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abolition-usa-digest      Monday, March 27 2000      Volume 01 : Number 278




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Date: Fri, 24 Mar 2000 17:14:38 -0600
From: "Boyle, Francis" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) DU  Plowshares persecution  report

Published on Friday, March 24, 2000 in the Philadelphia Inquirer

'Plowshares Vs Depleted Uranium' Activists Face Harsh Jail
Sentences

by David O'Reilly

TOWSON, Md. - The judge in the tumultuous trial of four Roman
Catholic peace activists charged with vandalizing two A-10 Warthog
bombers at a nearby military base stunned the courtroom yesterday
by imposing long prison sentences.

The four, who turned their backs on the judge on Wednesday and
refused to cooperate with their own defense, chose not to enter
the courtroom yesterday after instructing their lawyers to make no
closing arguments or sentencing pleas for them. The lawyers, who
included Ramsey Clark, a former U.S. attorney general, followed
their instructions.

Judge James T. Smith of Baltimore County Circuit Court then
sentenced Elizabeth Walz, 33, of Philadelphia, to 15 more months
in the county detention center, where she has resided since her
arrest Dec. 19.

Minutes before the sentencing, the state prosecutor had told the
judge that state sentencing guidelines for the charges against
Walz, who has no record, call for probation or one month in jail.

Smith also sentenced Philip Berrigan, 77, of Baltimore, to 30
months in state prison and Susan Crane, 56, also of Baltimore, and
the Rev. Steven Kelly, 50, of New York, to 27 months, less the
three months already served in jail awaiting trial.

All had been charged with malicious destruction of property and
conspiracy for cutting a fence at the Air National Guard Base in
Essex, Md., on Dec. 19, and afterward pouring blood, hanging a
rosary and a banner, and hammering on two A-10 Warthog bombers.

Crane had also faced an assault charge for allegedly swinging a
hammer over head when air-base security guards came to arrest her.
The jury was hung on that charge, and it was dropped.

State's Attorney Mickey Norman, who prosecuted the case, had
recommended sentences ranging from three months to one year.

"They were prepared for the worst," Berrigan's wife, Elizabeth
McCallister, told a crowd of about 40 supporters outside the
courthouse afterward, "and they got it."

Smith, who angrily cleared his courtroom Wednesday when the
supporters burst into a spontaneous hymn of protest against his
rulings, yesterday justified his long sentences: The $88,622 in
estimated damage to the airplanes "takes it out of the normal
range of property damage cases."

He also ordered each of the four - who call themselves "Plowshares
vs. Depleted Uranium" and say they live residentially in near
poverty - to reimburse the government for the full amount of the
damage.

The sentences and reparation amounts can be appealed, but lead
attorney John Katz of Silver Spring, Md., said he did not know how
they would proceed. The defendants were not available yesterday
for comment.

After the verdict and prior to sentencing, Walz sent a note to the
judge detailing what she said were many unpleasant aspects of
Baltimore County Prison and noting that several other women's
prisons were more accommodating of inmates. For that reason, she
said, she asked that she be permitted to stay at the Baltimore
County facility "where I might be of some comfort to the women
suffering there."

The judge allowed her request.

The four claim that anti-tank bullets of depleted uranium, which
were fired extensively by Warthogs in the 1991 Persian Gulf war
and last year in Kosovo, pollute the ground and air with
radioactive particulates that can cause birth defects and other
serious ailments to civilians and military personnel.

The U.S. Department of Defense maintains that depleted uranium is
only slightly radioactive and poses no significant health hazard.

When trial began on Monday, Smith said he would not allow expert
testimony on the health hazards of depleted uranium ordnance, and
he refused to allow the defendants to argue that their symbolic
acts of vandalism - what they call "conversion" - were morally
justified because of the hazards of depleted uranium.

Nevertheless, Berrigan and Walz, who represented themselves, and
the three defense lawyers tried repeatedly to inject references to
depleted uranium, which provoked immediate objections by Norman.

Most of those objections were sustained.

The mounting tension in the courtroom came to a head Wednesday
when Smith refused to allow the defense to present witnesses to
testify about the hazards of the use of depleted uranium.

Crane then read a statement asserting: "We cannot put on a defense
about the dangers of depleted uranium..." The judge ordered her
to stop, but she continued reading: "We will not participate in
what amounts to a legal gag order."

Berrigan, Walz, Crane and Father Kelly then turned their backs on
the judge. Father Kelly began reading a passage about justice from
the Book of Jeremiah.

Then, someone in the audience began singing an old Catholic Worker
hymn: "Courage, Sister; Courage, Brother. You do not walk alone.
We will walk with you, and sing your spirit home."

Smith gaveled repeatedly for silence, but when that did not
succeed, shouted: "If you cannot control yourselves about how
deeply you feel about the system, you must leave this courtroom."

When the singing continued, the judge sent the jury out
temporarily and ordered deputies to clear the room, allowing only
the press.

The audience was allowed back in today, but with strict
instructions to remain silent at the verdicts and sentencing,
which it did.

In his closing remarks yesterday, Norman told the jurors that the
defendants had "used you" and later suggested they had been
motivated by a desire for publicity, "their day in the sun."

"It's a no-brainer," he continued. "They came to preach...
If you let your feelings one way or the other interfere with your
duty, that makes you as bad as them."

Some members of the audience groaned.

After the verdict, Berrigan's wife, McCallister, complained that
Norman had engaged in "character rape."

Wendy Leitner-Sieber, who with her husband shares a Catholic
Worker house in Germantown with Walz, said she was saddened but
not surprised by the guilty verdicts.

"Our friends acted as they felt morally justified, as witnesses to
the gospel of love," she said. "The verdict stands for itself."

(c) 2000 Philadelphia Newspapers Inc.


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Date: Sun, 26 Mar 2000 20:25:01 -0600
From: "Boyle, Francis" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) RE: Plowshares update


Liz : I have lined up an outstanding Protestant Minister willing to organize
some clergy on behalf of Phil, their fellow clergy. He wrote against the
morality of nukes the same time Merton did. He believes that what Phil did
is right. Please send me the name, address, phone, fax and email (if
possible) of Judge Smith. He will try to get through to the so-called
Catholic lawyer of the year. His name is Rev. Dr. A.J. Good, our family
minister, since i also joined my wife's church--Congregationalist. All my
best, Francis.
- -----Original Message-----
From: Elizabeth McAlister
To: Abolition-USA
Sent: 3/26/00 9:31 AM
Subject: Plowshares update

Liz here just sharing that I saw Susan Crane and Liz Walz yesterday and
Phil Berrigan and Steve Kelly this a.m. All are still in the Baltimore
Co. Detention Center or jail (women). They are fine; they are peaceful;
they are thankful to all who came and/or supported them in myriad ways.
Liz will stay in the Balt Co Jail and serve her time there. She still
welcomes mail #995-376.  200 Court House Court. Towson MD 21204
The other 3 expect to be moved by Tuesday - Steve and Phil to a
Diagnostic Center in downtown Baltimore for approximately 30 days; Susan
to the women's prison in Jessup MD to the quarantine-diagnostic
equivalent. We will keep you informed. If you wish to write them in the
interim, perhaps it would be best to send mail here and we will forward
it or await e mail updates. It is clearly a time of flux for them.
Some of them admitted to being weary after the trial but overall very
well.

And if they are thankful to you, I want you to imagine thanks and then
multiply it by tons and that can begin to express the gratitude of all
of us at Jonah House. For all - Liz

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Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2000 18:03:31 +1000
From: FoE Sydney - Nuclear Campaign <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) CAN YOUR ORGANISATION  SIGN NPT LETTER BEFORE FRIDAY?

Dear All,

Signatures on the "heads of State' letter to Foreign ministers, Prime
Ministers, and Heads of State of NPT signatory countries plus India
Pakistan and Israel are closing Friday!

So far it has been signed by about 300 organisations including FOEI,
Greenpeace International, International Peace Bureau, WILPF, World Court
Project, IPPNW, IALANA, 12 members of the European Parliament, 14
Australian MPs, 2 Canadian MPs, 2UK MPs, and MPs from Germany, France, and
Norway.
It has also been signed by the Uniting Church in Australia and by the
Anglican Synod of Canada.

It is to be mailed and faxed to UN missions, Foreign Ministers, and Heads
of State from the end of March, when signatures close.

WE URGE YOU TO SIGN IT BEFORE THEN.

To sign just email <[e-mail]>

Please make sure you include at least which COUNTRY you are from, and
preferably a non- cyberspace location. (country/state or province/city).


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.,

UK Organisations
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,
Norman Archie MP, (Conservative) Shadow Secy of State for Environment, UK
Parliament,
Alice Mahon MP, UK Parliament,

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,
Alba Circle Nonviolent Movement, Budapest, Hungary,
Peace Tax Payers, Budapest, Hungary.,

Solange Fernex, President, WILPF France, Paris, France,
Dominique Lalanne, STOP-ESSAIS, La Ville, France.,
Daniel Durand, National Secy., Mouvement de la Paix, Paris France.,
Harsh Kapoor, South Asians Against Nukes, Combaillaux, France.,
G=E9rard Levy, National Secy, The Greens, (Les Verts) France.,
Elizabeth Lavier, The Greens, Paris, 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.,
Vadim Diukhanov, Chair, Ukrainian Society for Sustainable Development,

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,
=46rancis Wurtz, MEP, President, Group GUE/NGL (Green-Left), European
Parliament,
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., USA.,
Rear-Admiral Eugene J. Carrol Jr, USN(Retd),  Deputy Director, Centre for
Defence Information,(CDI), Washington DC, US.,
Christpher Paine, Natural Resources Defence Council, Washington DC.,
Jesse James,  Director, National Nuclear Dangers Dialogue, Washington DC.,
USA.,
John Burroughs, Executive Director, Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy,
(LCNP) N.Y., USA.,
War and Peace Foundation, UN Plaza, New York.,
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,
Dr. Kathleen Sullivan, Project EDNA,(Engaged Democracy for the Nuclear
Age), Brooklyn, NY.,
Donald C. Whitmore, President, Third Millenium Foundation, USA.,
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.,

Bishop Walter F. Sullivan, President, Pax Christi 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, Executive 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.,
George W. Albee, President, 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,
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,
Michael Stowell, Arcata Nuclear Weapons Free Zone Commission, Arcata,
California, 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 Brian Grieg, Australian Democrats Senator for  W.A.,
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.,
Nnimmo Bassey, Environmental Rights Action/Friends of the Earth Nigeria,
Benin City, Nigeria,
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,
Kim Ejlertsen, Secy, Friends of the Earth Denmark (NOAH)
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]
http://homepages.tig.com.au/~foesyd






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