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Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 10:05:31 PST
From: "Abolition2000 Pacific Region" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Nuclear Free & Independent Pacific Movement changes hands! To a Woman!!

Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 06:50:57 -1000
From: Pacific Peoples' Partnership <[e-mail]>
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     [e-mail], [e-mail]
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Dear All,

Anyone who wants to send personal messages of congratulations and/or well
wishes to Lopeti can still reach him at the Pacific Concerns Resource
Centre:

[e-mail]

Stuart [Wulff]

__________________________________________________

Press Statement

Vanuatu Honours Lopeti Senituli for
Contributions to Nuclear Free and Independent Pacific

Port Vila, 17 March:- Mr Lopeti Senituli, prominent leader in the Pacific
and spokesperson for the Nuclear Free and Independent Pacific (NFIP) was
recently honoured by Vanuatu when he was awarded a  First Class Medal of
Vanuatu for his contributions to the welfare of the nation of Vanuatu and to
humanity at large in the campaign for the nuclear free and independent
Pacific movement. This honour, which was bestowed by His Excellency Father
John Bani, President of the Republic of Vanuatu was witnessed in a ceremony
hosted by PIANGO (Pacific Islands Association of Non Government
Organizations) and attended by representatives of the government, heads of
regional and national NGOs, relatives and friends.

Born in Tonga and brought up in Fiji, Mr Senituli has been, for the past 12
years, the Director for the Pacific Concerns Resource Centre and the
strength behind the Nuclear Free and Independent Pacific (NFIP) movement. Mr
Lopeti is widely respected both regionally and internationally for his
commitment and dedication for promoting the vision that the peoples of the
Pacific cannot be nuclear free until they are independent and are sovereign
states in their own rights. In June 1999 the United Nations, in recognizing
the work carried out by the Nuclear Free and Independent Pacific movement,
was awarded consultative status at ECOSOC making NFIP the first NGO in the
Pacific to receive such recognition.

In a moving acceptance speech Mr Senituli said that Vanuatu had honoured the
Nuclear Free and Independent Pacific movement and it was a privilege to
receive the honour on behalf of the movement. He said that: "In times in
need of inspiration to continue the struggle, I bring up this snapshot which
is actual footage shot by the US army on Bikini in March 1946, roughly six
months after the US dropped bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

"The scene is on the beach of Bikini. And all the people of Bikini including
the chief Hiroitch Juda are seated on the ground as they awaited the arrival
of the US Commander who was responsible for the nuclear testing programme in
the Marshall Islands. And as he arrived on the Zodiac he was offered the
traditional welcome by the people of Bikini. The Commander was seated on the
chair while the Chief and his people were seated on the ground. And the
Commander speaking through an interpreter said: "I have come from the
fathers in Washington to inform you that we must remove your from the island
so that we can test this new weapon which is designed  to end all wars." At
the end of his speech Hiroitch Juda, the Chief of the people of Bikini spoke
and said: "Please Commander. Please convey to the people, the great fathers
in Washington the love of the people of Bikini. And we pray that our
sacrifice by giving up our land will be remembered as our contribution to
the good of  all humankind".

"Today the son of Hiroitch Juda is still trying to get adequate compensation
from the US government for the damage done to their land and the health of
the population.

Another snapshot that comes to mind is that of the late Father Lini in his
negotiations with the members of the Soouth Pacific Forum, especially
Australia and New Zealand, about the nuclear free zone in the South Pacific
and the re-listing of New Caledonia in the United Nations Decolonization
Committee list in 1986. Father Lini absolutely refused to give in to the
Australian and New Zealand government policy which said that New Caledonia
and French Polynesia were integral parts of France and the nuclear free
treaty that endangers the Australian and New Zealand relationship with the
United States will never be contemplated. And how Father Lini stuck to his
convictions to the very end.

"These are inspirations. For me as a person and as an activists which I try
to share with staff members, but also other activists in the movement.

"May I be brave, Your Excellency, to suggest that the fire next time will
probably be in the five Melanesian Spearhead Group of countries. I suppose
our honeymoon with the independence we started ^ with Samoa gaining
independence in 1962, Nauru in 1968, Fiji in 1970 and culminating in Palau^s
independence in 1986, the honeymoon period was probably over with the
military coups in Fiji in 1987. In the four independent Melanesian spearhead
group of countries - Fiji, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea -
have some of the best and the most progressive Constitutions in the world
because these were written up based on lessons learned from former colonies
in Africa, South-East Asia and South America. It is only now that these
Constitutions are being tested: The people are now starting to question
whether you can legislate for democracy or whether you can legislate against
discrimination. And this is where it calls for a complete review of what we
inherited on independence".

"And I think the governments of the Pacific that fails to take heed of
Bougainville, of what^s happening in Guadalcanal, of the military coups in
Fiji ^ a government that refuses to take heed of the peoples^ wishes is
doomed to take its peoples in the Pacific down the road that a lot of
African countries are currently on.

"The struggle continues of course. East Timor has gained its independence,
West Papua must be the next fight for us in the Pacific. For too long the
governments of the Pacific have refused to hear the cries of the people of
West Papua. While the struggle continues, the enemy now is different. When
we started off in 1975 it was the colonial forces that we were up against.
There were the Americans, the British, the French, the Dutch, the
Indonesian. Today the struggle is not as clear-cut. The enemy is not as
clearly defined. Because increasingly we must take on our own home grown
leaders and the types of governance in which they are leading our people
down. And increasingly now the infrastructures that we inherited on
independence are being tested."

In paying tribute to Mr Senituli^s achievements, Ms Hilda Lini, a member of
the NFIP movement said:

"What is unique about Lopeti is that many issues which Vanuatu struggled and
fought for were also visions that drove Lopeti in his struggles for
independence for countries in the Pacific. Lopeti promoted the issue for
independence for indigenous peoples of the Pacific regionally and
internationally. He supported the vision that if we really wanted a nuclear
free Pacific, we can only achieve that when all the countries in the Pacific
were independent. Amongst the many achievements which has been initiated or
supported by Mr Senituli personally and though his work with include:

* His work toward getting the British to compensate those on Christmas
Island who used the island for testing nuclear bombs;

* Getting agreement from the United States to compensate peoples of the
Marshall Islands for their damages from nuclear testing;

* Supporting the indigenous people in Australia in getting Australians to
re-write its history through the historic Mabo decision by the High Court of
Australia in 1991.

* Getting the United States to stop using Kahoolawe (sic), Hawaii as target
practice for their nuclear testing.

* With his leadership and work with churches, NGOs and other organizations
in the region, the halting of nuclear testing in the Pacific by France in
1996.

Ms Hilda Lini will shortly be taking the reins of the Pacific Concerns
Resource Centre as the new Director.

For more information contact PIANGO (678) 25607, fax [phone], e-mail:
[e-mail]



PACIFIC PEOPLES' PARTNERSHIP
(formerly South Pacific Peoples Foundation)
1921 Fernwood Road
Victoria, BC, V8T 2Y6, Canada
Tel: [phone]
Fax: [phone]
Email:  [e-mail]
Http://www.sppf.org




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Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2000 15:24:22 +1000
From: FoE Sydney - Nuclear Campaign <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) NPT 'Heads of State' Letter signatures closing end of March Pls Sign

ORGANISATIONS PLS SIGN BY EMAILING <[e-mail]>

John Hallam
=46riends of the Earth Sydney,
17 Lord Street, Newtown, NSW, Australia, 2042
=46ax (61)(2)9517-3902  ph (61)(2)9517-3903
[e-mail]
http://homepages.tig.com.au/~foesyd

Dear All,
If your organisation has not yet signed this letter, please sign it soon as
you can by emailing me on:
<[e-mail]>

If your organisation has not yet signed the Abolition2000 statement, you
can sign it by emailing:
[e-mail],
or by visiting
Http://www.abolition2000.org.

The NPT Review conference, which this letter urges heads of state/prime
ministers/foreign ministers to attend, commences on 24April and goes to 19
May.

This letter will be faxed and mailed starting April 2, and will be released
to media on 10April, in Canberra, New York, and hopefully London, and
Moscow.

Signatures close end of March.

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

PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN, (RUSSIA)
[phone], [phone],
=46OREIGN 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,
=46OREIGN 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=
=2E

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, Disarmament Campaign, Stephanie Mills, Nuclear 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.,
Pol D'Huyvetter, For Mother Earth International, Ghent, Belgium.,
Roland Schutzbach, President, David Schmitter, Vice-President, Global
Initiative, Solothurn, Switzerland,
Jim Morgan, ARC-Peace, International Architects, Designers, and Planners
for Social Responsibility, Stockholm, Swed, /NY., USA.,

Commander Robert Green, RN (Retd.), Chair, George Farebrother Secretary,
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.,
Nancy Zook, Christian CND., London, UK.,
David Morris, Chair, CND-Cymru,

Roger Cole, Peace and Neutrality Alliance, Ireland,
Eugene Mc Cartan, Chair, Communist Party of Ireland,
Sister Mary O'Connor, Irish Commission for Justice and Peace, Ireland,


Ulla Loetzer, MdB,(German Parliament) PDS,
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,
=46undatia 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.,
Marjan Willemsen, For Mother Earth Netherlands,
David Boerma, Netherlands Centre for Indigenous Peoples, Neth.,

Kostas Valiotes, Domcetzoglou Kyriakos, Pan-Hellenic Network of Ecological
Organisations, Greece.,
Stefanos Stamellos, Friends of the Forest, Lamia, Greece,
Ecological Movement of Patras, Greece,

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,
Galina Raghouzhina, WISE-Kaliningrad, Russia,
Natalia Kanyashkina, WISE-TOMSK, Russia.,
Alexander Koroleva, Ecodefense, Russia.,
Anatoly Korolyov, Baltic Resource Information Centre, Russia.,
Marina Roubtsova, Central Forest Biosphere Reserve, Russia/Ecologia Scotland=
,
Prof Anatoly Shahbad, Foundation Civilisation, Moscow.,

Alla Shevchuk, Odessa Social-Ecological Union, Odessa, Ukraine.,
Dr. Lado Mirianashvili., Director, 'Udabno' fund, Georgia.,
Natalie Kirvalidze, Environmental and Sustainable Development Centre 'RIO',
Tblisi, Georgia.,
Alexey Svetikov, Zelenyi Zvit, Severodonetsk, Ukraine.,

Dr. Caroline Lucas, MEP, Greens,UK, European Parliament,
Hiltrud Breyer, MEP., Greens, Germany, European Parliament,  Brussels,
Elizabeth Schroedter, MEP, Greens Group, Germany, European Parliament,
Brussells,
Gorka Knorr Borrass, MEP,  European Parliament, Brussells,
Pierre Jonkheer, MEP, Greens Group Belgium, European Parliament, Brussels,
Heidi Hautala, MEP Greens Group Finland, European Parliament,
Patsy S=F6rensen Member of The European Parliament, Greens Group,
Patricia Mc Kenna, MEP Greens Group, Ireland,
Nuala Ahern MEP Greens Group, Ireland,  European Parliament, Brussells,
Rolf Linkohr, MEP, Germany, Social-Democrats., European Parliament, Brussell=
s,
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.,
Sadao Kamata, Director, Nagasaki Peace Institute,
Senji Yamaguchi, Nihon Hidankyo, (Japan Confederation of A-Bomb and H-Bomb
Sufferers Organisation)
Dr Hideo Suchiyama, Former President, Nagasaki University,
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.,
Prof. Raul A. Montenegro, FUNAM, Cordoba, 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.,
Patrick Eyinla, Justice Development and Peace, 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,
Arjun Makhijani PhD, Institute for Energy and Environmental Research
(IEER), Tacoma, US.,
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.,
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
=46uture, 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, US=
A.,
Michael John Corley, Un-NGO Rep, Veterans for Peace,
Zia Mian, Centre for Energy and Environmental Studies, Princeton, NJ.,
Jim Boland,Peace Resource Centre, Wilmington, Ohio,
Marc P. Blaise Paige, Nevada Desert Experience, Las Vegas, Nevada.,
J. Truman, Director,  Downwinders, USA,

Senator Douglas Roche OC, Parliament, Canada.,
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=
=2E,
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).,
Kieth Locke MP, Green Party of Aotearoa (NZ), Parliament House, Wellington,
Carol Anne-Bradford, New Zealand Coalition for Gun Control, Auckland, NZ.,
Richard Frizzell, Nelson Peace Group, Nelson, NZ.,
Helen Kingston, Golden Bay Peace Group, NZ.,
Gary Ware, Peace Action Tuaranga, NZ.,
Miranda Bain, Psychology Works, Tuaranga, NZ.,
Rob Wilkinson, National President, Engineers for Social Responsibility, NZ.,
Ellen Mc Crae, New Zealand Federation of University Women, Canterbury Branch=
,
Jill Hawkey, Christian World Service, Wellington, 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 Lyn Allison, Australian Democrats Senator for Victoria,
Senator Andrew Bartlett, Australian Democrats Senator for Queensland,
Senator Bob Brown, Greens Senator for Tasmania,
Senator George Campbell, ALP Senator for NSW.,
Julia Gillard, ALP Member for Lalor, Victoria.,
Dr. Carmen Lawrence, MP, ALP Member for Fremantle, W.A.,
Jann Mc Farlane, Federal ALP Member for Stirling, 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.,
Tanya Plibersek, ALP Member for Sydney, NSW,
Robin Geraghty, ALP  Member for Torrens, SA., Aust.,
Richard Jones MLC.,(Ind) NSW.,
Lee Rhiannon, Green MLC, NSW.,

Ricardo Navarro, Chair, Friends of the Earth International
Ricardo Navarro, Friends of the Earth El Salvador.,
Brent Blackwelder, President, Friends of the Earth U.S., Washington., 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,
Daniela Stojanova, Secy General, Friends of the Earth Macedonia.,
Dr. Maria Minkova, 'Ekoglasnost', Friends of the Earth Bulgaria, Sofia,
Juraj Zamkovsky, Friends of the Earth Slovakia, Ponicky, Slovakia,
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
=46riends of the Earth Sydney,
17 Lord Street, Newtown, NSW, Australia, 2042
=46ax (61)(2)9517-3902  ph (61)(2)9517-3903
[e-mail]
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Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2000 05:53:16 -0500
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Subject: (abolition-usa) NucNews 03/17/2000 - Today in DC

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 =97The Nuclear Energy Institute  holds a news conference to release nuclear
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