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Pugwash, Globalization and Eppawala -
Pugwash Betrayed? or Eppawala Betrayed?

Dedication iii
Acknowledgements iv
Letter to the Editor, and Front cover vi
Participants in the First Pugwash Conference 1957, in Pugwash, Nova Scotia, Canada viii
Preface Pugwash Betrayed? or Eppawala Betrayed? 1
Foreword

Antidote to Globalization:
The South Co-ordinating Commission - Martin Khor
11

Introduction Understanding Natural Capital 17
Chapter 1



The Empress' New Clothes? Impending Socio-Cultural and Environmental Disaster in Southern Sri Lanka
47th Pugwash Conference, 1997
Annex: Personal Notes from Working Group 6 discussions
27



Chapter 2:


Pugwash, Environment and Conflict? A Sri Lankan NAM Perspective: 48th Pugwash conference, 1998
Annex: Extracts from post conference email discussions
36


Chapter 3


Social Responsibility of Scientists? Eppawala phosphate rock
project and Baja California saltworks: IESL Seminar, 1999
Annex: Appeal to 34 international scientists concerning Eppawala
52


Chapter 4







South Africa as Leader of the Non Aligned Movement - some issues from Sri Lanka:
1. Eppawala phosphate in Sri Lanka and Baja California Saltworks in Mexico
2. The National Engineering Research and Development Centre in Sri Lanka: 49th Pugwash conference, 1999
Annexes:
1) Working Group 3 Report reproduced from Pugwash Newsletter
2) Draft Statement circulated among Working Group 3 members
3) Statement to the Pugwash Council concerning Working Group 3
59




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77
Chapter 5


The WTO, Globalization, and Conflict in Sri Lanka
50th Pugwash conference 2000, Causes of War 80
Annex: In Memoriam
80

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Annex A S.C. Judgement on Eppawala Fundamental Rights case, June 2, 2000 90
Annex Legal Watch by Nayana, June 11, 2000 (from Sunday ISLAND newspaper) 151
Annex C: Globalization and proposed Privatization of Water in Sri Lanka - V Tharumaratnam
157
Annex D Pugwash Center, Pugwash, Nova Scotia, Canada, 1999. 167