Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - September 18, 1997, Winnipeg, Manitoba A4 Winnipeg free september i b Axworthy landmine stance hailed Omni pegged could win Nobel peace prize by Stevens wild staff reporter Lester Pearson was sitting in his office in the basement of the Centre Block on Parlia ment Hill waiting for the opening of the new it was a sad time for Pearson and his Liberal after 22 years in they had been unexpectedly Defeated in the 19s7 Federal elec Tion by John Diefenbaker and the progressive after nine years As Secretary of state for external a period in which he was regarded As one of the worlds leading Pear son was now just a exiled to a tiny then the phone it was a reporter asking for pearsons com at first Pearson want sure what the reporter was talking the reporter then informed Pearson he had won the Nobel peace prize for his role in helping to resolve the Suez crisis of Pearson remains the Only Canadian to win the peace the most prestigious of the Nobel Canadian soldiers shared a Nobel prize in 1988 for United nations other Nobel peace prize winners include Martin Luther Mother the Dalia Desmond Nelson Mandela and Aung san Suu and Pearson May soon be joined by another earlier this Winnipeg Lloyd Axworthy was nominated for his work in forging an International ban on antipersonnel a treaty which could be settled this it is not out of the said University of Waterloo historian John English of Axworthy chances for the it will help our self that we can do things on the International parallels the winners of this years Nobel prizes will be announced next there Are parallels Between Axworthy and his More famous pre English in both cases we used our connections and had a minister who pushed said who has written a two volume biography Joe 8ryksawinnipeg free press Axworthy seeks ban on mines like these held by Dave Axworthy nominated for award Pearson won Nobel peace prize Axworthy claiming a1 of Pearson and served As a Liberal member of and As Pearson was instrumental in solving the Suez Axworthy has been crucial to the Progress that has been made on controlling there would be no treaty without Lloyd English the mine initiative is the biggest thing Canada has done in More than a it is As meritorious an accomplishment As Canadian peace activists have hailed the nomination of Axworthy for the prestigious in my Axworthy has made a very definite contribution to the landmine Cam said Ken Epps of project he has brought the Issue of landmines a Long Way in a very Short Epps pointed out since Axworthy was appointed foreign affairs min ister in that significant movement has been made on the nearly a year Axworthy launched the so called Ottawa process in which More than 100 countries Are now working toward a global landmine Epps said that without the efforts of Canadas foreign affairs depart the process would not be nearly As far if the Canadian government had it shown we be As close As we Are to a landmine Epps the credit has to go to the department and the officials English added the landmines treaty might Lead to a situation where the uses of the weapons become As Poison used by both sides during the first world is now viewed with Hor ror by the International in the future it will become associated with unacceptable behave English said of English said there Are other similarities Between the two both come from academic backgrounds Pearson was a history professor at the University of Toronto and Axworthy a Urban planning professor at the University of support and both men had the support of their prime English neither prime minister Louis Laurent nor prime minister Jean Chretien attempted to steal the cred it for their ministers but at least one scholar says there int a lot of comparison Between Axworthy and i think he Pearson will remain the Only Nobel said historian Donald Swainson of Queens uni the assessment is that he helped prevent widespread it required a bit of delicate Diplo Matic surgery and Pearson was Good at the award was while stating Axworthy achieve ment was Swainson said the signing of the landmine treaty will not end the problem of he pointed out even with a treaty there will still be some 100million landmines planted around the world waiting to do their deadly they Are too said there Are too Many countries producing them and using in the Long landmines May be a More serious problem than a War in the Middle but the War was solved and we still have As the lukewarm support of the United states for the landmine ban highlights a Clear difference from the Suez English in we worked with the americans and it was the British who were the English with it is the pearsons initiative Lead to the first Ever United nations peace keeping which has since become a common fixture on the International in 1956 the United kingdom and France had invaded shortly after Israel invaded the the Point of the invasion was to protect the Suez then a vital International the International Community was Quick to condemn the seen As a throwback to the Days of gun boat diplomacy and Swainson said Pearson was concerned about the apparent rift Between the United states and great an Alliance which he Felt was crucial to the Security of the Western democracies during the cold it pitted the British against the Sainsott diplomats from other countries immediately looked to Pearson to seek a Way out of the As he flew to new York to attend the Emer gency debates at the United Britain and France were vetoing resolutions calling for a military Secre tar general Dag Hammarskjold was rumoured to be on the Brink of at first the canadians kept their own and abstained from a motion sponsored by Secretary of state John Foster Dulles for a withdrawal of the in the Early morning hours of Pearson spoke to the general Assembly and reminded delegates Mere resolutions calling for a withdrawal of the combatants solved because it meant a return to an unacceptable status then he made his suggestion for the intervention of a United nations for two the world waited while the great Powers decided to accept the unorthodox on the general Assembly voted unanimously to accept pearsons delegates swarmed around the congratulating him for his deft the British and French withdrew and the in Force took up its position at Suez and along the Gulf of it remained in place until ordered withdrawn before the 1967 six Day heart mattress be fitted by Harry Rosen at his semiannual trunk show Harry Polo Park shopping Centre top Price cuts out i the learn earn save depot learn a valuable new skill preparing income twelve 12 week course begins sep tember classes will be held two 2 Days each upon completion of the you will be eligible for with u r tax the Cost for the Basic course is just including get comply Elton of Cumuli u nil Thor in offer nor pure let of Lemon to prepare income taxes earn Money preparing taxes save Money preparing your own return classes Start september so Huny to i 196 Ooi Ilet Street 56 Sli Diacona 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