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Russian Guidebook Testers Wanted
If you are travelling to any Russian, Belorussian or
Ukrainian city or have recently visited any (with the
exception of Moscow and St Petersburg), and are interested
in checking the chapter on my upcoming guidebook,
Russia by Rail, I would be delighted to hear from you.
I will supply you with the city chapter/s or route if you are
travelling by rail, and you will see what is missing or think
needs clarrification.
The book covers the following routes (plus a few others)
with descriptions of most of their cities and towns en route:
* The Trans-Siberian, Trans-Mongolian, Trans-Manchurian
* Vladivostok to Harbin via the old East Chinese Railway
* Vladivostok to Pyongyang, North Korea
* The BAM from Taishet to Sovetskaya Gavin
* Moscow to St Petersburg
* Mosow to Arkhangelsk to Murmansk to St Petersburg
* Moscow to Minsk to Brest (Poland/Belorussian border)
* Moscow to Kiev to Chop (Ukrainian/Hungarian border)
* Moscow to Voronozh to Volgagrad to Astrakhan
* The Golden Ring cities
* The Vyatka Line from Moscow to Nizhni Novgorod to
Vyatka (formerly Kirov).
Reward for this work includes a mention in the
acknowledgement section as a Guidebook Tester, and a
copy of the book.
Athol Yates
Canberra Australia
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WORLD AIDS DAY NEWS BRIEF * AESOP Center, Moscow
Contact: Kevin Gardner +7(502) 224-3118 or +7(095) 141-8315,
[email protected]
AN IRON CURTAIN CLOSES AGAINST HIV-POSITIVES
1 December 1995, MOSCOW--The Russian Government has confirmed the type of
medical certificate showing HIV status required to receive a Russian entry
visa, according to which people with HIV/AIDS will be barred from coming
to Russia for longer than 3 months.
This certificate signifies official resolve to implement the controversial
AIDS law passed by the Russian Parliament earlier this year. The supposed
purpose of the medical certificate is to restrict HIV-positive foreigners
from being on Russian territory long-term, according to a representative
of the Russian Government Information Center, Aleksandr L. Voznesensky.
"A certificate system is ineffective in terms of public health,
discriminatory in terms of human rights, and ludicrous in terms of
feasibility," asserted Dr. Lola Karimova, a Moscow gynaecologist and the
Women's Health Director of the AESOP Center.
The Russian government resolution approving this certificate, issued 25
November 1995, directly contradicts this year's slogan for World AIDS
Day--"Shared Rights, Shared Responsibilities"--by denying people with
HIV/AIDS the basic human rights to privacy and freedom of movement. Last
year on this day, Russia even signed the Paris Declaration guaranteeing
people with HIV/AIDS equal access to work, education and travel.
The official number of registered HIV and AIDS cases in Russia as of 1
December 1995 is 1,033, although most experts agree the actual number is
much higher.
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Below are excerpts from an announcement about an internship position in
the Washington, DC of the Counterpart Foundation.
Internship in International Development
NIS Central Asian Focus)
Counterpart Foundation is looking for an intern for Spring semester 1995
to work on its NGO (Non-Governmental Organization) Support Initiative for
Central Asia. This program works to foster the creation of effective,
democratic and sustainable NGOs capable of expressing citizens'
interests, providing services to vulnerable groups within the population,
and working in sectors critical to the economic, political and social
development of the region. Counterpart accomplishes these goals by a)
providing training to NGOs in a variety of issues; b) implementing a
small grants program; and c) promoting and facilitating information
exchange among local NGOs and with international organizations.
The intern will be based in Counterpart's Washington, D.C. office and
will provide support to Counterpart's field offices in Almaty, Kazakstan,
Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan and Tashkent, Uzbekistan.
Requirements for the position include:
A commitment of at least 15 weeks
Intern must have completed at least two years of university
course work
An interest in the former Soviet Union
Familiarity with WordPerfect or MS Word
Good writing skills
The ideal candidate would also have:
Knowledge of Russian or a Central Asian or Turkic language
Extensive knowledge about (or have visited) the former Soviet
Union or Central Asia
Experience working in a non-profit organization
This is an unpaid internship. For more information, please send your
resume to:
Thomas Sanderson
Counterpart Foundation
910 17th Street NW #328
Washington, D.C. 20006
Fax: (202) 296-9679
Email: washington!cptf![email protected]
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Subject: Database of 350 civic education organizations
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The September 1995 edition of the EDUCATION for DEMOCRACY INTERNATIONA
DATABASE (EDID), listing over 350 civic education organization from around
the world is now available from Education for Democracy/International (EDI)
, a project of the American Federation of Teachers Educational Foundation.
The EDID will soon be placed on Civnet.
EDI has been supporting the development and strengthening of civic education
programs in new democracies since 1989.
For a copy of the EDID, contact:
Steven Fleischman, Assistant Director
International Affairs Department
American Federation of Teachers
555 New Jersey Ave, NW
Washington, DC 20001-2079
TEL 202 393-7484
FAX 202 879-4502
EMAIL [email protected] OR
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