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About Oregon daily emerald. (Eugene, Or.) 1920-2012 | View Entire Issue (Nov. 21, 1979)
Rhodesia peace pact praised By DOUG FICK Of the Emerald The peace treaty being negotiat ed m Great Britain by members ot the Zimbabwe Rhodesia govern ment. the Patriotic Front and the British government is a viable blueprint for peace in Zimbabwe Rhodesia, said Bishop Jonah Shin of the Zimbabwe Lutheran Church Shin spoke Tuesday to a crowd of about 50 people at the Central Luftieran Church He traced the history of the black struggle in Zimbabwe-Rhodesia and urged support for the proposed treaty “Justice must be done,” Shiri said We must accept anything that gives us peace and justice " The 10-year war has ravaged Zimbabwe-Rhodesia and ratifica tion of the treaty is imperative if the nation of 7 25 million people is to have peace, he said “Children are dying in the thou sands.'Shin reported "There is no medical help in the rural areas People who have had good homes are living in homes of cardboard or thin plastic This is terrible " Shiri said the 1978 internal sett lement, which provided for black majority rule in Zimbabwe-Rhode sia was unacceptable, but he said the new treaty is a real move toward black rule Although the 1978 settlement did not include the Patriotic front, the present treaty is being drafted with input from the guerrilla leaders and Robert Mugabe Shan said their participation in the negotiations is critical The treaty is the result of an effort by Britain's Prime Mmisrer Margaret Thatcher to bring the Zimbabwe-Rhodesian factions together Although the British government has predicted a cease fire within two weeks. Shin said a total cease lire will not be possible that soon "After all they have to go into the bush to tell these boys to quit fighting,'' he said "It may take two months " The treaty calls for free elections within four months, and Shiri said, British supervision of the elections will insure fairness The treaty's guarantee of black control in Zim babwe-Rhodesia makes unimpor tant the qjestion of which black faction will win the election We are not worried who wins," Shin said "They are all black men We are not fighting for a leader, we are fighting for justice ” Shiri dismissed concern about communist infiltration into the country, stressing that there is little likelihood of Russian or Cuban involvement "We have been oppressed for many years.” he said, "We don’t want anyone else to oppress us.” Shin advocated lifting of Amer ican trade sanctions against Zim babwe-Rhodesia as soon as black rule is guaranteed He urged American aid to the impoverished country and acceptance of Zim babwe-Rhodesian students into the United States Jonah Shiri Group revives international student week activities By DAVID STEINMAN Of the Emerald The Foreign Students Organ ization will restore the long-dor mant International Student’s Week during spring term, FSO Director Dominic Okon said Tuesday night at a meeting of the organization s executive council “The last International Student s Week held at the University was 10 years ago," Okon said “Staging the event during this school year will bring a new visibility and personality to the Foreign Students Organ izations The week's activities would include cultural and traditional events — dance, music and dis plays of art and artifacts from different nations, Okon said Correction The dean of the College of Arts and Sciences is John Baldwin, not John Bowlin, as spelled in Tuesday's Emerald story on the director of the University Film Studies pro gram We ll stage the event in the EMU Ballroom, " Okon added We ve also considered holding the event in Mac Court if there is a good probability we ll have a large-enough audience " In addition to International Student's Week, the FSO decided it would stage several international forums in which topics of interest to foreign students would be discussed The FSO executive council is considering the Middle East problem and foreign students rights as possible topics The FSO is considering ac tively working with the Eugene and Springfield school districts "Teachers want their students exposed to University events that center on foreign cultures," Okon said ' I've also been asked to have representa tives from the FSO speak to students at local high schools " The FSO decided unan imously that it would support the Iranian students boycott of visa inspection "Violation of Iranian students' rights is happening now, but in the future it might happen to students from another country,” said Cosmas Nwer em. president of the Nigerian Students Association In his opening address, Okon complained the FSO was fund ed at much too low a level. 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