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Date: Fri, 12 May 2000 08:08:18 -0400
From: Proposition One <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) NucNews 00/05/12 - Gore in Oregon; Congress

Washington Times / Agence France Presse Daybook, May 12, 2000
http://www.washtimes.com/national/daybook-2000512213358.htm

VICE PRESIDENT AL GORE

      11:30 a.m. =97 Holds a discussion on Social Security, Portland
Community College, Portland, Ore.

GENERAL AGENDA

       Chinese airfields news conference =97 9 a.m. =97 The Center for
Defense Information and the Federation of American Scientists hold a
news conference to reveal new high-resolution satellite images of
Chinese airfields facing Taiwan. Location: Zenger Room, National Press
Club, 14th and F streets NW. Contact: 202/675-1007.

     ___________________________________________________

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Date: Fri, 12 May 2000 08:24:36 -0700
From: Jackie Cabasso <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) 2000 BY 2000: 28 MORE ENDORSERS NEEDED!

"2000 BY 2000" COUNTDOWN!  ABOLITION 2000 NEEDS YOUR HELP NOW!!!

ABOLITION 2000 HAS GROWN TO 1972 ENDORSING ORGANIZATIONS AND
MUNICIPALITIES!  WE NEED ONLY 28 MORE TO REACH OUR GOAL OF "2000 BY 2000".
WITH 6 MORE WORKING DAYS TO GO BEFORE THE END OF THE NPT REVIEW CONFERENCE,
WE CAN MAKE IT, BUT WE NEED YOUR HELP RIGHT AWAY!!  PLEASE REACH OUT TO
PEACE, ENVIRONMENTAL, LABOR, CHURCH, PARENTS, TEACHERS, AND OTHER GROUPS
AND ASK THEM TO SIGN ONTO THE ABOLITION 2000 STATEMENT.  ENDORSEMENTS CAN
BE SUBMITTED ELECTRONICALLY ON THE ABOLITION 2000 WEBSITE
www.abolition2000.org
OR FOLKS CAN E-MAIL ENDORSEMENTS TO ABOLITION 2000 COORDINATOR CARAH ONG AT
[e-mail]

ABOLITION 2000 PLANS TO HOLD A PRESS CONFERENCE NEXT FRIDAY, THE LAST DAY
OF THE NPT REVIEW CONFERENCE, TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE ARE NOW 2000 STRONG AND
THAT WE INTEND TO KEEP GROWING UNTIL WE ABOLISH NUCLEAR WEAPONS!  PLEASE
HELP US GET THOSE LAST 28 ENDORSMENTS IN.  2000 THANKS!!!


****************************************************************************
***************
Jacqueline Cabasso
WESTERN STATES LEGAL FOUNDATION
1440 Broadway, Suite 500
Oakland, California 94612 USA
Tel: + 1 [phone]
Fax: + 1 [phone]
Western States Legal Foundation is a founding member of the
ABOLITION 2000 GLOBAL NETWORK TO ELIMINATE NUCLEAR WEAPONS
****************************************************************************
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Date: Fri, 12 May 2000 14:35:21 -0400
From: ASlater <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) STOP THE NEW NUCLEAR ARMS RACE IN SPACE

www.times-up.net

************************************************
US REJECTS RUSSIAN OFFER TO CUT NUCLEAR ARSENALS
************************************************

President Putin of Russia has offered to cut
Russia's long-range nuclear arsenal to
1000-1500 warheads, provided the US does
not build its $60 billion "Son of Star Wars", in
violation of the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty.

Russia also urged that the world negotiate a
global missile ban, a much less expensive and
more secure way to prevent attacks from
so-called "rogue" states, but the US is
determined to proceed with its corporate-driven
scheme to militarize and control the heavens.
Outrageously, the Pentagon rejected the
Russian offer and advised them to maintain a
larger arsenal of 2,500 warheads on
launch-on-warning, hair-trigger alert as a way of
"re-assuring" the Russians that they would be
able to overcome the planned US shield.
Russia said it will revoke its recent ratification
of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty and the
Start II Treaty (cutting to 3,500 warheads) if the
US goes ahead with its "national missile
defense" scheme. Both Russia and China plan
to build up their nuclear arsenals if the US
militarizes space.

Sign a petition to stop this madness and
forward a message to President Clinton or your
head of state.

**********************************************
STOP THE NEW NUCLEAR ARMS RACE IN SPACE
**********************************************

WHAT YOU CAN DO:

**********************************************
1. Sign our petition and send a message to
elected leaders.
**********************************************

**US RESIDENTS**
To send a letter electronically, go to
http://actionnetwork.org/add.tcl?domain=TIMESUP

(Note: You will need to create a new password to sign
up - do not use your usual email password;
create a new one.)

OR - you can print out and send the letter below.

Dear President Clinton,
I am shocked and outraged that you have rejected President PutinÆs offer to
cut
the US and Russian nuclear arsenals to 1,000 from 1,500 warheads in order to
build a ôSon of Star Warsö against the so-called ôrogue statesö.  RussiaÆs
suggestion to negotiate a global ban on missile technology is much more
sensible, would save lots of money, and would make our country more secure.
Instead, you have told the Russians to keep 2,500 warheads on
launch-on-warning
hair-trigger alert, which is a much greater threat to our security that any
missile North Korea might be able to build some day.  We could easily handle
the North Korean threat by welcoming them into the family of nations and
establishing relations with them.

Please cancel any decisions to violate the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty to
build a ônational missile defenseö.  Take up the Russian offer to cut to 1,000
warheads and then invite the other nuclear weapons states to negotiations
for a
ban on nuclear weapons, just as we have banned chemical and biological
weapons.

Sincerely,

(Your name and address)

***********************************************************

***NON-US RESIDENTS***

http://www.gracelinks.org/gracelinks/timesup/nonusresidents.html

If you live outside the United States, you can click on the
link above or cut and paste the letter below to your Head
of State, or put it in your own words.

To find your Head of State,
go to http://www.trytel.com/~aberdeen/elinx.html

Sample Letter

Dear

I am shocked and outraged that the US has rejected
President Putin's offer to cut the US and Russian
nuclear arsenals to 1,000 - 1,500 warheads in order to
build a "Son of Star Wars" against the so-called "rogue"
states.

Russia's suggestion to negotiate a global ban on
missile technology is much more sensible, would
preserve the ABM Treaty, and would make our world
more secure. Instead, the US has advised the Russians
to keep 2,500 warheads on launch-on-warning
hair-trigger alert, which is a much greater threat to our
world security that any missile North Korea might be
able to build some day. We could easily handle the
North Korean threat by welcoming them into the family
of nations and establishing relations with them.

Please urge President Clinton to cancel any decisions
to violate the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty to build a
"national missile defense". Ask him to take up the
Russian offer to cut to 1,000 warheads, and then invite
the other nuclear weapons states to negotiations for a
ban on nuclear weapons, just as we have banned
chemical and biological weapons.

Sincerely,

(your name and address)

***********************************************
2. Enroll your organization in Abolition 2000 -
a global network to eliminate nuclear
weapons.
***********************************************
http://www.napf.org/abolition2000/orgendorse.html


***********************************************
Thank you - YOUR LETTER CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE!
***********************************************

www.times-up.net




Alice Slater
Global Resource Action Center for the Environment (GRACE)
15 East 26th Street, Room 915
New York, NY 10010
tel:  [phone]
fax:  [phone]
email:  [e-mail]
http://www.gracelinks.org

GRACE is a member of Abolition 2000, a global network for the elimination
nuclear weapons.

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Date: Fri, 12 May 2000 15:06:49 -0700
From: Jackie Cabasso <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) 2000 BY 2000: 28 MORE ENDORSERS NEEDED!

"2000 BY 2000" COUNTDOWN!  ABOLITION 2000 NEEDS YOUR HELP NOW!!!

ABOLITION 2000 HAS GROWN TO 1972 ENDORSING ORGANIZATIONS AND
MUNICIPALITIES!  WE NEED ONLY 28 MORE TO REACH OUR GOAL OF "2000 BY 2000".
WITH 6 MORE WORKING DAYS TO GO BEFORE THE END OF THE NPT REVIEW CONFERENCE,
WE CAN MAKE IT, BUT WE NEED YOUR HELP RIGHT AWAY!!  PLEASE REACH OUT TO
PEACE, ENVIRONMENTAL, LABOR, CHURCH, PARENTS, TEACHERS, AND OTHER GROUPS
AND ASK THEM TO SIGN ONTO THE ABOLITION 2000 STATEMENT.  ENDORSEMENTS CAN
BE SUBMITTED ELECTRONICALLY ON THE ABOLITION 2000 WEBSITE
www.abolition2000.org
OR FOLKS CAN E-MAIL ENDORSEMENTS TO ABOLITION 2000 COORDINATOR CARAH ONG AT
[e-mail]

ABOLITION 2000 PLANS TO HOLD A PRESS CONFERENCE NEXT FRIDAY, THE LAST DAY
OF THE NPT REVIEW CONFERENCE, TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE ARE NOW 2000 STRONG AND
THAT WE INTEND TO KEEP GROWING UNTIL WE ABOLISH NUCLEAR WEAPONS!  PLEASE
HELP US GET THOSE LAST 28 ENDORSMENTS IN.  2000 THANKS!!!


****************************************************************************
***************
Jacqueline Cabasso
WESTERN STATES LEGAL FOUNDATION
1440 Broadway, Suite 500
Oakland, California 94612 USA
Tel: + 1 [phone]
Fax: + 1 [phone]
Western States Legal Foundation is a founding member of the
ABOLITION 2000 GLOBAL NETWORK TO ELIMINATE NUCLEAR WEAPONS
****************************************************************************
***************

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Date: Fri, 12 May 2000 16:09:53 -0700
From: "David Crockett Williams" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) NM Fire = Nuclear Emergency Alert, Global Peace Walk

Below post describes info regarding radioactivity source and danger of smoke
plume from New Mexico fire threatening Los Alamos Nuclear Labs.

This morning in a phone call Reverend Yamato, now in that area with the
Global Peace Walk, explained he considers the situation a global emergency
and I should send out this announcement to email contacts following the
walk's progress.

Rather than just consider the origin of this fire, "brush clearing" by
Forest Service, the consequences of its expansion due to global climate
change induced increasing planetary wind velocities needs to be understood
in terms of potentially grave global consequences including now the
radioactive smoke plume moving across country, let alone the potential of
greater fallout depending on what else burns near the labs.

Tomorrow, Rev. Yamato will be conducting a memorial prayer ceremony at the
Vietnam Veterans Memorial near Angelfire, NM, community (Eagle's Nest) and
then the walkers and kitchen support vehicles, etc., will be going to the
Los Alamos area to conduct prayers and offer help in whatever way they can
to support local community and firefighting efforts.

Yamato has advised that he considers this so serious that Oklahoma schedule
of Global Peace Walk may be readjusted depending on how long the walkers
stay and are able to help in Los Alamos area.

Within 24-48hours I should receive another phone call update and will send
more info when available.

- -----Original Message-----
From: Denise Nelson <[e-mail]>
To: [e-mail] <[e-mail]>
Date: Thursday, May 11, 2000 8:06 PM
Subject: [downwinders] Radioactive cloud tracked by Lawrence Livermore Lab


It was just announced that Lawrence Livermore is tracking and
calculating all possible travel patterns of the smoke plume from Los
Alamos.  Due to this, one can safely presume the cloud falls under their
jurisdiction which means it is radioactive.

They (DOE) do not normally track fire/smoke plumes, nor does the DOE get
usually involved in tracking and projecting smoke trajectories from
forest fires.  The formal announcement from Los Alamos is that the
Radioactive substances INSIDE the lab are safe, but they said nothing
about the off site hot spots, nor radioactive substances stored outside
of the actual Laboratory buildings.  The cloud is visible from outer
space and is traveling east rapidly. Troy, NY was hit hard with Fallout
from Nevada many years ago.  Presently Vermont is having massive rains
and that will need to be watched....

Denise
Keep your Geiger counters handy...

- ---------end forwarded post------

David Crockett Williams
Chartered Life Underwriter
Bachelor of Science, Chemistry
http://www.egroups.com/group/legal-services-prepaid

General Agency Services  [e-mail]
http://www.angelfire.com/on/GEAR2000/genagency.html

Global Peace Walk 2000
http://www.globalpeacenow.org
Updates/Voicemail  415-267-1877

Global Emergency Alert Response
http://www.angelfire.com/on/GEAR2000

USCampaign  [e-mail]
D C Williams for President, Leonard Peltier for VP
http://www.egroups.com/group/williams-peltier

Science & Technology in Society & Public Policy List
http://www.egroups.com/group/dcwilliams

The Vision of Paradise on Earth, DCWilliams
http://www.angelfire.com/on/GEAR2000/vision.html

Nuclear Disarmament & Economic Conversion Act
http://www.PetitionOnline.com/prop1/petition.html

Easy way to Email Media and Government
http://congress.nw.dc.us/wnd

"An Agenda for Peace", one Global Peace Walk support letter
http://www.angelfire.com/on/GEAR2000/agenda.html









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Date: Fri, 12 May 2000 16:31:57 -0700
From: Jackie Cabasso <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) =?iso-8859-1?Q?NUKES_=93FOREVER=94--_US_PLANS_REVEALED?=

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: May 12, 2000                            =20
CONTACTS: Jacqueline Cabasso, Western States Legal Foundation c/o (212) 818
- -1861
                Greg Mello, Los Alamos Study Group: [phone]
                John Burroughs, Lawyers=92 Committee on Nuclear Policy (212)
818-1861

NUKES =93FOREVER=94-- US PLANS REVEALED

United Nations Headquarters, New York -- According to United States=
 Department
of Energy (DOE) documents just made public for the first time at the United
Nations, the US has plans to keep nuclear weapons =93forever.=94  This is in=
 spite
of the thirty-year agreement signed by the US as part of the Nuclear
Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) under which the US has pledged to end the
nuclear arms race and eliminate its nuclear arsenal.

As recently as last week the US renewed what it called an =93unequivocal=94
agreement to the =93ultimate=94 goal of complete nuclear disarmament in a=
 joint
statement with the other four major nuclear powers =96 Russia, Britain,=
 France
and China =96 released at the month-long NPT Review Conference now underway=
 at
the United Nations.

The documents revealing plans that would enable the US to keep nuclear=
 weapons
=93forever=94 were acquired by the Los Alamos Study Group, a=
 non-governmental
organization (NGO) that monitors the US nuclear weapons laboratory at Los
Alamos New Mexico.  The documents were unveiled at a UN meeting between NPT
delegates and NGOs on Wednesday evening by Jacqueline Cabasso, Executive
Director of the California-based Western States Legal Foundation, an NGO=
 that
researches and analyzes US nuclear weapons policy and activities.

The documents reveal US plans, presented at a DOE briefing in March this=
 year
by A.E. Whiteman of the DOE=92s Albuquerque New Mexico Office of Technology,=
 as
part of a report on restructuring of US nuclear weapons production=
 facilities
and technologies. Whiteman outlined what will be required to ensure that US
nuclear weapons =93remain viable forever=94 under the so-called =93Stockpile
Stewardship=94 program. Requirements, he said, include =93replacement and
certification of every part of every weapon.=94  A program called =93SLEP=94
(Stockpile Life Extension Program), Whiteman said, =93will be the driver for=
 the
replacement and certification.=94 According to the documents, Stockpile
Stewardship is intended to maintain US nuclear weapons =93indefinitely,=94=
 without
underground nuclear testing.=20

Commenting on the revelations, Cabasso told NGOs and UN delegates that in
combing through government statements, her organization has found numerous
references to US reliance on nuclear weapons =93for the foreseeable future=
=94 and
even =93indefinitely.=94  However, she said, =93this is the first official=
 reference
we have found confirming US plans for keeping nuclear weapons forever.=94=
 She
added: =93Viewed in combination with the shocking US =91talking points=92=
 recently
obtained by The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists declaring that both the
United
States and Russia =91will possess under the terms of any possible future=
 arms
reduction agreements, large, diversified, viable arsenals of strategic
offensive weapons,=92 it is has become undeniable that the real US intention=
 is
=91nukes forever.=92=94=20

According to Greg Mello, Executive Director of the Los Alamos Study Group:
=93These documents reveal a resurgent nuclear weapons complex that is=
 completely
out of step with the requirements of the NPT.  These legal requirements are
seldom mentioned in DOE documents and have had no effect whatsoever on US
weapons production plans. The DOE=92s proposal to spend more than $4 billion=
 on
new nuclear weapons production facilities and to produce at least 450=
 plutonium
bomb =93triggers=94  per year is outrageous and irrational. We call on the
international community to help up put the brakes on all plans for new=
 nuclear
weapons design and production facilities.  If built the facilities will be
used.=94

John Burroughs, Executive Director of the Lawyers=92 Committee on Nuclear=
 Policy
in New York stated: =93US plans to modernize its nuclear arsenal and to=
 maintain
nuclear arms indefinitely flagrantly violate both provisions of the NPT
disarmament obligation =96 the requirement to end the nuclear arms race and=
 the
requirement for good faith negotiations leading to complete nuclear
disarmament.=94 =20


#  #  #




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***************
Jacqueline Cabasso
WESTERN STATES LEGAL FOUNDATION
1440 Broadway, Suite 500
Oakland, California 94612 USA
Tel: + 1 [phone]
Fax: + 1 [phone]
Western States Legal Foundation is a founding member of the=20
ABOLITION 2000 GLOBAL NETWORK TO ELIMINATE NUCLEAR WEAPONS
****************************************************************************
***************
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United Nations Headquarters, New York</b> -- According to United States
Department of Energy (DOE) documents just made public for the first time
at the United Nations, the US has plans to keep nuclear weapons
=93forever.=94  This is in spite of the thirty-year agreement signed by
the US as part of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) under which
the US has pledged to end the nuclear arms race and eliminate its nuclear
arsenal.<br>
<br>
As recently as last week the US renewed what it called an =93unequivocal=94
agreement to the =93ultimate=94 goal of complete nuclear disarmament in a
joint statement with the other four major nuclear powers =96 Russia,
Britain, France and China =96 released at the month-long NPT Review
Conference now underway at the United Nations.<br>
<br>
The documents revealing plans that would enable the US to keep nuclear
weapons =93forever=94 were acquired by the Los Alamos Study Group, a
non-governmental organization (NGO) that monitors the US nuclear weapons
laboratory at Los Alamos New Mexico.  The documents were unveiled at
a UN meeting between NPT delegates and NGOs on Wednesday evening by
<b>Jacqueline Cabasso</b>, Executive Director of the California-based
Western States Legal Foundation, an NGO that researches and analyzes US
nuclear weapons policy and activities.<br>
<br>
The documents reveal US plans, presented at a DOE briefing in March this
year by A.E. Whiteman of the DOE=92s Albuquerque New Mexico Office of
Technology, as part of a report on restructuring of US nuclear weapons
production facilities and technologies. Whiteman outlined what will be
required to ensure that US nuclear weapons =93remain viable forever=94 under
the so-called =93Stockpile Stewardship=94 program. Requirements, he said,
include =93replacement and certification of every part of every
weapon.=94  A program called =93SLEP=94 (Stockpile Life Extension
Program), Whiteman said, =93will be the driver for the replacement and
certification.=94 According to the documents, Stockpile Stewardship is
intended to maintain US nuclear weapons =93indefinitely,=94 without
underground nuclear testing. <br>
<br>
Commenting on the revelations, <b>Cabasso</b> told NGOs and UN delegates
that in combing through government statements, her organization has found
numerous references to US reliance on nuclear weapons =93for the
foreseeable future=94 and even =93indefinitely.=94  However, she said,
=93this is the first official reference we have found confirming US plans
for keeping nuclear weapons forever.=94 She added: =93Viewed in combination
with the shocking US =91talking points=92 recently obtained by <u>The
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists</u> declaring that both the United
States and Russia =91will possess under the terms of any possible future
arms reduction agreements, large, diversified, viable arsenals of
strategic offensive weapons,=92 it is has become undeniable that the real
US intention is =91nukes forever.=92=94 <br>
<br>
According to <b>Greg Mello</b>, Executive Director of the Los Alamos
Study Group: =93These documents reveal a resurgent nuclear weapons complex
that is completely out of step with the requirements of the NPT.
These legal requirements are seldom mentioned in DOE documents and have
had no effect whatsoever on US weapons production plans. The DOE=92s
proposal to spend more than $4 billion on new nuclear weapons production
facilities and to produce at least 450 plutonium bomb =93triggers=94
per year is outrageous and irrational. We call on the international
community to help up put the brakes on all plans for new nuclear weapons
design and production facilities.  If built the facilities will be
used.=94<br>
<br>
<b>John Burroughs</b>, Executive Director of the Lawyers=92 Committee on
Nuclear Policy in New York stated: =93US plans to modernize its nuclear
arsenal and to maintain nuclear arms indefinitely flagrantly violate both
provisions of the NPT disarmament obligation =96 the requirement to end the
nuclear arms race and the requirement for good faith negotiations leading
to complete nuclear disarmament.=94  <br>
<br>
<br>
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***************<br>
Jacqueline Cabasso<br>
WESTERN STATES LEGAL FOUNDATION<br>
1440 Broadway, Suite 500<br>
Oakland, California 94612 USA<br>
Tel: + 1 [phone]<br>
Fax: + 1 [phone]<br>
Western States Legal Foundation is a founding member of the <br>
ABOLITION 2000 GLOBAL NETWORK TO ELIMINATE NUCLEAR WEAPONS<br>
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Date: Sat, 13 May 2000 18:25:32 +1000
From: FoE Sydney - Nuclear Campaign <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) 28 more endorsers needed for abolition 2000

Please reply to [e-mail]

NOT this adress.

Please spread this around.


"2000 BY 2000" COUNTDOWN!  ABOLITION 2000 NEEDS YOUR HELP NOW!!!

ABOLITION 2000 HAS GROWN TO 1972 ENDORSING ORGANIZATIONS AND
MUNICIPALITIES!  WE NEED ONLY 28 MORE TO REACH OUR GOAL OF "2000 BY 2000".
WITH 6 MORE WORKING DAYS TO GO BEFORE THE END OF THE NPT REVIEW CONFERENCE,
WE CAN MAKE IT, BUT WE NEED YOUR HELP RIGHT AWAY!!  PLEASE REACH OUT TO
PEACE, ENVIRONMENTAL, LABOR, CHURCH, PARENTS, TEACHERS, AND OTHER GROUPS
AND ASK THEM TO SIGN ONTO THE ABOLITION 2000 STATEMENT.  ENDORSEMENTS CAN
BE SUBMITTED ELECTRONICALLY ON THE ABOLITION 2000 WEBSITE
www.abolition2000.org
OR FOLKS CAN E-MAIL ENDORSEMENTS TO ABOLITION 2000 COORDINATOR CARAH ONG AT
[e-mail]

ABOLITION 2000 PLANS TO HOLD A PRESS CONFERENCE NEXT FRIDAY, THE LAST DAY
OF THE NPT REVIEW CONFERENCE, TO ANNOUNCE THAT WE ARE NOW 2000 STRONG AND
THAT WE INTEND TO KEEP GROWING UNTIL WE ABOLISH NUCLEAR WEAPONS!  PLEASE
HELP US GET THOSE LAST 28 ENDORSMENTS IN.  2000 THANKS!!!


****************************************************************************
***************
Jacqueline Cabasso
WESTERN STATES LEGAL FOUNDATION
1440 Broadway, Suite 500
Oakland, California 94612 USA
Tel: + 1 [phone]
Fax: + 1 [phone]
Western States Legal Foundation is a founding member of the
ABOLITION 2000 GLOBAL NETWORK TO ELIMINATE NUCLEAR WEAPONS
****************************************************************************
***************



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Date: Sat, 13 May 2000 21:03:42 +1000
From: FoE Sydney - Nuclear Campaign <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) NPT URGENT ACTION 2 (From Felicity Hill  Via FOE Sydney)

Dear All,

I am passing on Felicity Hill's second alert, from the NPT Review Confernce
at the UN, which is now moving into a final, crucial, stage.

I have appended to it the sample letter springing out of Felicity's first
alert, which also includes fax numbers, URL's,  that are also useful for
Alert No 2.

I have also appended a letter written by FOE Australia and the Australian
Peace Committee in immediate response to Flick's appeal, hoping it may be
useful in writing to your own governments.

If you use the sample letter, please take careful note of what Felicity has
said in her second alert.

Both alerts call for support for the New Agenda position, especially for
paragraph 1 of the New Agenda working paper.   Alert No 2 is much more
specific and nuanced.

NPT URGENT ACTION 2

from
=46elicity Hill, WILPF
Sharon Riggle, CESD
Merav Datan, IPPNW

The 2000 Review Conference of the Non-Proliferation Treaty brings together
187 governments to discuss the most widely supported disarmament treaty
ever, the Non-Proliferation Treaty, or NPT, which became international law
in 1970.

The five Nuclear Weapon States have signed the NPT and in doing so, they
committed to getting rid of their nuclear weapon under Article 6.  "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."

The Main Committee devoted to non-proliferation, disarmament and
international peace and security concluded its work at the NPT Review
Conference today.  Three draft texts were discussed at the last meeting of
Main Committee I.

There are still six working days of the conference in which there is
opportunity for NGOs to have an impact on the final outcome.   NGOs all
around the world can reinforce the efforts of NGOs at the UN by:

1.  Writing to and visiting your foreign ministry in your capital city.

2.  Writing to and visiting your parliamentary representatives, urging them
to contact the foreign ministry.

3.  Faxing and calling your delegation here in New York.  (For the contact
details in many capitals and all New York Missions, see
www.reachingcriticalwill.org  Click on the Governmental Disarmament
Contacts button).

4.  Writing to your newspapers (either articles, letters to the editor, or
particular journalists who might take up the issue)

This Urgent Action relates in particular to the most contentious language
in the FORWARD LOOKING DOCUMENT for ACTION OVER THE COMING 5 YEAR PERIOD,
developed in a Working Paper of Subsidiary Body I (a subcommittee of Main
Committee I) under the Chairmanship of Clive Pearson of New Zealand.  The
full document, (NPT/CONF.2000/MC.1/SB/1/CRP.7) can be found at:
http://www.basicint.org

We think it would be useful to concentrate on five paragraphs in particular
which relate to

1.  Unequivocal undertaking to the total elimination of arsenals (para 17)
2.  The ABM treaty (para 5)
3.  Annual reporting by nuclear weapon states (para 11)
4.  Dealerting, Deactivating (para 13)
5.  A diminished role for nuclear weapons in security policies  (para 14) &
the use of "Strategic stability" throughout the document

1.  Unequivocal undertaking to the total elimination of arsenals (para 17)

Para 17.  An unequivocal undertaking by the nuclear-weapon States to
accomplish the total elimination of their nuclear arsenals and, in the
forthcoming NPT review period 2000-2005, to engage in an accelerated
process of negotiations and to take steps leading to nuclear disarmament to
which all States parties are committed under Article VI.

Currently the last paragraph in the document, NGOs believe that this
"unequivocal undertaking" is in fact one of the most important elements of
the working paper.  This language reflects Operative Paragraph 1 from the
New Agenda Coalition's Working Document on Nuclear Disarmament, tabled on
the first day of the Conference.  (The New Agenda Coalition is made up of
Brazil, Egypt, Ireland, Mexico, New Zealand, South Africa and Sweden.)   An
"unequivocal undertaking" is the language proposed to replace the "ultimate
goal" language of the 5 Nuclear Weapon States. "Ultimate" means: last or
last possible, final. This explains why many states and all NGOs are fairly
suspicious of the word ultimate.  An undertaking is an action, not a
promise, which would then translate into a faster process than we have seen
in the past 30 years of the existence of the NPT.   Once there is a
demonstrated commitment to the TOTAL elimination of nuclear weapons, the
consequences will be an accelerated programme of action.

2.  The ABM Treaty

Para 5.  The early entry into force and full implementation of START II and
the conclusion of START III as soon as possible while preserving and
strengthening the ABM Treaty as a cornerstone of strategic stability and as
a basis for further reductions of strategic offensive weapons, in
accordance with its provisions.

The majority of this language is taken directly from the joint statement of
the five nuclear weapon states.  The consensus nature of this document was
only possible because of differing interpretations of the word
"strengthening".  Strengthening cannot necessarily mean modify but that is
how the US is interpreting this language. An unfortunate consequence of the
5 agreeing to common language has been the rest of the states parties being
reticent to comment on the danger of US plans for a national missile
defense which could spark a new arms race.   The essence of the ABM was a
recognition that reduction of offensive weapons requires a limit on
defensive capabilities.  The US government talking points leaked 2 weeks
ago (available on www.thebulletin.org) indicate that the US "comforted" the
Russians that they should maintain between 1,000 and 2,000 nuclear weapons
to have "the certain ability to carry out an annihilating counterattack=8A"

 3.  Annual reporting by nuclear weapon states (para 11)

Para 11.  Annual reports within the framework of the NPT review process by
all States parties on the implementation of Article VI and paragraph 4 (c)
of the 1995 Principles and Objectives for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and
Disarmament.

NGOs support an annual reporting mechanism and propose that there be a
standardised format or structure to the annual reports to streamline the
information provided and to avoid the proliferation of glossy propaganda
and self-serving or selective reporting.  The reports should cover the
number of weapons dismantled, in storage and deployed. The reports should
also detail nuclear doctrines and policy changes that relate to, facilitate
or obstruct nuclear disarmament.

4.  Dealerting, de-activating, removal of warheads from delivery vehicles
(para 13)

Para 13.  Measures to de-alert and de-activate nuclear weapon systems, the
removal of nuclear warheads from delivery vehicles and the withdrawal of
nuclear forces from active deployment for the maintenance and promotion of
strategic stability.

Even though dealerting was identified as the first step towards disarmament
in the Canberra Commission, it is still being resisted.  For persuasive
arguments and facts on dealerting go to www.dealert.org

5.  A diminished role for nuclear weapons in security policies  (para 14) &
the use of "Strategic stability" throughout the document

Para 14.  A diminishing role for nuclear weapons in security policies to
minimise the risk that these weapon ever be used, to facilitate the process
of elimination, to enhance strategic stability and to contribute to
international confidence and security.

This paragraph was originally targeted at NATO's renewed nuclear posture,
but has since been broadened to include any state that is explicitly
increasing reliance on these weapons.  On face value this paragraph might
appear positive but it contains contradictions.  The diminishing role of
nuclear weapons in security policies is necessary for disarmament, however,
the addition of "to enhance strategic stability" cannot be supported by
NGOs because this language reinforces a minimum level of possession of
nuclear weapons.  In other words, strategic stability and the abolition of
nuclear weapons are mutually exclusive notions.  The irony is that the
concept of elimination is right next to the concept of strategic stability.


*******       *******       *******       *******
=46elicity Hill, Director
Women's International League for Peace and Freedom
United Nations Office
777 UN Plaza, New York, NY 10017, USA

Ph:  1 212 682 1265
=46ax: 1 212 286 8211
email: [e-mail]
web: www.wilpf.int.ch  www.reachingcriticalwill.org

*******       *******       *******       *******


SAMPLE LETTER TO ALL NPT SIGNATORY FOREIGN MINISTERS AND NPT REVIEW
CONFERENCE REPRESENTATIVES

(Address and fax number of foreign minister)
(Address and fax number of UN mission/NPT Review Conference Representative)

Dear Foreign Minister, UN Mission, or NPT Review Conference Representative,

I am writing to you to persuade your government to support the working
paper of the New Agenda Coalition at the Review Conference of the Nuclear
Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) in New York at the United Nations
Headquarters, and most particularly paragraphs 17,5,11,13,and 14 of the
chairmans working paper of subsidiary body-1 of main committee1.

On 24April, the New Agenda Coalition group of nations, led by Mexico, New
Zealand, Ireland, Sweden, Brazil, South Africa and Egypt, presented a
working paper to the NPT review Conference. This working paper provides a
realistic, moderate, practical, and reasonable program of action for
nuclear nonproliferation and disarmament that should serve as the basis for
the final decision of the Conference.

That program includes the following elements:
- --An unequivocal undertaking by the five nuclear weapons states to
eliminate their nuclear arsenals, not as an 'ultimate' aim to be
accomplished at some remote date, but as an immediate obligation. For the
five nuclear weapons states to engage in an accelerated process of
negotiation, taking steps leading to nuclear disarmament in the coming
2000-2005 period.

- --Implementation of START-II and commencement of negotiations on START-III

- --The integration of all five nuclear weapon states into a process leading
to the total elimination of nuclear weapons.

- --Adaptation of policies and postures to preclude the use of nuclear weapons
- --Taking strategic nuclear weapons off hairtrigger alert.

It is requested that your government  support Operative Paragraph 1 of the
New Agenda working paper, which reads:
"The five nuclear weapon states make an unequivocal undertaking to
accomplish the total elimination of their nuclear arsenals and, in the
course of the forthcoming review period 2000-2005, to engage in an
accelerated process of negotiations and to take steps leading  to nuclear
disarmament to which states parties are committed under Article VI."

This is pariticularly important  because the nuclear weapons states have
themselves issued a joint statement on 1 May, which included the following
sentence:
 "We reiterate our unequivocal commitment to the ultimate goals of a
complete elimination of nuclear weapons and a treaty on general and
complete disarmament under strict and effective international control".

However, the use of the world 'ultimate' in this context,   as well as the
linkage to general and complete disarmament, means that the objective of
the elimination of nuclear weapons is in fact being postponed to a distant
future. The original language of the NPT itself (in force since 1970)
refers to the need to achieve results by an early date. The  1996 advisory
opinion of the International Court of Justice unanimously emphasizes the
obligation to actually achieve the goal of elimination of nuclear weapons.

I//(My organization) therefore urges you, Foreign Minister, to support
Operative Paragraph 1 of the New Agenda Working Paper, as offering a series
of practical steps to move towards the fulfillment of what are in any case
the clear legal obligations of the nuclear weapons states, to eliminate
their nuclear weapons arsenals at an early date. Your government should
especially support also the chairmans working paper of subsidiary body-1 of
main committee1, paragraphs 17,5,11,13,and 14 which now embody the intent
of the NAC working paper.

We urge you to give your full support to the measures outlined by the New
Agenda Coalition in their working paper, especially if your government has
not seen fit to do so before now. These measures offer a realistic way out
of the nuclear quagmire which the P5 statement does not.

The current embodiment of these proposals in the chairs working paper of
SB-1 of main committee 1 must therefore also be supported.

(Signed)

LETTER FROM AUSTRALIAN PEACE COMMITTEE/FOE AUSTRALIA TO FOREIGN MINISTER DOW=
NER






AUSTRALIAN PEACE COMMITTEE
=46RIENDS OF THE EARTH AUSTRALIA
12/5/2000

ATTN
THE HON. ALEXANDER DOWNER,
02-6273-4112, 08-8370-8166
PENNY WENSLEY, AMBASSADOR TO THE UNITED NATIONS,  0015-1-212-351-6610
cc
MARINA TSIRBAS, BOB TYSON, AUSTRALIAN NPT REVCON DELEGATION

RE:NPT REVIEW, CHAIRS WORKING PAPER, SUBSIDIARY BODY-1, MC-1

Dear Foreign Minister Downer, Penny Wensley,  Marina Tsirbas, Bob Tyson,
and Australian NPT Review Conference Delegation,

We are writing over language to be incorporated in the 'Forward Looking
Document for Action over the Coming Five Year Period', developed in the
Working Paper of Subsidiary Body-1 of Main Committee 1, chaired by
Ambassador Clive Pearson of New Zealand.

There are a number of paragraphs which in our view are particularly worthy
of support. Our comments and recommendations follow.

1)Paragraph 17 refers to 'an unequivocal undertaking by the nuclear weapon
states to accomplish the total elimination of their nuclear arsenals and,
in the forthcoming NPT Review period 2000-2005, to engage in an accelerated
process of negotiations and to take steps leading to nuclear disarmament to
which all states parties are committed under article VI'.

We view this paragraph and its wording as vital.

We note that this language differs from that of the P5 statement in which
the elimination of nuclear weapons is referred to as an 'ultimate goal',
and that, as such, it reflects more closely the actual legal obligations
unanimously reaffirmed by the 1996 advisory opinion of the ICJ.

We also note that the UK has proposed that the reference to the forthcoming
NPT Review period 2000-2005 be dropped, and that,  as would be expected,
there is resistance amongst the P5 to this language.

It is our view that this resistance should not be allowed to prevail, and
that Australia should take no steps that weaken the position of the NAC and
indeed the majority of the governments of the world in pushing the weapons
states as far as possible.

2) Paragraph 5 of the SB-1 Chair's paper refers to:
"The early entry into force and full implementation of START-II and
conclusion of START-III as soon as possible  while preserving and
strengthening the ABM treaty as  a cornerstone of strategic stability  and
as a basis for further reductions of strategic offensive weapons in
accordance with its provisions".

This language in many respects mirrors that of the P5 statement.
However, we would draw attention to a number of points:

a)We are fully aware of the obstacles that exist to the full implementation
of START-II, namely that the Russian Duma's ratification legislation
provides that instruments of ratification shall not be exchanged until the
US Senate in turn ratifies protocols to the ABM treaty agreed to in 1997,
but which the US Senate has made clear it does not desire to ratify.  A
mechanism needs to be found to short-circuit this block.

b)We are also aware that documents leaked to the Bulletin of the Atomic
Scientists show that a negotiating position,  'Talking points', conveyed to
the Russians, actually envisioned the maintenance, on hairtrigger alert, of
higher overall warhead numbers than the Russians themselves, for economic
reasons, wish to maintain in order to provide an assurance of deterrence in
the face of the possible deployment by the US of an ABM system.

Such a position undercuts any assurances by the US in particular that it is
interested in moving toward the elimination of nuclear weapons at all, and
in this context the word 'ultimate' appears very 'ultimate'.

We would strongly urge that START-III negotiations be aimed at achieving
the lowest possible warhead totals and that they encompass also the
standing down of nuclear forces from hairtrigger alert, as recommended by
the Canberra Commission.

c)The maintenance of the ABM treaty as a 'cornerstone' of strategic
stability has been emphasized in this context by the UN Secretary General,
by Russia, by China, by France, by the P5 statement itself, by the EU, by
the NAM and by the NAC as well as by a variety of individual countries.
Needless to say none of these statements emphasizing its importance seems
to have meant that a BMD system should be deployed,  or that such a system
is in any way compatible with the maintenance and strengthening of the ABM
treaty.  Australia should in no way encourage the US toward the belief that
it will be in any way supported in deploying a BMD system.

3)Paragraph 13 of the SB-1 MC-1 Chair's paper refers to:
"Measures to de- alert and deactivate nuclear weapons systems, the removal
of nuclear warheads from delivery vehicles and the withdrawal of nuclear
forces from active deployment for the maintenance and promotion of
strategic stability"

It will be well known to you that de-alerting was strongly recommended by
the Canberra Commission in 1996. The Australian Senate has twice carried
resolutions calling for nuclear weapons to be taken off hairtrigger alert
in the leadup to the Y2K rollover, as has the European Parliament.
Resolutions incorporating de-alerting have also been carried by the United
Nations General Assembly.

De-Alerting, or the standing down of nuclear forces from hairtrigger alert
would do much to lessen the probability of accidental nuclear war resulting
from computer or sensor glitches or from human miscalculation during a
crisis.  You will be aware that a number of frightening 'near misses' have
occurred over the years in both Russian but also in US nuclear weapons
command and control systems.

4) Paragraph 14 refers to:
"A diminishing role for nuclear weapons in security policies to minimize
the risk that these weapons ever be used, to facilitate the process of
elimination, to enhance strategic stability, and to contribute to
international confidence and security".

In this context it is disturbing that recent Russian pronouncements on
nuclear doctrine have moved away from the strong 'no first use' position
previously held, to one in which certain circumstances (no matter how
supposedly desperate) might justify the use of nuclear weapons. US and NATO
statements too, continue to envisage nuclear weapons as having a continuing
role, and recent developments in the proposed deployment of an ABM system
also point in that direction.

'...to enhance Strategic Stability' in this context should not be seen (but
is often seen) as a rationale for maintaining high numbers of warheads in
order to be able to assure deterrence in the light of the deployment of a
BMD system, or otherwise to ensure 'deterrence'.  In view of its potential
use as a way to defend the retention of numbers of nuclear warheads it
would be better if this phrase were removed.

It would be prefereable if it were absolutely clear to all that this phrase
means the standing down of weapons systems and the movement to lower and
lower (and then to zero) warhead numbers, not the maintainance of any
number at all of nuclear warheads.

5)NGOs favour the adoption of an annual reporting mechanism on Article VI
and Paragraph 4(c) of the 1995 principles and Objectives for
Nonproliferation and Disarmament, and that in order to avoid self- serving
and selective reporting,   there be a standard format in which the number
of weapons dismantled, in storage, and deployed as well as nuclear
doctrines, policy changes, force postures, and other relevant matters be
reported.

We commend these points to your attention and trust that you will be able
in particular to be able to offer strong support for Paragraph 17 of the
working paper.

John Hallam, Nuclear Campaigner Friends of the Earth,
Irene Gale AM, Australian Peace Committee


BELOW IS HOW TO FAX, FAX NUMBERS.

(NEXT THE ORIGINAL APPEAL.)

=46AX NUMBERS OF SOME FOREIGN MINISTERS

A URL where the fax numbers of every head of state and foreign minister in
the world is listed plus lots of information is this:
Http://www.abolition2000.org.

(Another URL that has the fax numbers of heads of state, foreign ministers
and UN missions and also has lots of information on the NPT Review is:
Http://www.reachingcriticalwill.org )

Some of the relevant fax numbers are listed below. If your country is not
on this list, you can find your foreign minister or head of state on one of
the two URLs above.
(The + in front stands for whatever your countrys ISD access code may be.
You only really need it if you are faxing some other country. I hope
however, that  people may like not only to fax their own foreign minister
but also those of Russia and the US.)

Some of these numbers may have changed. If any of them don't work, let me
know at <[e-mail]>  and check the number on the URL or with
your own telephone system.

If you are in the US,
Secy of State Madeleine Allbrights fax number is: [phone]
President Clintons fax number is [phone]
The US United Nations mission is on  Fax. [phone]

If you are in Russia, Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov's fax number is
[phone] or [phone]. (You need to be persistent with these
numbers)
The general Kremlin fax number is [phone]. (This is the slowest fax
in the universe)
Russia's UN mission is on [phone]

If you are in France, your foreign ministers fax number is [phone]=
,
Jacques Chirac's fax number is [phone].
=46rance's UN mission is at: Fax. + 1 212 421 6889

If you are in the UK, Tony Blairs fax number is [phone].
The Foreign Minister, Robin Cook's fax number is:  [phone]
The United Nations mission is on Fax. [phone]

If you are in Germany, the Chancellors fax number is: [phone],  or
[phone]
=46oreign Minister Joschka Fischers number is any of these: [phone]=
,
[phone],
[phone], [phone]
The German UN mission is on: Fax [phone]

Here are the fax numbers of some foreign ministers and UN missions:
If you are in Canada, your foreign ministers fax number is: [phone].
Canada, UN Mission -Fax. [phone]
If you are in Japan, you need to fax [phone] UN Mission -  Fax. +1
212 751 1966
If you are in Italy please fax [phone], or [phone] or
[phone]
Italy UN Mission - Fax. [phone]
If you are in Hungary, please fax your foreign minister on [phone]
If you are in Korea, try  your minister of foreign affairs on
[phone], [phone]
If you are in Brazil, your foreign ministers fax should be [phone]
Brazil UN Mission - Fax. [phone] or [phone]
If you are in Mexico, try [phone]
If you are in Greece try [phone] (or 0095)
If you are in Thailand, try [phone], or [phone]




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