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Resolution condemning
Iraqi force debated
UNITED NATIONS The Secu
rity Council began private debate
Thursday on a resolution that would
! condemn Iraq's military onslaught
' against its Kurdish minority as a threat
! to international peace and security.
The fate of the French-sponsored
. resolution seemed to rest with China,
believed to strongly oppose any prece
! dent for having the council examine the
internal affairs and human-rights abuses
of U.N. member states.
A copy of the draft text has the Se-
curity Council saying it is "alarmed"
' aboutlraq'scampaignagainstthe Kurds,
" "which threatens international peace and
security in the region."
Turkey also is pressing the Security
Council to demand an end to what it
calls Iraqi atrocities against its Kurdish
' minority and to provide major hu
' manitarian aid to refugees.
An Iraqi official said in Baghdad
Thursday it was "still early" for the
government to respond but complained
that the measure "aims at humiliating
' Iraq and clearly weakening its regional
'. role and stripping it of its military
power."The official spoke on condition
' of anonymity.
If Saddam Hussein's government
fails to comply, there will be no formal
cease-fire, no withdrawal of allied troops
1 from southern Iraq and the gulf region,
'. and no lifting of economic sanctions.
: Soviet parliament gives
; Yeltsin rule by decree
: MOSCOW Russian leader Boris
', Yeltsin on Thursday won sweeping
! powers to rule by decree in the largest
! Soviet republic, greatly increasing his
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ability to implement reforms and to
stand up to his rival, Soviet President
Mikhail Gorbachev.
The breakthrough on the eighth day
of the stalemated Russian Congress of
People's Deputies gives Yeltsin the
means to try to override opposition in
his own republic and to face Gorbachev
on a more equal footing.
However, Yeltsin was given no en
forcement powers, such as a long-discussed
Russian army, and there was no
assurance local officials would obey his
decrees.
The rivalry between Yeltsin and
Gorbachev, former allies who split three
years ago over the pace of economic
reform, has hobbled any significant
reform progress since Yeltsin ascended
to the Russian leadership last year.
Gates forced to take
paid leave of absence
LOS ANGELES Police Chief
Daryl Gates was forced to take a 60-day
paid leave of absence Thursday pend
ing completion of key investigations in
the videotaped beating of a black mo
torist by white policemen.
"I feel that I have been disgraced and
defamed," Gates said after emerging
from an 80-minute, closed-door Police
Commission meeting. "I have no idea
why this is happening. I'm very con
trolled. I always have been."
A statement issued by the commission
said, "We emphasize this action is not
punitive in nature and results in no loss
of pay or benefits for Chief Gates. More
importantly, it should not be taken by
the public as reflecting any conclusion
as to whether the chief should be charged
or disciplined in the future."
Mayor Tom Bradley on Tuesday
asked for Gates' resignation.
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Nicaraguan
By Anna Griffin
Staff Writer
The biggest problem facing students
in Nicaragua today is not finishing their
homework or getting good grades, but
instead whether or not they can find a
desk to sit in or a textbook to study
from.
In the seventh part Thursday of the
UNC School of Education's 1990-91
Symposium on InternationalCross
Cultural Perspectives in Child Devel
opment, Nicaraguan Minister of Edu
cation Humberto Belli explained the
massive changes needed to improve the
Nicaraguan school system.
"Half of those who enter first grade
never make it to second grade," Belli
said. "And only 3 percent of those who
enter the school system graduate from
high school.
"These children are termed 'at risk'
because they come from broken homes,
are the victims of father absenteeism or
suffer from psychological or physical
injuries from the civil war," he said.
State leaders
By Sabrina Smith
Staff Writer
In the midst budget debate, N.C.
legislators must also contend with nu
merous proposals to amend the state
Constitution, the most significant pos
sibilities affecting gubernatorial veto
power, judicial appointment and legis
lators' term length.
Attaining veto power is a top priority
of Gov. James Martin, said Nancy
Pekarek, spokesperson for the governor.
North Carolina is the only state whose
governor does not have veto power.
When Martin first campaigned for
governor in 1984, he saw no need for
veto power, but upon assuming office
he realized adistinct imbalance of power
between the executive and legislative
branches of government, Pekarek said.
The veto would mean the governor
could temporarily prohibit the passage
of bills he opposes, she said. A vetoed
bill would be sent back to the General
Assembly for reconsideration and a new
vote.
Without veto power, the governor is
merely an administrator of legislation,
Pekarek said. Once he presents his
budget to the General Assembly, he has
no further control over the decisions
made by legislators, she said.
S upport for veto power has been slow
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The purpose of the symposium, a
yearlong event run by the School of
Education, is to bring together educators,
government officials and graduate stu
dents to discuss the current state of
education in the world and in the United
States.
Despite a $12.5 million contribution
by the U.S. Agency for International
Development and recent donations made
by Italy, Norway, Spain and UNICEF,
more than half the schools in Nicaragua
are in need of major repairs, and one
third of those are probably beyond re
pair, Belli said.
Many Nicaraguan schools have no
shelter to protect them from the rainy
season, which begins in a month, he
said.
These problems stem back to the 11
year reign of the Sandinista government
and to the civil war that followed the
overthrow of the Sandinistas in 1988.
Many students left school to go into
hiding. Most of the certified teachers
went into exile or left the profession to
seek higher-paying work.
consider gubernatorial veto,
to come because it is not an issue di
rectly affecting the people, Pekarek said.
"People didn't realize the problem
until Gov. Martin started pushing for
it," Pekarek said.
Lt. Gov. James Gardner also supports
veto power, but more specifically line
item veto, said Tina Wilson, Gardner's
press secretary. Line item veto would
allow the governor to cut specific parts
of a bill rather than oppose the whole
package. Forty-three other states have
this power.
Gardner supports line item veto be
cause it would create a check and bal
ance system between the legislative and
executive branches, Wilson said.
Gardner also thinks this veto power
would make the budget process more
efficient.
The likelihood that Gardner will win
the governor's race in 1992 may hurt
efforts to establish gubernatorial veto,
Pekarek said. The predominantly
democratic General Assembly is not
likely to be adamant about giving their
opponent more power, she said.
One of the bills is amended to pro
hibit the governor and the lieutenant
governor from serving successive terms,
Pekarek said.
Rep. H.M. "Mickey" Michaux, who
chairs the House committee that first
considers constitutional amendments,
explained that amendments like these
are designed to limit the governor's
increased power provided by the veto.
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Today more than 50 percent of the
Nicaraguan students are deemed "at
risk," and almost 50 percent are mal
nourished. "We inherited a system full of mas
political indoctrination after the war,"
Belli said. 'Textbooks would teach kids
to count by adding grenades or by
subtracting rifles."
Despite receiving 18 percent of the
annual national budget, the Nicaraguan
education system remains in shambles.
Currently, Belli and his director of
special education, Carmela deBarbosa,
are asking other governments and for
eign educators to help analyze ways
Nicaragua can improve its curricula.
The primary task facing Belli, how
ever, is the task of satisfying the stu
dents' basic needs. "Our very urgent
priorities include fixing the roofs of our
schools, providing seats for the children
... and certifying teachers."
Currently, only 30 percent of all
Nicaraguan teachers are certified, and
some have not even completed elemen
power, you've got to spread the power
somewhere," Michaux said. The passage
of the veto may hinge on whether the
other bills are also amended, Michaux
said.
Changing the appellate judge
selection process
Another proposed constitutional
amendment would change the way
North Carolina chooses its appellate
judges. This bill would change the
present system of public election of
judges to a system of gubernatorial
appointment.
This bill is expected to pass easily
through the General Assembly. It al
ready has the unanimous support of the
N.C. Supreme Court and the N.C. Court
of Appeals.
Chief Justice James Exum, who
strongly supports the bill, pointed out
that the governor already has the power
of selection in the event a judge dies.
During a March speech to a House
committee, Exum said the present sys
tem allows public opinion to sway judges
court rulings. The independence of the
judges is stifled because he or she must
worry if court decisions will affect re
Driver ed dropped from school day
The Associated Press
RALEIGH Driver education will
be removed from the school day under
a recommendation approved Thursday
by the State Board of Education.
Teena Little, chairman of the program
committee, which recommended the
change to the full board, said the issue
had been debated for two years and
should be no surprise to local school
officials or driver ed teachers.
"I hope we are clarifying it for ev
eryone concerned," she said.
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tary school.
"In many cases you have teachers
who have not progressed beyond the
third or fourth grade teaching fifth- and
sixth-grade students," Belli said.
Due to Nicaragua's economic diffi
culties, there are no immediate plans to
improve teacher training beyond
implementing summer training sessions
of four or six weeks.
The Nicaraguan officials were in the
United States this week looking for
economic and intellectual aid from the
Agency of International Development
and from American educators, accord
ing to Rune Simeonsson, head of the
symposium and chairman of the School
of Education's department of special
education.
"We bring in people from different
countries to raise our awareness about
issues of international importance,"
Simeonsson said. "Obviously, because
we are in the School of Education, we
are particularly interested in issues for
children and involving education."
limited terms
election efforts, Exum said.
Under the new system the governor
would propose candidates and submit
their names to a judicial selections
committee for evaluation. Based on the
evaluations, the governor would then
finalize his decision. The chosen can
didate must then appear before the
General Assembly for the governor's
appointment to be ratified.
Limiting the terms of legislators
Following a nationwide trend to re
strict the length of time officials can
remain in office, three N.C. bills are
under consideration to limit the terms of
office for legislators, Michaux said.
v'Some believe representatives be
come too comfortable in their position
and may ignore their constituency," he
said.
Michaux pointed out the trend of
most bills coming from the Republicans.
He sees their efforts to be an attempt to
regain control of the primarily Demo
cratic General Assembly.
One bill limits legislators to six
consecutive two-year terms, while the
others limit legislators to four con
secutive two-year terms.
The change calls for driver education
to be a part of "school life," but not part
of the state-mandated 5.5-hour instruc
tional day.
The changes do not address ques
tions of who would teach driver edu
cation courses or how funding would be
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The changes will become effective
this fall, although school systems have
the option of a one-year delay in mov
ing the courses out of the instructional
day.
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