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Global letter urges Bush to avoid Iraq war
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SYDNEY - More than 300 lawmakers and groups, including members of
British premier Tony Blair's Labour Party and the Anglican church,
called on U.S. President George W. Bush and other world leaders
yesterday to avoid war in Iraq.
In a letter signed by peace activists, environmentalists, anti-nuclear
campaigners and politicians, the protesters said nuclear states,
especially the United States, should eradicate their own nuclear arms
stocks before tackling others over weapons of mass destruction.
"The possession of nuclear weapons, whether by Iraq or else by the US,
Russia, China, the UK, France, India, Pakistan and Israel is equally
unacceptable," the letter said.
"As long as these countries continue to possess nuclear weapons, others
will seek to do likewise."
The letter, sent to Bush, Blair and the leaders of Russia, France,
Germany, Canada and Australia on the eve of the first U.N. weapons
inspections in Iraq in four years, was signed by 318 organisations and
politicians.
Ranging from Britain to Egypt, signatories included Anglican Church
leaders, International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, the
U.S. Peace Council and green groups like Friends of the Earth Australia.
The 70 lawmakers included Frank Cook, Alice Mahon, David Drew and David
Chayton of Blair's Labour party, several European Parliament members and
others from around the world.
The signatories appealed to Washington not to launch a pre-emptive
strike on Iraq with no basis in international law, and to seek a
peaceful solution to its confrontation with Iraq through the United
Nations.
They urged the United States to allow the U.N. weapons inspectors to
conduct their work freely and to understand that weapons of mass
destruction could only be eliminated under a "global norm where
possession of WMD is unacceptable".
Story Date: 26/11/2002
© Reuters News Service 2002
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PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH,
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PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN,
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SENATOR TOM DASCHLE 1-202-224-7895
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SENATOR ROBERT BYRD 1-202-228-0002
CONGRESSMAN DENNIS KUCINICH 1-202-225-5745
RE: WAR ON IRAQ/WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION
The undersigned organizations, representing people from around the entire
world appeal to the US administration:
a) To seek diplomatic means to solve the present crisis over alleged Iraqi
weapons of mass destruction, using the United Nations, rather than invading
Iraq, and avoiding taking unilateral military action with no basis in
international law.
We welcome the recent decision by the government of Iraq to allow weapons
inspectors back in to Iraq, and urge that the UN organize an inspection
team immediately and put it to work without delay.
b) Neither to undertake preemptive military action against Iraq nor to
coerce other countries into sanctioning or supporting preemptive military
action; rather to enable the inspectors to do their work freely and
effectively, accompanied by whatever UN peacekeeping forces may be
necessary solely for their safe passage and protection.
c) To understand that the correct approach to the problem of the
elimination of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, and the establishment
of a global norm where possession of WMD is unacceptable, begins with:
(1)the elimination by ALL countries including the nuclear weapons states,
of weapons of mass destruction according to binding international
obligations - to which the USA is a signatory.
(2) acceptance by the United States and other nuclear powers, that full
implementation of the Non-Proliferation Treaty is essential to the process.
Strict implementation and verification of the Chemical and Biological
Weapons Conventions will also be vital to the pursuit of the global
elimination of these terrible weapons.
The Bush administration threatens to make war on Iraq.
It argues that Iraq's purported development of weapons of mass destruction
necessitates this.
All weapons of mass destruction, especially nuclear weapons, pose a clear
and present danger to the whole world.
We affirm our strong belief that no country should possess, use or threaten
to use such weapons and that they must be eliminated from global arsenals
under strict international control of the UN Security Council.
Allegations that Iraq has developed, or intends to develop, weapons of mass
destruction must be objectively tested and verified, and Iraq must comply
in full with disarmament resolutions of the United Nations Security Council.
We emphasize that the overwhelming preponderance of such weapons are in the
hands of the US and Russia, and then the UK, France, China, India, Israel,
and Pakistan. We further recognize that the NPT States Parties amongst this
group have made no serious effort to comply with their treaty obligations
under Article VI.
It was with great alarm that we saw that India and Pakistan were close to
a nuclear exchange last May and June. Israel has implicitly threatened
the use of nuclear weapons in response to a chemical or biological attack
from Iraq.
Iraq may or may not have made significant progress toward acquiring
weapons of mass destruction. The return of weapons inspectors to that
country will hopefully help to clear up exactly how much progress Iraq has
or has not made to that goal.
The United States however, is seeking both to maintain its current
arsenals and to build and test new nuclear weapons for use in war against
WMD targets. This and other new and aggressive nuclear policies set out in
the recent Nuclear Posture Review, contradict the United States
international legal obligations under the NPT. To demand that action be
taken against Iraq for seeking to possess WMD requires absolutely that the
US itself and other nuclear weapon states fulfill their treaty obligations
to eliminate their own WMD arsenals.
We affirm our belief that the use of nuclear weapons, against WMD or
conventional targets, can never be justified because of the uniquely
horrible human and environmental effects of these weapons.
The possession of nuclear weapons whether by Iraq or else by the US,
Russia, China, the UK, France, India, Pakistan, and Israel, is equally
unacceptable. As long as these countries continue to possess nuclear
weapons, others will seek to do likewise.
Unless it is prepared to act to disarm its own nuclear arsenal, the US has
no moral authority to act as the guardian of global non-proliferation
efforts. Rather, US insistence that nuclear weapons are essential to its
own security undermines non-proliferation efforts and justifies their
continued possession by others on national security grounds.
It is noteworthy that although the Bush Administration says that it aims
to protect the USA, its friends and Iraq's neighbors, these countries near
to Iraq have yet to ask for protection and unanimously oppose invasion
fearing regional destabilization.
A unilateral military invasion of Iraq, even if successful in the short
term, will unleash powerful resentment from Iraq's neighbors, and
strengthen the hand of the USA's enemies. It will negate whatever gains
have been achieved in so-called 'war on terror', and make more likely a
repeat of the events of September 11.
Unilateral military action would erode the rule of international law and
weaken the United Nations framework. So also would the use of pressure to
obtain a 'favorable' resolution in the security council.
We call on the USA to work with, and to respect, the decisions of the world
body rather than act outside the rule of law, or to twist the law to its
own purposes.
The Administration's case for war against Iraq has not been based on that
country's support of terrorist groups, and has presented no evidence to
support such a claim. More to the point, Iraq would be most unlikely to
relinquish control of WMD to groups outside its control unless it were
faced with a possible collapse of the state from invasion. If the
international community is concerned that the Iraqi government might pass
WMD to terrorist groups, then a military attack for the purpose of
overthrowing that government is irrational, because it would provoke
precisely the action it was intended to prevent.
To call an invasion of Iraq 'preemptive' has no legal basis, unless there
evidence of an imminent attack by Iraq on the US, its allies or regional
neighbors of Iraq. No such evidence is forthcoming. Iraq has not in recent
years provoked any other country and the CIA has itself stated that there
is no evidence that Iraq was involved in the events of September 11, 2001.
Accordingly the undersigned organizations and people urge that the
differences between the US and Iraq be solved by the use of the United
Nations framework, and that those who are genuinely and rightly concerned
over the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction take the measures
that are truly needed to solve that problem, starting with the elimination
of their own massive and deadly arsenals.
Finally we urge the United States to act as part of an international
community of nations under international law., and not as if it can do no
wrong and is entitled to use any means to achieve its goals.
We hope for your early and detailed reply,
(Signed)
INTERNATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
Archdeacon Taimalelagi Fagamalama Tuatagaloa-Matalavea (Faga)
Anglican Observer at the United Nations, Anglican Church,(73m)(NY-UN)
Ronald Mc Coy, President, John Loretz Program Director, International
Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW) Boston, Mass,
Bruna Nota, Womens International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), Geneva,
Colin Archer, Secy, International Peace Bureau (IPB), Geneva,
Phon Van Den Biesen, President, International Association of Lawyers
Against Nuclear Arms (IALANA),
Yumi Kikuchi, Founder Global Peace Campaign, Japan,
George Farebrother, Secretary, World Court Project, UK,
Prof Bas de Gaay Fortman, Chair, Pugwash International,(Neth)
Alanna Hartzok, President, Earth Rights Institute NY,-UN
Dr. Murad Ghaleb, President, Afro Asian People's Solidarity
Organization.(AAPSO) (Cairo).
Lorraine Krofchock, Director, Grandmothers for Peace International,
Karen Talbot, International Council for Peace and Justice (ICPJ), San
Francisco, Calif, USA,
Douglas Mattern, Association of World Citizens, San Fran, Calif, USA,
Dr Charles Mercieca, President-NY, Ms Michelle Misiewicz, Vice-Pres, Bondi,
International Association of Educators for World Peace (IAEWP),
Pol D'Huyvetter, For Mother Earth International, Ghent, Belg,
Edy Korthals Altes, World Conference of Religions for Peace (WCRP), NY,
Armin Tenner, International Network of Engineers and Scientists for Global
Responsibility (INES), Neth,
Peter J. Davies, UN Representative, 'Saferworld',
International Council for Peace and Justice, San Fran, USA,
Ricardo Navarro, Chair, Friends of the Earth International,
Nnimmo Bassey, Friends of the Earth Nigeria,
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
Maj-Britt Theorin MEP Sweden,
Luisa Morgantini, MEP Italy,
Hiltrud Breyer MEP,Greens/EFA, Germany,
Dr Caroline Lucas MEP Greens/EFA, UK,
Per Gahrton, MEP Greens/EFA, Sweden,
Alexandros Alvanos, MEP, Greece,
Paul Lannoye, MEP Greens/EFA, Belgium,
Paul Beekmans MEP, Greens/EFA, Belgium,
Nuala Ahern MEP, Greens/EFA, Ireland,
Alima Boumedienne-Thiery, MEP Groupe Des Verts/ALE,
Jean Lambert MEP Greens/EFA, UK,
Matti Wuori MEP, Greens/EFA, Finland,
Daniella Recinella, Green/EFA Group, European Parliament,
Ernst Guelcher, Adviser, Green/EFA Group, European Parliament,
Michel Raquet, Energy Adviser, Green/EFA Group, European Parliament,
Miquel Angel Diez i Besora, EFA Press Office, European Parliament,
Sabine Meyer, Adviser on International Relations, Green/EFA Group, European
Parliament,
US ORGANIZATIONS
Martin Butcher, Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR), Washington DC,
Bruce Gagnon, Coordinator, Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power
in Space(GLOBENET),
Ellen Thomas, Proposition-1 Committee, Wash, DC,
David Krieger, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, (NAPF), Santa Barbara,
Marylia Kelley, Executive Director, Tri-Valley CAREs (Communities Against a
Radioactive Environment), Livermore, CA, USA,
Mary Olson, Nuclear Information and Resource Centre Southeast (NIRS),
Jacqueline Cabasso, Executive Director, Western States Legal Foundation
(WSLF),
Alfred L. Marder, President, US Peace Council
Alfred L. Marder, President, City of New Haven, Connecticut Peace Commission,
Very Rev. James Park Morton, Interfaith Centre of NY,
Bob Kinsey, Peace and Justice Task Force, Rocky Mountain Conference, United
Church of Christ, Denver, Colorado,
Pax Christi, Defiance, Ohio,
John Kim, Fellowship of Reconciliation, NY,
Margaret Melkonian, Long Island Alliance for Peaceful Alternatives, NY,
Harvey Wasserman, Citizens Protecting Ohio,
Bill Smirnow, Nuclear-Free New York,
Andrew Hund, Alaska Arctic Environmental Defence Fund,
Stacey M. Fritz, No-Nukes North, Fairbanks, Alaska,
Genivieve Vaughan, Feminists for a Gift Economy, Austin, Texas,
Bernice Fisher, Penninsula WILPF,
Judy Triechel, Director, Nevada Nuclear Waste Task Force,
Bernice Kring, Grandmothers for Peace, Sacramento, Calif, USA,
Robert Alpern, Sonoma County Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons,
Alice Swift, CPPAX Nuclear Weapons Abolition Task Force, Amherst, MA,
Robert M. Gould, President, San Francisco Bay PSR,
Alyson Ewald, Sacred Earth Network,
Kalynda Tilges, Executive Director, Shundahai Network, Las Vegas,
Beth Burrows, North American Women for Diversity,
Robert Pollard, Information Habitat, NY,
Harold Burbank, Veterans for Peace, NY,
Peter J. Davies, United Nations Association, Riverdale, NY,
Mary Beaty, Humanist Society of Metropolitan New York, NY,
Mary Beaty, Council of Ethics Based Organisations, NY,
Tarak Boulares, Tunisian Community Centre, NY,
Dr Clarence Diaz, International Centre for Law in Development, NY,
Katherine C. Merriam, League of Women Voters of Idaho,
Jonathan Mark, Flyby News, Ma, USA,
Ronald V. Bosch, Chair, Franklin County HCV Project, Ma,
Thom Saffold, Centre for Creative Democracy, Ann Arbour, Mich,
Carol Wolman, Peace Action Group of Mendocino California,
Erick Hoffner, Earth Action US, Amherst, MA,
Prof Noam Chomsky, MIT, Cambridge, Mass, USA,
UK ORGANIZATIONS
Jenny Maxwell, Vice-Chair, CND, London,
Ana cheetham, Leicester CND, Leicester,
Michael Pulham, Bob Russell, Christian CND, Lond, UK,
Dave Webb, Yorkshire CND,
Dave Webb, Headingly and Kirkstall CND,
Jill Stallard, CND-Cymru (Wales),
Dave Webb, Headingly Green Party,
Rae Street, Greater Mancester CND,
Lindis Percy and Anni Rainbow, Coordinators CAMPAIGN FOR THE
ACCOUNTABILITY OF AMERICAN BASES (CAAB), Yorks,
Camille Warren, Campaign Against Depleted Uranium Weapons,
George Crabb, Chair, Wales Alliance Against Nuclear Weapons, Wales,
Elizabeth Compton, Fellowship of Reconciliation,
Rev. Maurice Wright, Methodist Peace Fellowship, Shrewsbury, UK,
Frank Cook MP, Labour, Stockton North,
Alice Mahon MP, Labour,
David Drew MP, Labour,
David Chaytor MP, Labour,
GERMAN ORGANISATIONS
Ulrich Gottstein/Xanthe Hall, IPPNW Germany,
Hans-Peter Richter German Peace Council,
Markus Pfluger, AG Frieden, Trier,
Irmgard Heilberge Women's International League for Peace and Freedom German
section (WILPF-Germany)
Prof E. Eichorn, German-Japanese Peace Forum,
Regina Hagen, Darmstadter Friedensforum, Darmstadt,
Dr Sebastian Pflugbiel, Society for Radiation Protection, Berlin, Germany,
Heidemarie Langer, House of Global Values, Hamburg,
AUSTRIAN ORGANISATIONS
Andreas Pecha, Austrian Peace Council, Vienna,
ITALIAN ORGANISATIONS
Mauro Bulgarelli, MP, Italy,
PORTUGESE ORGANISATIONS
Sandra Benfica Portuguese Council For Peace and Cooperation,
FRENCH ORGANISATIONS
Solange Fernex, President, Womens International League for Peace and
Freedom (WILPF) France,
Jean-Marie Matagne, President, Association des Citoyens pour le Desarmement
Nucleaire (ACDN),Paris,
Dominique Lalanne, Stop-Essais, Paris,
Daniel Durand, Mouvement de La Paix, Paris, Fr,
BELGIAN ORGANISATIONS
Peter Vanhoutte, MP, Belgian Greens, Belgian Chamber of Representatives
(Brussels)
Johan Malcorps, MP, Belgium,
Leen Laenens MP, Greens, Belgium,
Ferdy Willems, MP, Greens, Belgian Parliament,
Jos Van Der Lans, Senator, Green-Left, Belgian Parliament,
Vincent Decroly, MP (Indep.) Belgian Parliament,
Adelheid Byttebier, MP, Greens, Belgian Parliament
Eloi Glorieux, Green Member of Flemish Parliament,
Jos Stassens, Flemish Parliament,
Hans Lammerant, Forum Voor Vredesaktie,
NETHERLANDS ORGANISATIONS
Ak Malten, Global Anti-Nuclear Alliance, The Hague, Neth,
Carolien Van de Stadt, President, WILPF-Netherlands,
Karel Koster, Project on Nuclear Nonproliferation (PENN),
Harry Van Bommell MP, Socialist Party, Neth,
NORWEGIAN ORGANISATIONS
Audun Lysbakken, MP, Norwegian Parliament,
Hallgeir H. Langeland, MP Norwegian Parliament
Bent Natvig, Norwegian Pugwash Committee,
Bjorn Hildt, Norwegian Physicians Against Nuclear Weapons (IPPNW-Norway),
Trondhiem,
Edel Havin Beukes, WILPF-Norway,
SWEDISH ORGANISATIONS
Petra Totterman, Secy-General, WILPF-Sweden,
Anders Ygeman MP, Sweden,
DANISH ORGANISATIONS
Finn and Tove Eckmann, Liason Committee for Peace and Security,
Poul Revsbech, IPPNW-Denmark,
FINNISH ORGANISATIONS
Teemu Matinpuro, Finnish Peace Committee,
ICELAND ORGANISATIONS
Thor Magnusson, Peace-2000 Institute, Reykjavik, Iceland,
ROMANIAN ORGANISATIONS
Aurel Duta, For Mother Earth Romania,(Mama Terra), Bucharest,
Aurel Duta, GLOBENET Romania,Bucharest,
Constantin S. Lacatus, President, Sibenii Pacifisti, Sibiu, Romania,
Grandmothers for Peace Romania, Sibiu, Romania,
Casa Europei (European House) Sibiu, Romania,
RUSSIAN ORGANISATIONS
Andrei Laletin, Friends of the Siberian Forests,
Prof Alexi Yablokov, Centre for Russian Environmental Policy, Moscow,
Vladimir Slivyak, Co-Chair, Ecodefense International, Moscow,
Alisa Nikoulina, Anti-Nuclear Campaign of the Social-Ecological Union, Moscow,
Alexey Kozlov, Ecodefense Voronezh, Voronezh,
Alexandra Koroleva, Director, Baltic Research and Information Centre,
Kaliningrad,
Alexay Milovanov, Ecodefense Kaliningrad,
Ms Dilbar Klado, The Day Before Association, Moscow,
Alla Yaroshinskaya, Alternative Nobel Prize, 1992,
Oleg Bodrov, 'Green World', St Petersburg,
Prof Alexandr Myagchenko, Director, 'Azov Sea',
Sergey Kolesnikov, MP, Duma, Moscow,
UKRAINIAN ORGANISATIONS
Alexandr Stapenko, 'Green World', Kharkhiv, Ukraine,
Serghiy Shaparenko, President, Environment Group 'Pechenigy', Kharkhiv,
Ukraine,
Oxona Stankiewicz, President, 'Ecosphere', Uzhghorod City,
Nadia Samulyak, President, Social Service of Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine,
Boris Sukharuchenko, President, Kyiv-Sviatoshyn Social Service of Ukraine,
Iryna Popova, Independent Agency for Ecological Information, Kharkhiv City,
Serghiy Fedorynchyck, 'Zelenyi Zvit', Kyiv, Ukraine,
Serghey G. Popov, 'Alexanor', Ukraine,
KYRGYZ/TADJIK ORGANISATIONS
Ramazan Dryaldaev, Kyrgyz Committee on Human Rights,Bishkek,
Batiya Tolobaeva, Director, 'Batiya' Rehabilitation Centre,Bishkek,
Ibragim Kyzy Gulzora, Director, Foundation on Support of Population,
Natalia Ablova, Director, Bureau on Human Rights and Rule of Law,
Mubarak Shapira, 'Open Asia', Tadjikistan,
LEBANESE ORGANISATIONS
Khalifa Leboudi, Khalfoun 2000, Lebanon,
Union of Lebanese Democratic Youth (UJDL), Beirut, Lebanon,
EGYPTIAN ORGANISATIONS
Bahig Nassar, Coordinator, Arab Coordination Center Of NGOs
Farida El Nakash, President, NGOs Forum for Women Development Farouk Abu
Issa, President, Arab Lawyers Union
Nihad Abu El Kumsan, President , Egyptian Center for Women's Rights
Samira Abu Ghazala, Genl Secy, Palestine Women Union,
Mahmoud Murtada, Director, Center for Studies and Programs of Alterative
Development,
Omima Abu Shadi, President, Egyptian Medical Women Association,
Fatheia El Assal, Secy General, Progressive Women Union
Abd Elnaser Kundil, Secretary General Progressive Youth Union.
Tarek Wafik, Forum of Dialogue and Partnership for Development, Cairo,
Dr. Refaat El Sa-id, MP, Consultant Assembly,
Abou El-iz Elhariri, MP, People's Assembly,
Khaled Mohie El Din, MP, People's Assembly,
Abd El Aziz Shabaan , MP, People's Assembly,
Husain El Mohandes , MP, People's Assembly,
Mohamed Mokhtar Gomaa, MP, People's Assembly,
El Badr Farghali, MP, People's Assembly,
INDIAN ORGANISATIONS
Admiral Ramdas, Chair, Pakistan/India Peoples Forum for Peace and Democracy,
Admiral Ramdas, India-Pakistan Soldiers Initiative for Peace,
J. Shri Raman, Movement Against Nuclear Weapons, Chennai,
Hemachandra Bassappa, Documentation and Disemmination Centre for
Disarmament Information, Bangalore,
Ashok Sharma, President, World Peace and Nuclear Disarmament, Delhi,
George Thomas, Physicians for Peace, Chennai, Tamil Nadu,
Ammu Abraham, Womens Centre, Mumbai,
Dr Balakrishna Kurvey, Indian Institute for Disarmament and Peace,(IIDP),
Nagpur,
Mukundu C. Menon, Secy-General, Confederation of Human Rights
Organisations, Kerala, India,
Kirty Roy, Convenor, Manabhadikar Suraksha Mancha (MASUM) Srirampur,
Hoogly, WB,
Harsh Kapoor, South Asians Against Nukes,
Indu Prakash Singh, MANAUS, New Delhi,
Indu Prakash Singh, Aashray Adhikar Abhayan, New Delhi,
Anuvrat Global Peace Organisation(ANUVIBHA), Rajasthan,
Anna Pinto, National Coalition on Children in Armed Conflict, Guwahati,
BANGLADESHI ORGANISATIONS
M. V. Faruque, Youth Approach to Development and Cooperation (YADC) Dhaka,
Dr M. A. Bari, Integrated Child Health Organisation, Bangladesh,
Farida Akhter, UBINIG, Dhaka, Bangladesh,
NEPALI ORGANISATIONS
Dr Bharat Pradhan, Physicians for Social Responsibility Nepal (PSRN),
Kathmandhu,
Tapan K. Bose, South Asia Forum for Human Rights, Kathmandhu,
Matilal Gurung, Green Party of Nepal,
MALAYSIAN ORGANISATIONS
Dato Prof. Mohammed Hamdan Adnan, President, Federation of Malaysian
Consumer Associations (FOMCA),
Mr Bishan Singh, President, SUSDEN (Sustainable Development Network),
Mr Marimuthu Nadason, Educational Research Association Consumers of Malaysia,
Mr Mohammed Shai'ni Bin Abduallah, President, Pahang Association of Consumers,
Ms Kalvinderjit Kaur, Management Institute for Social Change (MINSOC),
Dr Chandra Muzzaffar, International Movement for a Just World, Malaysia,
JAPANESE ORGANISATIONS
Kouzou Sanada, President, Japanese Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear
War (JPPNW), Hiroshima, Japan,
Hiro Umebayashi, President, Peace Depot, Japan,
Dr Christian P. Scherrer, Hiroshima Peace Institute, Hiroshima,
Ken Arimutsu, Citizens Fund for Redress, Tokyo, Japan,
Hana Jongpier, Peace Boat, Tokyo,
KOREAN ORGANISATIONS
Kim Choony, Korean Federation for Environmental Movement (KFEM),
PHILLIPINES ORGANISATIONS
Nelia Sancho, Asian Womens Human Rights Council, Phillipines,
Amonita Balahyora, Lolas Kampaneyra, Caticlan, Quezon City,
Nteng Lew, Liqua Pambayan Technologies and Phillipine Inventors Society,
BRASILIAN ORGANISATIONS
Christopher Clark, Associacao Amozonia, Brazil/Italy,
Dina Lida Kinoshita, UNESCO Cathedra for Peace, Sao Paulo, Brazil,
Raquel Moreno, Sociedade Brasiliera de Pesquadores de Mercado Mulheres,
Senator Roberto Saturnino, Workers Party, Brasilian Senate,
LATIN AMERICAN ORGANISATIONS
Jean Patterson, WILPF-Costa Rica,
Jean Patterson, San Jose Society of Friends,
Grace de Haro, APDH Human Rights Organisation, Rio Negro, Argentina,
Luis Guttierez, President, Latin American Circle for International Studies,
Mexico City, Mex,
Red de Sociedad Civil, Mexico,
Marina Cancel, International Institute for Cooperation Amongst Peoples, El
Salvador,
AFRICAN ORGANISATIONS
Rev. Asao Taiyewo Aiyefuwa, Chair, IEMB-Nigeria/Yoruba Peace,
League of International Relations, University of Witwatersrand, Republic of
South Africa,
Ramesh Harcharan, Institute for Black Research, South Africa,
Prof Ano Boce Bernard, Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire,
THA-Meri, Abidjan, Cote d'Ivoire,
Dr. Charles Y. Brempong-Yeboah, Member of Parliament, Ghana
Dr Simon Bokongo Kowoya, President, Association des Medecins Congolais Pour
la Paix, Congo,
CANADIAN ORGANISATIONS
Svend Robinson, MP Foreign Affairs Critic, New Democratic Party (NDP)
Ottawa, Canada,
Libby Davies, MP, Vancouver East, Canada,
Joanna Santa-Barbara, President, Physicians for Global Survival (PGS), Ont,
Jo Hayward-Haines, Kawartha Ploughshares, Ontario,
David Bruer, Peacefund, Canada,
Cecil Muldrew, President, Veterans Against Nuclear Arms (VANA), Manitoba,
Canada,
Vancouver Island Network for Disarmament(VIND), Vancouver, BC,
Darrel Rankin, Canadians for Peace and Disarmament,
Jennifer Simons, Simons Foundation, Vancouver, BC,
Nikki Skuce, 'One Sky', Canadian Institute of Sustainable Living, BC, Canada,
Mary Boyd Mc Killop Centre for Social Justice, Charlottetown, Canada,
Margaret Clare-Ford, Clerk, Canadian Friends Service Committee, Toronto,
Ontario,
Anne-Mitchell, Co-Clerk, Toronto Meeting, Society of Friends (Quakers),
Rosalie Bertell, International Institute of Concern for Public Health
(IICPH), Toronto, Canada,
Richard Sanders, Coalition to Oppose the Arms Trade, (COAT),Ottawa,
Prabha Khosla, Womens Network for Sustainability, Toronto,
Joan Russell, Global Compliance Project, Victoria, BC,
Grace Moore, Canadian Voice of Women for Peace, Montreal, Canada,
Dr Desmond Berghofer, Institute for Ethical Leadership, Vancouver, BC,
Canada,
NEW ZEALAND ORGANISATIONS
Matt Robson MP,Deputy Leader of the Progressive Party,
Tim Barnett, MP, Labor,
Rod Donald MP Greens,
Keith Locke MP Greens,
Meteria Turei MP Greens,
Nandor Tanczos MP Greens,
Sue Bradford MP Greens,
Jeanette Fitzsimmons, MP, Greens,
Graham Kelly, MP,
The Very Rev John S Murray ONZM, former Moderator, Presbyterian
Church of Aotearoa/New Zealand,
Peter Low, Quaker Peace and Service NZ,
Rob Green, Kate Dewes, Disarmament and Security Centre, Christchurch, NZ,
Marion Hancock, Peace Foundation Aotearoa/NZ, Auckland, NZ,
Brenda and Larry Ross, NZ Nuclear-Free Peacemaking Association,
Christchurch, NZ.,
Carol-Anne Bradford, NZ Coalition for Gun Control,
Klaus Bosselmann, NZ Centre for Environmental Law, Univ. Auckland,
Briar Campbell-Maaroufi, Nelson Peace Group, Nelson, NZ,
R. E. White, Centre for Peace Studies, Univ. Auckland, NZ.,
AUSTRALIAN ORGANIZATIONS
John Hallam, Friends of the Earth Australia, Sydney, NSW,
Irene Gale AM, Australian Peace Committee, Adelaide,
Doreen Borrow, Australian Peace Committee, South Coast Branch,
Giji Gya/Sue Wareham, Medical Association for the Prevention of War (MAPW)
Melb,
Pauline Mitchell, Campaign for International Cooperation and Disarmament
(CICD) Melb,
Natalie Stevens, People for Nuclear Disarmament (PND) NSW,
Margaret Reynolds, President, United Nations Association of Australia,
Claude Mostowik, Missionaries of the Sacred Heart Justice and Peace Centre,
Erskineville, NSW.
Rev. Ray Williamson, General Secy, Ecumenical Council of NSW,
Rev. Ray Richmond, Wayside Chapel, Kings Cross, NSW,
Leigh Hubbard, Secy, Victorian Trades Hall Council,(VTHC), Melb,
Sally McManus, Assistant Secy, Australian Services Union,
Duncan McLaren, CFMEU NSW,
Daney Faddoul, President, National Union of Students-NSW,
Cherie Hoyle, Urban Ecology, SA,
Igor O' Neill, Mineral Policy Institute, Bondi, NSW,
Peter Murphy, SEARCH Foundation,
Ronald Wolff/Wendy Grace, Australian Families for Peace, NSW.,
Gareth W. Smith, Convenor, Canberra Program for Peace,
Kirsten Blair, Mark Wakeham, Environment Centre of the Northern Territory
(ECNT) Darwin, NT,
Michael Priceman, Convenor, People Against a Nuclear Reactor, Sutherland, NSW,
Dr. John Ward, Health Professionals for Global Responsibility, Newcastle, NSW,
Dave Muller, President, South Movement,
Colin Mitchell, NOWAR-SA,
Michele Drouart, People for Peace, W.A.,
Annemarie Hindinger, Community Anti-Nuclear Network of W.A.,(CANNWA),
Senator Lyn Alison, Australian Democrats Vic,
Senator Natasha Stott-Despoja, Australian Democrats SA,
Senator Andrew Bartlett, Australian Democrats Queensland,
Senator Brian Grieg, Interim Leader, Australian Democrats,
Senator Aden Ridgeway, Australian Democrats NSW,
Senator Kerry Nettle, Greens Senator for NSW,
Harry Quick MHR, Labor Federal Member for Franklin, Tas,
Tanya Plibersek MHR, Labor Federal Member for Sydney, NSW,
Jill Hall MHR, Labor Federal Member for Shortland, NSW,
Jennie George MHR, Labor Federal Member for Throsby, NSW,
Kelly Hoare MHR, Labor Federal Member for Charlton, NSW,
Kerrie Tucker, ACT Greens, Member for Molonglo, Aust Capital Territory
Legislative Assembly.
Giz Watson MLC Green Member for North Metropolitan Region, W.A.,
Robin Chapple MLC, Green Member for Mining and Pastoral Region, W.A.,
Christine Sharp MLC,Greens, W.A.,
Dee Margetts MLC Greens, Agricultural Region, W.A.,
Lee Rhiannon MLC Greens, NSW,
Dr Meredith Burgman MLC, Speaker, NSW Legislative Council,
Arthur Chesterfield-Evans MLC, Leader, Democrats NSW,
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