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abolition-usa-digest     Thursday, March 16 2000     Volume 01 : Number 270




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Date: Wed, 15 Mar 2000 16:15:07 -0800
From: Nuclear Age Peace Foundation <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Abolition 2000 Grassroots Newsletter

(Apologies for any duplicate messages received due to crossovers
lists.)

        Abolition 2000 Grassroots Newsletter
            March 2000
                  Vol. II  Number 3

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In This Edition...
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I.        Introduction
II.        New Organizations
IV.        New Municipalities
V.        Articles
VI.        Abolition 2000 Organizations in the Year 2000
VII.        Announcements
VIII.        Calendar Events
IX.        Resources
X.        Letter from the Editor
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Introduction
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    WOW!  With less than 40 days until the first day of the
Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference, we only need enroll 236
organizations or municipalities to reach our goal of 2000 endorsers by the
time of the NPT Rev Con. The Network now has 1,522 organizations in 93
countries and 242 Municipalities have endorsed the Abolition 2000 Municipal
Resolution.  Let's keep the momentum going!  Help us reach our goal by
enrolling an organization this week.  Please join me in wishing a warm
welcome to the following organizations and municipalities which have
recently endorsed the Abolition 2000 statement and joined the network.
Thank you for your continued support.


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New Organizations
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African Students Union, Tmisoara/Romania
Allen Avenue Unitarian Universalist Church, Portland/Maine
ANBM (Alliance for National Buddhist Movement), Seoul/ Republic of Korea
Bangladesh People's Solidarity Center, Sao Miguel/Portugal
Bay Area Campaign to Free Mordechai Vanunu, Oakland/California
Brotherhood Link, Cantoments/Ghana
Center for Peace, Orissa/India
Children of the Manhattan Project, San Francisco/California
Civic Alliance of Serbia (political party), Belgrade/Serbia
Civil Solidarity for Open Society, Seoul/Republic of Korea
ComSult International, Tallahassee/Florida
Earth Matters, Ridgefield/Connecticut
Fairfield County Coalition for Peace and Justice, Norwalk/Connecticut
Falmouth Friends of the Earth, Kernow/UK
Foundation for Universal Responsibility, New Dehli/India
Free the Children International, Concord/Ontario
Friedenszentrum Braunschweig, Braunschweig/Germany
Global Youth for Peace & Environment, Kerala/India
Good Friends: Centre for Peace, Human Rights and Refugees, Seoul/Republic
of Korea
Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action, Poulsbo/Washington
Heal Our Planet Earth Global Environment Organization, Vancouver/Canada
I and We, Seoul/Republic of Korea
Indigenous Environmental Network, Bemidji/Minnesota
Interculture, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia
International Association of Educators for World Peace, Huntsville/Alabama
International Informatization Academy, Cape Coast/Ghana
KIN (Korean International Network), Seoul/ Republic of Korea
Korea Atomic Bomb Casualty Association, Seoul/Republic of Korea
Korean Dentists' Association for Healthy Society, Seoul/ Republic of Korea
Korean House for International Solidarity, Seoul/Republic of Korea
Korean Federation for Environmental Movement (KFEM), Seoul/Republic of Korea
KNCR (Korea National Congress for Reunification), Seoul/Republic of Korea
LEAD, Concord/Ontario
Maine Coalition for Food Security, Portland/Maine
Maine Veterans for Peace, Winthrop/Maine
Mothers Against War, Berlin/Germany
Morningside Monthly Meeting, New York/New York
National Campaign for the Eradication of Crime by US Troops in
Korea , Seoul/ Republic of Korea
Llanymddyfri Peace Group, Cynghordy/Llanymddyfri
Natural Heritage Fund, Odessa/Germany
NB21 Agenda 21 Community Environmental Programme, Bedsworth/UK
Nordic Women Peace Network, Oslo/Norway
Northeast District of the Unitarian Universalist Association, Portland/Maine
Nuclear Free Future Award, Munich/Germany
Orpington Women's Peace Group, Orpington/UK
Pax Christi Maine, Portland/Maine
Peace and Justice Center of Southern Maine, Portland/Maine
PSPD (People's Solidarity for Participatory Democracy), Seoul/Republic of Korea
Physicians for Social Responsibility Maine, Portland/Maine
Pittsburgh Area Pax Christi, Pittsburgh/Pennsylvania
Plowshares Support Group of Portland, Portland/Maine
Post Pessimists, A-Bolo Graz/Austria
Raging Grannies, Subiaco/Western Australia
Saffron Walden Friends Meeting, Saffron Walden/UK
Saffron Walden Green Party, Walden/UK
SOFA Action (People's Action for Reform of the Unjust ROK-US SOFA
Agreement), Seoul/ Republic of Korea
Solidarity for World Peace & Human Rights (SPR), Seoul/Republic of Korea
SOS Hotline and Center for Girls, Belgrade/Serbia
Tabitha Community, Kyonggi-Do/Republic of Korea
The Millennium Visioneer, Madina/Ghana
The Participatory Autonomy Forum for 21st Century, Kwangju/Republic of Korea
The Victoria Peace Project, Ontario/Canada
Tottenham and Wood Green Friends of the Earth, London/UK
Uniting Church, Sydney/Australia
Veterans for Peace Chapter 18, Ridgefield/Connecticut
Western Washington Fellowship of Reconciliation, Seattle/Washington
Womenlink, Seoul/Republic of Korea
Women Making Peace, Seoul/Republic of Korea
WILPF Maine, Portland/Maine
Zelenyi Svit Environmental Association, Dnipropetrovsk/Ukraine

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New Municipalities
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Clackmannanshire Council, Central Scotland
Salzburg Municipal Council, Salzburg/Austria
Stevenage Borough Council, Hertfordshire/UK


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Articles
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Global Abolition Days in Japan

    To celebrate Global Abolition Days, organizations in Japan hosted a
series of events to educate and advocate nuclear abolition.  On 26
February, a public meeting was held in Kawasaki City to celebrate the
annual general assembly of the Peace Depot.  The evening also included a
speech by Rebecca Johnson on the NPT Review Conference.  The speech was
used as an educational tool and was circulated among activists and
journalists.

    In a forum organized by Japanase women's groups, Angie Zelter spoke
in Tokyo on 3 March.  Angie Zelter was recently acquitted by a Scottish
judge on four accounts of maliciously and willfully damaging a floating
laboratory that provides operational support for Trident Submarines.  On
March 4, a one day program in Tokyo featured "Our Abolition Day! Symposium
on Northeast Asia Nuclear Weapon-Free  Zone."  Angie Zelter inspired those
in attendance by recounting her non-violent direct action.  A panel
discussion on establishing a Nuclear Weapons Free Zone in North East Asia
followed in the afternoon.

    In Shinjuku, Tokyo, there is a street which prohibits automobile
traffic on Sundays.  Young ant-nuclear activists,  also called Nuclear
Abolition Beni-Tengu, used this opportunity on 5 March to present
"Sunflower Operation -- A Street Performance." Activists also made a
Sunflower "objet  d'art" and had a live music performance.

    On March 11, the first pre-assembly of the Global Citizens Assembly
to Abolish Nuclear weapons held a panel discussion on "Nuclear Abolition
and the Citizens' Role."  The discussion took place in Nagasaki and
featured Robert Green (Middle Powers Initiative), Kate Dewes (Disarmament &
Security Centre), Angie Zelter (Trident Plowshare), Hideo TSUCHIYAMA
(Former President, Nagasaki University) and Masao TOMONAGA (Professor,
Nagasaki University).

    In addition to the activities mentioned above, there were many
other activities commemorating Bikini Day during the week of February 29 to
March 3 in Shizuoka and Tokyo.


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Global Abolition Days in Hawai'i


    On March 1 (Nuclear Free and Independent Pacific Day), Richard
Salvador, a member of the Abolition 2000 Coordination Committee,
collaborated with the Student Peace Action Network (SPAN/Peace Action) and
hosted a Appeal for Peace Pacific Forum at the University of Hawai'i at
Manoa.

    Abolition 2000 and Hague Appeal for Peace each had a table with
information in a central location of the university.  The Abolition 2000
table was quite successful and solicited signatures for the International
Petition during the entire Global Abolition week.  Richard Salvador also
spoke about Abolition 2000 at a rally to Free Mumia Abu Jamal.

    Follow-up activities for Global Abolition Days in Hawai'i will
include introducing a Nuclear Free Resolution to the presidents of the
undergraduate student government and the graduate student organization for
implementation at the University of Hawai'i.  Future plans also include
lobbying the Honolulu City Council to pass an Abolition 2000 Resolution.

    In addition, Hague Appeal for Peace presentations will be given
during the whole month of March in hopes of educating both students and the
community.  Air time will also be requested from the public access channel
to show the Hague Appeal for Peace and Back from the Brink videos.

For more information, please contact:

Richard Salvador
Tel:  [phone]
Fax:  [phone]
Email: [e-mail]


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Year 2000 Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons in Japan

    On December 22, 1999, "The Year 2000 Campaign to Abolish Nuclear
Weapons" was officially launched at a press conference in Tokyo.  The
campaign is being coordinated by citizen groups in Hiroshima, Nagasaki and
Tokyo/Yokohama.  The vision of these organizations is  to revitalize a
nation-wide voice for nuclear abolition in the year 2000.  The Campaign is
organizing a unified demand to the Government of Japan with broad
popularity across the political tendencies and organizations.

    The pillar of this campaign is the "The 2000 People's Appeal:
Toward the Abolition of Nuclear Weapons -- Japan's Mission."  Campaign
organizers have set a goal of gathering at least 2000 signatures from
opinion leaders and prominent individuals from various professions.  At the
time of press conference, the campaign had already received 619
signatories.  As of 25 February, 974 individuals, including actors,
actresses, singers, writers, artists, cartoonists, scholars, lawyers,
presidents of organizations, businessmen and campaigners, have signed the
Appeal.  The campaign hopes to attain 2000 signatories by the end of June.
The Appeal will then be sent to the Prime Minister and heads of major
political parties for actions  and to implement people's demands.

    The Year 2000 Campaign is playing an important role in Japan to
outreach to new people and encourage new approaches to nuclear abolition.
Activities of the Campaign include:

1.  Organize "The 2000 People's Appeal: Toward the Abolition of
Nuclear Weapons -- Japan's Mission" and a delegate to present the Appeal to
the Government of Japan and Parliamentarians.

2.  Maintain a web-site to publicize abolition activities of various
organizations and groups all around Japan, including traditional national
organizations and local citizen groups.

3.  Introduce overseas activities related to nuclear abolition to the
Japanese audience and relate Japanese activities to audiences overseas.

4.  Support the Nagasaki NGO International Assembly in November and help
plan, advertise and mobilize for its success.

If you would like further information, please contact:

Hiro Umebayashi
International Coordinator, PCDS
President, Peace Depot
3-3-1 Minowa-cho, Kohoku-ku, Yokohama, 223-0051 Japan
Tel: [phone]  Fax: [phone]
Email: [e-mail]


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Australia Follows Example of Aotearoa (New Zealand)


    In a vote on 9 March 2000, the Australian Senate passed (33 to 27)
a resolution concerning the upcoming Non Proliferation Treaty Review
Conference in New York.  The Australian resolution follows a recent
decision made by the NZ Parliament to adopt a resolution moved by the Prime
Minister, Helen Clark.  The NZ motion marks the year 2000 with a call on
all countries to implement the NPT nuclear disarmament obligation by
concluding negotiations on complete nuclear disarmament.

    Laurie Brereton, Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs, welcomed the
motion adopted by the Australian Senate.  Brereton commented on the
importance of the upcoming NPT conference and stated, "This year will be
critical for progress towards nuclear disarmament and strengthening
international prohibitions on weapons of mass destruction. The NPT Review
Conference is likely to be very difficult. United Nations
Secretary-General Kofi Annan last month rightly highlighted the parlous
state of nuclear disarmament efforts. The failure to make progress on
disarmament increases the risks of nuclear proliferation with adverse
consequences for Australia's national security."

    Brereton also stated, "Leadership from non-nuclear middle powers,
especially Australia, is vital to help rebuild momentum towards nuclear
disarmament. We should be putting all our efforts into breaking the impasse
on nuclear disarmament, not sitting on the sidelines apologising for the
nuclear weapon states. It is a matter of great regret that the Howard
 Government has effectively abandoned Australia's previous leading
role on nuclear disarmament issues and risks becoming little more than
an apologist for the nuclear weapons states."

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Peace Builds, Bombs Destroy:  Making Asia Nuclear Free

    From 18-20 February, activists and scholars from around the world
attended "Peace Builds, Bombs Destroy:  Let's Make Asia Nuclear Free" in
Dhaka, Bangladesh.  The conference was initiated by Community Development
Library (Dhaka) and Focus on the Global South (Bangkok and Mumbai) and
sponsored by Bangladeshi, Indian and Pakistani peace, development and
justice organizations.  The anti-nuclear conference was the first to be
held in the Asian region since the nuclear weapons tests conducted by India
and Pakistan in May 1998.

    The conference issued a declaration calling upon India and Pakistan
to "immediately dismantle these programmes (nuclear weapons programmes) and
sign the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty and other restraint measures as
steps towards nuclear disarmament, and as part of their return to the
global disarmament agenda."  In addition, the Dhaka Declaration called upon
the 5 declared Nuclear Weapons States (NWS) to honor their disarmament
obligations under Article 6 of Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and
the 1996 opinion of the International Court of Justice.  Furthermore, the
Declaration called upon the NWS to ratify Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty,
de-alert nuclear forces, halt deployment of ballistic missile defense
systems and work towards a nuclear weapons convention.

    A Plan of Action was adopted by the Conference and appealed to
South Asian activists to support global nuclear disarmament and urged
activists to work towards a South Asia Nuclear Weapons Free Zone.
Additionally, the Plan of Action called for the launching of a "South Asian
Peace Coalition" to create "broad base alliance" and link the South Asian
movement with other anti-nuclear and peace organizations around the world.

For more information, please visit:

The Dhaka declaration is available on the world wide web at:
http://www.focusweb.org/nuclear/dec_nuc.htm

The Plan of Action is available at:
Http://www.focusweb.org/nuclear/poa_nuc.htm

or contact:

John Burroughs
Lawyer's Committee on Nuclear Policy
Email:  [e-mail]
Http://www.lcnp.org

Dr. Joseph Gerson
American Friends Service Committee
Email: [e-mail]
Related speeches, resources, and web site links are available on the
American Friends Service Committee webiste:  Http://www.afsc.org/pes.htm



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Abolition 2000 Organizations in the Year 2000
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    The "Abolition 2000 Organizations in the Year 2000" highlights the
activities of and statements from various organizations in Abolition 2000.
If you would like to share your past, current or future activities and
plans with other members of the Abolition 2000 Global Network, please email
your statement to Carah Ong, the Abolition 2000 Grassroots News editor,  at
[e-mail].



Switzerland

Roland Schutzbach and David Schmitter
Global Initiative
Allmendstr. 75, 4500 Solothurn, Switzerland
Tel: [phone]  Email: [e-mail]
Http://www.globalinitiative.org

The People's Walk for Peace in Switzerland 2000

    At the Peace Walk 1999 350 people walked from different regions of
Switzerland to Berne for world-wide, total disarmament.  This event has a
bigger potential. In July 2000 there will be another Peace Walk, which will
be twice as long.  Plans for the event include:

- -Sunday 2 - Friday 7 July walking communities will make their way to Berne.
On Saturday July 8, all the groups will meet in Bern for a
festive-revolutionary peace demonstration. It will be the final celebration
for the participants of the first part and the starting point for the
participants of the second part.  Hard-core activists will walk
during both weeks.

- -Sunday July  9, the same or other walking communities will leave Bern,
spreading the message of peace to their regions until Saturday 15 July. The
peace walk 2000 is another opportunity to walk together, to get in contact
with nature, to celebrate, to discuss peace themes and to express the will
to live in a world without weapons and violence.  People willing to
participate can found their own walking community or join an existing one.
It is also possible to join the walk for only a part of the way.

    Each route of the Peace Walk 2000 has a theme. Organizations and
engaged individuals walk their own route.  The Peace Walk is also meant to
show the connection between the efforts of the different initiatives. It
can be incorporated into schools as a project week and the classes can
prepare by working on peace themes at school and exchange with other
classes at the peace walk.  Join us to put an end to apathy and resignation!


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Announcements
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Abolition Global Caucus Update

    The Abolition Global Caucus now has 415 subscribers from around the
world.  If you are not already a member, then I encourage you to join.  The
Global Caucus is an excellent international forum for discussion of nuclear
issues.  In addition, the listserv offers current articles and insight to
keep members informed about the anti-nuclear movement and current events
related to nuclear issues.

    If you are already a member of the Abolition Global Caucus, then
please help expand our list by including the following advertisement in
your email signature:

"Join the Abolition-Global Caucus listserv to receive regular updates about
the Abolition movement.  The caucus provides an international forum for
conversation on nuclear-related issues.  Important articles and information
relating to nuclear issues are also circulated to keep interested
individuals and activists informed about nuclear issues.  To subscribe to
the Abolition Global Caucus send an e-mail to:
[e-mail]  (leave the subject line and body of
the message blank)."

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New Abolition 2000 UK Coordinator

    Please join me in welcoming Claire Poyner as the new Abolition 2000
UK Coordinator.  Claire previously worked at the National Peace Council as
membership and publications worker.  Claire is also a member of the
Campaign Against Arms Trade.  There will be an Abolition 2000 UK meeting on
30 March and plans will be made for a public meeting to raise awareness in
the UK.  If you would like more information about Abolition 2000 UK
activities or if you would like to send Claire a welcome message, please
contact:

Claire Poyner
Abolition 2000 UK
601 Holloway Road
London N19 4DJ
Tel [phone] Fax [phone]
Email:  [e-mail]

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Message from Peace Action:  LANL 2000 Protest

    Help us continue to work for the abolition of nuclear weapons.  On
9th August 1999, over 400 people confronted the nuclear weapons machine at
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), the belly of the nuclear beast.
More than 70 people committed civil disobedience and were arrested on LANL
property.  This year on August 9th, the 55th anniversary of the destruction
of Nagasaki, we need more protesters at Ashley Pond in Los Alamos bringing
even greater pressure to end the production of these illegal nuclear
weapons of mass destruction.

WE NEED YOUR HELP!  We are dedicated to ending the Nuclear Age.  But, we
need YOU and many hundreds of other people to stand with New Mexico
communities who suffer the consequences of nuclear weapons production.

WHAT YOU CAN DO:
Contact:  Peace Action New Mexico  505.989.4812 or at [e-mail]
COMMIT to joining us in Los Alamos on August 9th
Please tell your friends and pass the word!  THANK YOU


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Calendar of Events
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April

1-2  Nuclear Weapons Abolition Days Network (A-days) will host an
international meeting to discuss effective common action and lobbying
campaigns in Europe and to prepare for the NPT.  For more information or to
register, please contact:
Hanna Jarvinen Katri Silvonen
e-mail:  [e-mail]   Fax: [phone]

13  The UK and Irish Local Authorities announce the third annual conference
on nuclear hazards.  Themes for the conference include:
- - "Getting to Zero:  Implementation of the OSPAR agreement to cut
radioactive discharges
    from nuclear plants to the marine environment"
- - "Polluter or Remediator?:  Can the Sellafield nuclear complex convert to
clean up?"
- - "Protecting the Public:  Controlling the circulation of radioactive scrap
and preventing its
    incorporation into consumer goods."
- - "Managing Nuclear Waste:  Review of progress with the rundown of highly
active liquid
    wastes at Sellafield and the outlook for UK policy."
For detailed information about the conference, please contact the Nuclear
Free Local Authorities Secretariat at:
Town Hall
Manchester, M60 2LA, UK
Email:  [e-mail]   URL:  Http://www.gn.apc.org/nfzns/

16 Demonstration against the Laser Megajoule and tests in labs at Le Barp,
near Bordeaux France at 12 noon.  The event will be hosted by the French
Peace Movement and other Abolition groups.  For more information, please
contact:
Lysiane Alezard
Le Mouvement de la Paix
139 BD VICTOR HUGO - F-93400 SAINT-OUEN
Email:  [e-mail]  URL:  Http://www.asi.fr/~ddurand/

14-17  Keep Space for Peace!  Join activists from around the world in
Washington, D.C for four days of protesting plans to weaponize space.  For
more information please contact:
Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space
P.O. Box 90083
Gainsville, Florida  32607
Tel: [phone]  Email:  [e-mail]
URL:  www.globenet.free-online.co.uk

16-23  Holy Week Walk from Las Vegas to the Nevada Test Site.  For more
information, contact:
Cindy Pile
Nevada Desert Experience
Tel:  [phone]  Email:  [e-mail]

21-26   The Chernobyl Project is hosting a conferecen on on energy sources
of the future devoted to the scheduled closing of Chernobyl nuclear power
station and will be held in Kiev, Ukraine.  For more information, please
contact:
CHERNOBYL PROJECT
107 Avenue Parmentier
F - 75011 PARIS
FRANCE
Phone : [phone]
Fax : [phone]
Email : [e-mail]

22  Earth Day 2000 events and activities will take place around the world.

24-May 19  Mark your Calendars!  The 2000 NPT Review Conference will be
held at the UN in New York.  Stay tuned for forthcoming information on
action you can take to demand disarmament from the nuclear weapons states.
Daily meetings of Abolition 2000 will take place from 8am-9am at 777 UN
Plaza, 2nd floor.

25  Abolition 2000 will have a large demonstration honoring Hibakusha,
Downwinders, Indigenous Peoples and Affected Communities at Dag Hammarsjold
Plaza, 47th Street and First Avenue

26  Chernobyl Day (Chernobyl nuclear reactor accident, 1986)

28  Dance Party celebrating the Fifth Anniversary of Abolition 2000 at 611
Broadway, 9th Floor.

24-28  Auckland, New Zealand College of Humanities and Social Sciences
Massey University (at Albany) is holding a conference entitled "Enhancing
the prospect of peace within pluralistic societies and the pluralistic
global body, across the realms of Community, Nationality, International
Relations, and Individuality".   For further information on conference
themes and registration, please visit the website at:
http://www.massey.ac.nz/~wwsocial/homepage.htm
or contact:  Dr. Warwick Tie (conference convenor), School of Sociology and
Women's Studies Massey University, Private Bag & Helli, North Shore Mail
Centre, New Zealand. Fax [phone]
Email: [e-mail]

30  Abolition 2000 Annual General Meeting (business meeting); location and
time TBA


May

1-15  International Call-In-Days to White House & Congress on Star Wars No BMD!
These two weeks will be a crucial time for activists around the world to
help create massive pressure on Clinton and Congress to back away from
dangerous, costly, and destabilizing plans to allow "early deployment" of
the Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) system.

7-10  Alliance for Nuclear Accountability will host "2000 DC Days:  Nuclear
Accountability for the New Millennium" -- 4 days of training, education and
political advocacy.  Registration deadline: April 11, 2000
Form more information, contact:
Tel:  [phone]
URL:  http://www.ananuclear.org

7-13  Shoshone Walk and Run for the Damaged Land, Warm Springs to Mercury.
Please call Johnnie Bobb of the Western Shoshone Nation, Yomba Tribe at
[phone]

11 and 28    Proliferation Days  (India and Pakistan conduct nuclear tests,
1998)

22-26   The Millennium Forum at the UN will be an important opportunity for
Abolition 2000 organizations to interact with the rest of the NGO
community. The Millennium Forum is part of the preparations for the
Millennium Summit of the UN General Assembly that will take place in
September 2000.  For more information, visit:
Http://www.millenniumforum.org  or   www.un.org/millennium

22-27  "Visions of Peace" International Conference in Dublin, Ireland is
now accepting proposals for papers and presentations as part of the
UNESCO's International Year for a Culture of Peace.  The Conference is
sponsored by the Free University of Ireland.  Contact:
Sean English
55 Prussia Street, Dublin 7, Ireland
Tel:  [phone]   Email:  [e-mail]

June

1  Sunflower Celebration Day (US Russian and Ukrainian defense ministers
plant sunflowers to celebrate Ukraine becoming nuclear weapons free)

4-30  Peace Power 2000! Global Peace Services-USA invites anyone concerned
with active peacemaking to participate in a series of four week-long
education and training courses at Centro Maria in Washington, D.C.  For
more information, please contact:
Clara Doyle
P.O. Box 27922
Washington, D.C.  27922
Tel:  [phone]   Email:  [e-mail]
URL:  Http://www.globalpeaceservices.org

11 Action and demonstration at Crozon near Ile Longue (French nuclear
submarine base) : "for a nuclear weapon free Brittany and world" at 12
noon. For more information, please contact:
Lysiane Alezard
Le Mouvement de la Paix
139 BD VICTOR HUGO - F-93400 SAINT-OUEN
Email:  [e-mail]  URL:  Http://www.asi.fr/~ddurand/

14-18  International Network of Engineers and Scientists (INES) announces
an International Conference entitled "Challenges for Science and
Engineering in the 21st Century" in Stockholm, Sweden.  For more
information, contact the  INES 2000 Conference Secretariat at:
Gutenbergstr. 31,44139 Dortmund, Germany
Tel: [phone], Fax: [phone],
E-mail: [e-mail]
URL: Http://www.ines2000.org


July

1-9 August  The People's Campaign for Nonviolence will lead peace and
justice groups from around the United States in prayerful vigil and
peaceful protest at either the Pentagon, White House, or the Capitol
Building.  Each day, a different group from around the country will
maintain this call for peace and justice. For more information, please
contact the Fellowship of Reconciliation at:
Tel: [phone]. Email: [e-mail]
INFO: http://www.nonviolence.org/for/114.htm

6-9  The "International Conference on War Tax Issues" will be held in
Washington, D.C. The conference will be sponsored by the National Campaign
for a Peace Tax Fund.  For more information, contact the Peace Tax Fund at:
Tel:  [phone]   Email:  [e-mail]
URL:  Http://www.nonviolence.org


8  International Court of Justice Opinion Day (International Court of
Justice rules nuclear
weapons generally illegal and there exists an obligation for complete
nuclear disarmament)

8-13  The Sixth World Congress of Educators for Peace will be held in
Paris, France.  For more information, contact:
IAEP
13 Allee M. Robespierre
92290 Chatenay-Malabrie, France
Tel:  [phone]
Email:  [e-mail]

August

6  Abolition and Peace Rally for Hiroshima Day in Britany, France will
include a peace walk on the Menez Hom, a small mountain near the nuclear
submarine base of Ile Longue.
For more information, please contact:
Lysiane Alezard
Le Mouvement de la Paix
139 BD VICTOR HUGO - F-93400 SAINT-OUEN
Email:  [e-mail]  URL:  Http://www.asi.fr/~ddurand/

October

7  International Day of Protest to Stop the Militarization of Space

9   Nuremberg Day (Leaders held to account for crimes against peace, war
crimes and crimes against humanity, 1946)

19  Indigenous Peoples' Day (Indigenous peoples have suffered
disproportionate effects of nuclear mining and testing)

20-21  Asia-Europe Meeting III (ASEM III) will be held in Seoul, South
Korea.  For more information, please contact:  Gyung-Lan Jung
[e-mail]

24  Disarmament Week

24  United Nations Day


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Resources
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Websites

    If you haven't visited the Abolition 2000 website recently, you are
missing out!  In February, the Abolition 2000 website received an award
from Encyclopedia Britannica online as one of the best sites on the
internet.  In addition, Infoseek/Go.com recently ranked Abolition 2000 as
the #4 Watchdog Organization on the World Wide Web!
Http://www.abolition2000.org

    Reaching Critical Will, a project of Women's International League
for Peace and Freedom, contains current information on the forth-coming NPT
Review Conference.  Visit the website to learn about the history of NPT and
issues surrounding the upcoming conference.
Http://www.reachingcriticalwill.org


    The Nuclear Files has many documents and extensive information on
the history of the NPT.   The site also includes four new nuclear
proliferation research portals for North Korea, Russia, China and Germany.
Http://www.nuclearfiles.org

    Alice Slater has written an article about nuclear disarmament
entitled "Where's our Treaty?"  The article can be viewed at the Abolition
2000 website or copies can be requested from Carah Ong at [e-mail].


    The 24-page Plutonium Investigation Special issue on the USA is now on
the web:  Http://www.pu-investigation.org/gb/17_18/contents.html




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Letter from the Editor
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"On the occasion of the thirtieth anniversary of the NPT's entry into
force, the Secretary-General would like to stress that in order to  achieve
the ultimate objective of a world free of nuclear weapons, the international
community should  immediately start taking new and effective measures
to achieve the  inherently linked goals of nuclear disarmament and
non-proliferation.  Efforts to seek the elimination of all nuclear weapons
must remain a high priority."
Spokesperson for Kofi Annan
Secretary-General of the United Nations
3 March 2000


Dear Friends and Activists,

    As you know, the Non-Proliferation Treaty Review and Extension
Conference is just around the corner.  In light of its importance to global
disarmament efforts,  Abolition 2000 plans on having a large and visible
presence at the NPT.  Abolition 2000 has put together a packet of
information that you and your organization will find useful to prepare for
the NPT.  You will receive this packet very shortly.  Look for its arrival
by mail.

    Abolition 2000 needs the support and participation of all its
members!  Even if you are unable to attend the NPT Review Conference in New
York, you can help the Global Network to achieve its goal of global nuclear
disarmament by taking these simple steps:

1)     Enroll a new organization or have the Abolition 2000 Municipal
Resolution passed in your local government council.  Our goal is to have at
least 2000 endorsers by the NPT Review Conference in April.

2)    Write to your Head of State and Foreign Minister: Urge them to make
the NPT Review Conference a top priority and to personally attend;  ask
that they open all sessions of the conference to civil society.  A sample
letter is available at the Abolition 2000 website:
Http://www.abolition2000.org

3)    Honor the Hibakusha, Downwinders and Indigenous Peoples directly
injured by the Nuclear Age. We need your help to gather the names of
Downwinders, Hibakusha, and affected Indigenous Peoples from all over the
world for our demonstration.  Photos are also welcome.  Please send the
names and city, country, date of exposure, death, or accident, of nuclear
victims and the nature of their injuries, by e-mail to:
[e-mail]; or by snail mail or fax to: Global Resource Action
Center for the Environment (GRACE), 15 East 26th Street, Room 915, New
York, NY 10010; tel: [phone]; fax: [phone].

4)    Circulate the Abolition 2000 Petition! The Chairman of the NPT
Review Conference has agreed to receive our signed petitions this spring at
the United Nations in New York.

    Thank you for your support of Abolition 2000.  If you would like to
share information about what your organization or community is doing to
help rid the world of nuclear weapons, please contact me!  I would love to
hear from you.

In Peace and Solidarity,

Carah


Carah Lynn Ong
Coordinator, Abolition 2000
1187 Coast Village Road PMB 121, Suite 1
Santa Barbara CA 93108

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Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 06:01:52 -0500
From: Ellen Thomas <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) NucNews 03/16/2000 - Today on Capitol Hill

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Today in DC - http://www.washtimes.com/national/daybook-200031422038.htm

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10 a.m. =97 Armed Services' special oversight panel on Energy Department
reorganization holds a hearing on the national Nuclear Security=
 Administration.
Location: 2216 Rayburn House Office Building. Contact: 202/225-4151.

GENERAL=20

Nonproliferation conference  =97 all day =97 The Carnegie Endowment for
International Peace holds the annual Carnegie Non-Proliferation Conference.=
=20
The speakers include Gen. John Shalikashvili, former Joint Chiefs of Staff
chairman, and Energy Secretary Bill Richardson. Location: Washington=
 Marriott,
1221 22nd St. NW. Contact: 202/939-2294 or 202/261-9812.

Energy Information Administration news conference =97 9:30 a.m. =97 The=
 Energy
Information Administration holds a news conference to releases international
energy projections  to 2020. Location: Room 8E-089, 1000 Independence Ave.=
 SW.
Contact: 202/586-8800.

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NucNews Archives: http://prop1.org/nucnews/briefslv.htm
Today's Newspapers: http://prop1.org/nucnews/links.htm
Submit Letter/Notice/Article: mailto:[e-mail] (NucNews-Editor)
About NucNews: http://prop1.org/nucnews/nucnews.htm
E-Mail Archive: http://www.onelist.com/archive/NucNews
Subscribe:  mailto:[e-mail] (NucNews-Subscribe)

Here are excellent e-mail news resources (free, by subscription, for
educational purposes, in accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107.):

DOE Watch - [e-mail] | http://members.aol.com/doewatch=20
Downwinders - [e-mail] | http://[e-mail]=20
EnviroNews - [e-mail]|http://www.envirolink.org/environews=
=20
Planet Ark - mailto:[e-mail]|http://www.planetark.org/news/
Radbull (Radiation Bulletin for Activists) - mailto:[e-mail]

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<br>
<div>HOUSE COMMITTEES </div>
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<div>10 a.m. =97 Armed Services' special oversight panel on Energy
Department reorganization holds a hearing on the national Nuclear
Security Administration. Location: 2216 Rayburn House Office Building.
Contact: 202/225-4151.</div>
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<div>Nonproliferation conference  =97 all day =97 The Carnegie Endowmen=
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for International Peace holds the annual Carnegie Non-Proliferation
Conference.  The speakers include Gen. John Shalikashvili, former
Joint Chiefs of Staff chairman, and Energy Secretary Bill Richardson.
Location: Washington Marriott, 1221 22nd St. NW. Contact: 202/939-2294 or
202/261-9812.</div>
<br>
<div>Energy Information Administration news conference =97 9:30 a.m. =97 The
Energy Information Administration holds a news conference to releases
international energy projections  to 2020. Location: Room 8E-089,
1000 Independence Ave. SW. Contact: 202/586-8800.</div>
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Subscribe:  <a href=3D"mailto:[e-mail]"=
 eudora=3D"autourl">mailto:[e-mail]</a> (NucNews-Subscribe)<br>
<br>
Here are excellent e-mail news resources (free, by subscription, for=
 educational purposes, in accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107.):<br>
<br>
DOE Watch - </font><font size=3D2=
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Downwinders - </font><font size=3D2=
 color=3D"#0000FF"><u>[e-mail]</font></u><font size=3D2> |=
 </font><a href=3D"http://[e-mail]/" eudora=3D"autourl"><font=
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 color=3D"#0000FF"><u>http://[e-mail]</a></font></u><font=
 size=3D2> <br>
EnviroNews - </font><font size=3D2=
 color=3D"#0000FF"><u>[e-mail]</font></u><font=
 size=3D2>|</font><font size=3D2=
 color=3D"#0000FF"><u>http://www.envirolink.org/environews</font></u><font=
 size=3D2> <br>
Planet Ark - <a=
 href=3D"mailto:[e-mail]%7Chttp:%2F%2Fwww.planetark.org%2Fnews%2F"=
 eudora=3D"autourl">mailto:[e-mail]|</a></font><a=
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 eudora=3D"autourl"><font size=3D2=
 color=3D"#0000FF"><u>http://www.planetark.org/news/</a><br>
</font></u><font size=3D2>Radbull (Radiation Bulletin for Activists) - <a=
 href=3D"mailto:[e-mail]"=
 eudora=3D"autourl">mailto:[e-mail]<br>
<br>
</a></font>      Distributed without payment for=
 research and educational <br>
   purposes only, by subscription, and archived for the use of=
 all,<br>
             in=
 accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107.<br>
<br>
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