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abolition-usa-digest Friday, July 21 2000 Volume 01 : Number 344
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Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 07:44:58 -0400
From: Ellen Thomas <prop1@prop1.org>
Subject: (abolition-usa) NucNews 00/07/19 - Daybook; Bush tour; Nikitin event tomorrow; Peace Action
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1) Washington Daybook, by FIND/AFP and The Washington Times. - July 19, 2000
http://www.washtimes.com/national/daybook-2000719213641.htm
10 a.m. =97 House Armed Services Committee holds a hearing on military
capabilities of the People's Republic of China. Location: 2218 Rayburn House
Office Building. Contact: 202/225-4151.
10 a.m. =97 House Budget natural resources and environment task force=
holds
a hearing on fire-safety failures of the Park Service. Location: 210 Cannon
House Office Building. Contact: 202/226-7270.
10 a.m. =97 House Government Reform national security, Veterans Affairs=
and
international relations subcommittee holds a hearing to assess the status of
the State Department's strategic and performance-planning process. Location:
2247 Rayburn House Office Building. Contact: 202/225-5074.
PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES:
Buchanan, Gore and Nader unknown
Bush - Austin TX today
11:15 a.m. - Bush for President Web Site Launch, Austin Children's=
Museum,
201 Colorado Street, Austin, TX, 512/472-2499
The schedule for Governor Bush's pre-convention tour is as follows.=20
Additional stops may be added:
Friday, July 28:=20
Springdale, Arkansas=20
Joplin, Missouri
Saturday, July 29:=20
Owensboro, Kentucky=20
Louisville, Kentucky=20
Kenton County, Kentucky
Sunday, July 30:=20
Cincinnati, Ohio
Monday, July 31:=20
Dayton, Ohio=20
Columbus, Ohio
On Tuesday, August 1:=20
Charleston, West Virginia=20
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
On Wednesday, August 2:=20
Philadelphia and to the Convention
- ------
Tomorrow: An Award Reception for Environmental Heroes:=20
Aleksandr Nikitin and the Bellona Foundation=20
Thursday, July 20 @ 5:30 pm in Room 2172 Rayburn=20
On Thursday July 20, 2000 at 5:30 pm in Room 2172 Rayburn, the Sierra Club
will host an event to honor Mr. Aleksandr Nikitin, an environmental=
activist
from Russia and the Bellona Foundation, a Norwegian environmental
organization. You should have already received an invitation to this event
from the Sierra Club, which will present Nikitin and Bellona with their
highest international honor, the Earthcare Award.=20
=20
Mr. Nikitin is a former Russian Navy officer who was imprisoned in 1996 by
authorities on treason charges for blowing the whistle on the Russian=
navy's
practice of routinely dumping nuclear waste in the Arctic Ocean. He spent 10
months in a St. Petersburg jail. Only recently, Russia's Supreme Court ruled
that Mr. Nikitin did not commit espionage or treason and acquitted Mr.=
Nikitin
of all charges. Nikitin worked with Bellona to publish a bleak,=
groundbreaking
report revealing the ecological dangers of Russia's crumbling nuclear=
submarine
fleet.=20
=20
American, Russian, and international environmental organizations have called=
on
Russian President Putin to re-establish the State Committee for=
Environmental
Protection, which was abolished as an independent agency and placed under=
the
Ministry of Natural Resources. Legislation which passed the House under
suspension in June, HR 4249, mandates a study on the threat that decaying
Russian submarines and unsafe nuclear waste storage pose to the region and=
to
U.S. National Security.=20
=20
Both Members and Staff are welcome to attend this event to learn more about
the brave work of these environmental heroes and the environmental and
proliferation threats surrounding this situation. For more information,=
please
feel free to contact Jason Gross of the International Relations Committee=
Staff
at 225-6735 and David Goldston with Rep. Boehlert's staff at 5-3665.=20
Sincerely,=20
SAM GEJDENSON, SHERWOOD BOEHLERT=20
To learn more about Aleksandr Nikitin and the Bellona Foundation please=20
click on http://www.bellona.no/imaker?id=3D15049&sub=3D1
- -------
NOTE: Apologies to Peace Action for overlooking their announcement about=
the
action on Capitol Hill yesterday. Mike Flugennock has posted a videotape of
the "Protest Star Wars Scam" Capitol Hill press conference video online:
http://flow.mediavac.com/ramgen/sinkers/2000/CapitolHillJul1800.rm
RealVideo format, 14 mins 19 secs.
Ohio Rep. Dennis Kucinich, Massachusetts Rep. Barney Frank and others join
Peace Action, Fellowship of Reconciliation, Physicians for Social
Responsibility, World Policy Institute and Womens' Action for New Directions=
in
calling for an end to "defense" industry graft and corruption, rampant
militarism and the "Star Wars" scam in a press conference on Capitol Hill.
Photographed and edited by Mike Flugennock, flugennock@sinkers.org .
To inform, to inspire, to amuse, to offend:
"Mike Flugennock's Mikey'zine"
http://www.sinkers.org
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Presidential Candidates' Websites (a-z):
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<b>1) Washington Daybook</b>, by FIND/AFP and The Washington Times. -
July 19, 2000<br>
<a href=3D"http://www.washtimes.com/national/daybook-2000719213641.htm"=
eudora=3D"autourl">http://www.washtimes.com/national/daybook-2000719213641.=
htm</a><br>
<br>
10 a.m. =97 House Armed Services Committee holds a
hearing on military capabilities of the People's Republic of China.
Location: 2218 Rayburn House Office Building. Contact:=20
202/225-4151.<br>
<br>
10 a.m. =97 House Budget natural resources
and environment task force holds a hearing on fire-safety failures of the
Park Service. Location: 210 Cannon House Office Building. Contact:
202/226-7270.<br>
<br>
10 a.m. =97 House Government Reform national security,
Veterans Affairs and international relations subcommittee holds a hearing
to assess the status of the State Department's strategic and
performance-planning process. Location: 2247 Rayburn House Office
Building. Contact: 202/225-5074.<br>
<br>
<b>PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES:<br>
<br>
Buchanan, Gore and Nader unknown<br>
<br>
Bush - Austin TX today<br>
</b> 11:15 a.m. - Bush for President Web Site
Launch, Austin Children's Museum, 201 Colorado Street, Austin, TX,
512/472-2499<br>
<br>
The schedule for Governor Bush's pre-convention tour is as follows.=20
<br>
Additional stops may be added:<br>
<br>
Friday, July 28: <br>
Springdale, Arkansas <br>
Joplin, Missouri<br>
<br>
Saturday, July 29: <br>
Owensboro, Kentucky <br>
Louisville, Kentucky <br>
Kenton County, Kentucky<br>
<br>
Sunday, July 30: <br>
Cincinnati, Ohio<br>
<br>
Monday, July 31: <br>
Dayton, Ohio <br>
Columbus, Ohio<br>
<br>
On Tuesday, August 1: <br>
Charleston, West Virginia <br>
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania<br>
<br>
On Wednesday, August 2: <br>
Philadelphia and to the Convention<br>
<br>
- ------<br>
<br>
<b>Tomorrow: An Award Reception for Environmental Heroes: <br>
Aleksandr Nikitin and the Bellona Foundation <br>
Thursday, July 20 @ 5:30 pm in Room 2172 Rayburn <br>
<br>
</b>On Thursday July 20, 2000 at 5:30 pm in Room 2172 Rayburn, the
Sierra Club will host an event to honor Mr. Aleksandr Nikitin, an
environmental activist from Russia and the Bellona Foundation, a
Norwegian environmental organization. You should have already
received an invitation to this event from the Sierra Club, which
will present Nikitin and Bellona with their highest international
honor, the Earthcare Award. <br>
<br>
Mr. Nikitin is a former Russian Navy officer who was imprisoned in 1996
by authorities on treason charges for blowing the whistle on the
Russian navy's practice of routinely dumping nuclear waste in the Arctic
Ocean. He spent 10 months in a St. Petersburg jail. Only recently,
Russia's Supreme Court ruled that Mr. Nikitin did not commit espionage or
treason and acquitted Mr. Nikitin of all charges. Nikitin worked with
Bellona to publish a bleak, groundbreaking report revealing the
ecological dangers of Russia's crumbling nuclear submarine fleet. <br>
<br>
American, Russian, and international environmental organizations have
called on Russian President Putin to re-establish the State Committee for
Environmental Protection, which was abolished as an independent agency
and placed under the Ministry of Natural Resources. Legislation which
passed the House under suspension in June, HR 4249, mandates a study on
the threat that decaying Russian submarines and unsafe nuclear waste
storage pose to the region and to U.S. National Security. <br>
<br>
Both Members and Staff are welcome to attend this event to learn
more about the brave work of these environmental heroes and the
environmental and proliferation threats surrounding this situation. For
more information, please feel free to contact Jason Gross of the
International Relations Committee Staff at 225-6735 and David Goldston
with Rep. Boehlert's staff at 5-3665. <br>
<br>
Sincerely, <br>
SAM GEJDENSON, SHERWOOD BOEHLERT <br>
<br>
To learn more about Aleksandr Nikitin and the Bellona Foundation please
<br>
click on
<a href=3D"http://www.bellona.no/imaker?id=3D15049&sub=3D1"=
eudora=3D"autourl"><font=
color=3D"#0000FF"><u>http://www.bellona.no/imaker?id=3D15049&sub=3D1<br=
>
<br>
</a></font></u>-------<br>
<br>
<b>NOTE: Apologies to Peace Action</b> for overlooking their
announcement about the action on Capitol Hill yesterday. Mike
Flugennock has posted a videotape of the "Protest Star Wars
Scam" Capitol Hill press conference video online:<br>
<font color=3D"#0000FF"><u><a=
href=3D"http://flow.mediavac.com/ramgen/sinkers/2000/CapitolHillJul1800.rm"=
eudora=3D"autourl">http://flow.mediavac.com/ramgen/sinkers/2000/CapitolHill=
Jul1800.rm<br>
</a></font></u>RealVideo format, 14 mins 19 secs.<br>
<br>
Ohio Rep. Dennis Kucinich, Massachusetts Rep. Barney Frank and others
join Peace Action, Fellowship of Reconciliation, Physicians for Social
Responsibility, World Policy Institute and Womens' Action for New
Directions in calling for an end to "defense" industry graft
and corruption, rampant militarism and the "Star Wars" scam in
a press conference on Capitol Hill.<br>
<br>
Photographed and edited by Mike Flugennock, flugennock@sinkers.org=20
.<br>
<br>
To inform, to inspire, to amuse, to offend:<br>
"Mike Flugennock's Mikey'zine"<br>
<font color=3D"#0000FF"><u><a href=3D"http://www.sinkers.org/"=
eudora=3D"autourl">http://www.sinkers.org<br>
<br>
<br>
</a></font></u><br>
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<i>(Please send other sites of qualified candidates.)<br>
<br>
</font></i>Online Petition to Abolish Nuclear Weapons - <a=
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Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 17:13:32 +1000
From: FoE Sydney - Nuclear Campaign <nonukes@foesyd.org.au>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Monster international Sign-On letter on NMD/BMD/Star Wars Seeks Signatures
Dear All,
This letter to President Clinton, Defence Secy Cohen, presidential
candidates Bush and Gore and to all US allies plus Russia and China is to
be faxed around mid August.
It is seeking the signatures of NGOs, prominent people, parliamentarians,
and religious bodies.
I hope you or your organisation can sign it.
John Hallam,
Letter Coordinator
PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON,
1-202-456-2461, 1-202-456-2883, 1-202-456-6218, 1-202-456-6201,
PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN,
+7-095-205-4330, +7-095-206-5173, +7-095-205-4219,
PRIME MINISTER TONY BLAIR, 44-171-925-0918,
PRESIDENT JACQUES CHIRAC, +33-147-42-2465,
PRIME MINISTER LIONEL JOSPIN +33-142-34-2677
GERMAN PRESIDENT, JOHANNES RAU,
+49-030-20-00-19-99,
CHANCELLOR GERHARD SCHROEDER,
+49-228-56-2357, +49-30-4000-2357,
PRIME MINISTER OF JAPAN, YOSHIRO MORI,
[FAX NO?]
JEAN CHRETIEN, PRIME MINISTER, CANADA,
+1-613-941-6900,
KOSTAS SIMITIS, PRIME MINISTER OF GREECE, +301-671-6183
POUL NYRUP RASMUSSEN, PRIME MINISTER OF DENMARK, +45-33-11-1665
PRIME MINISTER DAVID ODDSSON, PRIME MINISTER OF ICELAND, +354-622373,
PRIME MINISTER MASSIMO D'ALEMA, PRIME MINISTER OF ITALY, +39-6-678-3998
PRIME MINISTER KJELL MAGNE BONDEVIK, PRIME MINISTER OF NORWAY, +47-2224-2796
PRIME MINISTER WILLHEM KOK, PRIME MINISTER OF THE NETHERLANDS,
+31-70-356-4683,
CC
US SECRETARY OF STATE MADELEINE ALBRIGHT +1-202-647-6047,
US SECRETARY FOR DEFENCE, WILLIAM S. COHEN +1-703-695-1149,
=46OREIGN MINISTER OF RUSSIA IGOR IVANOV,
+7-095-247-2722, +7-095-293-3323,
ROBIN COOK, UK MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS, +44-171-829-2417,
+44-171-270-2833,
HUBERT VEDRINE, MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF FRANCE, +33-1-4317-5203,
JOSCHKA FISCHER, FOREIGN MINISTER OF GERMANY +49-228-168-6662,
+49-1888-171-928,
+49-228-173-402, +49-30-201-861-924,
YOHEI KONO, MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF JAPAN, +81-3-3581-9675
LLOYD AXWORTHY, MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS, CANADA, +1-613-952-3904,
+1-613-996-3546
LOUIS MICHEL, MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF BELGIUM, +32-2-511-6385,
THEODOROS PANGALOS, MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF GREECE, +30-1-362-4195
George Bush Presidential Candidate, +1-512-637-8800.
Al Gore, Presidential Candidate, +1-202-456-2461
Dear Presidents and Prime Ministers, Foreign Ministers and Defence Ministers=
,
The undersigned NGO groups and Parliamentarians, representing millions of
people, are writing:
1) To urge the US not to proceed with proposals for a National Missile
Defence System (NMD),
2) To urge US allies to make the strongest representations in appropriate
forums or bilaterally, to press the US government not to proceed with the
deployment of NMD, and to maintain the integrity of the ABM Treaty.
Proceeding with National Missile Defence threatens to undermine the basis
of existing and future offensive nuclear arms reduction measures.
We note the strong statements made on NMD by the Governments of France,
Germany and Sweden, and the expressions of concern by other US allies
including the UK, Canada, and the European Union.
At the recent NPT Review Conference, the US together with 187 other
countries, signed a final declaration that commits it to an unequivocal
undertaking to accomplish the total elimination of its nuclear arsenal.
Plans to deploy a missile defence system threaten that vital goal, to which
the US is legally committed, together with all other NPT signatories. The
final declaration of the NPT Review Conference expressly calls for:
"the early implementation and entry into force of START-II and conclusion
of START-III as soon as possible while preserving and strengthening the
Antiballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty as a cornerstone of strategic stability
and as a basis for further reductions of strategic offensive weapons in
accordance with its provisions."
We do not believe it is possible for this to be interpreted in a way that
will allow the deployment of an NMD system, nor should it be so
interpreted. We therefore urge the US and Russia instead to proceed to the
negotiation of START-III at the lowest possible force levels and to the
immediate implementation of START-II.
We note that the UN Secretary-General, and representatives of Russia,
China, the UK, France, Sweden, the European Community, the New Agenda
Coalition and the Non-Aligned movement have expressed the view that the ABM
treaty is the cornerstone of global strategic stability.
The recent meeting of G8 foreign ministers has also expressed strong
concern over the possibility that the ABM treaty may be abrogated to allow
NMD to proceed, and has stated that they are 'deeply concerned' over
missile proliferation as a result of NMD.
The Australian Senate on June 29th, passed a motion in which it called on
the US not to proceed with the deployment of an NMD system and in which it
called for the implementation of START-II as soon as possible, and the
negotiation of START-III at the lowest possible force levels.
We note also recent expressions of concern within the US, by
Congresspeople, Nobel laureates, and other distinguished and influential
people and organizations.
America should not simply ignore the strongly repeated opinion of
governments and NGOs of the whole world, that NMD should not proceed, and
that the integrity of the ABM treaty should be maintained.
Missile defence schemes respond to an exaggerated perception of the missile
threat from so-called 'Rogue States', (now termed 'States of Concern') are
not the solution to missile proliferation, sabotage nuclear disarmament
efforts to which the US is legally committed along with the rest of the
world, and decrease overall US and international security.
There are serious doubts whether this system, or whether any missile
defence system, can ever work. The problems posed even by relatively
simple decoys are probably technically insoluble. The Welch Panel, an
independent team of scientists, released a report outlining the
probability of NMD systems failure due to time and schedule constraints.
Instead of pursuing missile defence, it is vital that the US focus on
practical solutions to global strategic security. We therefore urge the
US and Russia, as the highest priority, to proceed to the elimination of
as many warheads as possible under any START-III agreement, the removal of
obstacles to the implementation of START-II, and the removal of
strategic missile forces from high alert status as advocated by the
Canberra Commission, subsequent UN resolutions and the final NPT
declaration.
Yours Sincerely,
(Signed)
Bruna Nota, International President, Womens International League for Peace
and Freedom (WILPF), Geneva/NY.,
Commander Robert D. Green, RN (Retd.) Chair, World Court Project UK., NZ/UK.=
,
Dave Webb, Yorkshire CND, Yorks, UK.,
Vladimir Sliviak, 'ECODEFENSE', Russia,
Alisa Nikoulina, Social-Ecological Union Antinuclear Campaign, Moscow,
Galina Ragouzhina, World Information Service on Energy(WISE) Russia,
Niel Arya, President, Physicians for Global Survival,(PGS) Canada.,
Rear-Admiral Eugene J. Carroll Jr, US Navy (Retd), Vice-President, Centre
for Defence Information,(CDI) Washington, USA.,
Carah Ong, Coordinator, Abolition 2000, Santa Barbara, Calif, USA.,
Martin Butcher, Director of Security Programs, Physicians for Social
Responsibility (PSR), Washington DC, USA.,
Sally Light, Nuclear Weapons Program Analyst, Tri-Valley CARES, Livermore,
Calif, USA.,
Alice Slater, President, Global Resource and Action Centre for the
Environment, (GRACE) NY, USA
Ellen Thomas, Executive Director, Proposition One Committee, Washington
DC., USA.,
Bruce Gagnon, Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space,
Gainesville, Florida.,
John Hallam, Nuclear Campaigner, Friends of the Earth Australia Sydney,
Australia,
Irene Gale AM, Australian Peace Committee, Adelaide Australia,
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Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2000 08:04:50 -0400
From: Ellen Thomas <prop1@prop1.org>
Subject: (abolition-usa) NucNews 00/07/20 - Daybook
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1) Washington Daybook, by FIND/AFP and The Washington Times. - July 20, 2000
http://www.washtimes.com/national/daybook-2000720211950.htm
Nuclear stockpile study release =97 1 p.m. =97 Tri-Valley CAREs holds a=
news
conference to release a new study, "Managing the U.S. Nuclear Weapons
Stockpile: A Comparison of Five Strategies." Location: Zenger Room, National
Press Club, 14th and F streets NW. Contact: 925/443-7148.
9a.m. =97 Senate Agriculture's Nutrition and Forestry Committee holds=
hearing
to examine the implications of high energy prices on U.S. agriculture.=
Energy
Secretary Bill Richardson testifies. Location: 106 Dirksen Senate Office
Building. Contact: 202/224-2035.
9:30 a.m. =97 Energy and Natural Resources Committee holds a hearing on=
the
General Accounting Office investigation of the Cerro Grande fire in New=
Mexico,
and on federal agencies' fire policies in general. Location: 366 Dirksen=
Senate
Office Building. Contact: 202/224-4971.
9:30 a.m. =97 Quadrennial Defense Review conference =97 The Lexington=
Institute
holds a conference on the Quadrennial Defense Review. Location: 192 Dirksen
Senate Office Building. Contact: 703/522-5828.
9 a.m. =97 Agriculture's Nutrition and Forestry Committee holds hearing=
to
examine the implications of high energy prices on U.S. agriculture. Energy
Secretary Bill Richardson testifies. Location: 106 Dirksen Senate Office
Building. Contact: 202/224-2035.
10 a.m. =97 Senate Indian Affairs Committee holds a hearing on the=
Native
American Languages Act of 2000. Location: 485 Russell Senate Office=
Building.
Contact: 202/224-2251.
Livable communities symposium =97 6:30 p.m. =97 The National Building=
Museum
holds a symposium on "Setting the Standard for Creating Livable=
Communities."
Location: 401 F St. NW. Contact: 202/272-2448.
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Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 16:46:18 +1000
From: FoE Sydney - Nuclear Campaign <nonukes@foesyd.org.au>
Subject: (abolition-usa) 'STAR-WARS'/MISSILE DEFENCE CAMPAIGN TARGETS G 8
AUSTRALIAN PEACE COMMITTEE
FRIENDS OF THE EARTH
21/7/2000
'STAR-WARS'/MISSILE DEFENCE CAMPAIGN TARGETS G 8
A global campaign against the United States proposed 'Star Wars' National
Missile Defence (NMD) system has been targeting the G 8 leaders for over a
month in the leadup to the G8 summit now happening in Okinawa.
The cyberspace-based campaign, coordinated from Sydney, amongst
organizations from Washington to Moscow to Patagonia to Adelaide and Perth,
has asked people to ask their leaders to press the US not to proceed with
NMD at the G 8 summit. People and organizations worldwide have been
requested to ask President Clinton and US Defence Secretary Cohen who was
in Sydney last weekend, not to deploy NMD. A protest took place in Sydney
at the US consulate over the presence of defence secretary Cohen and US
plans for NMD.
Last weeks meeting of G 8 foreign ministers has already produced a
declaration that supports the integrity of the ABM treaty, and G 8 foreign
ministers have expressed strong concern over US plans to deploy the missile
defence system.
According to FOE and APC:
"The Australian Government last week should have just said 'NO' to US plans
to use joint facilities in NMD. Everyone from the UN secretary-general to
Russia and China to the European Union to Sweden, France, and Germany have
expressed dismay at the US proposal to violate the ABM treaty and risk
another nuclear arms race by deploying NMD. The Australian government is
almost the only government that has said it 'understands' the position of
the US government. Statements by our government that they 'understand' the
US position are reckless and irresponsible. The US needs to hear, above
all from close allies such as Australia, that there is no way we will
cooperate in wrecking the ABM treaty and re-starting the nuclear arms race."
"It is to be hoped that the G 8 leaders will send a very strong message to
Clinton, as their foreign ministers did last week that NMD/BMD must not
proceed."
Contact:
John Hallam, Friends of the Earth 02-9517-3903 h02-9810-2598
Ron Gray, Australian Peace Committee 08-8364-2291
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Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 17:09:10 +1000
From: FoE Sydney - Nuclear Campaign <nonukes@foesyd.org.au>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Monster international Sign-On letter on NMD/BMD/Star Wars Seeks Signatures
Dear All,
This letter to President Clinton, Defence Secy Cohen, presidential
candidates Bush and Gore and to all US allies plus Russia and China is to
be faxed around mid August.
It is seeking the signatures of NGOs, prominent people, parliamentarians,
and religious bodies.
I hope you or your organisation can sign it.
John Hallam,
Letter Coordinator
PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON,
1-202-456-2461, 1-202-456-2883, 1-202-456-6218, 1-202-456-6201,
PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN,
+7-095-205-4330, +7-095-206-5173, +7-095-205-4219,
PRIME MINISTER TONY BLAIR, 44-171-925-0918,
PRESIDENT JACQUES CHIRAC, +33-147-42-2465,
PRIME MINISTER LIONEL JOSPIN +33-142-34-2677
GERMAN PRESIDENT, JOHANNES RAU,
+49-030-20-00-19-99,
CHANCELLOR GERHARD SCHROEDER,
+49-228-56-2357, +49-30-4000-2357,
PRIME MINISTER OF JAPAN, YOSHIRO MORI,
[FAX NO?]
JEAN CHRETIEN, PRIME MINISTER, CANADA,
+1-613-941-6900,
KOSTAS SIMITIS, PRIME MINISTER OF GREECE, +301-671-6183
POUL NYRUP RASMUSSEN, PRIME MINISTER OF DENMARK, +45-33-11-1665
PRIME MINISTER DAVID ODDSSON, PRIME MINISTER OF ICELAND, +354-622373,
PRIME MINISTER MASSIMO D'ALEMA, PRIME MINISTER OF ITALY, +39-6-678-3998
PRIME MINISTER KJELL MAGNE BONDEVIK, PRIME MINISTER OF NORWAY, +47-2224-2796
PRIME MINISTER WILLHEM KOK, PRIME MINISTER OF THE NETHERLANDS,
+31-70-356-4683,
CC
US SECRETARY OF STATE MADELEINE ALBRIGHT +1-202-647-6047,
US SECRETARY FOR DEFENCE, WILLIAM S. COHEN +1-703-695-1149,
=46OREIGN MINISTER OF RUSSIA IGOR IVANOV,
+7-095-247-2722, +7-095-293-3323,
ROBIN COOK, UK MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS, +44-171-829-2417,
+44-171-270-2833,
HUBERT VEDRINE, MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF FRANCE, +33-1-4317-5203,
JOSCHKA FISCHER, FOREIGN MINISTER OF GERMANY +49-228-168-6662,
+49-1888-171-928,
+49-228-173-402, +49-30-201-861-924,
YOHEI KONO, MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF JAPAN, +81-3-3581-9675
LLOYD AXWORTHY, MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS, CANADA, +1-613-952-3904,
+1-613-996-3546
LOUIS MICHEL, MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF BELGIUM, +32-2-511-6385,
THEODOROS PANGALOS, MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF GREECE, +30-1-362-4195
George Bush Presidential Candidate, +1-512-637-8800.
Al Gore, Presidential Candidate, +1-202-456-2461
Dear Presidents and Prime Ministers, Foreign Ministers and Defence Ministers=
,
The undersigned NGO groups and Parliamentarians, representing millions of
people, are writing:
1) To urge the US not to proceed with proposals for a National Missile
Defence System (NMD),
2) To urge US allies to make the strongest representations in appropriate
forums or bilaterally, to press the US government not to proceed with the
deployment of NMD, and to maintain the integrity of the ABM Treaty.
Proceeding with National Missile Defence threatens to undermine the basis
of existing and future offensive nuclear arms reduction measures.
We note the strong statements made on NMD by the Governments of France,
Germany and Sweden, and the expressions of concern by other US allies
including the UK, Canada, and the European Union.
At the recent NPT Review Conference, the US together with 187 other
countries, signed a final declaration that commits it to an unequivocal
undertaking to accomplish the total elimination of its nuclear arsenal.
Plans to deploy a missile defence system threaten that vital goal, to which
the US is legally committed, together with all other NPT signatories. The
final declaration of the NPT Review Conference expressly calls for:
"the early implementation and entry into force of START-II and conclusion
of START-III as soon as possible while preserving and strengthening the
Antiballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty as a cornerstone of strategic stability
and as a basis for further reductions of strategic offensive weapons in
accordance with its provisions."
We do not believe it is possible for this to be interpreted in a way that
will allow the deployment of an NMD system, nor should it be so
interpreted. We therefore urge the US and Russia instead to proceed to the
negotiation of START-III at the lowest possible force levels and to the
immediate implementation of START-II.
We note that the UN Secretary-General, and representatives of Russia,
China, the UK, France, Sweden, the European Community, the New Agenda
Coalition and the Non-Aligned movement have expressed the view that the ABM
treaty is the cornerstone of global strategic stability.
The recent meeting of G8 foreign ministers has also expressed strong
concern over the possibility that the ABM treaty may be abrogated to allow
NMD to proceed, and has stated that they are 'deeply concerned' over
missile proliferation as a result of NMD.
The Australian Senate on June 29th, passed a motion in which it called on
the US not to proceed with the deployment of an NMD system and in which it
called for the implementation of START-II as soon as possible, and the
negotiation of START-III at the lowest possible force levels.
We note also recent expressions of concern within the US, by
Congresspeople, Nobel laureates, and other distinguished and influential
people and organizations.
America should not simply ignore the strongly repeated opinion of
governments and NGOs of the whole world, that NMD should not proceed, and
that the integrity of the ABM treaty should be maintained.
Missile defence schemes respond to an exaggerated perception of the missile
threat from so-called 'Rogue States', (now termed 'States of Concern') are
not the solution to missile proliferation, sabotage nuclear disarmament
efforts to which the US is legally committed along with the rest of the
world, and decrease overall US and international security.
There are serious doubts whether this system, or whether any missile
defence system, can ever work. The problems posed even by relatively
simple decoys are probably technically insoluble. The Welch Panel, an
independent team of scientists, released a report outlining the
probability of NMD systems failure due to time and schedule constraints.
Instead of pursuing missile defence, it is vital that the US focus on
practical solutions to global strategic security. We therefore urge the
US and Russia, as the highest priority, to proceed to the elimination of
as many warheads as possible under any START-III agreement, the removal of
obstacles to the implementation of START-II, and the removal of
strategic missile forces from high alert status as advocated by the
Canberra Commission, subsequent UN resolutions and the final NPT
declaration.
Yours Sincerely,
(Signed)
Bruna Nota, International President, Womens International League for Peace
and Freedom (WILPF), Geneva/NY.,
Commander Robert D. Green, RN (Retd.) Chair, World Court Project UK., NZ/UK.=
,
Dave Webb, Yorkshire CND, Yorks, UK.,
Vladimir Sliviak, 'ECODEFENSE', Russia,
Alisa Nikoulina, Social-Ecological Union Antinuclear Campaign, Moscow,
Galina Ragouzhina, World Information Service on Energy(WISE) Russia,
Niel Arya, President, Physicians for Global Survival,(PGS) Canada.,
Rear-Admiral Eugene J. Carroll Jr, US Navy (Retd), Vice-President, Centre
for Defence Information,(CDI) Washington, USA.,
Carah Ong, Coordinator, Abolition 2000, Santa Barbara, Calif, USA.,
Martin Butcher, Director of Security Programs, Physicians for Social
Responsibility (PSR), Washington DC, USA.,
Sally Light, Nuclear Weapons Program Analyst, Tri-Valley CARES, Livermore,
Calif, USA.,
Alice Slater, President, Global Resource and Action Centre for the
Environment, (GRACE) NY, USA
Ellen Thomas, Executive Director, Proposition One Committee, Washington
DC., USA.,
Bruce Gagnon, Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space,
Gainesville, Florida.,
John Hallam, Nuclear Campaigner, Friends of the Earth Australia Sydney,
Australia,
Irene Gale AM, Australian Peace Committee, Adelaide Australia,
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