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Date: Thu, 01 Jun 2000 09:33:37 -0400
From: Ellen Thomas <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) NucNews 00/06/01 -

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Excited to announce that Dr. Ted Taylor, one of the first whistleblowers,=
 has
posted a great website at http://www.tbtaylor.com/.  Dr. Taylor, adviser to
Presidents, Senators (etc.), a nuclear physicist who worked at Los Alamos=
 and
Lawrence Livermore Labs designing nuclear weapons, quit decades ago and has
been giving speeches ever since, because he had came to believe that what he
was doing was immoral, an addiction that must stop.  Good information, from=
 a
very good man.

Daybook - Washington Times and Agence France Presse
http://www.washtimes.com/national/daybook-20006122245.htm

      Energy Department meeting =97 10:45 a.m. =97 The Energy Department=
 hosts a
meeting to accept a donation for the Energy Department's Northern New Mexico
Fire Recovery Fund from the Japanese Nuclear Cycle Development Institute.
Energy Secretary Bill Richardson participates. Location: Secretary's=
 Conference
Room, 1000 Independence Ave. SW. Contact: 202/586-5806.
  =20
      8:30 a.m. =97 Navy Department holds a meeting of the naval research
advisory committee panel on quality of life. Location: Office of Naval
Research, 800 N. Quincy St., Arlington. Contact: 703/696-6769.
 =20
    Infectious diseases briefing =97 9:45 a.m. =97 The American Medical=
 Association
holds a briefing on "Infectious Disease: The Emerging And Re-Emerging=
 Threats."
      Highlights =97 10 a.m. =97 "Bioterrorism: A Real Threat or an=
 Alarmist's
Viewpoint?"
      10:30 a.m. =97 "Vaccines and Infectious Diseases: Putting Risks Into
Perspective."
      11:15 a.m. =97 "Antibiotic Resistance: On The Brink of a Public Health
Nightmare?"
      11:45 a.m. =97 "Emerging Infectious Diseases: A Global Problem and Its
Impact on the United States."
      Location: National Press Club, 14th and F streets NW. Contact:
202/789-7447.

    Lawsuit briefing =97 10:30 a.m. =97 The Initiative and Referendum=
 Institute and
the American Civil Liberties Union hold a news briefing to announce a=
 lawsuit
against the U.S. Postal Service regarding its regulation banning the=
 collection
of signatures on all postal property. Location: Treasury Room, JW Marriott
Hotel, 1331 Pennsylvania Ave. NW. Contact: 202/429-5539.

    Christian Defense Coalition news conference =97 1 p.m. =97The Christian=
 Defense
Coalition holds a news conference to unveil a national campaign on "Can a
Christian Vote for Al Gore?" The Rev. Patrick Mahoney participates.=
 Location:
Naval Observatory, Massachusetts Avenue at 34th Street NW. Contact:
202/547-1735.

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PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES:

Vice President Gore - Atlanta, Georgia=20

    10:45 a.m. =97 Greets patients of the Children's Cancer Ward Outpatient
Clinic, Children's Health Care of Atlanta at Eaglston, Atlanta.
      11 a.m. =97 Gives an address, Cancer Medical Quadrangle, Emory=
 University
Medical Center, Atlanta.
      2:45 p.m. =97 Addresses the 11th Annual World Report Conference, CNN=
 20th
Anniversary Celebration, Sidney Marcus Auditorium, World Congress Center,
Atlanta.

- --

Governor Bush - Nevada a.m., Sacramento Airport p.m.

        7:30 a.m. Conservation Announcement, Sand Harbor State Park - Hwy=
 28, =20
Lake Tahoe-Incline Village, NV 775/831-0494
        3:10 p.m. - Governor arrives Trajen Flight Support, Mather Field=
 10510
Superfortress Ave., Mather, CA 916/368-1455

- --=20

Ralph Nader -- today's schedule unknown, but the Green Party Convention will=
 be
in Boulder, Colorado on June 24th --
http://www.greens.org/colorado/convention.html for details.  Nader's=
 website:=20
http://www.votenader.org/

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Come Drum for Nuclear Disarmament on Saturday, June 3rd, 2 p.m., Lafayette
Park, across from the White House, on the 19th Anniversary of the founding=
 of
the Peace Park Antinuclear Vigil.  202-462-0757 for info;
mailto:[e-mail].




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<html><div>Excited to announce that Dr. Ted Taylor, one of the first
whistleblowers, has posted a great website at
<a href=3D"http://www.tbtaylor.com/" EUDORA=3DAUTOURL>http://www.tbtaylor.co=
m/</a>.
Dr. Taylor, adviser to Presidents, Senators (etc.), a nuclear physicist
who worked at Los Alamos and Lawrence Livermore Labs designing nuclear
weapons, quit decades ago and has been giving speeches ever since,
because he had came to believe that what he was doing was immoral, an
addiction that must stop.  Good information, from a very good
man.</div>
<br>
<div>Daybook - Washington Times and Agence France Presse</div>
<div><a href=3D"http://www.washtimes.com/national/daybook-20006122245.htm"=
 EUDORA=3DAUTOURL>http://www.washtimes.com/national/daybook-20006122245.htm<=
/a></div>
<br>
<div>      Energy Department meeting =97 10:45
a.m. =97 The Energy Department hosts a meeting to accept a donation for the
Energy Department's Northern New Mexico Fire Recovery Fund from the
Japanese Nuclear Cycle Development Institute. Energy Secretary Bill
Richardson participates. Location: Secretary's Conference Room, 1000
Independence Ave. SW. Contact: 202/586-5806.</div>
<div>   </div>
<div>      8:30 a.m. =97 Navy Department holds a
meeting of the naval research advisory committee panel on quality of
life. Location: Office of Naval Research, 800 N. Quincy St., Arlington.
Contact: 703/696-6769.</div>
<div>  </div>
<div>    Infectious diseases briefing =97 9:45 a.m. =97 The
American Medical Association holds a briefing on "Infectious
Disease: The Emerging And Re-Emerging Threats."</div>
<div>      Highlights =97 10 a.m. =97
"Bioterrorism: A Real Threat or an Alarmist's
Viewpoint?"</div>
<div>      10:30 a.m. =97 "Vaccines and
Infectious Diseases: Putting Risks Into Perspective."</div>
<div>      11:15 a.m. =97 "Antibiotic
Resistance: On The Brink of a Public Health Nightmare?"</div>
<div>      11:45 a.m. =97 "Emerging
Infectious Diseases: A Global Problem and Its Impact on the United
States."</div>
<div>      Location: National Press Club, 14th
and F streets NW. Contact: 202/789-7447.</div>
<br>
<div>    Lawsuit briefing =97 10:30 a.m. =97 The Initiative
and Referendum Institute and the American Civil Liberties Union hold a
news briefing to announce a lawsuit against the U.S. Postal Service
regarding its regulation banning the collection of signatures on all
postal property. Location: Treasury Room, JW Marriott Hotel, 1331
Pennsylvania Ave. NW. Contact: 202/429-5539.</div>
<br>
<div>    Christian Defense Coalition news conference =97 1
p.m. =97The Christian Defense Coalition holds a news conference to unveil a
national campaign on "Can a Christian Vote for Al Gore?" The
Rev. Patrick Mahoney participates. Location: Naval Observatory,
Massachusetts Avenue at 34th Street NW. Contact: 202/547-1735.</div>
<br>
<div>---</div>
<br>
<div>PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES:</div>
<br>
<div>Vice President Gore - Atlanta, Georgia </div>
<br>
<div>    10:45 a.m. =97 Greets patients of the Children's
Cancer Ward Outpatient Clinic, Children's Health Care of Atlanta at
Eaglston, Atlanta.</div>
<div>      11 a.m. =97 Gives an address, Cancer
Medical Quadrangle, Emory University Medical Center, Atlanta.</div>
<div>      2:45 p.m. =97 Addresses the 11th Annual
World Report Conference, CNN 20th Anniversary Celebration, Sidney Marcus
Auditorium, World Congress Center, Atlanta.</div>
<br>
<div>--</div>
<br>
<div>Governor Bush - Nevada a.m., Sacramento Airport p.m.</div>
<br>
<div><x-tab>        </x-tab>7:30
a.m. Conservation Announcement, Sand Harbor State Park - Hwy 28,
</div>
<div>Lake Tahoe-Incline Village, NV 775/831-0494</div>
<div><x-tab>        </x-tab>3:10
p.m. - Governor arrives Trajen Flight Support, Mather Field 10510
Superfortress Ave., Mather, CA 916/368-1455</div>
<br>
<div>-- </div>
<br>
<div>Ralph Nader -- today's schedule unknown, but the Green Party
Convention will be in Boulder, Colorado on June 24th --
<a href=3D"http://www.greens.org/colorado/convention.html" EUDORA=3DAUTOURL>=
http://www.greens.org/colorado/convention.html</a>
for details.  Nader's website:  <a=
 href=3D"http://www.votenader.org/"=
 EUDORA=3DAUTOURL>http://www.votenader.org/</a></div>
<br>
<div>----</div>
<br>
<div>Come Drum for Nuclear Disarmament on Saturday, June 3rd, 2 p.m.,=
 Lafayette Park, across from the White House, on the 19th Anniversary of the=
 founding of the Peace Park Antinuclear Vigil.  202-462-0757 for info;=
 <a href=3D"mailto:[e-mail]"=
 EUDORA=3DAUTOURL>mailto:[e-mail]</a>.</div>
<br>
<br>
<br>
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Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2000 02:38:17 +0100
From: "Lindis Percy and Anni Rainbow" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) SBIRS at NSA Menwith Hill UK

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 The first SBIRS satellite dish (one of two) was lifted into place on =
top of the 'stem' on 1 June 2000. The next stage will be the =
construction of the radomes which will cover up the satellite dishes.  =
SBIRS is well and truely at MHS and will probably soon be 'on-line'.

May we suggest that you click on to the CAAB website =
http://www.gn.acp.org/cndyorks/caab/ to see a photo of the SBIRS radomes =
before the satellite dishes go up.

Lindis Percy and Anni Rainbow

CAMPAIGN FOR THE ACCOUNTABILITY OF AMERICAN BASES (CAAB) 8 Park Row, =
Otley, West Yorkshire, LS21 1HQ, England, U.K.
Tel/fax no: [phone]R [phone]
email: [e-mail]
Website: http://www.gn.apc.org/cndyorks/caab/
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"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can =
change the world: indeed it's the only thing that ever does."     =
Margaret Mead=20


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Date: Fri, 2 Jun 2000 17:46:57 +1000
From: FoE Sydney - Nuclear Campaign <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) MOSCOW SUMMIT LETTER FAXED TODAY TO CLINTON/PUTIN (INCLUDES PRESS RELEASE)

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

LETTER RE START - III/ABM TREATY  FOR CLINTO/PUTIN MOSCOW SUMMIT FAXED TODAY

INCLUDES PRESS RELEASE, COVER LETTER AND FULL TEXT OF LETTER


The following was faxed to Presidents Clinton and Putin today afternoon
(Fri 2 Sydney time) (Cover letter and full text of letter).

The press release is to be faxed to Australian media and overseas stringers
tonight in Sydney, and on Fri 2 in Santa Barbara.

(Includes press release, cover letter to Clinton, Putin, and their
secretaries /ministers for defence and foreign affairs, and final full text
with all signatories for the Moscow Summit START-III/ABM letter)


[PRESS RELEASE ISSUED EVENING FRIDAY 2 SYDNEY TIME FOR SATURDAY 3]
EMBARGOED TO SAT. 3 JUNE
ABOLITION 2000
AUSTRALIAN PEACE COMMITTEE
=46RIENDS OF THE EARTH AUSTRALIA

WORLD ANTI - N - WEAPONS GROUPS CHALLENGE CLINTON AND PUTIN 'HOW LOW CAN
YOU GO?' IN START-III  MOSCOW TALKS

Anti - Nuke weapons groups and parliamentarians worldwide have challenged
Presidents Putin and Clinton, in START-III and ABM-related talks scheduled
to commence in Moscow tomorrow,  to go for the lowest possible warhead
numbers, to take nuclear weapons off hairtrigger alert, and to scrap the
proposed US NMD system, in the light of the recent review conference of the
Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty.

The letter bears the signatures of 162 NGOs worldwide including the
International Peace Bureau, the World Court Project, CND-UK, Womens
International League for Peace and Freedom,(WILPF), International
Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War(IPPNW), the Centre for defence
Information, Global Resource and Action Centre for the Environment, Tri
Valley CAREs, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, and Abolition-2000,(itself
composed of 2000 groups worldwide dedicated to the abolition of nuclear
weapons). It has been signed by 29 parliamentarians including a number of
members of the European Parliament, and 17 Australian parliamentarians.

According to Irene Gale of the Australian Peace Committee and letter
coordinator John Hallam, of Friends of the Earth Australia,
"The recent Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty Review Conference at the UN,
concluded with a final declaration that was signed on to by the nuclear
weapons states - which includes the US and Russia - in which they agreed to
the unequivocal and total elimination of nuclear weapons. Immense pressure
has been brought to bear by the rest of the world on the nuclear weapons
powers to fulfill their legal obligations under article VI of the NPT to
eliminate their nuclear arsenals. The US has been told by everyone from the
Russians and the Chinese to NATO not to deploy an NMD system. Presidents
Clinton and Putin must go into these talks in Moscow with this in mind, not
thinking how best to satisfy domestic weapons lobbies. They have no legal
option under the recent final declaration from the NPT review, but to
negotiate the very lowest possible warhead totals, and to proceed from
there in a smooth process with the other nuclear weapons powers to
eliminate nuclear weapons altogether."

Contact:
John Hallam, F.O.E., Australia 61-2-9517-3903, h61-2-9810-2598
Irene Gale AM, 08-8364-2291
Carah Ong, Abolition 2000, Santa-Barbara, USA., 1-805-965-3443


[COVER LETTER]

RE: START-III, MOSCOW SUMMIT

PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON
[phone], [phone], [phone], 456-6201

PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN
[phone], [phone]-205-4219

CC
=46OREIGN MINISTER OF RUSSIA IGOR IVANOV
[phone], [phone]

SECRETARY OF STATE MADELEINE ALBRIGHT
[phone]

MINISTER FOR DEFENCE IGOR SERGEYEV
[phone], [phone],

DEFENCE SECRETARY WILLIAM COHEN [phone]

Dear Presidents Clinton and Putin,
This letter concerns your discussions together on 4/5 June in Moscow. (It
is copied to the relevant ministers and secretaries of state for Foreign
Affairs and Defence, Ivanov and Albright, Sergeyev and Cohen.)

It has been signed by 170 NGOs including  30 parliamentarians worldwide,
who are asking you and President Putin to negotiate the lowest possible
START-III warhead totals, and are asking that the US not proceed with an
NMD system and not alter the ABM treaty.

I commend it to your attention.

John Hallam,
Letter coordinator.



PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON
[phone], [phone], [phone], 456-6201

PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN
[phone], [phone]-205-4219

CC
=46OREIGN MINISTER OF RUSSIA IGOR IVANOV
[phone], [phone]

SECRETARY OF STATE MADELEINE ALBRIGHT
[phone]

MINISTER FOR DEFENCE IGOR SERGEYEV
[phone], [phone],

DEFENCE SECRETARY WILLIAM COHEN
[phone]

Dear Presidents Clinton and Putin,

We the undersigned,  are writing to you in the aftermath of the Review
Conference of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), and in view of
your summit meeting in Moscow on June 4-5, with respect to the ratification
of the START-II arms control agreement, the negotiation of a START-III
agreement, and the possible deployment of a National Missile Defence (NMD)
system by the US, with the prospect of the modification of the
Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty.

Your two countries bear a unique responsibility for the security of the
world, as you possess by far the largest share of the world's nuclear
weapons.

The overwhelming majority of the world's governments and peoples are not
content to see nuclear weapons retained indefinitely by your two nations
(or by the UK, France, China, Israel, India or Pakistan). This has been
shown repeatedly in UN  resolutions  calling for the elimination of nuclear
weapons, and opinion polls supporting the immediate start of negotiations
for a nuclear weapons convention. Support for a nuclear weapons convention
is widespread in many quarters and cannot be dismissed.

Measures discussed at the NPT Review Conference which should form a basis
for your Moscow discussions include:

(1) Unequivocal and Total Elimination
The 1996 Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice, the
judiciary body of the United Nations, and the world's highest legal
authority, reaffirming the need to eliminate nuclear weapons in its
interpretation of Article VI of the NPT,   unanimously stated:

"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."

In the final declaration of the NPT Review, the NWS made an 'unequivocal
undertaking' to 'accomplish the total elimination of their nuclear
arsenals'.  This position however, represents a bare minimum.

The reality is that the peoples and nations of the world want decisive
action to eliminate nuclear weapons, and they will expect your Moscow
discussions to reflect this new undertaking and to demonstrate evidence of
your compliance with it.

(2) Take US and Russian Nuclear Forces off 'Launch-on-Warning' Status.

The final declaration of the NPT Review Conference contains a commitment to
take 'concrete steps to reduce the operational status of nuclear weapons'.
We therefore urge that both the US and Russia agree immediately to take
nuclear weapons off 'launch-on-warning' status.

The idea of an entirely accidental nuclear war, which 'launch-on-warning'
makes possible, must be intolerable to you, yet it has nearly occurred on a
number of documented occasions. Evidently the US and Russian military were
sufficiently concerned about this last year to establish a joint 'Center
for Y2K Strategic Stability'. With such mutual verification of early
warning information achieved between them, it should be possible to extend
this to monitoring de-alerting of their nuclear forces. Removing nuclear
weapons systems from launch-on-warning status would be the single most
responsible and important step that you could both take in Moscow toward
the complete elimination of nuclear weapons.


(3)Implementation of START-II

The final declaration of the NPT Review Conference contains a commitment to
the implementation of START-II.  This is highly uncertain due to US Senate
opposition to the 1997 ABM (Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty) protocols.
Consequently, both sides should agree to  unilateral reciprocal measures to
reduce their deployed strategic nuclear arsenals below START-1 levels in
accordance with START-1 verification procedures.

(4)START-III

The NPT Review conference has urged both of you to conclude START-III as
soon as possible. We therefore further urge you to work together to  agree
to   irreversible, verifiable, reductions to 1000 warheads or below for
deployed strategic systems, and in addition to verifiable measures to
deactivate and dismantle all remaining tactical nuclear weapons.

If your two countries are to satisfy your obligations under Article VI of
the NPT, and the wishes of the rest of the world, it is clear that you must
join with the other nuclear weapon states in a process that will take your
nuclear arsenals down to zero.

(5)Preserve and Strengthen the ABM Treaty

The final declaration of the NPT Review conference refers to the
'preserving and strengthening' of the ABM treaty.  This and the NWS
statement at the recent NPT Review Conference on the 'maintenance and
strengthening' of the ABM treaty should not be interpreted to mean the
treaty's alteration to allow NMD deployment.

We strongly urge that the US does not deploy a National Missile Defence
(NMD) system,  and that it cease efforts to amend the ABM Treaty to allow
such a deployment.  As indicated by the 'Talking Points', such deployment
merely encourages retention of large nuclear arsenals.

The UN Secretary-General,  New Agenda Coalition,  Non-Aligned Movement,
European Union, the other NWS and others have all  strongly reaffirmed the
importance of retaining the ABM Treaty.  The deployment of a costly system
of unproven and dubious efficacy against a threat that does not yet and may
never exist, will serve only to derail the process of nuclear weapons
elimination to which both the US and Russia are bound as NPT signatories.

The recent NPT Review  shows that the whole world wants you to take
immediate steps toward the elimination of your nuclear arsenals.
Accordingly we urge you in Moscow to make the deepest cuts possible under
START-III, and to proceed swiftly from there to the complete elimination of
nuclear weapons under strict international control.

Signed:

Bruna Nota, President, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom,
NY/Geneva.,
Maj- Britt Theorin, President, Colin Archer, Secy-General,  International
Peace Bureau,(IPB) Geneva., Switz.,
Dr Mary Wynne-Ashford, Co-Chair, Michael Christ, Executive Director, Merav
Datan,   International Coordinator,  International Physicians for the
Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW), Cambridge, Mass,

Maj-Britt Theorin, MEP, European Parliament,
Caroline Lucas MEP, Green MEP for South East England, European Parliament,
Hiltrud Bryer, Md EP, Green MEP for Germany, European Parliament,
=46rank Cook MP, Vice-President, NATO Parliamentary Assembly,
=46ranz Floss, Spokesperson, European Federation of Green Parties, Vienna,
Austria.,

Commander Robert D. Green, Royal Navy (Ret'd.), Chair, George Farebrother,
Secy., World Court Project UK,  Hailsham, Sussex, UK.,
Dave Knight, Chair, Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, (CND) UK.,
Lynne Jones, MP Birmingham Selly Oak, House of Commons, Lond., UK
Dr. Phyllis Starkey, MP Milton Keynes Southwest, House of Commons, Lond., UK=
=2E,
Janet Bloomfield, Former chair CND.,  Saffron-Walden Group Against Nuclear
Weapons, Saffron-Walden, Essex, UK.,
Jenny Maxwell, West Midland Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, Birmingham, UK=
=2E,
R. Ralph, Secy, Woking Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, Woking, Surrey, UK.=
,
Jill Stallard, CND-Cymru, Wales.,  UK.,
Anni Rainbow and Lindis Percy, Campaign for the Accountability of American
Bases, Otley, Yorks, UK.,
Di Mc Donald, Nuclear Information Service, UK.,
Margaret Turner, President, Womens International League for Peace and
=46reedom, UK.,
Rosy Bremer, South East Hants Peace Council, UK.,
Glen Lee, Orpington Womens Peace Group, Orpington, UK,
Shiela Triggs, Chair, Orpington Branch, Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament,
Orpington, UK.,

Daniel Durand, National Secretary, Mouvement de la Paix, St-Ouen, France.,
Dr. Jean-Marie Matagne, President, Action des Citoyens pour le D=E9sarmement
Nucl=E9aire (ACDN),  France.,
Elizabeth Lavier, Les Verts, France.,

Stephanie Fournier, Balearic Group of Ornithology and Defence of Nature,
Palma de Mallorca, Spain.,
Jo Lau, Italian Lawyers Against Nuclear Arms, Florence, Italy,

Ak Malten, Global Anti-Nuclear Alliance, The Hague, Netherlands,
Eloi Glorieux, MP  Flemish Regional Parliament, Belgium.,
Peter Vanhoutte, MP Greens Belgium, Belgian Defence Committee Member,
Brussels, Belgium.,
Senator Tom Pitstra, Green-Left Senator, Parliament, Netherlands.,
=46iona Dove, Transnational Institute, Amsterdam, Netherlands,
Marjan Willemsen, For Mother Earth, Netherlands,
Hans Taselaar, INZET (Association for North/South Campaigns,) Amsterdam, Net=
h.,

Regina Hagen, Darmstaedter Friedensforum, Germany.,
Eva Quistorp, MEP, Women for Peace, Germany.,
Bernd Frieboese, Ole Von Uexkull (Swed), BARSEBACKSOFFENSIV, Berlin/Lund.
Roland Blach, Non-Violent Action to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, Germany.,
Clemens Ronnefeldt, Secy., International Fellowship of Reconciliation.,(
German Branch,)
Dr Hanne-M. Birkenbach, Schleswig-Holstien Institute for  Peace Research,
Kiel, Germany.,
Wolfgang Schlupp-Hauck, Friedens Und Begenungsstatte Mutlangen eV

Dr. Arthur Muhl, President, International Physicians for the Prevention of
Nuclear War, (IPPNW) Switzerland.,
Matthias Reichl, Centre for Encounters and Active Non-Violence, Austria,

Aurel Duta, Mama Terra/For Mother Earth Romania, Bucharest, Romania,
Alba Circle Non-Violent Movement, Hungary,

Malla Kantola, Secretary-General, Committee of 100, Helsinki, Finland.,
Lea Launokari, Women for Peace, Helsinki, Finland.,
Gerd Soderholm, Women Against Nuclear Power, Helsinki Finland.,

Thor Magnusson, Peace 2000 Institute, Reykjavik, Iceland,
Terje Stokstad, Chair, Nej Til Atomvapen, Oslo, Norway.,
Bjorn Hilt,Chair, Professor Kirsten Osen, Vice-Chair,  IPPNW Norway
(Norwegian Physicians Against Nuclear War,) Trondhiem/Oslo Norway,
Gunnar Westberg MD., President, Swedish Physicians for the Prevention of
Nuclear War., (SLMK)  Goteborg, Sweden.,
Allan Elm, Danish Association of Sustainable Communities,

Galina Ragouzhina, WISE-Kaliningrad, Russia.,
Natalia Koniachkina, WISE-TOMSK, Russia.,
Alexandra Koroleva, Ecodefense Kaliningrad, Russia.,

Victor Khazan MP,  Ukrainian Environmental Association 'Zelenyi Zvit'
(Friends of  the Earth Ukraine), Dnipropetrovsk, Kiev, Ukraine,
Nadia Sosovkina, Coordinator, Ukrainian Society for Sustainable
Development, Kiev, Ukraine.,
Alla Shevchuck, Odessa Social-Ecological Union, Odessa, Ukraine,
Vyacheslav Stepanov, Black Sea department of Ukrainian Ecological Academy
of Science, Ukraine.,

Bahig Nassar, Coordinator, Arab Coordination Centre of NGOs, Egypt.
Green Action for Social-Ecological Change, Tel Aviv, Israel.,
Jean P. Patterson, Womens International League for Peace and Freedom,
Costa-Rica.,
Jean P. Patterson, Friends Peace Centre, San Jose, Costa Rica.,
Grace de Hara, Lihue Association, Patagonia, Argentina.,
Aurora Donoso, Accion Ecologica, (Friends of the Earth Ecuador), Quito,
Ecuador,
Richard Salvador, Abolition2000 Pacific, Pacific Island Association of
NGOs, Belau,
Ammu Abraham, Womens Centre, Bombay., India.,
Marco Kapellberger, Global Peoples Assembly, Samoa.,
Aditi Chowdhury, Asian Regional Exchange for New Alternatives., Hong-Kong.,
Corazon Valdez- Fabros, Secretary-General, Nuclear-free Phillipines
Coalition., Manila, Phillipines,

MW Faruque, Youth Approach for Development and Cooperation, Dhaka, Banglades=
h.,
M. Shahidul Ahsan, Bangladesh Campaign to Ban Landmines., Dhaka,
Al Haj Safu Mia Sarker, Bangabandhu Srimte Sangsad, Bashurhat, Noakhali,
Berhampur, Bangladesh.,
Shara Jaker, Muktijoddah Jadhugar (Liberation War Museum), Dhaka., Banglades=
h.,
Abir Ahad, Bangabandhu Research Organization, Dhaka, Bangladesh,
Hannan Chowdhury, Suganda Sanskritik Kendra, Dhaka, Bangladesh.,
Babul Ahmed Pervez, Bangladesh Journalists Association.,

Bill Blaikie MP, House Leader, New Democratic Party of Canada,
Neil Arya, President, Physicians for Global Survival, Canada,
David Morgan, President, Veterans Against Nuclear Arms, Vancouver, BC, Canad=
a,
Joyce Lydiard, WILPF-British Columbia, Canada.,
Desmond Berghofer, Institute for Ethical Leadership, Vancouver, Canada,
Tryna Booth, Canadian Peace Alliance.,
Linda Murphy, President, Inter-Church Uranium Committee, Saskatoon,
Saskatchewan, Canada,
Kira Van Deusen, Foundation for Indigenous Siberian Culture and Native
Exchange, Vancouver, Canada,
David Greenfield, Green Party of Canada, Saskatoon, Canada,

Rear-Admiral Eugene J. Carroll, Jr., US Navy (Ret'd.), Centre for Defence
Information, Washington DC.,
Carah Ong, Coordinator, Abolition-2000, Santa Barbara, Calif.,
David Krieger, President, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, Santa Barbara,
Calif., USA.,
Ellen Thomas, Proposition One Committee, Washington DC., US.,
Marylia Kelly, Executive Director, Sally Light, Nuclear Weapons Program
Analyst,
Tri-Valley CAREs, Livermore, Calif.,
Alice Slater, Director, Global Resource and Action Centre for the
Environment, NY., USA.,
Martin Butcher, Director of Security Programs, Physicians for Social
Responsibility, Washington DC., US.,
John Burroughs, Executive Director, Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy,
NY., USA.,
Jackie Cabasso, Western States Legal Foundation, Oakland Calif, USA.,
Chris Paine, Senior Researcher, Natural Resources Defence Council (NRDC),
Washington, DC.,
Bill Smirnow, Nuclear-Free America, Huntingdon, NY., USA.,
Bishop Walter Sullivan, President, Pax Christi, USA.,
Bob Kinsey, Peace and Justice Task Force, Rocky Mountain Conference, United
Church of Christ., Boulder Colorado, USA.,
Mia Adjali, General Board of Global Ministries, United Methodist Church,
N.Y., USA.,
Howard W. Hallman, Chair,  Methodists United for Peace With Justice,
Washington DC., USA.,
Rev. Robert Moore, Coalition for Peace Action., Princeton, NJ., USA.,
Phyllis Yingling, President, Womens International League for Peace and
=46reedom, USA,
Anthony Guarisco, Alliance of Atomic Veterans, USA.,
Dana L. Richter, Copper Country Peace Alliance, Houghton, Michigan, USA.,
Bob Kinsey, Colorado Coalition for the Prevention of War.,
Bruce K. Gagnon, Coordinator, Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear
Power in Space, Gainesville, Fl, USA.,
George W. Albee, President, Psychologists for Social Responsibility,
Washington DC., USA.,
John M Phelan, Chairman, Fordham Centre for Communication Policy and
Ethics, USA.,
Barbara Weidener, Director/Founder, Grandmothers for Peace International,
Elk Grove, Calif., USA.,
Kevin Martin, Director, Project Abolition, Goshen, Indiana, USA.,
Hari Scardo, Veterans for Peace, Washington, DC., USA.,
Randall Caroline Forsberg, Institute for Defence and Disarmament Studies, US=
A.,
Sue Ann Foster, Mandala Centre, Carmichael, CA, USA.,
Karen Talbott, Director, International Centre for Peace and Justice, USA.,
Jack and Felice Cohen-Joppa, The Nuclear Resister, Tucson, Ariz., USA,
Rochelle Becker, San Luis Obispo Mothers for Peace, Calif., USA.,
Carol Vesecky, Director, Biointensive for Russia., Palo Alto Calif.,
Rob Wheeler, Millenium Assembly Peoples Network, USA.,
Donald C. Whitmore, President, Third Millenium Foundation,  Auburn,
Washington USA.,
Sam Marshall/Robert Randall, Trident-To-Life Campaign, Brunswick., GA, USA.,
The Jonah House Community,
Dr Carol Rosin, Founder,  Institute for Security and Cooperation in Outer
Space, (ISCOS), Ventura, Calif, USA.,
Michele Artt, Chairperson, Michigan Chapter, US Peace Council,
Manna Jo Greene,  Hudson Valley Sustainable Communities Network,
Patricia J. Birnie, GE Stockholders Alliance for a Nuclear- Free Future,
Tucson, Arizona, USA.,
Betty Schroeder, Chair, BANDU, Tucson, Ariz., USA.,
Brian Watson, Ground Zero Center for Non-Violent Action., USA.,
Motoki Hashima, A. U. Coalition for a Nuclear-Free World, Wash, DC.,

Chris Carter MP, Junior Government Whip, MP for Te-Atatu, NZ.,
Kate Dewes, Disarmament and Security Centre, Christchurch, NZ.,
Megan Hutching, National Secretary, Womens International League for Peace
and Freedom, Aotearoa/NZ.,
Barney Richards, National Secretary, Peace Council of Aotearoa/NZ.,
Marion Hancock, Peace Foundation, Aotearoa/NZ,
Jim Holdom, CORSO., NZ.,
Theresa Ruth Scott, National Council of Women, Hamilton, NZ
Dame Laurie Salas, Abolition 2000 NZ., Wellington, NZ.,
J.P. Morrison, Past President, Canterbury Workers Educational Association.,
Christchurch, NZ,
J. P. Morrison, Disarmament Officer, United Nations Association of New
Zealand, Christchurch, NZ.,
Tom La Roche, Engineers for Social Responsibility, New Zealand,
Larry Ross, New Zealand Nuclear-Free Peacemaking Association,   NZ.,

Dr. Carmen Lawrence, MP Member for Fremantle, Parliamentarians for a
Nuclear-Free Future,  Australia.
Jill Hall MP, Federal Member for Shortland, Australia,
Tanya Plibersek MP, Federal Member for Sydney, Federal Parliament, Aust.,
Julia Gillard, Federal Member for Lalor, Federal Parliament, Aust.,
Kelly Hoare MP, Federal Member for Charlton, (Newcastle) NSW, Aust.,
Daryl Melham, Federal Member for Banks., NSW., Aust.,
Allan Morris MHR, Federal Member for Newcastle, NSW., Aust.,
Harry Jenkins MP., Federal Member for Scullin., Vic., Aust.,
Jann Mc Farlane MP, Federal Member for Stirling, W.A.,
Senator Lyn Allison, Democrat Senator for Victoria., Parliamentarians for a
Nuclear-free Future,
Senator Vicky Bourne, Democrat Senator for NSW.,
Senator Sue Mackay, ALP Senator for  Canberra,
Senator George Campbell, ALP Senator for NSW.,
Senator Kerry O'Brien, ALP Senator for Tasmania,
Tom Helm, MLC Mt. Newman, W.A.,
Helen Hodgson, MLC., W.A.,
Kerry Tucker MLC., Green Member of the ACT Legislative Assembly,
Geoff Holland, Institute for Global Futures Research, Earlville, Qld,
Kirsten Blair, Coordinator, Environment Centre of the Northern Territory,
Darwin, NT.,
David Sweeney, Nuclear Campaigner, Australian Conservation Foundation.,
=46itzroy, Vic.,
Dr Susan Wareham, President, Medical Association for the Prevention of War,
Canb, Aust.,
Tom Clements, Victorian Branch MAPW., Aust.,
Angela Drury, Cameron Edwards,  People for Nuclear Disarmament (PND) NSW.,
Dr. Helen Caldicott, Founding President, Physicians for Social
Responsibility, Womens Action for Nuclear Disarmament.,
Jo Vallentine, Graham Daniell, People for Nuclear Disarmament,(PND) W.A.,
Irene Gale, AM, Australian Peace Committee, Adelaide, SA.,
Denis Doherty, Pax Christi NSW.,
Hannah Middleton, Australian Anti-Bases Campaign,
John Hallam, Nuclear Campaigner, Friends of the Earth Australia Sydney, Aust=
=2E,






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