2 0 0 3 STATE OF THE FUTURE IN EGYPT SUMMER REPORT OF CAIRO NODE

1. 2 0 0 3 STATE OF THE FUTURE IN EGYPTSUMMER REPORT OF CAIRO NODE MP / UNU[ SAN FRANCISCO, USA ]July 17-20, 2003

2.  IMPLEMENTING THE FUTUREThe Franco-Egyptian Partnership(Sensing the Future in Communication and Information Systems) CONTINUED INTERACTIONSThe Millennium Project – Cairo Node PartnershipThe Middle East Peace Scenarios THE MIDDLE EAST ROAD MAP WAR ON IRAQ SOFIE OUTLINE 2003

3. IMPLEMENTING THE FUTUREFRANCO – EGYPTIAN PARTNERSHIPeuroProaspctive – FRSC “FUTURIBLES

4. FRANCO - EGYPTIAN MODEL IN SENSING AND HARMONIZING THE FUTURES COMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES (October 9-10, 2002)  ENERGY (December 16-17, 2003)  GOVERNANCE (2004)  BIOTECHNOLOGY  CULTURAL HERITAGE  ENVIRONMENT  PEACE AND CONFLICTS نموذج فرنسى مصرى فى استشعار وتوافقية المستقبليات

5. MILLENNIUM PROJECT- CAIRO NODE Partnership

6. MILLENNIUM PROJECT- CAIRO NODE INTERACTIONS ON  Future Science and Technology .. Management and Policy Implications , Counterterrorism Scenarios ,  Global Goals for 2050 , Environmenal Security and Military Request SOF – ARABIC VERSION MIDDLE EAST PEACE SCENARIOS

7. Millennium Project - Cairo Node Partnership on Middle East Peace Scenarios Study Round 1 Questionnaire

8. THE MIDDLE EASTROAD MAP

9. LATEST DIPLOMATIC PLANTO ENDINGTHE ISRAELI - PALESTINIAN CONFLICT

10. PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY , ACCEPTED THE MAP , AS IS

11. ISRAEL PRIME MINISTER SAID :HIS GOVERNMENT CANNOT AGREE TO ITAS WRITTENBEING MISLEAD , HE WOULD GOTO WASHINGTON FOR “UNDERSTANDINGS” ON ISRAEL’S RESERVATIONSABOUT THE PLAN

12. ACCORDING TO THE MAP :

13. (1) RECOGNITION OF A PALESTINIAN STATE WITH PROVISIONAL BORDERS ,BY THE END OF THIS YEAR ,ISRAEL PRIME MINISTER WANTS PALESTINIANS FORMALLY RENOUNCETHE RIGHT OF RETURNFOR THE 4 MILLION PALESTINIANSNOW IN REFUGEE CAMPS

14. (2) SETTLEMENT FREEZE ,SHOULD TAKE PLACE THIS YEAR , ISRAEL PRIME MINISTER WANTS TO DEFERANY TALK ABOUT UNTIL PLANNED NEGOTIATIONS ON A FINAL SETTLEMENT IN 2005.

15. (3) LIGTING THE “GENERAL” CLOSURE IN THE OCCUPIED TERRITORIES INSTEADTIGHT BLOCKADE WAS IMPOSED IN GAZA BARRING PALESTINIANS , JOURNALISTS ,AND DIPLOMATS

16. (4)SOUNDED MORE LIBERAL THAN IT TURNED OUT, ISRAEL FREED180 OF A 5000 PALESTINIAN PRISONERS ,BEEN DETAINED FOR PETTY OFFENCESSUCH AS WORKING ILLEGAL ,MANY WERE DUE FOR RELEASE .

17. PALESTINIAN PRIME MINISTER , HAS VOWED FORTO END THE ARMED INTIFADATHROUGH CEASEFIRE ,AND VOLUNTARY DISARMAMENT IF POSSIBLE, BUT BY FORCE IF NECESSARY .

18. THAT VISION DISSOLVESON THE FACE OF ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER’S  NEVER ENDING SETTLEMENT -  BUILDING SECURITY FENCEOF VAST WALLS BARRIER , PATROL ROADS , ELECTRONIC FENCES, EARTH TRENCHES - BETWEEN ISRAEL AND THE WEST BANK,  ABSORBING CHUNKS OF PALESTINIAN LAND,  AND THREATENING TO SWALLOW MUCH MORE

19. MIDDLE EAST ROAD MAP THE STANDING OF ITS ARCHITECTS , MAKES IT A CREDIBLE EXPRESSION OF SERIOUS INTENT ,ITS TARGET DATES FOR PARALLEL MOVES ,MAKE IT A SENSIBLE ACTION PLAN ,WITH A CLEARLY DEFINED END-GAME

20. MIDDLE EAST ROAD MAP VIEWING THE ROAD MAP AS AN UNPRECEDENTED OPPORTUNITY , TO RESOLVE ISRAEL’S CONFLICT ,NOT ONLY WITH THE PALESTINIANS ,BUT ALSO WITH SYRIA AND LEBANON.

21. MIDDLE EAST ROAD MAP WITHOUT AMERICAN INTERVENTION , MUCH HARDER , OR IMPOSSIBLE TO SEETHAT ISRAEL CARRIES OUTTHE INSTRUCTIONS OF THE ROAD MAP

23. THE WAR ON IRAQ

25. REGARDING LEGITIMACY OF THE WAR ON IRAQ , THE MANY QUESTIONS RAISED REQUIRE A REASSESSMENT OF THE FUTURE ,OF THE INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

26. GENERAL ASSEMBLYWAS CONFUSED AND INTIMIDATED ,PEOPLES AROUND THE WORLD ,TEGETHER WITH MOST OF THEIR GOVERNMENTS, STOOD VEHEMENTLY OPPOSEDTO THE USE OF FORCE.

27. UN SECURITY COUNCIL ,USED BY US SECRETARY OF STATE COLIN POWELLAT THE LANDMARK SESSIONIT URGED THE SECUNITY COUNCILTO FOCUS EXCLUSIVELY ON THE WMD ISSUEAS OPPOSED TO REGIME CHANGE

28. THE ILLEGAL WEAPONS ,FOLLOWING THE END OF THE WAR ON IRAQ ,WITH ITS WANTON DESTRUCTION OF LIVES AND PROPERTY ,THE INVADING FORCES ,WHICH HAVE NOW BECOME FORCES OF OCCUPATION , HAVE FAILED TO FIND ANY TRACE OF THE ILLEGAL WEAPONS ,THAT THE BRITISH AND AMERICAN PUBLIC WERE ASSURED COULD BE ACTIVATED WITHIN 45 MINUTES ,AND WHICH WERE USED AS THE PRETEXTFOR WAR ,AND THE DISREGARD OF UN RESOLUTIONS ,

29. THE ISSUE OF WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION HAS EMERGED FROM THE SHADOWY WORLDOF INTELLIGENCE AGENCIESTO TAKE CENTER STAGE IN THE POLITICAL ARENA , MAINLY ON THE UK ,THOUGH ALSO IN THE US

30. THE HOUSE OF COMMONS ,IS NOW CALLING FOR AN INDEPENDENT INQUIRY, INTO THE FAKED EVIDENCE ,AND THE AMERICAN SENATORS TOO .

31. THE WORLD IS NOT A SAFER PLACE NOW THE PREEMPTIVE WAR / STRIKE POLICY ,WHO IS NEXT ?

32. WHAT NEXT ?WHO WILL RULE IRAQ AFTER SADDAM ?A BIG CONTROVERSY OVER WHAT WILL HAPPEN.NEOCONSERVATIVES LIKE DONALD RUMSFELD ,PAUL WOLFOWITZ , AND RICHARD PERLE ,ENVISION A LONGER US OCCUPATIONDIRECTED ENTIRELY BY THE PENTAGONWITH ONLY MINIMAL PARTICIPATIONBY OTHER COUNTRIES AND THE UN.

33. IN ESSENCE ,THEY WANT TO WIN THE PEACETHE WAY US HAS PUSHED FOR WAR :ALONE

34. IN SHORT ,SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION 1483HAS CONFERRED A GLOSS OF INTERNATIONAL LEGITIMACYON THE ILLEGAL US - BRITAIN OCCUPATION OF IRAQ .IN ALLOWING IT TO PASS ,THE UN HAS COMMITTED A MORAL AND LEGAL FAULT OF GREATEST MAGNITUDE

35. AFTER 1441 FEARS FOR THE FUTURE THE US, FOR ITS PART ,IS NOW IN A POSITION ,TO DO EXACTLY WHAT IT WANTS ,WHEREVER IT WANTS ,TO WHOEVER IT WANTS.

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