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Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 15:17:35 +1000
From: FoE Sydney - Nuclear Campaign <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) HAS YOUR ORGANISATION SIGNED HEADS OF STATE NPT REVIEW LETTER ?

HAS YOUR ORGANISATION SIGNED HEADS OF STATE NPT REVIEW LETTER ?

(Please excuse getting this again and again if you have in fact already
signed. If you did, many thanks! This is for those who have not signed.)


Dear NGO, Parliamentarian, or Prominent Person,

So far over 200 organisations,  including 8 members of the Australian
Parliament and seven members of the European Parliament have signed this
letter, which asks governments worldwide at the coming review conference of
the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) (April 24-May 19), to press for
the fulfilment of Article VI of the NPT. Article VI asks that the nuclear
weapons states negotiate away their nuclear weapons stockpiles. Article VI
has been in force since 1970, and in 1996 the International Court of
Justice reaffirmed that it does indeed create a legal obligation.

Yet little progress has been made in implementing it, and current trends
are negative.

If you/your organisation think that the NPT is worth keeping and that
nuclear weapons are not worth keeping, I urge you to sign this letter, by
emailing me at:

<[e-mail]>

John Hallam,
Nuclear Campaigner, Friends of the Earth Sydney,  Australia.


TO:
PRESIDENT  BILL CLINTON, (US)
[phone], 1-202-456-2883, 1-202-456-6218, 1-202-456-6201

PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN, (RUSSIA)
[phone], [phone],
FOREIGN MINISTER IGOR IVANOV(RUSSIA)
[phone], [phone]

PRIME MINISTER TONY BLAIR, (UK) [phone]

PRESIDENT JACQUES CHIRAC (FRANCE)[phone],
PRIME MINISTER LIONEL JOSPIN (FRANCE) [phone]
PRESIDENT JIANG XEMIN (CHINA)
CC
PRIME MINISTER A.B. VAJPAYEE, (INDIA)[phone]

PRESIDENT MOHAMMED RAFIQ DARAR(PAKISTAN)
9251-920-3938,
FOREIGN MINISTER ABDUL SATTAR (PAKISTAN)
9251-920-7217

PRIME MINISTER EHUD BARAK (ISRAEL) [phone],

ALL HEADS OF STATE AND FOREIGN MINISTERS OF STATES PARTY TO THE NUCLEAR
NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY (NPT)

UNITED NATIONS AMBASSADORS OF STATES PARTY TO THE NPT

RE: ENSURING A SUCCESSFUL NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY REVIEW CONFERENCE.

Dear Heads of State, Foreign Ministers, and Ambassadors,

The undersigned organizations, representing many millions of deeply
concerned people worldwide, are writing to you regarding the  Review
Conference of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) at the United
Nations in New York,  April 24-May 19, 2000. This meeting has crucial
implications not only for NPT member states, but also for non-member
states, especially India,  Pakistan and Israel.

We believe the 2000 Review Conference could and should be a catalyst in
breaking the deadlock in the nuclear disarmament arena. It represents an
opportunity to make real progress toward nuclear disarmament, and nuclear
weapons abolition, which is essential to the achievement of common security
based on human and ecological values and respect for international
institutions and law. Failure in this regard could lead to the unraveling
of the NPT regime.

This is exactly opposite to the wishes and expectations of the majority of
the people of the world. It is clear from recent polls, that the
overwhelming majority of the world's people expect no less than immediate
commencement of multilateral negotiations leading to the elimination of
nuclear weapons through a global treaty in fulfillment of Article VI.

Crucial to the outcome of this Review Conference will be the extent to
which the nuclear weapon states are willing to act on their unambiguous
legal obligation and commitment to the elimination of their nuclear weapons
as called for by Article VI, which states:
"Each of the parties to the treaty undertakes to pursue negotiations in
good faith on effective measures relating to cessation of the nuclear arms
race at an early date and to nuclear disarmament, and on a treaty on
general and complete disarmament under strict and effective international
control."

Since the 1995 Review and Extension Conference, the importance of Article
VI and the NPT itself has been reinforced by the International Court of
Justice (ICJ),   which concluded unanimously in its 1996 Advisory Opinion
that:
"there exists an obligation to pursue in good faith and bring to a
conclusion negotiations leading to nuclear disarmament in all its aspects
under strict and effective international control"

While some progress has been achieved over the last decade in the reduction
of the total number of nuclear weapons deployed by the nuclear weapon
states, these states maintain their commitment to highly dangerous nuclear
military doctrines as a cornerstone of their defence and security policy,
some for the indefinite future. Progress on fulfilling Article VI
obligations is thus stalled, and the development of new nuclear dangers is
encouraged.

The following developments represent a growing peril that challenges
international and human security, and to which NPT states parties and
especially nuclear states must respond creatively:

- --Ten years after the end of the Cold War, over 30,000 nuclear weapons
remain worldwide, and India and Pakistan have both tested nuclear weapons.

- --Though UN and European Parliament  resolutions have drawn attention to
the Article VI obligations and to the ICJ Advisory Opinion, NATO has
jeopardized the NPT by its re-affirmation in April 1999 that nuclear
weapons are 'essential' to its security. While the NATO nuclear policy
review is welcome, it is preempted and undercut by this reaffirmation.

- -- The US and Russia failed to respond to worldwide pressure to de- alert
by December 1999, and each maintain over 2000 nuclear warheads on permanent
'launch on warning' status. This continues in spite of the incorporation of
de-alerting into the 1996 recommendations of the Canberra Commission, into
two resolutions  passed by massive majorities in the UN General Assembly in
1998, and again in 1999, and a unanimous resolution of the European
Parliament of November 18,  1999.

- --Key states have failed to ratify the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty
(CTBT), opened for signature in 1996.  The US Senate in October 1999  voted
down ratification, in spite of the nearly unanimous endorsement of that
treaty by the international community and overwhelming US public support
for nuclear disarmament and the CTBT.

- --The clear aim of the CTBT is to constrain weapons development:  yet the
US, Russia, and other nuclear states still proceed with the development of
new nuclear weapon types and modifications in computer-simulated 'virtual
reality', with the aid of sub-critical underground nuclear testing, which
undermines both the spirit and purpose of the treaty. In particular, US
activities at the National Ignition Facility and the French Megajoule laser
project enable further weapons development.

- --In 2000, the US may decide to deploy a National Ballistic Missile Defence
(NMD) system which would violate the existing Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty
of 1972, which is fundamental to the existing strategic arms restraints
between the United States and Russia. NMD deployment could set back
progress on Article VI objectives for years to come.

- --Presidential Decision Directive 60 has reaffirmed US use of nuclear
weapons as a 'cornerstone' of its security policy. Meanwhile, Russia has
steadily moved toward a more ready use of nuclear weapons in recent years.
The potential dangers in this are extreme.

In light of the above developments, lack of progress on Article VI
obligations poses the increasing danger that some non-nuclear states will
conclude that it is in their interests to acquire nuclear weapons, while
those that have already tested them will proceed to further weaponisation
and expansion of their arsenals.

A positive and creative response to the above, and commitment and
leadership on behalf of both human life and all other life is urgently
demanded.

Of critical importance in addressing the currently unacceptable situation
are interim measures such as de-alerting,  and the removal of weapons from
delivery systems, aimed at decreasing the possibility of accidental nuclear
war and at increasing mutual trust and establishing a momentum toward
nuclear weapons elimination.

NPT states parties should resolve,  as a first step,  that all nuclear
forces be immediately stood down from high alert status.

We urge all  nuclear weapons states leaders, and all NPT Review
participants, as a matter of the highest priority and urgency, as well as a
clear legal obligation, to take action to complete unfinished disarmament
objectives and to begin urgent negotiations toward a treaty to eliminate
nuclear weapons.

Immediate steps (both in the CD and other fora)  must be taken by the
nuclear states that will lead clearly and swiftly toward negotiations in
fulfillment of Article VI.

You, as a world leader,  have the fate of the world  in your hands during
these discussions.  We therefore  strongly urge you to attend this review
conference, as you have the authority to commence negotiations to eliminate
nuclear weapons.  By doing so, you can to alter the course of history and
leave a legacy of a more secure future for this generation and for those to
come. Failure to do so risks a revived nuclear arms race that ultimately
could destroy civilization.

(Signed)

(International Organizations)

Maj-Britt Theorin, MEP, President, Kate Dewes, Vice-President,
International Peace Bureau,  Geneva,
Bruna Nota, Womens International League for Peace and Freedom, (WILPF),
Geneva/NY,
Ian Maddocks (Chair), Dr. Mary Wynne-Asford, Co-President,  Merav Datan,
International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW),
Cambridge, Mass,
Bernice Boermans, Executive Director, International Association of Lawyers
Against Nuclear Arms (IALANA), The Hague, Netherlands,
William Peden, Stephanie Mills, Disarmament Campaign, Greenpeace
International, Canonbury Villas, London, UK.,
Dan Plesch, Director, British-American Security Information Council,
London/Washington, UK/US,
Rosalie Bertell, GNSH., President, International Institute of Concern for
Public Health, Toronto, Canada,
Peer de Rijk.,World Information Service on Energy.(WISE) International,
Amsterdam, Netherlands.,

Commander Robert Green, RN (Retd.), Chair, World Court Project, UK,
Dave Knight, Chair, CND, UK.,
Janet Bloomfield, former chair CND, Saffron Walden Group Against Nuclear
Weapons, England,
Di Mc Donald., Nuclear Information Service., Southampton, UK.,
Liz Waterson, Douglas Holdstock,  MEDACT (IPPNW- UK)., Lond., UK,
Anni Rainbow, Lindis Percy, Campaign for the Accountability of US Bases,
Yorkshire, UK.,
Margaret Turner, WILPF-UK.,
Jenny Maxwell, West Midlands Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, Birmingham.,
UK.,
Glen Lee, Womens International League for Peace and Freedom, UK.,
Angie Zelter, Environment and Peace Campaigner, Cromer, Norfolk, UK.,
Dr. George Farebrother, Sussex Alliance for Nuclear Disarmament, UK,
Allan Cottey, International Week of Science and Peace, Norwich, UK.,


Xanthe Hall, IPPNW Germany, Berlin,
Bernd Frieboese (Berlin), Ole von Uexkull (Lund), Barsebacksoffensiv,
Germany/Sweden.,
Claus Biegert, Nuclear-Free Future Award., Munich, Germany.,
Roland Blach, Non-Violent Action to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, Germany.,
Ulf Panzer, District Court Judge, Judges and Prosecutors for Peace,
Hamburg, Germany.,
Regina Hagen, Darmstaedter Friedensforum, Darmstadt, Germany.,
Henning Droege, Arzt fur Allgemeinmedizin, Allgau, Germany.,
Hans-Peter Richter, German Peace Council.,

Josef Puehringer, Plattform Gegen Atomgefahr, Austria.,
Josef Puehringer, Centrum-Energie Ceske Budejovice(Czech Republic)
Josef Puehringer, Buergerinitiative Umweltschutz, (Czech Republic)
Hienz Stockinger, Chair, PLAGE., (Platform Gegen Atomgefahren), Salzburg,
Austria.,
Mathilde Halla, Chair, Uberpartlielice Platform Gegen Atomgefahren, Linz,
Austria.,
Matthias Reichl, Centre for Encounters and Active Non-Violence, Bad Ischl,
Austria.,
Dr. Hildegard Faessler, Chairwoman, International Week of Science and
Peace, Innsbruck, Austria.,
Dr. Hildegard Zlabinger, Chairwoman, Eco-Ontological System for Human
Rights and Environmental Protection.,
Bernadette Koechl, Council of Eco-ontological Systems for Human Rights and
Environmental Protection.,

Malla Kantola, Committee of 100, Helsinki, Finland,
Laura Lodenius, Peace Union of Finland, Helsinki, Finland,
Ulla Lehtinen, First Peoples, Finland.,
Lea Launokari, Women for Peace, Finland.,
Pirkko Lindberg, Women Against Nuclear Power, Finland.,
Lea Rantanen, Grandmothers Against Nuclear Power, Finland.,
Anita Hagman, Grandmothers for Peace, Finland.,
Anna-Liisa Mattsoff, No More Nuclear Power Movement, Finland.,

Claudia Behrens, Norwegian Green Party,
Bjorn Hilt, Norske Leger Mot Atomkrieg, (IPPNW Norway) Trondhiem, Norway.,
Gunnar Westberg, President, Vendela Englund Burnett, SLMK (IPPNW
affilliate) Goteborg, Sweden,
Aungiira Aurel Duta, For Mother Earth Romania,
Fundatia Pentru Partenariat Comunitar., Romania,

Solange Fernex, President, WILPF France, Paris, France,
Daniel Durand, National Secy., Mouvement de la Paix, Paris France.,
Harsh Kapoor, South Asians Against Nukes, Combaillaux, France.,

Ak Malten, Global Anti Nuclear Alliance, The Hague, Netherlands.,
Krista Van Velzen, Socialist Party, Netherlands.,
Berrie Kollau, Stichting Vredesbureau Eindhoven (Peace Office Foundation
Eindhoven), Netherlands.,

Pol D'Huyvetter, For Mother Earth International, Ghent, Belgium.,

Vladimir Slivyak, Alexey Yablokov., Social-Ecological Union, Moscow, Russia,
Vera Brovkina, Chair, St Petersburg Peace Council, Russia.
Boris Bondarenko, IPPNW-Russia, St Petersburg Russia.,
Oleg Bodrov, Chair, 'Green World', Sosnovy Bor, Leningrad Oblast, Russia,
Andrey Sukhnev, Ecotourism Centre, Lake Baikal, Russia,
Dr. Vyacheslav Sharov, Chelyabinsk-Hanford Project, Chelyabinsk, Russia.,
Alisa Nikoulina, Antinuclear Campaign in Ex-USSR., Moscow, Russia.,
Natalia Raghouzhina, Centre for Public Health, Novosibirsk, Russia.,
Elena Perfilyeva, Ecological Information Agency, Novokuznetsk, Russia,
Larisa Gurova, Movement for Ecological Safety, Ozersk, Russia,
Nadezhda Kutepova, Regional Social-Ecological Organisation 'HOPE', Ozersk,
Russia,
Aleksey Kozlov, Civil Initiatives Development Centre, Voronezh, Russia,

Alla Shevchuk, Odessa Social-Ecological Union, Odessa, Ukraine.,
Dr. Lado Mirianashvili., Director, 'Udabno' fund, Georgia.,
Alexey Svetikov, Zelenyi Zvit, Severodonetsk, Ukraine.,

Dr. Caroline Lucas, MEP, Greens,UK, European Parliament,
Hiltrud Breyer, MEP., Greens, Germany, European Parliament,  Brussels,
Gorka Knorr Borrass, MEP,  European Parliament, Brussells,
Pierre Jonkheer, MEP, Greens Group Belgium, European Parliament, Brussels,
Patsy S÷rensen Member of The European Parliament, Greens Group,
Rolf Linkohr, MEP, Germany, Social-Democrats.,
Maj-Britt-Theorin, MEP, Social Democrats, Sweden (as President IPB)

Hiroshi Taka, Secy. General, Japan Council Against A and H-Bombs (Japan
Gensuikyo)
Iwamatsu Shigetoshi, Chair, Japan Congress Against A and H-Bombs,
(Gensuikin), Tokyo, Japan.,
Steve Leeper, Transnet, Hiroshima, Japan.,
Hiro Umebayashi, International Coordinator, Pacific Campaign for
Disarmament and Security, Yokohama, Japan.,
Nichigu Asanga, (Buddhist Monk), Peace Office, Tokyo.,

Aditi Chowdhury, Asian Regional Exchange for New Alternatives (ARENA), Hong
Kong.,
Jong Won, National Secy., Green Korea United, South Korea.,

S.P. Udayakumar, South Asian Community Centre for Education and Research,
Nagercoil, Tamil Nadu, India.,
Thomas Matthew, SEEDS-India, Punnakadu, Kerala
Sukla Sen, EKTA, Santacruz, Mumbai,
Ammu Abraham, Womens Centre, Mumbai, India.,

M.W. Faruque, for:
- --Society for Legal Rights, Dhaka, Bangladesh,
- --Youth Approach to Development and Cooperation Dhaka, Bangladesh,
- --Bangladesh Campaign to Ban Landmines
- --Bangabandhu Gabeshana & Pathgar Parishad, Dhaka, Bangladesh.,
- --Bangabandhu Srimte Sangsad, Bashurhat, Noahkhali, Berhampur, Bangladesh.,
- --Muktijoddah Jadhurgar (Liberation War Museum), Dhaka, Bangladesh,
- --Bangabandhu Research Organization,
- --Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industries, Dhaka, Bangladesh.,
- --Bashurhat Club, Noahkhali,
- --Thikana Sambaya Samiti.,
- --Suganda Sanskritik Kendra
- --Institute for Comprehensive Healthcare, Research, and Rehabilitation of
Addicts and Psychopaths, Dhaka, Bangladesh.,
Dr. M.A. Bari, Integrated Child Health Organization, Dhaka, Bangladesh.,

Asif Rasheed, Executive Director., Awami Committee for Development, Multan,
Pakistan.,
Ramesh Man Tuladhar, Centre for Community Development and Environment
Research., Kathmandhu, Nepal.,

Nouri Abdul Razak Hussain, Secretary-General, Afro-Asian Peoples Solidarity
Organisation, Egypt,
Harley, WALHI-SULTENG, (Indonesian Forum for Development),
Ron Mc Coy, Malaysian Physicians Against Nuclear War, (IPPNW Malaysian
Affiliate), Petaling Jaya, Malaysia.,
Cora Fabros, Secy. General, Nuclear- Free Phillipines Coalition,
Roy Cabonegro, Youth For Sustainable Development Phillipines,
(YSDA-Pilipinas)  Quezon City, Phillipines,
Julia Grace, LIHUE Association, Patagonia, Argentina.,
Luis Guttierez., President, Latin American Circle for International
Studies., Mexico City, Mexico.,
Ayesha Imam, Baobab for Womens Rights, Nigeria.,
Dr. Jenks Okwari, Program Officer, Community Development Project., Bukuru,
Jos, Nigeria.,
Diana Nyonyinotono, Single Mothers Association, Uganda.,
Jean-Clautaire Frerys Pouele, Earth Action Congo., Brazzaville, Republique
du Congo,

Marylia Kelley, Tri-Valley CARES, Livermore, Calif,
Alice Slater, Global Resource and Action Centre for the Environment,
(GRACE) New York,
Carah Ong, Abolition-2000, Santa Barbara, Calif.,
David Krieger, President, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, Santa Barbara, Calif,
Jackie Cabasso, Executive Director, Western States Legal Foundation,
Ellen Thomas, Proposition One Committee, Washington DC, USA.,
Bob Musil, Executive Director, Physicians for Social Responsibility, (IPPNW
USA), Washington DC.,
Rear-Admiral Eugene J. Carrol Jr, USN(Retd),  Deputy Director, Centre for
Defence Information,(CDI), Washington DC, US.,
John Burroughs, Executive Director, Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy,
(LCNP) N.Y., USA.,
Gordon S. Clark, Executive Director, Peace Action USA, UN Plaza, NY, USA.,
Paxus Calta, Board member, International Campaigner, Nuclear Information
and Research Service, (NIRS) Washington, DC.,
Charles Ferguson, Director, Nuclear Policy Project., Federation of American
Scientists,
Bill Smirnow, Nuclear-Free New York/Y2K WASH., Huntingdon, NY.,

Richard N. Salvador, Pacific Islands Association of NGOs, Honolulu, Hawaii,
Donald C. Whitmore, President, Third Millenium Foundation, US.,
Joe Katz, President, Women's Action for New Directions (WAND), Metro
Detroit, USA.,
Dana L. Richter PhD, Copper Country Peace Alliance, Houghton, Mich, USA.,
Troy Davis, President, World Citizen Foundation, Harvard, USA.,
Alastair Millar, Fourth Freedom Forum, Washington DC., USA.,

Bob Kinsey, Chair, Peace and Justice Task Force, United Church of Christ,
Rocky Mountain Conference, Colorado, USA.,
Steve Ito, United Church of Christ Justice and Peace Ministry Coordinator,
Ryan Kurakawa, Office for Church in Society, United Church of Christ, USA.,
Howard W. Hallman, Chair, Methodists United for Peace and
Justice.,Washington, DC.,
Rosemary Everett, Sisters of the Holy Name., Justice and Peace Coordinator.,
Mary Ellen Gordeck, SSJ., Office of Peace and Justice, Sisters of St
Joseph, Nazareth, MI., USA.,
Vivienne E. Perkins, Christ Church Episcopal., Castle Rock, Colorado., USA.,
Joe Volk, National Secy, Friends Committee on National Legislation.,
Washington, DC.,

Michele Bisonette Robbins, Executive Director, Youth for Environment and
Sanity (YES), Soquel, Ca, USA.,
Ruth Garbus, Director, New York Women of Vision and Action., NY., USA.,
Shiela Blaker, Blaine Metcalf, War Resisters League, San Luis Obispo, CA.,
USA.,
Harvey Wasserman, Citizens Protecting Ohio.,
Bruce K. Gagnon., Coordinator., Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear
Power In Space., Florida USA.,
Letitcia Aguilar, Inter American Development Bank.,
Loren Finkelstien, Program Director, Free The Planet.,
Andrew Beath, Earthways Foundation, Malibu., Calif.,
Mary JoChristian,Monmouth County Citizens for Clean Air and Water.,
Phyllis S. Yingling., WILPF- US., Philadelphia., USA.,
Jan Harwood, Celia Freeman, Don Larkin, Harriet Blue, Paul Blue, Elena
Leland, Marilyn Lucier, Lilly Litsky, Alice Davis, Committee of Santa Cruz,
CA Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, Santa Cruz, CA.,
Anne Anderson, Coordinator, Psychologists for Social Responsibility.,
Rochelle Beckers., San Luis Obispo Mothers for Peace., Calif., USA.,
Jay Coghlan, Nuclear Watch of New Mexico, Santa Fe, NM., USA.,
Greg Mello, Los Alamos Study Group.,(LASG) Santa Fe, NM., USA.,
Jim Morgan, ARC-Peace, International Architects, Designers, and Planners
for Social Responsibility, NY., USA.,
Marsha Feinland, Chair, California Peace and Freedom Party,
Dr. Kathleen Sullivan, Project EDNA, (Engaged Democracy for the Nuclear
Age), NY., USA.,
Patricia Birnie, GE Stockholders Alliance for a Sustainable Nuclear-Free
Future, USA.,
Betty Schroeder, Arizona Safe Energy Coalition, Ariz, USA.,
Norm Cohen, Unplug Salem Campaign,
Susan Shaer, Executive Director, Womens Action for New Directions,
Arlington, MA.,
Prof Dennis Brutus, Co-President, Jubilee-2000 Afrika, Univ of Pittsburg, USA.,


Bill Blaikie, MP, (Winnipeg-Transcona), House Leader, New Democratic Party,
Canada.,
Barbara Birkett,M.D.,President, Physicians  for Global Survival (Canada),
Gordon Edwards PhD, President, Canadian Coalition for Nuclear
Responsibility, Montreal, Canada,
Bev Delong, President, Lawyers for Social Responsibility, Canada.,
Michael Murphy, Inter-Church Uranium Educational Cooperative, Saskatoon,
Saskatchewan, Canada,
Archdeacon Jim Boyles, General Secretary, Synod, Anglican Church of Canada,
Prof. L. Terrell-Gardner, Past President, Science for Peace, Univ. of
Toronto, Canada,
Tryna Booth, Canadian Peace Alliance, Toronto, Canada.,
Joyce Lydiard, Rainforest Raging Grannies,  Vancouver, Canada.,
Desmond Berghofer, Institute for Ethical Leadership, Vancouver, Canada.,
Dave Greenfield, New Green Alliance, Saskatchewan, Canada.,
Linda Murphy, President, Interchurch Uranium Committee, Saskatchewan, Canada.,
Jo Hayward-Haines., Victoria Peace Project., Ontario, Canada.,
Penelope Simons, The Simons Foundation, Canada.,
Victor Lau, Green Campus Society, Canada.,
Macha Mc Kay, Chair, Nuclear Issues, Carolyn Langdon, Co-Chair, Canadian
Voice of Women for Peace,

Kate Dewes, Director, Disarmament and Security Centre, Christchurch,
Aotearoa/NZ
Marion Hancock, Coordinator, Peace Foundation Aotearoa/NZ, Auckland, NZ.,
Marion Hancock, Abolition2000, Auckland, NZ.,
Megan Hutching, Secy., WILPF, Aotearoa, (NZ).,

Peter Garrett, President, Dave Sweeney, Nuclear Campaigner, Australian
Conservation Foundation, Fitzroy, (Melb) Vic., Australia.,
Reverend John Mavor, President.,The Uniting Church in Australia, National
Assembly,
Irene Gale AM, Babs Fuller- Quinn, Australian Peace Committee,
Dr. Susan Wareham President MAPW (Medical Association for Prevention of
War) Canberra, Australia,
Chris White, Secretary, South Australian Trades and Labour Council,
Adelaide, SA.,
Rev Greg  Thompson,  St Johns Anglican Darlinghurst.
Rev. Ray Richmond, Wayside Chapel, Kings Cross,
Denis Doherty, Pax Christi Sydney.,
Moira Rowland, Convenor, Campaign for a Nuclear-Free Future, Canberra.,
Cameron Edwards, People for Nuclear Disarmament NSW.,
Hannah Middleton, Australian Anti-Bases Campaign, Sydney.,
Kirsten Blair, Mark Wakeham, Coordinators, Environment Centre of the
Northern Territory,
Rowena, Environment Centre of W.A., Perth, W.A.,
Graeme Daniell, People for Nuclear Disarmament W.A.,
Jo Vallentine, Community Anti-Nuclear Network, W.A.,
Jo Vallentine, Anti-Nuclear Alliance, W.A.,
Jo Vallentine, Perth Anti-Nuclear Group.,
Grant Keady, Scientists and Technologists Against Nuclear Dumping, W.A.,
Bruce Nichols, Shine A Light for Peace Campaign.,

Senator Meg Lees,Democrat Senator for South Australia, Leader, Australian
Democrats,
Senator Vicki Bourne, Australian Democrats Senator for New South Wales,
Senator Bob Brown, Greens Senator for Tasmania,
Senator George Campbell, ALP Senator for NSW.,
Dr. Carmen Lawrence, MP, ALP Member for Fremantle, W.A.,
Jill Hall, MP, ALP Member for, Shortland, NSW.,
Daryl Melham MP, ALP  Member for Banks, NSW., Aust.,
Anthony Albanese, ALP Member for Grayndler, NSW., ALP.,
Robin Geraghty, ALP  Member for Torrens, SA., Aust.,
Richard Jones MLC.,(Ind) NSW.,

Ricardo Navarro, Chair, Friends of the Earth International
Ricardo Navarro, Friends of the Earth El Salvador.,
Dr. Patrick Green, Senior Nuclear and Climate Campaigner, Friends of the
Earth England Wales and Northern Ireland, London, UK.,
Dr. Victor Khazan, Friends of the Earth Ukraine (Zelenyi Zvit),
Prof. Vladimir Koklyukhin, Friends of the Earth Belarus, Brest, Belarus.,
Manana Kochladze, Friends of the Earth Georgia/CEE Bankwatch Georgia,
Dr. Maria Minkova, 'Ekoglasnost', Friends of the Earth Bulgaria, Sofia,
Jan Beranek, Chair, Friends of the Earth Czech Republic (Hnuti Duha) Brno,
Czech Republic,
Diderich Johny, LIFE-Luxembourg (Youth Friends of the Earth Luxembourg)
Kika Kapela, Friends of the Earth Cyprus,
Wendy Johnson, Friends of the Earth New Zealand,
John Hallam, Nuclear Campaigner, Friends of the Earth Australia (Sydney)


John Hallam
Friends of the Earth Sydney,
17 Lord Street, Newtown, NSW, Australia, 2042
Fax [phone]  ph (61)(2)9517-3903
[e-mail]
http://homepages.tig.com.au/~foesyd






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Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2000 18:04:56 -0800
From: Shundahai Network <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Mother's Day 2000

I'm inviting you all to come down to the Nevada Test Site for Mother's
Day

and have your voices heard, we all have concerns for the younger
generation;

so they can continue their life.  The people are the backbone  of

the government. We should be dictating to the leaders instead of the

government dictating to us how they are going to shorten our life.

So let's unite ourselves together and save something for the future.

Come for sure for Mother's Day and stay as long as you can and we will
all

be together. That way, we'll have a cleaner life and enjoy our life for
the

younger generations. Let's talk together. So come and bring your stuff;

your bedroll, your food and the water you survive on.  As a person, I

really appreciate you people.



Corbin Harney,=20

Western Shoshone Spiritual Leader



We are contacting you to ask for your support for the 2000 Mother's Day
Gathering at  the

Nevada Test Site.  If you want to lend your name this year, then contact
us immediately.  We are especially looking for active co-sponsors and
supporters to co-host this years gathering alongside the Western Shoshone
National Council, The Dougherty Foundation, Shundahai Network, Seeds of
Peace, Nevada Desert Experience, and PooHaBah.=20

=B1    Co-sponsor ($500 or equivalent in donations)

=B1    Supporter (small donations of any kind)

=B1    Endorser (lend name only)

These are some other things you can do now.

=C5    Publicize this event in your literature or local calendars.

=C5    Organize a carload, van load, or busload to come and participate.

=C5    If you can't come, organize a solidarity event.

=C5    Make banners to bring or send.

=C5    Link your website to www.shundahai.org/Momspring00.html

The Nuclear Industry is still doing it's best to contaminate all life on
this planet, and we are out to stop them.  All over the world there are
people dying from radiation contamination that is a direct result from
Businesses and Governments disregard for our safety and lives.  People
need to come together to discuss and take action against these
atrocities.=20

The purpose of this years gathering is to:

=A8    Honor Our Mother Earth

=A8    Support Environmental Justice on Western Shoshone Lands

=A8    Support, Host, & Welcome WSNC Spirit Walk that will encircle the test
site

=A8    Honor & Support Youthful Wisdom

=A8    Occupy & Pray for the land

=A8    Learn from Speakers & Trainers

=A8    Take Action to STOP Nuclear Testing, Weapons, Waste, & Power



For those of you who may not have heard;  the Western Shoshone National

Council will be conducting a Spiritual Walk to this years Mother's Day

Gathering. The walk will begin in Warm Springs on the 7th and circle=20
the

test site from two directions.  Johnnie L. Bobb is the main organizer of
the walk.

<<<<<<<<

Gathering Schedule

>>>>

May 12 (Friday)

           Gathering Begins, Nonviolence and Peacekeeper trainings.

May 13 (Saturday)

         Western Shoshone Spirit Walk arrives.  Celebration of Life -
Music and speakers from our communities.

May 14 (Sunday)

         Mother's Day Brunch, Rally and Direct Action.

May 15-????  (Monday-????)

        OCCUPY AND RESIST  Nevada Nuclear Test Site.


Be prepared for desert camping, hot days and cool nights.  Bring plenty
of drinking water, snacks and friends.  Meals and local potable water
will be provided, donations gladly accepted to help cover costs.




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"Peace and Harmony with all Creation"

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</color></underline>Shundahai Network is proud to be part of:

US Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons=20

Abolition 2000: A Global Network to Eliminate Nuclear Weapons


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Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2000 05:51:33 -0500
From: Ellen Thomas <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Re: Mother's Day 2000

Will post Corbin's invitation to the test site on our Current Events page;
thought you might be interested in:

Mother's Day Proclamation, 1870

by Julia Ward Howe

Arise, then, women of this day! Arise, all women who have hearts, whether
your baptism be that of water or tears!

Say firmly: "We will not have great questions decided by irrelevant
agencies. Our husbands shall not come to us, reeking with carnage, for
caresses and applause.

Our sons shall not be taken from us to unlearn all that we have taught them
of charity, mercy and patience.

We women of one country will be too tender of those of another to allow our
sons to be trained to injure theirs."

From the bosom of the devastated earth, a voice goes up with our own. It
says, "Disarm, Disarm!"

The sword of murder is not the balance of justice. Blood not not wipe out
dishonor, nor violence indicate possession. As men have often forsaken the
plow and the anvil at the summons of war, let women now leave all that may
be left of home for a great and earnest day of counsel. Let them meet
first, as women, to bewail & commemorate the dead. Let them solemnly take
counsel with each other as to the means whereby the great human family can
live in peace, each bearing after his own time the sacred impress, not of
Ceasar, but of God.

In the name of womanhood and of humanity, I earnestly ask that a general
congress of women without limit of nationality may be appointed and held at
some place deemed most convenient and at the earliest period consistent
with its objects, to promote the alliance of the different nationalities,
the amicable settlement of international questions, the great and general
interests of peace.

____________________________________________________________

* Peace Through Reason - http://prop1.org - Convert the War Machines! *
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Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2000 09:50:03 -0800
From: Nuclear Age Peace Foundation <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) Mother's Day 2000

Dear Friends at Shundahai Network,

Abolition 2000 Global Network is happy to be an endorser and I will do
everything I can to promote your event via the Grassroots Newsletter and
any upcoming mailings.  Thank you for your great work to create a more just
and secure world, free of nuclear contamination.  Please give my regards to
Michelle and Matteo.

In Peace and Solidarity,

Carah Ong


Carah Lynn Ong
Coordinator, Abolition 2000
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Santa Barbara CA 93108

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Date: Fri, 25 Feb 2000 12:58:24 -0800
From: Nuclear Age Peace Foundation <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Update on the Millennium Forum for Hague Appeal for Peace Participants

Email completed forms to:

The Millennium Forum [e-mail]

Or, if email is unavailable, print and fax or mail this complete form to:

The Millennium Forum Executive Committee
866 United Nations Plaza, Suite 120
New York, NY 10017-1822

Fax: [phone]

Thank you for completing this form.



To: All non-governmental organizations, humanitarian and community-based
organizations, private voluntary organizations, academic institutions,
unions, parliamentarians, local authorities and other representatives and
groups of civil society.

From: The Millennium Forum

Date: 25 February 2000

Re: Update on the Millennium Forum for Hague Appeal for Peace Participants

PLEASE DISTRIBUTE AS WIDELY AS POSSIBLE
PLEASE FORWARD TO OTHER INTERESTED GROUPS AND ORGANIZATIONS
PLEASE ACCEPT OUR APOLOGIES FOR CROSS-POSTINGS


Dear Friend(s),

Because of your recent involvement with the Hague Appeal for Peace, we are
writing to you with information about the next step in the general process
of civil society's evolution with respect to the United Nations, peace, and
related issues.

As you may have learned at The Hague, civil society is holding a major
conference in May at the United Nations. Called The Millennium Forum, the
event is scheduled for 22-26 May 2000 at United Nations headquarters as part
of the preparations for the UN's Millennium Assembly in September

In particular, the Millennium Forum in particular will strive to solicit the
best thinking of civil society in all its sectors worldwide as they relate
to six broad themes: peace, the eradication of poverty, human rights, the
environment, globalization, and "strengthening and democratizing" the United
Nations. The Forum will also be gender balanced in its representation.

In tackling such a wide range of issues, and in its attempts to reach a new
level of global diversity and participation, the Forum is unique for a
United Nations-related civil society conference.

Since you or your organization is involved in one or more of these topics,
we are seeking your participation in this process, which we believe will
result in more effective efforts by NGOs and civil society organizations in
global decision-making and the implementation of action plans, especially at
the United Nations and in other international organizations.

In particular, we hope that you will take one or more of the following
actions:

- -- Log-on to our Website at http://www.millenniumforum.org and read through
the various draft papers on the themes that interest your organization and
send comments on those drafts to the thematic convenors, which are listed on
the website. YOUR INPUT INTO THESE PAPERS IS VITAL IF WE ARE TRULY TO
REPRESENT THE VIEWS OF CIVIL SOCIETY WORLDWIDE.

- -- Log-on to our Website at http://www.millenniumforum.org and register for
participation in the Forum's main meeting in May via our on-line
registration form (which can be found under the "How to get involved"
section). (Please note: we do hope to have some travel funds available in
the near future for organizations from the Global South.)

- -- If you do not have access to a web browser, please consider registering
via the emailable registration form at the bottom of this message. PLEASE
NOTE: ON-LINE REGISTRATION IS MUCH FASTER AND MORE EFFICIENT.

- --  Send this message to other NGOs and civil society organizations in your
network and/or to the appropriate person within your own organization. WE
WANT, PARTICULARLY, TO WIDEN THE NETWORK. PLEASE PASS THIS TO GROUPS YOU
WORK WITH ON OTHER ISSUES, SUCH AS GLOBALIZATION, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT,
HUMAN RIGHTS, AND POVERTY ERADICATION.

- -- Print out this message and share it with others at various NGO/Civil
Society organization meetings such as you may be attending or organizing in
the next few weeks. We do understand that many organizations in the Global
South do not have email, so we are counting on those that do to spread this
message.

- -- Publish news about the Forum in your organization's newsletter, magazine
or website. We have on our website a range of press releases and publishable
background materials that are available for downloading and publication.

If you have any questions, please contact us by email reply at our main
address: [e-mail]. If you hit our reply button, your message will also
return to us.

If you do NOT wish to receive further announcements, please also hit reply
and write "UNSUBSCRIBE"  in your message header. We will strive to remove
your from our list. However, we are seeking to reach our worldwide to as
many NGOs and civil society organizations as possible and you may end up on
our list again, especially if you subscribe to any of the various list servs
on the Forum's main topics.

We expect to be making periodic announcements about the Forum to this list,
at a rate of roughly no more than one per week until the Forum takes place
in May. Please regard this as a process whereby YOU and your organization
can be included in a process of global decision-making that is open,
transparent and representative manner, reflecting democratic principles.

Up to 1,400 representatives of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and
other groups of civil society will be able to gather at the United Nations
in May to discuss these topics through an innovative program of "interactive
plenaries" that have been designed to advance the often overly
"compartmentalized" processes of discussion that often takes place at
international meetings.

Plans are also being made to allow representatives of civil society
worldwide to participate through various on-line and satellite meetings. In
all Millennium Forum events, achieving a gender and geographically
representative balance will be a priority.

In the planning process for more than two years, the Forum has been an
up-by-the-bootstraps process of cross-boundary networking by some of civil
society's most prominent organizations. Members of the Forum's Steering
Committee, for example, include representatives of groups ranging from the
World Federation of United Nations Associations to the All-India Women's
Federation; from the Earth Council to the Third World Network.

Among the main expected outcomes of the Forum will be an extended document
on the topics of peace, poverty, human rights, environment, globalization
and "strengthening and democratizing the United Nations and other
International Organizations," all under the main theme of "the United
Nations for the Twenty-First Century."  This document will be presented to
the world leaders who gather at the Millennium Summit in September. Much of
the Peace section of the document is already based on the Hague Agenda, but
we wish to gather more input.

The Millennium Forum
[e-mail]
866 United Nations Plaza, Suite  120
New York, NY 10017, USA
Phone: USA 212-803-2522
Fax: USA 212-803-2561


*****  Application for Accreditation to the Millennium Forum *****

TEXT BASED Email Version
Reply to: <[e-mail]>

The Millennium Forum will bring together representatives of civil society
from all over the world to consult about our future - the future of the
peoples of the world - and, particularly, the role of the United Nations in
confronting the great global challenges of the 21st Century.

Limitation of Space: The main meeting of the Millennium Forum is scheduled
for 22-26 May 2000 at United Nations headquarters. While this location will
give the Forum the highest degree of credibility, access and impact, it also
means that the number who can physically attend the main event is limited to
a maximum of 1,400 people. Accordingly, not every applicant or applying
organization can be accommodated at the main event of the Forum in New York
in May. There will, however, be subsidiary events and meetings (in person
and on-line) that will allow representatives of civil society worldwide to
give their direct input to the processes of the Forum. (See the website at
http://www.millenniumforum.org for more information).

Criteria for Selection: Because of space limitation, and in order to create
a gathering that is representative of the diversity, depth, and breadth of
global civil society, criteria for choosing those who will be accredited to
the Millennium Forum from among those applying to attend the New York event
have been established. These criteria give priority to those organizations,
as well as to those individuals, although to a much lesser extent, that:

- -- reflect the broad base of global civil society, including issue-oriented,
non-governmental organizations and representatives of academia, research
institutes, labor organizations, local authorities, parliamentarians and
religious organizations;

- -- have been the most active and/or have the most expertise in addressing
the major themes and sub-themes of the Forum;

- -- have democratic structures and/or most appropriately and genuinely
represent major groups (including, but not limited to women, youth, workers,
indigenous peoples and ethnic minorities) who have often been neglected or
underrepresented in the global arena;

- -- meet the need for an equitable geographic distribution.

Selection for attendance to the main meeting of the Forum will be largely on
the basis of objective data related to these criteria.

Process of Selection: The attached application form can be used by
organizations wishing to send a representative to the Forum, or by
individuals who would like to be accredited to attend. Organizations should
fill in Sections I, II, III, IV and if applicable, VI. Individuals should
fill in Sections II, V and if applicable, VI. (Organizations will receive
clear priority over individuals.)

Data from these forms will be forwarded to the appropriate Millennium Forum
Committees and/or Coordinators. Organizations that have regional, national
or local standing will have their applications processed by regional
committees and/or coordinators of the Forum. The Forum is treating as
international non-governmental organizations those organizations that have
national-level affiliates and/or projects in more than one of the five
global regions as defined by the United Nations; their applications will be
forwarded to the Millennium Forum Executive Committee.

Additional participants will come from the membership of the Forum's
Planning Consultative Council and such special invitees as Nobel Prize
laureates and relevant members of the UN Secretariat, agencies and
commissions.

Registration Fee and Cost: Registration for the Forum includes a fee of $200
US, payable upon notification of acceptance. This fee is needed to offset
expenses of registration and to create a fund for the benefit of those
participants coming from the Global South who need financial assistance. The
fee will be waived or adjusted for organizations or individuals that can
document the need for assistance. The Forum is arranging for low-cost travel
to New York, and for the availability of various kinds of accommodations.
Further information will be available through the website.

When to Apply: In order to arrange visas to the United States, and to ensure
balanced representation from each region and for each theme, applications
will need to be submitted to the Millennium Forum Secretariat as soon as
possible.

How to Apply: Although we recognize that not every organization or
individual has access to the internet, we must urge you to attempt to fill
out either the organizational (priority in selection) or individual form
on-line, at the website www.millenniumforum.org. Filling out the form
on-line will enable us to access this data more quickly and more easily send
it to the appropriate regional or international committee for consideration.
THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT. PLEASE FILL THIS FORM OUT ON-LINE IF POSSIBLE.

IF YOU DO NOT HAVE ACCESS TO A WEB CAPABLE COMPUTER AND/OR CANNOT SHARE ONE
WITH ANOTHER GROUP OR ORGANIZATION, YOU MAY USE THIS EMAILABLE FORM.

If you cannot email this form, print it out, answer the questions by hand
(preferably with a typewriter), and mail it to:

The Millennium Forum Executive Committee
866 United Nations Plaza, Suite 120
New York, NY 10017-1822
USA

OR fax it to: USA [phone]


Please be sure to fill out your application as completely as possible, and
to type or print information if you are submitting this as a paper form,
since incomplete or illegible applications are less likely to receive
favorable consideration.

MILLENNIUM FORUM APPLICATION FORM for ORGANIZATIONS & INDIVIDUALS

(PLEASE NOTE: THIS FORM IS BASED ON A FORMATTED DOCUMENT THAT USES CHECK
BOXES. IT HAS BEEN REDUCED TO A TEXT-BASED FORMAT TO MAKE IS EASIER TO
EMAIL. IF YOU CAN USE THE MICROSOFT WORD VERSION OF THE DOCUMENT WITH CHECK
BOXES, THIS IS PREFERABLE. IF YOU DO NOT HAVE IT, USE THIS EMAILABLE FORM):

I. Organizational Information (Please type or print legibly)

Organization Name:


Your Name and Title in the Organization:


Are you the head of the Organization or has your organization authorized you
to submit the name given in Section II below to represent them at the
Millennium Forum? Answer yes or no:


If no, you must get authorization from your organization or apply as an
individual. Your chances of approval are greater as a representative of an
organization than they are as an individual. Large, regional organizations
that deal with more than one sub-theme may submit up to two names
(preferably a woman and a man), by attaching a page providing all the
information requested in Section II for each individual in preferential
order. Note that the Forum may not follow the organization's preferences in
order to satisfy gender, regional, national, age or other balances.

Organization Address:


Headquarters City:


State:

Postal Code:

Country:

Main Phone Number (please include country & city codes):

Fax Number:

Organizational E-mail address:

Organizational URL (Website address):


II.  Information about the Person Applying to Attend the Millennium Forum

Type of Application (Indicate one of the following):

- -- Representative of the above Organization
- -- Individual with specialized knowledge (Individuals should complete this
section and Section V, and VI if needed. Organizations should complete
Sections I, II, III and IV, and VI if needed.)


Last Name:

First Name:

Middle Initial:

Honorific (Dr., Prof.):

Home Address Information:


Mailing Address:

City:

State:

Postal Code:

Country:

Personal E-mail:

Demographic Information:

Your age (indicate one of the following):

- --11-20;
- --21-30;
- --31-40;
- --41-50;
- --51-60;
- --61-70;
- --71-80;
- --81-90;
- --over 90

Your gender (indicate one of the following):

- --Male
- --Female

Your nationality:

State your area of specialized knowledge:

III. Additional Organizational Information

Type of Organization (indicate one of the following):

- --NGO
- --CBO
- --PVO (Private Voluntary Organization)
- --Research Institute
- --Local authority or agency
- --Parliamentarian
- --Civil Society Network
- --Civil Society Coalition

Which of the six major sub-themes does your organization focus on and/or
seek to address at the Millennium Forum? (Indicate one of the following. You
may pick more than one):

- -- Peace, Security and Disarmament
- -- The Eradication of Poverty, Including Debt Cancellation and Social
Development
- -- Human Rights
- -- Sustainable Development and The Environment
- -- The Challenges of Globalization, Achieving Equity Justice and Diversity
- -- Strengthening and Democratizing the United Nations and Other
International Organizations

What major groups of the Millennium Forum does your organization belong to?
(indicate one of the following):

- --NGOs

- --Academic & Research Institutions

- --Local Authorities

- --Parliamentarians

- --Women

- --Youth

- --Indigenous Peoples

- --Coalitions

- --Networks

- --NGO Confederations

- --Other:


Which of these thematic issue areas does your organization focus on and/or
plan to address at the Forum? (Indicate one of the following. You may check
more than one):

- -- Aging
- -- Biodiversity
- -- Business & Industry
- -- Children
- -- Citizenship & Governance
- -- Climate Change
- -- Corporate Accountability
- -- Criminal Justice
- -- Culture & Development
- -- Debt Relief / Forgiveness
- -- Disabled Persons
- -- Disarmament
- -- Drugs & Crime
- -- Economics & Finance
- -- Education
- -- Energy
- -- Environment & Health
- -- Extreme Poverty
- -- Family
- -- Financing for Development
- -- Food
- -- Girl Child
- -- Humanitarian Issues
- -- Human Settlements
- -- Health
- -- Holistic Approaches
- -- Indigenous Peoples
- -- Information Ecology
- -- Intellectual Property Rights
- -- International Law
- -- International Security
- -- Justice
- -- Media
- -- Micro-Credit
- -- Minority Rights
- -- New Global Institutions
- -- Openness & Democratic Process
- -- Population
- -- Private Sector
- -- Refugees / Migration
- -- Religion
- -- Reproductive Health
- -- Safety
- -- Science & Technology
- -- Social Development
- -- Taxation Policy
- -- Torture
- -- United Nations Funding
- -- United Nations Reform
- -- Values
- -- Violence
- -- Water
- -- Workers & Trade Union
- -- Other:

In what UN region, listed below, do you operate or have affiliates? (If you
check more than one, you will be considered as an "international"
organization for purposes of participation in the Forum. If you check only
one, you will be considered as a "regional" or "national" or "local"
organization, depending on the additional information you provide below. For
many groups and organizations, these will be less competitive categories.
(Indicate one of the following):

- -- Africa
- -- Asia and the Pacific
- -- Western Asia
- -- Latin America & the Caribbean
- -- Europe & N. America

In how many countries do you have national level affiliates and/or major
operations? (use numbers and not words):

More specifically, under which designation is your organization applying?
(Indicate one of the following):

- --Local
- --National
- --Regional
- --International

What is the total membership and total staff of your organization? (Enter as
a numerical estimate in the appropriate category.)

Dues-paying members:

Total paid and volunteer staff:

Those in a willing affiliation with your organization (e.g., with
church-based groups, etc.):

Other (please explain):

How is your leadership created? (Indicate one of the following):

- --Elected
- --Appointed
- --Self-selected
Other:


If elected, the votes were cast by (Indicate one of the following):

- --national, regional or local representatives of the membership
- --the entire membership
- --other:

For the most recent budgetary period available, what was your organization's
annual budget? (Indicate one of the following):
- --Under US$50,000
- --US$50,000-250,000
- --Over US$250,000
- --Over US$1,000,000

Roughly what percentage of your funds listed above comes from the following
sources:

- -- Percentage from your membership:

- -- Percentage from other individuals or corporations:

- -- Percentage from government for general operations:

- --Percentage from project grants:

Has your organization been granted status by the United Nations or another
international governmental organization (IGO)? (Indicate one of the
following):

- --Yes
- --No

If yes to the above, with which UN or other IGO are you affiliated, and what
is that status? (Indicate one of the following):

- -- General status with ECOSOC
- -- Special status with ECOSOC
- -- Roster status with ECOSOC
- -- ILO (International Labour Organization)
- -- FAO (Food & Agriculture Organization of the UN)
- -- UNESCO (UN Education, Scientific & Cultural Organization)
- -- WHO (World Health Organization)
- -- World Bank Group
- -- WIPO (World Intellectual Property Organization)
- -- UNDPI (UN Department of Public Information)

If "Other," please describe:


IV.  If your organization is a member of a network, coalition, or
partnership, please list below:



In 100 words or less, please submit a description of the general work,
viewpoint or expertise of your organization and indicate why your
participation can make a significant contribution to the Millennium Forum in
view of the criteria given above.:

V. To be completed by individuals only:
In 500 words or less, please indicate why you believe your participation can
make a significant contribution to the work of the Millennium Forum. Be sure
to identify the specific sub-themes and thematic areas in which you have
expertise, and detail your experience and expertise in those areas. If you
have been providing input to the convenors of a sub-theme or thematic area,
please so note. See Section III for a list of Millennium Forum sub-themes
and thematic areas. :

VI. Request for Financial Assistance

While the Forum cannot at the present time make commitments to provide funds
or tickets for air transportation for representatives from the Global South,
or underwrite other expenses, it expects to be able to obtain those funds
later in the spring. If you cannot attend the Forum unless you receive
financial assistance, please complete the following:

- -- I need to have the registration fee lowered to: US$:

or

- --waived.

- -- I will need to assist with my airfare and/or assistance to pay for (give
figure in US dollars) by the appropriate category:

- -- Airfare:

- --Accommodations and/or:

- --meals:

Email completed forms to:

The Millennium Forum [e-mail]

Or, if email is unavailable, print and fax or mail this complete form to:

The Millennium Forum Executive Committee
866 United Nations Plaza, Suite 120
New York, NY 10017-1822

Fax: [phone]

Thank you for completing this form.



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