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Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2001 13:41:30 -0500
From: Lisa Ledwidge / IEER <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Symposium on Weapons and War, Washington D.C., Fri. Oct. 26

>Please circulate

>WEAPONS AND WAR
>
>A SYMPOSIUM ON
>INTERNATIONAL ACCORDS TOWARDS WORLD SECURITY
>AND THEIR SIGNIFICANCE AFTER SEPTEMBER 11
>
>Friday, October 26, 2001    8:00 a.m.  -  6:00 p.m
>
>Lutheran Church of the Reformation
>212 East Capitol Street   Washington D.C.
>(2 blocks east of the Capitol Building and one block east of the Supreme
>Court)
>
>Activist and academic experts will provide an update on threats from
>biological, toxic, and nuclear weapons and existing international
>agreements intended to minimize these threats. Discussions will cover the
>Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC), the Anti-Ballistic Missile
>(ABM) Treaty, the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT), and the
>Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). The United States government is
>sabotaging all four treaties: by rejecting a Compliance Protocol on the
>BTWC that is to be finalized in November in Geneva, by beginning to build a
>missile defense facility in Alaska, by refusing to ratify the CTBT, and by
>developing low-yield bunker-busting weapons.
>
>Speakers include:
>Congressman Dennis Kucinich (invited)
>Brian Becker, co-director of the International Action Center (IAC)
>Max Obuszewski, American Friends Service Committee (AFSC)
>Arjun Makhijani, Institute for Energy and Environmental Research (IEER)
>Hillel W. Cohen, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology and Social Medicine
>Edward Hammond, Sunshine Project
>Jackie Cabasso, Western States Legal Foundation
>John Burroughs, Lawyers' Committee on Nuclear Policy
>Tara Thornton, Military Toxics Project (MPT)
>Gina Amatangelo, Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA)
>Kevin Martin, Peace Action
>
>For more information contact Chela Vazquez (IATP) at [phone]
>[e-mail]
>
>Steering committee and supporters include: Institute for Agriculture and
>Trade Policy (IATP), Bradford University, Sunshine Project, International
>Peace Bureau (IPB), Transnational Institute (TNI), The Center for Defense
>Information (CDI), Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in
>Space, Instituto Latinoamericano de Servicios Legales Alternativos (ILSA),
>Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), NGO Committee
>on Disarmament, Peace Action, Corporacion de Unidades Democraticas para el
>Desarrollo (CEUDES), Centro de Debate y Accion Ambiental, Institute for
>Energy and Environmental Research (IEER), Accion Ecologica, OXFAM Change
>Inititiative.
>
>FREE TO THE PUBLIC
>
>Chela Vazquez
>Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP)
>2105 First Avenue South
>Minneapolis MN 55404 USA
>Tel. office: [phone]
>Fax: [phone]
>[e-mail]
>http://www.iatp.org
>http://www.wtowatch.org
>http://www.sustain.org/biotech
>http://www.gefoodalert.org


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Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2001 16:47:16 +0000
From: Joan Russow <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) Symposium on Weapons and War, Washington D.C., Fri. Oct. 26

Excellent Conference. I wish I could attend.
HEre is what I have been circulating

Joan Russow

Self defence is not an excuse for revenge

In the face of human disaster, the calls for revenge and retribution are
predictable, and sadly  have failed to be resisted. The rule of
international law, must be respected, and it is the role of the Secretary
General Kofi Anan and the General Assembly to intervene immediately , and
call for the US to respect the rule of international law and to  prevent
the scourge of war. The US is engaging in an ill-conceived and dangerous
act of retaliation which will only serve to spawn more terrorism and
destabilization.

 The purpose of the United Nations Charter is to prevent the scourge of
war. Unfortunately, Article 51 of the Charter of United Nations has been
misused and ill-defined to justify not 'self defence" but armed
retaliation. It would appear that rather than seek informed legal opinion
from the International Court of Justice on the meaning of Article 51, the
US has proceeded to redefine "self defence" and "justice" to denote armed
retaliation.  Article 51 which endorses self defence only if all other
options are considered is being used by US and Allies to justify
retaliation. The defence of self defence is never a justification only an
excuse when there are no other options. There are, however, other options.

 For too long many member states of the United Nations have failed to
respect the International Court of Justice in the Hague. States like the US
have refused to accept the jurisdiction of the international Court, and
when the US does accept the jurisdiction, the US refuses to accept the
decision of the court (1988 ruling against the US planting land mines in
Nicaragua). In 1999, ten NATO countries including Canada and the US refused
to accept the jurisdiction of the International Court of Justice when
Yugoslavia brought the NATO countries to the Court for violation of
international law.

The United States should seek justice through international law, rather
than retribution through perpetuating the cycle of violence and revenge.
Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister Manley in question period Wednesday
September 19, claimed that there was no recourse through international law
because the International Criminal Court proposal has not yet received the
60 signatures required for its implementation.. The  International Court of
Justice has, however,  existed for over 50 years and is responsible for
hearing cases brought to it by member states of the UN.

Francis Boyle, an American specialist in international law, is supporting
the use of the International Court of Justice. He affirms the following:

"The 1971 Montreal Sabotage Convention is directly on point here, and
provides a comprehensive framework for dealing with the current dispute
between the United States and Afghanistan over the tragic events of 11
September 2001. Both States are
contracting parties to the Montreal Sabotage Convention, together with 173
other States in the World. The United States is under an absolute
obligation to resolve this dispute with Afghanistan in a peaceful manner as
required by UN Charter Article 2(3) and Article 33 as well as by the
Kellogg-Briand Pact of 1928, as well as in accordance with the requirements
of the Montreal Sabotage Convention -- all of which treaties bind most of
the States of the World. In addition, the United States should offer to
submit this entire dispute to the International Court of Justice in The
Hague  (the so-called World Court) on the basis of the Montreal Sabotage
Convention, and should ask the Government of Afghanistan to withdraw its
Reservation to World Court jurisdiction as permitted
by article 14(3) of the Montreal Sabotage Convention.

Furthermore, all other contracting parties must invoke the Montreal
Sabotage Convention against both the United States and Afghanistan in order
to produce a peaceful resolution of this dispute."

In Addition, the US could take other states, signatories to the
International Covenant of Civil and Political Rights to the International
Court of Justice, and  Article 20 of the International Covenant of Civil
and Political Rights: this article states:

ôAny advocacy of national, racial or religious hatred that constitutes
incitement to discrimination, hostility or violence shall be prohibited by
law".

Perhaps the best counter to terrorism would be for the global community to
act on previous commitments to substantively reduce the military and
transfer the peace dividend to the achievement of global social justice and
equity.

Throughout the years, through international agreements, member states of
the United Nations have recognized the need to reduce the military budget.

In 1976 at Habitat 1, member states of the United Nations affirmed the
following in relation to the military budget:

"The waste and misuse of resources in war and armaments should be
prevented. All countries should make a firm commitment to promote general
and complete disarmament under strict and effective international control,
in particular in the field of nuclear
disarmament. Part of the resources thus released should be utilized so as
to achieve a better quality of life for humanity and particularly the
peoples of developing countries"

In 1981, in the General Assembly resolution entitled Resolution on the
reduction of the military budget, the member states (I)  reaffirmed "the
urgent need to reduce the military budget, and agreed to freeze and reduce
the military budget"; (ii) recognised that "the military budget constitutes
a heavy burden for the economies of all nations, and has extremely harmful
consequences on international peace and security"; (iii) reiterated the
appeal "to all States, in particular the most heavily armed States, ..., to
exercise self-restraint in their military expenditures with a view to
reallocating the funds thus saved to economic and social development,
particularly for the benefit of developing countries"

These appeals were further reinforced through various international
documents, including the Programme of Action of the 1994
United Nations Conference on Population and Development:
 "quantitative and qualitative goals of the present Programme of Action
clearly require additional resources, some of which could become available
from a reordering of priorities at the individual,  national and
international levels. However, none of the actions required - nor all of
them combined - is expensive in the context of either current global
development or military expenditures."  (Article 1.19)

Currently the Global Community spends more than $840 billion per year on
the military budget at a time when many basic and fundamental rights have
not been fulfilled: the human  right to affordable and safe housing; the
right to unadulterated food  (pesticide-free and genetically
engineered-free food); the right to safe drinking water; the right to a
safe environment; the right to universally accessible, not for profit
health care; and
the right to free and accessible education. In addition, years of redress
and assistance to those who have been oppressed should be compensated and
"third world debt canceled. The time is now. There must be funds for global
social justice not for arms.

Joan Russow PhD
Global Compliance Research Project
Victoria, BC. Canada
1 250 598-0071






At 01:41 PM 10/22/01 -0500, you wrote:
>
>>Please circulate
>
>>WEAPONS AND WAR
>>
>>A SYMPOSIUM ON
>>INTERNATIONAL ACCORDS TOWARDS WORLD SECURITY
>>AND THEIR SIGNIFICANCE AFTER SEPTEMBER 11
>>
>>Friday, October 26, 2001    8:00 a.m.  -  6:00 p.m
>>
>>Lutheran Church of the Reformation
>>212 East Capitol Street   Washington D.C.
>>(2 blocks east of the Capitol Building and one block east of the Supreme
>>Court)
>>
>>Activist and academic experts will provide an update on threats from
>>biological, toxic, and nuclear weapons and existing international
>>agreements intended to minimize these threats. Discussions will cover the
>>Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention (BTWC), the Anti-Ballistic Missile
>>(ABM) Treaty, the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT), and the
>>Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). The United States government is
>>sabotaging all four treaties: by rejecting a Compliance Protocol on the
>>BTWC that is to be finalized in November in Geneva, by beginning to build a
>>missile defense facility in Alaska, by refusing to ratify the CTBT, and by
>>developing low-yield bunker-busting weapons.
>>
>>Speakers include:
>>Congressman Dennis Kucinich (invited)
>>Brian Becker, co-director of the International Action Center (IAC)
>>Max Obuszewski, American Friends Service Committee (AFSC)
>>Arjun Makhijani, Institute for Energy and Environmental Research (IEER)
>>Hillel W. Cohen, Assistant Professor of Epidemiology and Social Medicine
>>Edward Hammond, Sunshine Project
>>Jackie Cabasso, Western States Legal Foundation
>>John Burroughs, Lawyers' Committee on Nuclear Policy
>>Tara Thornton, Military Toxics Project (MPT)
>>Gina Amatangelo, Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA)
>>Kevin Martin, Peace Action
>>
>>For more information contact Chela Vazquez (IATP) at [phone]
>>[e-mail]
>>
>>Steering committee and supporters include: Institute for Agriculture and
>>Trade Policy (IATP), Bradford University, Sunshine Project, International
>>Peace Bureau (IPB), Transnational Institute (TNI), The Center for Defense
>>Information (CDI), Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in
>>Space, Instituto Latinoamericano de Servicios Legales Alternativos (ILSA),
>>Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), NGO Committee
>>on Disarmament, Peace Action, Corporacion de Unidades Democraticas para el
>>Desarrollo (CEUDES), Centro de Debate y Accion Ambiental, Institute for
>>Energy and Environmental Research (IEER), Accion Ecologica, OXFAM Change
>>Inititiative.
>>
>>FREE TO THE PUBLIC
>>
>>Chela Vazquez
>>Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP)
>>2105 First Avenue South
>>Minneapolis MN 55404 USA
>>Tel. office: [phone]
>>Fax: [phone]
>>[e-mail]
>>http://www.iatp.org
>>http://www.wtowatch.org
>>http://www.sustain.org/biotech
>>http://www.gefoodalert.org
>
>
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Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2001 10:01:39 -0400
From: David Culp <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) GOP Congressman Suggests Limited Nuclear Retaliation

GOP CONGRESSMAN SUPPORTS LIMITED NUCLEAR RETALIATION

Jim Burns, CNSNews.com, Thursday, October 18, 2001

(CNSNews.com) - Emphasizing that his idea is just an option, Rep. Steve
Buyer (R-Ind.) believes the United States should consider using tactical
nuclear weapons against Osama bin Laden's terrorist network in
Afghanistan if that network is linked to the recent anthrax incidents in
the United States.

Buyer, a Persian Gulf war veteran and member of the House Veterans
Affairs Committee thinks small, specialized nuclear weapons, not as
powerful as the atom bombs that were dropped on Japan in World War Two,
could be used on the caves where members of bin Laden's network have
taken shelter.

However, Buyer emphasized that the use of the weapons would only be a
proper response if bin Laden's people are linked to the anthrax cases in
Florida, Washington, New York and elsewhere in the United States.

"Don't send special forces in there to sweep. We'd be very naive to
believe that biotoxins and chemical agents were not in these caves. Put
a tactical nuclear device in and close these caves for a thousand
years," said Buyer in an interview with Indianapolis television station
WRTV.

Buyer stressed that he doesn't advocate the use of full-power nuclear
bombs, but acknowledged that much of the world wouldn't see the
difference.

Buyer's press secretary, Laura Zuckerman, told CNSNews.com Thursday,
"This is not an option that the congressman has called upon the White
House or anybody of the military operations to take. He is just saying
he would support it, if this an option that they would like to take.

"He's not advocating nuclear war. He's a gulf war veteran, he knows the
horrors of war and he would never look to escalate something in this
way. If they [were] quelled somewhat by the threat of a nuclear attack,
then the threat itself might be enough," said Zuckerman.

Last Sunday on CBS' 60 Minutes, National Security Advisor Condoleeza
Rice said the United States would remain on high alert for some time
although there were no specific terrorist threats, she said, nor any
evidence that terrorists had gotten their hands on nuclear weapons.

"There are reports of all kinds of things, some true and some not. But
there's no reason for the American people at this point to fear a
specific threat of that kind. We have no credible evidence of a specific
threat of that kind," Rice said.

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Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2001 10:01:32 -0400
From: David Culp <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Rep. King: Nukes Should Be an Option in Afghanistan

REP. KING: NUKES SHOULD BE AN OPTION IN AFGHANISTAN

Newmax.com, Sunday, October 21, 2001, 10:24 a.m. EDT

New York Congressman Peter King said Sunday that the U.S. shouldn't rule
out the use of tactical nuclear weapons to stop Osama bin Laden and
Afghanistan's Taliban government from using chemical weapons against
American troops.

"I would never rule out tactical nuclear weapons if I thought they could
do the job and if they were needed," King told WABC Radio's Steve
Malzberg.

The conservative Republican said going nuclear is "a question of
military necessity."

"If the military people said that we think that certain chemical weapons
are going to be used, we know where they are and the only way we can
stop their use is by using tactical nuclear weapons -- obviously we have
to use them," King told Malzberg.

The New York congressman warned that going nuclear "should always be a
last resort," then added:

"But having said that, our national security has to come first if that
is what would be necessary to stop the use of chemical weapons."

King is the second member of Congress to voice support for the nuclear
option.

On Thursday, Indiana Republican Stephen Buyer told an Indiana television
station that if the United States can prove a causal link between the
recent spate of anthrax-contaminated letters and bin Laden's
organization, "I would support the use of a limited precision tactical
nuclear device."

"When there are hardened caves that go back a half a mile," Buyer said,
"don't send in Special Forces to sweep. We'd be naive to think biotoxins
are not in there. Put in tactical nuclear devices and close these caves
for a thousand years."

King also complained to Malzberg that House Speaker Dennis Hastert was
double-crossed on Thursday when Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle first
agreed to close the Senate, then reversed course.

"I was really disgusted by it. ... The fact is that the House
leadership, Democrat and Republican, were specifically requested by the
police and by the medical officers to close down our office building so
they could conduct a full sweep.

This was part of a biochemical criminal investigation," King told
Malzberg. "We had no choice. We had to do it."

King said that, contrary to media reports, the Senate also evacuated its
offices but Senators were able to use back-up facilities that House
members don't have.

"These guys get secret hideaway offices in the Capitol building and
that's where they went. We didn't have that luxury of going there."

King excoriated the media for painting House members as cowards, telling
Malzberg, "As far as I know, Tom Brokaw still hasn't moved back into his
office at 30 Rock."

Last week Brokaw's assistant opened an anthrax-laden letter that
investigators believe came from the same source that targeted Congress.

The New York Republican also commented on Sen. Hillary Clinton getting
booed at Saturday night's Twin Towers benefit concert staged by Paul
McCartney at New York's Madison Square Garden.

"That wasn't exactly a vote of confidence," King told Malzberg.

"I would bet a lot of those people who were booing were registered
Democrats, they were Reagan Democrats. ... It shows that people like
Hillary Clinton and other Democrats are never going to be accepted by
the real working people of this city and state."

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Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2001 10:19:26 -0400
From: Ellen Thomas <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Japanese delegation, 2 events: Friday 10/26 6 pm potluck at Mott House; Saturday 10/27 5 pm at White House

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ANNOUNCEMENT:

Come greet the Gensuikyo Peace Delegation from Japan at two events this
weekend:=20

Friday 10/26 - Potluck Reception, 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm - Mott House,122=
 Maryland
Ave NE, DC =20
http://protest.net/dcimc/index.cgi?span=3Devent&ID=3D232926&day=3D26&month=
=3DOctober
&year=3D2001&state_values=3D

Saturday, 10/27, 5 pm - Peace vigil and drums outside the White House in
Lafayette (Peace) Park.  The Japanese delegation will participate on=
 Saturday,
but the daily vigil has been happening since September 11th, and seeks daily
input from activists-at-large. =20
=20
Phone Contact 202-462-0757

More Information=20

Friday, October 26, please come to The Mott House at 6:00 p.m. for a potluck
supper to greet a group of really wonderful activists from Japan, including
several leaders of Gensuikyo [Japan Council Against A & H Bombs] - from=
 Hyogo,
Kyoto and Gumma prefectures - and people from member national organizations.=
=20

  They will be spending the day Friday lobbying. Saturday afternoon at 5 pm
they will join the daily drumming to stop the war in Afghanistan, outside=
 the
White House, in Lafayete (Peace) Park.=20

  Please call 202-462-0757 (Proposition One) for information, and let us=
 know
if you would like to:=20

  . participate in the lobbying, or have any suggestions about who might be
receptive to a Japanese delegation which wants to speak about U.S.-Japan
defense arrangements and global missile defense;=20

  . speak or perform musically at the event in the evening;=20

  . invite delegates to your office for a meeting Friday or Saturday.=20

  . join the drum circle and demonstration Saturday (October 27) at 5 pm=
 (and
daily), outside the White House, in Lafayete (Peace) Park.=20

  Here is the Gensuikyo delegation:=20

  HIDA Satoko (f)=85Waseda University=20
  ISHIKAWA Yukiko (f)=85Vice Chair, All Japan Teachers and Staff Union=
 (ZENKYO)=20
  KAJIMOTO Shushi (m)=85Director, Hyogo Council against A & H Bombs/National
Executive Board Member, Japan Council against A & H Bombs=20
  KIKUCHI Sadanori (m)=85Gumma Council against A & H Bombs/ National=
 Executive
Board Member, Japan Council against A & H Bombs=20
  KOSUGI Isao (m)=85Director, Kyoto Council against A & H Bombs/ National
Executive Board Member, Japan Council against A & H Bombs=20
  OHSUKA Kan (m)=85Deputy Director, Kanagawa Council against A & H
  Bombs/Secretary, Yokosuka Council against A & H Bombs=20
  SASAKI Megumi (m)=85Deputy Director, Tokyo Council against A & H Bombs=20
  TAKADA Ai (f)=85Staff member, Japan Council against A & H Bombs=20

  Here is the hope and intent:=20

  "We are visiting NY, to encourage those, like NAC and NAM members, who are
working for the abolition of nuclear weapons and to pressure nuclear weapons
states (and our own government) to make good on the undertaking they made at
the 2000 NPT Review Conference. In meeting with legislators in Washington=
 DC,
we would want to call on them for their efforts for nuclear disarmament and=
 the
elimination of nuclear weapons. We would also want to express our sincere
condolences to the friends and family members of the victims of and those
injured by the terrorism, our strong condemnation of the terrorist attacks=
 and
our solidarity with the struggle in the United States for the eradication of
terrorism based on reason and law, not through means of armed forces." Ai
Takada, Translator and staff member, Gensuikyo=20

About Japanese Concerns, 2001 - http://prop1.org/japan/japanlv.htm

Sponsors - Proposition One Committee; Gray Panthers
Hiroshima-Nagasaki Committee


PROPOSITION ONE COMMITTEE
P.O. Box 27217, Washington, DC 20038 USA
202-462-0757 (phone) | 202-265-5389 (fax)
http://prop1.org | [e-mail]

                 ***

      BAN ALL RADIOACTIVE BOMBS
* depleted uranium, fission, neutron *

Online Petition! - http://www.PetitionOnline.com/prop1/petition.html
Write Letter to Congress - http://prop1.org/prop1/letter.htm=20
Depleted uranium keeps on killing! - http://[e-mail]/2000/du/dulv.htm
NucNews -
http://prop1.org/nucnews/briefslv.htm
Drums for Disarmament -
http://prop1.org/history/drumslv.htm=20
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</font></b>Come greet the Gensuikyo Peace Delegation from Japan at two
events this weekend: <br>
<br>
Friday 10/26 - Potluck Reception, 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm - Mott House,122
Maryland Ave NE, DC
<a=
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<br>
Saturday, 10/27, 5 pm - Peace vigil and drums outside the White House in
Lafayette (Peace) Park.  The Japanese delegation will participate on
Saturday, but the daily vigil has been happening since September 11th,
and seeks daily input from activists-at-large.  <br>
 <br>
Phone Contact 202-462-0757<br>
<br>
<font size=3D4><b>More Information</b> <br>
<br>
</font>Friday, October 26, please come to The Mott House at 6:00 p.m. for
a potluck supper to greet a group of really wonderful activists from
Japan, including several leaders of Gensuikyo [Japan Council Against A
& H Bombs] - from Hyogo, Kyoto and Gumma prefectures - and people
from member national organizations. <br>
<br>
  They will be spending the day Friday lobbying. Saturday afternoon
at 5 pm they will join the daily drumming to stop the war in Afghanistan,
outside the White House, in Lafayete (Peace) Park. <br>
<br>
  Please call 202-462-0757 (Proposition One) for information, and
let us know if you would like to: <br>
<br>
  . participate in the lobbying, or have any suggestions about who
might be receptive to a Japanese delegation which wants to speak about
U.S.-Japan defense arrangements and global missile defense; <br>
<br>
  . speak or perform musically at the event in the evening; <br>
<br>
  . invite delegates to your office for a meeting Friday or
Saturday. <br>
<br>
  . join the drum circle and demonstration Saturday (October 27) at
5 pm (and daily), outside the White House, in Lafayete (Peace) Park.
<br>
<br>
  Here is the Gensuikyo delegation: <br>
<br>
  HIDA Satoko (f)=85Waseda University <br>
  ISHIKAWA Yukiko (f)=85Vice Chair, All Japan Teachers and Staff Union
(ZENKYO) <br>
  KAJIMOTO Shushi (m)=85Director, Hyogo Council against A & H
Bombs/National Executive Board Member, Japan Council against A & H
Bombs <br>
  KIKUCHI Sadanori (m)=85Gumma Council against A & H Bombs/
National Executive Board Member, Japan Council against A & H Bombs
<br>
  KOSUGI Isao (m)=85Director, Kyoto Council against A & H Bombs/
National Executive Board Member, Japan Council against A & H Bombs
<br>
  OHSUKA Kan (m)=85Deputy Director, Kanagawa Council against A &
H<br>
  Bombs/Secretary, Yokosuka Council against A & H Bombs <br>
  SASAKI Megumi (m)=85Deputy Director, Tokyo Council against A & H
Bombs <br>
  TAKADA Ai (f)=85Staff member, Japan Council against A & H Bombs
<br>
<br>
  Here is the hope and intent: <br>
<br>
  "We are visiting NY, to encourage those, like NAC and NAM
members, who are working for the abolition of nuclear weapons and to
pressure nuclear weapons states (and our own government) to make good on
the undertaking they made at the 2000 NPT Review Conference. In meeting
with legislators in Washington DC, we would want to call on them for
their efforts for nuclear disarmament and the elimination of nuclear
weapons. We would also want to express our sincere condolences to the
friends and family members of the victims of and those injured by the
terrorism, our strong condemnation of the terrorist attacks and our
solidarity with the struggle in the United States for the eradication of
terrorism based on reason and law, not through means of armed
forces." Ai Takada, Translator and staff member, Gensuikyo <br>
<br>
About Japanese Concerns, 2001 -
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Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 13:46:05 -0400
From: David Culp <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Oppose the Kyl amendment to cut nuclear testing monitoring (CTBTO ) on the Foreign Ops. Bill

On the Senate floor today, Sen. Jon Kyl may offer an amendment to the
foreign operations appropriations bill, H.R. 2506, to strike funding for the
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO).  This international
organization was created to monitor compliance with the nuclear testing
moratorium.

The U.S. payment for the CTBTO is only $20 million for FY 2002.
*  The Bush administration requested full funding for the CTBTO in its
February budget request.
*  The House Appropriations Committee provided full funding for the CTBTO in
its markup of the foreign operations bill.

There are 161 countries (including the United States) that have signed the
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT); 84 countries have ratified the treaty.

These payments are not for diplomats drinking lattes in Geneva.  It is to
complete the system of 321 monitoring stations and 16 radionuclide
laboratories around the globe.  The web site of the CTBTO contains
additional information about the organization at <http://www.ctbt.org>.

Sen. Kyl opposes a nuclear testing moratorium and believe the U.S. should
resume testing.  That is why he and other conservative Senators have
proposed eliminating funding for the international organization that
monitors the test ban.


The Friends Committee on National Legislation (a Quaker lobby) strongly
urges the Senate to reject the Kyl amendment to delete funds for the CTBTO.


David Culp, Legislative Representative
Friends Committee on National Legislation (Quakers)
245 Second Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C.  20002-5795
Tel: [phone], ext. 146
Toll free: [phone], ext. 146
Fax: [phone]
E-mail: [e-mail]
Web site: www.fcnl.org

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Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 16:21:10 -0400
From: ASlater <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Sign letter to change US bioweapons policy

>From: [e-mail]
>
>WTO Activist ([e-mail])    Posted: 10/24/2001  By
[e-mail]
>============================================================
>DWD: request for action - about US bioweapons policy
>forwarded to:
>Diverse Women for Diversity
>
>From: Edward Hammond <[e-mail]>
>Subject: Sunshine: Action: Help Bring US Bioweapons Policy to its Senses
>
>The Sunshine Project (US)
>3 October 2001
>http://www.sunshine-project.org
>
>** Please distribute this notice **
>
>This is a call for citizen action to encourage sensible US policy on
>biological weapons control. Please help with only a few minutes of your
>time.  This e-mail action can be customized with a personal message to Colin
>Powell and other senior US officials.
>
>The events of September 11th and their aftermath have dramatically
>underscored the need for better international controls on biological
>weapons.  International negotiations to achieve this are at a critical
>juncture.
>
>US diplomats are presently rejecting international measures to verify
>compliance with the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention.  The US is not
>only refusing to cooperate, but as the agreement approached consensus the US
>began to actively block the rest of the world from adopting it.
>
>The Bioweapons Convention is the world's best treaty protection against
>development of biological weapons.  Without a verification agreement, the
>Bioweapons Convention will remain toothless and the world a more dangerous
>place.
>
>So far, international diplomatic protests have not been effective.  Public
>pressure is urgently needed to bring the Bush administration to its senses.
>Biological weapons control cannot be a secretive concern of elite government
>officials. Policy failures require citizen involvement.
>A new e-mail action at the Sunshine Project website enables anyone to write
>US Secretary of State Colin Powell and members of the US Congress to urge
>them to immediately send diplomats back to the bioweapons negotiating table
>with clear orders to quickly complete the Verification Protocol.
>
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>our home page, or follow this direct link:
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>Please forward this message and invite your friends to do the same.  Thank
>you!
>
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Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 16:32:08 -0400
From: ASlater <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Fwd: A New Marshall Plan? Advancing Human Security and Controlling Terrorism

>From: [e-mail]
>Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2001 13:19:03 EDT
>Subject: Fwd: A New Marshall Plan? Advancing Human Security and Controlling
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>A New Marshall Plan?
>Advancing Human Security and Controlling Terrorism
> Dick Bell & Michael Renner
>Worldwatch Institute
>
>
>What do you think of this advice from a senior U.S. military officer and
>statesman about how the people of the United States should deal with a part
>of the world torn by war, poverty, disease, and hunger:
>
>"...it is of vast importance that our people reach some general
understanding
>of what the complications really are, rather than react from a passion or a
>prejudice or an emotion of the moment....It is virtually impossible at this
>distance merely by reading, or listening, or even seeing photographs or
>motion pictures, to grasp at all the real significance of the situation. And
>yet the whole world of the future hangs on a proper judgment."
>
>The speaker was General George C. Marshall, outlining the Marshall Plan in
an
>address at Harvard University on June 5, 1947. Surveying the wrecked
>economies of Europe, Marshall noted the "possibilities of disturbances
>arising as a result of the desperation of the people concerned." He said
that
>there could be "no political stability and no assured peace" without
economic
>security, and that U.S. policy was "directed not against any country or
>doctrine but against hunger, poverty, desperation, and chaos."
>
>As President Bush and his advisors review the results of the initial bombing
>campaign, they might also consider the relevance of Marshall's strategy to
>the moral and political problems America now confronts. Of course we should
>find the people responsible for the deaths of September 11 and bring them to
>justice, and work with other nations to root out other terrorist networks.
>But we must do so in a way that does not result in the deaths of even more
>innocent people, deaths that would only deepen the cycle of anger and rage
>that led to September 11.
>
>What is largely missing from the administration's rhetoric is recognition of
>the scale of the underlying problems that have to be addressed, regardless
of
>how successful we may be in the short run in tracking down the perpetrators
>of the September 11th terrorist assaults. As Marshall's words so plainly
>suggest, finding the terrorists should be part of a much more ambitious
>campaign, one in which the rich countries approach the appalling inequities
>of the world with the same boldness and determination that the United States
>brought to bear in Europe under the Marshall Plan.
>
>We don't really need to spend another dime on "intelligence" to recognize
the
>conditions that leave whole countries in a state of despair and misery. Some
>1.2 billion people worldwide struggle to survive on $1 day or less. 1.2
>billion people lack access to safe drinking water and 2.9 billion have
>inadequate access to sanitation. About 150 million children are
malnourished,
>and more than 10 million children under 5 will die in 2001 alone. At least
>150 million people are unemployed and 900 million are
>"underemployed"-contending with inadequate incomes despite long hours of
>backbreaking work.
>
>
>Globalization has raised expectations, even as modern communications make
the
>rising inequality between a rich, powerful, and imposing West and the rest
of
>the world visible to all. Poverty and deprivation do not automatically
>translate into hatred. But people whose hopes have worn thin, whose
>aspirations have been thwarted, and whose discontent is rising, are far more
>likely to succumb to the siren song of extremism. This is particularly true
>for the swelling ranks of young people whose prospects for the future are
>bleak. Some 34 percent of the developing world's population is under 15
years
>of age.
>
>The United States and the other industrial nations should launch a global
>"Marshall Plan" to provide everyone on earth with a decent standard of
>living. We can already hear the cries of people claiming that such a global
>plan would "cost too much." But let's look at the numbers. The cost of our
>initial response has soared into the tens of billions of dollars, on top of
>an already large proposed defense budget of $342.7 billion.
>
>For the sake of comparison, let's assume that the United States will spend
an
>additional $100 billion on military actions in the next 12 months. What
could
>we buy if we matched this $100 billion military expenditure
dollar-for-dollar
>with spending on programs to alleviate human suffering?
>
>A 1998 report by the United Nations Development Programme estimated the
>annual cost to achieve universal access to a number of basic social services
>in all developing countries: $9 billion would provide water and sanitation
>for all; $12 billion would cover reproductive health for all women; $13
>billion would give every person on Earth basic health and nutrition; and $6
>billion would provide basic education for all.
>
>These sums are substantial, but they are still only a fraction of the tens
of
>billions of dollars we are already spending. And these social and health
>expenditures pale in comparison with what is being spent on the military by
>all nations-some $780 billion each year.
>
>There is a sad irony in watching the Bush Administration's strenuous efforts
>to build an international coalition. There is no such muscular effort
>underway in the United States, or in any of the other rich nations, to build
>a coalition to eradicate hunger, to immunize all children, to provide clean
>water, to eradicate infectious disease, to provide adequate jobs, to combat
>illiteracy, or to build decent housing.
>
>The cost of failing to advance human security and to eliminate the fertile
>ground upon which terrorism thrives is already escalating. Since September
>11, we know that sophisticated weapons offer little protection against those
>who are out to seek vengeance, at any cost, for real and perceived wrongs.
>Unless our priorities change, the threat is certain to keep rising in coming
>years.
>
>By choosing to mobilize adequate resources to address human suffering around
>the world, President Bush has a unique opportunity to seize the terrible
>moment of September 11 and earn a truly exalted place in human history. But
>first, we must all understand that in the end, weapons alone cannot buy us a
>lasting peace in a world of extreme inequality, injustice, and deprivation
>for billions of our fellow human beings.
>
>
>Dick Bell is Vice President for Communications at the Worldwatch Institute
>([e-mail])
>
>Michael Renner is a Senior Researcher at the Worldwatch Institute
>([e-mail])
>
>For further information, please contact Niki Clark, 202-452-1992 x 517,
>[e-mail]
>
>The Worldwatch Institute web site is at http://www.worldwatch.org
>
>Copyright notice: This article may be copied, used on web sites, or
otherwise
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>Worldwatch web site (http://www.worldwatch.org) and attribute the article to
>the Worldwatch Institute, 1776 Massachusetts Avenue NW, Washington DC 20036.
>
>
>FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:
>Worldwatch Institute
>1776 Massachusetts Ave NW
>Washington, DC 20036
>telephone: [phone]
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>e-mail [e-mail]
>or visit our website www.worldwatch.org
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