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abolition-usa-digest     Wednesday, July 21 1999     Volume 01 : Number 153




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Date: Wed, 21 Jul 1999 17:50:12 +1000
From: FoE Sydney - Nuclear Campaign <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Please Sign De-Alerting letter to Yeltsin, Clinton

John Hallam
Friends of the Earth Sydney,
17 Lord street, Newtown, NSW, Australia,
Fax[phone] ph (61)(2)9517-3903

[e-mail]    http://homepages.tig.com.au/~foesyd

(Apologies to those who have already seen this or already signed it.

If you have not already signed on, and if you think it would be ill-
advised to allow nuclear missiles to remain on hairtrigger alert over the
Y2K rollover period, when many authorities think that US and Russian
defence computer sysems will fail completely, do please sign!)

THE FOLLOWING LETTER IS BEING SENT TO BORIS YELTSIN AND BILL CLINTON BEFORE
AUG 6TH, AND RELEASED TO MEDIA ON THAT DAY.

IT IS NOW SEEKING SIGNATURES, ESPECIALLY FROM NGOS, CHURCH GROUPS,
PARLIAMENTARIANS, AND PEACE AND ENVIRONMENT GROUPS.

All you need to do to sign it is email me.


FROM:
FRIENDS OF THE EARTH INTERNATIONAL
FRIENDS OF THE EARTH AUSTRALIA,
FRIENDS OF THE EARTH EL SALVADOR,
FRIENDS OF THE EARTH UKRAINE,
FRIENDS OF THE EARTH FINLAND,
FRIENDS OF THE EARTH FRANCE,
FRIENDS OF THE EARTH CYPRUS,
FRIENDS OF THE EARTH JAPAN SIBERIA PROGRAM

AUSTRALIAN PEACE COMMITTEE,
MEDICAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE PREVENTION OF WAR,
PAX CHRISTI N.S.W.,
WAYSIDE CHAPEL, UNITING CHURCH IN AUSTRALIA,
PITT STREET UNITING CHURCH, PITT ST, SYDNEY,
CAMPAIGN FOR INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AND DISARMAMENT (CICD) AUSTRALIA,
AUSTRALIAN ANTI-BASES CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE,
PEOPLE FOR NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT, N.S.W.,
WAR RESISTERS INTERNATIONAL AUSTRALIA,
THE WILDERNESS SOCIETY,
AUSTRALIAN CONSERVATION FOUNDATION,
ENVIRONMENT CENTRE OF THE NORTHERN TERRITORY,
ARID LANDS ENVIRONMENT CENTRE,
BIG SCRUB ENVIRONMENT CENTRE,
ENVIRONMENT CENTRE OF W.A.,
CENTRE FOR URBAN ECOLOGY, S.A.,
PEOPLE FOR NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT WESTERN AUSTRALIA,
EVERYONE FOR A NUCLEAR-FREE FUTURE LISMORE,
EVERYONE FOR A NUCLEAR-FREE FUTURE GOLD COAST,
PACIFIC CONNECTIONS,
TWO BILLION VOICES FOR PEACE PROJECT,
UNITED TRADES AND LABOUR COUNCIL SA.,
UNITED FIREFIGHTERS UNION OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA,
MEDIA AND ENTERTAINMENT AND ARTS ALLIANCE S.A.,
CFMEU, SOUTH AUSTRALIAN BRANCH,
A.M.W.U., SA. OFFICE.,

SENATOR LYN ALLISON, VIC.,
SENATOR MEG LEES, LEADER, DEMOCRATS, VIC.,
SENATOR NATASHA STOTT-DESPOJA, DEPUTY LEADER AUSTRALIAN DEMOCRATS,
SENATOR VICKY BOURNE, DEMOCRAT SENATOR FOR N.S.W.,
SENATOR ANDREW BARTLETT, DEMOCRAT SENATOR FOR QUEENSLAND,
SENATOR DEE MARGETTS, GREENS, W.A.,
SENATOR BOB BROWN, GREENS, TAS,
SENATOR GEORGE CAMPBELL, ALP,  N.S.W.,
SENATOR MARGARET REYNOLDS,
ANTHONY ALBANESE, ALP FEDERAL MP FOR GRAYNDLER,
TANYA PLIBERSEK,  ALP FEDERAL MP FOR SYDNEY,
JANN MC FARLANE, ALP FEDERAL MP FOR STIRLING, W.A.,
JILL HALL M.P., MEMBER FOR SHORTLAND,
IAN COHEN, GREEN MLC, NSW.,
LEE RHIANNON, GREEN MLC, NSW.,
SANDRA KANCK, DEMOCRAT MLC, S.A.,
IAN GILFILLAN, DEMOCRAT MLC, SA,
ROBYN GERAGHTY, MP, STATE MEMBER FOR TORRENS, SA,
FRANCES BEDFORD, MP, STATE MEMBER FOR FLOREY, SA.,
LOUISE CROSSLEY, NATIONAL CONVENOR, GREENS,

WORLD COURT PROJECT UK,
MAJ-BRITT THEORIN, MEP, PRESIDENT, IPB.,
SENATOR DOUGLAS ROCHE,  CANADA,
BRITISH-AMERICAN SECURITY INFORMATION CENTRE, US/UK,
GREENPEACE INTERNATIONAL,
JAPAN CONGRESS AGAINST A AND H-BOMBS (GENSUIKYO)
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LAWYERS AGAINST NUCLEAR ARMS (IALANA),
WOMENS INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE FOR PEACE AND FREEDOM (Geneva/NY),

CAMPAIGN FOR NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT U.K.,
SAFFRON WALDEN GROUP AGAINST NUCLEAR WEAPONS,
YOUTH AND STUDENT CAMPAIGN FOR NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT,
WEST MIDLANDS CAMPAIGN FOR NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT,
YORKSHIRE CAMPAIGN FOR NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT,
MEDACT (IPPNW UK),
TRIDENT PLOUGHSHARES 2000 NORFOLK UK.,
NETWORK INFORMATION PROJECT, SOUTHAMPTON,UK, .,
CAMPAIGN FOR ACCOUNTABILITY OF U.S., BASES,

DISARMAMENT AND SECURITY CENTRE, NZ,
*AOTEOROA/NEW ZEALAND PEACE FOUNDATION, AUCKLAND, NZ.,*
ENGINEERS FOR SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY, N.Z.,
NEW ZEALAND GREENS,
NATIONAL CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE ON DISARMAMENT, N.Z.,
PEACE ACTION DUNEDIN, N.Z.,
PEACE COUNCIL OF NEW ZEALAND,
ABOLITION-2000 NEW ZEALAND,
IPPNW NEW ZEALAND,
VETERANS FOR PEACE NZ.,
ARCHITECTS AGAINST NUCLEAR WAR, NZ.,
C.N.D., VETERANS NEW ZEALAND,
CENTRE FOR PEACE STUDIES, UNIV. OF AUCKLAND, NZ,

PACIFIC ISLANDS ASSOCIATION OF NGOS, BELAU.,
MALAYSIAN PHYSICIANS FOR THE PREVENTION OF NUCLEAR WAR,
GREEN ACTION KYOTO,
WORLD ATOMIC SAFETY HOLIDAY, SENDAI, JAPAN,
SOUTH ASIAN COMMUNITY CENTRE FOR EDUCATION AND RESEARCH, NAGERCOIL, INDIA,
INDONESIAN NATIONAL NETWORK FORUM ANTI-NUCLEAR SOCIETY,
ECODEFENSE KOENIGSBERG/MOSCOW,
WISE-KALININGRAD,
ANTINUCLEAR CAMPAIGN OF SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL UNION MOSCOW,
PLATAN YOUTH GROUP, KALININGRAD,
EDUCATIONAL COMITTEE KALININGRAD REGIONAL DUMA,
COMMITTEE OF 100, FINLAND,
PEACE UNION OF FINLAND,
NORWEGIAN PHYSICIANS AGAINST NUCLEAR WAR (IPPNW)
PEACE MOVEMENT OF ESBJERG, DENMARK,
WOMENS INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE FOR PEACE AND FREEDOM (FRANCE),
MOUVEMENT DE LA PAIX, FRANCE,
GLOBAL INITIATIVE FOR IMMEDIATE DISARMAMENT, SWITZERLAND,
DARMSTAEDTER FRIEDENSFORUM, GERMANY,
NUCLEAR-FREE AWARD, GERMANY,
ELIZABETH SCHROEDTER, MEP,
CENTRE FOR ENCOUNTER AND ACTIVE NON-VIOLENCE, BAD ISCHL, AUSTRIA,
IPPNW AUSTRIA,
ANTI-ATOM INTERNATIONAL, AUSTRIA,
COORDINATION OFFICE OF AUSTRIAN ENVIRONMENT GROUPS,
INDEPENDENT SALZBURG PLATFORM AGAINST NUCLEAR DANGERS,
FOR MOTHER EARTH INTERNATIONAL, GHENT, BELGIUM,
MDB ENERGY PROJECT, NETHERLANDS,
FOR MOTHER EARTH NETHERLANDS,
CENTRE FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, NETHERLANDS,
ITALIAN LAWYERS AGAINST NUCLEAR ARMS,

GLOBAL RESOURCE ACTION CENTRE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT (GRACE) N.Y U.S.,
NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL COALITION OF NATIVE AMERICANS,
NUCLEAR-FREE NEW YORK,
TRI-VALLEY CARES, LIVERMORE, CALIF, U.S.,
SAVE WARD VALLEY, CALIF, U.S.,
METRO-BOSTON COMMITTEE TO DE-ALERT NUCLEAR WEAPONS,
NUCLEAR AGE PEACE FOUNDATION, CALIFORNIA, U.S.,
PHYSICIANS FOR SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY, U.S.A,
LIVERMORE CONVERSION PROJECT, OAKLAND, CALIF.,
ACTION SITE TO STOP CASSINI FLYBY,
PROPOSITION-1 COMMITTEE, WASHINGTON DC, US.,
HEALING GLOBAL WOUNDS, TECOPA, CALIF, U.S.,
UNITING CHURCH OF CHRIST ROCKY MOUNTAIN CONFERENCE, PEACE AND JUSTICE TASK
FORCE,
METHODISTS UNITED FOR PEACE WITH JUSTICE, USA.,
INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE, SAN FRANCISCO, US,
WAR RESISTERS LEAGUE, NY, USA.,
PEACE RESOURCE CENTRE OF SAN DIEGO, CALIF, U.S.,
GRANDMOTHERS AND MOTHERS ALLIANCE FOR THE FUTURE,
WOMENS ACTION FOR NEW DIRECTIONS,
CENTRE FOR ENERGY RESEARCH, OREGON, USA,
CITIZENS PROTECTING OHIO,
CONCERNED CITIZENS FOR NUCLEAR SAFETY NEW MEXICO,
PEACE ACTION USA.,
METRO NEW YORK PEACE ACTION COUNCIL, USA.,
PAX CHRISTI U.S.A.,
PAX CHRISTI NEW YORK,
PAX CHRISTI, MORRIS COUNTY, NJ, USA.,
PAX CHRISTI TEXAS,
PAX CHRISTI ST AUGUSTINE FLORIDA,
FELLOWSHIP OF RECONCILIATION TASK FORCE ON LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARRIBEAN,
ENVIRONMENTAL COALITION ON NUCLEAR POWER,
CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA CITIZENS FOR SURVIVAL,
ATOMIC MIRROR, CALIF, U.S.,
NATIONAL CAMPAIGN FOR A PEACE TAX FUND,

BILL BLAIKIE MP, HOUSE LEADER, NEW DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF CANADA,
SVEND ROBINSON MP, HOUSE OF REPS, CANADA,
VETERANS AGAINST NUCLEAR ARMS, CANADA,
PHYSICIANS FOR GLOBAL SURVIVAL, CANADA,
NEW GREEN ALLIANCE, CANADA,
PACIFIC CAMPAIGN FOR DISARMAMENT AND SECURITY, BC, CANADA.,
THE SIMONS FOUNDATION, VANCOUVER, B.C.,
PLOUGHSHARES, CALGARY, CANADA,


PRESIDENT BORIS YELTSIN,
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT,
KRASNOPRESENSKAYA-2, MOSCOW, RUSSIA,
[phone], [phone] [phone],

PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON,
WHITE HOUSE, WASHINGTON, US,
[phone], [phone].

WILLIAM COHEN, US SECRETARY OF DEFENCE,
[phone],

BILL RICHARDSON, US SECRETARY OF ENERGY,
[phone].

IGOR SERGEYEV,
DEFENCE MINISTER OF RUSSIA,
Znamenka-19, 103160, Moscow, Russia,
[phone], 247-2795, 247-2722, 293-3323.

FOREIGN MINISTER OF RUSSIA,
[phone], [phone],

CC
ALL HEADS OF STATE (BY EMAIL)
ALL UN MISSIONS (BY EMAIL)

Dear Presidents Yeltsin and Clinton, Defence Ministers and Defence
Secretaries, Heads of State and UN Missions,

The organisations above, representing millions of people worldwide, are
writing to convey their extreme concern  over the possibility that Year
2000 (Y2K)-related computer failures in nuclear weapons systems may lead to
an unacceptable risk of  nuclear war by accident or miscalculation.

In the current political situation this is most especially the case.
According to Alexandr Arbatov, of the Defence Committee of the Russian
State Duma, US-Russian relations are at 'the worst, most acute,  most
dangerous juncture since the US-Soviet Berlin and Cuban missile crises.'

The danger   during the Y2K rollover lies primarily in the possibility that
spurious data may induce commanders, even at the highest levels, to
mistakenly authorise the launches of nuclear weapons.

Events similar to this have already occurred. For example:

In the US in 1980,  a malfunctioning computer chip sent spurious alert
signals;

In 1983 in Russia, satellites mistook glare off the tops of clouds for a US
missile launch, (and disaster was averted by the refusal of the local
commander to believe the warnings were real);

In 1995,  a Norwegian research rocket prompted a full-scale Russian alert.

If Y2K breakdowns produce inaccurate early warning data, or if
communications and command channels are compromised, the combination of
hair-trigger force postures and Y2K failures could be disastrous. There
should therefore be a 'safety first ' approach  to Y2K and nuclear
arsenals.

Because none of the nuclear weapons states can guarantee that their
nuclear- related computer systems are Y2K compliant, the only responsible
solution is for them all to  stand down nuclear operations. This approach
should include taking nuclear weapons off alert status and decoupling
nuclear warheads from delivery vehicles.

The stakes involved in any nuclear exchange between Russia and the US are
such that they dwarf any other considerations. The future of life itself on
earth could be in doubt.

In  light of this, we strongly urge that you remove all strategic and
tactical nuclear weapons from 'hair trigger' alert, and place them in a
status in which at least hours and preferably days would be required to
launch them.

The Canberra Commission in August 1996, noted that terminating nuclear
alert status would:
- --Reduce dramatically the chances of accidental or unauthorised  nuclear
missile launch.
- --Help set the stage for intensified cooperation on a more far- reaching
disarmament agenda
- --Have a very positive influence on the political climate between nuclear
weapon states.

This last is especially relevant in the current tension between Russia and
NATO, which has prompted Russia to withdraw from cooperation with the US on
Y2K problems.

According to the Canberra Commission,
"Taking nuclear forces off alert could be verified by national technical
means and nuclear weapon state inspection arrangements. in the first
instance, reduction in alert status could be adopted by the nuclear weapon
states unilaterally"

If both sides are verifiably de-alerted, it will not be possible for either
to launch a disarming first strike.

The immediate stakes are so high, and the potential for global catastrophe
so clear, that mutually verified de-alerting in the face of the Y2K
computer problem must take precedence over all other considerations of
politics and national security.


Signed

Kevin Dunion, Chairperson, Friends of the Earth International,
John Hallam, Nuclear Campaigner,  Friends of the Earth Australia,
Ricardo Navarro, Friends of the Earth El Salvador,
Viktor Khazan, Friends of the Earth Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine,
Jan Kunnas, Friends of the Earth Finland,
Amis de la Terre, Paris, France,
Loukia Pavlidou, President, Friends of the Earth Cyprus,
Oleg Svistunov, Friends of the Earth Japan Siberia Program,

Denis Doherty, Secretary, Pax Christi NSW,
Rev. Ray Richmond, Wayside Chapel, Uniting Church in Australia,
Julie Marlow, Australian Anti-Bases Campaign Committee,
Irene Gale, Australian Peace Committee, SA Branch,
Babs Fuller-Quinn, Australian Peace Committee, National Committee,
Susan Wareham, President, Medical Association for the Prevention of War,
IPPNW Regional Vice-President, Aust.,
Pauline Mitchell, Campaign for International Cooperation and Disarmament,
Peter Jones, War Resisters International, Australia.,
Peter Garrrett, President, Australian Conservation Foundation,
Alec Marr, National Campaign Director, The Wilderness Society,
Mark Wakeham, Environment Centre of the Northern Territory,
Ian Dixon, Big Scrub Environment Centre, Lismore,
Deborah Matters, Arid Lands Environment Centre, Alice Springs, NT.,
Rowena Skinner, Environment Centre of W.A.,
Cherie Hoyle, Centre for Urban Ecology, SA.,
Isabelle Whyte, Everyone for a Nuclear-free Future, Lismore,
Robin Taubenfeld, Everyone for a Nuclear-Free Future, Gold Coast,
Chris White, Secretary, United Trades and Labour Council, SA,
Paul Martinella, State Secretary, CFMEU, SA,
Trevor Smith, National Secretary, CFMEU, Forests and Forests products
Division, SA,
Stephen Smith, Secretary, CFMEU, Furnishing trade Division, SA,
Helen Caldicott, MD,
Mick Doyle, United Firefighters Union of SA,
Paul Noak, Secy, A.M.W.U. SA Office.
Martin O' Malley, Secy, CFMEU, SA Branch.
Stephen Spence, Secretary, Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance, SA.,

Senator Lyn Allison, Democrat Senator for Victoria,
Senator Meg Lees, Democrat Senator for South Australia, Leader of the
Australian Democrats,
Senator Vicky Bourne, Democrat Senator for NSW.,
Senator Natasha Stott-Despoja, Deputy Leader, Australian Democrats,
Senator Andrew Bartlett, Democrat Senator for Queensland,
Senator Bob Brown, Green Senator for Tasmania,
Senator Dee Margetts, Green Senator for Western Australia,
Senator George Campbell, ALP Senator for NSW.,
Senator Margaret Reynolds, ALP,
Anthony Albanese. ALP, Federal member for Grayndler,
Tanya Plibersek, ALP,  Federal member for Sydney,
Jann Mc Farlane, Federal member for Stirling, W.A.,
Jill Hall, M.P., Federal member for Shortland, NSW,
Cheryl Davenport MLC., W.A.,
Ian Cohen, MLC, Greens, NSW,
Lee Rhiannon, MLC, Greens, NSW,
Sandra Kanck, MLC,Democrats, S.A.,
Ian Gilfillan, MLC, Democrats, SA,
Robyn Geraghty MP, Member for Torrens, SA.,
Frances Bedford, ALP State MP for Florey, S.A.,
Dr Louise Crossley, National Convenor, Greens, Australia,

Graham Daniell, People for Nuclear Disarmament, Western Australia.,
Zohl D' Ishtar, Pacific Connections,
Richard Goode, 2 Billion Voices for Peace Project,

Commander Robert Green RN (Ret'd), Chair, World Court Project UK,
Maj-Britt Theorin, MEP, Sweden,
Martin Butcher, British-American Security Information Centre, US/UK,
Stephanie Mills, Greenpeace International Nuclear and Disarmament Campaign,
Bernice Boermans, Executive Director, International Association of Lawyers
Against Nuclear Arms, (IALANA), The Hague, Neth.,

Dave Knight, Chair, Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, U.K.,
Janet Bloomfield, Former Chair CND, Abolition UK, Saffron Walden Group
Against Nuclear Weapons,
Bruce Kent, Vice-President, CND,
Jenny Maxwell, West Midlands CND, Birmingham, UK,
Tigger Mc Gregor, Youth and Student CND, U.K.,
Dave Webb, Yorkshire CND., UK.,
Anni Rainbow and Lindis Percy, Campaign for Accountability of US Bases, UK.,
Gillian Reeve, Director, MEDACT (IPPNW UK),
Jane Tallents, Trident-Ploughshares 2000, Norwich, Norfolk, UK.,
Di Mc Donald, Network Information Project, Southampton, UK,

Dr Kate Dewes, Disarmament and Security Centre,
*Marion Hancock, Aoteoroa/NZ Peace Foundation, Auckland, NZ.,*
Gerry Coates, Engineers for Social Responsibility, NZ,
Keith Locke, Foreign Affairs Spokesperson, NZ Greens,
Llelwyn Richards, National Consultative Committee on Disarmament, NZ,
Barbara Frame, Peace Action Dunedin, NZ.,
John Urlich, Peace Council of New Zealand,
Rev. John Murray/Dame Laurie Salas/Robin Halliday, Abolition-2000, New Zealand,
Ian Prior, IPPNW New Zealand,
Richard S. Salvador, Pacific Islands Association of NGOs, Belau,
Chris King, Veterans for Peace New Zealand,
Derek Wilson, Architects Against Nuclear War, NZ,
Robert E. White, Director, Centre for Peace Studies, University of
Auckland, NZ.,

Ron Mc Coy, Malaysian Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War,
Petaling Jaya, Malaysia,
Aileen Mioko Smith, Director, Green Action Kyoto, Japan.,
Hiroshi Taka, Assistant Secretary, Japan Council Against A and H-Bombs
(Gensuikyo),
S.P. Udayakumar, South Asian Community Centre for Education and Research,
Nagercoil, Tamil Nadu, South India,
Nana Suhartana, Indonesian National Network Forum Anti-Nuclear Society,
Vladimir Sliviak, Ecodefense, Russia,
Galina Raghouzhina, World Information Service on Energy (WISE) Kaliningrad,
Alexandra Koroleva, Educational Committee, Kaliningrad Regional Duma,
Mikhail Trofimov, Ecodefence! International, Kaliningrad,
Alisa Nikoulina, Antinuclear Campaign of Social-Ecological Union, Moscow,
Pavel Malyshev, Platan Youth Group, Kaliningrad,
Malla Kantola, Committee of 100, Helsinki, Finland,
Laura Lodenius, Peace Union of Finland, Helsinki, Finland,
Bjorn Hilt, Chair, Norwegian Physicians Against Nuclear War, (IPPNW)
Poul Eck Sorensen, Peace Movement of Esbjerg, Denmark,
Felicity Hill, Womens International League for Peace and Freedom, Geneva/NY
Daniel Durand, Secretary, Mouvement de La Paix, France,
Solange Fernex, Womens International League for Peace and Freedom, France.
Dr Roland Schutzbach, Global Initiative for Immediate Disarmament, Switzerland,
Xanthe Hall, Assistant Director, IPPNW Germany, Berlin,
Regina Hagen, Darmstaedter Friedensforum, Germany,
Claus Biegert, Nuclear-Free Award, Germany,
Elizabeth Schroedter, MEP, Germany.
Matthias Reichl, Centre for Encounters and Active Non-Violence, Bad Ischl,
Austria,
Dr Klaus Renoldner, President,  IPPNW Austria,
Claudia and Margit, Anti-Atom International,
Claudia and Margit, Coordination Office of Austrian Environment Organisations,
Heinz Stockinger, Independent Salzburg Platform Against Nuclear
Dangers,(PLAGE), Salzburg, Austria,
Pol D'Huyvetter, For Mother Earth International, Ghent, Belgium,
Ophelia Cowell, MDB Energy Project, Netherlands,
Marjan Willemsen, For Mother Earth Netherlands,
David Boerma, Coordinator, Pacific Region, Centre for Indigenous Peoples,
Netherlands.,
Giorgio Nebbia, Professor Emeritus, Faculty of Economics, University of
Bari, Italy,
Dr Joachim Lau, Italian Lawyers Against Nuclear Arms,

Alice Slater, Global Resource Action Centre for the Environment, NY., USA.,
Grace Thorpe, National Environmental Coalition of Native Americans,
Bill Smirnow, Nuclear-Free New York, US,
Marylia Kelley, Tri-Valley CARES, Livermore, California, US.
Molly Johnson, Coordinator, Save Ward Valley, Calif, USA.,
William F. Santelmann, Metro-Boston Committee to De-Alert Nuclear Weapons
David Krieger, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, Santa Barbara, Calif, US.
Dr Robert W. Tiller, Physicians for Social Responsibility, U.S.A.,
Dr Lachlan Forrow, Past Chair, IPPNW,
Jonathan Mark, Action Site to Stop Cassini Flyby,
Sherry Larsen-Beville, Livermore Conversion Project, Oakland, Calif, USA.
Ellen Thomas, Proposition-1 Committee, Washington DC, US.,
Robert Kinsey, Peace and Justice Task Force,  Uniting Church of Christ,
Rocky Mountains Conference,
Howard W. Hallman, Methodists United for Peace with Justice, Washington, USA.,
Jennifer Olaranna Viereck, Coordinator, Healing Global Wounds, Tecopa, CA,
USA.,
Karen Talbot, Director, International Centre for Peace and Justice, San
Francisco, California, US.,
Chris Ney, War Resisters League, NY, USA.,
Jasmina Arsova, War Resisters League,, NY. USA.,
Carol Jahnkow, Peace Resource Centre of San Diego, Calif, US.,
Susan Lee Solar and Maria Mendez, Grandmothers and Mothers Alliance for the
Future,
Susan Shaer, Executive Director, Womens Action for New Directions,
Peter Bergel, Centre for Energy Research, Salem, Oregon, USA.,
Harvey Wasserman, Citizens Protecting Ohio, USA.,
Jay Coghlan, Concerned Citizens For Nuclear Safety, New Mexico, USA.,
Gordon S. Clark, Executive Director, Peace Action USA.,
Sonya Ostrom, Metro New York Peace Action Council,
Rachel Keeler, Executive Director, Pax Christi, New York,
Nancy Small, National Coordinator, Pax Christi, USA,
Frank Dworak, Pax Christi, Morris County, NJ, USA.,
Adam Eidinger, Pax Christi Washington Action Group, USA.,
Joyce Hall, Pax Christi Texas,
Paul Villavisanis, Pax Christi, St Augustine, Fl,
Phil Mc Manus, Chair, Fellowship of Reconciliation Task Force on Latin
America and the Carribean,
Judith H. Johnsrud, Environmental Coalition on Nuclear Power, Pennsylvania, US,
Judith H. Johnsrud, Central Pennsylvania Citizens for Survival,
Pamela Meidell, Atomic Mirror, Calif, USA.,
Tom Keirans, National Campaign for a Peace Tax Fund,

Senator Doug Roche, Canadian Parliament,
Bill Blaikie MP, House Leader, New Democratic Party of Canada,
Svend Robinson MP, House of Representatives,Canada,
Dr David Morgan, President, Veterans Against Nuclear Arms, Vancouver,
Canada,
Dr Barbara Birkett, President, Physicians for Global Survival, Ottawa, Canada.,
Dr Ross Wilcock, Physicians for Global Survival, Canada,
Dave Greenfield, New Green Alliance, Saskatoon, Canada,
Patti Willis, Pacific Campaign for Disarmament and Security, B.C., Canada,
Prof Eric Fawcett, Physics Dept, University of Toronto, Canada,
Dr Jennifer Allen Simons, The Simons Foundation, Vancouver, B.C.,
Sally Hodges, Chair, Ploughshares, Calgary, Canada,



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Date: Wed, 21 Jul 1999 18:22:22 +1000
From: FoE Sydney - Nuclear Campaign <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Please Sign Y2K de-Alerting letter to Clinton, Yeltsin

John Hallam
Friends of the Earth Sydney,
17 Lord street, Newtown, NSW, Australia,
Fax[phone] ph (61)(2)9517-3903

[e-mail]    http://homepages.tig.com.au/~foesyd

(Apologies to those who have already seen this or already signed it.

If you have not already signed on, and if you think it would be ill-
advised to allow nuclear missiles to remain on hairtrigger alert over the
Y2K rollover period, when many authorities think that US and Russian
defence computer sysems will fail completely, do please sign!)

THE FOLLOWING LETTER IS BEING SENT TO BORIS YELTSIN AND BILL CLINTON BEFORE
AUG 6TH, AND RELEASED TO MEDIA ON THAT DAY.

IT IS NOW SEEKING SIGNATURES, ESPECIALLY FROM NGOS, CHURCH GROUPS,
PARLIAMENTARIANS, AND PEACE AND ENVIRONMENT GROUPS.

All you need to do to sign it is email me.


FROM:
FRIENDS OF THE EARTH INTERNATIONAL
FRIENDS OF THE EARTH AUSTRALIA,
FRIENDS OF THE EARTH EL SALVADOR,
FRIENDS OF THE EARTH UKRAINE,
FRIENDS OF THE EARTH FINLAND,
FRIENDS OF THE EARTH FRANCE,
FRIENDS OF THE EARTH CYPRUS,
FRIENDS OF THE EARTH JAPAN SIBERIA PROGRAM

AUSTRALIAN PEACE COMMITTEE,
MEDICAL ASSOCIATION FOR THE PREVENTION OF WAR,
PAX CHRISTI N.S.W.,
WAYSIDE CHAPEL, UNITING CHURCH IN AUSTRALIA,
PITT STREET UNITING CHURCH, PITT ST, SYDNEY,
CAMPAIGN FOR INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION AND DISARMAMENT (CICD) AUSTRALIA,
AUSTRALIAN ANTI-BASES CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE,
PEOPLE FOR NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT, N.S.W.,
WAR RESISTERS INTERNATIONAL AUSTRALIA,
THE WILDERNESS SOCIETY,
AUSTRALIAN CONSERVATION FOUNDATION,
ENVIRONMENT CENTRE OF THE NORTHERN TERRITORY,
ARID LANDS ENVIRONMENT CENTRE,
BIG SCRUB ENVIRONMENT CENTRE,
ENVIRONMENT CENTRE OF W.A.,
CENTRE FOR URBAN ECOLOGY, S.A.,
PEOPLE FOR NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT WESTERN AUSTRALIA,
EVERYONE FOR A NUCLEAR-FREE FUTURE LISMORE,
EVERYONE FOR A NUCLEAR-FREE FUTURE GOLD COAST,
PACIFIC CONNECTIONS,
TWO BILLION VOICES FOR PEACE PROJECT,
UNITED TRADES AND LABOUR COUNCIL SA.,
UNITED FIREFIGHTERS UNION OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA,
MEDIA AND ENTERTAINMENT AND ARTS ALLIANCE S.A.,
CFMEU, SOUTH AUSTRALIAN BRANCH,
A.M.W.U., SA. OFFICE.,

SENATOR LYN ALLISON, VIC.,
SENATOR MEG LEES, LEADER, DEMOCRATS, VIC.,
SENATOR NATASHA STOTT-DESPOJA, DEPUTY LEADER AUSTRALIAN DEMOCRATS,
SENATOR VICKY BOURNE, DEMOCRAT SENATOR FOR N.S.W.,
SENATOR ANDREW BARTLETT, DEMOCRAT SENATOR FOR QUEENSLAND,
SENATOR DEE MARGETTS, GREENS, W.A.,
SENATOR BOB BROWN, GREENS, TAS,
SENATOR GEORGE CAMPBELL, ALP,  N.S.W.,
SENATOR MARGARET REYNOLDS,
ANTHONY ALBANESE, ALP FEDERAL MP FOR GRAYNDLER,
TANYA PLIBERSEK,  ALP FEDERAL MP FOR SYDNEY,
JANN MC FARLANE, ALP FEDERAL MP FOR STIRLING, W.A.,
JILL HALL M.P., MEMBER FOR SHORTLAND,
IAN COHEN, GREEN MLC, NSW.,
LEE RHIANNON, GREEN MLC, NSW.,
SANDRA KANCK, DEMOCRAT MLC, S.A.,
IAN GILFILLAN, DEMOCRAT MLC, SA,
ROBYN GERAGHTY, MP, STATE MEMBER FOR TORRENS, SA,
FRANCES BEDFORD, MP, STATE MEMBER FOR FLOREY, SA.,
LOUISE CROSSLEY, NATIONAL CONVENOR, GREENS,

WORLD COURT PROJECT UK,
MAJ-BRITT THEORIN, MEP, PRESIDENT, IPB.,
SENATOR DOUGLAS ROCHE,  CANADA,
BRITISH-AMERICAN SECURITY INFORMATION CENTRE, US/UK,
GREENPEACE INTERNATIONAL,
JAPAN CONGRESS AGAINST A AND H-BOMBS (GENSUIKYO)
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF LAWYERS AGAINST NUCLEAR ARMS (IALANA),
WOMENS INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE FOR PEACE AND FREEDOM (Geneva/NY),

CAMPAIGN FOR NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT U.K.,
SAFFRON WALDEN GROUP AGAINST NUCLEAR WEAPONS,
YOUTH AND STUDENT CAMPAIGN FOR NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT,
WEST MIDLANDS CAMPAIGN FOR NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT,
YORKSHIRE CAMPAIGN FOR NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT,
MEDACT (IPPNW UK),
TRIDENT PLOUGHSHARES 2000 NORFOLK UK.,
NETWORK INFORMATION PROJECT, SOUTHAMPTON,UK, .,
CAMPAIGN FOR ACCOUNTABILITY OF U.S., BASES,

DISARMAMENT AND SECURITY CENTRE, NZ,
*AOTEOROA/NEW ZEALAND PEACE FOUNDATION, AUCKLAND, NZ.,*
ENGINEERS FOR SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY, N.Z.,
NEW ZEALAND GREENS,
NATIONAL CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE ON DISARMAMENT, N.Z.,
PEACE ACTION DUNEDIN, N.Z.,
PEACE COUNCIL OF NEW ZEALAND,
ABOLITION-2000 NEW ZEALAND,
IPPNW NEW ZEALAND,
VETERANS FOR PEACE NZ.,
ARCHITECTS AGAINST NUCLEAR WAR, NZ.,
C.N.D., VETERANS NEW ZEALAND,
CENTRE FOR PEACE STUDIES, UNIV. OF AUCKLAND, NZ,

PACIFIC ISLANDS ASSOCIATION OF NGOS, BELAU.,
MALAYSIAN PHYSICIANS FOR THE PREVENTION OF NUCLEAR WAR,
GREEN ACTION KYOTO,
WORLD ATOMIC SAFETY HOLIDAY, SENDAI, JAPAN,
SOUTH ASIAN COMMUNITY CENTRE FOR EDUCATION AND RESEARCH, NAGERCOIL, INDIA,
INDONESIAN NATIONAL NETWORK FORUM ANTI-NUCLEAR SOCIETY,
ECODEFENSE KOENIGSBERG/MOSCOW,
WISE-KALININGRAD,
ANTINUCLEAR CAMPAIGN OF SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL UNION MOSCOW,
PLATAN YOUTH GROUP, KALININGRAD,
EDUCATIONAL COMITTEE KALININGRAD REGIONAL DUMA,
COMMITTEE OF 100, FINLAND,
PEACE UNION OF FINLAND,
NORWEGIAN PHYSICIANS AGAINST NUCLEAR WAR (IPPNW)
PEACE MOVEMENT OF ESBJERG, DENMARK,
WOMENS INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE FOR PEACE AND FREEDOM (FRANCE),
MOUVEMENT DE LA PAIX, FRANCE,
GLOBAL INITIATIVE FOR IMMEDIATE DISARMAMENT, SWITZERLAND,
DARMSTAEDTER FRIEDENSFORUM, GERMANY,
NUCLEAR-FREE AWARD, GERMANY,
ELIZABETH SCHROEDTER, MEP,
CENTRE FOR ENCOUNTER AND ACTIVE NON-VIOLENCE, BAD ISCHL, AUSTRIA,
IPPNW AUSTRIA,
ANTI-ATOM INTERNATIONAL, AUSTRIA,
COORDINATION OFFICE OF AUSTRIAN ENVIRONMENT GROUPS,
INDEPENDENT SALZBURG PLATFORM AGAINST NUCLEAR DANGERS,
FOR MOTHER EARTH INTERNATIONAL, GHENT, BELGIUM,
MDB ENERGY PROJECT, NETHERLANDS,
FOR MOTHER EARTH NETHERLANDS,
CENTRE FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, NETHERLANDS,
ITALIAN LAWYERS AGAINST NUCLEAR ARMS,

GLOBAL RESOURCE ACTION CENTRE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT (GRACE) N.Y U.S.,
NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL COALITION OF NATIVE AMERICANS,
NUCLEAR-FREE NEW YORK,
TRI-VALLEY CARES, LIVERMORE, CALIF, U.S.,
SAVE WARD VALLEY, CALIF, U.S.,
METRO-BOSTON COMMITTEE TO DE-ALERT NUCLEAR WEAPONS,
NUCLEAR AGE PEACE FOUNDATION, CALIFORNIA, U.S.,
PHYSICIANS FOR SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY, U.S.A,
LIVERMORE CONVERSION PROJECT, OAKLAND, CALIF.,
ACTION SITE TO STOP CASSINI FLYBY,
PROPOSITION-1 COMMITTEE, WASHINGTON DC, US.,
HEALING GLOBAL WOUNDS, TECOPA, CALIF, U.S.,
UNITING CHURCH OF CHRIST ROCKY MOUNTAIN CONFERENCE, PEACE AND JUSTICE TASK
FORCE,
METHODISTS UNITED FOR PEACE WITH JUSTICE, USA.,
INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE, SAN FRANCISCO, US,
WAR RESISTERS LEAGUE, NY, USA.,
PEACE RESOURCE CENTRE OF SAN DIEGO, CALIF, U.S.,
GRANDMOTHERS AND MOTHERS ALLIANCE FOR THE FUTURE,
WOMENS ACTION FOR NEW DIRECTIONS,
CENTRE FOR ENERGY RESEARCH, OREGON, USA,
CITIZENS PROTECTING OHIO,
CONCERNED CITIZENS FOR NUCLEAR SAFETY NEW MEXICO,
PEACE ACTION USA.,
METRO NEW YORK PEACE ACTION COUNCIL, USA.,
PAX CHRISTI U.S.A.,
PAX CHRISTI NEW YORK,
PAX CHRISTI, MORRIS COUNTY, NJ, USA.,
PAX CHRISTI TEXAS,
PAX CHRISTI ST AUGUSTINE FLORIDA,
FELLOWSHIP OF RECONCILIATION TASK FORCE ON LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARRIBEAN,
ENVIRONMENTAL COALITION ON NUCLEAR POWER,
CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA CITIZENS FOR SURVIVAL,
ATOMIC MIRROR, CALIF, U.S.,
NATIONAL CAMPAIGN FOR A PEACE TAX FUND,

BILL BLAIKIE MP, HOUSE LEADER, NEW DEMOCRATIC PARTY OF CANADA,
SVEND ROBINSON MP, HOUSE OF REPS, CANADA,
VETERANS AGAINST NUCLEAR ARMS, CANADA,
PHYSICIANS FOR GLOBAL SURVIVAL, CANADA,
NEW GREEN ALLIANCE, CANADA,
PACIFIC CAMPAIGN FOR DISARMAMENT AND SECURITY, BC, CANADA.,
THE SIMONS FOUNDATION, VANCOUVER, B.C.,
PLOUGHSHARES, CALGARY, CANADA,


PRESIDENT BORIS YELTSIN,
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENT,
KRASNOPRESENSKAYA-2, MOSCOW, RUSSIA,
[phone], [phone] [phone],

PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON,
WHITE HOUSE, WASHINGTON, US,
[phone], [phone].

WILLIAM COHEN, US SECRETARY OF DEFENCE,
[phone],

BILL RICHARDSON, US SECRETARY OF ENERGY,
[phone].

IGOR SERGEYEV,
DEFENCE MINISTER OF RUSSIA,
Znamenka-19, 103160, Moscow, Russia,
[phone], 247-2795, 247-2722, 293-3323.

FOREIGN MINISTER OF RUSSIA,
[phone], [phone],

CC
ALL HEADS OF STATE (BY EMAIL)
ALL UN MISSIONS (BY EMAIL)

Dear Presidents Yeltsin and Clinton, Defence Ministers and Defence
Secretaries, Heads of State and UN Missions,

The organisations above, representing millions of people worldwide, are
writing to convey their extreme concern  over the possibility that Year
2000 (Y2K)-related computer failures in nuclear weapons systems may lead to
an unacceptable risk of  nuclear war by accident or miscalculation.

In the current political situation this is most especially the case.
According to Alexandr Arbatov, of the Defence Committee of the Russian
State Duma, US-Russian relations are at 'the worst, most acute,  most
dangerous juncture since the US-Soviet Berlin and Cuban missile crises.'

The danger   during the Y2K rollover lies primarily in the possibility that
spurious data may induce commanders, even at the highest levels, to
mistakenly authorise the launches of nuclear weapons.

Events similar to this have already occurred. For example:

In the US in 1980,  a malfunctioning computer chip sent spurious alert
signals;

In 1983 in Russia, satellites mistook glare off the tops of clouds for a US
missile launch, (and disaster was averted by the refusal of the local
commander to believe the warnings were real);

In 1995,  a Norwegian research rocket prompted a full-scale Russian alert.

If Y2K breakdowns produce inaccurate early warning data, or if
communications and command channels are compromised, the combination of
hair-trigger force postures and Y2K failures could be disastrous. There
should therefore be a 'safety first ' approach  to Y2K and nuclear
arsenals.

Because none of the nuclear weapons states can guarantee that their
nuclear- related computer systems are Y2K compliant, the only responsible
solution is for them all to  stand down nuclear operations. This approach
should include taking nuclear weapons off alert status and decoupling
nuclear warheads from delivery vehicles.

The stakes involved in any nuclear exchange between Russia and the US are
such that they dwarf any other considerations. The future of life itself on
earth could be in doubt.

In  light of this, we strongly urge that you remove all strategic and
tactical nuclear weapons from 'hair trigger' alert, and place them in a
status in which at least hours and preferably days would be required to
launch them.

The Canberra Commission in August 1996, noted that terminating nuclear
alert status would:
- --Reduce dramatically the chances of accidental or unauthorised  nuclear
missile launch.
- --Help set the stage for intensified cooperation on a more far- reaching
disarmament agenda
- --Have a very positive influence on the political climate between nuclear
weapon states.

This last is especially relevant in the current tension between Russia and
NATO, which has prompted Russia to withdraw from cooperation with the US on
Y2K problems.

According to the Canberra Commission,
"Taking nuclear forces off alert could be verified by national technical
means and nuclear weapon state inspection arrangements. in the first
instance, reduction in alert status could be adopted by the nuclear weapon
states unilaterally"

If both sides are verifiably de-alerted, it will not be possible for either
to launch a disarming first strike.

The immediate stakes are so high, and the potential for global catastrophe
so clear, that mutually verified de-alerting in the face of the Y2K
computer problem must take precedence over all other considerations of
politics and national security.


Signed

Kevin Dunion, Chairperson, Friends of the Earth International,
John Hallam, Nuclear Campaigner,  Friends of the Earth Australia,
Ricardo Navarro, Friends of the Earth El Salvador,
Viktor Khazan, Friends of the Earth Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine,
Jan Kunnas, Friends of the Earth Finland,
Amis de la Terre, Paris, France,
Loukia Pavlidou, President, Friends of the Earth Cyprus,
Oleg Svistunov, Friends of the Earth Japan Siberia Program,

Denis Doherty, Secretary, Pax Christi NSW,
Rev. Ray Richmond, Wayside Chapel, Uniting Church in Australia,
Julie Marlow, Australian Anti-Bases Campaign Committee,
Irene Gale, Australian Peace Committee, SA Branch,
Babs Fuller-Quinn, Australian Peace Committee, National Committee,
Susan Wareham, President, Medical Association for the Prevention of War,
IPPNW Regional Vice-President, Aust.,
Pauline Mitchell, Campaign for International Cooperation and Disarmament,
Peter Jones, War Resisters International, Australia.,
Peter Garrrett, President, Australian Conservation Foundation,
Alec Marr, National Campaign Director, The Wilderness Society,
Mark Wakeham, Environment Centre of the Northern Territory,
Ian Dixon, Big Scrub Environment Centre, Lismore,
Deborah Matters, Arid Lands Environment Centre, Alice Springs, NT.,
Rowena Skinner, Environment Centre of W.A.,
Cherie Hoyle, Centre for Urban Ecology, SA.,
Isabelle Whyte, Everyone for a Nuclear-free Future, Lismore,
Robin Taubenfeld, Everyone for a Nuclear-Free Future, Gold Coast,
Chris White, Secretary, United Trades and Labour Council, SA,
Paul Martinella, State Secretary, CFMEU, SA,
Trevor Smith, National Secretary, CFMEU, Forests and Forests products
Division, SA,
Stephen Smith, Secretary, CFMEU, Furnishing trade Division, SA,
Helen Caldicott, MD,
Mick Doyle, United Firefighters Union of SA,
Paul Noak, Secy, A.M.W.U. SA Office.
Martin O' Malley, Secy, CFMEU, SA Branch.
Stephen Spence, Secretary, Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance, SA.,

Senator Lyn Allison, Democrat Senator for Victoria,
Senator Meg Lees, Democrat Senator for South Australia, Leader of the
Australian Democrats,
Senator Vicky Bourne, Democrat Senator for NSW.,
Senator Natasha Stott-Despoja, Deputy Leader, Australian Democrats,
Senator Andrew Bartlett, Democrat Senator for Queensland,
Senator Bob Brown, Green Senator for Tasmania,
Senator Dee Margetts, Green Senator for Western Australia,
Senator George Campbell, ALP Senator for NSW.,
Senator Margaret Reynolds, ALP,
Anthony Albanese. ALP, Federal member for Grayndler,
Tanya Plibersek, ALP,  Federal member for Sydney,
Jann Mc Farlane, Federal member for Stirling, W.A.,
Jill Hall, M.P., Federal member for Shortland, NSW,
Cheryl Davenport MLC., W.A.,
Ian Cohen, MLC, Greens, NSW,
Lee Rhiannon, MLC, Greens, NSW,
Sandra Kanck, MLC,Democrats, S.A.,
Ian Gilfillan, MLC, Democrats, SA,
Robyn Geraghty MP, Member for Torrens, SA.,
Frances Bedford, ALP State MP for Florey, S.A.,
Dr Louise Crossley, National Convenor, Greens, Australia,

Graham Daniell, People for Nuclear Disarmament, Western Australia.,
Zohl D' Ishtar, Pacific Connections,
Richard Goode, 2 Billion Voices for Peace Project,

Commander Robert Green RN (Ret'd), Chair, World Court Project UK,
Maj-Britt Theorin, MEP, Sweden,
Martin Butcher, British-American Security Information Centre, US/UK,
Stephanie Mills, Greenpeace International Nuclear and Disarmament Campaign,
Bernice Boermans, Executive Director, International Association of Lawyers
Against Nuclear Arms, (IALANA), The Hague, Neth.,

Dave Knight, Chair, Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, U.K.,
Janet Bloomfield, Former Chair CND, Abolition UK, Saffron Walden Group
Against Nuclear Weapons,
Bruce Kent, Vice-President, CND,
Jenny Maxwell, West Midlands CND, Birmingham, UK,
Tigger Mc Gregor, Youth and Student CND, U.K.,
Dave Webb, Yorkshire CND., UK.,
Anni Rainbow and Lindis Percy, Campaign for Accountability of US Bases, UK.,
Gillian Reeve, Director, MEDACT (IPPNW UK),
Jane Tallents, Trident-Ploughshares 2000, Norwich, Norfolk, UK.,
Di Mc Donald, Network Information Project, Southampton, UK,

Dr Kate Dewes, Disarmament and Security Centre,
*Marion Hancock, Aoteoroa/NZ Peace Foundation, Auckland, NZ.,*
Gerry Coates, Engineers for Social Responsibility, NZ,
Keith Locke, Foreign Affairs Spokesperson, NZ Greens,
Llelwyn Richards, National Consultative Committee on Disarmament, NZ,
Barbara Frame, Peace Action Dunedin, NZ.,
John Urlich, Peace Council of New Zealand,
Rev. John Murray/Dame Laurie Salas/Robin Halliday, Abolition-2000, New Zealand,
Ian Prior, IPPNW New Zealand,
Richard S. Salvador, Pacific Islands Association of NGOs, Belau,
Chris King, Veterans for Peace New Zealand,
Derek Wilson, Architects Against Nuclear War, NZ,
Robert E. White, Director, Centre for Peace Studies, University of
Auckland, NZ.,

Ron Mc Coy, Malaysian Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War,
Petaling Jaya, Malaysia,
Aileen Mioko Smith, Director, Green Action Kyoto, Japan.,
Hiroshi Taka, Assistant Secretary, Japan Council Against A and H-Bombs
(Gensuikyo),
S.P. Udayakumar, South Asian Community Centre for Education and Research,
Nagercoil, Tamil Nadu, South India,
Nana Suhartana, Indonesian National Network Forum Anti-Nuclear Society,
Vladimir Sliviak, Ecodefense, Russia,
Galina Raghouzhina, World Information Service on Energy (WISE) Kaliningrad,
Alexandra Koroleva, Educational Committee, Kaliningrad Regional Duma,
Mikhail Trofimov, Ecodefence! International, Kaliningrad,
Alisa Nikoulina, Antinuclear Campaign of Social-Ecological Union, Moscow,
Pavel Malyshev, Platan Youth Group, Kaliningrad,
Malla Kantola, Committee of 100, Helsinki, Finland,
Laura Lodenius, Peace Union of Finland, Helsinki, Finland,
Bjorn Hilt, Chair, Norwegian Physicians Against Nuclear War, (IPPNW)
Poul Eck Sorensen, Peace Movement of Esbjerg, Denmark,
Felicity Hill, Womens International League for Peace and Freedom, Geneva/NY
Daniel Durand, Secretary, Mouvement de La Paix, France,
Solange Fernex, Womens International League for Peace and Freedom, France.
Dr Roland Schutzbach, Global Initiative for Immediate Disarmament, Switzerland,
Xanthe Hall, Assistant Director, IPPNW Germany, Berlin,
Regina Hagen, Darmstaedter Friedensforum, Germany,
Claus Biegert, Nuclear-Free Award, Germany,
Elizabeth Schroedter, MEP, Germany.
Matthias Reichl, Centre for Encounters and Active Non-Violence, Bad Ischl,
Austria,
Dr Klaus Renoldner, President,  IPPNW Austria,
Claudia and Margit, Anti-Atom International,
Claudia and Margit, Coordination Office of Austrian Environment Organisations,
Heinz Stockinger, Independent Salzburg Platform Against Nuclear
Dangers,(PLAGE), Salzburg, Austria,
Pol D'Huyvetter, For Mother Earth International, Ghent, Belgium,
Ophelia Cowell, MDB Energy Project, Netherlands,
Marjan Willemsen, For Mother Earth Netherlands,
David Boerma, Coordinator, Pacific Region, Centre for Indigenous Peoples,
Netherlands.,
Giorgio Nebbia, Professor Emeritus, Faculty of Economics, University of
Bari, Italy,
Dr Joachim Lau, Italian Lawyers Against Nuclear Arms,

Alice Slater, Global Resource Action Centre for the Environment, NY., USA.,
Grace Thorpe, National Environmental Coalition of Native Americans,
Bill Smirnow, Nuclear-Free New York, US,
Marylia Kelley, Tri-Valley CARES, Livermore, California, US.
Molly Johnson, Coordinator, Save Ward Valley, Calif, USA.,
William F. Santelmann, Metro-Boston Committee to De-Alert Nuclear Weapons
David Krieger, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, Santa Barbara, Calif, US.
Dr Robert W. Tiller, Physicians for Social Responsibility, U.S.A.,
Dr Lachlan Forrow, Past Chair, IPPNW,
Jonathan Mark, Action Site to Stop Cassini Flyby,
Sherry Larsen-Beville, Livermore Conversion Project, Oakland, Calif, USA.
Ellen Thomas, Proposition-1 Committee, Washington DC, US.,
Robert Kinsey, Peace and Justice Task Force,  Uniting Church of Christ,
Rocky Mountains Conference,
Howard W. Hallman, Methodists United for Peace with Justice, Washington, USA.,
Jennifer Olaranna Viereck, Coordinator, Healing Global Wounds, Tecopa, CA,
USA.,
Karen Talbot, Director, International Centre for Peace and Justice, San
Francisco, California, US.,
Chris Ney, War Resisters League, NY, USA.,
Jasmina Arsova, War Resisters League,, NY. USA.,
Carol Jahnkow, Peace Resource Centre of San Diego, Calif, US.,
Susan Lee Solar and Maria Mendez, Grandmothers and Mothers Alliance for the
Future,
Susan Shaer, Executive Director, Womens Action for New Directions,
Peter Bergel, Centre for Energy Research, Salem, Oregon, USA.,
Harvey Wasserman, Citizens Protecting Ohio, USA.,
Jay Coghlan, Concerned Citizens For Nuclear Safety, New Mexico, USA.,
Gordon S. Clark, Executive Director, Peace Action USA.,
Sonya Ostrom, Metro New York Peace Action Council,
Rachel Keeler, Executive Director, Pax Christi, New York,
Nancy Small, National Coordinator, Pax Christi, USA,
Frank Dworak, Pax Christi, Morris County, NJ, USA.,
Adam Eidinger, Pax Christi Washington Action Group, USA.,
Joyce Hall, Pax Christi Texas,
Paul Villavisanis, Pax Christi, St Augustine, Fl,
Phil Mc Manus, Chair, Fellowship of Reconciliation Task Force on Latin
America and the Carribean,
Judith H. Johnsrud, Environmental Coalition on Nuclear Power, Pennsylvania, US,
Judith H. Johnsrud, Central Pennsylvania Citizens for Survival,
Pamela Meidell, Atomic Mirror, Calif, USA.,
Tom Keirans, National Campaign for a Peace Tax Fund,

Senator Doug Roche, Canadian Parliament,
Bill Blaikie MP, House Leader, New Democratic Party of Canada,
Svend Robinson MP, House of Representatives,Canada,
Dr David Morgan, President, Veterans Against Nuclear Arms, Vancouver,
Canada,
Dr Barbara Birkett, President, Physicians for Global Survival, Ottawa, Canada.,
Dr Ross Wilcock, Physicians for Global Survival, Canada,
Dave Greenfield, New Green Alliance, Saskatoon, Canada,
Patti Willis, Pacific Campaign for Disarmament and Security, B.C., Canada,
Prof Eric Fawcett, Physics Dept, University of Toronto, Canada,
Dr Jennifer Allen Simons, The Simons Foundation, Vancouver, B.C.,
Sally Hodges, Chair, Ploughshares, Calgary, Canada,



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