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- Putting People First / August 25, 1994
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- PO Box 1707, Helena, Montana 59624 * (406) 442-5700 * Fax (406) 449-0942
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- FAX ALERT - FAX ALERT - FAX ALERT - FAX ALERT - FAX ALERT
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- BIODIVERSITY TREATY MUST BE STOPPED
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- The Senate is about to ratify possibly the most dangerous and far-
- reaching international treaty in the history of the United States
- Constitution.
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- By mandating ecosystem management on a worldwide scale the
- Biodiversity Treaty threatens private property rights and places human
- beings on equal footing with all other creatures. Putting People First
- is concerned that the Senate is being pressured by the Clinton
- Administration into signing away U.S. sovereignty by endorsing a treaty
- that won't even be written until an international conference is convened
- in November.
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- We have sent a letter to our members urging them to call or fax
- their Senators and the President, telling them NOT to ratify the treaty
- until it has been written and the Senate has time to advise and consent.
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- There is no time to lose. Because of delays in the Crime and
- Health Bills, the Biodiversity Treaty could come up for a vote even
- before our membership receives our letter.
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- We implore you to get your members, employees, family,
- friends, neighbors -- to call your Senators today. Ask them to refer
- the Treaty to the Energy and Natural Resources Committee for hearings,
- because the substance of the Treaty will radically change how the U.S.
- manages its natural resources.. Tell them that the grass roots, the
- American people, are upset about this being pushed through with little
- or no review; that we are watching what the Senate is doing with this
- treaty with an eye to the November elections.
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- Here are some of the reasons to hold back on the treaty:
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- * The treaty makes all species equal. Human existence would have no
- more judicial rights than any lesser species.
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- * The body of the treaty has not been written yet, but the Senate is
- still supposed to sign it -- giving carte blanche to whatever may be
- written in the future.
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- * Science is no longer to be the basis for determining what is good and
- what is bad for the earth's ecosystem.
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- * Most human activities, including farming, hunting and fishing, mining
- and logging, violate "sustainable use," the basis for all "protocols."
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- * Private property is an obstacle to "sustainable use."
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- FOR A COPY OF OUR LETTER TO OUR MEMBERS, CALL OUR OFFICE AND WE WILL FAX
- IT TO YOU.
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- To reach your Senator: Senator _____________
- Senate Office Building
- Washington, DC 20510
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- Senate switchboard: (202) 224-3121
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