From: owner-abolition-usa-digest@lists.xmission.com (abolition-usa-digest) To: abolition-usa-digest@lists.xmission.com Subject: abolition-usa-digest V1 #262 Reply-To: abolition-usa-digest Sender: owner-abolition-usa-digest@lists.xmission.com Errors-To: owner-abolition-usa-digest@lists.xmission.com Precedence: bulk abolition-usa-digest Wednesday, February 23 2000 Volume 01 : Number 262 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2000 00:17:16 PST From: "Abolition2000 Pacific Region" Subject: (abolition-usa) Church Calls for Marshall Islands Nuclear Test Compensation Too Little. fyi, thank you. Richard Salvador Honolulu, Hawaii http://pidp.ewc.hawaii.edu/PIReport/2000/February/02-21-04.htm PACIFIC ISLANDS REPORT Monday, February 21, 2000 Pacific Islands Development Program/East-West Center Center for Pacific Islands Studies/University of Hawai‘i at Manoa CHURCH CALLS MARSHALL ISLANDS NUCLEAR TEST COMPENSATION TOO LITTLE MAJURO, Marshall Islands (February 18, 2000 – Marshall Islands Journal)—Calling the Compact's nuclear test compensation provisions "woefully inadequate" and unfair to Marshall Islanders in comparison to the U.S. government's treatment of American test victims, the head of the United Church of Christ in the U.S. has asked American President Bill Clinton to conduct a "fair and just renegotiation of the Compact." In a letter sent to Clinton last month, UCC President the Rev. John H. Thomas transmitted a resolution from the UCC's General Synod last year calling on the U.S. to apologize to Marshall Islanders for the nuclear tests, as well as to "fully compensate the people of the Marshall Islands for the numerous nuclear tests conducted." Thomas noted that the delegates who approved the resolution represented more than 1.5 million church members. The resolution points out that the UCC is the main religious group in the Marshalls, and there are many UCC Marshall Islanders living in the U.S. "We believe this resolution is particularly significant at this time as representatives of the Republic of the Marshall Islands and the U.S. are involved in renegotiating the Compact of Free Association," he told Clinton. "The resolution," he added, "reaffirms our church's long-held conviction that we are called to be a prophetic witness on justice and human rights issues in the U.S. and throughout the world." The resolution notes that while the U.S. has provided full compensation to its own citizens living downwind of the Nevada Test Site, no Marshall Islanders have received more than 61 percent of their compensation awards because there isn't enough funding in the Compact to provide full compensation for all victims. As a result, one-third of the more than 1,500 islanders receiving awards have died without receiving full compensation, it said. The UCC said there was substantial new evidence showing widespread health problems, including a health survey showing cancer rates two-to-30 times higher than in the U.S. Another survey, conducted by Japanese medical doctors of Tohoku University in the mid-1990s, has confirmed a high rate of thyroid disorders among Marshall Islanders, it said. Recently declassified U.S. government documents similarly confirm that many more Marshall Islanders were exposed to fallout from the 67 U.S. tests than U.S. government negotiators admitted when the compensation package in the Compact was negotiated in the early 1980s, it said. "The $150 million trust fund provided in a Compact of Free Association is woefully inadequate and not just compensation for the health injuries and deaths caused by U.S. nuclear testing to the population and the loss of their use of their atolls because of radiation contamination since 1946," the resolution said. It also said that funding for medical surveillance and treatment programs is inadequate to meet the needs of the exposed population. Addressing the need for an apology and compensation, the resolution quoted the Lord speaking to Moses in the Old Testament: "When a man or a woman wrongs another, breaking faith with the Lord, that person incurs guilt and shall confess the sin… (and) shall make full restitution for the wrong, adding one-fifth to it…." The Marshall Islands Journal, Box 14, Majuro, Marshall Islands 96960 E-mail: journal@ntamar.com - -- ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com - - To unsubscribe to abolition-usa, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe abolition-usa" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2000 09:38:49 -0800 From: "David Crockett Williams" Subject: (abolition-usa) 21Feb00 Global Peace Walk 2000 update Global Peace Walk 2000 from San Francisco to the United Nations has finished its California and Nevada routes and is now in Arizona on its way to Flagstaff, Big Mountain, and the Hopi areas. The walk is expected to be camped tomorrow night, February 22nd at the Kaibab Lake Campground located 4miles north of Williams, AZ, on Hwy 64. The walk is scheduled to arrive to the outskirts of Flagstaff on Thursday afternoon, Feb24, and on Friday walk from the NAU sign at Hwy 40 junction to the Flagstaff City Hall to receive a proclamation of support from Mayor Bavasi and for afternoon presentations by and to the walkers about local issues related to the Big Mountain relocation issue including the new energy technologies under development to replace nuclear and fossil fuel power and to eliminate the need for the Black Mesa coal mining which fuels electric power plants that reportedly emit more acid rain pollutions than the top five US cities combined. The walk will leave Wheeler Park at Flagstaff City Hall on Saturday, February 26th to walk with local supporters to Big Mountain. Daily updates on the walk's location are recorded on the walk's voicemail at 415-267-1877. Along the way Global Peace Walk 2000 has received letters and proclamations of support from religious, community, and political leaders including the mayors of San Francisco, San Jose, Santa Cruz, Monterey, Morro Bay, San Luis Obispo (County Board of Supervisors), Santa Barbara, Bakersfield, and Tehachapi, California, and Las Vegas, Nevada. Global Peace Walk 2000 took its first step from the War Memorial Building in San Francisco on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Birthday on January 15, 2000 bringing out the prayer of “Global Peace Now!” as a universal human resolve to spread across the United States after a morning ceremony, conducted by Shoshone spiritual leader Corbin Harney and the walk initator Reverend Yusen Yamato, attended by about 100 people. Global Peace Walk 2000 also took part in the Martin Luther King Jr.s Holiday March and "Freedom Train Ride" from San Jose on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Holiday on Monday, January 17, 2000. Along the way, the Global Peace Walkers are carrying petitions, messages & information to educate & network with people & groups on the following issues: Abolition 2000 - A Call to Ban Nuclear Weapons Worldwide; Protecting our Land & Life & other Environmental & Social issues; Native American issues (e.g., Leonard Peltier clemency; Big Mountain Dineh relocation, AZ; Ward Valley nuclear waste dump, CA; Nevada Nuclear Test Site and Yucca Mountain Nuclear Waste Dump - Shoshone treaty violations); Sustainable Global Economy (e.g., Permaculture, Industrial Hemp); Alternative Healing/Medicine; Medical Marijuana; Global Conflict Resolution by Creating a Culture of Peace and a Spiritual United Nations; the World Thirteen Moon Calendar Change Peace Movement; Peace Pagoda Project; Global Peace Zone Project; and Proper Funding for New-Energy Technology Research and Development; as well as other issues that people bring to us along the way. On October 9, 2000 (Columbus Day), the Global Peace Walk will arrive in Washington DC and bring the petitions and "The Message of Peace” to our governmental leaders. A "Millennium of Peace Ceremony" will be conducted then with perhaps over one million people in Washington DC to rededicate the Washington Monument as a Symbol of The Message of Peace. The walk will arrive in New York City at the United Nations on October 24th, 2000 (United Nations Day) to deliver the petitions and "The Message of Peace” to our world government leaders, to reaffirm the original principles of the United Nations Charter to “save succeeding generations from the scourge of war...reaffirm faith in the dignity of human rights” to “live together in peace”, and to help inaugurate the UN Year and Decade of Creating a Culture of Peace for the 21st Century. Since the Global Peace Walk project was initiated in 1995, walking from New York City to San Francisco for the United Nations 50th anniversary, the Global Peace Walk has received many letters and proclamations of support from religious, political (e.g., mayors and governors), community and cultural leaders towards the creation of a worldwide Global Peace Zone 2000 and these compiled messages will be included in "The Message of Peace" documentation. Living On the Globe with All Our Friends Global Peace NOW! ==================================== For the most recent reports on the walk, copies of letters and proclamations of support, etc., and to subscribe to the Global Peace Walk 2000 local coordinators email group list, see http://www.egroups.com/group/global-peace-walk For printable typeset efax version of main walk flyer see http://www.egroups.com/group/global-peace-walk/208.html Master GPW2000 schedule with links to printable local flyers, maps http://www.angelfire.com/on/GEAR2000/schedule.html Selected list of letters and proclamations of support linked to texts http://www.angelfire.com/on/GEAR2000/listproc.html For more information, contact: David Crockett Williams gear2000@lightspeed.net 20411 Steeple Court, Tehachapi, CA 93561 661-822-3309 Global Peace Walk 2000 http://www.globalpeacenow.org http://www.angelfire.com/on/GEAR2000/gpw.html Updates 415-267-1877 -- Voicemail 415-863-2084 http://www.angelfire.com/on/GEAR2000/schedule.html SCHEDULE & contacts GLOBAL EMERGENCY ALERT RESPONSE http://www.angelfire.com/on/GEAR2000 The Vision of Paradise on Earth http://www.angelfire.com/on/GEAR2000/vision.html Urge your Congressperson to support H.R. 2545 Global Nuclear Disarmament & Economic Conversion Act Details & Sample Email: http://prop1.org/prop1/letter.htm Easy indexed site to email Congresspeople & Media http://congress.nw.dc.us/wnd (copy & paste email letters to media and Congress) An Agenda for Peace http://www.angelfire.com/on/GEAR2000/agenda.html - - To unsubscribe to abolition-usa, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe abolition-usa" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2000 17:07:05 +1100 From: "Helen Caldicott" Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) U.S. Missile Defense is Feasible (?) Right on Bruce Baby! Helen - ----- Original Message ----- From: Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space To: ; Sent: Monday, February 21, 2000 2:07 AM Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) U.S. Missile Defense is Feasible (?) > Richard, > > I don't think it is wise to get into a pissing-contest with these guys over > "will it work", etc. Ultimately the issue is should we have an arms race in > space? Do we want to spend the hundreds of billions of dollars on a space > arms race? What will the implications of a arms race in space be for arms > control negotiations? Does the Space Command, with its "Master of Space" > logo and mission of "control and domination of the heavens, really offer us > more security in the long run? Do we have the right to violate the U.N. > Outer Space Treaty by putting bases on the moon and space-based laser > weapons in orbit? BMD is a Trojan horse for war in space. It is not about > "defense". BMD is welfare for the weapons corporations. These are the > points to make to those promoting war in space. > > Bruce K. Gagnon > Coordinator > Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space > PO Box 90083 > Gainesville, Fl. 32607 > (352) 337-9274 > http://www.globenet.free-online.co.uk > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Abolition2000 Pacific Region > To: ; > Sent: Saturday, February 19, 2000 8:52 PM > Subject: (abolition-usa) U.S. Missile Defense is Feasible (?) > > > > Dear Abolition friends, > > > > This article was published yesterday in The Honolulu Advertiser, a daily > > newspaper in Hawai`i. > > The writers of this pro-ABM system article (Weisbrod) is an Engineer on > the > > Anti-Ballistic Missile Program in Kwajalein Atoll, Marshall Islands. While > > he is less than forthright about the > > ABM Treaty regardless of whether Soviet Union no longer exists (didn't a > UN > > General Assembly conference issue an emergency resolution about threats to > > abrogation of the ABM Treaty, in a post Soviet Union period?), he poses > > important issues to consider about the supposed "technological > feasibility" > > of a missile defense system, as a missile defense engineer himself. But I > am > > sure he is wrong! How do you properly respond to an engineer actually > > working to develop the missile defense system, and claims that it is > largely > > a safe, and necessary, "defense" shield? Can you suggest ideas on how to > > refute this kind of pro- ABM arguments? I'll try to look into it more, as > I > > am overburdened as it is with my doctoral dissertation research/writing. > > Thank you all from Hawaii, where it is absolutely beautiful, tropical, > > sunny, and warm! > > > > Richard Salvador > > Honolulu, Hawaii > > > > > > Posted on: Friday, February 18, 2000 > > > > http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/2000/Feb/18/letters.html > > U.S. missile defense is feasible > > > > Regarding the Feb. 6 commentary on missile defense policy by Michael > Jones: > > [http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/2000/Feb/06/opinion4.html] > > Professor Jones is calling for a re-evaluation of the anti-ballistic > missile > > defense program that was started in the early 1960s by some farsighted > > engineers, military officers and politicians. > > > > It was re-emphasized in the '80s by President Reagan (nick-named "Star > Wars" > > by his political opponents) and contributed significantly to the > > disintegration of the Soviet Union and the end of the Cold War. > > > > Most objections to the ABM program are political in nature and have little > > to do with the engineering problems that are being solved by the test > > programs. In fact, much negative press has been received because of some > > "failures" of test missiles. Yet, missile test programs are by nature > > subject to failures, which then generate improvements, and eventually > result > > in reliable and accurate missile systems that will accomplish their > purpose, > > which is to defend the United States against attack from long-range > nuclear > > missiles. > > > > Most Americans seem to be totally unaware that we have no defense against > a > > missile attack, short or long range. We do have about 6,000 nuclear > warheads > > available for "retaliation" should any be used against us. > > > > We are currently prevented from deploying an anti-ballistic missile > defense > > network because we are signatories to the START and ABM treaties - which > > were signed with the U.S.S.R., an entity that no longer exists. Russia, > > however, has defensive missiles deployed near Moscow. > > > > An agreement to cut both Russian and U.S. ICBM missile inventories in half > > has been passed by the U.S. Congress, but has never been approved by the > > Russian Duma - so we are still living in the MAD (Mutually Assured > > Destruction) environment first implemented by Robert McNamara in the late > > '60s. The "hit to kill" technology is one of the most difficult ways to > > destroy incoming ICBMs, and is being used primarily for political reasons. > > > > Using high-explosive or nuclear warheads to destroy incoming nuclear > > missiles is much more effective, but is not very popular with politicians > > and environmentalists. Yet, the destruction caused by a miss would kill > > everyone - including the objectors, who would certainly change their > minds, > > given the opportunity. > > > > I am certain that the interception of long-range missiles is technically > > possible, since I have personally witnessed (and documented) many > successful > > ICBM interceptions in the early '60s at Kwajalein in the Marshall Islands. > > The program was very successful, yet it utilized very old technology, > > including vacuum tube computers that filled buildings the size of a > > gymnasium, but had less than 1/100th the power or speed of the laptop > > computer I'm using to type this letter. Those "ancient" missiles usually > > either hit their target precisely, or else they failed completely - which > is > > the usual result in any test program. > > > > In summary, a viable defense against long-range missiles is technically > > feasible. It only awaits funding approval by politicians. If you want to > be > > protected, tell your congressman. If you don't care, fine. At least you > know > > the facts. > > > > Bud Weisbrod > > Engineer and Photo-Optics Supervisor > > Nike-Zeus Anti-Ballistic Missile Program > > Kwajalein, Marshall Islands > > > > > > *** > > > > See Michael Jones letter, "Missile Defense Policy Needs Re-Evaluation" > > http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/2000/Feb/06/opinion4.html > > Michael Jones is a physics professor at the University of Hawaii, Manoa. > > ______________________________________________________ > > Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com > > > > > > - > > To unsubscribe to abolition-usa, send an email to > "majordomo@xmission.com" > > with "unsubscribe abolition-usa" in the body of the message. > > For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send > > "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. > > > - > To unsubscribe to abolition-usa, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" > with "unsubscribe abolition-usa" in the body of the message. > For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send > "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. > - - To unsubscribe to abolition-usa, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe abolition-usa" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2000 20:53:03 -0500 From: peter weiss Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) ABOLITION 2000 NPT CALL TO ACTION!! Dear Jackie or whoever: I have tried about 5 times to sign up the Center for Constitutional Rights and every time I get a "Netscape is unable to find ..." message. Anyway, the address of the Center is 666 Broadway, New York, NY 10017 and I am the contact person, but I already get everything twice and don't want to get it three times. Regars, Peter =09 Jackie Cabasso wrote: >=20 > ABOLITION 2000 NPT CALL TO ACTION! > ***********************************************************************= **** > FROM THE ABOLITION 2000 COORDINATING COMMITTEE: Janet Bloomfield, UK; > Jackie Cabasso, USA; Pol D=92Huyvetter, Belgium; David Krieger, USA; > Richard Salvador, > Belau; Alice Slater, USA; Hiro Umebayshi, Japan; Alyn Ware, > Aotearoa/NZ; John Burroughs, USA; Ross Wilcock, Canada > ***********************************************************************= **** > MOMENTUM IS BUILDING FOR THE UPCOMING NPT 2000 REVIEW CONFERENCE, > APRIL 24 - MAY 19 AT THE UNITED NATIONS IN NEW YORK. Abolition 2000 > plans to have a large and visible presence there, to hold the world > accountable to our number one demand: completion of negotiations on a > treaty to eliminate nuclear weapons by the year 2000. > At our 1999 Annual General Meeting in the Hague, we identified March 1 > - 8, 2000 as GLOBAL ABOLITION DAYS, an international week of actions, > education and lobbying for disarmament, leading up to the NPT > Review.* EVEN IF YOU CAN=92T COME TO NEW YORK IN APRIL, HERE ARE FOUR > ACTIONS YOU CAN TAKE, STARTING NOW! >=20 > 1) HELP ABOLITION 2000 GROW! OUR GOAL IS TO ENROLL AT LEAST 2000 > ORGANIZATIONS BY THE NPT REVIEW CONFERENCE IN APRIL. While it would > take a miracle to meet our founding goal of a treaty by the end of > 2000, with your help we can go to New York 2000 members strong! We > now have more than 1430 groups in 91 countries. If each group enrolls > just one additional organization, we=92ll easily exceed our goal! > Expand your horizons. Reach out to religious, environmental, and > social groups; churches, trade-unions, and schools. Put a notice in > your newsletter. Enrollment forms can be found on-line on the > award-winning Abolition 2000 website at http://www.abolition2000.org** > where you will also find copies of the ABOLITION 2000 STATEMENT in > several languages and the MOOREA DECLARATION, addressing the unique > suffering of indigenous and colonized peoples as a result of the > nuclear age. PRINTED ENROLLMENT CARDS AND BROCHURES WHICH YOU CAN > CARRY WITH YOU AS YOU FIND ENROLLMENT OPPORTUNITIES WITH OTHER > ORGANIZATIONS ARE AVAILABLE FROM THE ABOLITION 2000 OFFICE OR YOUR > REGIONAL ABOLITION 2000 CONTACT. Don't leave home without them!! >=20 > 2) WRITE TO YOUR HEAD OF STATE AND FOREIGN MINISTER: URGE THEM TO MAKE > THE NPT REVIEW CONFERENCE A TOP PRIORITY AND TO PERSONALLY ATTEND; > ASK THAT THEY OPEN ALL SESSIONS OF THE CONFERENCE TO CIVIL SOCIETY. > What happens at this year=92s NPT Review Conference is critical -- it > could be a turning point for either nuclear disarmament or nuclear > breakout. The presence of heads of state and foreign ministers will > signal to the world the vital importance of breaking the nuclear > deadlock. At past NPT meetings very few sessions have been open to > NGOs, even though diplomats have told us that the closed sessions are > essentially no different from the open sessions. This practice is > unacceptable. What happens at the NPT Review Conference is the > world=92s business! WE NEED LOTS OF LETTERS, FAXES AND PHONE CALLS TO > THE HEADS OF STATE AND FOREIGN MINISTERS OF EVERY STATE PARTY TO THE > NPT! A sample letter is available at http://www.abolition2000.org. > PLEASE POST YOUR LETTER TO THE ABOLITION CAUCUS E-MAIL DISTRIBUTION > LIST TO INSPIRE OTHERS. >=20 > 3) PUT A "HUMAN FACE=94 ON NUCLEAR SUFFERING. HONOR THE HIBAKUSHA, > DOWNWINDERS AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DIRECTLY INJURED BY THE NUCLEAR > AGE. In cooperation with Earth Day organizers in New York, we are > planning a demonstration during the NPT, focussing on those who have > suffered most from the toxic legacy of the nuclear age. Our goal is > to turn out 1,000 people to hold hands around, or near, the United > Nations, wearing the names of victims of the nuclear madness. WE NEED > YOUR HELP TO GATHER THE NAMES OF 1,000 DOWNWINDERS, HIBAKUSHA, AND > AFFECTED INDIGENOUS PEOPLES FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD. The > demonstrators, joined by as many actually affected people we are able > to bring to New York, will wear the names and city, country, date of > exposure, death, or accident where available -- photos are also > welcome. PLEASE SEND THE NAMES OF NUCLEAR VICTIMS AND THE NATURE OF > THEIR INJURIES, BY E-MAIL TO: aslater@gracelinks.org; OR BY SNAIL MAIL > OR FAX TO: Global Resource Action Center for the Environment (GRACE), > 15 East 26th Street, Room 915 New York, NY 10010; tel: (212) 726-9161; > fax: (212) 726-9160 >=20 > 4) GATHER SIGNATURES ON THE ABOLITION 2000 PETITION! The ABOLITION > 2000 PETITION is a tool your group can use to collect individual > signatures in support of the goals of Abolition 2000: 1) End the > Nuclear Threat; 2) Sign the Treaty; and 3) Reallocate Resources. To > date, more than 13 million signatures have been collected on the > Abolition 2000 Petition. THE CHAIRMAN OF THE NPT REVIEW CONFERENCE HAS > AGREED TO RECEIVE OUR SIGNED PETITIONS THIS SPRING AT THE UNITED > NATIONS IN NEW YORK. Now is the time to revitalize the Abolition 2000 > petition campaign by gathering as many signatures as possible! It=92s = a > great local outreach activity. The complete ABOLITION 2000 PETITION > is available on the Abolition 2000 website or from the Abolition 2000 > office or your local Abolition 2000 contact. SEND YOUR SIGNED > PETITIONS TO THE ABOLITION 2000 CLEARINGHOUSE. > ***********************************************************************= ******* > ABOLITION 2000 CLEARINGHOUSE: CARAH ONG IS THE ABOLITION 2000 > COORDINATOR. Contact her in care of: Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, > 1187 Coast Village Rd. Suite 121, Santa Barbara, CA 93108 USA; e-mail: > a2000@silcom.com; tel: (805)965-3443; fax: (805)568-0466. LET CARAH > KNOW WHAT OTHER ACTIVITIES YOUR GROUP IS PLANNING FOR ABOLITION DAYS. > ***********************************************************************= ****** > *March 1 is Nuclear Free and Independent Pacific Day (the anniversary > of the US Bikini test); March 5 is the 30th anniversary of > entry-into-force of the NPT; March 8 is International Womens=92 Day. W= e > encourage groups and individuals to undertake local actions during > Abolition Days. For example: set up a stall (booth) in your town to > distribute information about Abolition 2000 and gather signatures on > the Abolition 2000 petition; have a public video showing or speaker on > Abolition 2000 issues (such as health and environmental effects of > nuclear weapons considering the link with Bikini Day); or ??? (be > creative!) >=20 > **In February, the Abolition 2000 website received an award from > Encyclopedia Britannica online as one of the best sites on the > internet: http//www.abolition2000.org > ***********************************************************************= ******** > PLEASE COPY AND DISTRIBUTE THIS CALL TO ACTION AS WIDELY AS POSSIBLE! > ****************************************************** > Jacqueline Cabasso, Executive Director > WESTERN STATES LEGAL FOUNDATION > 1440 Broadway, Suite 500 > Oakland, California USA 94612 > Tel: +(510)839-5877 > Fax: +(510)839-5397 > E-mail: wslf@earthlink.net > ****************************************************** > Western States Legal Foundation is part of ABOLITION 2000 > A GLOBAL NETWORK TO ELIMINATE NUCLEAR WEAPONS - - To unsubscribe to abolition-usa, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe abolition-usa" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------ Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2000 23:21:46 -0800 (PST) From: marylia@earthlink.net (marylia) Subject: (abolition-usa) Grant Availability for Monitoring DOE * * * ANNOUNCEMENT * * * Hi, peace and enviro colleagues. Below is an announcement regarding the availability of grant money for monitoring, analyzing and educating the public regarding the Dept. of Energy's impact on the environment. The phone number and email address to order everything your group or tribe needs in order to apply for a grant is listed below. Please call or email to get the full info packet. As one of those who participated in the long and sometimes grueling negotiations to obtain the lawsuit settlement that included these monies for community-based monitoring of DOE activities, I want to encourage you to CHECK IT OUT. Our goal in achieving the settlement with DOE was and is to get grant money out into affected communities and to groups and tribes where it can do some good. If you think your group or tribe has a good proposal and fits the guidelines, please apply!! Also, if you aren't sure if you qualify, please ask!! We negotiated for the least restrictive language possible, but the eligibility for monies is necessarily tied to the language of the settlement agreement. Peace, Marylia P.S. If you have any feedback on the process, feel free to contact me or contact Resolve directly. --MK Here is the announcement... CITIZENS' MONITORING AND TECHNICAL ASSESSMENT FUND REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS Winter 2000 The Citizens Monitoring and Technical Assessment Fund announces that it is accepting proposals to provide monies to "eligible organizations" to procure technical and scientific assistance to perform technical and scientific reviews and analyses of environmental management activities at U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) sites. Monies from the Fund may also be used to support the dissemination of the technical and scientific reviews and analyses undertaken with monies from the Fund, but may not be used to conduct litigation, lobbying, or fundraising. Non-profit, non-governmental organizations and Federally recognized tribal governments working on issues related to the DOE nuclear weapons complex are eligible to apply. The Citizens' Monitoring and Technical Assessment Fund was created as part of a 1998 court settlement between DOE and 39 plaintiffs (nonprofit peace and environmental groups) around the country. The Fund is administered by RESOLVE, Inc., a neutral non-profit dispute resolution organization with special expertise in the environmental arena with offices in Washington, DC, and Portland, Oregon. RESOLVE will distribute up to $500,000 in this round of funding, with an average amount of $25,000 and the maximum amount of $50,000 per grant. Projects should be completed within a maximum of two years. Priority will be given to eligible organizations and tribes that have limited technological resources, or that may be "disenfranchised" or "disproportionately affected" by environmental management activities at DOE sites. Organizations and communities of color and low-income communities and organizations are encouraged to apply. We anticipate that there will be at least one more funding round in 2000. For additional information please contact RESOLVE at 202-965-6212 or mta-fund@resolv.org. Please feel free to forward this announcement to colleagues and other potentially interested parties. The deadline for submitting applications is April 24, 2000 Marylia Kelley Tri-Valley CAREs (Communities Against a Radioactive Environment) 2582 Old First Street Livermore, CA USA 94550 - is our web site, please visit us there! (925) 443-7148 - is our phone (925) 443-0177 - is our fax Working for peace, justice and a healthy environment since 1983, Tri-Valley CAREs has been a member of the nation-wide Alliance for Nuclear Accountability in the U.S. since 1989, and is a co-founding member of the international Abolition 2000 network for the elimination of nuclear weapons. - - To unsubscribe to abolition-usa, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe abolition-usa" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------ Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2000 10:54:40 -0500 From: ASlater Subject: (abolition-usa) Fwd: Meat Irradiation Becomes Legal Tuesday Another nuclear nightmare in the works. Public Citizen is asking that activists write to President Gore and demand proper labeling. See www.citizen.org Alice Slater >>Date: Mon, 21 Feb 2000 17:15:24 -0500 >>From: "Noel Petrie" >>Subject: Meat Irradiation Becomes Legal Tuesday >>To: radfood@lists.citizen.org >>X-Mailer: Novell GroupWise 5.5 >>Reply-To: radfood@lists.citizen.org >>X-Loop: ListCaster@lists.citizen.org >>X-Loop-Detect: 1 >> >> >>Meat Irradiation Becomes Legal Tuesday >>Irradiation of Meat Unwise Given Inadequate Research, >>Poor Labeling Laws >> >>WASHINGTON, D.C. - The federal government's decision to legalize the irradiation of raw meat and meat products is irresponsible because of the glaring lack of research regarding the long-term health effects of irradiated food on humans, a Public Citizen food irradiation expert said today. >> >>The government has declared food irradiation to be safe by using >mathematical calculations supported by just five animal studies conducted primarily in the 1960s and 1970s that were of questionable quality, according to Wenonah Hauter, director of Public Citizen's Critical Mass Energy Project. Other research has shown that food irradiation diminishes the nutritional value of food by depleting its vitamins, she said. >> >>Beginning Tuesday, Feb. 22, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) >will permit the irradiation of raw meat and meat products such as ground beef, steaks and pork chops. Under the USDA's labeling requirements, meat served in such places as restaurants and cafeterias will not have to be labeled, so consumers will have no idea when they are eating irradiated meat. (Irradiated meat sold in supermarkets will be labeled as such.) >> >>"The legalization of irradiation of our food supply is incredibly irresponsible given the clearly inadequate testing of the effects on consumers' health and nutrition," Hauter said. "To make matters worse, weak and incomplete labeling rules effectively remove the public's right to know what they are eating." >> >>The body of research on irradiated food is sketchy at best and has >yielded conflicting results as to the safety of irradiated food, Hauter said. There are no studies on the long-term health effects of irradiated food on humans, which means it is uncertain that eating irradiated food is safe. Among the unknowns: the comprehensive effects of irradiation on the nutritional value of food, whether irradiation has different effects on frozen food as compared to fresh food, how irradiation affects irregularly shaped foods, what its effects are on helpful bacteria, and the effects of irradiation on plant workers who oversee the treatment of food. >> >>Meanwhile, tests on short-term effects of food irradiation are >contradictory and inconclusive. Some research shows that food irradiation causes the creation of new chemicals in food that could be toxic or cancer-causing. Also, research shows that irradiation destroys vitamins A, B1, K and E. >> >>Irradiation is classified as an additive and requires users to petition >the FDA for permission to irradiate specific foods. The U.S. Army conducted early research on food irradiation, resulting in the legalization in 1963 of irradiated canned bacon. It was pulled from the market, however, when the FDA discovered that the research was flawed and that significant adverse effects were produced in animals fed irradiated food. >> >>In the 1980s, the government lost six years' worth of studies when its contractor, Bio-Test Ltd. (IBT), was found to have conducted fraudulent research. Despite the criminal conviction of three of Bio-Test's directors, and despite the fact that the company's work was characterized by "missing records, unallowable departures from testing protocol" and "poor work quality," the work is still cited by many as showing that food irradiation is safe. >> >>According to FDA documents, a 1982 FDA review of 413 studies found 344 >to be inconclusive or inadequate to demonstrate either the safety or toxicity of irradiated foods, while 32 indicated adverse effects and 37 showed the procedure to be safe. >> >>When the FDA ultimately deemed food irradiation safe, it pointed to five animal studies. But there were problems with each of them, Hauter said. In one, four litters of rats fed irradiated wheat were stillborn, while just one litter was stillborn in rats not being fed the irradiated food. Another ignored defects found in dogs fed irradiated food. In a third, rats fed irradiated milk powder lost weight and experienced miscarriages, and in the remaining two, the sample sizes were too small to be statistically significant. >> >>A 1997 CBS poll showed that 77 percent of Americans don't want to eat irradiated food. But food irradiation is becoming more widespread in part because of efforts by the food and nuclear industries to sway administration officials and lawmakers, said Joan Claybrook, Public Citizen's president. For instance, in the 1995-1996 election cycle, food industry PACs spent $22.6 million on campaign contributions, and in the 1997-1998 cycle, they spent $19.8 million. >> >>"Despite a strong show of the public's will, the money and influence >wielded in Congress and the regulatory agencies by the nuclear and food industries is undermining democracy and the notion that government should serve people, rather than corporate interests," Claybrook said. >> >>### >> >>For more information on this and other issues, please visit the Critical >Mass Energy Project=s Web site at www.citizen.org/CMEP. >> >>If you would like to unsubscribe from the radfood list send an email to npetrie@citizen.org with the words "unsubscribe radfood" in the subject. >> Alice Slater Global Resource Action Center for the Environment (GRACE) 15 East 26th Street, Room 915 New York, NY 10010 tel: (212) 726-9161 fax: (212) 726-9160 email: aslater@gracelinks.org http://www.gracelinks.org GRACE is a member of Abolition 2000, a global network working for a treaty to eliminate nuclear weapons. Alice Slater Global Resource Action Center for the Environment (GRACE) 15 East 26th Street, Room 915 New York, NY 10010 tel: (212) 726-9161 fax: (212) 726-9160 email: aslater@gracelinks.org http://www.gracelinks.org GRACE is a member of Abolition 2000, a global network working for a treaty to eliminate nuclear weapons. - - To unsubscribe to abolition-usa, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe abolition-usa" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2000 15:17:35 +1000 From: FoE Sydney - Nuclear Campaign Subject: (abolition-usa) HAS YOUR ORGANISATION SIGNED HEADS OF STATE NPT REVIEW LETTER ? HAS YOUR ORGANISATION SIGNED HEADS OF STATE NPT REVIEW LETTER ? (Please excuse getting this again and again if you have in fact already signed. If you did, many thanks! This is for those who have not signed.) Dear NGO, Parliamentarian, or Prominent Person, So far over 200 organisations, including 8 members of the Australian Parliament and seven members of the European Parliament have signed this letter, which asks governments worldwide at the coming review conference of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) (April 24-May 19), to press for the fulfilment of Article VI of the NPT. Article VI asks that the nuclear weapons states negotiate away their nuclear weapons stockpiles. Article VI has been in force since 1970, and in 1996 the International Court of Justice reaffirmed that it does indeed create a legal obligation. Yet little progress has been made in implementing it, and current trends are negative. If you/your organisation think that the NPT is worth keeping and that nuclear weapons are not worth keeping, I urge you to sign this letter, by emailing me at: John Hallam, Nuclear Campaigner, Friends of the Earth Sydney, Australia. TO: PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON, (US) +1-202-456-2461, 1-202-456-2883, 1-202-456-6218, 1-202-456-6201 PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN, (RUSSIA) +7-095-205-4330, +7-095-206-5173, =46OREIGN MINISTER IGOR IVANOV(RUSSIA) +7-095-247-2722, +7-095-293-3323 PRIME MINISTER TONY BLAIR, (UK) +44-171-925-0918 PRESIDENT JACQUES CHIRAC (FRANCE)+33-147-42-2465, PRIME MINISTER LIONEL JOSPIN (FRANCE) +33-142-34-2677 PRESIDENT JIANG XEMIN (CHINA) CC PRIME MINISTER A.B. VAJPAYEE, (INDIA)+91-11-301-6857 PRESIDENT MOHAMMED RAFIQ DARAR(PAKISTAN) 9251-920-3938, =46OREIGN MINISTER ABDUL SATTAR (PAKISTAN) 9251-920-7217 PRIME MINISTER EHUD BARAK (ISRAEL) +972-266-4838, ALL HEADS OF STATE AND FOREIGN MINISTERS OF STATES PARTY TO THE NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY (NPT) UNITED NATIONS AMBASSADORS OF STATES PARTY TO THE NPT RE: ENSURING A SUCCESSFUL NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY REVIEW CONFERENCE= =2E Dear Heads of State, Foreign Ministers, and Ambassadors, The undersigned organizations, representing many millions of deeply concerned people worldwide, are writing to you regarding the Review Conference of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) at the United Nations in New York, April 24-May 19, 2000. This meeting has crucial implications not only for NPT member states, but also for non-member states, especially India, Pakistan and Israel. We believe the 2000 Review Conference could and should be a catalyst in breaking the deadlock in the nuclear disarmament arena. It represents an opportunity to make real progress toward nuclear disarmament, and nuclear weapons abolition, which is essential to the achievement of common security based on human and ecological values and respect for international institutions and law. Failure in this regard could lead to the unraveling of the NPT regime. This is exactly opposite to the wishes and expectations of the majority of the people of the world. It is clear from recent polls, that the overwhelming majority of the world's people expect no less than immediate commencement of multilateral negotiations leading to the elimination of nuclear weapons through a global treaty in fulfillment of Article VI. Crucial to the outcome of this Review Conference will be the extent to which the nuclear weapon states are willing to act on their unambiguous legal obligation and commitment to the elimination of their nuclear weapons as called for by Article VI, which states: "Each of the parties to the treaty undertakes to pursue negotiations in good faith on effective measures relating to cessation of the nuclear arms race at an early date and to nuclear disarmament, and on a treaty on general and complete disarmament under strict and effective international control." Since the 1995 Review and Extension Conference, the importance of Article VI and the NPT itself has been reinforced by the International Court of Justice (ICJ), which concluded unanimously in its 1996 Advisory Opinion that: "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" While some progress has been achieved over the last decade in the reduction of the total number of nuclear weapons deployed by the nuclear weapon states, these states maintain their commitment to highly dangerous nuclear military doctrines as a cornerstone of their defence and security policy, some for the indefinite future. Progress on fulfilling Article VI obligations is thus stalled, and the development of new nuclear dangers is encouraged. The following developments represent a growing peril that challenges international and human security, and to which NPT states parties and especially nuclear states must respond creatively: - --Ten years after the end of the Cold War, over 30,000 nuclear weapons remain worldwide, and India and Pakistan have both tested nuclear weapons. - --Though UN and European Parliament resolutions have drawn attention to the Article VI obligations and to the ICJ Advisory Opinion, NATO has jeopardized the NPT by its re-affirmation in April 1999 that nuclear weapons are 'essential' to its security. While the NATO nuclear policy review is welcome, it is preempted and undercut by this reaffirmation. - -- The US and Russia failed to respond to worldwide pressure to de- alert by December 1999, and each maintain over 2000 nuclear warheads on permanent 'launch on warning' status. This continues in spite of the incorporation of de-alerting into the 1996 recommendations of the Canberra Commission, into two resolutions passed by massive majorities in the UN General Assembly in 1998, and again in 1999, and a unanimous resolution of the European Parliament of November 18, 1999. - --Key states have failed to ratify the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT), opened for signature in 1996. The US Senate in October 1999 voted down ratification, in spite of the nearly unanimous endorsement of that treaty by the international community and overwhelming US public support for nuclear disarmament and the CTBT. - --The clear aim of the CTBT is to constrain weapons development: yet the US, Russia, and other nuclear states still proceed with the development of new nuclear weapon types and modifications in computer-simulated 'virtual reality', with the aid of sub-critical underground nuclear testing, which undermines both the spirit and purpose of the treaty. In particular, US activities at the National Ignition Facility and the French Megajoule laser project enable further weapons development. - --In 2000, the US may decide to deploy a National Ballistic Missile Defence (NMD) system which would violate the existing Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty of 1972, which is fundamental to the existing strategic arms restraints between the United States and Russia. NMD deployment could set back progress on Article VI objectives for years to come. - --Presidential Decision Directive 60 has reaffirmed US use of nuclear weapons as a 'cornerstone' of its security policy. Meanwhile, Russia has steadily moved toward a more ready use of nuclear weapons in recent years. The potential dangers in this are extreme. In light of the above developments, lack of progress on Article VI obligations poses the increasing danger that some non-nuclear states will conclude that it is in their interests to acquire nuclear weapons, while those that have already tested them will proceed to further weaponisation and expansion of their arsenals. A positive and creative response to the above, and commitment and leadership on behalf of both human life and all other life is urgently demanded. Of critical importance in addressing the currently unacceptable situation are interim measures such as de-alerting, and the removal of weapons from delivery systems, aimed at decreasing the possibility of accidental nuclear war and at increasing mutual trust and establishing a momentum toward nuclear weapons elimination. NPT states parties should resolve, as a first step, that all nuclear forces be immediately stood down from high alert status. We urge all nuclear weapons states leaders, and all NPT Review participants, as a matter of the highest priority and urgency, as well as a clear legal obligation, to take action to complete unfinished disarmament objectives and to begin urgent negotiations toward a treaty to eliminate nuclear weapons. Immediate steps (both in the CD and other fora) must be taken by the nuclear states that will lead clearly and swiftly toward negotiations in fulfillment of Article VI. You, as a world leader, have the fate of the world in your hands during these discussions. We therefore strongly urge you to attend this review conference, as you have the authority to commence negotiations to eliminate nuclear weapons. By doing so, you can to alter the course of history and leave a legacy of a more secure future for this generation and for those to come. Failure to do so risks a revived nuclear arms race that ultimately could destroy civilization. (Signed) (International Organizations) Maj-Britt Theorin, MEP, President, Kate Dewes, Vice-President, International Peace Bureau, Geneva, Bruna Nota, Womens International League for Peace and Freedom, (WILPF), Geneva/NY, Ian Maddocks (Chair), Dr. Mary Wynne-Asford, Co-President, Merav Datan, International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW), Cambridge, Mass, Bernice Boermans, Executive Director, International Association of Lawyers Against Nuclear Arms (IALANA), The Hague, Netherlands, William Peden, Stephanie Mills, Disarmament Campaign, Greenpeace International, Canonbury Villas, London, UK., Dan Plesch, Director, British-American Security Information Council, London/Washington, UK/US, Rosalie Bertell, GNSH., President, International Institute of Concern for Public Health, Toronto, Canada, Peer de Rijk.,World Information Service on Energy.(WISE) International, Amsterdam, Netherlands., Commander Robert Green, RN (Retd.), Chair, World Court Project, UK, Dave Knight, Chair, CND, UK., Janet Bloomfield, former chair CND, Saffron Walden Group Against Nuclear Weapons, England, Di Mc Donald., Nuclear Information Service., Southampton, UK., Liz Waterson, Douglas Holdstock, MEDACT (IPPNW- UK)., Lond., UK, Anni Rainbow, Lindis Percy, Campaign for the Accountability of US Bases, Yorkshire, UK., Margaret Turner, WILPF-UK., Jenny Maxwell, West Midlands Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, Birmingham., UK., Glen Lee, Womens International League for Peace and Freedom, UK., Angie Zelter, Environment and Peace Campaigner, Cromer, Norfolk, UK., Dr. George Farebrother, Sussex Alliance for Nuclear Disarmament, UK, Allan Cottey, International Week of Science and Peace, Norwich, UK., Xanthe Hall, IPPNW Germany, Berlin, Bernd Frieboese (Berlin), Ole von Uexkull (Lund), Barsebacksoffensiv, Germany/Sweden., Claus Biegert, Nuclear-Free Future Award., Munich, Germany., Roland Blach, Non-Violent Action to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, Germany., Ulf Panzer, District Court Judge, Judges and Prosecutors for Peace, Hamburg, Germany., Regina Hagen, Darmstaedter Friedensforum, Darmstadt, Germany., Henning Droege, Arzt fur Allgemeinmedizin, Allgau, Germany., Hans-Peter Richter, German Peace Council., Josef Puehringer, Plattform Gegen Atomgefahr, Austria., Josef Puehringer, Centrum-Energie Ceske Budejovice(Czech Republic) Josef Puehringer, Buergerinitiative Umweltschutz, (Czech Republic) Hienz Stockinger, Chair, PLAGE., (Platform Gegen Atomgefahren), Salzburg, Austria., Mathilde Halla, Chair, Uberpartlielice Platform Gegen Atomgefahren, Linz, Austria., Matthias Reichl, Centre for Encounters and Active Non-Violence, Bad Ischl, Austria., Dr. Hildegard Faessler, Chairwoman, International Week of Science and Peace, Innsbruck, Austria., Dr. Hildegard Zlabinger, Chairwoman, Eco-Ontological System for Human Rights and Environmental Protection., Bernadette Koechl, Council of Eco-ontological Systems for Human Rights and Environmental Protection., Malla Kantola, Committee of 100, Helsinki, Finland, Laura Lodenius, Peace Union of Finland, Helsinki, Finland, Ulla Lehtinen, First Peoples, Finland., Lea Launokari, Women for Peace, Finland., Pirkko Lindberg, Women Against Nuclear Power, Finland., Lea Rantanen, Grandmothers Against Nuclear Power, Finland., Anita Hagman, Grandmothers for Peace, Finland., Anna-Liisa Mattsoff, No More Nuclear Power Movement, Finland., Claudia Behrens, Norwegian Green Party, Bjorn Hilt, Norske Leger Mot Atomkrieg, (IPPNW Norway) Trondhiem, Norway., Gunnar Westberg, President, Vendela Englund Burnett, SLMK (IPPNW affilliate) Goteborg, Sweden, Aungiira Aurel Duta, For Mother Earth Romania, =46undatia Pentru Partenariat Comunitar., Romania, Solange Fernex, President, WILPF France, Paris, France, Daniel Durand, National Secy., Mouvement de la Paix, Paris France., Harsh Kapoor, South Asians Against Nukes, Combaillaux, France., Ak Malten, Global Anti Nuclear Alliance, The Hague, Netherlands., Krista Van Velzen, Socialist Party, Netherlands., Berrie Kollau, Stichting Vredesbureau Eindhoven (Peace Office Foundation Eindhoven), Netherlands., Pol D'Huyvetter, For Mother Earth International, Ghent, Belgium., Vladimir Slivyak, Alexey Yablokov., Social-Ecological Union, Moscow, Russia, Vera Brovkina, Chair, St Petersburg Peace Council, Russia. Boris Bondarenko, IPPNW-Russia, St Petersburg Russia., Oleg Bodrov, Chair, 'Green World', Sosnovy Bor, Leningrad Oblast, Russia, Andrey Sukhnev, Ecotourism Centre, Lake Baikal, Russia, Dr. Vyacheslav Sharov, Chelyabinsk-Hanford Project, Chelyabinsk, Russia., Alisa Nikoulina, Antinuclear Campaign in Ex-USSR., Moscow, Russia., Natalia Raghouzhina, Centre for Public Health, Novosibirsk, Russia., Elena Perfilyeva, Ecological Information Agency, Novokuznetsk, Russia, Larisa Gurova, Movement for Ecological Safety, Ozersk, Russia, Nadezhda Kutepova, Regional Social-Ecological Organisation 'HOPE', Ozersk, Russia, Aleksey Kozlov, Civil Initiatives Development Centre, Voronezh, Russia, Alla Shevchuk, Odessa Social-Ecological Union, Odessa, Ukraine., Dr. Lado Mirianashvili., Director, 'Udabno' fund, Georgia., Alexey Svetikov, Zelenyi Zvit, Severodonetsk, Ukraine., Dr. Caroline Lucas, MEP, Greens,UK, European Parliament, Hiltrud Breyer, MEP., Greens, Germany, European Parliament, Brussels, Gorka Knorr Borrass, MEP, European Parliament, Brussells, Pierre Jonkheer, MEP, Greens Group Belgium, European Parliament, Brussels, Patsy S=F6rensen Member of The European Parliament, Greens Group, Rolf Linkohr, MEP, Germany, Social-Democrats., Maj-Britt-Theorin, MEP, Social Democrats, Sweden (as President IPB) Hiroshi Taka, Secy. General, Japan Council Against A and H-Bombs (Japan Gensuikyo) Iwamatsu Shigetoshi, Chair, Japan Congress Against A and H-Bombs, (Gensuikin), Tokyo, Japan., Steve Leeper, Transnet, Hiroshima, Japan., Hiro Umebayashi, International Coordinator, Pacific Campaign for Disarmament and Security, Yokohama, Japan., Nichigu Asanga, (Buddhist Monk), Peace Office, Tokyo., Aditi Chowdhury, Asian Regional Exchange for New Alternatives (ARENA), Hong Kong., Jong Won, National Secy., Green Korea United, South Korea., S.P. Udayakumar, South Asian Community Centre for Education and Research, Nagercoil, Tamil Nadu, India., Thomas Matthew, SEEDS-India, Punnakadu, Kerala Sukla Sen, EKTA, Santacruz, Mumbai, Ammu Abraham, Womens Centre, Mumbai, India., M.W. Faruque, for: - --Society for Legal Rights, Dhaka, Bangladesh, - --Youth Approach to Development and Cooperation Dhaka, Bangladesh, - --Bangladesh Campaign to Ban Landmines - --Bangabandhu Gabeshana & Pathgar Parishad, Dhaka, Bangladesh., - --Bangabandhu Srimte Sangsad, Bashurhat, Noahkhali, Berhampur, Bangladesh., - --Muktijoddah Jadhurgar (Liberation War Museum), Dhaka, Bangladesh, - --Bangabandhu Research Organization, - --Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industries, Dhaka, Bangladesh., - --Bashurhat Club, Noahkhali, - --Thikana Sambaya Samiti., - --Suganda Sanskritik Kendra - --Institute for Comprehensive Healthcare, Research, and Rehabilitation of Addicts and Psychopaths, Dhaka, Bangladesh., Dr. M.A. Bari, Integrated Child Health Organization, Dhaka, Bangladesh., Asif Rasheed, Executive Director., Awami Committee for Development, Multan, Pakistan., Ramesh Man Tuladhar, Centre for Community Development and Environment Research., Kathmandhu, Nepal., Nouri Abdul Razak Hussain, Secretary-General, Afro-Asian Peoples Solidarity Organisation, Egypt, Harley, WALHI-SULTENG, (Indonesian Forum for Development), Ron Mc Coy, Malaysian Physicians Against Nuclear War, (IPPNW Malaysian Affiliate), Petaling Jaya, Malaysia., Cora Fabros, Secy. General, Nuclear- Free Phillipines Coalition, Roy Cabonegro, Youth For Sustainable Development Phillipines, (YSDA-Pilipinas) Quezon City, Phillipines, Julia Grace, LIHUE Association, Patagonia, Argentina., Luis Guttierez., President, Latin American Circle for International Studies., Mexico City, Mexico., Ayesha Imam, Baobab for Womens Rights, Nigeria., Dr. Jenks Okwari, Program Officer, Community Development Project., Bukuru, Jos, Nigeria., Diana Nyonyinotono, Single Mothers Association, Uganda., Jean-Clautaire Frerys Pouele, Earth Action Congo., Brazzaville, Republique du Congo, Marylia Kelley, Tri-Valley CARES, Livermore, Calif, Alice Slater, Global Resource and Action Centre for the Environment, (GRACE) New York, Carah Ong, Abolition-2000, Santa Barbara, Calif., David Krieger, President, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, Santa Barbara, Calif= , Jackie Cabasso, Executive Director, Western States Legal Foundation, Ellen Thomas, Proposition One Committee, Washington DC, USA., Bob Musil, Executive Director, Physicians for Social Responsibility, (IPPNW USA), Washington DC., Rear-Admiral Eugene J. Carrol Jr, USN(Retd), Deputy Director, Centre for Defence Information,(CDI), Washington DC, US., John Burroughs, Executive Director, Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy, (LCNP) N.Y., USA., Gordon S. Clark, Executive Director, Peace Action USA, UN Plaza, NY, USA., Paxus Calta, Board member, International Campaigner, Nuclear Information and Research Service, (NIRS) Washington, DC., Charles Ferguson, Director, Nuclear Policy Project., Federation of American Scientists, Bill Smirnow, Nuclear-Free New York/Y2K WASH., Huntingdon, NY., Richard N. Salvador, Pacific Islands Association of NGOs, Honolulu, Hawaii, Donald C. Whitmore, President, Third Millenium Foundation, US., Joe Katz, President, Women's Action for New Directions (WAND), Metro Detroit, USA., Dana L. Richter PhD, Copper Country Peace Alliance, Houghton, Mich, USA., Troy Davis, President, World Citizen Foundation, Harvard, USA., Alastair Millar, Fourth Freedom Forum, Washington DC., USA., Bob Kinsey, Chair, Peace and Justice Task Force, United Church of Christ, Rocky Mountain Conference, Colorado, USA., Steve Ito, United Church of Christ Justice and Peace Ministry Coordinator, Ryan Kurakawa, Office for Church in Society, United Church of Christ, USA., Howard W. Hallman, Chair, Methodists United for Peace and Justice.,Washington, DC., Rosemary Everett, Sisters of the Holy Name., Justice and Peace Coordinator., Mary Ellen Gordeck, SSJ., Office of Peace and Justice, Sisters of St Joseph, Nazareth, MI., USA., Vivienne E. Perkins, Christ Church Episcopal., Castle Rock, Colorado., USA., Joe Volk, National Secy, Friends Committee on National Legislation., Washington, DC., Michele Bisonette Robbins, Executive Director, Youth for Environment and Sanity (YES), Soquel, Ca, USA., Ruth Garbus, Director, New York Women of Vision and Action., NY., USA., Shiela Blaker, Blaine Metcalf, War Resisters League, San Luis Obispo, CA., USA., Harvey Wasserman, Citizens Protecting Ohio., Bruce K. Gagnon., Coordinator., Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power In Space., Florida USA., Letitcia Aguilar, Inter American Development Bank., Loren Finkelstien, Program Director, Free The Planet., Andrew Beath, Earthways Foundation, Malibu., Calif., Mary JoChristian,Monmouth County Citizens for Clean Air and Water., Phyllis S. Yingling., WILPF- US., Philadelphia., USA., Jan Harwood, Celia Freeman, Don Larkin, Harriet Blue, Paul Blue, Elena Leland, Marilyn Lucier, Lilly Litsky, Alice Davis, Committee of Santa Cruz, CA Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, Santa Cruz, CA., Anne Anderson, Coordinator, Psychologists for Social Responsibility., Rochelle Beckers., San Luis Obispo Mothers for Peace., Calif., USA., Jay Coghlan, Nuclear Watch of New Mexico, Santa Fe, NM., USA., Greg Mello, Los Alamos Study Group.,(LASG) Santa Fe, NM., USA., Jim Morgan, ARC-Peace, International Architects, Designers, and Planners for Social Responsibility, NY., USA., Marsha Feinland, Chair, California Peace and Freedom Party, Dr. Kathleen Sullivan, Project EDNA, (Engaged Democracy for the Nuclear Age), NY., USA., Patricia Birnie, GE Stockholders Alliance for a Sustainable Nuclear-Free =46uture, USA., Betty Schroeder, Arizona Safe Energy Coalition, Ariz, USA., Norm Cohen, Unplug Salem Campaign, Susan Shaer, Executive Director, Womens Action for New Directions, Arlington, MA., Prof Dennis Brutus, Co-President, Jubilee-2000 Afrika, Univ of Pittsburg, US= A., Bill Blaikie, MP, (Winnipeg-Transcona), House Leader, New Democratic Party, Canada., Barbara Birkett,M.D.,President, Physicians for Global Survival (Canada), Gordon Edwards PhD, President, Canadian Coalition for Nuclear Responsibility, Montreal, Canada, Bev Delong, President, Lawyers for Social Responsibility, Canada., Michael Murphy, Inter-Church Uranium Educational Cooperative, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, Archdeacon Jim Boyles, General Secretary, Synod, Anglican Church of Canada, Prof. L. Terrell-Gardner, Past President, Science for Peace, Univ. of Toronto, Canada, Tryna Booth, Canadian Peace Alliance, Toronto, Canada., Joyce Lydiard, Rainforest Raging Grannies, Vancouver, Canada., Desmond Berghofer, Institute for Ethical Leadership, Vancouver, Canada., Dave Greenfield, New Green Alliance, Saskatchewan, Canada., Linda Murphy, President, Interchurch Uranium Committee, Saskatchewan, Canada= =2E, Jo Hayward-Haines., Victoria Peace Project., Ontario, Canada., Penelope Simons, The Simons Foundation, Canada., Victor Lau, Green Campus Society, Canada., Macha Mc Kay, Chair, Nuclear Issues, Carolyn Langdon, Co-Chair, Canadian Voice of Women for Peace, Kate Dewes, Director, Disarmament and Security Centre, Christchurch, Aotearoa/NZ Marion Hancock, Coordinator, Peace Foundation Aotearoa/NZ, Auckland, NZ., Marion Hancock, Abolition2000, Auckland, NZ., Megan Hutching, Secy., WILPF, Aotearoa, (NZ)., Peter Garrett, President, Dave Sweeney, Nuclear Campaigner, Australian Conservation Foundation, Fitzroy, (Melb) Vic., Australia., Reverend John Mavor, President.,The Uniting Church in Australia, National Assembly, Irene Gale AM, Babs Fuller- Quinn, Australian Peace Committee, Dr. Susan Wareham President MAPW (Medical Association for Prevention of War) Canberra, Australia, Chris White, Secretary, South Australian Trades and Labour Council, Adelaide, SA., Rev Greg Thompson, St Johns Anglican Darlinghurst. Rev. Ray Richmond, Wayside Chapel, Kings Cross, Denis Doherty, Pax Christi Sydney., Moira Rowland, Convenor, Campaign for a Nuclear-Free Future, Canberra., Cameron Edwards, People for Nuclear Disarmament NSW., Hannah Middleton, Australian Anti-Bases Campaign, Sydney., Kirsten Blair, Mark Wakeham, Coordinators, Environment Centre of the Northern Territory, Rowena, Environment Centre of W.A., Perth, W.A., Graeme Daniell, People for Nuclear Disarmament W.A., Jo Vallentine, Community Anti-Nuclear Network, W.A., Jo Vallentine, Anti-Nuclear Alliance, W.A., Jo Vallentine, Perth Anti-Nuclear Group., Grant Keady, Scientists and Technologists Against Nuclear Dumping, W.A., Bruce Nichols, Shine A Light for Peace Campaign., Senator Meg Lees,Democrat Senator for South Australia, Leader, Australian Democrats, Senator Vicki Bourne, Australian Democrats Senator for New South Wales, Senator Bob Brown, Greens Senator for Tasmania, Senator George Campbell, ALP Senator for NSW., Dr. Carmen Lawrence, MP, ALP Member for Fremantle, W.A., Jill Hall, MP, ALP Member for, Shortland, NSW., Daryl Melham MP, ALP Member for Banks, NSW., Aust., Anthony Albanese, ALP Member for Grayndler, NSW., ALP., Robin Geraghty, ALP Member for Torrens, SA., Aust., Richard Jones MLC.,(Ind) NSW., Ricardo Navarro, Chair, Friends of the Earth International Ricardo Navarro, Friends of the Earth El Salvador., Dr. Patrick Green, Senior Nuclear and Climate Campaigner, Friends of the Earth England Wales and Northern Ireland, London, UK., Dr. Victor Khazan, Friends of the Earth Ukraine (Zelenyi Zvit), Prof. Vladimir Koklyukhin, Friends of the Earth Belarus, Brest, Belarus., Manana Kochladze, Friends of the Earth Georgia/CEE Bankwatch Georgia, Dr. Maria Minkova, 'Ekoglasnost', Friends of the Earth Bulgaria, Sofia, Jan Beranek, Chair, Friends of the Earth Czech Republic (Hnuti Duha) Brno, Czech Republic, Diderich Johny, LIFE-Luxembourg (Youth Friends of the Earth Luxembourg) Kika Kapela, Friends of the Earth Cyprus, Wendy Johnson, Friends of the Earth New Zealand, John Hallam, Nuclear Campaigner, Friends of the Earth Australia (Sydney) John Hallam =46riends of the Earth Sydney, 17 Lord Street, Newtown, NSW, Australia, 2042 =46ax (61)(2)9517-3902 ph (61)(2)9517-3903 nonukes@foesyd.org.au http://homepages.tig.com.au/~foesyd - - To unsubscribe to abolition-usa, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe abolition-usa" in the body of the message. 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