4 -Page 2 -The Michigan Daily - Friday, December 6, 1985 Britain LONDON (AP) - Britain announ- -ced yesterday it was joining the United States in withdrawing from UNESCO, an agency it helped found 40 years ago, because of bad managment, overspending, and politicization of programs. The United States and Britain had long charged that the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization had become a forum for 2 Soviet and radical Third World Organization had become a forum for Soviet and radical Third Wolrd $ initiatives against a free press, in- i dividual human rights, and Western epositions on arms control. THE SOVIET Union reacted swiftly withdraw to the announcement, with its official news agancy, Tass, saying the United States had pressured Britain into withdrawing. "The step by (Prime Minister) Margaret Thatcher's government graphically attests yet one more time to the fact that official London obediently follows in Washington's wake and subordinates its policy to the senior partner's course," Tass said. Many Third World nations in UNESCO have pushed for a "new world information and com- munications order," which some Western governments claimed would enable governments to muzzle the from UNESCO, press and stifle free speech. THE UNITED States pulled out of UNESCO at the end of 1984. Singapore has announced it will with- draw by the end of 1985, which with Britain's departure would leave UNESCO with 158 member nations. Timothy Raison, minister for over- seas development, announced the long-expected British decision in the House of Commons to the approval of some legislators. But George Foulkes, speaking for the opposition Labor Party, said Britain's withdrawal from UNESCO was "another pathetic capitulation to U.S. pressure." Foulkes said Raison's announ- cement was a kick in the teeth for1 Third World and another step on1 road to Britain's isolation in1 world." the the the Raison said, "We have never been subject to pressure to leave UNESCO by the U.S. government." He said Britain would still have an observer mission at UNESCO after it formally leaves Dec. 31. In Paris, UNESCO Director- General Amadou Mahtar M'Bow ex- pressed regret at Britain's decision. He said the organization would con- tinue to cooperate with Britons who share its ideals and principles and believe Britain belongs in UNESCO. IN BRIEF COMPILED FROM ASSOCIATED PRESS AND UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL REPORTS Guidelines urge women with AIDS to postpone pregnancy WASHINGTON - The government yesterday urged women found to have evidence of AIDS infection to postpone pregnancy and those who have given birth to bottle - rather than breast - feed to prevent the spread of the disease to their infants. However, the guidelines, published by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, specifically avoided mentioning whether pregnant women who test positive for AIDS antibodies should consider abortion. As of Dec. 1, 217 of the 15,172 AIDS cases reported to the CDC occurred in children under 13. Of those, 165 or 76 percent had as their only risk fac- tor a mother belonging to a group with increased risk of AIDS virus infec- tion. Dr. Donald Hopkins, CDC deputy director, said the exact risk of virus transmission from infected women to offspring is unknown, but "appears to be substantial," as high as 65 percent. Senate passes teacher test bill LANSING, Mich. - The Senate yesterday approved popular legislation requiring new teachers to pass competency tests beginning in 1991. The lawmakers also gave final approval to a new wage reporting system to crack down on welfare cheats. The teacher competency measure, approved 27-4 with no debate, requires the Education Department to develop and test competency examinations for elementary and high school teachers. A general test administered to all teachers will be used starting in 1991. Although formally controversial, the bill has won support from a variety of education groups, including the Michigan Education Association, the Michigan Association of School Administrators, and the Michigan Association of School Boards. It is also backed by the State Board of Education. Backers have attributed the support to extensive work on the bill and attempts to meet the concerns of interest groups. Stowaway seeks U.S. asylum NEW ORLEANS - A Palestinian stowaway who twice jumped ship, the second time wearing handcuffs as he dived into swirling river waters yesterday morning, has told immigration authorities that he is seeking political asylum. Mohamad Marie, 20, a Palestinian born in Syria who had sneaked aboard the ship in the Dutch port of Rotterdam, was brought to New Orleans later in the day for an immigration hearing. Marie had claimed he wanted to go to Canada after getting off the ship Monday and did not raise the asylum issue until yesterday, said Darrell Goff, a Border Patrol agent in Baton Rouge. Agents said Marie dived off the Liberian-registered ship Enard Hope about 3:15 a.m. yesterday and was rescued from the river near Barton Rouge. The freighter, loaded with coal, left, port without Marie, en route to the West Coast and Japan, the freighter's U.S. shipping agent said. The Border Patrol said it was notified Sunday in Baton Rouge that the ship had a stowaway. That day an immigration inspector boarded the ship, interviewed Marie, and ordered that he be kept aboard, said Goff, who described it as a routine case. On Monday, Marie slipped aboard a water taxi and made it to shore. Goff said. William Worley, deputy chief of the Border Patrol in New Orleans, said Marie was apprehended and turned over to the ship's agents, who arranged to fly him to Syria. Court to decide if Marcos' election call is constitutional MANILA, Philippines - The Supreme Court agreed yesterday to decide whether President Ferdinand Marcos' call for an early presidential elec- tion is unconstitutional because of his refusal to resign before the vote. The court announcement came as opposition leader Salvado Laurel said he and Corazon Aquino would announce Sunday which of them would head the opposition ticket in the election officially set for Feb. 7. Aquino, wife of slain opposition leader Benigno Aquino, announced her presidential candidacy Tuesday and offered the vice presidential spot to Laurel, a former senator and head of the nation's largest coalition of op- position groups. But Laurel, himself a presidential aspirant, said yesterday he and Aquino will announce at a joint news conference Sunday exactly who will head the opposition ticket. Tests ordered for sick child DETROIT - A cancer-stricken boy, taken by state authorities from his father who opposes chemotherapy, will undergo medical tests but no im- mediate treatment, the family attorney said yesterday. "We conceded to an evaluation by Children's Hospital," said Attorney David Potts following a brief hearing on treatment for Brian Lanphar, 9, who has been caught in a court battle between his parents and two state governments. Brian was seized Tuesday at his grandmother's home while eating din- ner and taken to the hospital by Michigan State police. Authorities con- tend conventional treatment is necessary to save the youngster's life. 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