War-child conference symbolic of Axworthy's career; advocate of 'human security' to press delegates from 120 countries to protect youngsters caught in battle zones

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The global conference on war and children at Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, hosted by Canadian Minister of Foreign Affairs Lloyd Axworthy, is discussed. Axworthy seeks to protect those children who are often found in battle areas.

World, Legislative Bodies, Foreign Affairs, Children and war, Axworthy, Lloyd

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Free hand or free trade?

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The Summit of the Americas, which is an international trade conference that has attracted political and economic leaders from 34 countries, is focusing on free trade. But the conference, which is being held in Quebec City, highlights the economic divide between North and Latin America.

Administration of General Economic Programs, Foreign trade, Trade Negotiations, Free trade, Summit of the Americas

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Canada brokering new deal

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Paul Heinbecker, Canada's Ambassador to the United Nations, said a suggestion for Iraqi disamament and a war deadline would be presented to break the deadlock in the United Nations Security Council between the United States and Britain on the one hand and Russia and France on the other.

United Kingdom, United States, France, International Affairs, Russia, UN Security Council, Military policy, United States foreign relations, Iraqi foreign relations, United Nations. Security Council, Foreign policy, Heinbecker, Paul

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