International in brief:

The human Rights Tribunal will look into the appeal lodged by the Silesian Autonomy Movement (RAS), in the case involving the registration of the Silesian Nationality Association (ZLNŚ). The organization was refused the right to register in Poland, while in the last national census, 173,000 citizens declared that their nationality was "Silesian" (Gazeta Wyborcza, p. 1)... "We want to give Ukraine and Moldavia the prospect of entering the EU," said Foreign Minister Włodzimierz Cimoszewicz, as he addressed a conference yesterday organized by Agora and Gazeta Wyborcza, and devoted to Poland's policy towards its neighbors after it joins the EU. Cimoszewicz also stressed that talking about a uniform EU eastern policy made little sense (Gazeta Wyborcza, p. 12)... The Center for Eastern studies (OSW) will help Polish soldiers going to Iraq. The Center has already prepared two handbooks with vital information that includes survival Arabic, and is planning to launch several training sessions in the near future. (Rzeczpospolita, p. A4) J.K.