Coming up in November 2002

COMING UP IN NOVEMBER 2002 AT THE EAST-WEST CENTER

• Globalization and Trafficking Conference
• "Private Sector Talanoa on the Security and Viability of Transportation in the Pacific Islands”
• Two New Publications . . .
• “Seeking Justice on the Cheap: Is the East Timor Tribunal Really a Model for the Future?”
• “The Case for U.S. Leadership in Rebuilding Afghanistan”
• In the Arts . . .
• Performance: Cuarteto-Xallapan
• Presentation: Mahabharata: Shadow Puppet Theatre of Central Indonesia
  Exhibition: Ramayana in the Arts of Asia
• Looking Ahead . . .

GLOBALIZATION AND TRAFFICKING CONFERENCE

November 13 - 15. The Human Rights Challenge of Globalization in Asia Pacific-U.S.: The Trafficking in Persons, Especially Women and Children Conference cosponsored by the Globalization Research Center, University of Hawai’i, Manoa and the East-West Center is expected to attract 300 human rights experts and women's rights advocates to the Hawai'i Convention Center. Complete conference brochure is available online.

Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton said only unexpected Washington business would prevent her appearance in person in Honolulu. In that case, she will address the conference with a video.

As First Lady in the 1990s, Hillary Clinton helped break the world's silence about the trafficking in human beings, especially women and girls. She challenged governments and societies of every nation to address the root causes of this dehumanizing practice: corruption, the low status of women and girls, economic disparity, and the lack of opportunities for trafficked and at-risk persons.

If the U.S. Senate is not in a lame-duck session, Senator Clinton will deliver the keynote address. Additional international anti-slavery experts to speak at the conference include Noeleen Heyzer, executive director of UNIFEM and Kevin Bales, founder of Free the Slaves and author of "Disposable People: New Slavery in the Global Economy" which was nominated for the Pulitzer Prize.

Trafficking in persons is the downside of globalization, a modern-day form of slavery that preys on society's most vulnerable populations: workers, migrants, refugees, stateless persons, women and children. The human misery created by this new global trade involves the recruitment, transport, harboring, and often sale, of persons exploited for their labor in sweatshops, agricultural plantations, as domestic servants and increasingly in the global sex industry. These trafficked individuals are the commodities of a transnational criminal industry which generates billions of dollars in a global underground economy. Trafficking in human beings has created a human rights crisis in Asia, a recognized "supply" and "demand" zone for trafficked persons. The practice is driven by demand factors in the developed world where markets seek ever cheaper goods and services-human and material. The pool of victims in Asia Pacific is caused by widespread economic inequality, the low status of women and girls, corruption, lax law enforcement, and punitive immigration policies.

The conference will include brief keynote addresses, a variety of workshops and panel discussions, receptions, and Hawaiian cultural events.

The conference sessions will be driven by two goals:

• Interactive communication between presenters and audience in small workshop settings.
• Networking opportunities for participants.

Confirmed Speakers

Confirmed Speakers

Registration Fees
Late Registration (postmarked after September 15, 2002): US$175
On-site Registration: US$225
Full-time student Registration: US$75 (Proof of full-time student status required.)
Payment may be made by cheque or money order, payable in U.S.$ to "East-West Center," or using MasterCard, Visa, Discover Card, or American Express credit cards. Send payment to: East-West Center, East-West Seminars, 1601 East-West Road, Honolulu, Hawai'i 96848-1601 USA; FAX: (808) 944-7600. Online Registration: Online Registration
Mail/Fax-in Registration Form
Mail/Fax-in Registration Form

Cancellations
Requests for refunds (minus $50 service fee) must be received in writing by October 15th, 2002. No refunds will be possible after October 15th, 2002.

Contact Information

For program inquiries:
Dr. Nancie Caraway Globalization Research Center Conference Coordinator Director of Women's Human Rights Projects 1580 Makaloa St., Suite 970 Honolulu, Hawai`i 96814 USA Telephone: 808-945-1450, ext. 106 E-mail: nancie@hawaii.edu

For registration inquiries:
East-West Center
East-West Seminars
1601 East-West Road
Honolulu, Hawai`i 96848-1601
Telephone: 808-944-7682
Fax: 808-944-7600
On-line registration: On-line registration
E-mail: seminars@EastWestCenter.org

"Private Sector Talanoa on the Security and Viability of Transportation in the Pacific Islands”

This workshop will focus on private sector perspectives on security and the viability of the transportation sector in the Pacific islands--challenges to be solved, ongoing efforts to address these concerns, areas where more attention needs to be paid, and opportunities for growth and U.S. government/private sector involvement. A small number of key business people and government representatives from the U.S. and Pacific Island Nations will participate in a free-flowing discussion of the issues, the outcomes of which will become a Pacific Islands Development Program (PIDP) Working Paper, presented to the Standing Committee of the Pacific Islands Conference of Leaders, and widely distributed throughout the region.
EWC contact: Scott Kroeker (808)944-7721, E-mail:kroekers@EastWestCenter.org

New Publications:

"Seeking Justice on the Cheap: Is the East Timor Tribunal Really a Model for the Future?" AsiaPacific Issues No. 61, August 2002 by David Cohen, Honolulu: East-West Center. 8 pages.

Summary: Over the past eight years the UN Security Council has paid some $1.6 billion dollars to operate International Criminal Tribunals in Yugoslavia and Rwanda. Successfully pressured to establish a tribunal in East Timor, the Council sought to cut its costs by creating a new form of tribunal—a “hybrid” tribunal with both international and domestic judges and partially funded and staffed by the national government. Today, though the hybrid tribunal is lauded by the United Nations as a model, the East Timor Tribunal is anything but. Of its meager $6.3 million budget for 2002, $6 million went to the prosecution, which nevertheless has failed to take any high-level perpetrators into custody. The balance was almost all for international judges’ salaries, who sorely lack adequate administrative and clerical support. Though some steps have now been taken to improve the training of defense counsel, the Public Defender’s unit is so under-funded and inexperienced that it did not call a single witness in any of its first 14 trials. Whether a minimally credible tribunal is better than none at all is the real issue the United Nations has not openly addressed.

CONTACT:
David Cohen (510)642-6614. E-mail: djcohen@socrates.berkeley.edu
PDF file available online at www.eastwestcenter.org/res-rp-publicationdetails.asp

"The Case for U.S. Leadership in Rebuilding Afghanistan" AsiaPacific Issues, No. 62, September 2002 by Wali M. Osman, Honolulu: East-West Center. 8 pages.

Summary: To further its strategic interests and national security, the United States has intervened in Afghanistan twice in less than two decades, first in the fight against the Soviets and then the Taliban. Now, as Afghans attempt to rebuild, American interests are at stake again. Before the Soviet takeover, Afghanistan had been moving slowly toward modernity, its development impeded by ethnic and tribal divisions kept in check by the monarchy’s patronage system. Today, the country needs not only a new physical infrastructure but also institutions that will enable it to function as a modern economy, while politically accommodating its diverse and divided population. Democratization and economic development offer the best hope for stability, and specific steps can be taken to achieve these outcomes, but the country cannot move forward without increased security. Warlords contest the authority of the transitional government, which is itself critically divided. Beyond the issue of security, there is the urgent need for a more active commitment of U.S. resources and influence to the political and economic aspects of the reconstruction effort.

CONTACT:
Wali M. Osman (808)944-7229. E-mail: OsmanW@EastWestCenter.org
PDF file available online at www.eastwestcenter.org/res-rp-publicationdetails.asp

In the Arts . . .

Performance: Cuarteto Xallapan
November 3
“Cuarteto Xallapan,” a guitar quartet from Veracruz, Mexico, under the direction of EWC/UHM alumnus Randall Kohn, will perform at the EWC’s Hawaii Imin International Conference Center at Jefferson Hall on November 3, 4:00-5:30 p.m. The repertoire will consist of classical guitar compositions with a Latin American style. Tickets are $12 general admission, $8 for students, seniors, and members of the EWC Friends. Tickets are available from the UHM Campus Center (M-F 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m.); charge-by-phone: 944-7177. There will be several other performance-demonstrations for school students, and a public performance Nov. 5 at Hilo's East Hawaii Cultural Center.

Presentation: Mahabharata: Shadow Puppet Theatre of Central Indonesia
November 15 - 17

“Mahabharata: Shadow Puppet Theatre of Central Indonesia” is a three-day presentation of Javanese wayang kulit puppetry depicting the great Hindu epic, Mahabharata. Featuring six visiting artists from Yogyakarta and the UHM Gamelan Ensemble. Imin Center-Jefferson Hall. Tickets ($12 general admission; $8 for students, seniors and members of the EWC Friends) are available at the UHM Campus Center (M-F 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m.), or charge-by-phone: 944-7177. Cosponsored by the UHM Music Department and the UHM Gamelan Ensemble, with generous assistance from the UHM College of Arts and Humanities, and contributors to the EWC Foundation.

Exhibition: Ramayana in the Arts of Asia

This exhibition -- running through January 3 -- in the EWC Gallery will feature numerous art works from South and Southeast Asia depicting scenes from the classical Hindu epic story, the Ramayana. The visiting scholar and guest curator is EWC alumnus Garrett Kam, a resident of Bali.

In conjunction with the Ramayana in the Arts of Asia exhibition and held in the EWC Gallery:

November 5, 6, 7, 10 (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Sunday) 12:00 - 1:30 p.m. tapestry demonstrations and discussion of the Importance of the Ramayana in Myanmar Culture by U Sein Myint of Mandalay, who is Myanmar/Burma's foremost authority on Burmese arts. Sunday, November 10:
2:30 - 3:30 p.m., slide talk on "The Performing Arts and the Ramayana" with dance demonstrations by visiting exhibition curator, Garrett Kam, who is curator of the Neka Museum in Ubud, Bali, Indonesia.

EWC arts programs are made possible by support from the Hawai'i Pacific Rim Society, the Hawai'i Community Foundation, the Jackie Chan Foundation, the Arthur Goodfriend Fund, Hawaiian Airlines, and by generous contributions to the EWC Foundation.

Gallery hours are Monday-Friday 8 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sunday Noon-4 p.m. Closed Saturdays and holidays. Admission is free. Visitor parking on the adjacent UH campus is $3 and is usually easily available after 4 p.m. weekdays; Sunday parking is normally free and ample.

EWC ARTS CONTACTS: Pattie Dunn (808) 944-7584 or William Feltz, E-mail: feltzb@EastWestCenter.org

L o o k i n g A h e a d . . . 2003

February (TBA): Pacific Island Technical Training Planning Meeting.

February 20-22: EWC International Graduate Student Conference: “A Sense of Place in the Pacific and Asia: Socioeconomic, Cultural, Political and Environmental Identities.” A call for papers is currently ongoing; deadline for submission is November 1. See the website: EWC International Graduate Conference

March (TBA): U.S.-Japan Overseas Development Agency Dialog Seminar (2 ½ days at EWC).

March 4-19 (Tenative): Hong Kong Journalism Fellowships (EWC, Hong Kong & China).

March 16-30 (Tentative): Japan-United States Journalists’ Exchange Program (3/26-29 at EWC).

April 9-13: Regional Workshop on Traditions of Dissent in Asian Societies. National Endowment for the Humanities.

April 20-22: 3rd Asia Pacific Conference in Shanghai on E-Commerce.

May 4-31: Spring 2003 Jefferson Fellowships (5/4-11 at EWC).

June 1: 10th Workshop on Community-based Management of Forest Lands.

June 20-23: ASPAC Regional Asian Studies Conference hosted by EWCA, EWC, and UH.

July (TBA): Pacific Islands Technical Training Workshop at EWC (2 weeks).

August 3-6: 5th Senior Policy Seminar.

August 28-29: Asian Global Energy Markets Conference.

August (TBA): 2nd Women’s Leadership Program (2 weeks, EWC and Australia).

September 1-14: 13th New Generation Seminar.

September (TBA): 3rd Asia Pacific Conference on E-commerce (Shanghai, 2 ½ days).

October Reunion for alumni who were at the EWC from 1960 to 1965.

October 5 – Nov. 1: Fall 2003 Jefferson Fellowships.

1st half of October: 3rd Asia Pacific Executive Forum (2-3 days, New Delhi, India).

November 10-14: International Symposium on Remote Sensing of Environment (ISRSE) (with Pacific Disaster Center, 5 days).