotiating table. Refugees under the UN's protection are sometimes moved and controlled by armed groups; children are victims and also enslaved into being combatants and porters by warring factions. Humanitarian aid delivered by the UN is often commandeered or controlled by armed gangs. The arms embargoes imposed by the UN Security Council are increasingly violated due to the illicit trafficking of small arms and light weapons. Since the mid-1990s the United Nations has placed the issue of small arms and light weapons firmly on the international political agenda. The UN has promoted awareness of the problems posed by these weapons. It established a number of expert groups - notably the Panel of Governmental Experts on Small Arms [A/52/298], the Group of Governmental Experts on Small Arms [A/54/258], and the Group of Experts on the problem of ammunition and Explosives [A/54/155] to study the nature and causes of such accumulations and transfers of small arms and light weapons and to recommend ways and means to prevent and reduce them. States, regional organizations and non-governmental groups refer to these reports extensively. The UN has also dealt with small arms in the context of other issues such as the protection of civilians in armed conflict, the role of the Security Council in the prevention of armed conflicts, children and armed conflict, and disarmament, demobilization and reintegration of ex-combatants in a peacekeeping environment. In the field, the UN has been involved in collecting and destroying weapons in a number of its peacekeeping operations. It has also conducted a "weapons for development" pilot project in Albania, collecting weapons from civil society in exchange for community-level development incentives such as roads and bridges. The Secretary-General of the United Nations has taken a personal interest in the small arms issue. In his Millennium Report, the Secretary-General noted that controlling the proliferation of illicit weapons is a necessary first step towards the non-proliferation of small arms. He maintained that small arms and light weapons must be brought under the control of states, and states must be held accountable for their transfer. As the international community prepares for the 2001 Conference, a milestone in the UN's history and the first major UN disarmament conference since 1987, the Secretary-General has urged Member States to take advantage of the Conference "to start taking serious actions that will curtail the illicit traffic in small arms" What is the 2001 Conference about? The Conference will focus on the "Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in All Its Aspects" as its title indicates. The Report of the UN Group of Governmental Experts on Small Arms [A/54/258], issued in September 1999, provides further clarification of what may be discussed by the Conference. The Group of Experts recommended that "The primary focus of attention should be on small arms and light weapons that are manufactured to military specifications. Other types of firearms used in conflicts may, however, also have to be considered in dealing with the problems in the most affected regions of the world. In this overall context, ammunition should also be considered". The "objective" of the Conference is one of the issues to be discussed by the Preparatory Committee. In the report of the Group of Governmental Experts on Small Arms, it was recommended that the objective of the Conference should be to develop and strengthen international efforts to prevent, combat and eradicate the illicit trade in small arms and light weapons in all its aspects. To this end, the Group recommended that the aims of the Conference should be to: - Strengthen or develop norms at the global, regional and national levels that would reinforce and further coordinate efforts to prevent and combat the illicit trade in small arms and light weapons in all its aspects; - Develop agreed international measures to prevent and combat illicit arms trafficking in and manufacturing of small arms and light weapons and to reduce excessive and destabilizing accumulations and transfers of such weapons throughout the world, with particular emphasis on the regions of the world where conflicts come to an end and where serious problems with the proliferation of small arms and light weapons have to be dealt with urgently - Mobilize the political will throughout the international community to prevent and combat illicit transfers in and manufacturing of small arms and light weapons in all their aspects, and raise awareness of the character and seriousness of the interrelated problems associated with illicit trafficking in and manufacture of small arms and light weapons and the excessive and destabilizing accumulation and spread of these weapons; - Promote responsibility by States with regard to the export; import; transit and retransfer of small arms and light weapons. In short, it has become clear that the Conference is an arms control and disarmament undertaking. What is the "Vienna process"? While the 2001 Conference and its Preparatory Committee is dealing with the destabilizing accumulation and spread of military-style small arms and light weapons within the context of disarmament and arms control, there is another negotiating process dealing with small arms and light weapons which is taking place in Vienna. Delegations in Vienna are negotiating a legally binding Protocol against the Illicit Manufacturing of and Trafficking in Firearms, Their Parts and Components and Ammunition [A/AC.254/4/Add.2/Rev.5], supplementing the UN Convention against Transnational Organized Crime. Once concluded, the draft Protocol will provide an international law enforcement mechanism for crime prevention and the prosecution of traffickers. The Protocol may include articles establishing internationally recognized standards and provisions regarding marking, registration and traceability of firearms. 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