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Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 11:12:48 -0400
From: ASlater <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) Y2K N-WEAPONS DE-ALERTING LETTER PLEASE SIGN

Dear Colby,
Why don't you write to John Hallan at nonukes@foe and ask him?  Alice

At 01:00 PM 7/23/99 -0400, you wrote:
>Hi,
>
>Someone please tell me why nonukes @foe( I forget the rest of the address)
>has so many of the same posts every day. If the post is going to abolition
>list why do I get it 3 or four times?
>
>Thanks
>
>Colby Lowe
>
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Alice Slater
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15 East 26th Street, Room 915
New York, NY 10010
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Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 13:01:17 -0400
From: ASlater <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Fwd: DRAFT LETTER OF SUPPORT TO MARKEY FOR DE-ALERTING RESOLUTION

>Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 03:03:48 -0400
>Subject: DRAFT LETTER OF SUPPORT TO MARKEY FOR DE-ALERTING RESOLUTION
>To: [e-mail]
>Cc: [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail],
> [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail],
> [e-mail], [e-mail],
> [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail],
> [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail],
> [e-mail], [e-mail], [e-mail],
> [e-mail]
>From: [e-mail] ([e-mail])
>
>
>Dear People,
>This is a first draft of a letter that I plan to send in the next 48 hours
>to Rep. Edward Markey, in support of his planned de-alerting resolution.
>
>Let me know if anything requires changing.
>
>The idea is for him to be able to use the de-alerting sign on letter
>(The'Bill and Boris' letter) itself as a tool to increase support for the
>resolution.
>
>Markey has signed the sign on letter.
>
>I intend to fax this letter as is the day after tomorrow (wednesday
>Australian time), unless changes are proposed.
>
>If you wish to propose changes, try not to just add to the lettter. It is
>already most likely on the long side, and i am determined to keep it
>withing a single A4 page 12/13 point, times font.
>
>
>FRIENDS OF THE EARTH AUSTRALIA
>
>ATTN. CONGRESSMAN EDWARD MARKEY
>
>RE: CONGRESSIONAL RESOLUTION ON DE-ALERTING
>
>Dear Congressman Markey,
>I am writing as the coordinator of the global sign-on letter, that you
>signed on Friday, asking for nuclear weapons to be taken off hairtrigger
>alert, especially over the Y2K rollover period.
>
>I understand  you are working on a US Congressional resolution to that
>effect. This is an extremely important initiative.
>
>I would like to express our very strong support for any resolution in the
>US Congress that calls for nuclear weapons to be taken off their current
>hairtrigger alert status,  especially over the Y2K 'rollover' period. This
>is exactly what is asked for by the letter.
>
>The global sign on letter that you have signed now has over 200 signatures
>from organisations and parliamentarians around the world, expressing a
>desire for strategic nuclear weapons to be taken off hairtrigger alert.
>These organisations include the largest international environment network
>in the world, Friends of the Earth International, with member groups in 59
>countries, the second - largest international environment group in the
>world, Greenpeace International, the British-American Security Information
>Council, (BASIC), the Centre for Defence Information, Tri-Valley CARES,
>Global Resource and Action Centre on the Environment,  the Nuclear
>Information and Resource Service, Western States Legal Foundation, and
>Physicians for Global responsibility. Outside the US, the letter bears the
>signatures of 20 Australian parliamentarians, three Canadian MPs including
>Senator Doug Roche, and three members of the European Parliament, as well
>as those of the Womens International League for Peace and Freedom, and the
>World Court project.
>
>Taking strategic nuclear weapons off hairtrigger alert  is a sensible
>measure with or without the Y2K problem, that was strongly recommended by
>the Canberra Commission in 1996. ( It is best achieved by the physical
>removal of the firing mechanism from delivery vehicles, or by separation of
>warheads.)
>
>Given that there may be problems with the US Y2K remediation programme for
>the complex interconnected computer networks that constitute the C3I system
>for the strategic nuclear weapons complex of the US, and given that Russian
>systems are highly unlikely to be anywhere near Y2K ready, taking strategic
>nuclear weapons off hairtrigger alert would appear to be no more than good
>sense. This in no way lessens the need for other measures (such as measures
>for US-Russian cooperation, and a joint monitoring centre).
>The stakes involved are, ultimately, the survival of the planet.  The
>chance of the ultimate catastrophe should this reasonable measure not be
>taken is just too great, and de-alerting is in any case something that
>needs to be done.
>
>We urge you to proceed with this worthy initiative, and to use this global
>sign on letter in any way that will ensure its success.
>
>John Hallam, Coordinator, De-Alerting Sign on letter.
>
Alice Slater
Global Resource Action Center for the Environment (GRACE)
15 East 26th Street, Room 915
New York, NY 10010
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Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 18:52:45 -0400
From: ASlater <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Fwd: [mil-corp] McDonalds needs McDonnell Douglas

>Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 18:16:04 -0400
>Subject: [mil-corp] McDonalds needs McDonnell Douglas
>To: [e-mail]
>From: [e-mail] ([e-mail])
>
>Network members,
>
>Here is Thomas L. Friedman on globalization and the United States as the
>defender of capitalism around the world.
>
>Steve
>
>*******************
>"The hidden hand of the market will never work without a hidden fist --
>McDonald's cannot flourish without McDonnell Douglas, the builder of the
>F-15. And the hidden fist that keeps the world safe for Silicon Valley's
>technologies is called the United States Army, Air Force, Navy and Marine
>Corps."
>
>Thomas L. Friedman,
>Two-time Pulitzer winning NY Times columnist
>
>from A Manifesto for the Fast World
>New York Times, March 28 1999
>http://www.globalpolicy.org/nations/fried99.htm
>
>____________________________________________________________________
>International Network on Disarmament and Globalization
>405-825 Granville Street, Vancouver, British Columbia V6Z 1K9 CANADA
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>To subscribe to the e-mail list, send an e-mail to
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>SUBSCRIBE mil-corp "FirstName LastName" <[e-mail]>
>as the first and only line in the message body.
>
Alice Slater
Global Resource Action Center for the Environment (GRACE)
15 East 26th Street, Room 915
New York, NY 10010
tel:  [phone]
fax:  [phone]
email:  [e-mail]

GRACE is a member of Abolition 2000, a global network working for a treaty
to eliminate nuclear weapons.

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Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 19:32:13 -0400
From: ASlater <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Vote by email

Dear Friends,
Earlier I posted the website of Bill Bradley, www.billbradley.com which
takes comments on issues.  Additionally you can comment to
www.algore2000.com and www.georgewbush.com.  Please take some time out to
put nuclear abolition on the Presidential Campaign Agenda.  It's only an
email away.  Also, forward this message to your other lists--let's swamp
'em.  Peace,
Alice Slater
Global Resource Action Center for the Environment (GRACE)
15 East 26th Street, Room 915
New York, NY 10010
tel:  [phone]
fax:  [phone]
email:  [e-mail]

GRACE is a member of Abolition 2000, a global network working for a treaty
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Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 23:07:06 -0400
From: peter weiss <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) Prop1 for Nuclear Disarmament and Economic Conversion

This is good,but it should call for a nuclear weapons convention rather
than unilateral disarmament, which is a bit quixotic. Are there
cosponsors? Have there been in the past? Is there a way to get hearings
going?
                    Peter Weiss

David Crockett Williams wrote:
>
> This is the lastest resurrection of the global movement for a multilateral
> treaty to abolish all nuclear weapons and to reallocate their funding
> towards addressing human needs instead, ie, "Proposition One".  Please be
> inspired to support Prop1 in your area.
>
> dcw
>
> From: Peace through Reason <[e-mail]>
> To: Activists <[e-mail]>
> Subject: At last!  Norton Press Conference Friday, July 30, 1999, 10 a.m.,
> Rm HC-9, US Capitol Building Basement
> Date: Sunday, July 25, 1999 12:17 PM
>
> At last!  Please let us know that you can be there?  Bring People?!!!!
> Thanks!
>
> Ellen Thomas, Proposition One Committee - [e-mail] - 202-462-0757
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> WHAT:    PRESS CONFERENCE / Community Advisory
> WHEN:    Friday, July 30, 1999, 10:00 a.m.
> WHERE:  Capitol Building Room HC-9
> WHO:      Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes (and Expert Speakers)
> WHY:      To introduce HR-2545, the "Nuclear Disarmament and Economic
> Conversion Act of 1999" (NDECA).
>
> For Immediate Release
> Contact: Sean Gralton
> July 16,
> 1999
>    [phone]
>                                                                  Web Site:
> http://www.house.gov/norton
>
> NORTON INTRODUCES NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT BILL
> SAYS NECESSARY FOR DOMESTIC NEEDS AND TO CONTAIN
> NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION
>
> Washington, D.C.   Today, on the 54th anniversary of the first nuclear test
> at
> Alamagordo, New Mexico, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (DDC) introduced
> the Nuclear Disarmament and Economic Conversion Act of 1999 (NDECA). NDECA
> will
> require the United States to disable and dismantle its nuclear weapons when
> all
> other nations possessing nuclear weapons enact laws to do the same. NDECA
> further provides that when our nuclear weapons are dismantled, the resources
> used to support nuclear weapons programs will be diverted to our growing
> human
> and infrastructure needs, such as housing, health care, Social Security and
> the
> environment. Norton introduced this bill following a referendum in the
> District
> in 1992, requesting that the D.C. Delegate to Congress prepare a
> constitutional
> amendment to bring about nuclear disarmament and economic conversion.
>
> In addition to the economic cost of nuclear weapons, Norton said that the
> weapons continue to be "a horrifically destabilizing force in world
> affairs,"
> specifically noting the burgeoning arms race between India and Pakistan.
> "Recent events on the Indian subcontinent demonstrate the urgent need for
> passage of my bill," she said. "The United States and the world community
> clearly must redouble their efforts to obtain commitments from India and
> Pakistan to refrain from actual deployment of nuclear weapons." She said
> that
> the U.S. would be able to dissuade other nations who aspire to become
> nuclear
> powers if "we ourselves have been willing to take the initiative in
> dismantling
> our own nuclear weapons program."
>
> Norton said that with 40 million people still without health care, and the
> same
> poverty rate as existed in the minority community 25 years ago, the time has
> come to begin the transfer of nuclear weapons funds to urgent domestic
> needs.
> In the 56year period between 1940 to 1996, nuclear weapons spending exceeded
> the combined total federal spending for education; training, employment, and
> social services; agriculture, natural resources and the environment; general
> science, space, and technology; community and regional development
> (including
> disaster relief); law enforcement; and energy production and regulation. On
> average, the United States has spent $98 billion a year on nuclear weapons
> over
> that time. Norton said, "Surely the time has come to significantly bring
> down
> the average annual spending on nuclear weapons from $98 billion a year."
>
> 106th CONGRESS CONGRESS
>
> 1ST SESSION                  H.R. 2545
>
> ___________________________
>
> IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
>
> Ms. NORTON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
>  Armed Services and International Relations Committees on July 16, 1999
>
> A BILL
>
> To provide for nuclear disarmament and economic conversion
>      in accordance with District of Columbia Initiative Measure
>      Number 37 of 1993
>
> 1        Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
> 2  tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
>
> 3  SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
>
> 4        This Act may be cited as the "Nuclear Disarmament
> 5  and Economic Conversion Act of 1999".
>
> 6 SEC 2. REQUIREMENT FOR NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT AND
> 7              ECONOMIC CONVERSION.
>
> 8         The United States Government shall----
> 1              (1) disable and dismantle all its nuclear weap-
> 2       ons and refrain from replacing them at any time
> 3       with any weapons of! mass destruction;
> 4              (2) redirect resources that are currently being
> 5       used for nuclear weapons programs to use
> 6                     (A) in converting all nuclear weapons in
> 7                dustry employees, processes, plants, and pro-
> 8                   grams smoothly to constructive, ecologically
> 9                   beneficial peacetime activities during the 3
> 10                 years following the effective date of this Act,
> 11                and
> 12                      (B) in addressing human and infrastruc-
> 13                ture needs such as housing, health care, edu-
> 14                cation, agriculture, and enviromnental restora-
> 15                tion;
> 16              (3) undertake vigorous good faith efforts to
> 17      eliminate war, armed conflict, and all military oper-
> 18      ations; and
> 19               (4) actively promote policies to induce all other
> 20      countries to join in these commitments for world
> 21      peace and security.
> 22  SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.
> 23       This Act shall take effect when the President certifies
> 24  to the Congress that all foreign countries possessing nu-
> 25  clear weapons have established legal requirements com-
> 1  parable to those set forth in section 2 and those require-
> 2  ments have taken effect.
>
> ______________________________________________________________________
>
> If you have any questions about the bill or event, please contact Ellen
> Thomas,
>
> PROPOSITION ONE COMMITTEE
> PO BOX 27217, WASHINGTON, DC 20038 USA
> 202-462-0757-- (voice)  |  202-265-5389 -- (fax)
> [e-mail] -- (e-mail)  |  http://prop1.org -- (World-Wide-Web)
>
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Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 21:38:04 -0700
From: "David Crockett Williams" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Prop1 for Nuclear Disarmament and Economic Conversion

The bottom line of the bill and the Prop1 movement is for multilateral not
unilateral nuclear disarmament.  This is the I think the third congress into
which Rep. Norton has introduced the bill and I do not know about
cosponsors.  The Prop1 people are on this list and should soon respond with
more details or you can email to them directly at  [e-mail] or check
their website http://www.prop1.org for details.  These are the same folks
who have been doing an anti-nuclear peace vigil across the street from the
White House continuously for 18years and got prop1 passed first as a DC
ballot measure instructing their congressperson to put it into congress
which she did at first reluctantly and then when she got a lot of positive
feedback has been enthusiastic about it since.  This warrants everyone
asking their local congressperson to cosponsor and support this bill.  As it
gets more publicity so will the idea of multilateral nuclear.disarmament.
- -----Original Message-----
From: peter weiss <[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail] <[e-mail]>
Date: Monday, July 26, 1999 9:10 PM
Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) Prop1 for Nuclear Disarmament and Economic
Conversion


>This is good,but it should call for a nuclear weapons convention rather
>than unilateral disarmament, which is a bit quixotic. Are there
>cosponsors? Have there been in the past? Is there a way to get hearings
>going?
> Peter Weiss
>
>David Crockett Williams wrote:
>>
>> This is the lastest resurrection of the global movement for a
multilateral
>> treaty to abolish all nuclear weapons and to reallocate their funding
>> towards addressing human needs instead, ie, "Proposition One".  Please be
>> inspired to support Prop1 in your area.
>>
>> dcw
>>
>> From: Peace through Reason <[e-mail]>
>> To: Activists <[e-mail]>
>> Subject: At last!  Norton Press Conference Friday, July 30, 1999, 10
a.m.,
>> Rm HC-9, US Capitol Building Basement
>> Date: Sunday, July 25, 1999 12:17 PM
>>
>> At last!  Please let us know that you can be there?  Bring People?!!!!
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Ellen Thomas, Proposition One Committee - [e-mail] - 202-462-0757
>>
>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>
>> WHAT:    PRESS CONFERENCE / Community Advisory
>> WHEN:    Friday, July 30, 1999, 10:00 a.m.
>> WHERE:  Capitol Building Room HC-9
>> WHO:      Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes (and Expert Speakers)
>> WHY:      To introduce HR-2545, the "Nuclear Disarmament and Economic
>> Conversion Act of 1999" (NDECA).
>>
>> For Immediate Release
>> Contact: Sean Gralton
>> July 16,
>> 1999
>>    [phone]
>>                                                                  Web
Site:
>> http://www.house.gov/norton
>>
>> NORTON INTRODUCES NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT BILL
>> SAYS NECESSARY FOR DOMESTIC NEEDS AND TO CONTAIN
>> NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION
>>
>> Washington, D.C.   Today, on the 54th anniversary of the first nuclear
test
>> at
>> Alamagordo, New Mexico, Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (DDC)
introduced
>> the Nuclear Disarmament and Economic Conversion Act of 1999 (NDECA).
NDECA
>> will
>> require the United States to disable and dismantle its nuclear weapons
when
>> all
>> other nations possessing nuclear weapons enact laws to do the same. NDECA
>> further provides that when our nuclear weapons are dismantled, the
resources
>> used to support nuclear weapons programs will be diverted to our growing
>> human
>> and infrastructure needs, such as housing, health care, Social Security
and
>> the
>> environment. Norton introduced this bill following a referendum in the
>> District
>> in 1992, requesting that the D.C. Delegate to Congress prepare a
>> constitutional
>> amendment to bring about nuclear disarmament and economic conversion.
>>
>> In addition to the economic cost of nuclear weapons, Norton said that the
>> weapons continue to be "a horrifically destabilizing force in world
>> affairs,"
>> specifically noting the burgeoning arms race between India and Pakistan.
>> "Recent events on the Indian subcontinent demonstrate the urgent need for
>> passage of my bill," she said. "The United States and the world community
>> clearly must redouble their efforts to obtain commitments from India and
>> Pakistan to refrain from actual deployment of nuclear weapons." She said
>> that
>> the U.S. would be able to dissuade other nations who aspire to become
>> nuclear
>> powers if "we ourselves have been willing to take the initiative in
>> dismantling
>> our own nuclear weapons program."
>>
>> Norton said that with 40 million people still without health care, and
the
>> same
>> poverty rate as existed in the minority community 25 years ago, the time
has
>> come to begin the transfer of nuclear weapons funds to urgent domestic
>> needs.
>> In the 56year period between 1940 to 1996, nuclear weapons spending
exceeded
>> the combined total federal spending for education; training, employment,
and
>> social services; agriculture, natural resources and the environment;
general
>> science, space, and technology; community and regional development
>> (including
>> disaster relief); law enforcement; and energy production and regulation.
On
>> average, the United States has spent $98 billion a year on nuclear
weapons
>> over
>> that time. Norton said, "Surely the time has come to significantly bring
>> down
>> the average annual spending on nuclear weapons from $98 billion a year."
>>
>> 106th CONGRESS CONGRESS
>>
>> 1ST SESSION                  H.R. 2545
>>
>> ___________________________
>>
>> IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
>>
>> Ms. NORTON introduced the following bill; which was referred to the
>>  Armed Services and International Relations Committees on July 16, 1999
>>
>> A BILL
>>
>> To provide for nuclear disarmament and economic conversion
>>      in accordance with District of Columbia Initiative Measure
>>      Number 37 of 1993
>>
>> 1        Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representa-
>> 2  tives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,
>>
>> 3  SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
>>
>> 4        This Act may be cited as the "Nuclear Disarmament
>> 5  and Economic Conversion Act of 1999".
>>
>> 6 SEC 2. REQUIREMENT FOR NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT AND
>> 7              ECONOMIC CONVERSION.
>>
>> 8         The United States Government shall----
>> 1              (1) disable and dismantle all its nuclear weap-
>> 2       ons and refrain from replacing them at any time
>> 3       with any weapons of! mass destruction;
>> 4              (2) redirect resources that are currently being
>> 5       used for nuclear weapons programs to use
>> 6                     (A) in converting all nuclear weapons in
>> 7                dustry employees, processes, plants, and pro-
>> 8                   grams smoothly to constructive, ecologically
>> 9                   beneficial peacetime activities during the 3
>> 10                 years following the effective date of this Act,
>> 11                and
>> 12                      (B) in addressing human and infrastruc-
>> 13                ture needs such as housing, health care, edu-
>> 14                cation, agriculture, and enviromnental restora-
>> 15                tion;
>> 16              (3) undertake vigorous good faith efforts to
>> 17      eliminate war, armed conflict, and all military oper-
>> 18      ations; and
>> 19               (4) actively promote policies to induce all other
>> 20      countries to join in these commitments for world
>> 21      peace and security.
>> 22  SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.
>> 23       This Act shall take effect when the President certifies
>> 24  to the Congress that all foreign countries possessing nu-
>> 25  clear weapons have established legal requirements com-
>> 1  parable to those set forth in section 2 and those require-
>> 2  ments have taken effect.
>>
>> ______________________________________________________________________
>>
>> If you have any questions about the bill or event, please contact Ellen
>> Thomas,
>>
>> PROPOSITION ONE COMMITTEE
>> PO BOX 27217, WASHINGTON, DC 20038 USA
>> 202-462-0757-- (voice)  |  202-265-5389 -- (fax)
>> [e-mail] -- (e-mail)  |  http://prop1.org -- (World-Wide-Web)
>>
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Date: Mon, 26 Jul 1999 13:14:04 -0400
From: Peace through Reason <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) Prop1 for Nuclear Disarmament and Economic Conversion

At 11:07 PM 7/26/99 -0400, Peter Weiss wrote:

>This is good,but it should call for a nuclear weapons convention rather
>than unilateral disarmament, which is a bit quixotic. Are there
>cosponsors? Have there been in the past? Is there a way to get hearings
>going?

It doesn't call for unilateral disarmament.  What it says is:

>> SEC. 3. EFFECTIVE DATE.
>>        This Act shall take effect when the President certifies
>> to the Congress that all foreign countries possessing nu-
>> clear weapons have established legal requirements com-
>> parable to those set forth in section 2 and those require-
>> ments have taken effect.

of course, if Norton's measure were to become law, there would be
discussion as to how best to implement it; a nuclear weapons convention
would be a fine suggestion.  Currently there are no cosponsors.  In the
past there have been as many as eight.

Thomas
____________________________________________________________

* Peace Through Reason - http://prop1.org -Convert the War Machines! *
____________________________________________________________

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Date: Tue, 27 Jul 1999 20:09:30 +1000
From: FoE Sydney - Nuclear Campaign <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Y2K N-WEAPONS DE-ALERTING LETTER PLEASE SIGN

John Hallam
=46riends of the Earth Sydney,
17 Lord street, Newtown, NSW, Australia,
=46ax(61)(2)9517-3902 ph (61)(2)9517-3903

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


I am sorry if you are getting this for the hundredth time, and have already
signed, but if you have not please do sign it really is an important issue.
Have patience, pleaese, i canot think of any beter way to get the
signatures this letter needs. many thanks to those who have already signed,
and who have passed it on to others to sign.

THIS LETTER IS SEEKING SIGNATURES FROM ORGANISATIONS NOW. IT WILL BE
RELEASED TO MEDIA ON AUG 6TH

Enclosed is a letter from over 160 environment groups, church groups, trade
unions, and politicians from Australia, Europe, Canada, Russia,  New
Zealand, Japan, and elsewhere, which asks that Russia and the US take
strategic nuclear weapons off alert at least ovr the Y2K 'rollover' period.

It is based on research by BASIC which we believe, shows that there is an
unaccpetable risk of accidental nuclear war due to false alerts over that
period.

De-Alerting, strongly reccommended by the Canberra Commission in 1996,
would help reduce the risk of nuclear weapons catastrope over the Y2K
rollover period. As such it is an essential and commonsense measure.

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=46ROM:
=46RIENDS OF THE EARTH INTERNATIONAL,
=46RIENDS OF THE EARTH AUSTRALIA,
=46RIENDS OF THE EARTH ENGLAND WALES AND NORTHERN IRELAND,
=46RIENDS OF THE EARTH EL SALVADOR,
=46RIENDS OF THE EARTH NIGERIA,
=46RIENDS OF THE EARTH UKRAINE,
=46RIENDS OF THE EARTH GEORGIA,
=46RIENDS OF THE EARTH FINLAND,
=46RIENDS OF THE EARTH FRANCE,
=46RIENDS OF THE EARTH CYPRUS,
=46RIENDS 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,
ENVIRONMENT CENTRE OF W.A.,
ANTI-URANIUM COALITION OF W.A.,
PEOPLE FOR NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT WESTERN AUSTRALIA,
CENTRE FOR URBAN ECOLOGY, S.A.,
EVERYONE FOR A NUCLEAR-FREE FUTURE LISMORE,
BIG SCRUB ENVIRONMENT CENTRE,
EVERYONE FOR A NUCLEAR-FREE FUTURE GOLD COAST,
EVERYONE FOR A NUCLEAR FREE FUTURE ADELAIDE,
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.,
ALL-UNION GREEN CAUCUS,
GRAHAM F. SMITH PEACE TRUST, SA.,

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,
=46RANCES BEDFORD, MP, STATE MEMBER FOR FLOREY, SA.,
JIM SCOTT, W.A., GREENS, LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, W.A.,
LOUISE CROSSLEY, NATIONAL CONVENOR, GREENS,

WORLD COURT PROJECT UK,
MAJ-BRITT THEORIN, MEP, PRESIDENT, IPB.,
SENATOR DOUGLAS ROCHE, SENATE, 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),
CENTRE FOR DEFENCE INFORMATION, WASHINGTON, USA,

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,
MENWITH HILL WOMENS PEACE CAMP, YORKSHIRE, UK.,
GLOBAL NETWORK AGAINST  WEAPONS AND NUCLEAR POWER IN SPACE,
ANGLICAN PACIFIST FELLOWSHIP, MILTON KEYNES, U.K.,
CALDERDALE GREEN PARTY, YORKSHIRE, U.K.,

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.,
COALITION OF PETROLEUM PRODUCING STATES OF NIGERIA,
MALAYSIAN PHYSICIANS FOR THE PREVENTION OF NUCLEAR WAR,
GREEN ACTION KYOTO,
Y2K WORLD ATOMIC SAFETY HOLIDAY, SENDAI, JAPAN,
SOUTH ASIAN COMMUNITY CENTRE FOR EDUCATION AND RESEARCH, NAGERCOIL, INDIA,
INDONESIAN NATIONAL NETWORK FORUM ANTI-NUCLEAR SOCIETY,
ALTERNATIVE ENERGY PROJECT FOR SUSTAINABILITY, (AEPS) THAILAND,

ECODEFENSE KOENIGSBERG/MOSCOW,
WISE-KALININGRAD,
ANTINUCLEAR CAMPAIGN OF SOCIAL-ECOLOGICAL UNION MOSCOW,
PLATAN YOUTH GROUP, KALININGRAD,
EDUCATIONAL COMMITTEE KALININGRAD REGIONAL DUMA,
GREEN WORLD, SOSNOVY BOR, ST PETERSBURG, RUSSIA,
ST PETERSBURG PEACE COUNCIL, ST PETERSBURG, RUSSIA,
CENTRE FOR NUCLEAR ECOLOGY AND ENERGY POLICY RUSSIA,

ECOSENS, ROMANIA,
COMMITTEE OF 100, FINLAND,
PEACE UNION OF FINLAND,
NORWEGIAN PHYSICIANS AGAINST NUCLEAR WAR (IPPNW)
PEACE MOVEMENT OF ESBJERG, DENMARK,
WAR RESISTERS INTERNATIONAL, FREDRIKSHAVN, DENMARK,
ALDRIG MERE KRIG (AMK) 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,
ANTI-ATOM PLENUM, BOCHUM, GERMANY,
ELIZABETH SCHROEDTER, MEP,
ERNST GULCHER, MEP, GREEN GROUP, GERMANY,
CENTRE FOR ENCOUNTER AND ACTIVE NON-VIOLENCE, BAD ISCHL, AUSTRIA,
IPPNW AUSTRIA,
ANTI-ATOM INTERNATIONAL, AUSTRIA,
COORDINATION OFFICE OF AUSTRIAN ENVIRONMENT GROUPS, AUSTRIA,
INDEPENDENT SALZBURG PLATFORM AGAINST NUCLEAR DANGERS, AUSTRIA,
PLATFORM GEGEN ATOMGEFAHR, AUSTRIA,
ENERGIE ZUKUNFT MOHTVIERTEL, AUSTRIA,
CENTRUM ENERGIE, CZECH REPUBLIC,
BURGERINITIATIVE UMWELTSCHUTZ, BUDWEIS,  CZECH REPUBLIC.,
=46OR MOTHER EARTH INTERNATIONAL, GHENT, BELGIUM,
MDB ENERGY PROJECT, NETHERLANDS,
=46OR MOTHER EARTH NETHERLANDS,
CENTRE FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, NETHERLANDS,
ANPED (NORTHERN ALIANCE FOR SUSTAINABILITY) NETH,
ITALIAN LAWYERS AGAINST NUCLEAR ARMS,

CONGRESSMAN EDWARD J. MARKEY, (D-MASS) WASH, D.C.,
GLOBAL RESOURCE ACTION CENTRE FOR THE ENVIRONMENT (GRACE) N.Y.,  U.S.,
TRI-VALLEY CARES, LIVERMORE, CALIF, U.S.,
NUCLEAR INFORMATION AND RESOURCE SERVICE, U.S.,
WESTERN STATES LEGAL FOUNDATION, US.,
NATIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL COALITION OF NATIVE AMERICANS,
AMERICAN-INDIAN MOVEMENT OF OKLAHOMA,
NUCLEAR-FREE NEW YORK,
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.,
AMERICAN FRIENDS SERVICE COMMITTEE,
UNITING CHURCH OF CHRIST ROCKY MOUNTAIN CONFERENCE, PEACE AND JUSTICE TASK
=46ORCE,
ALL SOULS UNITARIAN CHURCH COLORADO SPRINGS, U.S.,
METHODISTS UNITED FOR PEACE WITH JUSTICE, USA.,
INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE, SAN FRANCISCO, US,
WAR RESISTERS LEAGUE, NY, USA.,
NEW YORK STUDENT ENVIRONMENTAL ACTION COALITION,
PEACE RESOURCE CENTRE OF SAN DIEGO, CALIF, U.S.,
PROMOTING ENDURING PEACE, NY., U.S.,
PROFESSIONAL NETWORK FOR SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY, NY, U.S.,
GRANDMOTHERS AND MOTHERS ALLIANCE FOR THE FUTURE,
WOMENS ACTION FOR NEW DIRECTIONS,
CENTRE FOR ENERGY RESEARCH, OREGON, USA,
CITIZENS PROTECTING OHIO,
OHIO CITIZEN ACTION,
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,
=46ELLOWSHIP OF RECONCILIATION TASK FORCE ON LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARRIBEAN=
,
ENVIRONMENTAL COALITION ON NUCLEAR POWER,
CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA CITIZENS FOR SURVIVAL,
THREE MILS ISLAND ALERT, PENNSYLVANIA, US.,
ATOMIC MIRROR, CALIF, U.S.,
NATIONAL CAMPAIGN FOR A PEACE TAX FUND,
PEDALS FOR PEACE, SAN LUIS OBISPO, CALIF, U.S.,
SACRAMENTO VALLEY CITIZENS ALONG THE ROADS AND TRACKS,
GRANDMOTHERS FOR PEACE INTERNATIONAL, CALIF, US.,
TAI MEI PEACE ACTION, SAN GABRIEL, US.,
SERIOUS TEXANS AGAINST NUCLEAR DUMPING, US.,
STUDENTS FOR A SUSTAINABLE EARTH, W. MICHIGAN, US.,

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,
O.P.I.R.G., PETERBOROUGH, 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.

=46OREIGN 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,
Dr Patrick Green, Senior Energy, Nuclear and Climate Campaigner, Friends of
the Earth England Wales and Northern Ireland,
Ricardo Navarro, Friends of the Earth El Salvador,
Nnimmo Bassey, Friends of the Earth Nigeria (Environmental Rights Action),
Benin City, Nigeria,
Viktor Khazan, Friends of the Earth Ukraine,
Manana Kochladze, Friends of the Earth Georgia, Tbilsi, Georgia.
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,

Peter Garrrett, President, Australian Conservation Foundation,
Helen Caldicott, MD, Founding President, PSR,
Denis Doherty, Secretary, Pax Christi NSW,
Rev. Ray Richmond, Wayside Chapel, Uniting Church in Australia,
Pitt Street Uniting Church, Pitt St, Sydney,
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.,
Alec Marr, National Campaign Director, The Wilderness Society,
Mark Wakeham, Environment Centre of the Northern Territory,
Deborah Metters, Arid Lands Environment Centre, Alice Springs, NT.,
Rowena Skinner, Environment Centre of W.A.,
Robin Chapple, Anti-Uranium Coalition of W.A.,
Cherie Hoyle, Centre for Urban Ecology, SA.,
Graham Daniell, People for Nuclear Disarmament, Western Australia.,
Zohl D' Ishtar, Pacific Connections,
Richard Goode, 2 Billion Voices for Peace Project,
Ian Dixon, Big Scrub Environment Centre, Lismore,
Isabelle Whyte, Everyone for a Nuclear-free Future, Lismore,
Robin Taubenfeld, Everyone for a Nuclear-Free Future, Gold Coast,
Jonivar Skullerud, ENUFF, Adelaide,
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,
Jacob Grech, Earthworker, All-Union Green Caucus,
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.,
Leonie Ebert, Graham F. Smith Peace Trust, 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.,
=46rances Bedford, ALP State MP for Florey, S.A.,
Jim Scott, WA Greens, Legislative Council, W.A.,
Dr Louise Crossley, National Convenor, Greens, Australia,

Commander Robert Green RN (Ret'd), Chair, World Court Project UK,
Maj-Britt Theorin, MEP, Sweden,
=46elicity Hill, Womens International League for Peace and Freedom, Geneva/N=
Y
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.,
Rear-Admiral Eugene P. Carroll, USN (retd), Deputy Director, Centre for
Defence Information, Washington, USA,

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, U.K,
Tigger Mc Gregor, Youth and Student CND, U.K.,
Dave Webb, Yorkshire CND., U.K.,
Anni Rainbow and Lindis Percy, Campaign for Accountability of American
Bases, U.K.,
Gillian Reeve, Director, MEDACT (IPPNW U.K),
Jane Tallents, Trident-Ploughshares 2000, Norwich, Norfolk, U.K.,
Di Mc Donald, Network Information Project, Southampton, U.K,
Catherine Euler, Menwith Hill Womens Peace Camp, Yorkshire, U.K.,
Catherine Euler, Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space,
Sue Claydon, Anglican Pacifist Fellowship, Milton Keynes, U.K.,
Calderdale Green Party, Yorkshire, U.K.,

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 Zeala=
nd,
Ian Prior, IPPNW New Zealand,
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.,

Richard N. Salvador, Pacific Islands Association of NGOs, Belau,
Tom Mbeke-Ekarem, Chair, Coalition of Petroleum-Producing States of Nigeria,
Ron Mc Coy, Malaysian Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War,
Petaling Jaya, Malaysia,
Yumi Kukuchi, Y2K WASH Campaign, Sendai, Japan/USA,
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,
Pipob Udomittipong, Alternative Energy Project for Sustainability, Thailand,

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,
Oleg Bodrov, Green World, Sosnovy Bor, St Petersburg, Russia,
Vera Brovkina, St Petersburg Peace Council, St Petersburg, Russia,
Lydia Popova, Centre for Nuclear Ecology and Energy Policy, Russia,

George Razvan Marcu, Ecosens, Romania,
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 S=F8rensen, Peace Movement of Esbjerg, Denmark,
Arne Hansen, War Resisters International, Fredrikshavn, Denmark,
Majken Jul S=F8rensen, Aldrig Mere Krig, (AMK) Denmark,
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, Switzerla=
nd,
Xanthe Hall, Assistant Director, IPPNW Germany, Berlin,
Regina Hagen, Darmstaedter Friedensforum, Germany,
Claus Biegert, Nuclear-Free Award, Germany,
Horst Hohmier, Anti-Atom Plenum, Bochum, Germany,
Elizabeth Schroedter, MEP, Germany,
Ernst Gulcher, MEP, Green Group, 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 Organisation=
s,
Heinz Stockinger, Independent Salzburg Platform Against Nuclear
Dangers,(PLAGE), Salzburg, Austria,
Josef Puehringer, Platform Gegen Atomgefahr, Austria,
Josef Puehringer, Centrum Energie, Czech Republic,
Josef Puehringer, Burgerinitiative Umweltschutz, Budweis, Czech Republic,
Josef Puehringer, Energie Zukunft Mohtviertel, Austria.,
Pol D'Huyvetter, For Mother Earth International, Ghent, Belgium,
Ophelia Cowell, MDB Energy Project, Netherlands,
Marjan Willemsen, For Mother Earth Netherlands,
Pieter Van Der Gaag, Deputy international Coordinator, ANPED, Northern
Alliance for Sustainability,
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,

Congressman Edward J. Markey, (D-Mass), Capitol Hill, Washington, DC.
Alice Slater, Global Resource Action Centre for the Environment, NY., USA.,
Marylia Kelley, Tri-Valley CARES, Livermore, California, US.
Mary Olson, Nuclear Information and Resource Service, US.,
Jackie Cabasso, Executive Director, Western States Legal Foundation, US.,
Grace Thorpe, National Environmental Coalition of Native Americans,
Carter Camp, Chair, American-Indian Movement of Oklahoma, US,
Bill Smirnow, Nuclear-Free New York, 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.
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.,
Diana Roose, Peace education Director, American Friends Service Committee,
Robert Kinsey, Peace and Justice Task Force,  Uniting Church of Christ,
Rocky Mountains Conference,
Heidi Cooper, All Souls Unitarian Church, Colorado Springs, US.,
Howard W. Hallman, Methodists United for Peace with Justice, Washington, USA=
=2E,
Jennifer Olaranna Viereck, Coordinator, Healing Global Wounds, Tecopa, CA,
USA.,
Karen Talbot, Director, International Centre for Peace and Justice, San
=46rancisco, California, US.,
Chris Ney, War Resisters League, NY, USA.,
Jasmina Arsova, War Resisters League,, NY. USA.,
Holly-Poole Kavana, New York Student Environmental Action Coalition,
Carol Jahnkow, Peace Resource Centre of San Diego, Calif, US.,
Janette Michelle Cuevas, Executive Director, Promoting Enduring Peace, NY.,
Babette Lindfield, Professional Network for Social Responsibility, NY, U.S.,
Susan Lee Solar and Maria Mendez, Grandmothers and Mothers Alliance for the
=46uture,
Susan Shaer, Executive Director, Womens Action for New Directions,
Peter Bergel, Centre for Energy Research, Salem, Oregon, USA.,
Harvey Wasserman, Citizens Protecting Ohio, USA.,
Sarah Ogdahl, Toledo Area Director, Ohio Citizen Action,
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,
=46rank Dworak, Pax Christi, Morris County, NJ, USA.,
Adam Eidinger, Pax Christi Washington Action Group, U.S.,
Joyce Hall, Pax Christi Texas,
Paul Villavisanis, Pax Christi, St Augustine, Fl,
Patricia Watson, Peacework, American Friends Service Committee,
Betty Obol, SL, The Loretto Community, U.S.,
Phil Mc Manus, Chair, Fellowship of Reconciliation Task Force on Latin
America and the Carribean, U.S.,
Judith H. Johnsrud, Environmental Coalition on Nuclear Power, Pennsylvania,
U.S,
Judith H. Johnsrud, Central Pennsylvania Citizens for Survival, U.S.,
Scott D. Portzlines, Three Mile Island Alert, Pennsylvania, U.S.,
Pamela Meidell, Atomic Mirror, Calif, U.S.,
Tom Keirans, National Campaign for a Peace Tax Fund,
Shiela Baker, Pedals for Peace, San Luis Obispo, Calif, U.S.,
Inga Olson, Sacramento Valley Citizens Along The Roads and Tracks,
Earth-Savers, Syracuse, U.S.,
Barbara Weidener, Grandmothers for Peace International, Calif, U.S.,
Lyn Miles, Tai Mei Peace Action, San Gabriel, U.S.,
Alan Moore, Butterfly Gardeners Association, Berkley, Calif,
Don Moniak, Program Director, Serious Texans Against Nuclear Dumping,
Amarillo, Tex, U.S,
Andrew Nixon, Students For A Sustainable Earth, W. Michigan University, U.S.=
,

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, Canad=
a.,
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,
O.P.I.R.G., Peterborough, Canada,



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