From: Karina Wood Subject: (abolition-usa) Action Update on Fail Safe Opportunity Date: 01 Mar 2000 14:45:37 -0500 Dear U.S. Abolitionists: FIVE WEEKS TO ORGANIZE YOUR "FAIL SAFE" EVENTS! As I hope you have heard, there will be a live TV drama re-make of the 1964 nuke war thriller "Fail-Safe," starring George Clooney, on CBS, April 9th at 9pm. MORE STAR POWER We've just heard that Richard Dreyfus will play the U.S. President. A PERFECT MEDIA & ORGANIZING OPPORTUNITY! It's not often that the subject of accidental nuclear war gets onto prime time TV, and with big stars like George Clooney, Richard Dreyfus, and ER's Noah Wiley, "Fail-Safe" is sure to attract millions of viewers. To take full advantage of this rare publicity opportunity, Project Abolition is coordinating home screening parties and larger screening events around the country on April 9 to draw public and media attention to the urgent need for de-alerting, deep cuts, and nuclear abolition. ORGANIZE YOUR OWN EVENT: ORDER A HOUSE PARTY KIT! Nearly 200 House Party kits have already been sent out. Is there one happening in your town? Order your House Party kit today (see below) and make this nationwide action BIG! You can order up to five for free. For more information visit http://www.disarmament.org/george_clooney.htm. NATIONAL MEDIA CAMPAIGN Project Abolition is working on an accompanying national media campaign. The message: that although the accidental nuclear strike in "Fail Safe" is fiction, it could easily happen in real life, and the only way to protect against accidental or deliberate nuclear attack is to get rid of all nuclear weapons. You will find local media how-to information in the House Party Kit. CALL-IN DAY APRIL 10 There will be a National Call-In Day to President Clinton the day after the "Fail Safe" broadcast, Monday March 10. Colorful flyers have been made promoting this action. Order flyers for your local group (see below) and distribute at your house party/screening event. GOOD EDUCATIONAL RESOURCE: 60 MINUTES II "MISSILIERS" AVAILABLE ON VIDEO Last month's 60 Minutes II segment on U.S. and Russian missiles, featuring 4 star General Eugene Habiger, is now available on video tape from CBS. To order, call 1-800-934-6937. Cost: $29.95 plus shipping & handling. Takes 4-6 weeks to deliver. HOUSE PARTY KITS and FLYERS available from the Disarmament Clearinghouse at: 1101 14th Street, NW, Suite 700 Washington, DC 20005 ph: (202) 898-0150 x232 fax: (202) 898-0172 e-mail: disarmament@igc.org. or visit http://www.disarmament.org/george_clooney.htm. or from Project Abolition c/o Fourth Freedom Forum 803 North Main Street Goshen, IN 46526 1-800-233-6786 ext. 21 fax: 219-534-4937 email: kmartin@fourthfreedom.org ----------------- -- Karina H. 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Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: ASlater Subject: (abolition-usa) Fwd: The Investment in Space--February 2000 Date: 01 Mar 2000 17:01:56 -0500 > > Date: Wed, 01 Mar 2000 14:48:59 -0500=20 > From: zia mian=20 > Reply-To: zia@Princeton.EDU=20 > Organization: Princeton University=20 > X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.5 [en] (WinNT; I)=20 > X-Accept-Language: en=20 > To: Alice Slater=20 > Subject: The Investment in Space--February 2000=20 > X-Loop-Detect: 1=20 > > http://www.afa.org/magazine/0200investment.html=20 > --=20 > Zia Mian=20 > Center for Energy and Environmental Studies=20 > von Neumann Building=20 > Princeton University=20 > Princeton, NJ 08544-5263=20 > > voice: 609-258-5468=20 > fax: 609-258-3661=20 > email: zia@princeton.edu=20 > > February 2000 Vol. 83, No. 2 > > > > > > > ---------- > > > > > An AFA symposium explores our stake in space and the need to defend it. > > > > > > > The Investment in Space > > > > > > > By Peter Grier > > > > > > Gen. Richard B. Myers > > The nation's military space infrastructure is expensive. Within the Air > Force, no one disputes that point, Gen. Richard B. Myers told the Air= Force > Association's Los Angeles National Symposium on Nov. 19. > > However, it's worth the price, said the Air Force's top space officer.= Take > Operation Allied Force. Without space assets, triumph would have taken longer > and cost more, both in collateral damage and lives of allied service > personnel. > > In Los Angeles, Myers spoke as commander in chief of US Space Command and > North American Aerospace Defense Command and as commander of Air Force= Space > Command. He was confirmed in October to become vice chairman of the Joint > Chiefs of Staff. > > "It is tough to put a price tag on the count of lives that I believe we saved > due to space support in Kosovo. ... There is little question that space= was > vital to the allied victory," said Myers. > > That operational experience aside, the last two years have seen some > difficult times for military space. A string of launch failures has destroyed > payloads worth $3 billion to $4 billion, including a Milstar bird lost= last > April and a National Reconnaissance Office spy satellite that was lost in > August 1998. > > These experiences have raised a difficult issue for Air Force Space= Command: > How should the Air Force mitigate the risks associated with spacelift? > > "The question is, how much risk can we afford to take in the launch= business > today?" said Myers. > > Mention launch insurance and "everyone shudders," the space chief told the > AFA audience. That is because it would cost upward of 30 cents per dollar= of > asset value--for the Air Force, anyway. > > "That is like paying 10 grand to insure a $30,000 car. It is not a very= good > option for us," said Myers. > > Another way of mitigating launch risk would be to plan for it. Buy more > satellites than requirements call for, on the theory that some will be= lost > in launch accidents. > > Or use the Navy's method. The Navy only pays for space assets once they= are > on orbit and functioning-an acquisition strategy that drives purchase= costs > significantly higher. > > "We must have a plan to mitigate the few failures that we know we are= going > to have over time. We can't just present the Air Force with a billion= dollar > bill for Milstar and say, 'Go fund it,' " said Myers. > > The Air Force also needs a plan to defend its space capabilities, said the > space chief. The nation's control of space remains vulnerable, because= space > superiority is simply assumed-unlike air superiority, which is planned= for. > > Several countries already have lasers than can blind optical sensors on US > satellites. Others are working on missile warheads capable of dispensing > satellite-killing shrapnel in Low Earth Orbit. A nuclear detonation at the > right altitude would leave people on Earth unharmed, yet fry every= satellite > in Low Earth Orbit. > > "It is vitally important to protect ground launch and uplink=ADdownlink > components as well," said Myers. "Many of our overseas ground sites are > remote and potentially vulnerable." > > Critical space systems should be able to withstand attacks with little or= no > damage. They should be able to detect and report when they are under siege > and locate and identify the attacking system. Ground controllers need to= be > able to quickly assess attacks and rapidly restore capability if needed. > > Commercial as well as military systems are at risk. Eighty percent of the > spaceborne communications used in the Kosovo campaign traveled on= commercial > systems. > > "Clearly, our reliance on commercial space has created a new center of > gravity that can easily be exploited by our adversaries," said Myers. > > New technology would provide some protection for satellites against= attack. > But it is impossible to upgrade a system that's already on orbit-and new > systems may be a long time coming. > > "The bad news is that our GPS [Global Positioning System] satellites are > lasting longer than predicted. Bad news because we have capability on= orbit > designed for a previous era and not responsive to our current needs," said > Myers. > > At present, 27 GPS satellites are on orbit and another 18 are waiting on= the > ground. Most are older designs. A version that incorporates newer= technology > is not currently scheduled for first launch until 2007. The must-have > capabilities of the newer satellite include a jam-resistant military= signal > called the M-code, two additional civil signals, and a much higher power > level. > > Traditionally, launch schedules have been based on life expectancy, the point > being constellation sustainment rather than maximization of capability.= That > needs to change, said the space chief. > > "We need to rethink our launch and acquisition strategies in order to get the > right capability up there when needed," he said. > > Gen. Michael E. Ryan > > As a nation, the United States has an ever-growing investment and interest in > the medium of space, Gen. Michael E. Ryan, Air Force Chief of Staff, told the > Los Angeles symposium. All told, space represents about a quarter of the > overall US aerospace industry effort, he said. US government spending on > space reached $30 billion last year. Private industry will reach and then > surpass this level early in the 21st century. > > The Air Force represents a large portion of US space efforts. The service > accounts for 90 percent of DoD's dedicated space personnel, 85 percent of its > space budget, and 90 percent of its space infrastructure. > > "Each year," said Ryan, "space systems and space operations account for a > growing share of the Air Force budget. It will continue to grow. That will be > both an opportunity and a challenge for the US Air Force." > > The military implications of increased US involvement with, and reliance > upon, space systems are immense. Space will become a place the nation must be > able to control, as it controls the atmosphere, when need be. That will= not > be easy, and it will not be exact, said the Chief of Staff. > > "As the second half of the 20th century has matured the air realm, the= first > half of the next century will mature the aerospace realm," he said. > > For Air Force purposes, space and air are not separate domains, according= to > the Chief. Instead, they are two parts of the same whole, as closely= related > as oceans and seas. "We should think of the aerospace domain as a seamless > volume from which we provide military capabilities in support of national > security," Ryan told the symposium. "Space is a place, not a mission." > > Breakthroughs achieved during Operation Allied Force demonstrate the progress > already made in integrating space capabilities into the service's overall > structure. > > For the first time, the Air Force was able to almost instantly calculate= the > coordinates needed for GPS=ADguided munitions to hit targets that had been > identified with atmospheric unmanned aerial vehicles. Predator video data was > combined with three-dimensional terrain data from satellites, then beamed > back to the cockpits of aircraft patrolling over Kosovo and Serbia. > > Such efforts required much greater communications capability than was= needed > only a few years ago. Allied Force used five times as much bandwidth as= did > Operation Desert Storm, Ryan noted. The Kosovo effort connected 40= different > locations in 15 countries using a variety of military and civilian lines= and > satellites, and many new ones were established. > > "We worked over 44,000 spectrum requests, some terrestrial, some atmospheric, > some for space systems, and, as you may know, these are very gnarly issues > with our host countries," Ryan told the AFA audience. > > The Air Force is not the only US military service interested in space, but it > is the only one with a full spectrum of aerospace capabilities.= Maintaining > that edge will be expensive. That is why partnerships are so critical,= said > Ryan. > > Partnerships with industry are already a reality. In the Balkans, one > experiment has forward air controllers using commercial satellite= telephone > systems. > > "The first test occurred last December. The forward air controller dialed 911 > Air Force and received an immediate close air support aircraft in his= area," > said the Chief. > > The aerospace domain must be integrated into how the service fights, Ryan > concluded. > > "We are on a journey," he said, "combining and evolving aerospace > competencies into a full-spectrum aerospace force." > > > > Carol A. DiBattiste: The First Three Months > > > > > During her first 100 days as undersecretary of the Air Force, Carol A. > DiBattiste has flown aerobatics in a T-38. She has participated in a > three-ship C-17 low-level airdrop mission and pulled seven and a half g's= in > a two-on-two F-15 air intercept. > > She also got to send a navigation command to a GPS satellite--albeit under > the watchful eyes of a room full of Space Command officers. > > "Hopefully, the millions who use GPS each day didn't know the difference with > me giving the commands, but it was truly awesome and a wonderful= experience > for me to do so," said Undersecretary DiBattiste at an AFA symposium in= Los > Angeles on Nov. 19. > > And while she was getting a taste of all the missions the Air Force performs, > DiBattiste listened-and then listened some more. What she heard was that= the > men and women of the service are excited about what they do--but also= remain > concerned about pay, health care, housing, retirement, and operations and > personnel tempos. > > Pay and retirement changes that take effect in 2000 should help, she said. > The next step is to make similar improvements in the health care system. > > "We are also working fast and furiously to address and to fix our= recruiting > and retention problems, and we need all of your help to do so," she told= the > symposium. > > Back in Washington, her three months on the job have exposed her to the > tremendous pressures on the Air Force budget. She cited four major areas: the > cost of the aging fleet, the need to improve quality-of-life programs, > unexpected personnel and operational costs, and modernization. > > Smaller aspects of modernization can be just as important as big programs > such as the F-22, she said. > > "We must do our best to keep our space launch range infrastructure > modernization program moving forward," she said. "I was told recently when= I > visited Space Command, as an example, that some of the ranges' electronic > patch panels that were used during John Glenn's first spaceflight were= still > in use during his recent flight on the space shuttle." > > Partnering with other agencies and with industry is one way that budget > pressure might be eased, said DiBattiste. Another is simply making the= case > for modernization plans and initiatives. > > What is the requirement? What is the threat? Is it cost effective? > > "The better we can quantitatively answer these kinds of questions, ... the > better we can evolve our aerospace force in the 21st century," the > undersecretary said.=20 > > Gen. George T. Babbitt > > All the top officials of the Air Force accept that space capability is a= key > to fighting and winning in the decades ahead. That raises another issue, said > Gen. George T. Babbitt, commander of Air Force Materiel Command. How is= the > service going to pay for the space modernization that it needs? > > Further force reductions are not likely to pay for much. More re-engineering, > outsourcing, and privatization won't provide enough money. > > Perhaps the military needs of America can no longer be satisfied by a flat or > declining budget, said Babbitt. > > "I expect the solution is a little bit of all. More topline and continued > cost reduction," said Babbitt. > > One initiative that might help save money is greater use of commercial= space > opportunities, according to the AFMC commander. > > A recent study by Air Force Space Command and AFMC's Space and Missile > Systems Center said that not many opportunities exist in this area.= Babbitt > said he was "surprised and a little disappointed" at this conclusion. He > believes the subject deserves further debate before it can be dismissed. > > Discussions about commercial space typically involve five mission areas,= he > said: launch services, range support, wideband communication, navigation, and > remote sensing. Five obstacles to increased Air Force use of commercial > services are also typically raised, he said. > > The first is that use of commercial firms will establish a level playing > field with adversaries who have access to the same services. That may be true > in regards to navigation, wideband communications, and remote sensing,= said > Babbitt. But access to services does not automatically translate into= combat > capability. > > "It takes a sustained commitment to tactics, doctrine, training, and hardware > to fully exploit these space-based services," said Babbitt. > > The second obstacle is that the military requirements and program approval > process remains too long and arduous for greater use of civilian-provided > services. Also true--but perhaps not insurmountable, according to the AFMC > chief. > > Third, commercial firms often make use of proprietary technology and > nonstandard interfaces and provide little coverage in limited market= areas. > Perhaps there is a way to lure the civilian world into greater > standardization, mused Babbitt. > > "What can be done to encourage commercial operators to comply with common > user interfaces? What additional investments would be required to expand > coverage into areas of military interest?" he asked. > > The fourth obstacle is that industry is interested in commercial operation of > ranges but uninterested in range investments. This reluctance should not > limit the dialogue in what is one of the more promising areas for > commercialization. > > The last roadblock is that US government policy prohibits commercial > investment in the GPS constellation. It also prevents the Air Force from= any > cost recovery from industry for its GPS investment. Yet few space systems > seem better suited for some sort of commercial participation than the= widely > used navigation system, said Babbitt. > > "GPS has created a thriving commercial market, and ... continued Air Force > investment in that constellation diverts resources from systems that will > never have a commercial appeal," said Babbitt. "We need to be sure before= we > rule out commercial options [in this area]." > > Perhaps these obstacles are insurmountable and there truly is little room for > greater involvement by private firms in providing key Air Force services. But > more discussion needs to occur before that conclusion is reached, said the > AFMC head. > > "I don't believe we have sufficiently explored commercial space options,"= he > said. > > Sheila E. Widnall > > One commercial-military space partnership that symposium participants all > described as a promising start was the Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle > program. > > EELV is a unique approach, said former Secretary of the Air Force Sheila= E. > Widnall in a panel discussion of challenges facing the space industry. The > Air Force has been able to leverage a fixed investment several times over due > to investments by its commercial partners. > > "The goal of all of that is that the military, the Air Force, the national > payloads should be able to get access to space at fundamentally commercial > prices, and, at the same time, we should be able to get a very vigorous > commercial space industry in the United States. It sounds like a win=ADwin= ," > said Widnall. > > But EELV aside, a number of important military and civilian launches in > recent months have been lose-lose, in the sense that a string of launch > failures has destroyed important payloads intended for both military and > commercial uses. > > Widnall was the chair of Boeing's recent mission assurance review of two > failed Delta III missions. She said that one problem was success. The > reliability of the Delta II lured Boeing into applying some of the same > engineering and oversight procedures to the Delta III, where they did not > work. > > The success of Delta II was due to years of incremental improvements, said > Widnall. But Boeing underestimated the Delta III design challenge. > > "The same kind of processes that were very successful in a mature vehicle,= a > successful vehicle with incremental improvements, are not adequate to deal > with some major changes," she said. "We believe this was a failure of systems > engineering." > > The review's first recommendation to Boeing was that quality must be the > company's highest priority. The group also urged a strengthening of= systems > engineering activities and more engineering oversight. > > "An extremely important issue is to assure that adequate communication exists > between design engineering and manufacturing," said the former civilian= head > of the Air Force. "I think as we looked at some of the recent failures it was > very clear that there was a problem of what I would refer to as ambiguous > technical orders." > > Supplier management is also a big issue, as roughly 60 percent of the EELV is > going to be supplier parts and components. Widnall also said her committee > felt that launch vehicle teams should think explicitly about risk. Someone > needs to consider the risk of failure due to proposed design, engineering, > and manufacturing changes, she said. > > "Finally, I think everybody who is involved in this EELV issue is thinking > very seriously about a first flight that is some sort of a test flight of > perhaps a less-than-critical payload," said Widnall. > > A. Thomas Young > > A. Thomas Young, former president and chief operating officer of Martin > Marietta, was the head of a similar assessment team formed by Lockheed Martin > last May following Titan IV, Athena, and Theater High Altitude Area= Defense > missile failures. > > The first conclusion that this team highlighted, said Young, is that military > space is different from every other aerospace area, even other defense areas. > Oversight is more crucial than anywhere else. > > "One person can make one mistake that can [lead to] a total mission failure," > said Young. > > Second, even when things are going well in the launch business, it is > appropriate to worry. The Lockheed Martin-established group looked not= only > at launch failures but at near-failures as well and came up with a surprising > number of what it termed "diving catches" (where heroic action by one= person > saved a mission) and "escapements" (where problems were caught by normal > review processes-but not when they should have caught them). > > "There were a large number of near-misses, diving catches, and= escapements. > In fact, of particular interest, there were many in the Atlas program,= which > has a record today of 48 consecutive successes," said Young. > > Every one of these semifailures should be treated as if they had caused a > mission crash, urged Young. That means taking more corrective actions than > might otherwise be deemed necessary. > > Mission success, not cost, needs to be the top priority. > > "You can't get to cost by putting cost No. 1. You get to cost and schedule by > putting quality or mission success first," said the former Martin Marietta > chief. > > Loss of experienced engineers has hurt the space business, said both Young > and Widnall. And accountability for mission success needs to be focused, with > both senior management and engineers involved in success-related= oversight. > > "The responsible engineer for a component, a box, a subsystem, a software > package really should have cradle to grave responsibility," said Young. > > > ---------- > Peter Grier, the Washington editor of the Christian Science Monitor, is a > longtime defense correspondent and regular contributor to Air Force Magazine. > His most recent article,= "New > World Coming," appeared in the December 1999 issue. > > > ---------- > Return to Air Force Magazine=20 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 for the elimination nuclear weapons. =20 - 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: FoE Sydney - Nuclear Campaign Subject: (abolition-usa) NGO sign-on letter calling for forward-looking NPT Review Date: 03 Mar 2000 17:01:10 +1000 Please reply to Hisham Zereffi OR Daryl Kimball . Dear All, What follows is a letter complementary to the 'heads of State' NPT Review letter I have been circulating. If you have signed that one you will want to sign this one. DO NOT REPLY TO ME, BUT AS BELOW AND ABOVE John Hallam WE ASK THAT YOU SIGN-ON NO LATER THAN NOON (Wash. DC time), WEDNESDAY March 15th. Please reply to Hisham Zereffi OR Daryl Kimball . *********************************** =46ebrurary 28, 2000 TO: nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation colleagues =46R: Daryl Kimball (Coalition to Reduce Nuclear Dangers); Arjun Makhijani (Institute for Energy and Environmental Research); Martin Butcher (British American Security Information Council) RE: NGO sign-on letter calling for forward-looking NPT Review Conference Statement REPLY REQUESTED The following is a "Recommendations for Action" letter to governments represented at the upcoming Review Conference on the Treaty on the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Weapons (NPT). (See text below or see ) It is intended to help organise NGOs views on the forward-looking portion of the upcoming Conference with a view to the adoption of these ideas by the conference or, at least, by a large majority of parties to the conference. It will be sent to the heads of states and foreign ministers of NPT States Parties, as well as officials from India, Pakistan, and Israel. The recommendations in this letter build upon the 1995 NPT "Principles and Objectives" document and draws upon recommendations contained in the "New Agenda Coalition" resolution of 1999 . The letter is motivated by the fact that this NPT Review Conference will be contentious and may be perceived as a "failure" if agreement is not reached on forward-looking goals for disarmament and non-proliferation. Reaching agreement on this aspect of the Review Conference will require the coordinated efforts of a large number of like-minded states and pressure >from NGOs in each of several important capitals. This letter was originally drafted by Arjun Makhijani (IEER), Daryl Kimball (Coalition to Reduce Nuclear Dangers), and Martin Butcher (BASIC) at the suggestion of participants at a February 1 meeting on the NPT in Washington DC involving several disarmament NGOs. It has benefitted from the comments and suggestions of a number of NGOs. We invite you to join us is adding your organization's name to this letter. WE ASK THAT YOU SIGN-ON NO LATER THAN NOON (Wash. DC time), WEDNESDAY March 15th. Please reply to Hisham Zereffi OR Daryl Kimball . Sincerely yours, Arjun, Daryl, Martin NOTE: This effort is meant to compliment another NGO letter writing effort on the NPT organized by John Hallam of FOE/Sydney through the Abolition 2000 listserve. This letter differs in its specific focus on the importance of a forward-looking "benchmarks and objectives" statement and its recommendations about what that document should include. ******************************** March [XX], 2000 RE: Recommendations for Action at the 2000 NPT Review Conference Dear [Head of State or Government and Foreign Minister], The upcoming Review Conference of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) represents a critical opportunity to build international resolve to address the threat of nuclear weapons and nuclear war. We believe this Treaty is a vital cornerstone of the global non-proliferation regime and an essential basis of efforts to rid the world of nuclear weapons. In 1995, in conjunction with the indefinite extension of the Treaty, States Parties agreed to an important set of Principles and Objectives for Non-Proliferation and Disarmament. While some progress has been achieved, unfortunately, key elements, particularly those relating to Article VI of the treaty, remain unfulfilled and new nuclear dangers have emerged. Consequently, we, the undersigned non-governmental representatives, believe it is vital that States Parties redouble efforts to work together to advance progress toward fulfillment of Article VI of the Treaty. It is particularly important that the upcoming Review Conference produce an objective review of the progress on the Treaty and Treaty commitments over the last five years, and it is essential that consensus be found among States Parties on new Benchmarks and Goals for action over the next five years. Our recommendations draw on the expressed views of many parties to the NPT as well as a broad cross section of civil society around the world. We respectfully urge that the Benchmarks and Objectives include: 1. Reaffirmation of the commitment to full implementation of Article VI of the Treaty, and, in this context, acceptance as authoritative the Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice concerning Article VI, adopted unanimously, which states that: =93there 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=94; 2. Immediate action by the Russian Federation and the United States of America to implement the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) II and conclude and implement START III at an early date. Following the prompt conclusion of START III, the other nuclear weapon states parties to the NPT and other states that may possess nuclear weapons should join in the process of reducing their nuclear arsenals, with the goal of eliminating all nuclear forces; 3. Adoption of policies that diminish the role of nuclear weapons in order to create a stable atmosphere for disarmament and contribute to international confidence and security. In this context the Nuclear Weapon States and all nuclear capable states, whether not they are parties to the NPT, should take early steps to: =B7 eliminate all tactical nuclear weapons from their arsenals, =B7 proceed to the de-alerting and removal of all nuclear warheads from delivery vehicles, =B7 respect the letter and spirit of the Comprhensive Nuclear Test Ban Treat= y (CTBT) by recognizing that it is an instrument of nuclear disarmament as well as non-proliferation in all its aspects, and by ceasing the development and qualitative improvement of nuclear weapons and ending the production of new types of nuclear weapons, =B7 refrain from producing any weapons-usable fissile materials for military-purposes pending the conclusion of a ban on their production, put all fissile materials declared to be in excess of military requirements under appropriate International Atomic Energy Agency safeguards, and refrain from producing tritium for military purposes, and, put all fissile materials declared to be in excess of military requirements under appropriate International Atomic Energy Agency safeguards, and, =B7 refrain from actions that will aid or abet missile proliferation; 4. Action by all States, including non-parties to the NPT, to place all commercial and research nuclear facilities under International Atomic Energy Agency safeguards; 5. The immediate and unconditional signature and ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) by all States, and, pending the entry into force of the Treaty, adherence to its terms by not carrying out any nuclear weapon test explosion or any other nuclear explosion, nor aiding or abetting others to carry out such explosions; 6. The conclusion of legally-binding assurances to non-nuclear-weapon States Party to the NPT against the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons; 7. Progress toward the implementation of existing Nuclear-Weapon Free Zones and the establishment of additional Nuclear-Weapon Free Zones, especially in regions of tension, such as the Middle East; 8. Adherence by States Parties to all obligations under the terms of the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty; 9. Establishment of an Ad Hoc Committee on Nuclear Disarmament at the Conference on Disarmament. 10. Establishment of appropriate subsidiary bodies to the NPT to address nuclear disarmament. Consensus among States Parties about practical benchmarks toward the fulfillment of Article VI is crucial to the success of the Review Conference. Substantial progress on Article VI goals during the next five years will be crucial to the future of the NPT. Given the particular importance of this Review Conference to global nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament efforts, we urge States Parties to send their Foreign Ministers to the opening session of the Conference and their Heads of State or Government to the concluding session. We urge you to adopt the strong and practical set of Benchmarks and Goals that we have suggested above to guide the process of nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation over this period. Sincerely, [Initial Grp. of Signers:] Martin Butcher, British American Security Council Rear Admiral Eugene J. Carroll, Jr., US Navy (Ret.) Gordon Clark, Peace Action Tom Collina, Union of Concerned Scientists Ambassador Jonathan Dean, Union of Concerned Scientists Surendra and Sanghimit Gadekar, Anumukkti (Vedchhi, India) Spurgeon Keeny, Arms Control Association Howard W. Hallman, Methodists United for Peace with Justice John Hallam, Friends of the Earth Australia =46elicity Hill, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom United Nations Office Marylia Kelly, Tri-Valley Cares (Livermore, CA) Arjun Makhijani, Institute for Energy and Environmental Research Susan Shaer, Women's Action for New Directions David Krieger, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation Allistar Millar, Fourth Freedom Forum Robert K. Musil, Physicians for Social Responsibility (USA) Ambassador Roland Timerbaev, Center for Policy Studies in Russia ____________________________________ Daryl Kimball, Executive Director Coalition to Reduce Nuclear Dangers 110 Maryland Avenue NE, Suite 505 Washington, DC 20002 (ph) 202-546-0795 x136 (fax) 202-546-7970 website ____________________________________ - 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: FoE Sydney - Nuclear Campaign Subject: (abolition-usa) NGO sign-on letter calling for forward-looking NPT Review Date: 03 Mar 2000 17:01:10 +1000 Please reply to Hisham Zereffi OR Daryl Kimball . Dear All, What follows is a letter complementary to the 'heads of State' NPT Review letter I have been circulating. If you have signed that one you will want to sign this one. DO NOT REPLY TO ME, BUT AS BELOW AND ABOVE John Hallam WE ASK THAT YOU SIGN-ON NO LATER THAN NOON (Wash. DC time), WEDNESDAY March 15th. Please reply to Hisham Zereffi OR Daryl Kimball . *********************************** Februrary 28, 2000 TO: nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation colleagues FR: Daryl Kimball (Coalition to Reduce Nuclear Dangers); Arjun Makhijani (Institute for Energy and Environmental Research); Martin Butcher (British American Security Information Council) RE: NGO sign-on letter calling for forward-looking NPT Review Conference Statement REPLY REQUESTED The following is a "Recommendations for Action" letter to governments represented at the upcoming Review Conference on the Treaty on the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Weapons (NPT). (See text below or see ) It is intended to help organise NGOs views on the forward-looking portion of the upcoming Conference with a view to the adoption of these ideas by the conference or, at least, by a large majority of parties to the conference. It will be sent to the heads of states and foreign ministers of NPT States Parties, as well as officials from India, Pakistan, and Israel. The recommendations in this letter build upon the 1995 NPT "Principles and Objectives" document and draws upon recommendations contained in the "New Agenda Coalition" resolution of 1999 . The letter is motivated by the fact that this NPT Review Conference will be contentious and may be perceived as a "failure" if agreement is not reached on forward-looking goals for disarmament and non-proliferation. Reaching agreement on this aspect of the Review Conference will require the coordinated efforts of a large number of like-minded states and pressure >from NGOs in each of several important capitals. This letter was originally drafted by Arjun Makhijani (IEER), Daryl Kimball (Coalition to Reduce Nuclear Dangers), and Martin Butcher (BASIC) at the suggestion of participants at a February 1 meeting on the NPT in Washington DC involving several disarmament NGOs. It has benefitted from the comments and suggestions of a number of NGOs. We invite you to join us is adding your organization's name to this letter. WE ASK THAT YOU SIGN-ON NO LATER THAN NOON (Wash. DC time), WEDNESDAY March 15th. Please reply to Hisham Zereffi OR Daryl Kimball . Sincerely yours, Arjun, Daryl, Martin NOTE: This effort is meant to compliment another NGO letter writing effort on the NPT organized by John Hallam of FOE/Sydney through the Abolition 2000 listserve. This letter differs in its specific focus on the importance of a forward-looking "benchmarks and objectives" statement and its recommendations about what that document should include. ******************************** March [XX], 2000 RE: Recommendations for Action at the 2000 NPT Review Conference Dear [Head of State or Government and Foreign Minister], The upcoming Review Conference of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) represents a critical opportunity to build international resolve to address the threat of nuclear weapons and nuclear war. We believe this Treaty is a vital cornerstone of the global non-proliferation regime and an essential basis of efforts to rid the world of nuclear weapons. In 1995, in conjunction with the indefinite extension of the Treaty, States Parties agreed to an important set of Principles and Objectives for Non-Proliferation and Disarmament. While some progress has been achieved, unfortunately, key elements, particularly those relating to Article VI of the treaty, remain unfulfilled and new nuclear dangers have emerged. Consequently, we, the undersigned non-governmental representatives, believe it is vital that States Parties redouble efforts to work together to advance progress toward fulfillment of Article VI of the Treaty. It is particularly important that the upcoming Review Conference produce an objective review of the progress on the Treaty and Treaty commitments over the last five years, and it is essential that consensus be found among States Parties on new Benchmarks and Goals for action over the next five years. Our recommendations draw on the expressed views of many parties to the NPT as well as a broad cross section of civil society around the world. We respectfully urge that the Benchmarks and Objectives include: 1. Reaffirmation of the commitment to full implementation of Article VI of the Treaty, and, in this context, acceptance as authoritative the Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice concerning Article VI, adopted unanimously, which states 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”; 2. Immediate action by the Russian Federation and the United States of America to implement the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START) II and conclude and implement START III at an early date. Following the prompt conclusion of START III, the other nuclear weapon states parties to the NPT and other states that may possess nuclear weapons should join in the process of reducing their nuclear arsenals, with the goal of eliminating all nuclear forces; 3. Adoption of policies that diminish the role of nuclear weapons in order to create a stable atmosphere for disarmament and contribute to international confidence and security. In this context the Nuclear Weapon States and all nuclear capable states, whether not they are parties to the NPT, should take early steps to: · eliminate all tactical nuclear weapons from their arsenals, · proceed to the de-alerting and removal of all nuclear warheads from delivery vehicles, · respect the letter and spirit of the Comprhensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) by recognizing that it is an instrument of nuclear disarmament as well as non-proliferation in all its aspects, and by ceasing the development and qualitative improvement of nuclear weapons and ending the production of new types of nuclear weapons, · refrain from producing any weapons-usable fissile materials for military-purposes pending the conclusion of a ban on their production, put all fissile materials declared to be in excess of military requirements under appropriate International Atomic Energy Agency safeguards, and refrain from producing tritium for military purposes, and, put all fissile materials declared to be in excess of military requirements under appropriate International Atomic Energy Agency safeguards, and, · refrain from actions that will aid or abet missile proliferation; 4. Action by all States, including non-parties to the NPT, to place all commercial and research nuclear facilities under International Atomic Energy Agency safeguards; 5. The immediate and unconditional signature and ratification of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT) by all States, and, pending the entry into force of the Treaty, adherence to its terms by not carrying out any nuclear weapon test explosion or any other nuclear explosion, nor aiding or abetting others to carry out such explosions; 6. The conclusion of legally-binding assurances to non-nuclear-weapon States Party to the NPT against the use or threat of use of nuclear weapons; 7. Progress toward the implementation of existing Nuclear-Weapon Free Zones and the establishment of additional Nuclear-Weapon Free Zones, especially in regions of tension, such as the Middle East; 8. Adherence by States Parties to all obligations under the terms of the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty; 9. Establishment of an Ad Hoc Committee on Nuclear Disarmament at the Conference on Disarmament. 10. Establishment of appropriate subsidiary bodies to the NPT to address nuclear disarmament. Consensus among States Parties about practical benchmarks toward the fulfillment of Article VI is crucial to the success of the Review Conference. Substantial progress on Article VI goals during the next five years will be crucial to the future of the NPT. Given the particular importance of this Review Conference to global nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament efforts, we urge States Parties to send their Foreign Ministers to the opening session of the Conference and their Heads of State or Government to the concluding session. We urge you to adopt the strong and practical set of Benchmarks and Goals that we have suggested above to guide the process of nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation over this period. Sincerely, [Initial Grp. of Signers:] Martin Butcher, British American Security Council Rear Admiral Eugene J. Carroll, Jr., US Navy (Ret.) Gordon Clark, Peace Action Tom Collina, Union of Concerned Scientists Ambassador Jonathan Dean, Union of Concerned Scientists Surendra and Sanghimit Gadekar, Anumukkti (Vedchhi, India) Spurgeon Keeny, Arms Control Association Howard W. Hallman, Methodists United for Peace with Justice John Hallam, Friends of the Earth Australia Felicity Hill, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom United Nations Office Marylia Kelly, Tri-Valley Cares (Livermore, CA) Arjun Makhijani, Institute for Energy and Environmental Research Susan Shaer, Women's Action for New Directions David Krieger, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation Allistar Millar, Fourth Freedom Forum Robert K. Musil, Physicians for Social Responsibility (USA) Ambassador Roland Timerbaev, Center for Policy Studies in Russia ____________________________________ Daryl Kimball, Executive Director Coalition to Reduce Nuclear Dangers 110 Maryland Avenue NE, Suite 505 Washington, DC 20002 (ph) 202-546-0795 x136 (fax) 202-546-7970 website ____________________________________ - 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: ASlater Subject: (abolition-usa) Israel's Open Nuclear Policy Debate Date: 03 Mar 2000 14:26:19 -0500 Dear Friends, Thanks to a few brave Members of Israel's parliament, the Knesset, the existence of Israel's nuclear arsenal was openly acknowledged for the first time in a Knesset debate last month. If you would like to thank them for their courageous stand, please send an email to those listed below: Issam Makhoul: imakhoul@knesset.gov.il Zahava Gal-On: zgalon@knesset.gov.il Naomi Chazan: nchazan@knesset.gov.il Uri Savir: usavir@knesset.gov.il Dalia Rabin-Pelossof: drabin-p@knesset.gov.il Many thanks. 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 for the elimination 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: ASlater Subject: (abolition-usa) Fwd: Nuclear Madness Date: 04 Mar 2000 17:11:15 -0500 >X-Sender: rbassilakis@pop.snet.net >X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0 (32) >Date: Sat, 04 Mar 2000 09:23:48 -0500 >To: (Recipient list suppressed) >From: Rosemary & Sal / Citizens Awareness Network >Subject: Nuclear Madness >To: aslater@gracelinks.org >X-Loop-Detect: 1 > > >Radioactive water alarms Nye officials > >Today: March 02, 2000 at 11:15:52 PST > >BY MARY MANNING >LAS VEGAS SUN > >Nye County officials are taking a serious look at the radioactive >contamination discovered in a ground-water sample off the Nevada >Test Site and expect to have more results in a week, County >Manager Jerry McKnight said Wednesday. > >"Good science dictates that we verify these initial results," >said Les Bradshaw, manager of the Nye County Department of >Natural Resources and Federal Facilities. > >Nye officials revealed Wednesday that radiation in ground water >has been found outside the Nevada Test Site in amounts 25 times >higher than the federal drinking water standards. > >Increasing their concern is the type of radiation found. Two >types of radioactive particles--alpha, which is found in several >sources including plutonium, and beta, which causes skin >burns--make it harder to pinpoint the source of the nuclear >contamination. > >If the radioactive source came from one of the 928 nuclear >weapons experiments from Cold War activities there, it would be >the first time radiation has been found outside of the Test Site, >which is located 65 miles northwest of Las Vegas. > >The Department of Energy's monitoring program has never found >radiation outside of the Rhode Island-sized nuclear proving >grounds. In 1998 DOE scientists discovered plutonium that >traveled on microscopic particles about a mile away from an >underground nuclear bomb crater on the site. > >Sens. Harry Reid and Richard Bryan, both D-Nev., called >Wednesday's announcement another surprise. Reid said he would >discuss the issue with Energy Secretary Bill Richardson today. > >Reid had planned to meet with Richardson about including Test >Site workers in legislation that would compensate those harmed by >exposure to radiation and toxic chemicals. > >The senator said the radiation found in the ground water >indicates why most Nevadans oppose a high-level nuclear >repository at Yucca Mountain, 90 miles northwest of Las Vegas. >Yucca is the only site under consideration as a national dumping >ground for 77,000 tons of highly radioactive wastes from >commercial reactors and defense activities. > >"It's really important we accelerate the surveillance and >monitoring at the Test Site," Reid told the Sun. "And it shows >why we're opposed to Yucca Mountain. We need to know more." > >Bryan agreed with Reid. > >"This appears to be part of a growing pattern of radioactive >migration from the Test Site," Bryan said. "More importantly, >this discovery once again raises the credibility question for the >Department of Energy." > >Nye County began its early-warning well network in 1998 with >Department of Energy funds. Each year the county adds more wells >south and west of the Test Site and analyzes test results in labs >independent of the DOE. > >Nye County is officially neutral on Yucca Mountain, McKnight >said. > >"Our position has always been if they have the science, then what >is the argument?" he said. "If the science is not there, then >there is a problem." > >Nye County's preliminary water result has received some criticism >because it was such a surprise, found in a shallow test well 26 >feet deep, McKnight said. Further tests will subtract any >naturally occurring radiation coming from sources such as >surrounding rocks, the sun or cosmic rays. > >The radiation may have been introduced by the drill bit as it >bored the well or from contaminated soils from the surface, he >said. > >"It is technical, but in this case it is critical," McKnight said >of the complicated testing procedure. "If the radiation was in >the water, we have a lot more work to do." > >The preliminary findings by Nye County also make it less likely >that the test result is a mistake, several scientists told the >Sun. > >It is not simple tritium, a radioactive form of hydrogen easily >dissolved in water that usually alerts scientists to other >radioactive contamination, said Steve Frishman, technical >coordinator for the Nevada Agency for Nuclear Projects. > >"Now that they know the sample is real, they have to do further >radiation testing," Frishman said. > >The Nevada State Health Division is sampling the well today, >health physicist Larry Franks said. > >"We are going to do a full analysis," Franks said. The state will >look for nuclear bomb traces such as uranium, plutonium, >cesium-137 and tritium, as well as naturally occurring radiation, >he said. > >The DOE confirmed that two of the three types of radiation had >been found in the water sample. While alpha and beta particles >are particularly dangerous if swallowed or inhaled, gamma >particles can enter living tissue unless it is protected with a >lead shield. No gamma source had been measured or identified. > >But the DOE questioned the county's method used to analyze the >water sample. > >If the water was not carefully collected, DOE spokeswoman Nancy >Harkess said, particles of sediment from the well could have >contaminated the sample. > >The U.S. Geological Survey took a water sample from another well >about 2 feet away from Nye County's hole and found no radiation >in the water, Harkess said. > > > >ALL CONTENTS COPYRIGHT 2000 LAS VEGAS SUN, INC. > > >---------------------------------------------------------------------------- >-------------------- > >Where I Stand--Brian Greenspun: An alarming revelation > >Today: March 02, 2000 at 9:53:02 PST > >Brian Greenspun is editor of the Las Vegas Sun. > >Ok, what do we do now? > >I am not usually an alarmist. It is not my nature to jump to >conclusions and cry wolf without some very good reason to do so. >That's why I am not screaming from the rooftops about what I read >in the Sun Wednesday night. Calm. I am just trying to stay calm >because this could all be just one big misunderstanding. > >But what if it isn't? What if Mary Manning's report about ground >water contamination in Nye County is right? What if the experts >are correct in their belief that ground water outside the >boundaries of the Nevada Test Site contains radiation that is 25 >times higher than the allowable federal drinking water limit? > >You see what I mean? I don't want to cry out loud but I am not >sure what to do when Nye County's experts tell us that radiation >is now in the ground water which, according to gravity and other >scientific phenomena, will eventually make its way toward the >population and food-growing centers of Nevada. And what then? To >the milk dairies of Southern California? > >This is quite a predicament as you can well imagine. I suppose >the best thing to do is wait. I remember when the Sun reported >about fish in Lake Mead that were, to say the least, deformed. >That led to an investigation of the cause, which led to >uncovering all kinds of ugly things being dumped into Southern >Nevada's drinking water resource. We waited a long time for the >scientists to confirm what everyone knew in their gut. Chemicals >that shouldn't have been allowed to leak into Lake Mead got >there. In the meantime, the bottled water producers have made out >like bandits. > >So, do we increase our orders for bottled water and wait for the >scientists to tell us how radiation that is 25 times greater than >allowable limits got into our ground water? Or do we march on the >Test Site and demand that all records of nuclear testing be >released immediately in the interests of public safety and health >so we can determine if the government has been holding out on us? >Or do we stick our heads deeply into the desert sands and pretend >that whatever is in the water and whatever put it there is too >big for us to deal with and just let our government take care of >fixing the problem? Not! > >The story quoted a Nye County commissioner who said the whole >thing could be a mistake. Or, he said, the radiation could be the >result of natural causes--leaking into the ground water from >Nevada's rock formations. Scientists, he claimed, are trying to >determine whether the radioactivity in the water is natural or >man-made-- like from the Test Site--but he was alerting the >public in the interest of health and safety. > >Great. So, back to my first question. What are we supposed to do >now? > >If the reports are true and the radiation levels are as high as >the experts believe, do we allow our children to continue >drinking the water? Is it safe for the dairy farmers in Nevada to >continue watering their milk cows? Is any of that water making >its way to the alfalfa and hay fields that are grown in Nevada, >and is it used to feed cows in neighboring California and >elsewhere? > >These questions have nothing to do with what is causing the >problem and everything to do with how we react to it. If it is >safe to drink water that is 25 times more polluted by >radioactivity than the federal standards allow, why are the >federal limits so low? Who else in the United States may be >drinking water with similar amounts of nuclear toxins mixed in? >If there are others, what kind of tests are being performed to >make sure they and their offspring are healthy? And if there are >no others, why is it that Nevada is the only place where this >happens? > >You must have noticed that I haven't once blamed the radioactive >water on the Nevada Test Site. The scientists may come to that >conclusion by themselves. What I am thinking about is the >possibility that the water is naturally polluted with the deadly >radioactivity and how much more it may be diminished by possible >leaks from a nuclear waste dump that the government is trying to >force down our throats not far from the Test Site. > >If it is already 25 times worse than it should be; how much more >dangerous will it be if the dumpsite leaks what the government >deems allowable from nuke dump operations? Thirty, 40, 50 times? >At what point should we all just pack up and bug out of this >fabulous place in the sun because the water is so bad that, even >though it is everywhere, there may not be a clean drop to drink? > >So, you see, this is not an easy problem to solve. There are >seemingly no simple answers to this great big mess we have >allowed ourselves to get into, but there is one answer to the >question, "What do we do now?" > >And that is to oppose anyone and everyone who even thinks that >putting a nuclear waste dump in our back yard is a good idea. At >least until they can guarantee that leaks won't occur and >accidents will not happen. If we made a foolish mistake before by >trusting the government apparatchiks with their nuclear games, we >would be deadly fools to do it again. > >Hey, government: Clean up our water. Guarantee our health and >safety. And only then come talk to us about messing it up all >over again. > >Calm. Just stay calm. > > > >ALL CONTENTS COPYRIGHT 2000 LAS VEGAS SUN, INC. > 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 for the elimination 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: ASlater Subject: (abolition-usa) Fwd: Nader Campaign Date: 04 Mar 2000 17:13:40 -0500 > > X-Sender: rbassilakis@pop.snet.net > X-Mailer: Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0 (32) > Date: Sat, 04 Mar 2000 09:41:21 -0500 > To: (Recipient list suppressed) > From: Rosemary & Sal / Citizens Awareness Network > Subject: Nader Campaign > To: aslater@gracelinks.org > X-Loop-Detect: 1 > > >>>> >> >> Return-Path: >> Delivered-To: grns-ctgreens-news@judi.greens.org >> From: "Paul" >> To: >> Subject: Nader Campaign >> Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2000 17:43:56 -0500 >> Organization: Microsoft Corporation >> X-MSMail-Priority: Normal >> Disposition-Notification-To: "Paul" >> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2919.6600 >> >>> >>> harris LEFT="4" BOTTOM="469" TOP="42"> Article courtesy of the >>> <http://www.ippn.org> size=-1>IPPN >>> >>> >>> >>> A Nader/LaDuke Campaign and Movement-Building >>> >>> By Ted Glick >>> >>> Fundamental, systemic change becomes possible only when large numbers of >>> people, millions, tens of millions, collectively demonstrate that they >>> will not tolerate the old system and are prepared to support something >>> new. The forms of action that this broad mass of people take will vary, >>> but in ways as small as speaking up publicly to neighbors and friends, >>> to more bold actions like civil disobedience or militant direct action, >>> a lesson of history is that the only way substantive, revolutionary >>> change takes place is through the emergence of such a popular >>> movement. >>> >>> We need such a movement in the United States. And as the first year of >>> the new century gets off the ground, there are abundant signs that such >>> a movement may well be in its beginning stages. "The battle in Seattle" >>> is the most significant manifestation of this new reality. It is also >>> seen by the 50,000 people, primarily African Americans, who came together >>> in literally a few weeks to demonstrate in Charleston, South Carolina on >>> the Martin Luther King, Jr. holiday weekend against the flying of the >>> confederate flag on top of the capitol building. And it is seen by a >>> number of indications, Seattle being one of them, that students are on >>> the move, from the growth and local victories of United Students Against >>> Sweatshops to the emergence over the past year of SURGE and STARC, two >>> other national student networks, to the thousands of young people who >>> marched to shut down the School of the Americas in Georgia in >>> mid-November. >>> >>> It is within this political context that, as this article is written, a >>> Ralph Nader/Winona LaDuke Green Party campaign is beginning to emerge >>> onto the national political scene. >>> >>> This is another hopeful development, one that is badly needed. Without >>> it, we face a year of political rhetoric from the Democrats and >>> Republicans, as well as a likely Patrick Buchanan Reform Party >>> candidacy, that is, at its best, centrist and another dose of false >>> promises, and more often downright reactionary and hostile to >>> pro-justice, environment, human rights, peace and labor positions. If >>> there was no Nader/LaDuke candidacy, there would be NO progressive voice >>> on the national political scene answering their lies and propaganda and, >>> make no mistake about it, that would affect us all. >>> >>> When there is no public expression of our set of politics during one of >>> these every-four-years political games we are subjected to, pro-justice >>> activists feel weaker and more discouraged. They/we tend to soften our >>> positions because we have no standard-bearer who can keep us buoyed up >>> and to whom we can point as an alternative to two-party, >>> corporate-business-as-usual. The "settling phenomenon," settling for >>> lesser-of-two-evils Democrats even as we know they're untrustworthy and not >>> a part of our movement, takes hold of far too many of us. Our organizing >>> is more difficult. And positive, independent political movement, such as >>> what we now see emerging, is set back. >>> >>> >>> >>> We need a strong, forthright and broadly-based Nader/LaDuke campaign! >>> And it looks as if one could be developing. There are indications that >>> sectors of the labor movement, particularly the Labor Party to whom >>> Ralph Nader has spoken at 1996 and 1998 conventions, are interested in >>> this campaign. Jim Hightower, one of the most well-known and respected >>> progressive Democrats around, and someone who has also been close to the >>> national leadership of both the Labor Party and the New Party, has >>> spoken positively about a Nader campaign and will be speaking at the >>> Greens nominating convention in Colorado in June. The Progressive >>> Populist, a national bi-weekly newspaper out of Texas which carries a >>> number of regular columns by progressive independents and progressive >>> Democrats, called upon Nader to run in a recent editorial. And the >>> Greens generally, despite persistent divisions, seem to be significantly >>> in agreement and are already hard at work in support of a Nader/LaDuke >>> campaign. All of these developments, taken together, are concrete signs >>> that we can expect to see a very different campaign this year than what >>> we saw in 1996. >>> >>> Can Nader get 5% of the vote so that, come 2004, the Greens and their >>> allies would have millions of dollars, potentially as much as $10 >>> million, for a 2004 convention and presidential campaign. (Imagine such >>> a thing, and what could be done with it!) In 1996, spending less than >>> $5,000 and running pretty much of a non-campaign, Nader got a little >>> less than 2% of the vote in the 23 states where he was on the ballot. If >>> he gets on the ballot in 45 or so states this time, a realistic >>> objective; if he and LaDuke campaign seriously, as all indications are >>> they will; if the campaign is not just Greens but one taken up by many >>> activists from the broader progressive movement, including Labor Party >>> and some New Party activists; and, finally, if the Nader/LaDuke message, >>> while centered on the anti-corporate, pro-labor, consumer rights and >>> environmental issues Nader is most familiar and comfortable with, also >>> addresses the broader range of progressive issues so as to bring in and >>> hold the allegiance of activists of color, feminists, lesbian/gay >>> activists, peace activists and others--well, then we're really cooking, >>> and 5% of the vote is by no means out of the question. >>> >>> Keep in mind what the playing field is looking like: Al Gore, George >>> W.Bush and Patrick Buchanan. And even if McCain or Bradley get their >>> respective party's nomination, well, so what? Despite some of the current >>> election year rhetoric, neither is substantially different on most >>> issues from Gore and Bush. However things shake out, there's a huge >>> political vacuum there. Al Gore is the likely "leftist" in that motley >>> crew, and with Bush or McCain and Buchanan attacking him from the right, >>> it is unlikely that this "profile in accommodation" will give more than >>> a relative handful of rhetorical nods to progressive positions, as he is >>> doing somewhat more of during the primaries against Bradley. There will >>> be literally millions upon millions of discouraged voters who can be >>> reached by a Nader/LaDuke campaign! >>> >>> >>> >>> Potential Obstacles >>> >>> What stands in the way of such an historic development? >>> >>> One is the internal divisions within the Greens. The Greens face a >>> challenge: will they rise above, get beyond debilitating internal fights >>> and find common ground and a common way of work over the course of this >>> year? This is not to be pollyannish. There are differences within the >>> Greens over strategy, tactics and program; there always are within just >>> about any organization, particularly national organizations. Also, there >>> are always personality conflicts and issues over who should be in >>> leadership. But these inevitable differences and disagreements can be, >>> and have to be, addressed differently than the way they are within the >>> institutions of the dominant culture. Instead of competitiveness and >>> jockeying for power, there need to be good faith efforts on both sides >>> of a disagreement to look for the "common ground." Or, if it is clear >>> that the disagreements are too deep, decisions can be made as to how the >>> disagreements can be put aside until later so that the necessary and >>> essential work can proceed as productively as possible. I hope, and I'm >>> cautiously optimistic, that the Greens have matured enough since 1996 so >>> that the year 2000 Nader/LaDuke campaign will bear witness to an >>> emerging, if still fragile, unity in action. >>> >>> Many pro-justice activists are concerned about whether Nader will be >>> up-front and forthright in support of issues such as a woman's right to >>> choose, affirmative action, opposition to police brutality, the rights of >>> lesbians and gay people and the need to reduce the military budget. >>> These are issues that the broad progressive movement is in agreement on, >>> but in 1996 Nader either didn't address them or, in the case of >>> lesbian/gay rights, made at least one statement which indicated a fairly >>> serious lack of appreciation for the oppression faced by those with >>> non-heterosexual, emotional/sexual orientations. >>> >>> There's a much deeper issue here. Some progressive activists believe >>> that we need to build a "class-based" movement which de-emphasizes the >>> "social issues" and instead focuses on issues like living wage jobs, the >>> environment, tax reform and health care, because these are issues that >>> cut across lines of race, nationality, culture, gender, sexuality, etc. >>> and therefore can bring together the broadest range of people. There is >>> truth to this position, but the fact is that a movement that calls >>> itself progressive, that is about the transformation of society in >>> fundamental ways, has to "do the right thing" even if it risks >>> temporarily losing support from those who are with us on the broader, >>> class issues. We have to be consistent in our opposition to injustice, >>> oppression and discrimination. If not, we are building a movement on >>> sand, and it will eventually break apart as the storms of corporate >>> opposition look for any weakness they can exploit to undercut and destroy >>> our threat to their continued misrule. >>> >>> There is a relatively recent example from our history of the political >>> power of such an approach: the Rainbow movement of 1983-1988. That >>> movement, under the leadership of Jesse Jackson, consciously brought >>> together all of the different pieces of the progressive movement and >>> explicitly articulated their issues, from gay rights to the rights of >>> farmers to labor issues to those of people of color. It did this within >>> an overall framework which emphasized our common oppression at the hands >>> of corporate power. This approach generated almost 7 million votes for >>> Jackson during the 1988 Democratic Party primaries, and polls at the >>> time indicated that if Jackson had gone on to run as an independent in >>> the fall, he would have gotten in the neighborhood of 15% of the vote. >>> >>> >>> This makes what may well happen as the Nader/LaDuke campaign gets off >>> the ground even more sad, since there are indications that some of those >>> Rainbow leaders may be working to undercut support for Nader. >>> >>> This is the third, primary obstacle that I see to this campaign: the >>> efforts of certain "progressive leaders" who are tied to the Democratic >>> Party to keep it from happening. This is and will be the case for >>> "progressive leaders" from labor, from the civil rights movement and >>> from other groups that are still unwilling to break from the lesser-evil >>> orthodoxy. Some of this may be relatively honest, a reflection of a >>> political dynamic with deep, deep roots within our winner-take-all, >>> big-money-dominated system. Some of it will be much more underhanded. >>> >>> We can't get discouraged by these inevitable attacks. In many ways they >>> are a sign that we are finally becoming a force that cannot be ignored. >>> We need to deal with them in the same way we would deal with tender >>> young shoots of new plants emerging from a garden in the spring that are >>> threatened by cold spells, animals or birds: remember what those shoots >>> can become, develop plans for how to keep them growing and take >>> appropriate action. This new movement of the 21st century that we are >>> seeing develop in front of our eyes is too important to be sidetracked. >>> We are talking about history here. Let's all do our best to give of the >>> best within us so that the year 2000 is remembered as the turning point >>> for the struggling, besieged, abused and downtrodden people of this >>> country and this world, and its air, land, water, plant and animal life. >>> History is calling. >>> >>> >>> >>> Ted Glick is the National Coordinator of the Independent Progressive >>> Politics Network, although these are his individual views only. >>> >>> >>> >>> Return to size=-1>Third Party Watch size=-1> >> >> Return to size=-1>Znet > > > > > 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 for the elimination 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Nuclear Age Peace Foundation Subject: (abolition-usa) Fwd: radioactive waste in SantaFe and Colorado Date: 05 Mar 2000 12:44:35 -0800 > This is a lengthy document but please read #2 on page 4. "The City of >Sante Fe New Mexico is currently being sued by NRC for trying to regulate >radioactive discharge into the sewers. NRC claims that radioactive >discharge will not be regulated by USEPA, cities or the states." > If this is accurate, EPA has no intention to regulate radioactive >discharges to sewers and NRC is suing to force sewer plants to take >radioactive discharges. > There is something fishy here. The GAO report said the extent of >radioactive contamination at POTWs was not known. EPA granted anonymity >to POTW's in order to gain their cooperation in assessing the extent of >contamination. Now NRC is suing to force POTWs to accept radioactive >discharges. Is this whole process nuts? How would it ever be possible to >do a FOIA request to determine what POTWs are receiving? > This can be another talking point for Alan Rubin. "There has never >been a documented case of radioactive material in soil being documented as >coming from sludge." It just appears when airplanes fly over and detect it >at the sewer plants. > next item-Colorado >- > >> USEPA, Region 8 >> Project Manager Rocky Flats >> Tim Rehder >> >> Dear Tim, >> >> The upcoming vegetation burn planned by the Department of Energy for the >buffer >> zone at Rocky Flats Superfund Site at the end of March must be better >evaluated as >> to the appropriateness; due to the close proximity to major cities and >communities >> that now surround this facility. This proposed D.O.E. plan generates many >> unanswered questions, and most importantly has NOT been demonstrated on any >> Superfund Site nationwide. Also, the public is concerned about the DOE >> contractor, Kaiser Hill's recent statement at their presentation to the >Citizens >> Advisory Board on March 2, that "this will be a great opportunity for >> experiments". Rocky Flats is a USEPA documented contaminated site of >concern and >> the clean-up is still being debated. Sierra Club is concerned. Members >of the >> SC asked that DOE provide for an extension on the Environmental Assessment >> completed for this vegetation management plan and were turned down. The >> information distributed by the DOE and Kaiser Hill is conflicting, and >the publics >> notification in case of a "burn out of control", i.e. emergency >notification, has >> not been prepared by the DOE for the surrounding communities. The DOE. >and USEPA >> should have provided more public input and involvement in preparation for >this >> annual event; especially in light of the fact presented at the Citizens >Advisory >> Board meeting 3-2-00, there will be future burns in what DOE claims ARE >> contaminated areas. To date the public has not been provided the >Colorado Air >> Quality Permit for this burn, formal assurances from USEPA, a CDPHE >public meeting >> for this application as requested by Sierra Club, no copy of the actual >Forest >> Service burn plan, and no emergency preparedness plan for the local >communities. >> This vegetation/fuel load and soil burn is scheduled for the end of March >and >> beginning of April according to the Environmental Assessment. The DOE now >> suggests from the CAB meeting that window for the burn may change >through to May. >> Information must be consistent and available as essential tools to >educate and >> provide assurances to the public for their health and safety. These >assurances >> have not been provided. >> >> Your recent reply by e-mail suggested that I may not understand Global >fallout. I >> am very aware of nuclear fallout and Colorado's proximity to the Nevada >test site; >> and did not make an uneducated comment. My interest in making reference to >> Savannah River was to compare contamination issues. My homework is the >result of >> reviewing D.O.E. analysis and test results; not their assumptions. The >Colorado >> reference to fallout used by D.O.E., USEPA and CDPHE of .04 pci/g is for >> background plutonium in the soil for Colorado from the 1970's. The recent >> plutonium background numbers for Colorado reported by the Citizen Monitoring >> results, 1996, show Platteville, Lafayette, and Genesee averaging >approximately >> .015 pci/g. These numbers reflect background, 1996. Information regarding >> background test results by the DOE and USEPA should be provided to the >public >> >> The public understands fallout to be contamination from global fallout and >> emissions from daily operations, fires, accidents, past waste disposal >migration >> etc. The Savannah River location I mentioned is one of the largest nuclear >> complex's in the country with plutonium background from global fallout and >> emissions from daily operations, accidents/upset conditions that report >> measurements of plutonium background of only .0018 pci/g. Compare this >figure to >> the reported .04pci/g by the D.O.E. for Colorado plutonium background; these >> measurements are of considerable interest to residents in Colorado. The >upcoming >> discussion/presentation from the agencies at the March 23 Soil Action >Committee >> meeting will be important. The group will discuss an interim standard for >> contamination on the buffer zone at Rocky Flats; which will impact the >current >> Colorado standard for plutonium in the soil; and perhaps set another SAFE >standard >> to build homes and recreation on or near Rocky Flats. Many look forward >to this >> meeting. Your input and comments in advance of this meeting would be >> appreciated. >> >> Your state in one of your e-mails that you "believe" that there is no >> contamination in the area targeted for the prescribe burn. The USEPA's >claim there >> is no contamination, and the DOE's claim there is no KNOWN contamination is >> misleading. Positive results were presented by DOE in their presentation >at the >> CAB in the area of the prescribed burn. How they came to these >conclusions is >> most important (sampling protocol - depth into the soil- analysis for dust >> resuspension which will determine if plutonium concentrates in dust just >above >> the soil; other DOE locations have used portable vacuum cleaners to pick up >> plutonium in resuspension! Not penetrate the soil to10cm then average the >> sample). The fact that plutonium was found above background by the DOE >should >> indicate to USEPA that, yes, plutonium is present. Would you please >provide >> documentation that you have read that assisted you and supports your >statement >> that you "believe" that there is no contamination; especially in light of >the >> positive readings that were presented at the recent CAB meeting. After >the CAB >> meeting I spoke with DOE and Kaiser Hill . representatives. They were >unable to >> refer to the document that supported their tests results illustrated on >their >> maps. In addition, DOE provided a large comprehensive map of the sites >tested for >> plutonium, and there were a few samples taken from the north area >targeted for the >> prescribed burn, and no samples on the south side. DOE presenters after the >> meeting presented overheads that were more specific to test results, and >noted >> that had no explanation as to why no sampling was taken from the south >side. The >> colorful maps that were presented for the entire buffer zone by DOE at >the meeting >> should have references. DOE presented incomplete information on the >> characterization of the site; and had no answers as to why the Environmental >> Assessment indicates that the annual burns will include the entire buffer >zone! >> >> Test results for plutonium, americium, uranium, and other radionuclides >as well >> as contaminates of concern such as arsenic, lead, beryllium have been >inadequately >> presented to the public for evaluation. Soil, fuel load (25 years of dead >> vegetation), and vegetation uptake information has NOT been adequately >tested. >> The Environmental Assessment authored by DOE indicated that there was >vegetation >> uptake found as high as 28 pci/g. The DOE presenter at the CAB meeting >indicated >> that a factor of .034 x the soil levels will give you the level of >radioactive >> uptake into the vegetation. How contaminated is the vegetation at the >903 paid >> location? DOE stated they are just now testing the fuel load. The combined >> plutonium inventory from soil, vegetation, and fuel load has not been >assessed as >> to the risk to the public. >> >> What is your reaction to the statement by Kaiser Hill that they will >conduct in >> their words, "experiments" during and after the burn. They referred to >these >> experiments and studies 3 times. They presented vague information on >what the >> studies will include. Resuspension of radioactive soil particles was >presented in >> their overheads to the governor's aid, Allard's aid and others on the >tourof the >> actual site. What about the cumulative inventory of plutonium on the >vegetation >> of the leaves as well as uptake from the roots, the ash that will be >present in >> the soil, and the winds that will resuspend the ash into the nearby >communities. >> Was this ash considered in the "Hypothetical, Risk Assessment for Worst Case >> Scenario" on the controlled burn location for the future completed by Kaiser >> Hill? The public has not been presented this document for review. >Certainly >> there will be no tall stacks to disperse the airborne sub micron >particulates that >> will be present in the smoke and gases. Include in this discussion the >> possibility of surface water impacts to the major bodies of water used for >> drinking water, and ground water impacts from the potential leaching of >the ash. >> >> The public would appreciate facts that support your statement that there >is NO >> contamination at the site in the area of the present prescribed burn, and >that the >> public should not be concerned; please help distribute documented facts and >> sources from USEPA literature for them to refer to in helping them >understand this >> issue. Also, if you wouldn't mind, please help with a response to the >following >> specific questions and document requests: >> >> 1. Please provide the current radioactive "background" information that >USEPA has >> collected before the CAB meeting March 23; this would be helpful when the >Rocky >> Flats Soil Action Committee presents the new proposed interim standard for >> plutonium of 35 pci/g. What is USEPA's position on this new figure as >compared to >> the standard proposed at 1,429 pci/g for plutonium at Rocky Flats? >> Certainly a discussion of the Colorado State Standard of .9 pci/g should be >> mentioned. Offsite contamination found at the site of the Haystack Fire >reveals >> Colorado is not adhering to their own standard of .9 for plutonium in the >soil. >> The following levels were taken by CDPHE: >> >> Sampling Location Period Plutonium >> >> soil near haystack fire 5-30-91 3.97 plus or minus .09 >> hay from the haystack 5-30-91 .010 plus or minus .002 >> hay ash from haystack 5-30-91 .144 plus or minus .029 >> boots & bunker etc. 5-30-91 1.14 plus or minus .10 >> trouser wipes >> (West Adams County FD) >> Boots & bunkers >> trouser wipes >> (Westminster Fire Dept.) 5-30-91 .19 plus or minus .03 >> >> Same as Above Same as above Uranium >> .91 >+/- .03 >> 1.48 >+/-.27 >> 1.00 >+/- .06 >> 1.14 >+/-.05 >> >1.15+/-.03 >> >> Dr. Ed Martell was involved in the Colorado discussions for setting the >state soil >> standard. He determined that the initial standard discussed of .2 pci/g >would be >> more protective. >> >> 2. Please explain why it took ten years to get the NPDES permit from the >DOE and >> what was holding it back? I've been told that the DOE/NRC will not have >their >> radioactive discharges permitted. The City of Sante Fe New Mexico is >currently >> being sued by NRC for trying to regulate radioactive discharge into the >sewers. >> NRC claims that radioactive discharge will not be regulated by USEPA, >cities or >> the states. >> >> 3. Why will there be no split samples taken by the Colorado Department of >Health >> during the burn? CDPHE, Arch Crouse stated roughly that they have only 1 >monitor >> on the north, l south, 1 east and 2 west for particulate monitoring. He >said >> these will not be used for the burn. They have no funding for this >proposal. >> >> 4. Why has there been no prescribed burn anywhere else in the United >States on a >> Superfund site if weed management is the targeted issue? Weeds grow >everywhere! >> Why have we not targeted prescribed burns throughout Colorado or for >other federal >> Superfund sites in Colorado? DOE said the only federal facility they have >> burned vegetation at is Savannah River on 30,000 acres. Doesn't this >location >> have miles of buffer that separate the public from the prescribed burns >areas? >> Was the USEPA involved in this prescribed burn? Would you please provide >USEPA >> information and test results from these prescribed burns. DOE has not >shared this >> with the public. Also, the Environmental Assessment presents maps of the >future >> burns in contaminated areas. What is the USEPA position on this future >plan? >> >> 5. You implied at the CAB meeting that the Air Quality Control Division >of the >> Colorado Department of Health would have to permit the "contaminated" >portions of >> the Rocky Flats site differently than the "non-contaminated" areas? >CDPHE issues >> an agricultural open burn permit. The Colorado regulations for open >burns do not >> include in the application requirements and reference for air toxics of >concern >> i.e. plutonium, americium, arsenic, lead, beryllium etc. They regulate >the six >> criteria pollutants i.e. particulates, carbon monoxide, etc. NOTE: >Kaiser Hill >> said in their recent onsite tour for the Governors office, Allards aid >etc., that >> the Colorado Department of Health had issued an open burn air permit. As >of the >> evening of the CAB 3-2-00 the permit had not been issued. It had been >canceled >> and a new application submitted by DOE. The Forest Service cannot >complete their >> burn plan for the public's review due to this lack of air permit. What is >USEPA's >> position on this lack of information required for burn permits, and the >lack of >> permits and plans available for review so near the target date? >> >> 6. There has been no Smoke Plume modeling study presented to the public. > Kaiser >> Hill stated that there is no such thing as prevailing winds; that this >plume may >> go in many directions. Why has no smoke plume and or air modeling study >been >> presented to the public from a Major Air Pollution Source? Will this >annual burn >> be required to be reported in the Colorado State Implementation Plan? >> >> 7. Notification to the public is of great concern to the surrounding >> communities. The plan presented at the CAB indicates that the PA system >will be >> used for the employees on site. Since wind conditions, etc. are >important factor >> in monitoring during the burn, the plan for the general public is >inadequate. How >> will prompt notification be given to the public, i.e. children on the >> playgrounds, if there is a problem from an out of control burn into the most >> contaminated areas? DOE states that they have completed a "worst case >scenario" >> for the most contaminated area, the 903 pad. This has NOT been made >available for >> the public's preview. >> Please include this document to me. >> >> >> 8. The City of Westmister is opposed to this burn. They requested at >the CAB >> meeting the DOE use a 1/4 acre burn area to experiment with first, >instead of the >> entire 500 acres. Did you agree with DOE's reasoning that this was not >> practicable? >> >> 9. The Environmental Assessment states that there has never been a >prescribed >> burn at the Rocky Flats facility. Yet, the Colorado Air Quality Control >Division >> recently informed Sierra Club that there have been prescribed burns in >the past. >> They have issued permits and confirm these burns. They have requested >that Sierra >> Club file a Freedom of Information request to get this information. >CDPHE also >> was recently informed by Kaiser Hill that NESHAPS for air quality state >that 10 >> millirem is an acceptable exposure for nearby residents. Does the Air >Quality burn >> permit mention this? This is not required. A CAB member at the meeting >stated >> that there could be a possible exposure of 15 millirem during the burn >according >> to D.O.E. literature. I have not reviewed this information. >> >> 10. Dr. Harvey Nichols from CU presented very pressing concerns >regarding the >> monitoring equipment and hot spots that have been determined to be in the >vicinity >> of the proposed burn. He states: >> a. There has been no independent testing of the areas in question; >> b. High volume air samplers at or close to ground level are not adequate >to record >> airborne particulate contaminants such as plutonium; >> c. Deposition of burned material on one or more of the surrounding >communities due >> to the size and duration of the fire will result. >> >> >> Thank you for your assistance. I look forward to your participation to >educate >> the public on this most urgent of issues confronting the Rocky Flats >communities. >> My address for receiving documents requested is: >> >> 6654 S. Buffalo Dr. >> Littleton, Colorado 80120 >> >> Joan Seeman >> Sierra Club >> Hazardous Waste Committee Chair >> Rocky Mt. Chapter >> >> Rehder.Timothy@epamail.epa.gov wrote: >> >> > The new npdes permit for Rocky Flats is goes out for public comment >Monday. >> > There was an announcement in the classifieds of today's Denver Post >(see Legal >> > Notices). > - 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: FoE Sydney - Nuclear Campaign Subject: (abolition-usa) Reaffirm Committment to NPT says UN Secy General Date: 06 Mar 2000 17:04:27 +1000 This statement was first downloaded by Felicity at WILPF. I'm not sure how many people on Abolition have seen it, so downloaded it again from the UN website. I'm sure that we would all add to the Secy General's remarks 'Article VI'. John Hallam 3 March 2000 Press Release SG/SM/7323 DC/2686 SECRETARY-GENERAL, ON ANNIVERSARY OF NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY, URGES PARTIES TO REAFFIRM COMMITMENT AT UPCOMING REVIEW CONFERENCE 20000303 The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary- General Kofi Annan: Thirty years ago, on 5 March 1970, the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) entered into force. The event was acclaimed then as the most important international agreement in the field of disarmament since the start of the nuclear age and a major success for the cause of peace. The Treaty has since become and remains the cornerstone of the global nuclear non-proliferation regime. Its membership has steadily grown to 187 States parties today. On the occasion of the thirtieth anniversary of the NPT's entry into force, the Secretary-General would like to stress that in order to achieve the ultimate objective of a world free of nuclear weapons, the international community should immediately start taking new and effective measures to achieve the inherently linked goals of nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation. Efforts to seek the elimination of all nuclear weapons must remain a high priority. The Secretary-General hopes that all parties to the NTP will rededicate themselves to unceasing efforts to implement all of their obligations under the Treaty. The forthcoming 2000 NPT Review Conference (24 April to 19 May) would be an excellent opportunity for all parties to reaffirm their commitment to the Treaty. - 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: FoE Sydney - Nuclear Campaign Subject: (abolition-usa) Oh No! Not Another ' Write to your Government'! - NPT Letters to Date: 06 Mar 2000 18:18:23 +1000 (Sorry for duplicate copies caused by double- posting.) PLEASE WRITE TO YOUR GOVT. RE NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION TREATY REVIEW SAMPLE LETTER FOR EVERYONE TO SEND TO PRESIDENTS/PRIME MINISTERS/FOREIGN MINISTERS (This is for you or your organisation to send to your foreign minister, and president or prime minister, and/or to presidents Putin and Clinton.) (Please email/forward these 2 sample letters to everyone you know - and do please actually send these letters to your foreign minister or prime minister or president) If you have already done it, congratulations. This is posted for those who have not yet done it. If you haven't done it and you think the nuke weapons states ought to fulfil their legal obligation to get rid of nuclear weapons, do please do it. I'll be posting reminders asking you to do it over the next few weeks. Dear All who get these two sample letters, The two sample letters below are a call for action consistent with the Abolition statement, and with current NGO demands for the upcoming review conference of the nuclear nonproliferation treaty. They basically ask the nuclear weapons states to fulfil their obligations under Article VI of the NPT, to eliminate their nuclear arsenals, and they ask everyone else to press the nuclear weapons states to do just that. I am posting these appeals to write to your government re the nuclear nonproliferation treaty in the hope that you will actually do just that! If you want to change anything that's just fine, just do it, if you think the letters are better phrased some other way then thats great. But basically I am hoping that as many people as possible will write something like this to your head of state or prime minister or foreign minister, and that you will pass this message on to others who will do the same. If you are an organisation and especially if you have already signed the 'Heads of State' letter that I posted some time ago, you may also want to sign the letter to be found on the following URL: On 24 April-19May this year, the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) will go before its first review conference after being indefinitely extended in 1995. As the Nuclear Nonproliferation treaty covers every nation in the world with the exception of Israel, India and Pakistan (all of whom have nuclear weapons), the NPT Review Conference, which will be held at the UN in New York will be one of the most important diplomatic events (if not THE most important diplomatic event) of the year. It has implications for the safety of the whole planet. Article VI of the NPT which has been in force since 1970, obliges the nuclear weapons states to negotiate away their nuclear arsenals yesterday. The International Court of Justice in 1996, in a unanimous advisory opinion, said that there exists an obligation, under article VI, to negotiate away the nuclear arsenals of the nuclear weapons powers. However, the opposite is what is happening. As the Nuclear Nonproiferation treaty is in effect a deal whereby the nuke weapons states agree to eliminate their nuclear arsenals in return for the non- nuclear weapons states agreeing not to attempt to obtain nuclear weapons, the failure of the nuclear weapons states to honour their part of the deal means that the non-nuclear weapons states may start to withdraw from their part of the deal as india, Israel and Pakistan in effect already have done. You are therefore strongly urged to write to your foreign minister, and Prime Minister and/or Head of State, (whoever is the relevant decision- maker) urging them to press the nuclear weapons states to keep their side of the NPT 'Bargain' and fulfil the requirements of Article VI, or if you live in a nuclear weapons state, ask them to fulfil their Article VI NPT obligations immediately. These two letters, one to all heads of state/prime ministers/foreign ministers and one specifically to Russian President Putin, foreign Minister Igor Ivanov, and copied to Clinton, are to give you an idea what to write. Please don't follow them slavishly. If you are an individual, I'd urge you to write HANDWRITTEN. Copied letters get thrown away. Handwritten gets read. If you are an organisation, please put this on your own letterhead and CUSTOMISE IT. These letters are deliberately too long. You may want to shorten them. If you are in a non- english speaking country do please translate it and make any changes you feel necessary when you translate it. The NPT Review Conference is literally an event of global signficance, so ask your head of state/foreign minister/prime minister to attend the NPT Review in person. Do please write. The fate of the world as a whole will quite literally depend on the deliberations of the diplomats, foreign ministers, and heads of state in the review conference in New York. A shorter letter (very short) is available on: Http://www.abolition2000.org. Fax numbers of heads of state, foreign ministers, and UN Missions are also available on that URL. Another URL that has the fax numbers of heads of state, foreign ministers and UN missions and also has lots of information on the NPT Review is: Http://www.reachingcriticalwill.org TEXT OF GENERAL SAMPLE LETTER AND SAMPLE LETTER TO PUTIN AND IVANOV FOLLOWS RE: NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION TREATY REVIEW CONFERENCE APRIL 24-MAY 19 2000 - GETTING RID OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS TO: PRESIDENT, PRIME MINISTER AND FOREIGN MINISTER, Your Excellency, [0r] Dear President, Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, I am writing to urge [your/our] government to take a strong position at the upcoming Review Conference of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty in New York April 24 to May 19, 2000, and to urge [your/our] head of state or of government to attend this meeting. It is vital that the governments of all nations do their utmost to pressure the nuclear weapons states, especially the US and Russia, to do more to fulfill their obligations under Article VI of the NPT, and negotiate their nuclear weapons stockpiles down to zero. The International Court of Justice reaffirmed in 1996, in a unanimous advisory opinion that this is indeed a legal obligation. The nuclear weapons states are currently making very little movement toward fulfilling this obligation. Instead there have been many developments in the opposite direction. The US Senate has failed to ratify the CTBT,(Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty) and the US is contemplating the deployment of a Ballistic Missile Defence System in violation of the 1972 ABM (Anti-Ballistic Missile) treaty. Talks between the US and Russia to make cuts in nuclear weapons are stalled, as is implementation of START II. Russia has changed its previous policy of 'no first use' of nuclear weapons to one that mirrors those of the western states, and its Duma has refused to ratify START-II. Both the US and Russia continue to conduct 'subcritical' nuclear tests. China is modernizing its nuclear arsenal, and India and Pakistan have openly tested nuclear weapons. Israel, in spite of a recent debate in the Knessett, refuses to acknowledge its nuclear capabilities but may have as many as 400 weapons. On the other hand, the non nuclear weapons states with a few notable exceptions, have adhered to their side of the bargain, while the NPT has become nearly universal. A successful outcome at the coming NPT Review Conference, would explicitly commit parties under Article VI to the elimination of nuclear weapons at an early date, and a global regime banning nuclear weapons, and would outline the process for that to occur. It is important that your government and every government, use its position to push the nuclear weapon states and particularly the US and Russia, to fulfill Article VI during the coming review conference. A key preliminary step in this direction that would reduce the danger of purely accidental war, and improve the climate for further steps, would be the abandonment of 'launch on warning' postures. This should be followed by reduction of alert status of warheads, and the verifiable physical removal of warheads from delivery vehicles. It is especially vital that [your/our] [head of government/head of state] be present at the proceedings of this review conference. The decisions taken at the coming NPT Review conference will literally determine the fate of the world. Only by the authority lent by the presence of heads of State or of Government can decisions be taken that will have the end result of ridding the world of nuclear weapons and fulfilling the mandate of the nuclear nonproliferation treaty over the last thirty years. Signed...etc. SAMPLE LETTER FOR EVERYONE TO SEND TO PRESIDENT PUTIN AND FOREIGN MINISTER IGOR IVANOV. RE: NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION TREATY REVIEW CONFERENCE APRIL 24-MAY 19 2000 - GETTING RID OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS TO: PRESIDENT PUTIN +7-095-205-4330, FOREIGN MINISTER IVANOV +7-095-244-3276, +7-095-244-2203 RUSSIAS UNITED NATIONS AMBASSADOR + 1 212 628 0252 cc PRESIDENT CLINTON +1-202-456-2461 Dear President Putin and Foreign Minister Ivanov, I am writing to urge Russia's government to fulfill its obligations under Article VI of the nuclear nonproliferation treaty. It is vital that we negotiate their nuclear weapons stockpiles down to zero sooner rather than later. The International Court of Justice reaffirmed in 1996, in a unanimous judgment, that this is indeed a legal obligation. It is now vital that the Russia and the US fulfill their clear obligations under Article VI of the nonproliferation treaty. While arms reductions have occurred since the 1980s, this process of reduction has now stalled and may be going into reverse. The US and Russia are both signed on to a treaty, article VI of which demands that you negotiate to eliminate your nuclear arsenals. The binding nature of Article VI was reaffirmed by the 1996 unanimous advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice (ICJ). Russia and the US together, as well as China, the UK and France cannot forever refuse to fulfill their clear legal obligations under the NPT while expecting that other countries will continue to fulfill theirs. The credibility of the NPT will disappear if the nuclear weapon states - yourselves - do not fulfill your obligations. The eventual result of that is likely to be much wider acquisition of nuclear weapons, with a vastly increased likelihood of nuclear war. While Russia may have been given reasons to distrust US and NATO intentions, the stakes in getting rid of nuclear weapons are literally ultimate. No political goal no matter how central it may seem to the interests of either Russia or the US can justify the possible destruction of human civilisation and life worldwide. Public opinion in both your countries is strongly in favor of negotiating to eliminate nuclear weapons. Global public opinion is overwhelmingly in favor of this and indeed demands it, as do the overwhelming majority of governments. A successful outcome at the coming NPT Review Conference, would explicitly commit parties under Article VI to the elimination of nuclear weapons at an early date, and a global regime banning nuclear weapons, and would outline the process for that to occur. In this context, it is especially vital that the Russian and US Presidents be present at the proceedings of the NPT Review Conference, and be ready to negotiate to eliminate your nuclear arsenals as you are obliged to do under Article VI. The decisions taken at the coming NPT Review conference will literally determine the fate of the world. Only by the authority lent by the presence of heads of State or of Government can decisions be taken that will have the end result of ridding the world of nuclear weapons and fulfilling the mandate of the nuclear nonproliferation treaty over the last thirty years. Signed...etc. John Hallam Friends of the Earth Sydney, 17 Lord Street, Newtown, NSW, Australia, 2042 Fax (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. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Nuclear Age Peace Foundation Subject: (abolition-usa) Emergency Nuclear Free Zone Alert Date: 06 Mar 2000 11:45:55 -0800 >Return-Path: >Delivered-To: napf@silcom.com >Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2000 12:01:36 -0800 (PST) >X-Sender: windmill@tsoft.net >To: freezone@nuclearfree.org >From: "." >Subject: EMERGENCY NUCLEAR FREE ZONE ALERT >Sender: windmill@tsoft.net > >EMERGENCY NUCLEAR FREE ZONE ALERT ----- >You may not be aware that a year ago the Berkeley City Council drastically >weakened the Nuclear Free Zone law. There is a proposal coming before the >City Council to reinstate and strengthen this law. IT IS VITAL THAT DIANE >WOOLLEY, A SWING VOTE, BE CONTACTED. It's also important to call the Mayor, >Dona Spring and, if you live in Berkeley, your own City Council Member. The >City Clerk can tell you the name of your Council Member. The details and >additional contact information is provided below: > >NUCLEAR FREE ZONE ALERT >An occasional newsletter about Berkeley's Nuclear Free Zone >No. 2 > > 1998 CITY COUNCIL ACTION VIRTUALLY REPEALS > ENFORCEABILITY OF NUCLEAR FREE ZONE LAW > >IN 1997 Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) announced they would >build DARHT, a device vital for designing new nuclear weapons. Berkeley >responded by enforcing its Nuclear Free law three times in a six month >period (organizing a forum attended by hundreds, passing a resolution >opposing DARHT, and sending a formal request that U.C. and LBNL cease and >desist all nuclear weapons work, including the DARHT project). It is illegal >for the City Council to alter the voter created Nuclear Free law, but eight >months after citizens seeking to enforce the nuclear free law delayed >approval of a U.C. contract (the Nuclear Free law prohibits Berkeley from >contracting with entities doing nuclear weapons work, unless there is no >reasonable, cost effective, alternative) the City Council passed a "blanket >waiver" that weakened the law by ending citizen commission review of >proposals to waive the law, thus making enforcement of the nuclear free law >virtually impossible. In the one year period since the blanket waiver passed >not a single effort to enforce its nuclear free law has occurred - it's as >if the Nuclear Free law has been repealed! > > CONTACT COUNCIL NOW TO REVIVE CITIZEN REVIEW AND REINSTATE ENFORCEMENT OF >NUCLEAR FREE ZONE LAW > >IN JANUARY, 2000 the Peace & Justice Commission unanimously recommended >that the City Council reinstate the policy of having citizen commissions >review proposals to waive the Nuclear Free law. But passage of the Peace and >Justice proposal is uncertain. Linda Maio is likely vote against it. Vice >Mayor Maudelle Shirek, Margaret Breland, and Kriss Worthington are likely >to support it. Ask Council Members Woolley, Spring and the Mayor to support >the Peace and Justice recommendation. Mayor Shirely Dean (510) 644-6484 >dean@ci.berkeley.ca.us > >Green Party Council Member Dona Spring (510) 644-6266 >spring@ci.berkeley.ca.us >In the past Dona Spring has led efforts to oppose DARHT and enforce the >Nuclear Free law, but in 1998 she agreed to compromises that weakened the >law. She has said she will vote for the Peace and Justice Commission >recommendation, ask her to resist pressure to weaken it. > >Council Member Diane. Woolley is a swing vote - (510) 644-6294 >woolley@ci.berkeley.ca.us >Woolley distinguished herself by abstaining from the vote to weaken the >nuclear free law. Ask her to vote for the Peace and Justice recommendation. > >Or write the Mayor & Council Members at: 1900 Addision St., Berkeley, Ca. >94704. > >Although the cold war is behind us, the Nuclear Free law is still important. >If India and Pakistan had signed the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty they >could not have conducted nuclear weapons tests. India justifies refusing to >sign the treaty because the test ban does not prohibit nuclear weapons >states from using advanced technologies like DARHT to maintain and develop >nuclear weapons. The treaty is thus viewed as a ploy by nuclear weapons >states, instead of a sincere first step toward nuclear disarmament. By >discouraging developing countries from signing the test ban treaty, DARHT, >and related technologies, may be indirectly responsible the outbreak of the >India-Pakistan nuclear arms race. > > >TO HELP PLEASE CALL: (510) 594-4088 or e-mail us at freezone@nuclearfree.org >--------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- >For more information visit Nuclear Free Berkeley - the web page: > >WWW.NUCLEARFREE.ORG > > >NUCLEAR FREE ZONE ALERT, by the publisher of KPFA Chronicles, was created >to educate people about, and encourage enforcement of, the Nuclear Free >Berkeley Act. Letters and donations can be sent to: >Nuclear Free Berkeley, P.O. Box 851, Berkeley, Ca 94701 > > > > - 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Nuclear Age Peace Foundation Subject: (abolition-usa) Countdown to the NPT Date: 06 Mar 2000 18:13:30 -0800 6 March 2000 Dear Friends and Activists, With only 49 more days until the 2000 Review Conference of the Non-Proliferation Treaty, momemtum in support of the Abolition 2000 Global Network and for nuclear abolition is building. There are now 1479 organizational endorsements of the Abolition 2000 Statement and 241 Municipal endorsements, for a total of 1720 endorsers. We only need 280 more endorsers to reach our goal of 2000, which means that we nead to receive aproximately SIX NEW endorsements, EVERYDAY, for the next 49 DAYS. WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT! It is critical to reach our goal of 2000 endorsers by the time of the 2000 NPT Review Conference (24 April-19 May). Please make a comittment to enroll AT LEAST one new organization or municipality this week. With YOUR help, we will achieve our goal! Thank you for your continued support. I look forward to hearing from you. In Peace and Solidarity, Carah Carah Lynn Ong Coordinator, Abolition 2000 1187 Coast Village Road PMB 121, Suite 1 Santa Barbara CA 93108 Phone (805) 965 3443 FAX(805) 568 0466 Email: A2000@silcom.com Website http://www.abolition2000.org Join the Abolition-USA or Abolition-Global Caucus list serve to regularly receive updates about the Abolition movement. Both caucus' also provide a forum for conversation on nuclear-related issues as well as they are used to post important articles and information pertaining to nuclear abolition. To subscribe to the Abolition Global Caucus, please do one of the following: 1. Send a message to the list moderator at A2000@silcom.com 2. Visit the Abolition-caucus website at: Http://www.egroups.com/list/abolition-caucus/ and submit a membership form. 3. Visit the Abolition 2000 website and submit a membership form. 4. Send an e-mail to: abolition-caucus-subscribe@egroups.com (leave the subject line and body of the message blank). To post a message to the Abolition Global Caucus, send your message to: abolition-caucus@egroups.com To subscribe to the Abolition-USA listerve, send a message (with no subject) to: abolition-usa-request@lists.xmission.com In the body of the message, write: "subscribe abolition-usa" (do not include quotation marks) To post a message to the Abolition-USA list, mail your message to: abolition-usa@lists.xmission.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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: marylia@earthlink.net (marylia) Subject: (abolition-usa) DOE budget analysis on TVC web site/New! Date: 06 Mar 2000 20:11:49 -0800 (PST) Dear peace and environmental colleagues: Tri-Valley CAREs has a new report on its web site that will likely be of interest -- and of great use -- to you. "THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY FISCAL YEAR 2001 BUDGET REQUEST FOR NUCLEAR WEAPONS ACTIVITIES," is an analysis done for Tri-Valley CAREs by Dr. Robert Civiak. (From 1988 to 1999, Bob served as Program Examiner in the federal Office of Management and Budget, where the DOE budget was within the scope of his responsibilities.) The report is concise, readable and "chock full" of valuable information on the nuclear weapons activities proposed in the budget request that went to Congress on February 7, 2000. For example: (1) Did you know that only 10% of the DOE budget request is directly tied to evaluation and maintenance of the existing arsenal? Check out our report and learn what the other 90% will buy! (2) Did you know that the DOE budget request contains 17 separate "campaigns" that are largely activities to improve or expand capabilities? Check out the 6 U.S. weapons types for which the budget requests "improvement" monies! (3) Did you know that the fiscal year 2001 cost for the National Ignition Facility is hidden in various categories throughout the DOE budget request? Check out the box at the end of our report to see how the NIF funding adds up! Our web site is at http://igc.org/tvc. Happy reading. Peace, Marylia 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Abolition2000 Pacific Region" Subject: (abolition-usa) Hawaii's Jim Albertini solidarity for a Nuclear-Free University!! Date: 06 Mar 2000 23:37:04 PST Dear Abolitionists, Aloha and Greetings from Hawai'i! Here's Jim Albertini for you!! We can use all of the inspiration from those who preceeded us, and appreciate the solidarity! Jim swam out into the Pacific Ocean to confront a US nuclear-armed warship and spent 3 years in prison for it! During a time of cynicism, we young ones need folks lik Jim Albertini and M.Vanunu to guide us with their examples. Richard Salvador Honolulu, Hawai`i ---- Dear Richard and UH peacemakers, I applaud your work for a Nuclear-free University of Hawaii and extend my solidarity as one sentenced to three years in U.S. federal prison for a nonviolent swiming protest of a nuclear armed warship entering Hawaii County's Nuclear-free zone in 1984. Hawaii County was the first municipality in the U.S. to pass a law declaring itself a nuclear-free zone in 1981. Unfortunately, then county council chair (now mayor) Steven Yamashiro, and the council majority, did not have the courage to stand up in support of the law. They bent to the pressure of the military. To UH students, I say, BE STRONG. STAND FIRM IN DECLARING UH A NUCLEAR-FREE ZONE. With gratitude and aloha, Jim Jim Albertini P.O. Box AB Ola`a (Kurtistown), Hawaii 96760 808-966-7622 email ja@interpac.net ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Cc: polisci-l@hawaii.edu, kanakamaoliallies-l@hawaii.edu, Military Affairs Reporter Mike Gordon , Honolulu Star Bulletin , Honolulu Weekly Note: The University of Hawaii Graduate Student Organization (GSO) will be considering passage of a Nuclear Free University of Hawaii Resolution next week. See text of the Resolution below. The GSO meeting will be held on Friday, March 10, 2000, from 1-3pm, at UH-Manoa Campus Center Building, Room CC220. Come and support this resolution. Mahalo. Aloha, FYI: It has become critical for all communities throughout Hawaii, the Pacific, and around the world to take a stand on nuclear weapons and to take steps toward influencing State and National Governments including countries to begin seriously addressing the "nuclear crisis," as former US President Jimmy Carter described the current state of nuclear proliferation in a February 23, 2000 op-ed piece in the Washington Post (http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/WPlate/2000-02/23/008l-022300-idx.html). Unfortunately, as President Carter writes, "U.S. policy has had a good deal to do with creating it." As a consequence, there have been "a disturbing pattern of provocative [nuclear] developments" (see a brief list of these in President Carter's op-ed piece). These have been allowed to happen largely because of uninformed publics and because of the failure of the media to focus on them as critical areas of concern for domestic and world peace. However, national and international leaders can be "inspired to act wisely and courageously by an informed public," as Carter adds. There is an urgent need for the public, in the USA and around the world, to educate peoples, advocate for and lobby their leaders to speak out on these issues in preparation for the 5-year Review of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, taking place April 24 - May 19, 2000 at the United Nations. (Please visit the website of Abolition 2000 http://www.abolition2000.org, for more information.) The University of Hawaii community and the entire Hawaiian population should proudly commend President C. Mamo Kim and her colleagues in the Graduate Student Organization for taking this initiative to pass the following Nuclear-Free Zone Resolution and for taking a leadership role in educating peoples in Hawaii, the United States and the world in calling for nuclear disarmament as a step toward world peace. Please come to the GSO meeting to support the passage of this Resolution. Thank you very much. Richard Salvador Pacific Abolition 2000 Pacific Islands Association of NGOs ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Cc: Annalisa Guevarra Delacruz /snip/ Richard, Our next GSO meeting will be next Friday from 1-3, at CC220. I think it would be good to introduce this resolution yourself. You could send a copy of this to the gso-l with a forward, mentioning your intention to have the GSO pass it in assembly. /snip/ At the assembly, deliver hard copies which read as follows: GRADUATE STUDENT ORGANIZATION OF THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAI'I AT MANOA 2445 Campus Road, Hemenway 212 GRADUATE STUDENT ORGANIZATION RESOLUTION 02-00 URGING THE FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF NUCLEAR WEAPON FREE ZONES THROUGHOUT THE WORLD AND CALLING UPON THE GOVERNMENTS OF ALL NUCLEAR WEAPONS STATES TO BEGIN NEGOTIATIONS IMMEDIATELY ON NUCLEAR WEAPONS CONVENTION TO PROHIBIT AND ELIMINATE ALL NUCLEAR WEAPONS EARLY IN THIS NEW CENTURY, AND TO COMPLETE THESE NEGOTIATIONS BY THE YEAR 2000 Whereas the billions of dollars spent on nuclear weapons each year could be reallocated to help fund educational programs and other social needs; Whereas the research and development of nuclear weapons, which has involved many of our universities, fosters a culture of secrecy which is in direct opposition to the principles of democracy; Whereas the intellectual resources currently devoted to the development and maintenance of our nuclear arsenals could be far more productively used for research into environmentally sound technologies; Whereas the International Court of Justice ruled unanimously in July 1996, "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"; Whereas retired U.S. General Lee Butler, once responsible for all U.S. strategic nuclear forces, has called nuclear weapons "inherently dangerous, hugely expensive, militarily inefficient, and morally indefensible"; Whereas the residual effects of nuclear warfare would have a lasting impact on present and future generations, posing a constant threat to the health and peace of mind of the world's citizens; Whereas it is in the direct interest of young people to support the sustainability of life on this planet in order that they may have a healthy place to live in which to pursue their dreams and aspirations; Now, therefore, be it resolved that the GRADUATE STUDENT ORGANIZATION of the University of Hawai'i at Manoa declares itself a Nuclear Weapon Free Zone and supports the further development of Nuclear Weapon Free Zones throughout the world; BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the GSO calls for all nuclear weapons to be taken off alert status; for all nuclear warheads to be separated from their delivery vehicles; and for the nuclear weapons states to agree to unconditional no first use of these weapons; BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the GSO calls upon the governments of all nuclear weapons states to begin negotiations immediately on a Nuclear Weapons Convention to prohibit and eliminate all nuclear weapons early in this new century, and to complete these negotiations by the year 2000; BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that copies of this resolution be distributed to the Board of Regents of the University of Hawai'i, President and Chancellor of Manoa Kenneth P. Mortimer, Vice-President of Student Affairs Doris Ching, the U.S. Congressional Delegation, the President of the U.S., and the local media; ROLL CALL GSO RESOLUTION 02-00 Ayes: Nays: Abstentions: ADOPTED BY THE 1999-2000 GSO ASSEMBLY ON FRIDAY, MARCH 10, 2000. Prepared by the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation for the Abolition 2000 Global Campaign and introduced by Richard Salvador, Ph.D. candidate, Political Science, University of Hawai'i at Manoa. C. Mamo Kim Kalawaia Moore GSO President GSO Secretary Richard, I'll send a copy of this memo to Anna and ask her to type it up for you and make about 15 hardcopies. anna: Please remind the gso list to come to the next meeting, time date, place, etc. thanks. Mamo ______________________________________________________ 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Nuclear Age Peace Foundation Subject: (abolition-usa) Keep the Momentum going Date: 07 Mar 2000 20:57:26 -0800 Dear Friends and Activists, Let's keep the momentum going! These organizations have endorsed the Abolition 2000 Statement this week: Post Pessimits, A-Bolo Graz/Austria Bangladesh People's Solidarity Center, Sao Miguel/Portugal International Informatization Academy, Cape Coast/Ghana Brotherhood Link, Cantoments/Ghana The Millennium Visioneer, Madina/Ghana Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action, Poulsbo/Washington Saffron Waldon Green Party, Waldon/UK This bring the total number of endorsers to Carah Lynn Ong Coordinator, Abolition 2000 1187 Coast Village Road PMB 121, Suite 1 Santa Barbara CA 93108 Phone (805) 965 3443 FAX(805) 568 0466 Email: A2000@silcom.com Website http://www.abolition2000.org Join the Abolition-USA or Abolition-Global Caucus list serve to regularly receive updates about the Abolition movement. Both caucus' also provide a forum for conversation on nuclear-related issues as well as they are used to post important articles and information pertaining to nuclear abolition. To subscribe to the Abolition Global Caucus, please do one of the following: 1. Send a message to the list moderator at A2000@silcom.com 2. Visit the Abolition-caucus website at: Http://www.egroups.com/list/abolition-caucus/ and submit a membership form. 3. Visit the Abolition 2000 website and submit a membership form. 4. Send an e-mail to: abolition-caucus-subscribe@egroups.com (leave the subject line and body of the message blank). To post a message to the Abolition Global Caucus, send your message to: abolition-caucus@egroups.com To subscribe to the Abolition-USA listerve, send a message (with no subject) to: abolition-usa-request@lists.xmission.com In the body of the message, write: "subscribe abolition-usa" (do not include quotation marks) To post a message to the Abolition-USA list, mail your message to: abolition-usa@lists.xmission.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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "David Crockett Williams" Subject: (abolition-usa) 8Mar Global Peace Walk 2000 Date: 08 Mar 2000 19:15:41 -0800 Please don't use reply-to-all but reply offlist to gear2000@lightspeed.net As of today, March 8th, the Global Peace Walk has reached Gallup NM and received there a proclamation of support from the Mayor after earlier this week receiving a letter/proclamation of support from the President of the Navajo Nation in Window Rock AZ as they drum their way walking across country. The walkers bussed back today to near Flagstaff for sweat lodge ceremony there and are contemplating side trip to Phoenix and perhaps Tucson before resuming on path of walk from Gallup towards Albuquerque (where no date has yet been set for events there and we need some local coordinators to step forward to help), Apr8 in Santa Fe, and Apr22 EarthDay2000 in Taos NM where they will stay for some time on land previously donated to the walk for a future spiritual agricultural community. As soon as I know their upcoming weeks' schedule I will post a more detailed report with it to these and other lists. Please help me forward this info to your networks. The walk stirred up some controversy in the Hopi-Navajo area because of the Big Mountain relocation situation, but also some communications were opened with the Hopi Tribe which we hope in future will help with some postitive resolution to the Big Mountain relocation problems. Because it feels the walk is championing the cause of the Big Mountain resisters, the Hopi Tribal Council declined to offer their letter of support as they had done in 1995 although they indicated on the phone and by email that they support the overall purpose of the walk and its prayer for "Global Peace Now!" as a universal human resolve. The walk went through the Hopi area directly on the way to Window Rock and in Flagstaff on Feb25 representatives of the Big Mountain elders came and spoke to the walkers with the help of the Black Mesa Indigenous Support network folks who shuttled them back and forth from Big Mountain to Flagstaff. A representative of the Hopi Tribe leadership also drove down to Flagstaff and delivered for the walkers a comprehensive information package and video describing their positions on the so-called "Hopi-Navajo Land Dispute" or relocation issue. Please check out the updates at http://www.globalpeacenow.org for recently posted walk photos from first few weeks, letters and proclamations of support, newsclippings, etc. Global Peace Walk 2000 is now an established vehicle available to carry all survival issue messages submitted by individuals and organizations in the form of their letters of support summarizing such messages, websites, etc. These messages will be publicized along the way and carried for delivery in Washington DC and to the United Nations. How big and powerful and strong this vehicle will become in the coming weeks and months will depend entirely on the level of support it receives from networkers like you who pass the word about it to your networks and ask for their help to spread the word. In any event, Global Peace Walk 2000 will fulfill its mission to reach DC and the UN and offer its prayer and deliver its messages accumulated along the way. Especially if you do not see your "pet issues" listed on the walk website or discussed in letters already posted, please submit your letters/messages of support for the walk to carry and publicize. Such letters may be emailed to me for posting and signed hardcopies (on letterhead if available) may be mailed for forwarding to the walk sent to PO Box 170245, San Francisco CA 94117-0245, to which address tax deductible donations for the walk may be sent payable to "Yucca Foundation - GPW". The walkers have been gathering support along the way, donations of food etc, and now have a somewhat seasoned core group of a couple of dozen or so walkers after 7 weeks on the road with additional folks joining in for shorter distances along the way. They have been lately in snowy weather and appreciate whatever support they are offered for hospitality along the way. For the lastest updates on where the walk is, or to leave a message for them, call the update recording at 415-267-1877. Names and contact info of folks you know on their route who would like to help can also be left for the walkers at that number. I have not received a direct phone call from them in a week or more so have been waiting for that to get more details for a more comprehensive report which I will send as soon as possible. If you want to offer financial support for the walk and do not need a tax deduction, or if you want to offer expense money so I can better support them with phone calls and mailings, etc., you may also send to me at address below. Please help me support this great historical project for the Year2000. We need some endorsements and participation by well known public figures, celebrities, etc., to accelerate the public awareness of this project and the messages it is carrying. Let me know directly any way you can help. Thanks very much, for "Global Peace Now!", 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 Please Support HR 2545: Nuclear Disarmament & Economic Conversion Act of 1999 Details & Email: http://prop1.org/prop1/letter.htm Sign letter to Senators which can be found at http://prop1.org/prop1/letter.htm#senate Send letter to Representatives supporting HR-2545 http://prop1.org/prop1/letter.htm#letter 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: FoE Sydney - Nuclear Campaign Subject: (abolition-usa) AUSTRALIAN SENATE RESOLUTION ON NPT REVIEW PRESS RELEASES Date: 09 Mar 2000 18:03:18 +1000 John Hallam Friends of the Earth Sydney, 17 Lord Street, Newtown, NSW, Australia, 2042 Fax (61)(2)9517-3902 ph (61)(2)9517-3903 nonukes@foesyd.org.au http://homepages.tig.com.au/~foesyd Dear All, This morning the Labor Party put to the Australian Senate a resolution (text below) on the NPT Review Conference. The test of the resolution is to be transmitted by the President of the Senate to the Secretary-General of the United Nations, the Presidents of the Security Council and the General Assembly, the Chair of the NPT Review Conference, the Presidents and/or prime ministers and foreign ministers of the US, Russia, China, France, the UK, India, Pakistan and Israel, and the foreign ministers of all non- nuclear weapons NPT signatory states. That means the only country that will not get a copy will be Cuba. Laurie Brereton, Labor shadow foreign affairs spokesperson deserves to be congratulated for this. His fax number is 61-2-6277-8502 or 61-2-9349-8089 CONTAINS: Friends of the Earth Press Release on NPT Review Resolution Release by Shadow Foreign Affairs Minister Laurie Brereton on NPT Review Resolution Text of NPT Review Resolution as passed by the Australian Senate at about 11am 9/3/2000, 33 votes to 27 votes. AUSTRALIAN PEACE COMMITTEE/FRIENDS OF THE EARTH SENATE VOTES FOR PROGRESS ON NUCLEAR ARMS AS GOVERNMENT STICKS HEAD FIRMLY IN SAND The Australian Peace Committee and Friends of the Earth have warmly welcomed a motion calling for progress on the elimination of nuclear arms which was adopted by 33 in favour to 27 against in the Senate this morning. The motion was proposed by the Labor Party and supported by the Greens and Democrats. According to Irene Gale AM of the APC and John Hallam of Friends of the Earth, "The motion calls for both the Australian government and for other governments to make real progress toward the elimination of nuclear arms at the upcoming review conference of the nuclear nonproliferation treaty in the United Nations in New York, 24April-19May." "It is especially pleasing to see that the Senate specifically affirms that the nuclear weapon states have an obligation to fulfill promptly their undertaking under Article VI of the NPT to pursue negotiations in good faith to eliminate nuclear arsenals." "In this context the government needs to note that on the 12 Nov. 1998, a poll conducted by the Roy Morgan organization revealed that 92% of all Australians believe that Australia should help to negotiate a global treaty to ban nuclear weapons. A model for such a treaty, known as a nuclear weapons convention, was actually introduced to the United Nations General Assembly some years ago." "What is disturbing however is that the Government has seen fit not only to oppose the motion, which it should have supported, but to characterise it in very negative terms." "This is a motion that deserved warm support from all quarters. The government seems to have adopted what it calls a policy of 'damage control' for the coming NPT Review. This is a policy that cannot succeed and certainly does not deserve to succeed. The Secretary General of the United Nations, Kofi Annan has himself warned that the coming NPT Review conference will be difficult, and that what is required to make a way through these difficulties is real progress toward the elimination of the nuclear weapon states arsenals." "We congratulate Laurie Brereton and the ALP , for sponsoring this resolution and Bob Brown and Lyn Allison for their support. But it is a tragic waste of an opportunity for progress if the Australian Government reacts to the coming review conference by sticking its head firmly in the sand, as it appears to have done. This resolution and the approach it embodies were an opportunity for progress which they should have supported. We urge them to reconsider their position." John Hallam 02-9517-3903 Irene Gale AM, 08-8364-2291 (The chairman of the World Court Project, Commander Robert Green (RN-Retd.) is currently in Canberra to lobby in connection with the coming NPT Review. Commander Green can be contacted on 0419-266-110.) PRESS RELEASE LAURIE BRERETON SHADOW MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS 30/00 9 March 2000 SENATE MOTION ON NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT The Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs, Laurie Brereton, today welcomed the motion adopted by the Australian Senate on the forthcoming Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference. The motion was adopted by a vote of 33 for to 27 against. "Today's Senate motion on nuclear disarmament sends a valuable message to the international community and especially to the nuclear weapon states in the run-up to next month's NPT Review Conference", Mr Brereton said. "It is a great shame that the Howard Government would not support Labor's Senate motion which properly deserved unanimous support." "This year will be critical for progress towards nuclear disarmament and strengthening international prohibitions on weapons of mass destruction. The NPT Review Conference is likely to be very difficult. United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan last month rightly highlighted the parlous state of nuclear disarmament efforts. The failure to make progress on disarmament increases the risks of nuclear proliferation with adverse consequences for Australia's national security." "Leadership from non-nuclear middle powers, especially Australia, is vital to help rebuild momentum towards nuclear disarmament. We should be putting all our efforts into breaking the impasse on nuclear disarmament, not sitting on the sidelines apologising for the nuclear weapon states. It is a matter of great regret that the Howard Government has effectively abandoned Australia's previous leading role on nuclear disarmament issues and risks becoming little more than an apologist for the nuclear weapons states." "The Howard Government made no real effort to promote the work of the Canberra Commission on the Elimination of Nuclear Weapons and has walked away from any advocacy of efforts to achieve a nuclear weapons free world. Australia has conspicuously declined to support the New Agenda Coalition of small and middle powers working at the United Nations to encourage the nuclear weapon states to take positive steps to fulfil their obligation to move towards nuclear disarmament." "Labor's motion today draws its inspiration directly from the Canberra Commission and the New Agenda Coalition. It provides an opportunity for Australia to again give some international leadership in this vital area of foreign policy." "The Howard Government's refusal to support Labor's motion is very clearly at odds with the United Nations Secretary-General. Indeed its response in the Senate today was positively embarrassing. The Government's approach could not be more short-sighted." A copy of Labor's Senate motion is attached. NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY REVIEW CONFERENCE Motion by Senator Peter Cook (Australian Labor Party) (1) That the Senate- (a) notes: (i) the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference will be held at the United Nations (UN) in New York from 24 April to 19 May 2000, and (ii) the declaration of the UN Secretary-General (Mr Kofi Annan) in February 2000 that the nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation agenda is in a state of `deplorable stagnation', that it is difficult to approach the NPT Review Conference with optimism `given the discouraging list of nuclear disarmament measures in suspense, negotiations not initiated and opportunities not taken', and that a dangerous nuclear arms race `looms on the horizon'; (b) recalls: (i) the conclusion of the Canberra Commission on the Elimination of Nuclear Weapons that, `The proposition that nuclear weapons can be retained in perpetuity and never used - accidentally or by decision - defies credibility' and that `the only complete defence is the elimination of nuclear weapons and assurance that they will never be produced again', and (ii) the Commission's observations that, `Nuclear weapons are held by a handful of states which insist that these weapons provide unique security benefits, and yet reserve uniquely to themselves the right to own them. The situation is highly discriminatory and thus unstable; it cannot be sustained. The possession of nuclear weapon by any state is a constant stimulus to other states to acquire them'; (c) notes the unanimous finding of the International Court of Justice in its 1996 Advisory Opinion that, `There exists a clear 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'; (d) affirms that the nuclear weapon states have an obligation to fulfil promptly their undertaking under Article VI of the NPT to pursue negotiations in good faith to eliminate their nuclear arsenals; (e) in the light of the above, urges that the nuclear weapon states reject the indefinite possession of nuclear weapons and policies based on their possession, unequivocally commit to the elimination of all nuclear weapons, and agree to start work immediately on the practical steps and negotiations required to achieve this goal; (f) calls on all parties at the NPT Review Conference to urge the nuclear weapon states to commence and bring to the earliest possible conclusion negotiations to bring about the verifiable elimination of nuclear weapons and the full safeguarding of militarily-useable nuclear material; and (g) urges that the practical steps toward nuclear disarmament outlined by the commission and the Tokyo Forum for Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament, and advocated by the New Agenda Coalition of non-nuclear weapon states, be used as a basis for immediate negotiations and action. (2) That the text of this resolution be conveyed to the UN Secretary-General, to the Presidents of the UN Security Council and General Assembly, to the Chairperson of the NPT Review Conference, to the Presidents, Prime Ministers and Foreign Ministers of the United States, Russia, China, the United Kingdom, France, India, Pakistan and Israel, and to the foreign ministers of all non-nuclear weapon NPT signatory states. - 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Abolition2000 Pacific Region" Subject: (abolition-usa) Two items from Marshall Islands: nuclear testing and March 1 activities. Date: 09 Mar 2000 02:10:21 PST Aloha and Greetings from Hawai'i, There are two news items below: 1) Marshall Islands Seeking Increased U.S. Compensation for Nuclear Testing. 2) March 1 activities at College of Marshall Islands: All Rep of Marshall Islands, not just Bikini and Rongelap, Guinea Pigs of Test Area. Thanks and best wishes to all. Richard Salvador Honolulu, Hawai'i --- http://pidp.ewc.hawaii.edu/PIReport/2000/March/03-09-02.htm PACIFIC ISLANDS REPORT Thursday, March 9, 2000 Pacific Islands Development Program/East-West Center Center for Pacific Islands Studies/University of Hawai‘i at Manoa MARSHALL ISLANDS SEEKING INCREASED U.S. COMPENSATION FOR NUCLEAR TESTING MAJURO, Marshall Islands (March 3, 2000 – Marshall Islands Journal)—Foreign Minister Alvin Jacklick said it was not only the four atolls that were exposed to nuclear test fallout from the 67 American nuclear tests at Bikini and Enewetak, but also islands to the southern and western islands in the RMI -- and even islands as distant as Pohnpei in the Federated States of Micronesia. During the Nuclear Victims Day ceremony in Majuro, he assured a nationwide listening audience that the new government was working on petitioning the U.S. Congress to consider increased compensation and medical care for the Marshalls. A special committee has already been established for this purpose, he said. Jacklick also said that the new government was delivering on a promise to prevent importation of nuclear and hazardous waste. Last week, he said, bill number 12 was introduced in the Nitijela which, when passed into law, will ban any nuclear waste from entering the RMI. He also commented on the fact that 15 years ago, when the first Compact and its compensation provisions were negotiated, detailed information on U.S. nuclear testing effects in the RMI was not available. This information has only become available in the past several years, he said. Bikini Councilman Nijma Jamodre spoke on behalf of the Bikini community, concluding his remarks by saying nuclear test problems were widespread. "It's not just Bikini, it's not just Rongelap. It's a problem for all of the Marshall Islands," he said. Rongelap Mayor James Matayoshi said that recently released U.S. Department of Energy documents show that U.S. scientists experimented on Rongelap islanders. "Without any authorization, American doctors had conducted experiments involving injecting Rongelapese with radioactive substances," he said. He joined with other speakers in alluding to the so-called "changed circumstances" issue with regard to compensation and medical care, commenting that Rongelap would be working with the RMI government in the upcoming negotiations with the U.S. government. Matayoshi said he believes that the Marshall Islands will "speak with one voice" in talks with the U.S. on the nuclear issue. ALL RMI GUINEA PIGS OF TEST AREA MAJURO, Marshall Islands (March 3, 2000 – Marshall Islands Journal)—Marshall Islander after Marshall Islander took to the microphone at Nuclear Victims Remembrance Day ceremonies Wednesday to say that nuclear test problems are affecting the entire country, not just the four recognized northern atolls. The event marks the March 1, 1954 Bravo hydrogen bomb test at Bikini that spewed radioactive fallout around the Marshall Islands. Representatives of the northern atolls delivered impassioned testimony about problems they've suffered as a result of resettlement from their nuclear contaminated home islands, and described a litany of health problems they've experienced. The ceremony, held at the College of the Marshall Islands, was attended by President Kessai Note and other high-level government officials. 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Jackie Cabasso Subject: (abolition-usa) NPT CALL TO ACTION - UPDATED Date: 09 Mar 2000 22:40:01 -0800 --=====================_39193206==_.ALT Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-MIME-Autoconverted: from 8bit to quoted-printable by scaup.prod.itd.earthlink.net id WAA20769 ABOLITION 2000 NPT CALL TO ACTION! *************************************************************************= *** ********************************* FROM THE ABOLITION 2000 COORDINATING COMMITTEE: Janet Bloomfield, UK; Jac= kie Cabasso, USA; Pol D=92Huyvetter, Belgium; David Krieger, USA; Richard Sal= vador, 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 2= 4 - 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 o= ne demand: completion of negotiations on a treaty to eliminate nuclear weapo= ns by the year 2000. EVEN IF YOU CAN=92T COME TO NEW YORK IN APRIL, HERE ARE F= OUR ACTIONS YOU CAN TAKE:=20 1) HELP ABOLITION 2000 GROW! OUR GOAL IS TO ENROLL AT LEAST 2000 ORGANIZ= ATIONS BY THE NPT REVIEW CONFERENCE IN APRIL. While it would take a miracle to m= eet our founding goal of a treaty by the end of 2000, with your help we can g= o to New York 2000 members strong! We now have more than 1475 organizational endorsers of the Abolition 2000 Statement over 90 countries and over 240 Municipal endorsers. If each group enrolls just one additional organizati= on, we=92ll easily exceed our goal! Expand your horizons. Reach out to reli= gious, environmental, and social groups; churches, trade-unions, and schools. P= ut a notice in your newsletter. Enrollment forms can be found on-line on the award-winning Abolition 2000 website at http://www.abolition2000.org* whe= re you will also find: a sample Abolition 2000 Resolution for Municipalities; co= pies 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 BRO= CHURES WHICH YOU CAN CARRY WITH YOU AS YOU FIND ENROLLMENT OPPORTUNITIES WITH OT= HER ORGANIZATIONS ARE AVAILABLE FROM THE ABOLITION 2000 OFFICE OR YOUR REGION= AL ABOLITION 2000 CONTACT. Don't leave home without them!!=20 2) WRITE TO YOUR HEAD OF STATE AND FOREIGN MINISTER: URGE THEM TO MAKE TH= E 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 ye= ar=92s NPT Review Conference is critical -- it could be a turning point for eith= er nuclear disarmament or nuclear breakout. The presence of heads of state a= nd foreign ministers will signal to the world the vital importance of breaki= ng 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 O= F STATE AND FOREIGN MINISTERS OF EVERY STATE PARTY TO THE NPT! A sample let= ter is available at http://www.abolition2000.org. PLEASE POST YOUR LETTER TO TH= E ABOLITION CAUCUS E-MAIL DISTRIBUTION LIST TO INSPIRE OTHERS. 3) PUT A "HUMAN FACE=94 ON NUCLEAR SUFFERING. HONOR THE HIBAKUSHA, DOWNW= INDERS AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DIRECTLY INJURED BY THE NUCLEAR AGE. On April 25t= h, 2000, at 9:00 a.m., in cooperation with Earth Day organizers in New York,= we are planning a demonstration to highlight the enormous suffering of peopl= e all over the world from the toxic legacy of the nuclear age,. We will assembl= e at the Dag Hammarsjold Plaza, across from the UN to memorialize those people= . WE NEED YOUR HELP TO GATHER THE NAMES OF DOWNWINDERS, HIBAKUSHA, AND AFFECTE= D INDIGENOUS PEOPLES FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD FOR OUR DEMONSTRATION. PHOTOS= ARE ALSO WELCOME. PLEASE SEND THE NAMES AND CITY, COUNTRY, DATE OF EXPOSURE, DEATH, OR ACCIDENT, OF NUCLEAR VICTIMS AND THE NATURE OF THEIR INJURIES, = BY E-MAIL TO: leenak@gracelinks.org; OR BY SNAIL MAIL OR FAX TO: Global Reso= urce Action Center for the Environment (GRACE), 15 East 26th Street, Room 915,= New York, NY 10010; tel: (212) 726-9161; fax: (212) 726-9160. 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) Sig= n the Treaty; and 3) Reallocate Resources. To date, more than 13 million signa= tures have been collected on the Abolition 2000 Petition. THE CHAIRMAN OF THE N= PT 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 availab= le on the Abolition 2000 website or from the Abolition 2000 office or your loca= l Abolition 2000 contact. SEND YOUR SIGNED PETITIONS TO THE ABOLITION 2000 CLEARINGHOUSE.=20 *************************************************************************= *** ********************************* PLEASE COPY AND DISTRIBUTE THIS CALL TO ACTION AS WIDELY AS POSSIBLE! *************************************************************************= *** ********************************* ABOLITION 2000 CLEARINGHOUSE: CARAH ONG IS THE ABOLITION 2000 COORDINATOR= .=20 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 IN CONNECTION WITH THE NPT REVIEW CONFERENCE. *************************************************************************= *** ********************************* *In February, the Abolition 2000 website received an award from Encyclope= dia Britannica online as one of the best sites on the internet: http://www.abolition2000.org. In addition, Infoseek/Go.com has ranked Abolition 2000 as the #4 Watchdog Organization on the World=20 Wide Web! 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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.  EVEN IF YOU CAN=92T COME TO NEW YORK IN APRIL, HERE ARE FOUR ACTIONS YOU CAN TAKE:

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 1475 organizational endorsers of the Abolition 2000 Statement over 90 countries and over 240 Municipal endorsers. 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.a= bolition2000.org* where you will also find: a sample Abolition 2000 Resolution for Municipalities; 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!!

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.a= bolition2000.org.  PLEASE POST YOUR LETTER TO THE ABOLITION CAUCUS E-MAIL DISTRIBUTION LIST TO INSPIRE OTHERS.
3) PUT A "HUMAN FACE=94 ON NUCLEAR SUFFERING.  HONOR THE HIBAKUSHA, DOWNWINDERS AND INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DIRECTLY INJURED BY THE NUCLEAR AGE.  On April 25th, 2000, at 9:00 a.m., in cooperation with Earth Day organizers in New York, we are planning a demonstration to highlight the enormous suffering of people all over the world from the toxic legacy of the nuclear age,. We will assemble at the Dag Hammarsjold Plaza, across from the UN to memorialize those people.  WE NEED YOUR HELP TO GATHER THE NAMES OF DOWNWINDERS, HIBAKUSHA, AND AFFECTED INDIGENOUS PEOPLES FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD FOR OUR DEMONSTRATION.  PHOTOS ARE ALSO WELCOME.  PLEASE SEND THE NAMES AND CITY, COUNTRY, DATE OF EXPOSURE, DEATH, OR ACCIDENT, OF NUCLEAR VICTIMS AND THE NATURE OF THEIR INJURIES, BY E-MAIL TO: leenak@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.

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.

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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 IN CONNECTION WITH THE NPT REVIEW CONFERENCE.

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*In February, the Abolition 2000 website received an award from Encyclopedia Britannica online as one of the best sites on the internet: http://www.a= bolition2000.org.  In addition, Infoseek/Go.com has ranked Abolition 2000 as the #4 Watchdog Organization on the World
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A GLOBAL NETWORK TO ELIMINATE NUCLEAR WEAPONS --=====================_39193206==_.ALT-- - 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Nuclear Age Peace Foundation Subject: (abolition-usa) More Disarmament Impetus Date: 12 Mar 2000 16:58:56 -0800 Dear Friends and Activists, Let's keep the momentum going! Please commit to enrolling a new organization this week. These organizations endorsed the Abolition 2000 Statement during the week of 6-12 March: Northeast District of the Unitarian Universalist Association, Portland/Maine Allen Avenue Unitarian Universalist Church, Portland/Maine Peace and Justice Center of Southern Maine, Portland/Maine Maine Coalition for Food Security, Portland/Maine Physicians for Social Responsibility Maine, Portland/Maine African Students Union, Romania SOS Hotline and Center for Girls, Serbia/Yugoslavia Orpington Women's Peace Group UK Fairfield County Coalition for Peace and Justice, Norwalk/CT Veterans for Peace Chapter 18, Ridgefield/CT Earth Matters, Ridgefield/CT Uniting Church, Sydney/Australia Morningside Monthly Meeting, New York/NY Center for Peace, Orissa/India Civil Solidarity for Open Society, Seoul/Republic of Korea PSPD (People's Solidarity for Participatory Democracy), Seoul/Republic of Korea I and We, Seoul/Republic of Korea Tabitha Community, Kyonggi-Do/Republic of Korea Korea Atomic Bomb Casualty Association, Seoul/Republic of Korea Good Friends: Centre for Peace, Human Rights and Refugees, Seoul/Republic of Korea Women Making Peace, Seoul/Republic of Korea Womenlink, Seoul/Republic of Korea Solidarity for World Peace & Human Rights (SPR), Seoul/Republic of Korea Korean House for International Solidarity, Seoul/Republic of Korea KNCR (Korea National Congress for Reunification), Seoul/Republic of Korea Korean Federation for Environmental Movement (KFEM), Seoul/Republic of Korea This bring the number of endorsers to 1512 organizations and 242 municipalities for a total of 1754 endorsers. This means will only need 246 more by the time of the NPT conference. WE CAN DO IT! In Peace and Solidarity, Carah Carah Lynn Ong Coordinator, Abolition 2000 1187 Coast Village Road PMB 121, Suite 1 Santa Barbara CA 93108 Phone (805) 965 3443 FAX(805) 568 0466 Email: A2000@silcom.com Website http://www.abolition2000.org Join the Abolition-USA or Abolition-Global Caucus list serve to regularly receive updates about the Abolition movement. Both caucus' also provide a forum for conversation on nuclear-related issues as well as they are used to post important articles and information pertaining to nuclear abolition. To subscribe to the Abolition Global Caucus, please do one of the following: 1. Send a message to the list moderator at A2000@silcom.com 2. Visit the Abolition-caucus website at: Http://www.egroups.com/list/abolition-caucus/ and submit a membership form. 3. Visit the Abolition 2000 website and submit a membership form. 4. Send an e-mail to: abolition-caucus-subscribe@egroups.com (leave the subject line and body of the message blank). To post a message to the Abolition Global Caucus, send your message to: abolition-caucus@egroups.com To subscribe to the Abolition-USA listerve, send a message (with no subject) to: abolition-usa-request@lists.xmission.com In the body of the message, write: "subscribe abolition-usa" (do not include quotation marks) To post a message to the Abolition-USA list, mail your message to: abolition-usa@lists.xmission.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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: ASlater Subject: (abolition-usa) Fwd: Scientists and Missile Defense: A New E-Mail Network Date: 13 Mar 2000 13:55:15 -0500 >Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2000 09:15:18 -0500 >Subject: Scientists and Missile Defense: A New E-Mail Network >To: ucs_list@ucsusa.org >From: armsnet@ucsusa.org (armsnet@ucsusa.org) > >Dear colleague: > >We are pleased to announce a new e-mail network especially >for scientists who want to make a difference on nuclear >arms control issues. Sponsored by the Union of Concerned >Scientists, this network, called ArmsNet, has a specific >and immediate goal--to actively engage the American >scientific community in the policy debate on National >Missile Defense (NMD). > >Since its birth in 1969, UCS has been engaged in the >missile defense issue. During the 1980s UCS played a key >role in the 'Star Wars' debate. Today we are the most >prominent science organization working on NMD--to find out >more about us, please visit our website at >http://www.ucsusa.org/arms/arms-home.html > >President Clinton is expected to decide this summer whether >the United States should begin deploying an NMD system >intended to protect all 50 states from a limited attack by >long-range ballistic missiles. > >The proposed system would require substantial revisions to >the Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty and thereby >threatens to derail US-Russian nuclear arms reductions and >increase tensions with China and NATO. And because the >system is still in early development--with only 3 intercept >tests to be held before the summer--there will be no >technical basis to make a sound decision by then. > >An important issue for scientists to evaluate is whether >the NMD system can be expected to work against an adversary >who surely would take steps to defeat it. UCS and the >Security Studies Program at MIT have assembled a group of >physicists to study this issue, chaired by Andrew Sessler, >past president of the American Physical Society. (We are >both participants in the study.) UCS and MIT are about to >release a detailed technical report that shows that the >planned NMD system could be defeated by one of several >technically-straightforward "countermeasures" that would be >available to any state able to deploy long-range missiles. >Thus the planned system would not be effective against even >a limited attack by long-range ballistic missiles. > >As a scientist, you can play an important role in policy >issues that have a technical component. A recent survey of >congressional staffers shows that Senators and >Representatives across the political spectrum are >interested in hearing from their constituent scientists on >such issues. The Senate's rejection of the Comprehensive >Test Ban Treaty demonstrates what can happen when Congress >does not have relevant factual information on nuclear arms >issues. It is essential that the scientific community get >more involved in the NMD debate now to prevent another >serious setback. > >ArmsNet is designed to facilitate your engagement. >We will provide you with e-mail updates, a copy of the >upcoming report, background information, action alerts and >information on whom to contact, and the opportunity to come >to Washington DC in June for briefings and to meet with your >congressional representatives. > >We need your help. Support is growing for President >Clinton to postpone the deployment decision until the next >administration; a greater appreciation in Congress and the >media for the technical limitations of this system could >make all the difference. If you find the UCS/MIT report >persuasive, we would ask you to help us get the word out-- >to send the report with a cover letter to your local media >and congressional delegation and to follow up from time to >time. And we are looking for volunteers to come to >Washington DC June 10-12 to brief your elected >representatives. > >If you are a professional scientist or graduate student and >would like to join other scientists and engage in the NMD >debate in an effective, efficient and timely way, please >join UCS's ArmsNet today. Simply fill out the enrollment form >below and return it by replying to this e-mail. (Please note >that this is not our personal address, but will be sent directly >to UCS in Washington). > >Sincerely, > >Kurt Gottfried >Professor of Physics Emeritus, Cornell University; >Chairman of the Board, UCS > >Richard L. 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[19 ] > >Are you retired? >Yes [ ] >No [ ] > >Awards earned > [____________________________________________] > [____________________________________________] > [____________________________________________] > [____________________________________________] > >Arms Control Information================================= > >Arms Control Interests (Place X in all that apply) >Missile Defense [ ] >Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty [ ] >Fissile Material Protection [ ] >Non-Proliferation [ ] >Nuclear Reductions [ ] > >General level of expertise in arms control issues >High [ ] >Medium [ ] >Low [ ] > >Are you a registered voter? >Yes [ ] >No [ ] > >Have you contacted your congressional representatives >(state or national) about issues that concern you in the >past? >Yes [ ] >No [ ] > >Have you contacted your local news media about issues that >concern you in the past? >Yes [ ] >No [ ] > >What are your main local and regional newspapers? > [____________________________________________] > [____________________________________________] > [____________________________________________] > [____________________________________________] > >Are you interested in coming to Washington DC from >June 10-12, 2000 to receive briefings, media training, >and to meet with your congressional delegation? >Yes [ ] >No [ ] >Maybe [ ] > >Any additional information/comments you would like to share >with us > [____________________________________________] > [____________________________________________] > [____________________________________________] > [____________________________________________] > > >*********************** END OF FORM ********************* > 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 for the elimination 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Charles F Hilfenhaus Subject: (abolition-usa) Thoroughbred Subcritical Alert Date: 13 Mar 2000 23:47:37 EST Las Vegas, Nevada, USA The US Department of Energy conducted a "good" mandatory dry run for the subcritical nuclear test Thoroughbred this afternoon (3-13-00). There is a great likelihood that this test will be conducted within the next three days. Signals have also been monitored for the test Oboe 4 - 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: FoE Sydney - Nuclear Campaign Subject: (abolition-usa) Three Things You Can Do To Help Eliminate Nuclear Weapons Date: 14 Mar 2000 13:48:41 +1000 (Sorry for duplicate copies caused by double- posting.) There are three things you or your organisation can do between now and April 24-May19 when the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference takes place at the United Nations in New York, which will help to move the world toward the elimination of nuclear weapons. 1)If you are an ordinary person or an organisation, you can send a suitably customised version of one of the sample letters below to either your prime minister, your president, or most importantly, your foreign minister. A shorter letter (very short) is available on: Http://www.abolition2000.org. Fax numbers of heads of state, foreign ministers, and UN Missions are also available on that URL. Another URL that has the fax numbers of heads of state, foreign ministers and UN missions and also has lots of information on the NPT Review is: Http://www.reachingcriticalwill.org 2)If you are an organisation and especially if you have already signed the 'Heads of State' letter that I posted some time ago, you may also want to sign the letter to be found on the following URL: 3) if you are an organisation please sign the Abolition Statement (which you have probably recieved in the previous email) by emailing A2000@silcom.com or by visiting Http://www.abolition2000.org. Next comes the texts of a sample letter that can be sent by anyone to their heads of state, prime ministers and foreign ministers anywhere, and a sample letter that can be sent to the Russian government. I reccommend sending the letter to the Russian government if you are in Eastern Europe or in Russia or in CIS countries as well as a letter to your own head of state/foreign minister. Note that it is copied to President Clinton. The general letter is to be sent anywhere, but is largely designed for countries other than the US, Russia, or the UK. I strongly suggest that you make changes to adapt it to what you know of your particular country and its position. For example, Ireland, New Zealand, Sweden, Brazil, Egypt, South Africa, and a large number of other countries have actually taken a very good position on this issue. If your country's position is a good one your letter will need to congratulate them for that, and urge them to maintain it. If you don't know exactly what your countrys position is going to be then send the letter as it is but ask them what it will be. TEXT OF (1)GENERAL SAMPLE LETTER FOR EVERYBODY TO SEND AND (2)SAMPLE LETTER TO PUTIN AND IVANOV FOLLOWS (1)GENERAL SAMPLE LETTER FOR EVERYBODY TO SEND RE: NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION TREATY REVIEW CONFERENCE APRIL 24-MAY 19 2000 - GETTING RID OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS TO: PRESIDENT, PRIME MINISTER AND FOREIGN MINISTER, Your Excellency, [0r] Dear President, Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, I am writing to urge [your/our] government to take a strong position at the upcoming Review Conference of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty in New York April 24 to May 19, 2000, and to urge [your/our] head of state or of government or foreign minister to attend this meeting. It is vital that the governments of all nations do their utmost to pressure the nuclear weapons states, especially the US and Russia, to do more to fulfill their obligations under Article VI of the NPT, and negotiate their nuclear weapons stockpiles down to zero. The International Court of Justice reaffirmed in 1996, in a unanimous advisory opinion that this is indeed a legal obligation. The nuclear weapons states are currently making very little movement toward fulfilling this obligation. Instead there have been many developments in the opposite direction. The US Senate has failed to ratify the CTBT, (Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty) and the US is contemplating the deployment of a Ballistic Missile Defence System in violation of the 1972 ABM (Anti-Ballistic Missile) treaty. Talks between the US and Russia to make cuts in nuclear weapons are stalled, as is implementation of START II. Russia has changed its previous policy of 'no first use' of nuclear weapons to one that mirrors those of the western states, and its Duma has refused to ratify START-II. Both the US and Russia continue to conduct 'subcritical' nuclear tests. China is modernizing its nuclear arsenal, and India and Pakistan have openly tested nuclear weapons. Israel, in spite of a recent debate in the Knessett, refuses to acknowledge its nuclear capabilities but may have as many as 400 weapons. On the other hand, the non nuclear weapons states with a few notable exceptions, have adhered to their side of the bargain, while the NPT has become nearly universal. A successful outcome at the coming NPT Review Conference, would explicitly commit parties under Article VI to the elimination of nuclear weapons at an early date, and a global regime banning nuclear weapons, and would outline the process for that to occur. It is important that your government and every government, use its position to push the nuclear weapon states and particularly the US and Russia, to fulfill Article VI during the coming review conference. A key preliminary step in this direction that would reduce the danger of purely accidental war, and improve the climate for further steps, would be the abandonment of 'launch on warning' postures. This should be followed by reduction of alert status of warheads, and the verifiable physical removal of warheads from delivery vehicles. It is especially vital that [your/our] [head of government/head of state/foreign minister] be present at the proceedings of this review conference. The decisions taken at the coming NPT Review conference will literally determine the fate of the world. Only by the authority lent by the presence of heads of State or of Government can decisions be taken that will have the end result of ridding the world of nuclear weapons and fulfilling the mandate of the nuclear nonproliferation treaty over the last thirty years. Signed...etc. SAMPLE LETTER FOR EVERYONE TO SEND TO PRESIDENT PUTIN AND FOREIGN MINISTER IGOR IVANOV. RE: NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION TREATY REVIEW CONFERENCE APRIL 24-MAY 19 2000 - GETTING RID OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS TO: PRESIDENT PUTIN +7-095-205-4330, FOREIGN MINISTER IVANOV +7-095-244-3276, +7-095-244-2203 RUSSIAS UNITED NATIONS AMBASSADOR + 1 212 628 0252 cc PRESIDENT CLINTON +1-202-456-2461 Dear President Putin and Foreign Minister Ivanov, I am writing to urge Russia's government to fulfill its obligations under Article VI of the nuclear nonproliferation treaty. It is vital that we negotiate their nuclear weapons stockpiles down to zero sooner rather than later. The International Court of Justice reaffirmed in 1996, in a unanimous judgment, that this is indeed a legal obligation. It is now vital that the Russia and the US fulfill their clear obligations under Article VI of the nonproliferation treaty. While arms reductions have occurred since the 1980s, this process of reduction has now stalled and may be going into reverse. The US and Russia are both signed on to a treaty, article VI of which demands that you negotiate to eliminate your nuclear arsenals. The binding nature of Article VI was reaffirmed by the 1996 unanimous advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice (ICJ). Russia and the US together, as well as China, the UK and France cannot forever refuse to fulfill their clear legal obligations under the NPT while expecting that other countries will continue to fulfill theirs. The credibility of the NPT will disappear if the nuclear weapon states - yourselves - do not fulfill your obligations. The eventual result of that is likely to be much wider acquisition of nuclear weapons, with a vastly increased likelihood of nuclear war. While Russia may have been given reasons to distrust US and NATO intentions, the stakes in getting rid of nuclear weapons are literally ultimate. No political goal no matter how central it may seem to the interests of either Russia or the US can justify the possible destruction of human civilisation and life worldwide. Public opinion in both your countries is strongly in favor of negotiating to eliminate nuclear weapons. Global public opinion is overwhelmingly in favor of this and indeed demands it, as do the overwhelming majority of governments. A successful outcome at the coming NPT Review Conference, would explicitly commit parties under Article VI to the elimination of nuclear weapons at an early date, and a global regime banning nuclear weapons, and would outline the process for that to occur. In this context, it is especially vital that the Russian and US Presidents be present at the proceedings of the NPT Review Conference, and be ready to negotiate to eliminate your nuclear arsenals as you are obliged to do under Article VI. The decisions taken at the coming NPT Review conference will literally determine the fate of the world. Only by the authority lent by the presence of heads of State or of Government can decisions be taken that will have the end result of ridding the world of nuclear weapons and fulfilling the mandate of the nuclear nonproliferation treaty over the last thirty years. Signed...etc. John Hallam Friends of the Earth Sydney, 17 Lord Street, Newtown, NSW, Australia, 2042 Fax (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. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. 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Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "David Crockett Williams" Subject: (abolition-usa) 14Mar Global Peace Walk2000 appeal Date: 14 Mar 2000 14:34:40 -0800 The Global Peace Walk 2000 from San Francisco to Washington DC to New York City for the 55th anniversary of the United Nations, and to help inaugurate the UN Year and Decade of Creating a Culture of Peace for the 21st Century, reached Gallup, NM, last week and will restart its line of walk from there near the end of March, after the next couple of weeks of local events in Arizona for which we need your advise and networking assistance regarding those folks in the Flagstaff, Sedona, Phoenix, and Tucson areas who may want to join in these events or support the walk in some way to help fulfill its mission to bring out the prayer for "Global Peace Now!" as a universal human resolve. Today the walkers are taking part in events at the Glen Canyon Dam in Page, Arizona, with the support of the Glen Canyon Action Network dedicated to freeing the Colorado River from this hydroelectric dam which reportedly contributes 3% of the regional power grid http://www.drainit.org Over the next few days the walkers will be driving to Sedona, AZ, for local events there in preparation for an important schedule of local events in Phoenix, March 25-28, including the local Global Peace Walk to the mayor and governor's offices on Monday, March 27, and a special presentation to the walkers on March 28th (the 31st anniversary of the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant accident) by inventor Joseph Newman of Scotsdale, whose revolutionary new energy generator research for over 30 years has been at the forefront of this "new-energy" genre of power technologies to replace nuclear, hydroelectric and fossil fuel power technologies . This presentation will address a potential solution to the controversial Big Mountain relocation issue since these new energy technologies under development to replace nuclear and fossil fuel power can 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. One proposal that the walk is carrying suggests that the Hopi Tribe and the Navajo Nation also become involved in this new energy technology development as a way end their reliance on coal mining income as well as to help further these technologies which can help eliminate the dangers and pollutions of the present global energy economy. Please check your address book, forward this post to those who may be interested, and let me know asap of folks in these areas who are interested in hosting, participating, promoting, and/or supporting the walk in these areas and also in Albuquerque (April 4th, anniversary of assasination of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr, local walk 11AM from Robinson's Park to mayor's office), Santa Fe (April 7 Friday walk 11AM from mayor's to governor's office; April 8th Buddha's Birthday Ceremony at the Rosario Cemetary of the WWII Japanese Concentration [Relocation] Camp conducted by Global Peace Walk initiator and zen buddhist monk Reverend Yusen Yamato), and April 22 Saturday EarthDay2000 event in Kit Carson Park in Taos, New Mexico. Daily updates on the walk's location are recorded on the walk's voicemail at 415-267-1877 where messages for the walkers may also be left. 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; Las Vegas, Nevada; Flagstaff, AZ; Gallup, NM; and the Navajo Nation President. 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 Links to other new-energy researchers http://www.angelfire.com/on/GEAR2000/10.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 main website, photos, proclamations, etc http://www.angelfire.com/on/GEAR2000/gpw.html additional site 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 Nuclear Disarmament & Economic Conversion Act of 1999 Details & Sample Email: http://prop1.org/prop1/letter.htm Sign letter to Senators which can be found at http://prop1.org/prop1/letter.htm#senate Send letter to Representatives supporting HR-2545 http://prop1.org/prop1/letter.htm#letter 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Nuclear Age Peace Foundation Subject: (abolition-usa) Abolition 2000 Grassroots Newsletter Date: 15 Mar 2000 16:15:07 -0800 (Apologies for any duplicate messages received due to crossovers lists.) Abolition 2000 Grassroots Newsletter March 2000 Vol. II Number 3 ************************************* In This Edition... ************************************* I. Introduction II. New Organizations IV. New Municipalities V. Articles VI. Abolition 2000 Organizations in the Year 2000 VII. Announcements VIII. Calendar Events IX. Resources X. Letter from the Editor ************************************* ************************************* ***************** Introduction ***************** ` WOW! With less than 40 days until the first day of the Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference, we only need enroll 236 organizations or municipalities to reach our goal of 2000 endorsers by the time of the NPT Rev Con. The Network now has 1,522 organizations in 93 countries and 242 Municipalities have endorsed the Abolition 2000 Municipal Resolution. Let's keep the momentum going! Help us reach our goal by enrolling an organization this week. Please join me in wishing a warm welcome to the following organizations and municipalities which have recently endorsed the Abolition 2000 statement and joined the network. Thank you for your continued support. ************************ New Organizations ************************ African Students Union, Tmisoara/Romania Allen Avenue Unitarian Universalist Church, Portland/Maine ANBM (Alliance for National Buddhist Movement), Seoul/ Republic of Korea Bangladesh People's Solidarity Center, Sao Miguel/Portugal Bay Area Campaign to Free Mordechai Vanunu, Oakland/California Brotherhood Link, Cantoments/Ghana Center for Peace, Orissa/India Children of the Manhattan Project, San Francisco/California Civic Alliance of Serbia (political party), Belgrade/Serbia Civil Solidarity for Open Society, Seoul/Republic of Korea ComSult International, Tallahassee/Florida Earth Matters, Ridgefield/Connecticut Fairfield County Coalition for Peace and Justice, Norwalk/Connecticut Falmouth Friends of the Earth, Kernow/UK Foundation for Universal Responsibility, New Dehli/India Free the Children International, Concord/Ontario Friedenszentrum Braunschweig, Braunschweig/Germany Global Youth for Peace & Environment, Kerala/India Good Friends: Centre for Peace, Human Rights and Refugees, Seoul/Republic of Korea Ground Zero Center for Nonviolent Action, Poulsbo/Washington Heal Our Planet Earth Global Environment Organization, Vancouver/Canada I and We, Seoul/Republic of Korea Indigenous Environmental Network, Bemidji/Minnesota Interculture, Skopje, Republic of Macedonia International Association of Educators for World Peace, Huntsville/Alabama International Informatization Academy, Cape Coast/Ghana KIN (Korean International Network), Seoul/ Republic of Korea Korea Atomic Bomb Casualty Association, Seoul/Republic of Korea Korean Dentists' Association for Healthy Society, Seoul/ Republic of Korea Korean House for International Solidarity, Seoul/Republic of Korea Korean Federation for Environmental Movement (KFEM), Seoul/Republic of Korea KNCR (Korea National Congress for Reunification), Seoul/Republic of Korea LEAD, Concord/Ontario Maine Coalition for Food Security, Portland/Maine Maine Veterans for Peace, Winthrop/Maine Mothers Against War, Berlin/Germany Morningside Monthly Meeting, New York/New York National Campaign for the Eradication of Crime by US Troops in Korea , Seoul/ Republic of Korea Llanymddyfri Peace Group, Cynghordy/Llanymddyfri Natural Heritage Fund, Odessa/Germany NB21 Agenda 21 Community Environmental Programme, Bedsworth/UK Nordic Women Peace Network, Oslo/Norway Northeast District of the Unitarian Universalist Association, Portland/Maine Nuclear Free Future Award, Munich/Germany Orpington Women's Peace Group, Orpington/UK Pax Christi Maine, Portland/Maine Peace and Justice Center of Southern Maine, Portland/Maine PSPD (People's Solidarity for Participatory Democracy), Seoul/Republic of Korea Physicians for Social Responsibility Maine, Portland/Maine Pittsburgh Area Pax Christi, Pittsburgh/Pennsylvania Plowshares Support Group of Portland, Portland/Maine Post Pessimists, A-Bolo Graz/Austria Raging Grannies, Subiaco/Western Australia Saffron Walden Friends Meeting, Saffron Walden/UK Saffron Walden Green Party, Walden/UK SOFA Action (People's Action for Reform of the Unjust ROK-US SOFA Agreement), Seoul/ Republic of Korea Solidarity for World Peace & Human Rights (SPR), Seoul/Republic of Korea SOS Hotline and Center for Girls, Belgrade/Serbia Tabitha Community, Kyonggi-Do/Republic of Korea The Millennium Visioneer, Madina/Ghana The Participatory Autonomy Forum for 21st Century, Kwangju/Republic of Korea The Victoria Peace Project, Ontario/Canada Tottenham and Wood Green Friends of the Earth, London/UK Uniting Church, Sydney/Australia Veterans for Peace Chapter 18, Ridgefield/Connecticut Western Washington Fellowship of Reconciliation, Seattle/Washington Womenlink, Seoul/Republic of Korea Women Making Peace, Seoul/Republic of Korea WILPF Maine, Portland/Maine Zelenyi Svit Environmental Association, Dnipropetrovsk/Ukraine ************************ New Municipalities ************************ Clackmannanshire Council, Central Scotland Salzburg Municipal Council, Salzburg/Austria Stevenage Borough Council, Hertfordshire/UK ************************ Articles ************************ Global Abolition Days in Japan To celebrate Global Abolition Days, organizations in Japan hosted a series of events to educate and advocate nuclear abolition. On 26 February, a public meeting was held in Kawasaki City to celebrate the annual general assembly of the Peace Depot. The evening also included a speech by Rebecca Johnson on the NPT Review Conference. The speech was used as an educational tool and was circulated among activists and journalists. In a forum organized by Japanase women's groups, Angie Zelter spoke in Tokyo on 3 March. Angie Zelter was recently acquitted by a Scottish judge on four accounts of maliciously and willfully damaging a floating laboratory that provides operational support for Trident Submarines. On March 4, a one day program in Tokyo featured "Our Abolition Day! Symposium on Northeast Asia Nuclear Weapon-Free Zone." Angie Zelter inspired those in attendance by recounting her non-violent direct action. A panel discussion on establishing a Nuclear Weapons Free Zone in North East Asia followed in the afternoon. In Shinjuku, Tokyo, there is a street which prohibits automobile traffic on Sundays. Young ant-nuclear activists, also called Nuclear Abolition Beni-Tengu, used this opportunity on 5 March to present "Sunflower Operation -- A Street Performance." Activists also made a Sunflower "objet d'art" and had a live music performance. On March 11, the first pre-assembly of the Global Citizens Assembly to Abolish Nuclear weapons held a panel discussion on "Nuclear Abolition and the Citizens' Role." The discussion took place in Nagasaki and featured Robert Green (Middle Powers Initiative), Kate Dewes (Disarmament & Security Centre), Angie Zelter (Trident Plowshare), Hideo TSUCHIYAMA (Former President, Nagasaki University) and Masao TOMONAGA (Professor, Nagasaki University). In addition to the activities mentioned above, there were many other activities commemorating Bikini Day during the week of February 29 to March 3 in Shizuoka and Tokyo. ><>< ><>< ><>< ><>< ><>< ><>< ><>< ><>< ><>< ><>< ><>< ><>< Global Abolition Days in Hawai'i On March 1 (Nuclear Free and Independent Pacific Day), Richard Salvador, a member of the Abolition 2000 Coordination Committee, collaborated with the Student Peace Action Network (SPAN/Peace Action) and hosted a Appeal for Peace Pacific Forum at the University of Hawai'i at Manoa. Abolition 2000 and Hague Appeal for Peace each had a table with information in a central location of the university. The Abolition 2000 table was quite successful and solicited signatures for the International Petition during the entire Global Abolition week. Richard Salvador also spoke about Abolition 2000 at a rally to Free Mumia Abu Jamal. Follow-up activities for Global Abolition Days in Hawai'i will include introducing a Nuclear Free Resolution to the presidents of the undergraduate student government and the graduate student organization for implementation at the University of Hawai'i. Future plans also include lobbying the Honolulu City Council to pass an Abolition 2000 Resolution. In addition, Hague Appeal for Peace presentations will be given during the whole month of March in hopes of educating both students and the community. Air time will also be requested from the public access channel to show the Hague Appeal for Peace and Back from the Brink videos. For more information, please contact: Richard Salvador Tel: +1 (808) 956-8537 Fax: +1 (808) 956-6877 Email: salvador@hawaii.edu ><>< ><>< ><>< ><>< ><>< ><>< ><>< ><>< ><>< ><>< ><>< ><>< Year 2000 Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons in Japan On December 22, 1999, "The Year 2000 Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons" was officially launched at a press conference in Tokyo. The campaign is being coordinated by citizen groups in Hiroshima, Nagasaki and Tokyo/Yokohama. The vision of these organizations is to revitalize a nation-wide voice for nuclear abolition in the year 2000. The Campaign is organizing a unified demand to the Government of Japan with broad popularity across the political tendencies and organizations. The pillar of this campaign is the "The 2000 People's Appeal: Toward the Abolition of Nuclear Weapons -- Japan's Mission." Campaign organizers have set a goal of gathering at least 2000 signatures from opinion leaders and prominent individuals from various professions. At the time of press conference, the campaign had already received 619 signatories. As of 25 February, 974 individuals, including actors, actresses, singers, writers, artists, cartoonists, scholars, lawyers, presidents of organizations, businessmen and campaigners, have signed the Appeal. The campaign hopes to attain 2000 signatories by the end of June. The Appeal will then be sent to the Prime Minister and heads of major political parties for actions and to implement people's demands. The Year 2000 Campaign is playing an important role in Japan to outreach to new people and encourage new approaches to nuclear abolition. Activities of the Campaign include: 1. Organize "The 2000 People's Appeal: Toward the Abolition of Nuclear Weapons -- Japan's Mission" and a delegate to present the Appeal to the Government of Japan and Parliamentarians. 2. Maintain a web-site to publicize abolition activities of various organizations and groups all around Japan, including traditional national organizations and local citizen groups. 3. Introduce overseas activities related to nuclear abolition to the Japanese audience and relate Japanese activities to audiences overseas. 4. Support the Nagasaki NGO International Assembly in November and help plan, advertise and mobilize for its success. If you would like further information, please contact: Hiro Umebayashi International Coordinator, PCDS President, Peace Depot 3-3-1 Minowa-cho, Kohoku-ku, Yokohama, 223-0051 Japan Tel: +81-45-563-5101 Fax: +81-45-563-9907 Email: CXJ15621@nifty.ne.jp ><>< ><>< ><>< ><>< ><>< ><>< ><>< ><>< ><>< ><>< ><>< ><>< Australia Follows Example of Aotearoa (New Zealand) In a vote on 9 March 2000, the Australian Senate passed (33 to 27) a resolution concerning the upcoming Non Proliferation Treaty Review Conference in New York. The Australian resolution follows a recent decision made by the NZ Parliament to adopt a resolution moved by the Prime Minister, Helen Clark. The NZ motion marks the year 2000 with a call on all countries to implement the NPT nuclear disarmament obligation by concluding negotiations on complete nuclear disarmament. Laurie Brereton, Shadow Minister for Foreign Affairs, welcomed the motion adopted by the Australian Senate. Brereton commented on the importance of the upcoming NPT conference and stated, "This year will be critical for progress towards nuclear disarmament and strengthening international prohibitions on weapons of mass destruction. The NPT Review Conference is likely to be very difficult. United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan last month rightly highlighted the parlous state of nuclear disarmament efforts. The failure to make progress on disarmament increases the risks of nuclear proliferation with adverse consequences for Australia's national security." Brereton also stated, "Leadership from non-nuclear middle powers, especially Australia, is vital to help rebuild momentum towards nuclear disarmament. We should be putting all our efforts into breaking the impasse on nuclear disarmament, not sitting on the sidelines apologising for the nuclear weapon states. It is a matter of great regret that the Howard Government has effectively abandoned Australia's previous leading role on nuclear disarmament issues and risks becoming little more than an apologist for the nuclear weapons states." ><>< ><>< ><>< ><>< ><>< ><>< ><>< ><>< ><>< ><>< ><>< ><>< Peace Builds, Bombs Destroy: Making Asia Nuclear Free From 18-20 February, activists and scholars from around the world attended "Peace Builds, Bombs Destroy: Let's Make Asia Nuclear Free" in Dhaka, Bangladesh. The conference was initiated by Community Development Library (Dhaka) and Focus on the Global South (Bangkok and Mumbai) and sponsored by Bangladeshi, Indian and Pakistani peace, development and justice organizations. The anti-nuclear conference was the first to be held in the Asian region since the nuclear weapons tests conducted by India and Pakistan in May 1998. The conference issued a declaration calling upon India and Pakistan to "immediately dismantle these programmes (nuclear weapons programmes) and sign the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty and other restraint measures as steps towards nuclear disarmament, and as part of their return to the global disarmament agenda." In addition, the Dhaka Declaration called upon the 5 declared Nuclear Weapons States (NWS) to honor their disarmament obligations under Article 6 of Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and the 1996 opinion of the International Court of Justice. Furthermore, the Declaration called upon the NWS to ratify Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, de-alert nuclear forces, halt deployment of ballistic missile defense systems and work towards a nuclear weapons convention. A Plan of Action was adopted by the Conference and appealed to South Asian activists to support global nuclear disarmament and urged activists to work towards a South Asia Nuclear Weapons Free Zone. Additionally, the Plan of Action called for the launching of a "South Asian Peace Coalition" to create "broad base alliance" and link the South Asian movement with other anti-nuclear and peace organizations around the world. For more information, please visit: The Dhaka declaration is available on the world wide web at: http://www.focusweb.org/nuclear/dec_nuc.htm The Plan of Action is available at: Http://www.focusweb.org/nuclear/poa_nuc.htm or contact: John Burroughs Lawyer's Committee on Nuclear Policy Email: LCNP@aol.com Http://www.lcnp.org Dr. Joseph Gerson American Friends Service Committee Email: Jgerson@afsc.org Related speeches, resources, and web site links are available on the American Friends Service Committee webiste: Http://www.afsc.org/pes.htm ****************************************************** Abolition 2000 Organizations in the Year 2000 ****************************************************** The "Abolition 2000 Organizations in the Year 2000" highlights the activities of and statements from various organizations in Abolition 2000. If you would like to share your past, current or future activities and plans with other members of the Abolition 2000 Global Network, please email your statement to Carah Ong, the Abolition 2000 Grassroots News editor, at A2000@silcom.com. Switzerland Roland Schutzbach and David Schmitter Global Initiative Allmendstr. 75, 4500 Solothurn, Switzerland Tel: (41) 32 622 4191 Email: gi@globalinitiative.org Http://www.globalinitiative.org The People's Walk for Peace in Switzerland 2000 At the Peace Walk 1999 350 people walked from different regions of Switzerland to Berne for world-wide, total disarmament. This event has a bigger potential. In July 2000 there will be another Peace Walk, which will be twice as long. Plans for the event include: -Sunday 2 - Friday 7 July walking communities will make their way to Berne. On Saturday July 8, all the groups will meet in Bern for a festive-revolutionary peace demonstration. It will be the final celebration for the participants of the first part and the starting point for the participants of the second part. Hard-core activists will walk during both weeks. -Sunday July 9, the same or other walking communities will leave Bern, spreading the message of peace to their regions until Saturday 15 July. The peace walk 2000 is another opportunity to walk together, to get in contact with nature, to celebrate, to discuss peace themes and to express the will to live in a world without weapons and violence. People willing to participate can found their own walking community or join an existing one. It is also possible to join the walk for only a part of the way. Each route of the Peace Walk 2000 has a theme. Organizations and engaged individuals walk their own route. The Peace Walk is also meant to show the connection between the efforts of the different initiatives. It can be incorporated into schools as a project week and the classes can prepare by working on peace themes at school and exchange with other classes at the peace walk. Join us to put an end to apathy and resignation! ************************ Announcements ************************ Abolition Global Caucus Update The Abolition Global Caucus now has 415 subscribers from around the world. If you are not already a member, then I encourage you to join. The Global Caucus is an excellent international forum for discussion of nuclear issues. In addition, the listserv offers current articles and insight to keep members informed about the anti-nuclear movement and current events related to nuclear issues. If you are already a member of the Abolition Global Caucus, then please help expand our list by including the following advertisement in your email signature: "Join the Abolition-Global Caucus listserv to receive regular updates about the Abolition movement. The caucus provides an international forum for conversation on nuclear-related issues. Important articles and information relating to nuclear issues are also circulated to keep interested individuals and activists informed about nuclear issues. To subscribe to the Abolition Global Caucus send an e-mail to: abolition-caucus-subscribe@egroups.com (leave the subject line and body of the message blank)." ><>< ><>< ><>< ><>< ><>< ><>< ><>< ><>< ><>< ><>< ><>< ><>< New Abolition 2000 UK Coordinator Please join me in welcoming Claire Poyner as the new Abolition 2000 UK Coordinator. Claire previously worked at the National Peace Council as membership and publications worker. Claire is also a member of the Campaign Against Arms Trade. There will be an Abolition 2000 UK meeting on 30 March and plans will be made for a public meeting to raise awareness in the UK. If you would like more information about Abolition 2000 UK activities or if you would like to send Claire a welcome message, please contact: Claire Poyner Abolition 2000 UK 601 Holloway Road London N19 4DJ Tel 020 7 281 4281 Fax 020 7 281 6281 Email: a2000uk@gn.apc.org ><>< ><>< ><>< ><>< ><>< ><>< ><>< ><>< ><>< ><>< ><>< ><>< Message from Peace Action: LANL 2000 Protest Help us continue to work for the abolition of nuclear weapons. On 9th August 1999, over 400 people confronted the nuclear weapons machine at Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL), the belly of the nuclear beast. More than 70 people committed civil disobedience and were arrested on LANL property. This year on August 9th, the 55th anniversary of the destruction of Nagasaki, we need more protesters at Ashley Pond in Los Alamos bringing even greater pressure to end the production of these illegal nuclear weapons of mass destruction. WE NEED YOUR HELP! We are dedicated to ending the Nuclear Age. But, we need YOU and many hundreds of other people to stand with New Mexico communities who suffer the consequences of nuclear weapons production. WHAT YOU CAN DO: Contact: Peace Action New Mexico 505.989.4812 or at LANLaction@aol.com COMMIT to joining us in Los Alamos on August 9th Please tell your friends and pass the word! THANK YOU ************************ Calendar of Events ************************ April 1-2 Nuclear Weapons Abolition Days Network (A-days) will host an international meeting to discuss effective common action and lobbying campaigns in Europe and to prepare for the NPT. For more information or to register, please contact: Hanna Jarvinen Katri Silvonen e-mail: belgium@motherearth.org Fax: +32-9-242.87.51 13 The UK and Irish Local Authorities announce the third annual conference on nuclear hazards. Themes for the conference include: - "Getting to Zero: Implementation of the OSPAR agreement to cut radioactive discharges from nuclear plants to the marine environment" - "Polluter or Remediator?: Can the Sellafield nuclear complex convert to clean up?" - "Protecting the Public: Controlling the circulation of radioactive scrap and preventing its incorporation into consumer goods." - "Managing Nuclear Waste: Review of progress with the rundown of highly active liquid wastes at Sellafield and the outlook for UK policy." For detailed information about the conference, please contact the Nuclear Free Local Authorities Secretariat at: Town Hall Manchester, M60 2LA, UK Email: nfznsc@gn.apc.org URL: Http://www.gn.apc.org/nfzns/ 16 Demonstration against the Laser Megajoule and tests in labs at Le Barp, near Bordeaux France at 12 noon. The event will be hosted by the French Peace Movement and other Abolition groups. For more information, please contact: Lysiane Alezard Le Mouvement de la Paix 139 BD VICTOR HUGO - F-93400 SAINT-OUEN Email: mvtpaix@globenet.org URL: Http://www.asi.fr/~ddurand/ 14-17 Keep Space for Peace! Join activists from around the world in Washington, D.C for four days of protesting plans to weaponize space. For more information please contact: Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space P.O. Box 90083 Gainsville, Florida 32607 Tel: +1 (352) 337-9274 Email: Globalnet@mindspring.com URL: www.globenet.free-online.co.uk 16-23 Holy Week Walk from Las Vegas to the Nevada Test Site. For more information, contact: Cindy Pile Nevada Desert Experience Tel: 702/646-4814 Email: cindypile@juno.com 21-26 The Chernobyl Project is hosting a conferecen on on energy sources of the future devoted to the scheduled closing of Chernobyl nuclear power station and will be held in Kiev, Ukraine. For more information, please contact: CHERNOBYL PROJECT 107 Avenue Parmentier F - 75011 PARIS FRANCE Phone : +33 1 43 55 44 05 Fax : +33 1 43 55 44 05 Email : chiche@innocent.com 22 Earth Day 2000 events and activities will take place around the world. 24-May 19 Mark your Calendars! The 2000 NPT Review Conference will be held at the UN in New York. Stay tuned for forthcoming information on action you can take to demand disarmament from the nuclear weapons states. Daily meetings of Abolition 2000 will take place from 8am-9am at 777 UN Plaza, 2nd floor. 25 Abolition 2000 will have a large demonstration honoring Hibakusha, Downwinders, Indigenous Peoples and Affected Communities at Dag Hammarsjold Plaza, 47th Street and First Avenue 26 Chernobyl Day (Chernobyl nuclear reactor accident, 1986) 28 Dance Party celebrating the Fifth Anniversary of Abolition 2000 at 611 Broadway, 9th Floor. 24-28 Auckland, New Zealand College of Humanities and Social Sciences Massey University (at Albany) is holding a conference entitled "Enhancing the prospect of peace within pluralistic societies and the pluralistic global body, across the realms of Community, Nationality, International Relations, and Individuality". For further information on conference themes and registration, please visit the website at: http://www.massey.ac.nz/~wwsocial/homepage.htm or contact: Dr. Warwick Tie (conference convenor), School of Sociology and Women's Studies Massey University, Private Bag & Helli, North Shore Mail Centre, New Zealand. Fax +64 09 443 9716 Email: W.J.Tie@massey.ac.nz 30 Abolition 2000 Annual General Meeting (business meeting); location and time TBA May 1-15 International Call-In-Days to White House & Congress on Star Wars No BMD! These two weeks will be a crucial time for activists around the world to help create massive pressure on Clinton and Congress to back away from dangerous, costly, and destabilizing plans to allow "early deployment" of the Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) system. 7-10 Alliance for Nuclear Accountability will host "2000 DC Days: Nuclear Accountability for the New Millennium" -- 4 days of training, education and political advocacy. Registration deadline: April 11, 2000 Form more information, contact: Tel: +1 (202) 833-4668 URL: http://www.ananuclear.org 7-13 Shoshone Walk and Run for the Damaged Land, Warm Springs to Mercury. Please call Johnnie Bobb of the Western Shoshone Nation, Yomba Tribe at (775) 964-2210 11 and 28 Proliferation Days (India and Pakistan conduct nuclear tests, 1998) 22-26 The Millennium Forum at the UN will be an important opportunity for Abolition 2000 organizations to interact with the rest of the NGO community. The Millennium Forum is part of the preparations for the Millennium Summit of the UN General Assembly that will take place in September 2000. For more information, visit: Http://www.millenniumforum.org or www.un.org/millennium 22-27 "Visions of Peace" International Conference in Dublin, Ireland is now accepting proposals for papers and presentations as part of the UNESCO's International Year for a Culture of Peace. The Conference is sponsored by the Free University of Ireland. Contact: Sean English 55 Prussia Street, Dublin 7, Ireland Tel: 353-1-8683368 Email: senglish@iol.ie June 1 Sunflower Celebration Day (US Russian and Ukrainian defense ministers plant sunflowers to celebrate Ukraine becoming nuclear weapons free) 4-30 Peace Power 2000! Global Peace Services-USA invites anyone concerned with active peacemaking to participate in a series of four week-long education and training courses at Centro Maria in Washington, D.C. For more information, please contact: Clara Doyle P.O. Box 27922 Washington, D.C. 27922 Tel: +1 (703) 356-8023 Email: claradoyle@aol.com URL: Http://www.globalpeaceservices.org 11 Action and demonstration at Crozon near Ile Longue (French nuclear submarine base) : "for a nuclear weapon free Brittany and world" at 12 noon. For more information, please contact: Lysiane Alezard Le Mouvement de la Paix 139 BD VICTOR HUGO - F-93400 SAINT-OUEN Email: mvtpaix@globenet.org URL: Http://www.asi.fr/~ddurand/ 14-18 International Network of Engineers and Scientists (INES) announces an International Conference entitled "Challenges for Science and Engineering in the 21st Century" in Stockholm, Sweden. For more information, contact the INES 2000 Conference Secretariat at: Gutenbergstr. 31,44139 Dortmund, Germany Tel: +49 231 575218, Fax: +49 231 575210, E-mail: INES2000@t-online.de URL: Http://www.ines2000.org July 1-9 August The People's Campaign for Nonviolence will lead peace and justice groups from around the United States in prayerful vigil and peaceful protest at either the Pentagon, White House, or the Capitol Building. Each day, a different group from around the country will maintain this call for peace and justice. For more information, please contact the Fellowship of Reconciliation at: Tel: +1 (914) 358-4601. Email: for@forusa.org INFO: http://www.nonviolence.org/for/114.htm 6-9 The "International Conference on War Tax Issues" will be held in Washington, D.C. The conference will be sponsored by the National Campaign for a Peace Tax Fund. For more information, contact the Peace Tax Fund at: Tel: +1 (202) 483-3751 Email: peacetaxfund@igc.org URL: Http://www.nonviolence.org 8 International Court of Justice Opinion Day (International Court of Justice rules nuclear weapons generally illegal and there exists an obligation for complete nuclear disarmament) 8-13 The Sixth World Congress of Educators for Peace will be held in Paris, France. For more information, contact: IAEP 13 Allee M. Robespierre 92290 Chatenay-Malabrie, France Tel: +33 1 4630 6126 Email: iaep@lshs.univ-paris13.fr August 6 Abolition and Peace Rally for Hiroshima Day in Britany, France will include a peace walk on the Menez Hom, a small mountain near the nuclear submarine base of Ile Longue. For more information, please contact: Lysiane Alezard Le Mouvement de la Paix 139 BD VICTOR HUGO - F-93400 SAINT-OUEN Email: mvtpaix@globenet.org URL: Http://www.asi.fr/~ddurand/ October 7 International Day of Protest to Stop the Militarization of Space 9 Nuremberg Day (Leaders held to account for crimes against peace, war crimes and crimes against humanity, 1946) 19 Indigenous Peoples' Day (Indigenous peoples have suffered disproportionate effects of nuclear mining and testing) 20-21 Asia-Europe Meeting III (ASEM III) will be held in Seoul, South Korea. For more information, please contact: Gyung-Lan Jung jglan21@yahoo.com 24 Disarmament Week 24 United Nations Day ************************ Resources ************************ Websites If you haven't visited the Abolition 2000 website recently, you are missing out! In February, the Abolition 2000 website received an award from Encyclopedia Britannica online as one of the best sites on the internet. In addition, Infoseek/Go.com recently ranked Abolition 2000 as the #4 Watchdog Organization on the World Wide Web! Http://www.abolition2000.org Reaching Critical Will, a project of Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, contains current information on the forth-coming NPT Review Conference. Visit the website to learn about the history of NPT and issues surrounding the upcoming conference. Http://www.reachingcriticalwill.org The Nuclear Files has many documents and extensive information on the history of the NPT. The site also includes four new nuclear proliferation research portals for North Korea, Russia, China and Germany. Http://www.nuclearfiles.org Alice Slater has written an article about nuclear disarmament entitled "Where's our Treaty?" The article can be viewed at the Abolition 2000 website or copies can be requested from Carah Ong at A2000@silcom.com. The 24-page Plutonium Investigation Special issue on the USA is now on the web: Http://www.pu-investigation.org/gb/17_18/contents.html **************************** Letter from the Editor **************************** "On the occasion of the thirtieth anniversary of the NPT's entry into force, the Secretary-General would like to stress that in order to achieve the ultimate objective of a world free of nuclear weapons, the international community should immediately start taking new and effective measures to achieve the inherently linked goals of nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation. Efforts to seek the elimination of all nuclear weapons must remain a high priority." Spokesperson for Kofi Annan Secretary-General of the United Nations 3 March 2000 Dear Friends and Activists, As you know, the Non-Proliferation Treaty Review and Extension Conference is just around the corner. In light of its importance to global disarmament efforts, Abolition 2000 plans on having a large and visible presence at the NPT. Abolition 2000 has put together a packet of information that you and your organization will find useful to prepare for the NPT. You will receive this packet very shortly. Look for its arrival by mail. Abolition 2000 needs the support and participation of all its members! Even if you are unable to attend the NPT Review Conference in New York, you can help the Global Network to achieve its goal of global nuclear disarmament by taking these simple steps: 1) Enroll a new organization or have the Abolition 2000 Municipal Resolution passed in your local government council. Our goal is to have at least 2000 endorsers by the NPT Review Conference in April. 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. A sample letter is available at the Abolition 2000 website: Http://www.abolition2000.org 3) Honor the Hibakusha, Downwinders and Indigenous Peoples directly injured by the Nuclear Age. We need your help to gather the names of Downwinders, Hibakusha, and affected Indigenous Peoples from all over the world for our demonstration. Photos are also welcome. Please send the names and city, country, date of exposure, death, or accident, of nuclear victims and the nature of their injuries, by e-mail to: leenak@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. 4) Circulate 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. Thank you for your support of Abolition 2000. If you would like to share information about what your organization or community is doing to help rid the world of nuclear weapons, please contact me! I would love to hear from you. In Peace and Solidarity, Carah Carah Lynn Ong Coordinator, Abolition 2000 1187 Coast Village Road PMB 121, Suite 1 Santa Barbara CA 93108 Phone (805) 965 3443 FAX(805) 568 0466 Email: A2000@silcom.com Website http://www.abolition2000.org Join the Abolition-Global Caucus listserv to receive regular updates about the Abolition movement. The caucus provides an international forum for conversation on nuclear-related issues. Important articles and information relating to nuclear issues are also circulated to keep interested individuals and activists informed about nuclear issues. To subscribe to the Abolition Global Caucus, please do one of the following: 1. Send a message to the list moderator at A2000@silcom.com 2. Visit the Abolition-caucus website at: Http://www.egroups.com/list/abolition-caucus/ and submit a membership form. 3. Visit the Abolition 2000 website and submit a membership form. 4. 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Location: Washington= Marriott, 1221 22nd St. NW. Contact: 202/939-2294 or 202/261-9812. Energy Information Administration news conference =97 9:30 a.m. =97 The= Energy Information Administration holds a news conference to releases international energy projections to 2020. Location: Room 8E-089, 1000 Independence Ave.= SW. 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Date: 16 Mar 2000 10:05:31 PST Priscilla.Settee@extfc.usask.ca, bgregers@uccan.org Cc: bjagunos@national.anglican.ca, amann@national.anglican.ca Dear All, Anyone who wants to send personal messages of congratulations and/or well wishes to Lopeti can still reach him at the Pacific Concerns Resource Centre: pcrc@is.com.fj Stuart [Wulff] __________________________________________________ Press Statement Vanuatu Honours Lopeti Senituli for Contributions to Nuclear Free and Independent Pacific Port Vila, 17 March:- Mr Lopeti Senituli, prominent leader in the Pacific and spokesperson for the Nuclear Free and Independent Pacific (NFIP) was recently honoured by Vanuatu when he was awarded a First Class Medal of Vanuatu for his contributions to the welfare of the nation of Vanuatu and to humanity at large in the campaign for the nuclear free and independent Pacific movement. This honour, which was bestowed by His Excellency Father John Bani, President of the Republic of Vanuatu was witnessed in a ceremony hosted by PIANGO (Pacific Islands Association of Non Government Organizations) and attended by representatives of the government, heads of regional and national NGOs, relatives and friends. Born in Tonga and brought up in Fiji, Mr Senituli has been, for the past 12 years, the Director for the Pacific Concerns Resource Centre and the strength behind the Nuclear Free and Independent Pacific (NFIP) movement. Mr Lopeti is widely respected both regionally and internationally for his commitment and dedication for promoting the vision that the peoples of the Pacific cannot be nuclear free until they are independent and are sovereign states in their own rights. In June 1999 the United Nations, in recognizing the work carried out by the Nuclear Free and Independent Pacific movement, was awarded consultative status at ECOSOC making NFIP the first NGO in the Pacific to receive such recognition. In a moving acceptance speech Mr Senituli said that Vanuatu had honoured the Nuclear Free and Independent Pacific movement and it was a privilege to receive the honour on behalf of the movement. He said that: "In times in need of inspiration to continue the struggle, I bring up this snapshot which is actual footage shot by the US army on Bikini in March 1946, roughly six months after the US dropped bombs in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. "The scene is on the beach of Bikini. And all the people of Bikini including the chief Hiroitch Juda are seated on the ground as they awaited the arrival of the US Commander who was responsible for the nuclear testing programme in the Marshall Islands. And as he arrived on the Zodiac he was offered the traditional welcome by the people of Bikini. The Commander was seated on the chair while the Chief and his people were seated on the ground. And the Commander speaking through an interpreter said: "I have come from the fathers in Washington to inform you that we must remove your from the island so that we can test this new weapon which is designed to end all wars." At the end of his speech Hiroitch Juda, the Chief of the people of Bikini spoke and said: "Please Commander. Please convey to the people, the great fathers in Washington the love of the people of Bikini. And we pray that our sacrifice by giving up our land will be remembered as our contribution to the good of all humankind". "Today the son of Hiroitch Juda is still trying to get adequate compensation from the US government for the damage done to their land and the health of the population. Another snapshot that comes to mind is that of the late Father Lini in his negotiations with the members of the Soouth Pacific Forum, especially Australia and New Zealand, about the nuclear free zone in the South Pacific and the re-listing of New Caledonia in the United Nations Decolonization Committee list in 1986. Father Lini absolutely refused to give in to the Australian and New Zealand government policy which said that New Caledonia and French Polynesia were integral parts of France and the nuclear free treaty that endangers the Australian and New Zealand relationship with the United States will never be contemplated. And how Father Lini stuck to his convictions to the very end. "These are inspirations. For me as a person and as an activists which I try to share with staff members, but also other activists in the movement. "May I be brave, Your Excellency, to suggest that the fire next time will probably be in the five Melanesian Spearhead Group of countries. I suppose our honeymoon with the independence we started ^ with Samoa gaining independence in 1962, Nauru in 1968, Fiji in 1970 and culminating in Palau^s independence in 1986, the honeymoon period was probably over with the military coups in Fiji in 1987. In the four independent Melanesian spearhead group of countries - Fiji, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands and Papua New Guinea - have some of the best and the most progressive Constitutions in the world because these were written up based on lessons learned from former colonies in Africa, South-East Asia and South America. It is only now that these Constitutions are being tested: The people are now starting to question whether you can legislate for democracy or whether you can legislate against discrimination. And this is where it calls for a complete review of what we inherited on independence". "And I think the governments of the Pacific that fails to take heed of Bougainville, of what^s happening in Guadalcanal, of the military coups in Fiji ^ a government that refuses to take heed of the peoples^ wishes is doomed to take its peoples in the Pacific down the road that a lot of African countries are currently on. "The struggle continues of course. East Timor has gained its independence, West Papua must be the next fight for us in the Pacific. For too long the governments of the Pacific have refused to hear the cries of the people of West Papua. While the struggle continues, the enemy now is different. When we started off in 1975 it was the colonial forces that we were up against. There were the Americans, the British, the French, the Dutch, the Indonesian. Today the struggle is not as clear-cut. The enemy is not as clearly defined. Because increasingly we must take on our own home grown leaders and the types of governance in which they are leading our people down. And increasingly now the infrastructures that we inherited on independence are being tested." In paying tribute to Mr Senituli^s achievements, Ms Hilda Lini, a member of the NFIP movement said: "What is unique about Lopeti is that many issues which Vanuatu struggled and fought for were also visions that drove Lopeti in his struggles for independence for countries in the Pacific. Lopeti promoted the issue for independence for indigenous peoples of the Pacific regionally and internationally. He supported the vision that if we really wanted a nuclear free Pacific, we can only achieve that when all the countries in the Pacific were independent. Amongst the many achievements which has been initiated or supported by Mr Senituli personally and though his work with include: * His work toward getting the British to compensate those on Christmas Island who used the island for testing nuclear bombs; * Getting agreement from the United States to compensate peoples of the Marshall Islands for their damages from nuclear testing; * Supporting the indigenous people in Australia in getting Australians to re-write its history through the historic Mabo decision by the High Court of Australia in 1991. * Getting the United States to stop using Kahoolawe (sic), Hawaii as target practice for their nuclear testing. * With his leadership and work with churches, NGOs and other organizations in the region, the halting of nuclear testing in the Pacific by France in 1996. Ms Hilda Lini will shortly be taking the reins of the Pacific Concerns Resource Centre as the new Director. For more information contact PIANGO (678) 25607, fax (678) 25609, e-mail: piango@vanuatu.com.vu PACIFIC PEOPLES' PARTNERSHIP (formerly South Pacific Peoples Foundation) 1921 Fernwood Road Victoria, BC, V8T 2Y6, Canada Tel: 250/381-4131 Fax: 250/388-5258 Email: sppf@sppf.org Http://www.sppf.org ______________________________________________________ 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: FoE Sydney - Nuclear Campaign Subject: (abolition-usa) NPT 'Heads of State' Letter signatures closing end of March Pls Date: 17 Mar 2000 15:24:22 +1000 ORGANISATIONS PLS SIGN BY EMAILING 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 Dear All, If your organisation has not yet signed this letter, please sign it soon as you can by emailing me on: If your organisation has not yet signed the Abolition2000 statement, you can sign it by emailing: A2000@silcom.com, or by visiting Http://www.abolition2000.org. The NPT Review conference, which this letter urges heads of state/prime ministers/foreign ministers to attend, commences on 24April and goes to 19 May. This letter will be faxed and mailed starting April 2, and will be released to media on 10April, in Canberra, New York, and hopefully London, and Moscow. Signatures close end of March. 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, Disarmament Campaign, Stephanie Mills, Nuclear 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., Pol D'Huyvetter, For Mother Earth International, Ghent, Belgium., Roland Schutzbach, President, David Schmitter, Vice-President, Global Initiative, Solothurn, Switzerland, Jim Morgan, ARC-Peace, International Architects, Designers, and Planners for Social Responsibility, Stockholm, Swed, /NY., USA., Commander Robert Green, RN (Retd.), Chair, George Farebrother Secretary, 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., Nancy Zook, Christian CND., London, UK., David Morris, Chair, CND-Cymru, Roger Cole, Peace and Neutrality Alliance, Ireland, Eugene Mc Cartan, Chair, Communist Party of Ireland, Sister Mary O'Connor, Irish Commission for Justice and Peace, Ireland, Ulla Loetzer, MdB,(German Parliament) PDS, 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., Marjan Willemsen, For Mother Earth Netherlands, David Boerma, Netherlands Centre for Indigenous Peoples, Neth., Kostas Valiotes, Domcetzoglou Kyriakos, Pan-Hellenic Network of Ecological Organisations, Greece., Stefanos Stamellos, Friends of the Forest, Lamia, Greece, Ecological Movement of Patras, Greece, 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, Galina Raghouzhina, WISE-Kaliningrad, Russia, Natalia Kanyashkina, WISE-TOMSK, Russia., Alexander Koroleva, Ecodefense, Russia., Anatoly Korolyov, Baltic Resource Information Centre, Russia., Marina Roubtsova, Central Forest Biosphere Reserve, Russia/Ecologia Scotland= , Prof Anatoly Shahbad, Foundation Civilisation, Moscow., Alla Shevchuk, Odessa Social-Ecological Union, Odessa, Ukraine., Dr. Lado Mirianashvili., Director, 'Udabno' fund, Georgia., Natalie Kirvalidze, Environmental and Sustainable Development Centre 'RIO', Tblisi, Georgia., Alexey Svetikov, Zelenyi Zvit, Severodonetsk, Ukraine., Dr. Caroline Lucas, MEP, Greens,UK, European Parliament, Hiltrud Breyer, MEP., Greens, Germany, European Parliament, Brussels, Elizabeth Schroedter, MEP, Greens Group, Germany, European Parliament, Brussells, Gorka Knorr Borrass, MEP, European Parliament, Brussells, Pierre Jonkheer, MEP, Greens Group Belgium, European Parliament, Brussels, Heidi Hautala, MEP Greens Group Finland, European Parliament, Patsy S=F6rensen Member of The European Parliament, Greens Group, Patricia Mc Kenna, MEP Greens Group, Ireland, Nuala Ahern MEP Greens Group, Ireland, European Parliament, Brussells, Rolf Linkohr, MEP, Germany, Social-Democrats., European Parliament, Brussell= s, 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., Sadao Kamata, Director, Nagasaki Peace Institute, Senji Yamaguchi, Nihon Hidankyo, (Japan Confederation of A-Bomb and H-Bomb Sufferers Organisation) Dr Hideo Suchiyama, Former President, Nagasaki University, 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. 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General, Nuclear- Free Phillipines Coalition, Roy Cabonegro, Youth For Sustainable Development Phillipines, (YSDA-Pilipinas) Quezon City, Phillipines, Julia Grace, LIHUE Association, Patagonia, Argentina., Prof. Raul A. 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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, Arjun Makhijani PhD, Institute for Energy and Environmental Research (IEER), Tacoma, US., 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. 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Blaise Paige, Nevada Desert Experience, Las Vegas, Nevada., J. Truman, Director, Downwinders, USA, Senator Douglas Roche OC, Parliament, Canada., 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)., Kieth Locke MP, Green Party of Aotearoa (NZ), Parliament House, Wellington, Carol Anne-Bradford, New Zealand Coalition for Gun Control, Auckland, NZ., Richard Frizzell, Nelson Peace Group, Nelson, NZ., Helen Kingston, Golden Bay Peace Group, NZ., Gary Ware, Peace Action Tuaranga, NZ., Miranda Bain, Psychology Works, Tuaranga, NZ., Rob Wilkinson, National President, Engineers for Social Responsibility, NZ., Ellen Mc Crae, New Zealand Federation of University Women, Canterbury Branch= , Jill Hawkey, Christian World Service, Wellington, 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 Lyn Allison, Australian Democrats Senator for Victoria, Senator Andrew Bartlett, Australian Democrats Senator for Queensland, Senator Bob Brown, Greens Senator for Tasmania, Senator George Campbell, ALP Senator for NSW., Julia Gillard, ALP Member for Lalor, Victoria., Dr. Carmen Lawrence, MP, ALP Member for Fremantle, W.A., Jann Mc Farlane, Federal ALP Member for Stirling, 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., Tanya Plibersek, ALP Member for Sydney, NSW, Robin Geraghty, ALP Member for Torrens, SA., Aust., Richard Jones MLC.,(Ind) NSW., Lee Rhiannon, Green MLC, NSW., Ricardo Navarro, Chair, Friends of the Earth International Ricardo Navarro, Friends of the Earth El Salvador., Brent Blackwelder, President, Friends of the Earth U.S., Washington., 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, Daniela Stojanova, Secy General, Friends of the Earth Macedonia., Dr. Maria Minkova, 'Ekoglasnost', Friends of the Earth Bulgaria, Sofia, Juraj Zamkovsky, Friends of the Earth Slovakia, Ponicky, Slovakia, 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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Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Hisham Zerriffi Subject: (abolition-usa) Job Announcement Date: 17 Mar 2000 17:25:35 -0500 Institute for Energy and Environmental Research Job Announcement Staff/Project/Senior Scientist Position: Staff or Project or Senior Scientist=20 Salary: $30,000 -- $45,000, depending on qualifications and experience Benefits: Health and dental insurance, annual leave, retirement benefits after 1 year of employment Description: The Institute for Energy and Environmental Research (IEER) is a small non-profit organization dedicated to providing the public and policy-makers with thoughtful, clear, and sound technical information on energy and environmental issues. IEER=92s work is focused primarily on the health and environmental effects of nuclear weapons production and testing, disarmament and related security issues, and sound energy policy. IEER does no lobbying. IEER is located in Takoma Park, Maryland, within easy reach of downtown Washington and within walking distance of a Metro subway station. IEER=92s Staff/Project/Senior Scientist conducts technical researc= h and analysis; writes articles, reports and factsheets; and participates in and leads outreach and public education efforts on IEER=92s issue areas. Th= e Project or Staff Scientist will work under the supervision of senior staff scientists. The Senior Scientist is expected to be able to work more independently. Primary Responsibilities: =B7 Reading and analyzing Department of Energy (DOE), Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) technical and policy documents as well as regulations governing these agencies =B7 Performing technical and policy analyses of various nuclear- and energy-related environmental issues, including the technical, environmental, and political implications of DOE and NRC programs as well as comparable international programs =B7 Producing technical factsheets, reports, editorials, and articles on energy and security issues =B7 Attending meetings and press briefings by government agencies, as well a= s meetings with activists, analysts, journalists and others, as necessary. 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For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Norm and Karen Cohen Subject: (abolition-usa) major cause of cancer, part 1 Date: 18 Mar 2000 14:33:12 -0500 Great background info on why we want Salem and all nukes closed. Norm rachel@rachel.org wrote: > =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3DEl= ectronic Edition=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D > . . > . RACHEL'S ENVIRONMENT & HEALTH WEEKLY #691 . > . ---March 16, 2000--- . > . HEADLINES: . > . THE MAJOR CAUSE OF CANCER--PART 1 . > . =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D = . > . Environmental Research Foundation . > . P.O. Box 5036, Annapolis, MD 21403 . > . Fax (410) 263-8944; E-mail: erf@rachel.org . > . =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D = . > . All back issues are available by E-mail: send E-mail to . > . info@rachel.org with the single word HELP in the message. . > . Back issues are also available from http://www.rachel.org. . > . To start your own free subscription, send E-mail to . > . listserv@rachel.org with the words . > . SUBSCRIBE RACHEL-WEEKLY YOUR NAME in the message. . > . The Rachel newsletter is now also available in Spanish; . > . to learn how to subscribe, send the word AYUDA in an . > . E-mail message to info@rachel.org. . > =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D > > THE MAJOR CAUSE OF CANCER--PART 1 > > [Rachel's will be published next on April 13.] > > When Wilhelm Roentgen first discovered X-rays, in 1895, "doctors > and physicians saw the practical potential of X-rays at once, and > rushed to experiment with them."[1,pg.7] Many physicians built > their own X-ray equipment, with mixed results: some home-brew > X-ray machines produced no radiation whatsoever, others produced > enough to irradiate everyone in the next room. > > The ability to see inside the human body for the first time was a > marvelous, mysterious and deeply provocative discovery. Roentgen > trained X-rays on his wife's hand for 15 minutes, producing a > macabre image of the bones of her hand adorned by her wedding > ring. Roentgen's biographer, Otto Glasser, says Mrs. Roentgen > "could hardly believe that this bony hand was her own and > shuddered at the thought that she was seeing her skeleton. To > Mrs. Roentgen, as to many others later, this experience gave a > vague premonition of death," Glasser wrote.[1,pg.4] > > Within a year, by 1896, physicians were using X-rays for > diagnosis and as a new way of gathering evidence to protect > themselves against malpractice suits. Almost immediately -- > during 1895-96 -- it also became clear that X-rays could cause > serious medical problems. Some physicians received burns that > wouldn't heal, requiring amputation of their fingers. Others > developed fatal cancers. > > At that time, antibiotics had not yet been discovered, so > physicians had only a small number of treatments they could offer > their patients; X-rays gave them a range of new procedures that > were very "high tech" -- bordering on the miraculous -- and which > seemed to hold out promise to the sick. Thus the medical world > embraced these mysterious, invisible rays with great enthusiasm. > Understandably, physicians at the time often thought they > observed therapeutic benefits where controlled experiments today > find none. > > At that time -- just prior to 1920 -- the editor of AMERICAN > X-RAY JOURNAL said "there are about 100 named diseases that yield > favorably to X-ray treatment." In her informative history of the > technology, MULTIPLE EXPOSURES; CHRONICLES OF THE RADIATION AGE, > Catherine Caufield (see REHW #200, #201, #202), comments on this > period: "Radiation treatment for benign [non-cancer] diseases > became a medical craze that lasted for 40 or more > years."[1,pg.15] "...[L]arge groups of people [were] needlessly > irradiated for such minor problems as ringworm and acne.... Many > women had their ovaries irradiated as a treatment for > depression."[1,pg.15] Such uses of X-rays would today be viewed > as quackery, but many of them were accepted medical practice into > the 1950s. Physicians weren't the only ones enthusiastic about > X-ray therapies. If you get a large enough dose of X-rays your > hair falls out, so "beauty shops installed X-ray equipment to > remove their customers' unwanted facial and body hair," Catherine > Caufield reports.[1,pg.15] > > Roentgen's discovery of X-rays in 1895 led directly to Henri > Becquerel's discovery of the radioactivity of uranium in 1896 and > then to the discovery of radium by Marie Curie and her husband > Pierre in 1898, for which Becquerel and the Curies were jointly > awarded the Nobel prize in 1903. (Twenty years later Madame Curie > would die of acute lymphoblastic leukemia.) > > Soon radioactive radium was being prescribed by physicians > alongside X-rays. Radium treatments were prescribed for heart > trouble, impotence, ulcers, depression, arthritis, cancer, high > blood pressure, blindness and tuberculosis, among other ailments. > Soon radioactive toothpaste was being marketed, then radioactive > skin cream. In Germany, chocolate bars containing radium were > sold as a "rejuvenator."[1,pg.28] In the U.S, hundreds of > thousands of people began drinking bottled water laced with > radium, as a general elixir known popularly as "liquid sunshine." > As recently as 1952 LIFE magazine wrote about the beneficial > effects of inhaling radioactive radon gas in deep mines. Even > today The Merry Widow Health Mine near Butte, Montana and the > Sunshine Radon Health Mine nearby advertise that visitors to the > mines report multiple benefits from inhaling radioactive > radon,[2] even though numerous studies now indicate that the only > demonstrable health effect of radon gas is lung cancer. > > Thus the medical world and popular culture together embraced > X-rays (and other radioactive emanations) as miraculous remedies, > gifts to humanity from the foremost geniuses of an inventive age. > > In the popular imagination, these technologies suffered a serious > setback when atomic bombs were detonated over Japan in 1945. Even > though the A-bombs arguably shortened WW II and saved American > lives, John Hersey's description of the human devastation in > HIROSHIMA forever imprinted the mushroom cloud in the popular > mind as an omen of unutterable ruin. Despite substantial efforts > to cast The Bomb in a positive light, radiation technology would > never recover the luster it had gained before WW II. > > Seven years after A-bombs were used in war, Dwight Eisenhower set > the U.S. government on a new course, intended to show the world > that nuclear weapons, radioactivity and radiation were not > harbingers of death but were in fact powerful, benign servants > offering almost-limitless benefits to humankind. The "Atoms for > Peace" program was born, explicitly aimed at convincing Americans > and the world that these new technologies were full of hope, and > that nuclear power reactors should be developed with tax dollars > to generate electricity. The promise of this newest technical > advance seemed too good to be true -- electricity "too cheap to > meter."[3] > > The Atomic Energy Act of 1946 created the civilian Atomic Energy > Commission but as a practical matter the nation's top military > commanders maintained close control over the development of all > nuclear technologies.[4] > > Thus by a series of historical accidents, all of the major > sources of ionizing radiation fell under the purview of people > and institutions who had no reason to want to explore the early > knowledge that radiation was harmful. In 1927, Hermann J. Muller > had demonstrated that X-rays caused inheritable genetic damage, > and he received a Nobel prize for his efforts. However, he had > performed his experiments on fruit flies and it was easy, or at > least convenient, to dismiss his findings as irrelevant to > humans. > > In sum, to physicians, radiation seemed a promising new therapy > for treating nearly every ailment under the sun; for the military > and the Joint Commmission on Atomic Energy in Congress it > unleashed hundreds of billions of dollars, a veritable flood of > taxpayer funds, most of which came with almost no oversight > because of official secrecy surrounding weapons development; and > for private-sector government contractors like Union Carbide, > Monsanto Chemical Co., General Electric, Bechtel Corporation, > DuPont, Martin Marietta and others -- it meant an opportunity to > join the elite "military-industrial complex" whose growing > political power President Eisenhower warned against in his final > address to Congress in 1959. > > Throughout the 1950s the military detonated A-bombs above-ground > at the Nevada Test Site, showering downwind civilian populations > with radioactivity.[5] At the Hanford Reservation in Washington > state, technicians intentionally released huge clouds of > radioactivity to see what would happen to the human populations > thus exposed. In one Hanford experiment 500,000 Curies of > radioactive iodine were released; iodine collects in the human > thyroid gland. The victims of this experiment, mostly Native > Americans, were not told about it for 45 years.[6,pg.96] American > sailors on ships and soldiers on the ground were exposed to large > doses of radioactivity just to see what would happen to them. The > military brass insisted that being showered with radiation is > harmless. In his autobiography, Karl Z. Morgan, who served as > radiation safety director at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory > (Clinton, Tennessee) from 1944 to 1971, recalls that, "The > Veterans Administration seems always on the defensive to make > sure the victims are not compensated."[6,pg.101] Morgan recounts > the story of John D. Smitherman, a Navy man who received large > doses of radiation during A-bomb experiments on Bikini Atoll in > 1946. Morgan writes, "The Veterans Administration denied any > connection to radiation exposure until 1988, when it had awarded > his widow benefits. By the time of his death, Smitherman's body > was almost consumed by cancers of the lung, bronchial lymph > nodes, diaphragm, spleen, pancreas, intestines, stomach, liver, > and adrenal glands. In 1989, a year after it had awarded the > benefits, the VA revoked them from Smitherman's widow."[6,pg.101] > > Starting in the 1940s and continuing into the 1960s, thousands of > uranium miners were told that breathing radon gas in the uranium > mines of New Mexico was perfectly safe. Only now are the > radon-caused lung cancers being tallied up, as the truth leaks > out 50 years too late. > > In retrospect, a kind of nuclear mania swept the industrial > world. What biotechnology and high-tech computers are today, > atomic technology was in the 1950s and early 1960s. Government > contractors spent billions to develop a nuclear-powered airplane > -- even though simple engineering calculations told them early in > the project that such a plane would be too heavy to carry a > useful cargo.[4,pg.204] Monsanto Research Corporation proposed a > plutonium-powered coffee pot that would boil water for 100 years > without a refueling.[4,pg.227] A Boston company proposed > cufflinks made of radioactive uranium for the simple reason that > uranium is heavier than lead and "the unusual weight prevents > cuffs from riding up."[4,pg.227] > > In 1957, the Atomic Energy Commission established its Plowshare > Division -- named of course for the Biblical "swords into > plowshares" phrasing in Isaiah (2:4).[4,pg.231] Our government > and its industrial partners were determined to show the world > that this technology was benign, no matter what the facts might > be. On July 14, 1958, Dr. Edward Teller, the father of the > H-bomb, arrived in Alaska to announce Project Chariot, a plan to > carve a new harbor out of the Alaska coast by detonating up to > six H-bombs. After a tremendous political fight -- documented in > Dan O'Neill's book, THE FIRECRACKER BOYS[7] -- the plan was > shelved. Another plan was developed to blast a new canal across > Central America with atomic bombs, simply to give the U.S. some > leverage in negotiating with Panama over control of the Panama > Canal. That plan, too, was scrapped. In 1967, an A-bomb was > detonated underground in New Mexico, to release natural gas > trapped in shale rock formations. Trapped gas was in fact > released, but -- as the project's engineers should have been able > to predict -- the gas turned out to be radioactive so the hole in > the ground was plugged and a bronze plaque in the desert is all > that remains visible of Project Gasbuggy.[4,pg.236] > > In sum, according to NEW YORK TIMES columnist H. Peter Metzger, > the Atomic Energy Commission wasted billions of dollars on > "crackpot schemes," all for the purpose of proving that nuclear > technology is beneficial and not in any way harmful.[4,pg.237] > > The Plowshare Division may have been a complete failure, but one > lasting result emerged from all these efforts: A powerful culture > of denial sunk deep roots into the heart of scientific and > industrial America. > > [To be continued April 13.] > > Descriptor terms: radiation; nuclear weapons; nuclear power; > x-rays; cancer; carcinogens; karl z. morgan; downwinders; > nevada test site; hanford; > > =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D > [1] Catherine Caufield, MULTIPLE EXPOSURES; CHRONICLES OF THE > RADIATION AGE (New York: Harper & Row, 1989). ISBN 0-06-015900-6. > > [2] Jim Robbins, "Camping Out in the Merry Widow Mine," HIGH > COUNTRY NEWS Vol. 26, No. 12 (June 27, 1994), pgs. unknown. See > http://www.hcn.org/1994/jun27/dir/reporters.html. And see > http://www.roadsideamerica.com/attract/MTBASradon.html > > [3] Arjun Makhijani and Scott Saleska, THE NUCLEAR POWER > DECEPTION; U.S. NUCLEAR MYTHOLOGY FROM ELECTRICITY "TOO CHEAP TO > METER" TO "INHERENTLY SAFE" REACTORS (New York: The Apex Press, > 1999). ISBN 0-945257-75-9. > > [4] H. Peter Metzger, THE ATOMIC ESTABLISHMENT (New York: Simon & > Schuster, 1972). ISBN 671-21351-2. > > [5] Michael D'Antonio, ATOMIC HARVEST (New York: Crown > Publishers, 1993). ISBN 0-517-58981-8. And: Chip Ward, Canaries > on the Rim: Living Downwind in the West (New York: Verso, 1999). > ISBN 1859847501. > > [6] Karl Z. Morgan and Ken M. Peterson, THE ANGRY GENIE; ONE > MAN'S WALK THROUGH THE NUCLEAR AGE (Norman, Oklahoma: University > of Oklahoma Press, 1999). ISBN 0-8061-3122-5. > > [7] Dan O'Neill, THE FIRECRACKER BOYS (New York: St. Martin's > Press, 1994). 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Please pass on the below basic information about Phoenix and Albuquerque upcoming events to your networks to alert those in these areas who can join these events and help them gain needed public attention for vital peace, social justice, and environmental "survival issue messages" being united under the banner of "Global Peace Now!" as a universal human resolve. For regular updates on walk location, directions to camp, or to leave a message for the walkers, check updates/voicemail at 415-267-1877 The mayor of Phoenix this week is expected to issue his proclamation recognizing the Phoenix Global Peace Walk 2000 appearances. The walk's Phoenix host, Baseline Mansion's Phoenix CoHousing Project, is also soliciting interest in its plan to buy their leased 4-1/2 acre property from the owner for creation of a CoHousing community project for those interested in living there to help foster a local culture of peace in Phoenix. More info on this is available at http://www.egroups.com/group/global-peace-walk/292.html and http://www.egroups.com/group/global-peace-walk/293.html Gatherings and ceremonies including sweat lodge will be held there during the walk's stay in Phoenix to further these plans and the mission of Global Peace Walk 2000. The walkers offer their appreciation for the many years of progressive community organizations support, and special thanks to Brian Kruger and the Baseline Mansion Project community for their kindness and support in offering the walkers hospitality for their six days time in Phoenix. Below is text for basic flyer for Phoenix, Arizona, Global Peace Walk 2000 events taking place March 24-28, 2000. Printable typeset versions may be downloaded in WordPad http://www.egroups.com/group/global-peace-walk/295.html or in case you cannot use wordpad, less clear efax format http://www.egroups.com/group/global-peace-walk/297.html =======Phoenix flyer text: United Nations 55th Anniversary Future Generations Prayer We are concerned about our future and our human life. Phoenix, Arizona Global Peace Walk 2000 Develop Spiritual United Nations and a Culture of Peace for the 21st Century Bring Your Banners & Your Message Friday, March 24th 9AM Senator John McCain's Office Building (2400 East Arizona Biltmore Circle) 9mile walk to 1PM, Phoenix City Hall (200 West Washington) Saturday, March 25th Afternoon-Eve Benefit Gathering/Music Baseline Mansion CoHousing Community Project (2501 East Baseline Road, 602-305-7988) Monday, March 27, 11AM City Hall to Capitol, 1mile Tuesday, March 28, 11AM, 31st Anniversary of Three Mile Island accident Presentation and Demonstration by Energy Machine Inventor Joseph Newman of a non-polluting Revolutionary Energy Technology designed to replace all nuclear and fossil fuel power systems. (at Baseline Mansion Project Stage) Information on Newman Energy Machine Uniting Survival Issue Messages in "Global Peace Now!" universal human resolve Spiritual Walk for a Global Peace Zone 2000 San Francisco Jan15th, St. Louis August 6th, Washington DC October 9th, New York City - U.N. October 24, 2000 Voicemail 415-863-2084 -- PO Box 170245, San Francisco, CA 94117-0245 GPZone2000@aol.com Recorded walk location/route update info and voicemail 415-267-1877 http://www.globalpeacenow.org LOCAL CONTACT: Brian Kruger, Baseline Mansion Project, 602-305-7988 =============end Phoenix flyer text Below is text of flyer for Albuquerque, New Mexico, Global Peace Walk 2000 event April 4, 2000, Printable typeset versions may be downloaded in WordPad http://www.egroups.com/group/global-peace-walk/296.html or in case you cannot use wordpad, less clear efax format http://www.egroups.com/group/global-peace-walk/298.html ==========Albuquerque flyer text: United Nations 55th Anniversary Future Generations Prayer We are concerned about our future and our human life. Global Peace Walk 2000 San Francisco Washington Monument United Nations, NYC January 15th October 9th October 24th Develop Spiritual United Nations and a Culture of Peace for the 21st Century Bring Your Banners & Your Message Albuquerque Tuesday, April 4th Anniversary Martin Luther King demise Robinson Park to City Hall 11:00 AM, Robinson Park (8th Street & Central Avenue, downtown) NOON Albuquerque City Hall Uniting Survival Issue Messages in "Global Peace Now!" universal human resolve A Spiritual Walk for a Global Peace Zone 2000 San Francisco Jan15th, St. Louis August 6th, Washington DC October 9th, New York City - U.N. October 24, 2000 Recorded walk location/route update info and voicemail 415-267-1877 PO Box 170245, San Francisco, CA 94117-0245 GPZone2000@aol.com http://www.globalpeacenow.org LOCAL CONTACT: Bruce Bush 505-256-0810 ========end Albuquerque flyer text: 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 Please Support HR 2545: Nuclear Disarmament & Economic Conversion Act of 1999 Details & Email: http://prop1.org/prop1/letter.htm Sign letter to Senators which can be found at http://prop1.org/prop1/letter.htm#senate Send letter to Representatives supporting HR-2545 http://prop1.org/prop1/letter.htm#letter 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: ASlater Subject: (abolition-usa) Fwd: FW: Mobile Chernobyl ALERT! House vote coming! Date: 20 Mar 2000 10:04:39 -0500 >Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2000 16:25:21 -0500 >Subject: FW: Mobile Chernobyl ALERT! House vote coming! >X-FC-MachineGenerated: true >From: krabin@envadvocates.org (krabin@envadvocates.org) > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Mariotte, Michael >Sent: Friday, March 17, 2000 2:55 PM >To: Mariotte, Michael >Subject: Mobile Chernobyl ALERT! House vote coming! > > >NIRS ACTION ALERT, Friday, March 17th, 2000 > >MOBILE CHERNOBYL BILL >REARING ITS UGLY HEAD YET AGAIN IN CONGRESS > >The U.S. House of Representatives will take up the recently passed >Senate version of S. 1287, the "Mobile Chernobyl" bill, as early as >Fri., March 24th. This bill would initiate the transport of high-level >atomic waste to an unsound site in Nevada and weaken environmental >standards. President Clinton has promised to veto the bill. >Call, fax or write your U.S Representative immediately. Urge them to >oppose S. 1287, the Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act of 2000. Urge >them to support Rep. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) in his efforts to >strengthen the bill's nearly non-existent safety standards for >high-level radioactive waste transportation. >Call the U.S. Capitol Switchboard at (202) 224-3121, to be plugged >through to your U.S. Rep. To write your Rep., address the letter to: The >Honorable (full name); United States House of Representatives; >Washington, D.C. 20515; Dear Representative (last name) If you would >like to fax your letter, call NIRS at (202) 328-0002 for your Rep.'s fax >number. >If you're able to do more, after you've contacted your Rep. yourself, >consider one of these ideas: activate your organization's phone tree, >forward this e-mail alert, host a letter-writing party, set up an info >table with a cell phone at your food co-op or college student union and >give folks there the chance to flood your Rep. with phone calls on the >spot, (insert YOUR idea here!), yell it from the rooftops - get those >calls and letters rolling into Congress to STOP MOBILE CHERNOBYL, OPPOSE >S. 1287! >Tell your Representative to oppose S. 1287 because: > >n S. 1287 undermines Environmental Protection Agency authority by >blocking EPA from setting radiation protection standards till June 1, >2001-until after a new President is in the White House- thus placing >politics over science and undermining public health and environmental >protection at Yucca Mountain. The Clinton Administration has vowed to >veto S. 1287 for this reason. > >n S. 1287 would launch the largest nuclear waste transportation program >in history: tens of thousands of truck and train casks traveling through >43 States, within half a mile of the homes of over 50 million Americans. >How are we supposed to trust DOE and NRC to do this safely, when they >are responsible for radiation catastrophes at STATIONARY waste storage >sites, and are regularly locking the public out of any role in decision >making?! > >n Are emergency responders prepared to deal with a radiation accident? >Do they have the training and equipment they would need to handle >emergencies safely and protect themselves and your community? The >Japanese nuclear accident last fall showed that emergency responders, >attempting to rescue injured workers, were themselves seriously >contaminated. > >n Chances are, waste shipments will pass through your Congressional >district. Check that out at the "Atomic Atlas" web site >(http://www.citizen/org/cmep/AtomicAtlas/atlas.htm), which will also >show you the elementary schools, colleges, and hospitals waste will roll >by in your community. > >n Ask your Representative how much sense it makes to be debating when >and how to send waste to a site that will certainly leak? Yucca Mountain >is an active earthquake zone, with over 600 quakes within 50 miles in >the past 25 years. Last fall, a quake derailed a train on a railway that >could be used to transport high level waste. Rainwater is able to >percolate deep down into the mountain at fast rates. That threatens to >corrode waste casks and wash radiation into the groundwater, so that >residents downstream would be exposed to harmful doses. Under DOE >guidelines, this fast rate of water flow alone should disqualify the >site from further consideration. Instead, DOE is attempting to change >the guidelines, to remove this disqualifying condition. Now, with S. >1287, Congress would weaken Yucca Mountain standards further still. >Nuclear waste legislation should genuinely deal with the problem, not >make it worse! > >n The big question is WHY the House would attempt to force this issue >now, when just last month the Senate failed to win the votes necessary >to override President Clinton's promised veto? > >BACKGROUND > >Question: So, why did the Member of Congress cross the road (with >high-level nuclear waste in tow)? >Answer: To collect campaign contributions from the nuclear power >industry, silly! > >It's an election year, so some Members of the House are eager to >demonstrate their "worthiness" to nuclear utility companies. The nuclear >power industry, of course, is eager to dump its high-level nuclear >wastes onto our nation's roads and rails at taxpayer liability and >expense. >With 34 votes against the Senate's version of the Mobile Chernobyl bill >on Feb. 10th, the Senate was unable to pass the bill with a veto-proof >margin. It was a real victory. We had hoped Mobile Chernobyl was dead >for the rest of this year in Congress, so we could focus on the Dept. of >Energy and Nuclear Regulatory Commission's own unacceptable shortcuts on >sound science and weakening of safety standards. >But we weren't not so lucky. Sen. Frank Murkowski (R-AK), who >emotionally blurted "This Senator from Alaska is done beating his head >against the wall on this one" just after S. 1287 had failed to win >enough votes to override the Administration's promised veto, seems ready >to beat his head some more. Murkowski sat down with U.S. Representative >Bliley (R-VA), chair of the House Commerce Committee, and has convinced >him to move Mobile Chernobyl to the Floor of the House for a vote. S. >1287 is already scheduled for Floor time on Fri., March 24th. >The whole Yucca Mountain fight is coming to a head. The DOE plans to >publish its Final Environmental Impact Statement this November, as well >as complete its Site Recommendation Consideration Report, which the >Secretary of Energy will use to make his/her December 31, 2001 Site >Recommendation decision to the President. This, despite the fact that >important scientific studies are years away from completion, and won't >be completed until AFTER DOE's decision! DOE's intention to go forward >with Yucca Mountain is clear. >NIRS and our allies in Washington and across the country are gearing up >to launch a national campaign this spring, summer, and fall, to educate >communities about these Mobile Chernobyl routes right through their >FRONT yards. It goes without saying, the Yucca Mountain/Mobile Chernobyl >fight will be won at the grassroots level. What better way to kick off >this campaign than with another roadblock to the nuclear industry's >plans, by stopping Mobile Chernobyl dead in its tracks on Capitol Hill? >Please contact your Representative today! >If you have any questions or need any support, contact Kevin Kamps, >nuclear waste specialist, Nuclear Information & Resource Service, at >1424 16th St. NW, Suite 404, Washington, D.C. 20036; phone (202) >328-0002; fax (202) 462-2183; e-mail: kevin@igc.org. www.nirs.org > 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 for the elimination nuclear weapons. - 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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Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: LCNP@aol.com Subject: (abolition-usa) Housing at NPT Review Conference Date: 20 Mar 2000 11:40:14 EST --part1_df.2867642.2607ae6e_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit --part1_df.2867642.2607ae6e_boundary Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Disposition: inline Return-Path: Received: from rly-za03.mx.aol.com (rly-za03.mail.aol.com [172.31.36.99]) by air-za03.mail.aol.com (v70.19) with ESMTP; Sun, 19 Mar 2000 14:23:42 -0500 Received: from reiter51.reiterassoc.com (pop51.reiterassoc.com [209.144.186.2]) by rly-za03.mx.aol.com (v70.20) with ESMTP; Sun, 19 Mar 2000 14:23:13 -0500 Received: from swan.prod.itd.earthlink.net (swan.prod.itd.earthlink.net [207.217.120.123]) by reiter51.lcnp.org (NTMail 3.03.0017/7.abe0) with ESMTP id ja446351 for ; Sun, 19 Mar 2000 14:22:47 -0500 Received: from oemcomputer (dialup-209.246.92.78.NewYork2.Level3.net [209.246.92.78]) by swan.prod.itd.earthlink.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with SMTP id LAA19658; Sun, 19 Mar 2000 11:22:57 -0800 (PST) Message-Id: <200003191922.LAA19658@swan.prod.itd.earthlink.net> X-Sender: johnburroughs@mail.earthlink.net X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.0.1 Cc: metropeace@aol.com, lcnp@lcnp.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sonya Ostrom of Flatbush Peace Action, Brooklyn, NY, has graciously and heroically agreed to assist people coming to the Review Conference in finding housing, including in private homes. Contact Sonya at: metropeace@aol.com, tel 718-377-7788, fax 718 951 8604. Thanks Sonya! John Burroughs, Executive Director Lawyers' Committee on Nuclear Policy 211 E. 43d St., Suite 1204, New York, NY 10017 USA tel: +1 212 818 1861; fax: 818 1857 e-mail: johnburroughs@earthlink.net; website: www.lcnp.org Part of the Abolition 2000 Global Network to Eliminate Nuclear Weapons --part1_df.2867642.2607ae6e_boundary-- - 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: FoE Sydney - Nuclear Campaign Subject: (abolition-usa) How anyone Can help Eliminate N-Weapons: What to Write, Numbers Date: 21 Mar 2000 16:42:25 +1000 PLEASE RE- POST AND FORWARD THIS TO EVERYONE YOU POSSIBLY CAN (Sorry for duplicate copies caused by double- posting.) Please read this slowly and carefully! - This email tells you exactly how you as an ordinary individual can really make a difference to the coming (April 24-May19) review conference of the nuclear nonproliferation treaty, and help to eliminate nuclear weapons. It tells you what to write and what numbers to fax it to. The Review Conference of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty is in just 34 days. (Apr 24-May19th) The nuclear nonproliferation treaty is just about the most important international treaty there is, and it has been signed by every country on the planet except Cuba, India, Pakistan and Israel. Article VI of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty committs nuclear weapon states to negotiate to eliminate their nuclear arsenals. It has been in force since 1970, thirty years, and progress toward the elimination of nuclear weapons is stalled. That Article VI really does impose a legal obligation to eliminate nuclear weapons was reaffirmed by the international Court of Justice in 1996. There is concern that if progress is not made by the nuclear weapons states toward the fulfilment of Article VI, the NPT, the main instrument of nuclear non proliferation, may start to unravel. That would mean more nuclear weapons, more countries with nuclear weapons, and a greater chance of nuclear war in the future. It is essential to get a clear message from the public to all governments in every country, but especially to the heads of the Nuclear Weapons States, that article VI of the NPT must be fulfilled, and that progress toward filling it must start immediately. Ordinary people can best do this by writing and faxing a letter (preferably handwritten NOT printed), to your Foreign Minister or Prime Minister or President. Sample letters and fax numbers are below. If you are an organisation please sign the Abolition Statement by emailing A2000@silcom.com or by visiting Http://www.abolition2000.org. A URL where the fax numbers of every head of state and foreign minister in the world is listed plus lots of information is this: Http://www.abolition2000.org. It also has a (very) short sample letter. (Another URL that has the fax numbers of heads of state, foreign ministers and UN missions and also has lots of information on the NPT Review is: Http://www.reachingcriticalwill.org ) Some of the relevant fax numbers are listed below. If your country is not on this list, you can find your foreign minister or head of state on one of the two URLs above. (The + in front stands for whatever your countrys ISD access code may be. You only really need it if you are faxing some other country. I hope however, that people may like not only to fax their own foreign minister but also those of Russia and the US.) Some of these numbers may have changed. If any of them don't work, let me know at and check the number on the URL or with your own telephone system. If you are in the US, President Clintons fax number is 1-202-456-2461 If you are in Australia, foreign minister Alexander Downers fax number is 61-2-6273-4112. Prime Minister Howards fax number is 61-2-6273-4100 If you are in Russia, Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov's fax number is +7-095-244-3276 or +7-095-244-2203. (You need to be persistent with these numbers) The general Kremlin fax number is +7-095-205-4330. (This is the slowest fax in the universe) If you are in France, your foreign ministers fax number is +33-1-45-51-60-12= , Jacques Chirac's fax number is +33-1-47-42-24-65. If you are in the UK, Tony Blairs fax number is +44-171-925-0918. The Foreign Minister, Robin Cook's fax number is: +44-171-270-2144 If you are in Germany, the Chancellors fax number is: +49-228-56-2357, or +49-30-4000-2357 =46oreign Minister Joschka Fischers number is any of these: 49-228-168-6662, 49-30-20186-252, +49-228-1734-02, +49-30-201-8619-24 Here are the fax numbers of some foreign ministers only: If you are in Canada, your foreign ministers fax number is: +1-613-996-3546. If you are in Japan, you need to fax +81-3-3581-9675 If you are in Italy please fax 39-6-628-6210, or 39-6-3222-850 or 39-6-3222-= 734 If you are in Hungary, please fax your foreign minister on +36-1-356-3801 If you are in Korea, try your minister of foreign affairs on +82-2-724-8291, +82-2-739-5370 If you are in Brazil, your foreign ministers fax should be +55-61-226-1762 If you are in Mexico, try +52-6-782-4109 If you are in Greece try 30-1-645-0094 (or 0095) If you are in Thailand, try +66-2-225-6155, or 66-2-226-1374 If you are an ordinary person or an organisation, you can fax a suitably customised version of one of the sample letters below to either your Prime Minister, your President, or most importantly, your Foreign Minister. Next comes the texts of a sample letter that can be sent by anyone to their heads of state, prime ministers and foreign ministers anywhere, and a sample letter that can be sent to the Russian government. There is also one we are sending to the foreign minister of Australia, Alexander Downer. I reccommend sending the letter to the Russian government if you are in Eastern Europe or in Russia or in CIS countries as well as a letter to your own head of state/foreign minister. Note that it is copied to President Clinton. The general letter is to be sent anywhere, but is largely designed for countries other than the US, Russia, or the UK. I strongly suggest that you make changes to adapt it to what you know of your particular country and its position. =46or example, Ireland, New Zealand, Sweden, Brazil, Egypt, Mexico, South Africa, and a large number of other countries have actually taken a very good position on this issue. If your country's position is a good one your letter will need to congratulate them for that, and urge them to maintain it. If you don't know exactly what your countrys position is going to be then send the letter as it is but ask them what it will be. TEXT OF (1)GENERAL SAMPLE LETTER FOR EVERYBODY TO SEND AND (2)SAMPLE LETTER TO PUTIN AND IVANOV (3)SAMPLE LETTER TO AUSTRALIAN FOREIGN MINISTER ALEXANDER DOWNER =46OLLOWS (1)GENERAL SAMPLE LETTER FOR EVERYBODY TO SEND RE: NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION TREATY REVIEW CONFERENCE APRIL 24-MAY 19 2000 - GETTING RID OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS TO: PRESIDENT, PRIME MINISTER AND FOREIGN MINISTER, Your Excellency, [0r] Dear President, Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, I am writing to urge [your/our] government to take a strong position at the upcoming Review Conference of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty in New York April 24 to May 19, 2000, and to urge [your/our] head of state or of government or foreign minister to attend this meeting. It is vital that the governments of all nations do their utmost to pressure the nuclear weapons states, especially the US and Russia, to do more to fulfill their obligations under Article VI of the NPT, and negotiate their nuclear weapons stockpiles down to zero. The International Court of Justice reaffirmed in 1996, in a unanimous advisory opinion that this is indeed a legal obligation. The nuclear weapons states are currently making very little movement toward fulfilling this obligation. Instead there have been many developments in the opposite direction. The US Senate has failed to ratify the CTBT, (Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty) and the US is contemplating the deployment of a Ballistic Missile Defence System in violation of the 1972 ABM (Anti-Ballistic Missile) treaty. Talks between the US and Russia to make cuts in nuclear weapons are stalled, as is implementation of START II. Russia has changed its previous policy of 'no first use' of nuclear weapons to one that mirrors those of the western states, and its Duma has refused to ratify START-II. Both the US and Russia continue to conduct 'subcritical' nuclear tests. China is modernizing its nuclear arsenal, and India and Pakistan have openly tested nuclear weapons. Israel, in spite of a recent debate in the Knessett, refuses to acknowledge its nuclear capabilities but may have as many as 400 weapons. On the other hand, the non nuclear weapons states with a few notable exceptions, have adhered to their side of the bargain, while the NPT has become nearly universal. A successful outcome at the coming NPT Review Conference, would explicitly commit parties under Article VI to the elimination of nuclear weapons at an early date, and a global regime banning nuclear weapons, and would outline the process for that to occur. It is important that your government and every government, use its position to push the nuclear weapon states and particularly the US and Russia, to fulfill Article VI during the coming review conference. A key preliminary step in this direction that would reduce the danger of purely accidental war, and improve the climate for further steps, would be the abandonment of 'launch on warning' postures. This should be followed by reduction of alert status of warheads, and the verifiable physical removal of warheads from delivery vehicles. It is especially vital that [your/our] [head of government/head of state/foreign minister] be present at the proceedings of this review conference. The decisions taken at the coming NPT Review conference will literally determine the fate of the world. Only by the authority lent by the presence of heads of State or of Government can decisions be taken that will have the end result of ridding the world of nuclear weapons and fulfilling the mandate of the nuclear nonproliferation treaty over the last thirty years. Signed...etc. (2)SAMPLE LETTER FOR EVERYONE TO SEND TO PRESIDENT PUTIN AND =46OREIGN MINISTER IGOR IVANOV. RE: NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION TREATY REVIEW CONFERENCE APRIL 24-MAY 19 2000 - GETTING RID OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS TO: PRESIDENT PUTIN +7-095-205-4330, =46OREIGN MINISTER IVANOV +7-095-244-3276, +7-095-244-2203 RUSSIAS UNITED NATIONS AMBASSADOR + 1 212 628 0252 cc PRESIDENT CLINTON +1-202-456-2461 Dear President Putin and Foreign Minister Ivanov, I am writing to urge Russia's government to fulfill its obligations under Article VI of the nuclear nonproliferation treaty. It is vital that we negotiate their nuclear weapons stockpiles down to zero sooner rather than later. The International Court of Justice reaffirmed in 1996, in a unanimous judgment, that this is indeed a legal obligation. It is now vital that the Russia and the US fulfill their clear obligations under Article VI of the nonproliferation treaty. While arms reductions have occurred since the 1980s, this process of reduction has now stalled and may be going into reverse. The US and Russia are both signed on to a treaty, article VI of which demands that you negotiate to eliminate your nuclear arsenals. The binding nature of Article VI was reaffirmed by the 1996 unanimous advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice (ICJ). Russia and the US together, as well as China, the UK and France cannot forever refuse to fulfill their clear legal obligations under the NPT while expecting that other countries will continue to fulfill theirs. The credibility of the NPT will disappear if the nuclear weapon states - yourselves - do not fulfill your obligations. The eventual result of that is likely to be much wider acquisition of nuclear weapons, with a vastly increased likelihood of nuclear war. While Russia may have been given reasons to distrust US and NATO intentions, the stakes in getting rid of nuclear weapons are literally ultimate. No political goal no matter how central it may seem to the interests of either Russia or the US can justify the possible destruction of human civilisation and life worldwide. Public opinion in both your countries is strongly in favor of negotiating to eliminate nuclear weapons. Global public opinion is overwhelmingly in favor of this and indeed demands it, as do the overwhelming majority of governments. A successful outcome at the coming NPT Review Conference, would explicitly commit parties under Article VI to the elimination of nuclear weapons at an early date, and a global regime banning nuclear weapons, and would outline the process for that to occur. In this context, it is especially vital that the Russian and US Presidents be present at the proceedings of the NPT Review Conference, and be ready to negotiate to eliminate your nuclear arsenals as you are obliged to do under Article VI. The decisions taken at the coming NPT Review conference will literally determine the fate of the world. Only by the authority lent by the presence of heads of State or of Government can decisions be taken that will have the end result of ridding the world of nuclear weapons and fulfilling the mandate of the nuclear nonproliferation treaty over the last thirty years. Signed...etc. (3)SAMPLE LETTER TO AUSTRALIAN FOREIGN MINISTER ALEXANDER DOWNER SAMPLE LETTER TO ALEXANDER DOWNER/JOHN HOWARD ON THE NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION TREATY REVIEW CONFERENCE RE: NUCLEAR NONPROLIFERATION TREATY REVIEW CONFERENCE APRIL 24-MAY 19 2000 - GETTING RID OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS TO: JOHN HOWARD, PRIME MINISTER 02-6273-4100, 9251-5454 ALEXANDER DOWNER, MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS, 02-6273-4112 Dear Foreign Minister Downer and Prime Minister Howard, I am writing to urge the Australian government to take a strong position at the upcoming Review Conference of the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty in new York April 24 to May 19, 2000. It is vital that the Australian government does its utmost to pressure the nuclear weapons states, especially the US and Russia, to do more to fulfill their obligations under Article VI of the NPT, and negotiate their nuclear weapons stockpiles down to zero sooner rather than later. The International Court of Justice reaffirmed in 1996, in a a unanimous judgment that this is indeed a legal obligation. The nuclear weapons states are currently making very little movement toward fulfilling this obligation. Instead there have been many developments in the opposite direction. The US Senate has failed to ratify the CTBT,(Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty) the US is contemplating the deployment of a highly destabilising Ballistic Missile Defence System in violation of the 1972 ABM (Anti-Ballistic Missile) treaty, and talks between the US and Russia to make cuts in nuclear weapons are stalled. A successful outcome would explicitly commit parties to the elimination of nuclear weapons at an early date and a global regime banning nuclear weapons, and would outline the process for that to occur. Australia has had a good reputation in the nuclear disarmament field. It is important that Australia use its position to push the nuclear weapon states and particularly our allies in that direction during the coming review conference. I note that a resolution to this effect passed the Senate on March 9th, and am disappointed that the government was not able to support that resolution. Signed...etc. 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. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "David Crockett Williams" Subject: (abolition-usa) IMPORTANT Timely Personal Request [short] Date: 20 Mar 2000 23:19:04 -0800 Just in case you missed my very important longer post early today "Presidential Campaign Miracle in The Making?", Or maybe you have been too busy yet to spend 10minutes reading and responding to it, And perhaps it was a bit too long at 19-20K for you to feel comfortable yet forwarding to your email contact lists, but PLEASE now take the 1-minute to read this short post and forward this one widely ASAP. Daily for the next three days I will be sending out press releases to large national media lists and Thursday (Mar23) mid-day I leave for Phoenix trying to get national media exposure for critical progressive issues during the five days of Global Peace Walk 2000 events there starting 9AM Friday at Senator John McCain's office and ending Sunday with my formal announcement of the Williams-Peltier USCampaign Independent Candidacy for the United States Presidency. This is a bone fide serious campaign whose details are explained in my earlier post which includes authorities and agreements citations, strategy, etc, archived at I need quick responses now with the names of those who agree to be Electors for this campaign to "get to first base" on ballot access and publicity. If you already know what this means and entails you can now email your Name and Address for this purpose, as they are listed on your voter registration, to , with Subject Line starting with your State abbreviation in brackets followed by a space and then your name, eg, "[CA] John Buck Doe", or "[OH] John B. Doe" (without quotes) depending on how your name is registered. That's it. That's all we need right now. No time commitment. For details see above archived post. Excuse me if you already responded. In each daily press release I want to mention numbers of Presidential Elector respondants to date. Thanks very much for doing this now and forwarding this summary intro post to your lists. David Crockett Williams Special Address for USCampaign A Global Emergency Alert Response http://www.angelfire.com/on/GEAR2000 - 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: ASlater Subject: (abolition-usa) Fwd: Sign-on letter for Russian NGOs Date: 21 Mar 2000 10:51:29 -0500 >Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2000 18:44:24 -0500 >Subject: Sign-on letter for Russian NGOs >Priority: non-urgent >X-FC-MachineGenerated: true >To: bananas@lists.speakeasy.org, nuke-waste@igc.topica.com >From: michele@ieer.org (michele@ieer.org) > >PLEASE RESPOND TO yablokov@glasnet.ru > >Friends! >Please add your signature to this appeal. On March 23, the Russian >government will review whether to authorize the importation of >radioactive material into Russia from other countries. Many >organizations around the world have already agreed to unite with Russian >NGOs and sign-on to this letter. Now the letter has been translated >into English and will be disseminated around the world. > >Aleksei Yablokov >March 20, 2000 > >Statement of non-governmental environmental organizations on the plan to >export-import spent nuclear fuel > >At the present time, countries that have developed nuclear energy have >run into the problem of storage and burial of spent nuclear fuel and >radioactive waste. Not wanting to use its territory for the repository >of these dangerous materials, the governments and nuclear-energy >companies of these countries are trying to transport them to other >countries that are experiencing economic difficulties, in particular, to >Russia. Earlier attempts by industrial countries to establish >international repositories for spent nuclear fuel in Australia, South >Africa and Namibia were not successful. Proposals by private companies >to construct such a repository on one of the islands in the Pacific >Ocean that belongs to the US caused a sharp negative reaction by the >White House. > >Russian legislation forbids the import of foreign radioactive materials >for storage and burial on Russian territory. The Ministry of the >Russian Federation on atomic energy (Minatom), which is counting on >receiving the material into its custody and developing its potential, is >lobbying to change this law and is making preparations for organizations >of commercial storage and for the reprocessing of foreign radioactive >waste and spent nuclear fuel in its facilities. The Russian >authorities, which are facing a continual budget deficit, are ready to >change the law. > >The administration of the US, worried on the one hand about the security >of fissile materials and the possible leaking of nuclear specialists >from Russia, and on the other hand, not wanting to store spent nuclear >fuel on its own territory from countries that use in their reactors >nuclear fuel that was produced in the US, is giving in to the support of >the commercial storage of foreign radioactive materials in Russia. > >The United States, in exchange for giving permission to Russia to import >spent nuclear fuel from Japan, Taiwan, South Korea, Switzerland, >Germany, and other countries, requires that Russia stop reprocessing >spent nuclear fuel and further accumulation of plutonium. But the >accepted conception in Russia of a closed fuel cycle envisages such >reprocessing. Minatom promises (under the conditions of constructing >many new nuclear power plants) to curtail the production of plutonium >for only 200 years. Having at its disposal large stock of Russian spent >nuclear fuel, Minatom is ready to agree with the US requirement to give >up reprocessing of foreign spent nuclear fuel today in order to be able >to use it in the future in its facilities, which are constructed with >=93radioactive=94 money. > >Minatom maintains that the resources they receive from storing >radioactive waste and spent nuclear fuel will go first to remediate land >that has been polluted by radionuclides during the Cold War. However, >it is clear that a primary part of the resources that are received in >the waste business go into building new nuclear power plants, factories >for reprocessing spent nuclear fuel, and other environmentally and >politically dangerous projects. > >The waste business, in which Minatom intends to earn money, will result >in the deterioration of the environmental situation in Russia and create >significant additional risks for the population during the transport of >spent nuclear fuel and radioactive waste and the management of dangerous >wastes. > >It is disturbing to us that negotiations on the management of >radioactive and nuclear materials, which affects the interests of the >whole world, go on in secret from the public. We hold that this leads >to the weakening of international and national environmental legislation >and undermines the foundations of civil society. > >We hold that countries, in which long-term radionuclides were obtained >in reactors, should take full responsibility for their safe storage >during the time it is necessary for full decay of all long-term >radionuclides. > >We hold that the Russian and US governments and other nuclear countries >should first take care of the safe storage of the large quantities of >already manufactured plutonium. > >We categorically come out against the import and export of spent nuclear >fuel and radioactive waste. We are against earning =93dirty=94 money in= the >morally unacceptable =93waste business,=94 which carries numerous >misfortunes for current and future generations, we are against double >standards. > >We hold that reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel, which inevitably leads >to the management of a large quantity of radioactive waste and to >extraction of new quantities of plutonium, should be stopped in all >countries. > >We are in favor of every future generation living in a less dangerous >world. > >Signed, > >L. Popova =AD Center for nuclear ecology and energy policy, SEU >A. Yablokov =AD Center for environmental policy in Russia >E. Kriusanov =AD Program on nuclear and radioactive safety, SEU > =20 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 for the elimination nuclear weapons. =20 - 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: ASlater Subject: (abolition-usa) Fwd: Water Contamination at Nevada Test Site Date: 21 Mar 2000 11:52:50 -0500 >Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2000 07:47:27 -0500 >Subject: Water Contamination at Nevada Test Site >Priority: non-urgent >X-FC-MachineGenerated: true >To: bananas@lists.speakeasy.org, nuke-waste@igc.topica.com >From: bobschaeffer@earthlink.net (bobschaeffer@earthlink.net) > > Note implications for Yucca Mountain toward the end of this lengthy >article. > > > CONCERNS ARISE OVER AQUIFER NEAR NUCLEAR TEST SITE > New York Times > March 21, 2000 > by Martin Forstenzer > > When the federal government conducted 828 underground nuclear tests >at the Nevada Test Site from 1956 to 1992, its scientists knew that >ground water beneath the site would become contaminated. They believed >that the underground water barely moved, and that radioactive particles >would be sealed into cavities by the blasts or else absorbed by >underground rock. > But studies in recent years have found that radioactive particles >like long-lived plutonium 239 can travel with water, and that water is >flowing more rapidly beneath the site than was once believed. Scientists >now agree that contaminated plumes have the potential to flow beyond the >borders of the 1,573 square-mile test site in south-central Nevada, >toward populated areas. > The trouble is that no one knows how big the plumes are, where they >have already traveled or what exactly they contain. Scientists from the >United States Geological Survey and the University of Nevada say that a >witch's brew of radionuclides could take as little as a decade to reach >well water in Beatty, a town of 1,500 people in the Oasis Valley about >25 miles from the heavily contaminated northwest corner of the test >site. > "Could it show up there in the next 10 years?" Randell Laczniak, a >Geological Survey hydrologist and a co-author of a 1996 report on ground >water at the test site, said in an interview. > "There's that possibility. Will it show up at a dangerous level? I >don't know." > Spokesmen for the Department of Energy, which administers the test >site, were more conservative. > Bob Bangerter, manager of the Energy Department's program handling >the ground water issue, said that because some underground tests >occurred near the test site's western boundary at the heavily >contaminated Pahute Mesa area and the water was moving toward the >southwest, "there is a high potential that it will move off of the test >site toward the Oasis Valley." But he would not estimate when this might >happen. > Another Energy Department official in Nevada, Carl Gertz, assistant >manager for environmental management, said there was no evidence that >the contamination had yet left the site and that it would not be likely >to reach a populated area even 100 years from now. > The department has spent $176 million to evaluate the ground water >problem at the test site, but some experts say the agency has gone about >it the wrong way. > An early draft of a ground water model that tried to determine how >far contaminants could travel at one section of the test site was >heavily criticized last September by a review panel of ground water >experts who said that the model lacked enough data to make it >meaningful. > "It was severely data limited," said Dr. Lynn W. Gelhar, a ground >water expert and professor of civil and environmental engineering at the >Massachusetts Institute of Technology, who led the six-member peer >review panel. > Another panel member, Dr. Dennis Weber, a physicist and ground water >researcher at the University of Nevada at Las Vegas, said the agency >relied on one of its own previous ground water models in place of >gathering real data about the problem. "They tried to do this without >taking data," Dr. Weber said. "Your models are only as good as your >data." > The model, which the agency is now revising, predicted that ground >water at the Frenchman Flat area of the site could travel only about >three-fifths of a mile in 1,000 years, but the panel said that it did >not take into account the "plausible" possibility that the water could >drop into a lower aquifer, where it could travel much more rapidly. > "The testing was not actually done down in the primary aquifer, >which is a limestone-type aquifer, but in a zone above that," Dr. Gelhar >said. > "The question is to what extent there is connection between the >upper zone and this deeper, very permeable aquifer." > The Energy Department has already drilled dozens of monitoring wells >both on and outside the test site and is installing eight wells >northeast of Beatty. But agency critics say they are of limited value >because they are not designed to find and define the contaminant plumes. > "They should design monitoring systems to intercept the contaminants >from some of the critical larger detonations so that they learn more >about the plumes, where they are going and how fast they are going," Dr. >Weber said. > Mr. Gertz of the Energy Department, though, said new wells were not >necessarily cost effective. > "Do you put a well every five miles?" Mr. Gertz asked. "Every six >miles?" We have a site bigger than the state of Rhode Island. To go down >to 6,000 feet, where we think you have to go in the northern part of our >site, they're about $2 million a well. > What is the appropriate cost to taxpayers?" > Some scientists emphasize that even if ground water was to travel >off the site, it does not mean that the radioactive contaminants would >necessarily travel with it. It was once believed that plutonium 239 >could not travel in ground water, but in 1997, scientists from the Los >Alamos National Laboratory concluded that plutonium 239 had traveled >nearly a mile from the location of an underground blast by attaching >itself to colloids, insoluble particles suspended in water. > It is still not known whether the element, which has a half-life of >24,100 years, can move in ground water over distances of several miles >in concentrations that would be harmful. But the finding increased >concern among scientists about the potential health threat from the >ground water. > The one radionuclide at the site that is known to travel freely with >water is tritium, a hydrogen isotope that becomes part of water >molecules. > Although it decays in only 12.3 years, tritium can remain dangerous >to humans for hundreds of years when found in the kinds of large >concentrations that the test site holds, Dr. Weber said. Other elements >that contaminate the site include neptunium and americium, but little is >known about their ability to travel in ground water. > Because Death Valley National Park is the end point of ground water >flow for the region, scientists said that water from the test site would >probably reach there eventually and could threaten the park, although >most believe that it would take longer than a hundred years. > For residents near the test site, the focus on contaminated ground >water has compounded fears about the Yucca Mountain nuclear waste >repository, which the federal government plans to build near the western >border of the Nevada Test Site not far from Beatty and other populated >areas. > By making the idea of contaminated ground water less abstract, it >has sharpened public worries about what might happen if radioactive >material leaked from the site, which would hold tons of high-level >radioactive waste from around the country. > There is no feasible way to clean the ground water of contaminants >or divert it from flowing toward a particular place. But to prepare for >the possibility that contaminants might someday reach a populated area, >the Energy Department has studied a variety of costly, experimental >plans, including trying to mine out contaminants at the test site, which >would cost trillions of dollars and present serious health risks to >workers, diverting the ground water back onto the test site, and piping >or trucking water to affected communities. > In Beatty, the issue has been a leading topic of discussion. "I'm >concerned for a lot of reasons," said LaRene Younghans, who owns a ranch >just north of Beatty. "We wanted to stay here until we died, and we'll >probably have to move." > Such worries spiked in late February when Nye County officials >reported that a very high level of radiation was found in one monitoring >well south of the Oasis Valley. The report prompted calls to the Energy >Department from county residents and spurred emergency meetings of town >and county officials, but it turned out to be a false alarm: the initial >well analysis was faulty. > Some scientists who have studied the issue believe that the Energy >Department has never really tried to learn much about the contaminated >ground water in order to keep public pressure off the agency. > "They haven't drilled wells with the intention of finding the >plumes," Dr. Weber said. "They didn't want to know." > A spokeswoman for the department, Nancy Harkess, responded: "We are >looking and we do want to find it if it's moving. Our No. 1 priority is >to protect the public." > 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 for the elimination 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Ellen Thomas Subject: (abolition-usa) NucNews 00/03/21: Archives Posted 3/1-15; Rad Workers and Date: 21 Mar 2000 15:09:14 -0500 --=====================_29254963==_.ALT Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Time sensitive: =20 2. Ill workers will testify in Washington (on March 22) 3. Requests by veterans service organizations to present oral comments on= Gulf War Syndrome due March 24; Written comments due March 30; Testimony April 4. 3. Today's Senate Committee Hearings (March 21, 2000 ALSO: NucNews archives has been posted online through March 15, 2000 at http://prop1.org/nucnews/briefslv.htm. =20 ------ (1) Daybook, Washington Time, March 21, 2000 http://www.washtimes.com/national/daybook-2000321214023.htm SENATE COMMITTEES=20 2 p.m. - Environment and Public Works Committee's Superfund, waste control= and risk assessment subcommittee holds a hearing on the current status of= cleanup activities under the Superfund program. Location: 406 Dirksen Senate Office Building. Contact: 202/224-6176. 2:30 p.m. - Foreign Relations Committee holds hearing on "Proliferation= Threats and the Formulation of Policy." George Tenet, CIA director, testifies. Location: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building. Contact: 202/224-4651. ---- (2) Ill workers will testify in Washington (on March 22) By Laura Frank / Staff Writer=20 http://www.tennessean.com/sii/00/03/16/testify16.shtml Three nuclear weapons workers and an ill worker's daughter will carry the plight of their ailing cohorts to Capitol Hill next week to testify before= one of the most powerful Senate committees. U.S. Sens. Fred Thompson, R-Tenn., and George Voinovich, R-Ohio, yesterday released the list of people who will appear Wednesday before the= Governmental Affairs committee, which is exploring how the federal government has handled health and safety issues at nuclear weapons plants. Thompson is chairman of the committee. "This is something we've worked on for five years," said Ann Orick, an ill= Oak Ridge worker who will testify. "This is probably our one and only= opportunity. We've got to take advantage of it." Meanwhile, a team of doctors hired in 1997 to determine whether some Oak= Ridge workers' ailments are related to toxic exposure from the site announced they will report their official findings at the end of next month. Thompson and Voinovich announced the hearings last fall because, they said,= the U.S. Department of Energy was not giving the sites in their states equal attention to the weapons fuel plant in Paducah, Ky., where workers have= filed a massive lawsuit. Legislation is pending in Congress to compensate some ill nuclear weapons workers: those with lung damage from the metal beryllium, those from the Paducah site with certain cancers and a group of Oak Ridge workers. That= group is expected to be determined at the end of April, when the DOE-hired doctors announce findings of their three-year investigation. Thompson said the March 22 hearing will focus on how best to compensate ill workers. Other people who will testify include: Vikki Hatfield of Kingston, Tenn., whose father is a former Oak Ridge worker now dying of kidney failure and berylliosis, a lung disease caused by the= metal beryllium, which was used in atomic bombs. Sam Ray of Lucasville, Ohio, who retired in 1995 from the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion plant near Piketon, Ohio, after 41 years. He suffers from chondrosarcoma, a cancer of the cartilage in his throat. Jeff Walburn of Greenup, Ky., a security guard at the Portsmouth site for 23 years, who suffers respiratory problems after a 1994 accident at the site. Dr. Steven Markowitz of the City University of New York Medical School, who= is leading a study of former nuclear fuel production workers at Oak Ridge, Portsmouth and Paducah. David Michaels, assistant U.S. energy secretary for environment, safety and health. "I realize the gravity of this," Walburn said of his upcoming testimony and= the fact he will speak for dozens of other workers who will not have a chance to testify. During the past three years, The Tennessean has interviewed more than 400 atomic weapons site workers and neighbors who suffer a host of mysterious illnesses. Many of the ailments are immune, neurological and respiratory problems. Others are more difficult to define, such as severe fatigue,= rashes and pain. Last July, President Clinton ordered a review of whether evidence existed= that nuclear workers' health had been harmed.=20 ------- (2) DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Office of the Secretary=20 Meeting to Discuss the Future of the Office of the Special Assistant for= Gulf War Illnesses (OSAGWI) AGENCY: Special Oversight Board for Department of Defense Investigations of Gulf War Chemical and Biological Incidents, Department of Defense ACTION: Notice SUMMARY: The Board will conduct a public meeting to obtain information from veterans service organizations and the Departments of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and Health and Human Services regarding the design of a successor organization to OSAGWI. The meeting will begin at 9:00 a.m. EDT. DATE: April 4, 2000 ADDRESS: Truman Room, White House Conference=20 Center, 726 Jackson Place, NW,=20 Washington, DC 20503 FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Contact Mr. David Edman,=20 Special Oversight Board, 1401 Wilson Blvd,=20 Suite 401, Arlington, VA 22209,=20 phone (703) 696-9468, fax (703) 696-4062,=20 or via Email at Gulfsyn@osd.pentagon.mil.=20 Requests to present oral comments regarding an OSAGWI successor organization must be sent to Mr. Edman and received no later than noon Friday, March 24, 2000 for consideration. Written comments must be received no later than noon Thursday, March 30, 2000 to ensure their availability to board members prior= to the hearing. Copies of the draft meeting agenda can be obtained by= contacting Ms. Sandra Simpson at (703) 696-9464 or at the above fax number or above= email. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Seating in the Truman Room is limited, and spaces will be reserved only for scheduled speakers. The remaining seats will be available on a first-come, first-served basis beginning at 8:30 a.m. No teleconference lines will be available. The Special Oversight Board expects that statements presented at this meeting will deal only with the design of= a successor organization to OSAGWI and its affiliation, if any, with the Departments of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and Health and Human Services. In general, each individual or group making an oral presentation will be= limited to a total time of five minutes. Written comments will be provided to Board members if at least 10 copies are received in the Special Oversight Board= Staff Office no later than noon March 30, 2000. Written comments received after= that date will be mailed to Board members after the adjournment of the April 2000 meeting and will also be included in the official records of that meeting.= The White House Conference Center, 726 Jackson, Place, NW, is located on the= west side of Lafayette Park. Lafayette Park is on the north side of the White= House and bounded by Pennsylvania Avenue on the south, H Street on the north and centered at 16th Street. Lafayette Park is within easy walking distance of= the Farragut West (two city blocks) or McPherson Square (three city blocks) MetroRail subway stops (Blue and Orange lines). There is no vehicular access= to Jackson Place. Taxicabs should be directed to the Decatur House, 1600 H= Street, NW. --- SPECIAL OVERSIGHT BOARD PUBLIC HEARING White House Conference Center=20 Truman Room=20 726 Jackson Place NW=20 Washington, DC 20503 April 4, 2000 9:00 AM =AD 4:00 PM DRAFT AGENDA 9:00 Call to Order - Mr. Setti Warren=20 Roll Call of Board - Designated Federal Officer 9:03-9:15 Purpose of the Meeting;=20 Moment of Silence for Senator Rudman and Board=20 ADM Zumwalt; Introduction of all Board Members,=20 Remarks 9:15-9:45 DoD Low-Level Chemical Agent Research=20 LTC Ross, ODASD for (Five-year plan)=20 Chem/Bio Defense 9:45-10:15 Research Working Group Update=20 Dr. Feussner and staff 10:15-12:00 OSAGWI Follow-on Organization=20 NSC Representative plus JCS; OSAGWI; MVHCB;=20 VA; HHS; OASD(HA) 12:00-1:00 Lunch 1:00-1:30 Health Problems in Canadian Forces=20 in Croatia Ministry of Defence 1:30-2:00 Veterans Service Organization Panel 1=20 American Legion; AMVETS American GI Forum 2:00-2:30 Veterans Service Organization Panel 2=20 Disabled American Veterans; Jewish War Veterans; NCOA 2:30-3:00 Veterans Service Organization Panel 3=20 VFW; Vietnam Veterans of America 3:00-4:00 Board Discussion and Final Remarks=20 Senator Rudman and Board 4:00 Adjourn=20 Designated Federal Officer -------------------=20 ________________________________________________________________ * Peace Through Reason - http://prop1.org - Convert the War Machines! * Don't Forget! 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2. Ill workers will testify in Washington (on March 22)
3. Requests by veterans service organizations to present oral comments on Gulf War Syndrome due March 24; Written comments due March 30; Testimony April 4.
3. Today's Senate Committee Hearings (March 21, 2000

ALSO:  NucNews archives has been posted online through March 15, 2000 at http://= prop1.org/nucnews/briefslv.htm. 

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Daybook, Washington Time, March 21, 2000
http://www.washtimes.com/national/daybook-2000321214023.= htm

SENATE COMMITTEES

2 p.m. - Environment and Public Works Committee's Superfund, waste control and risk assessment subcommittee holds a hearing on the current status of cleanup activities under the Superfund program. Location: 406 Dirksen Senate Office Building. Contact: 202/224-6176.

2:30 p.m. - Foreign Relations Committee holds hearing on "Proliferation Threats and the Formulation of Policy." George Tenet, CIA director, testifies. Location: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building. Contact: 202/224-4651.

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Ill workers will testify in Washington (on March 22)

By Laura Frank / Staff Writer
http://www.tennessean.com/sii/00/03/16/testify16.shtml

Three nuclear weapons workers and an ill worker's daughter will carry the plight of their ailing cohorts to Capitol Hill next week to testify before one of the most powerful Senate committees.

U.S. Sens. Fred Thompson, R-Tenn., and George Voinovich, R-Ohio, yesterday released the list of people who will appear Wednesday before the Governmental Affairs committee, which is exploring how the federal government has handled health and safety issues at nuclear weapons plants.

Thompson is chairman of the committee.

"This is something we've worked on for five years," said Ann Orick, an ill Oak Ridge worker who will testify. "This is probably our one and only opportunity. We've got to take advantage of it."

Meanwhile, a team of doctors hired in 1997 to determine whether some Oak Ridge workers' ailments are related to toxic exposure from the site announced they will report their official findings at the end of next month.

Thompson and Voinovich announced the hearings last fall because, they said, the U.S. Department of Energy was not giving the sites in their states equal attention to the weapons fuel plant in Paducah, Ky., where workers have filed a massive lawsuit.

Legislation is pending in Congress to compensate some ill nuclear weapons workers: those with lung damage from the metal beryllium, those from the Paducah site with certain cancers and a group of Oak Ridge workers. That group is expected to be determined at the end of April, when the DOE-hired doctors announce findings of their three-year investigation.

Thompson said the March 22 hearing will focus on how best to compensate ill workers.

Other people who will testify include:

Vikki Hatfield of Kingston, Tenn., whose father is a former Oak Ridge worker now dying of kidney failure and berylliosis, a lung disease caused by the metal beryllium, which was used in atomic bombs.

Sam Ray of Lucasville, Ohio, who retired in 1995 from the Portsmouth Gaseous Diffusion plant near Piketon, Ohio, after 41 years. He suffers from chondrosarcoma, a cancer of the cartilage in his throat.

Jeff Walburn of Greenup, Ky., a security guard at the Portsmouth site for 23 years, who suffers respiratory problems after a 1994 accident at the site.

Dr. Steven Markowitz of the City University of New York Medical School, who is leading a study of former nuclear fuel production workers at Oak Ridge, Portsmouth and Paducah.

David Michaels, assistant U.S. energy secretary for environment, safety and health.

"I realize the gravity of this," Walburn said of his upcoming testimony and the fact he will speak for dozens of other workers who will not have a chance to testify.

During the past three years, The Tennessean has interviewed more than 400 atomic weapons site workers and neighbors who suffer a host of mysterious illnesses. Many of the ailments are immune, neurological and respiratory problems. Others are more difficult to define, such as severe fatigue, rashes and pain.

Last July, President Clinton ordered a review of whether evidence existed that nuclear workers' health had been harmed.

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE
Office of the Secretary

Meeting to Discuss the Future of the Office of the Special Assistant for Gulf War Illnesses (OSAGWI)

AGENCY: Special Oversight Board for Department of Defense Investigations of Gulf War Chemical and Biological Incidents, Department of=20 Defense

ACTION: Notice

SUMMARY: The Board will conduct a public meeting to obtain information from veterans service organizations and the Departments of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and Health and Human Services regarding the design of a successor organization to OSAGWI. The meeting will begin at 9:00 a.m. EDT.

DATE: April 4, 2000
ADDRESS: Truman Room, White House Conference
Center, 726 Jackson Place, NW,
Washington, DC 20503

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Contact Mr. David Edman,
Special Oversight Board, 1401 Wilson Blvd,
Suite 401, Arlington, VA 22209,
phone (703) 696-9468, fax (703) 696-4062,
or via Email at Gulfsyn@osd.pentagon.mil.

Requests to present oral comments regarding an OSAGWI successor organization must be sent to Mr. Edman and received no later than noon Friday, March 24, 2000 for consideration. Written comments must be received no later than noon Thursday, March 30, 2000 to ensure their availability to board members prior to
the hearing. Copies of the draft meeting agenda can be obtained by contacting Ms. Sandra Simpson at (703) 696-9464 or at the above fax number or above email.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Seating in the Truman Room is limited, and spaces will be reserved only for scheduled speakers. The remaining seats will be available on a first-come, first-served basis beginning at 8:30 a.m. No teleconference lines will be available. The Special Oversight Board expects that statements presented at this meeting will deal only with the design of a successor organization to OSAGWI and its affiliation, if any, with the Departments of Defense, Veterans Affairs, and Health and Human Services. In general, each individual or group making an oral presentation will be limited to a total time of five minutes. Written comments will be provided to Board members if at least 10 copies are received in the Special Oversight Board Staff Office no later than noon March 30, 2000. Written comments received after that date will be mailed to Board members after the adjournment of the April 2000 meeting and will also be included in the official records of that meeting. The White House Conference Center, 726 Jackson, Place, NW, is located on the west side of Lafayette Park. Lafayette Park is on the north side of the White House and bounded by Pennsylvania Avenue on the south, H Street on the north and centered at 16th Street. Lafayette Park is within easy walking distance of the Farragut West (two city blocks) or McPherson Square (three city blocks) MetroRail subway stops (Blue and Orange lines). There is no vehicular access to Jackson Place. Taxicabs should be directed to the Decatur House, 1600 H Street, NW.

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SPECIAL OVERSIGHT BOARD PUBLIC HEARING
White House Conference Center
Truman Room
726 Jackson Place NW
Washington, DC 20503
April 4, 2000 9:00 AM =AD 4:00 PM

DRAFT AGENDA

9:00 Call to Order - Mr. Setti Warren
Roll Call of Board - Designated Federal Officer

9:03-9:15 Purpose of the Meeting;
Moment of Silence for Senator Rudman and Board
ADM Zumwalt; Introduction of all Board Members,
Remarks

9:15-9:45 DoD Low-Level Chemical Agent Research
LTC Ross, ODASD for (Five-year plan)
Chem/Bio Defense

9:45-10:15 Research Working Group Update
Dr. Feussner and staff

10:15-12:00 OSAGWI Follow-on Organization
NSC Representative plus JCS; OSAGWI; MVHCB;
VA; HHS; OASD(HA)

12:00-1:00 Lunch

1:00-1:30 Health Problems in Canadian Forces
in Croatia Ministry of Defence

1:30-2:00 Veterans Service Organization Panel 1
American Legion; AMVETS American GI Forum

2:00-2:30 Veterans Service Organization Panel 2
Disabled American Veterans; Jewish War Veterans; NCOA

2:30-3:00 Veterans Service Organization Panel 3
VFW; Vietnam Veterans of America

3:00-4:00 Board Discussion and Final Remarks
Senator Rudman and Board

4:00 Adjourn
Designated Federal Officer

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For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Rosalie Tyler Paul Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) Fail Safe sample letters to the editor Date: 22 Mar 2000 11:26:35 -0500 Kevin - Please send me a house-party-organizing kit for the 4/9 FailSafe. Have you seen the film? My fear is that many people will see it as reason to ADD to nuclear readiness rather than cut back on our arsenal. Any way you can assuage my fears? My current plan is to tape it on 4/9 and, if it makes a good case, then invite people in to watch and discuss. What do you think? Best, Rosalie Paul, Peace Action Maine. POBox 269, Georgetown, ME 04548 >Dear Friends, > >The house party campaign around the April 9 CBS-TV live anti-nuclear >drama Fail-Safe is in full gear. We expect over 500 watch parties to be >held around the country in homes, churches, and colleges. It's not too >late to order your house party organizing kit. Email > or call 800/233-6786, ext. 21 for your free >kit. > >Attached are two sample letters to the editor to help raise awareness of >this campaign. Please feel free to adapt in any way you see fit and >send them to your local newspaper. > >In Peace, > >Kevin Martin >Director, Project Abolition > >PLEASE RE-POST AND CIRCULATE WIDELY! > >Attachment converted: Macintosh HD:project abol fail safe sample l >(WDBN/MSWD) (0000D3F4) - 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Boyle, Francis" Subject: (abolition-usa) Persecution: Plowshares Trial Continues Date: 22 Mar 2000 10:38:09 -0600 This Judge just ruled that he will not listen to anything i have to say in court even on an offer of proof. Notice the basic unfairness of this persecution/prosecution of the DU Plowshares. The Government gets to put on its so-called "expert" in order to convict them. But the DU Plowshares cannot put me on to explain why DU is criminal under international law, thus negating any malice on their part. Here in the United States of America: WAR IS PEACE FREEDOM IS SLAVERY IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH WE ALL LOVE BIG BROTHER Francis A. Boyle Professor of International Law In the Nuclear Empire -----Original Message----- Sent: Tuesday, March 21, 2000 7:26 PM Jonah House, 1301 Moreland Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21216 Ph: 410-233-6238 or disarmnow@erols.com PRESS RELEASE--IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 21, 2000 CONTACT: Max Obuszewski 410-323-7200 or 410-377-7987 or mobuszewski@afsc.org Jonah House 410-233-6238 or disarmnow@erols.com DEFENSE BEGINS CASE IN PLOWSHARES TRIAL IN MARYLAND WHO: On Sun., Dec. 19, Philip Berrigan and Susan Crane of Baltimore's Jonah House, the Rev. Stephen Kelly, SJ, from New York City, and Elizabeth Walz, a Catholic Worker from Philadelphia, calling themselves the Plowshares Vs. Depleted Uranium, disarmed two A-10 Warthog [Fairchild Thunderbolt II] aircraft. The aircraft were located at the Warfield Air National Guard base in Middle River, Mary. Following Isaiah's vision of a disarmed world, the activists hammered and poured blood on A-10s, because the Warthog, used against Iraq and Yugoslavia, has a Gatling gun which fires depleted uranium [DU] ammunition. Assistant State's Attorney Mickey Norman rested his case. Jonathan Katz, representing Kelly, Ramsey Clark, representing Crane, and Berrigan and Walz, acting pro se, asked Baltimore County Circuit Court Judge James T. Smith Jr. to dismiss all charges: 1] malicious destruction of property--with a property damage of more than $300-three years and/or $2,500 fine; 2] conspiracy to maliciously destroy property--maximum three years); and 3] trespass--a maximum 90 days in jail and/or a $500 fine. Susan Crane is also facing a second-degree assault charge, which carries a maximum sentence of ten years imprisonment. WHAT: Judge Smith dismissed the trespass charge, after Katz pointed out that no evidence was presented that the defendants entered private property. However, the other charges would remain, including the assault charge against Crane. With the courtroom filled with Plowshares supporters, Walz, in her opening statement, asked the jurors to hear the music [why disarmament is necessary] and dance with [acquit] us. In Clark's opening statement, he explained there is no dispute that the pacifists hammered on A-10s. However, he indicated that they did so, after studying international law, in order to prevent the use of depleted uranium, which has harmed civilians in Iraq and Kosovo and U.S. soldiers in the Persian Gulf. The defense is now prepared to put witnesses on the stand. WHEN: Wednesday, March 22 at 9:15 AM WHERE: Circuit Court, Room #2, 3d floor, 401 Bosley Ave., Towson, Maryland WHY: The defendants readily admit turning the Warthogs into plowshares, but argue they acted without malice and criminal intent. They intend to testify that the use of DU is criminal, and therefore citizens must act to prevent further harm. It is unclear how much of such testimony, Judge Smith will permit. Air National Guard security agents Thomas Piddington and Jonathan Garfield testified today that they confronted Crane and Kelly while the activists were hammering on one of the A-10s. They were responsible for charging Crane with assault. In testimony, however, they admitted Rev. Kelly did the same as Crane, but he was never charged with assault. Garfield initially denied tackling Crane, but Katz produced a Dec. 19 statement in which he said he tackled her. Clark, on Crane's behalf, made the argument there was insufficient evidence for this charge to go to the jury. He added that it was a case of overcharging. Unfortunately, Judge Smith would not dismiss the charge. The most provocative testimony came from Tactical Sergeant Christopher Rivera, who described the A-10 as his specialty. An 18-year veteran with the Air National Guard, he testified, "I am the mother, the aircraft is my child." However, under oath, he claimed to know nothing about depleted uranium. Another legal skirmish occurred when Katz challenged the government's witness, John Herzberger, chief of quality assurance, as an expert. This matter was raised as the prosecution failed to provide the defense with Herzberger's reports on damage assessment of the A-10s. The judge ruled he could testify as an expert, even though Doug Rokke, a defense witness, was excluded as an expert on depleted uranium. Herzberger, on cross-examination, claimed a lack of knowledge of deleted uranium. Eventually, though, he admitted the military does not use the term. Instead, the radioactive ammunition is called Armor Piercing Incendiary [API], an obvious euphemism. No prosecution witness admitted receiving any training in the use of DU. The trial should go to the jury on Thursday after the defense rests and closing statements are made. If the jurors were attentive to the testimony, they will probably acquit Susan Crane of assault. The question remains, though, what the jury will make of the argument that the A-10s violated international law and the laws of armed conflict. There have been more than 70 Plowshares actions. The first took place on Sept. 9, 1980, when Philip and Daniel Berrigan and six others hammered on nuclear nose cones at a General Electric plant in King of Prussia, Penn. Philip Berrigan, Crane and Kelly were members of the Prince of Peace Plowshares, which disarmed an Aegis destroyer at the Bath [Maine] Iron Works on Feb. 12, 1997. After Rev. Kelly served his sentence for the Maine action and refused to cooperate with federal probation, federal marshals were pursuing him. "They shall beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. One nation shall not raise the sword against another, nor shall they train for war again." Isaiah 2:4 ************************ - 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Charles F Hilfenhaus Subject: (abolition-usa) Thoroughbred Subcritical Test Date: 22 Mar 2000 14:01:54 EST Mercury, Nevada, U.S.A. 3-22-2000 11:00 a.m. PST The United States Department of Energy has just conducted the subcritical nuclear test "Thoroughbred" at the LYNER facility on the Nevada Test Site. This, following "Oboe 3" in February, is the second subcritical nuclear test of 2000 by the United States. The test "Oboe 4" is currently being readied and should occur sometime in April. Seventeen people gathered at sunrise in protest this morning at the Mercury entrance to the Nevada Test Site. Under the banner of Shundahai Network and lead by Western Shoshone spiritual leader Corbin Harney they conducted a ceremony following which six individuals entered onto the Test Site and were arrested. They were subsequently cited for trespass and released. Additional protests are planned this afternoon in Las Vegas at the Department of Energy offices from 3-5p.m.. Charlie Hilfenhaus Alliance of Atomic Veterans Director, Atomic Workers Division chilfenhaus@juno.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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Boyle, Francis" Subject: (abolition-usa) Persecution of DU Plowshares Continues: Doug Rokke Press Conferen Date: 22 Mar 2000 16:17:28 -0600 Here in the United States of America--"..the land of the free, and the home of the brave": WAR IS PEACE FREEDOM IS SLAVERY IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH WE ALL LOVE BIG BROTHER Francis A. Boyle Professor of International Law In the Nuclear Empire -----Original Message----- Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2000 4:05 PM Jonah House, 1301 Moreland Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21216 Ph: 410-233-6238 or disarmnow@erols.com PRESS RELEASE--IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 22, 2000 CONTACT: Max Obuszewski 410-323-7200 or 410-377-7987 or mobuszewski@afsc.org Jonah House 410-233-6238 or disarmnow@erols.com DEPLETED URANIUM EXPERT, NOT ALLOWED TO TESTIFY IN PLOWSHARES TRIAL, TO HOLD PRESS CONFERENCE WHO: On Sun., Dec. 19, Philip Berrigan and Susan Crane of Baltimore's Jonah House, the Rev. Stephen Kelly, SJ, from New York City, and Elizabeth Walz, a Catholic Worker from Philadelphia, calling themselves the Plowshares Vs. Depleted Uranium, disarmed two A-10 Warthog [Fairchild Thunderbolt II] aircraft. The aircraft were located at the Warfield Air National Guard base in Middle River, Mary. Following Isaiah's vision of a disarmed world, the activists hammered and poured blood on A-10s, because the Warthog, used against Iraq and Yugoslavia, has a Gatling gun which fires depleted uranium ammunition. Today, Crane's testimony was repeatedly interrupted by the objections of Assistant State's Attorney Mickey Norman. He also asked her to name who drove the activists to the air base. She refused to implicate anyone. Jonathan Katz, representing Kelly, and Ramsey Clark, representing Crane, argued that Doug Rokke, a Department of Defense expert on depleted uranium, should be allowed to testify. Otherwise, the defendants could present no defense as to the poisonous nature of depleted uranium. As Clark argued, the jury would have nothing to base a decision on regarding the defendants' study of DU. They could just as easy, Clark noted, express a belief that they went to the air base to prevent an attack by extra-terrestrials. It makes no sense to a jury to hear a defendant say what s/he believes, and then not be allowed to present an expert witness to provide context. WHAT: Baltimore County Circuit Court Judge James T. Smith Jr. reluctantly allowed Rokke on the stand, but sustained the prosecutor's objections to each question asked of the witness. It became clear to the defendants that they would not be permitted to raise a defense. So they refused to continue. Supporters in the courtroom began speaking out, and eventually the room was cleared when singing broke out. Because of the importance of Rokke's testimony, he will be appearing at a press conference to explain what he would said about the hazardous nature of depleted uranium. A number of the Plowshares supporters will also attend. WHEN: Wednesday, March 22 at 6:00 PM WHERE: 4806 York Road, AFSC-Baltimore headquarters WHY: The defendants readily admit turning the Warthogs into plowshares, but argue they acted without malice and criminal intent. Since they were not permitted to present evidence as to their intent, they saw no reason to continue. On December 26, 1999, CBS 60 Minutes, the first large media outlet, discussed the dangers of depleted uranium. Doug Rokke was a prominent part of the show, as he actually produced for the Pentagon training films on the handling of depleted uranium. The films were never used, and Persian Gulf veterans told 60 Minutes that they were not trained in the handling of DU. In fact, some of them believe their illnesses were caused by DU. Rokke has documents indicating the Department of War was aware of the dangers of this ammunition as far back as 1943. He will also indicate that he went to the White House before NATO's air war against Yugoslavia to advocate that depleted uranium should not be used. His advice was disregarded, and NATO planes shot DU ammunition in Yugoslavia. The jury is expected to start deliberations tomorrow on the following charges:malicious destruction of property--with a property damage of more than $300-three years and/or $2,500 fine and conspiracy to maliciously destroy property--maximum three years. Susan Crane is also facing a second-degree assault charge, which carries a maximum sentence of ten years imprisonment. Court will resume on Thursday, March 23, at 9:15 AM. There have been more than 70 Plowshares actions. The first took place on Sept. 9, 1980, when Philip and Daniel Berrigan and six others hammered on nuclear nose cones at a General Electric plant in King of Prussia, Penn. Philip Berrigan, Crane and Kelly were members of the Prince of Peace Plowshares, which disarmed an Aegis destroyer at the Bath [Maine] Iron Works on Feb. 12, 1997. After Rev. Kelly served his sentence for the Maine action and refused to cooperate with federal probation, federal marshals were pursuing him. "They shall beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. One nation shall not raise the sword against another, nor shall they train for war again." Isaiah 2:4 ************************ - 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Sally light Subject: (abolition-usa) Report on San Francisco protest of "Thoroughbred" subcritical nuclear test Date: 22 Mar 2000 16:32:09 +0000 At noon today, March 22, 2000, a protest took place in San Francisco against the US subcritical nuclear test, =93Thoroughbred,=94 that was detonated at 11 am this morning at the Nevada Test Site. About 15 anti-nuclear protesters gathered in front of the international headquarters of the Bechtel Group, the corporation that operates the Nevada Test Site pursuant to a contract with the US Department of Energy. A =93chalk action=94 style demonstration resulted in about 1 block of sidewalk being covered with names of many of the 1,000-plus US nuclear tests conducted since 1945. Protesters also passed out information and spoke over bullhorns so that the passersby and Bechtel employees could learn about why the =93chalk action=94 was going on. Organizations represented included Tri-Valley CAREs (Communities Against A Radioactive Environment), Western States Legal Foundation, California Peace Action and the Livermore Conversion Project. Several Bechtel employees expressed their personal support of the protesters. There were no arrests. Sally Light Nuclear Weapons Program Analyst Tri-Valley CAREs (Communities Against A Radioactive Environment) - 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "David Crockett Williams" Subject: (abolition-usa) l--GPW Clean-Energy Overture for EarthDay2000 promotions Date: 22 Mar 2000 19:42:01 -0800 Wednesday, March 22, 2000, 4:20PM "30-Days 'til Earth Day 2000" For Immediate Release: Contact -- Baseline Mansion 602-305-7988 Global Peace Walk 2000 is carrying new Clean-Energy information to support the EarthDay2000 "Clean Energy Now!" campaign which is globally poised to engage some 500 million participants drawn from nearly every nation on Earth to April 22nd gatherings such as the annual Global Peace Walk celebration of "Global Peace Now!" in Taos, New Mexico, on the way to which this spiritual walk is conducting ceremonies and celebrations now in Arizona. "Supporting the work of the Global Peace Walk 2000 and its Earth Day celebration is vitally important. I strongly encourage your organization to actively participate in planning and funding activities associated with this educational, action-oriented effort", says Earth Day Network National Coordinator Christopher J. Curtis in his support letter received today. http://www.egroups.com/group/global-peace-walk/307.html Global Peace Walk 2000 from San Francisco to the United Nations will be in Phoenix for five days of local events starting at 9AM outside Senator John McCain's district office building with the local PeaceWalk to Phoenix City Hall to thank the mayor for his proclamation of yesterday designating Phoenix as a Global Peace Zone to help inspire a worldwide Global Peace Zone 2000. Mayor Rimsza's proclamation also recognizes the Baseline Mansion's Phoenix CoHousing Project which is hosting these events for creating a local culture of peace, including this weekend's musical celebration. Global Peace Walk 2000 maintains that the most important message for all 21st Century leaders to understand is that "Spirituality is the Highest Form of Politics". Phoenix area resident Joseph Newman, who for some time has been conducting an unofficial Write-In Candidacy for US President, has also been invited to take part in these five days of events, finishing with his scheduled main presentation to the walkers, on the March 28th Three Mile Island Nuclear Power Plant Accident's 21st Anniversary, about his new energy technology designed to replace all nuclear and fossil fuel power systems. The many survival issue messages, letters, and proclamations of support that Global Peace Walk 2000 is carrying to Washington DC, and to the United Nations for its 55th anniversary October 24th to help inaugurate this UN Year and Decade of Creating a Culture of Peace for the 21st Century (and to mark the midpoint of the UN's International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples 1995-2004), include those from from Newman and those from American Indian Movement spiritual leader and, according to Amnesty International, US political prisoner Leonard Peltier whose message of support says of the Walk's central theme, "Global Peace Now is critical to the survival of the human race. Global Peace Now is not just an invitation, it is a great cry for us to open our eyes and ears, to use our heads and hands and create the kinds of change that will save the planet and all who live and breathe upon Her." Scheduled for March 28th as a final Global Peace Walk 2000 event in Phoenix is a presentation and demonstration by local Energy Machine Inventor Joseph Newman of his non-polluting Revolutionary Energy Technology designed to replace all nuclear and fossil fuel power systems. In the past Newman has had the support of the Republican Congressional Caucus and eleven Congresspeople who unsuccessfully introduced bills to grant him a US patent by Congressional Act because the US Patent Office has continuously refused to do so. Reportedly now protected by NAFTA and a Mexican patent, Newman says he is finally ready to manufature this fuel-less electric power generator invention after over thirty years of offering his life's work for the benefit of all humanity. In a recent internet auction, the first unit of this motor/generator was purchased on a top bid up from $2,000 to $3,600 by an electrical engineer at a power plant in Indonesia who is coming all the way to Phoenix for Mr. Newman to present it to him on this occasion. Newman's Press Release of March 14, 2000, says "The March for World Peace on March 28, 2000 in the Phoenix Area coincides with Joseph Newman's belief's and lifework and represents the 'WILL OF GOD'. All good and caring people should attend the March for World Peace." In his email "To the People of the World" dated Tuesday, February 22, 2000 12:47 PM, Newman says, "I believe in the Goal of the Global Peace Walk, and I warmly ask people to not only give their physical presence to the event, but most importantly to give their HONEST THOUGHTS in its support. God has stated that WE ARE ALL TO LOVE ONE ANOTHER, and that most definitely includes the 7 Major Religions of the World." -30- Joseph Newman info http://www.josephnewman.com Leonard Peltier info http://www.freepeltier GPW support letter http://www.angelfire.com/on/GEAR2000/peltier.html Below is the text of the March 21, 2000, Mayoral Proclamation for Global Peace Walk 2000. A signed faxed copy can be read/printed from http://www.egroups.com/group/global-peace-walk/305.html -----------------------text of Phoenix Mayoral Proclamation: City of Phoenix Office of the Mayor A Proclamation Global Peace Zone 2000 Whereas, the Global Peace Walk Project began in 1995 to promote the original purpose of the United Nations Charter to end wars and violence and to promote global peace; and Whereas, today's world is still rife with wars and violence, suggesting humanity itself must learn a Peaceful Way of Life; and Whereas, Global Peace Walk 2000 is being conducted across America to mark the 55th anniversary of the United Nations and to help inaugurate the UN Year and Decade of Creating a Culture of Peace for the 21st Century; and Whereas, the Year 2000 marks the midpoint of the UN Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, 1995-2004; and Whereas, Global Peace Walk 2000 seeks to unite all of humanity in the firm resolve of "Global Peace Now!" for a worldwide Global Peace Zone; and Whereas, the Global Peace Walk 2000 activities in Phoenix, March 24-28, 2000, are being hosted by the Baseline Mansion's Phoenix CoHousing Project to promote a local culture of peace; NOW, THEREFORE, I, SKIP RIMSZA, MAYOR of the City of Phoenix, Arizona, do hereby proclaim the City of Phoenix as a GLOBAL PEACE ZONE, and urge all citizens to work for the creation of a culture of peace for the 21st Century. Given under my hand in these free United States in the City of Phoenix, on the twenty-first of March, two thousand; and to which I have caused the Seal of the City of Phoenix to be affixed and have made this proclamation public. [signed] Skip Rimsza Mayor [Phoenix City Seal] Attest: [signed] Vicky Miel City Clerk ====================end proclamation text Below is text for basic flyer/schedule for Phoenix, Arizona, Global Peace Walk 2000 events taking place March 24-28, 2000. =======Phoenix flyer text: United Nations 55th Anniversary Future Generations Prayer We are concerned about our future and our human life. Phoenix, Arizona Global Peace Walk 2000 Develop Spiritual United Nations and a Culture of Peace for the 21st Century Bring Your Banners & Your Message Friday, March 24th 9AM Senator John McCain's Office Building (2400 East Arizona Biltmore Circle) 9mile walk to 1PM, Phoenix City Hall (200 West Washington) Saturday, March 25th Afternoon-Eve Benefit Gathering/Music Baseline Mansion CoHousing Community Project (2501 East Baseline Road, 602-305-7988) Monday, March 27, 11AM City Hall to Capitol, 1mile Tuesday, March 28, 11AM, 21st Anniversary of Three Mile Island accident Presentation and Demonstration by Energy Machine Inventor Joseph Newman of a non-polluting Revolutionary Energy Technology designed to replace all nuclear and fossil fuel power systems. (at Baseline Mansion Project Stage) Information on Newman Energy Machine Uniting Survival Issue Messages in "Global Peace Now!" universal human resolve Spiritual Walk for a Global Peace Zone 2000 San Francisco Jan15th, St. Louis August 6th, Washington DC October 9th, New York City - U.N. October 24, 2000 Voicemail 415-863-2084 -- PO Box 170245, San Francisco, CA 94117-0245 GPZone2000@aol.com Recorded walk location/route update info and voicemail 415-267-1877 http://www.globalpeacenow.org LOCAL CONTACT: Brian Kruger, Baseline Mansion Project, 602-305-7988 =============end Phoenix flyer text Printable typeset flyer may be downloaded in WordPad http://www.egroups.com/group/global-peace-walk/295.html or in case you cannot use wordpad, less clear efax format http://www.egroups.com/group/global-peace-walk/297.html CLEAN-ENERGY CAMPAIGN 2000 David Crockett Williams gear2000@lightspeed.net GLOBAL EMERGENCY ALERT RESPONSE http://www.angelfire.com/on/GEAR2000 Clean-Energy links http://www.angelfire.com/on/GEAR2000/10.html 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 USCampaign: Presidential Candidacies Influence Project http://www.egroups.com/group/williams-peltier/3.html The Vision of Paradise on Earth http://www.angelfire.com/on/GEAR2000/vision.html Please Support HR 2545: Nuclear Disarmament & Economic Conversion Act of 1999 Details & Email: http://prop1.org/prop1/letter.htm Sign letter to Senators which can be found at http://prop1.org/prop1/letter.htm#senate Send letter to Representatives supporting HR-2545 http://prop1.org/prop1/letter.htm#letter 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Charles F Hilfenhaus Subject: (abolition-usa) Thoroughbred follow up Date: 23 Mar 2000 01:48:34 EST I did not include this with my announcement of the test because it is a personal opinion not a factual report of the action, however: One can only wonder at the magnitude of hippocracy of the United States to conduct this test at the same time President Clinton is lecturing India and Pakistan about their nuclear weapons programs. I wish, instead, he would listen and learn from Pope John Paul II and apologize to the world for the role of the United States in developing, using and perpetuating the evil of nuclear weapons. Charlie Hilfenhaus Alliance of Atomic Veterans Director, Atomic Workers Division chilfenhaus@juno.com ________________________________________________________________ YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. - 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Boyle, Francis" Subject: (abolition-usa) Persecution of DU Plowshares:Putting Mark of Cain on Smith Date: 23 Mar 2000 05:11:43 -0600 This pathetic excuse for a Judge named Smith had better start thinking long and hard about what he is doing to Phil Berrigan here! Phil is THE MORAL CONSCIENCE of our generation. Quite obviously, Smith fully intends to send Phil to prison after this sham of a kangaroo court proceeding. Phil will probably die in prison. Phil's death in prison will be on the hands of Smith for the rest of eternity. Phil's death in prison will be the Mark of Cain on the forehead of Smith forever. We all know where Phil will be going after his death. Smith had better start thinking about where he will be going after his death! Francis A. Boyle Professor of International Law -----Original Message----- 'abolition-usa@lists.xmission.com'; 'a-days@motherearth.org'; 'NUKENET@envirolink.org'; 'tploughshares@dial.pipex.com'; 'TP2000'; 'Scottish CND'; 'JUSTWATCH-L@LISTSERV.ACSU.BUFFALO.EDU'; 'AALS Section on Minority Grps. mailing list' Sent: 3/22/00 4:17 PM Here in the United States of America--"..the land of the free, and the home of the brave": WAR IS PEACE FREEDOM IS SLAVERY IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH WE ALL LOVE BIG BROTHER Francis A. Boyle Professor of International Law In the Nuclear Empire -----Original Message----- Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2000 4:05 PM Jonah House, 1301 Moreland Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21216 Ph: 410-233-6238 or disarmnow@erols.com PRESS RELEASE--IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 22, 2000 CONTACT: Max Obuszewski 410-323-7200 or 410-377-7987 or mobuszewski@afsc.org Jonah House 410-233-6238 or disarmnow@erols.com DEPLETED URANIUM EXPERT, NOT ALLOWED TO TESTIFY IN PLOWSHARES TRIAL, TO HOLD PRESS CONFERENCE WHO: On Sun., Dec. 19, Philip Berrigan and Susan Crane of Baltimore's Jonah House, the Rev. Stephen Kelly, SJ, from New York City, and Elizabeth Walz, a Catholic Worker from Philadelphia, calling themselves the Plowshares Vs. Depleted Uranium, disarmed two A-10 Warthog [Fairchild Thunderbolt II] aircraft. The aircraft were located at the Warfield Air National Guard base in Middle River, Mary. Following Isaiah's vision of a disarmed world, the activists hammered and poured blood on A-10s, because the Warthog, used against Iraq and Yugoslavia, has a Gatling gun which fires depleted uranium ammunition. Today, Crane's testimony was repeatedly interrupted by the objections of Assistant State's Attorney Mickey Norman. He also asked her to name who drove the activists to the air base. She refused to implicate anyone. Jonathan Katz, representing Kelly, and Ramsey Clark, representing Crane, argued that Doug Rokke, a Department of Defense expert on depleted uranium, should be allowed to testify. Otherwise, the defendants could present no defense as to the poisonous nature of depleted uranium. As Clark argued, the jury would have nothing to base a decision on regarding the defendants' study of DU. They could just as easy, Clark noted, express a belief that they went to the air base to prevent an attack by extra-terrestrials. It makes no sense to a jury to hear a defendant say what s/he believes, and then not be allowed to present an expert witness to provide context. WHAT: Baltimore County Circuit Court Judge James T. Smith Jr. reluctantly allowed Rokke on the stand, but sustained the prosecutor's objections to each question asked of the witness. It became clear to the defendants that they would not be permitted to raise a defense. So they refused to continue. Supporters in the courtroom began speaking out, and eventually the room was cleared when singing broke out. Because of the importance of Rokke's testimony, he will be appearing at a press conference to explain what he would said about the hazardous nature of depleted uranium. A number of the Plowshares supporters will also attend. WHEN: Wednesday, March 22 at 6:00 PM WHERE: 4806 York Road, AFSC-Baltimore headquarters WHY: The defendants readily admit turning the Warthogs into plowshares, but argue they acted without malice and criminal intent. Since they were not permitted to present evidence as to their intent, they saw no reason to continue. On December 26, 1999, CBS 60 Minutes, the first large media outlet, discussed the dangers of depleted uranium. Doug Rokke was a prominent part of the show, as he actually produced for the Pentagon training films on the handling of depleted uranium. The films were never used, and Persian Gulf veterans told 60 Minutes that they were not trained in the handling of DU. In fact, some of them believe their illnesses were caused by DU. Rokke has documents indicating the Department of War was aware of the dangers of this ammunition as far back as 1943. He will also indicate that he went to the White House before NATO's air war against Yugoslavia to advocate that depleted uranium should not be used. His advice was disregarded, and NATO planes shot DU ammunition in Yugoslavia. The jury is expected to start deliberations tomorrow on the following charges:malicious destruction of property--with a property damage of more than $300-three years and/or $2,500 fine and conspiracy to maliciously destroy property--maximum three years. Susan Crane is also facing a second-degree assault charge, which carries a maximum sentence of ten years imprisonment. Court will resume on Thursday, March 23, at 9:15 AM. There have been more than 70 Plowshares actions. The first took place on Sept. 9, 1980, when Philip and Daniel Berrigan and six others hammered on nuclear nose cones at a General Electric plant in King of Prussia, Penn. Philip Berrigan, Crane and Kelly were members of the Prince of Peace Plowshares, which disarmed an Aegis destroyer at the Bath [Maine] Iron Works on Feb. 12, 1997. After Rev. Kelly served his sentence for the Maine action and refused to cooperate with federal probation, federal marshals were pursuing him. "They shall beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. One nation shall not raise the sword against another, nor shall they train for war again." Isaiah 2:4 ************************ - 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Boyle, Francis" Subject: (abolition-usa) Humanity v MOX/Parallex Date: 23 Mar 2000 16:38:02 -0600 Nuclear Information & Resource Service 1424 16th St. NW Suite 404 Washington, DC 20036 Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League P.O. Box 88 Glendale Springs, NC 28629 Physicians for Social Responsibility Atlanta Chapter 421 Clifton Road Atlanta, GA 30307 March 22, 2000 For Immediate Release Contact: Mary Olson, NIRS Southeast 706-722-8968 Janet Zeller, BREDL 336-982-2691 Kevin Kamps, NIRS National Office 202-328-0002 Ed Arnold, PSR/Atlanta 404-378-9078 Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League, Physicians for Social Responsibility and Nuclear Information and Resource Service Join Legal Challenge to U.S. Nuclear Proliferation-Prone Plutonium Plan Citing grave concerns about the potential spread of plutonium for bombmaking throughout the world, three organizations, two national and one regional have joined the plaintiffs who have sued to stop a U.S.-Russian-Canadian plan to use nuclear weapons plutonium as fuel in nuclear power reactors. The internationally-known Nuclear Information and Resource Service (NIRS), with nearly 6000 members, including more than 1000 U.S. grassroots groups nationwide, the Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League, Inc. (BREDL), headquartered in North Carolina with 30 chapters in five southern states, and the internationally known Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR), the U.S. affiliate of International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, recipient of the 1985 Nobel Peace Prize for educating about the dangers of nuclear weapons, are the latest public interest advocates to formally enter a federal lawsuit in Kalamazoo, Michigan which was brought by an array of Canadian and U.S. First Nations tribes and other nuclear power and weapons critics. The lawsuit seeks to halt a test shipment of mixed oxide plutonium fuel, or MOX, from being transported to a test nuclear reactor in Chalk River, Ontario from the Russian Federation, as part of a bigger scheme to use MOX as reactor fuel in light water reactors in the Southeastern United States, Canada and Russia. Billed as a peaceful means of reusing nuclear weapons, the plan would legitimize the commercialization and exportation of plutonium and may allow many nations and even independent groups to develop nuclear bomb capability. The Chalk River test, named "Parallex," was first challenged in court last December when plaintiffs sued the U.S. Department of Energy to halt shipment of the U.S. MOX fuel from being trucked across Michigan to Canada until there was a formal, public decision making process over the environmental and nuclear weapons proliferation impacts of the program. Judge Richard Alan Enslen ruled that while the Energy Department had acted in bad faith to hasten the test of MOX, courts could not stop the Executive Branch from conducting foreign policy. The plaintiffs are asking the judge to reconsider that decision, and NIRS, PSR and BREDL are adding their weight to that request. "The Department of Energy has already begun to disregard the law and trample our rights," said Janet Zeller, BREDL's Executive Director. "People from across the country must join together to block this reckless and secretive program and insure that the DOE obeys national and international law." BREDL is campaigning against the planned use of MOX fuel in six Southeastern U.S. reactors: Duke Power's Catawba 1&2 near Rock Hill, South Carolina; McGuire 1&2, near Charlotte, North Carolina; and Virginia Power's North Anna 1&2 reactors near Charlottesville, Virginia. Physicians for Social Responsibility has actively opposed the MOX plan since its inception, primarily on the grounds that it promotes nuclear proliferation, rather than delivering the goal of making the plutonium from dismantled nuclear weapons unavailable for further destructive purposes. The Atlanta chapter of the national organization has led professionals in the region in their action to oppose the commercialization of plutonium. "Citizens everywhere want nuclear weapons abolished," said Ed Arnold, Executive Director of PSR/Atlanta. "We don't accomplish that by recirculating nuclear weapons material. And we don't abolish nuclear weapons by shipping bomb-grade plutonium all over the planet. This MOX program encourages nuclear proliferation and we must stop it." NIRS, which launched a "NIX MOX" campaign in 1998, recently opened a Southeastern office to assist BREDL and other grassroots groups opposing MOX fuel usage and the spending of hundreds of millions in public funds to subsidize MOX fabrication, utility acceptance and reprocessing. "Nuclear power is the most expensive form of energy and under utility deregulation is going to be subject to tough competition. The MOX program provides direct tax dollars to underwrite more dirty, dangerous nuclear waste production," said Kevin Kamps, nuclear specialist with NIRS. "This is an unfair subsidy that will disadvantage safer and cheaper power sources that have less hazardous byproducts. This is another reason that we are committed to stopping the MOX mistake." "The people in the Southeast have gotten the picture loud and clear from the first shipment of MOX fuel to Canada that the US DOE will lie, cover their actions, take a cloak of secrecy and act above not only the law of the land, but also international treaty in order to accomplish their goals" affirmed Mary Olson, Director of NIRS Southeast Office. She continued, "This is the old National Security mythology applied to a so-called commercial enterprise, but in the end it is taxpayer dollars that are funding this program, so we are proud to support citizens in taking action to stop this charade." The first MOX shipment to Canada included transport within Canada by helicopter, despite DOE's acknowledgement that the MOX casks were not certified for air transport and the agency's assurances that no air travel would be involved "The use of MOX creates more bomb possibilities around the world, not fewer," said Terry Lodge, an attorney for the plaintiffs. "Instead of rolling plutonium up in two-ton glass logs and disposing of it under heavy guard, our government instead wants to show the world how to fuel low-security civilian nuclear plants with it. There will be lots of scary new members to the 'Nuclear Club' if we do this." Trial activity will resume on April 7 on the issues of whether the Russian shipment must be stopped because of claimed violations of federal environmental law and violation of the international Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty. -NIRS/BREDL/PSR- Francis A. Boyle Law Building 504 E. Pennsylvania Avenue Champaign, Ill. 61820 217-333-7954 (voice) 217-244-1478 (fax) fboyle@law.uiuc.edu - 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "bob kinsey" Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) Thoroughbred follow up Date: 23 Mar 2000 14:49:50 -0700 agree totally -- except even the Pope is unable to mention specifics like the behavior of Pius XII during the Holocaust and only expresses sadness without assuming some of the guilt involved in the Concordat between Hitler and the Roman Church. Its the functionaries in the system, the nuclear scientists and technicians, the Pentagon careerists who keep it all going. Its kind of like the Curia in the Vatican. ************************************************* Bob Kinsey Peace and Justice Task Force Rocky Mountain Conference, United Church of Christ bkinsey@peacemission .org 6555 Ward Road, Arvada, Colorado, 80004 "Blessed are the peacemakers for they will be called children of God" -- Jesus of Nazareth ----- Original Message ----- ; Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2000 11:48 PM > I did not include this with my announcement of the test because > it is a personal opinion not a factual report of the action, however: > One can only wonder at the magnitude of hippocracy of the United > States to conduct this test at the same time President Clinton is > lecturing India and Pakistan about their nuclear weapons programs. > I wish, instead, he would listen and learn from Pope John Paul II > and apologize to the world for the role of the United States in > developing, using and perpetuating the evil of nuclear weapons. > > Charlie Hilfenhaus > Alliance of Atomic Veterans > Director, Atomic Workers Division > chilfenhaus@juno.com > > ________________________________________________________________ > YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! > Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! > Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: > http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj. > > - > 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Boyle, Francis" Subject: (abolition-usa) Smith&Cain: Persecution of DU Plowshares:Putting Mark of Cain on Date: 23 Mar 2000 17:22:14 -0600 Smith gave Phil Berrigan 30 months. May the Mark of Cain be upon Smith's head for the rest of eternity should Phil die in jail! Francis A. Boyle Professor of International Law -----Original Message----- Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2000 5:12 AM ''abolition-caucus@egroups.com' '; ''abolition-usa@lists.xmission.com' '; ''a-days@motherearth.org' '; ''NUKENET@envirolink.org' '; ''tploughshares@dial.pipex.com' '; ''TP2000' '; ''Scottish CND' '; ''JUSTWATCH-L@LISTSERV.ACSU.BUFFALO.EDU' '; ''AALS Section on Minority Grps. mailing list' ' Cain on Smith Importance: High This pathetic excuse for a Judge named Smith had better start thinking long and hard about what he is doing to Phil Berrigan here! Phil is THE MORAL CONSCIENCE of our generation. Quite obviously, Smith fully intends to send Phil to prison after this sham of a kangaroo court proceeding. Phil will probably die in prison. Phil's death in prison will be on the hands of Smith for the rest of eternity. Phil's death in prison will be the Mark of Cain on the forehead of Smith forever. We all know where Phil will be going after his death. Smith had better start thinking about where he will be going after his death! Francis A. Boyle Professor of International Law -----Original Message----- 'abolition-usa@lists.xmission.com'; 'a-days@motherearth.org'; 'NUKENET@envirolink.org'; 'tploughshares@dial.pipex.com'; 'TP2000'; 'Scottish CND'; 'JUSTWATCH-L@LISTSERV.ACSU.BUFFALO.EDU'; 'AALS Section on Minority Grps. mailing list' Sent: 3/22/00 4:17 PM Here in the United States of America--"..the land of the free, and the home of the brave": WAR IS PEACE FREEDOM IS SLAVERY IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH WE ALL LOVE BIG BROTHER Francis A. Boyle Professor of International Law In the Nuclear Empire -----Original Message----- Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2000 4:05 PM Jonah House, 1301 Moreland Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21216 Ph: 410-233-6238 or disarmnow@erols.com PRESS RELEASE--IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 22, 2000 CONTACT: Max Obuszewski 410-323-7200 or 410-377-7987 or mobuszewski@afsc.org Jonah House 410-233-6238 or disarmnow@erols.com DEPLETED URANIUM EXPERT, NOT ALLOWED TO TESTIFY IN PLOWSHARES TRIAL, TO HOLD PRESS CONFERENCE WHO: On Sun., Dec. 19, Philip Berrigan and Susan Crane of Baltimore's Jonah House, the Rev. Stephen Kelly, SJ, from New York City, and Elizabeth Walz, a Catholic Worker from Philadelphia, calling themselves the Plowshares Vs. Depleted Uranium, disarmed two A-10 Warthog [Fairchild Thunderbolt II] aircraft. The aircraft were located at the Warfield Air National Guard base in Middle River, Mary. Following Isaiah's vision of a disarmed world, the activists hammered and poured blood on A-10s, because the Warthog, used against Iraq and Yugoslavia, has a Gatling gun which fires depleted uranium ammunition. Today, Crane's testimony was repeatedly interrupted by the objections of Assistant State's Attorney Mickey Norman. He also asked her to name who drove the activists to the air base. She refused to implicate anyone. Jonathan Katz, representing Kelly, and Ramsey Clark, representing Crane, argued that Doug Rokke, a Department of Defense expert on depleted uranium, should be allowed to testify. Otherwise, the defendants could present no defense as to the poisonous nature of depleted uranium. As Clark argued, the jury would have nothing to base a decision on regarding the defendants' study of DU. They could just as easy, Clark noted, express a belief that they went to the air base to prevent an attack by extra-terrestrials. It makes no sense to a jury to hear a defendant say what s/he believes, and then not be allowed to present an expert witness to provide context. WHAT: Baltimore County Circuit Court Judge James T. Smith Jr. reluctantly allowed Rokke on the stand, but sustained the prosecutor's objections to each question asked of the witness. It became clear to the defendants that they would not be permitted to raise a defense. So they refused to continue. Supporters in the courtroom began speaking out, and eventually the room was cleared when singing broke out. Because of the importance of Rokke's testimony, he will be appearing at a press conference to explain what he would said about the hazardous nature of depleted uranium. A number of the Plowshares supporters will also attend. WHEN: Wednesday, March 22 at 6:00 PM WHERE: 4806 York Road, AFSC-Baltimore headquarters WHY: The defendants readily admit turning the Warthogs into plowshares, but argue they acted without malice and criminal intent. Since they were not permitted to present evidence as to their intent, they saw no reason to continue. On December 26, 1999, CBS 60 Minutes, the first large media outlet, discussed the dangers of depleted uranium. Doug Rokke was a prominent part of the show, as he actually produced for the Pentagon training films on the handling of depleted uranium. The films were never used, and Persian Gulf veterans told 60 Minutes that they were not trained in the handling of DU. In fact, some of them believe their illnesses were caused by DU. Rokke has documents indicating the Department of War was aware of the dangers of this ammunition as far back as 1943. He will also indicate that he went to the White House before NATO's air war against Yugoslavia to advocate that depleted uranium should not be used. His advice was disregarded, and NATO planes shot DU ammunition in Yugoslavia. The jury is expected to start deliberations tomorrow on the following charges:malicious destruction of property--with a property damage of more than $300-three years and/or $2,500 fine and conspiracy to maliciously destroy property--maximum three years. Susan Crane is also facing a second-degree assault charge, which carries a maximum sentence of ten years imprisonment. Court will resume on Thursday, March 23, at 9:15 AM. There have been more than 70 Plowshares actions. The first took place on Sept. 9, 1980, when Philip and Daniel Berrigan and six others hammered on nuclear nose cones at a General Electric plant in King of Prussia, Penn. Philip Berrigan, Crane and Kelly were members of the Prince of Peace Plowshares, which disarmed an Aegis destroyer at the Bath [Maine] Iron Works on Feb. 12, 1997. After Rev. Kelly served his sentence for the Maine action and refused to cooperate with federal probation, federal marshals were pursuing him. "They shall beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. One nation shall not raise the sword against another, nor shall they train for war again." Isaiah 2:4 ************************ To subscribe to the Abolition Global Caucus, send an email from the account you wish to be subscribed to: "abolition-caucus-subscribe@egroups.com" Do not include a subject line or any text in the body of the message. Free Limited Edition Virgin T-shirt with ANY purchase! http://click.egroups.com/1/2626/1/_/91925/_/953841876/ eGroups.com Home: http://www.egroups.com/group/abolition-caucus/ http://www.egroups.com - Simplifying group communications - 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: JGG786@aol.com Subject: (abolition-usa) Denied Right to Defense Date: 23 Mar 2000 18:30:35 EST When rights are compromised on big issues, the little affairs are dramatically inflated in importance and the small people who control the little affairs become quite pleased with their positions. Beggars become kings in the land of the unjust. Here, a king of humanity is being persecuted for trying to create real dialogue. A small judge is enacting one of the perennial passion plays but who will tell this story. I hope you will. Jonathan - 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: "Boyle, Francis" Subject: (abolition-usa) RE: Smith&Cain: Persecution of DU Plowshares:Putting Mark of Cain Date: 23 Mar 2000 20:05:45 -0600 Jonah House, 1301 Moreland Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21216 Ph: 410-233-6238 or disarmnow@erols.com PRESS RELEASE--IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 23, 2000 CONTACT: Max Obuszewski 410-323-7200 or 410-377-7987 or = mobuszewski@afsc.org Jonah House 410-233-6238 or disarmnow@erols.com VINDICTIVE JUDGE EXCEEDS SENTENCING GUIDELINES=20 IN PLOWSHARES TRIAL WHO: On Sun., Dec. 19, Philip Berrigan and Susan Crane of Baltimore's = Jonah House, the Rev. Stephen Kelly, SJ, from New York City, and Elizabeth = Walz, a Catholic Worker from Philadelphia, calling themselves the Plowshares = Vs. Depleted Uranium, disarmed two A-10 Warthog [Fairchild Thunderbolt II] aircraft. The aircraft were located at the Warfield Air National Guard = base in Middle River, Mary. Following Isaiah's vision of a disarmed world, = the activists hammered and poured blood on A-10s, because the Warthog, used against Iraq and Yugoslavia, has a Gatling gun which fires depleted = uranium ammunition. Baltimore County Circuit Court Judge James T. Smith Jr. effectively = sealed the fate of the Plowshares when, on March 13, he granted the = prosecution's motion for a gag order. The defendants would not be permitted to = explain why they disarmed the planes, nor to call expert witnesses. So as the trial began on March 20 in circuit court in Towson, Maryland, the only issues = of contention would be a bogus assault charge against Crane and the = severity of the sentences handed out. WHAT: The defendants elected to stay locked up and did not appear in = court. No closing statement was presented by the defense. After Assistant = State's Attorney Mickey Norman made his closing statement, which included a = number of disparaging comments, the case was in the hands of the jury. After 4 =BD hours, the jury could not agree on the assault charge. So a mistrial was declared on that charge, and the prosecutor chose not to = re-try that case. The four pacifists were convicted, however, of malicious destruction of property--with a property damage of more than $300 and conspiracy to maliciously destroy property. Judge Smith meted out the following sentences. Each defendant was expected to pay restitution of = =BC of $88, 622.11, and should they want to be released pending appeal, each = one would have to post $90,000 cash bail. All were given prison sentences: Walz-18 months, Crane and Kelly-27 months, and Berrigan-30 months. WHEN: Thursday, March 23 at 4:15 PM WHERE: Baltimore County Circuit Court WHY: The prosecution was permitted to call an expert witness to testify = as to the damage done to the two A-10s. This expert, though, claimed to = know nothing about depleted uranium. Under cross-examination, he admitted = the military does not use that term. It is instead Armor Piercing = Incendiary. On March 22, when the defense called Doug Rokke, an acknowledged expert = on depleted uranium, Judge Smith found his testimony unsuitable. This = convinced the Plowshares Vs. Depleted Uranium that they would not be able to = receive a fair trial. As Phil Berrigan said, "The courts are identified with the Pentagon and the government. There is no way nonviolent defendants can = get a serious hearing in this or any other courtroom." Why hand the rope for = your hanging to the hangman? Some observers were disturbed by portions of the prosecutor's closing statement. "The defendants have used you. ... One of the few things = Jonathan Katz [defense attorney] said that was right, 'Being misguided is not a crime.'... You can hate them if you like, as they damaged $88,622.11 of tax-payer money. ... If you do not convict them, that would make you as = bad as them." In impugning Crane, "She deceived even him" [Bishop Thomas Gumbleton, her character witness.] In a jab at the Plowshares = supporters, he said "They tried to infect you during their demonstrations." Prior to sentencing, Walz sent a note from jail. She asked to stay in = the Baltimore County Detention Center so that she could serve the women = there. A transfer to the Department of Corrections would be an upgrade in regard = to services available. So Smith acquiesced with her request. The others = will be sent to a Maryland Department of Corrections facility.=20 More than fifty supporters were shocked by the vindictiveness of Judge = James Smith. The prosecutor stated the sentencing guidelines: Walz-probation = to one month; Crane and Kelly-two to nine months; and Berrigan-six months = to one year. The judge took the sentences well beyond the guidelines, justifying this because of the extent of the damage. More likely, he = wanted to get back at the defendants who refused to recognize his version of = the law.=20 During the jury deliberations, supporters demonstrated outside the courthouse. One of the three alternate jurors, who were dismissed at = the conclusion of the case, passed by the demonstration with tears in his = eyes. When approached, he would only say, "Not guilty. Not guilty." There have been more than 70 Plowshares actions. The first took place = on Sept. 9, 1980, when Philip and Daniel Berrigan and six others hammered = on nuclear nose cones at a General Electric plant in King of Prussia, = Penn. Philip Berrigan, Crane and Kelly were on federal probation for a = previous Plowshares disarmament, so that matter will be taken up after they = serve their Maryland sentences. "They shall beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into = pruning hooks. One nation shall not raise the sword against another, nor shall = they train for war again." Isaiah 2:4 ************************ =20 -----Original Message----- ''abolition-caucus@egroups.com' '; ''abolition-usa@lists.xmission.com' = '; ''a-days@motherearth.org' '; ''NUKENET@envirolink.org' '; ''tploughshares@dial.pipex.com' '; ''TP2000' '; ''Scottish CND' '; ''JUSTWATCH-L@LISTSERV.ACSU.BUFFALO.EDU' ' Cc: 'ireland_list@email.rutgers.edu'; 'IRL32-ACTION@gmu.edu' Sent: 3/23/00 5:22 PM on Smith Smith gave Phil Berrigan 30 months. May the Mark of Cain be upon = Smith's head for the rest of eternity should Phil die in jail! Francis A. Boyle Professor of International Law -----Original Message----- Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2000 5:12 AM ''abolition-caucus@egroups.com' '; ''abolition-usa@lists.xmission.com' '; ''a-days@motherearth.org' '; ''NUKENET@envirolink.org' '; ''tploughshares@dial.pipex.com' '; ''TP2000' '; ''Scottish CND' '; ''JUSTWATCH-L@LISTSERV.ACSU.BUFFALO.EDU' '; ''AALS Section on Minority Grps. mailing list' ' of Cain on Smith Importance: High This pathetic excuse for a Judge named Smith had better start thinking long and hard about what he is doing to Phil Berrigan here! Phil is THE = MORAL CONSCIENCE of our generation. Quite obviously, Smith fully intends to send Phil to prison after this sham of a kangaroo court proceeding. Phil = will probably die in prison. Phil's death in prison will be on the hands of Smith for the rest of eternity. Phil's death in prison will be the Mark of Cain on the forehead of Smith forever. We all know where Phil will be going after his death. Smith had better start thinking about where he will be going after his death! Francis A. Boyle Professor of International Law =20 -----Original Message----- 'abolition-usa@lists.xmission.com'; 'a-days@motherearth.org'; 'NUKENET@envirolink.org'; 'tploughshares@dial.pipex.com'; 'TP2000'; 'Scottish CND'; 'JUSTWATCH-L@LISTSERV.ACSU.BUFFALO.EDU'; 'AALS Section on Minority Grps. mailing list' Sent: 3/22/00 4:17 PM Conference Here in the United States of America--"..the land of the free, and the home of the brave":=20 WAR IS PEACE FREEDOM IS SLAVERY IGNORANCE IS STRENGTH WE ALL LOVE BIG BROTHER =20 Francis A. Boyle Professor of International Law In the Nuclear Empire -----Original Message----- Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2000 4:05 PM Jonah House, 1301 Moreland Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21216 Ph: 410-233-6238 or disarmnow@erols.com PRESS RELEASE--IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 22, 2000 CONTACT: Max Obuszewski 410-323-7200 or 410-377-7987 or mobuszewski@afsc.org Jonah House 410-233-6238 or disarmnow@erols.com DEPLETED URANIUM EXPERT, NOT ALLOWED TO TESTIFY IN PLOWSHARES TRIAL, TO HOLD PRESS CONFERENCE WHO: On Sun., Dec. 19, Philip Berrigan and Susan Crane of Baltimore's Jonah House, the Rev. Stephen Kelly, SJ, from New York City, and Elizabeth Walz, a Catholic Worker from Philadelphia, calling themselves the Plowshares Vs. Depleted Uranium, disarmed two A-10 Warthog [Fairchild Thunderbolt II] aircraft. The aircraft were located at the Warfield Air National Guard base in Middle River, Mary. Following Isaiah's vision of a disarmed world, the activists hammered and poured blood on A-10s, because the Warthog, used against Iraq and Yugoslavia, has a Gatling gun which fires depleted uranium ammunition. Today, Crane's testimony was repeatedly interrupted by the objections = of Assistant State's Attorney Mickey Norman. He also asked her to name who drove the activists to the air base. She refused to implicate anyone. Jonathan Katz, representing Kelly, and Ramsey Clark, representing = Crane, argued that Doug Rokke, a Department of Defense expert on depleted uranium, should be allowed to testify. Otherwise, the defendants could present no defense as to the poisonous nature of depleted uranium. As Clark argued, the jury would have nothing to base a decision on regarding the defendants' study of DU. They could just as easy, Clark noted, express a belief that they went to the air base to prevent an attack by extra-terrestrials. It makes no sense to a jury to hear a defendant say what s/he believes, and then not be allowed to present an expert witness to provide context. WHAT: Baltimore County Circuit Court Judge James T. Smith Jr. reluctantly allowed Rokke on the stand, but sustained the prosecutor's objections to each question asked of the witness. It became clear to = the defendants that they would not be permitted to raise a defense. So they refused to continue. Supporters in the courtroom began speaking out, = and eventually the room was cleared when singing broke out.=20 Because of the importance of Rokke's testimony, he will be appearing at a press conference to explain what he would said about the hazardous nature of depleted uranium. A number of the Plowshares supporters will also attend. WHEN: Wednesday, March 22 at 6:00 PM WHERE: 4806 York Road, AFSC-Baltimore headquarters WHY: The defendants readily admit turning the Warthogs into plowshares, but argue they acted without malice and criminal intent. Since they = were not permitted to present evidence as to their intent, they saw no = reason to continue.=20 On December 26, 1999, CBS 60 Minutes, the first large media outlet, discussed the dangers of depleted uranium. Doug Rokke was a prominent part of the show, as he actually produced for the Pentagon training films on the handling of depleted uranium. The films were never used, and Persian Gulf veterans told 60 Minutes that they were not trained in the handling of DU. In fact, some of them believe their illnesses were caused by DU.=20 Rokke has documents indicating the Department of War was aware of the dangers of this ammunition as far back as 1943. He will also indicate that he went to the White House before NATO's air war against = Yugoslavia to advocate that depleted uranium should not be used. His advice was disregarded, and NATO planes shot DU ammunition in Yugoslavia. The jury is expected to start deliberations tomorrow on the following charges:malicious destruction of property--with a property damage of more than $300-three years and/or $2,500 fine and conspiracy to maliciously destroy property--maximum three years. Susan Crane is also facing a second-degree assault charge, which carries a maximum sentence of ten years imprisonment. Court will resume on Thursday, March 23, at 9:15 AM. There have been more than 70 Plowshares actions. The first took place = on Sept. 9, 1980, when Philip and Daniel Berrigan and six others hammered on nuclear nose cones at a General Electric plant in King of Prussia, Penn. Philip Berrigan, Crane and Kelly were members of the Prince of Peace Plowshares, which disarmed an Aegis destroyer at the Bath [Maine] Iron Works on Feb. 12, 1997. After Rev. Kelly served his sentence for the Maine action and refused to cooperate with federal probation, federal marshals were pursuing him. "They shall beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. One nation shall not raise the sword against another, nor shall they train for war again." Isaiah 2:4 ************************ To subscribe to the Abolition Global Caucus, send an email from the account you wish to be subscribed to: "abolition-caucus-subscribe@egroups.com" Do not include a subject line or any text in the body of the message. Free Limited Edition Virgin T-shirt with ANY purchase! http://click.egroups.com/1/2626/1/_/91925/_/953841876/ eGroups.com Home: http://www.egroups.com/group/abolition-caucus/ http://www.egroups.com - Simplifying group communications - 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. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: FoE Sydney - Nuclear Campaign Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) Thoroughbred follow up Date: 24 Mar 2000 13:05:26 +1000 See the FOE Australia press release on Abolition Caucus yesterday - we make exactly the same point re the NPT Review. At 7:49 AM +1000 24/3/2000, bob kinsey wrote: > agree totally -- except even the Pope is unable to mention specifics like >the behavior of Pius XII during the Holocaust and only expresses sadness >without assuming some of the guilt involved in the Concordat between Hitler >and the Roman Church. Its the functionaries in the system, the nuclear >scientists and technicians, the Pentagon careerists who keep it all going. >Its kind of like the Curia in the Vatican. >************************************************* >Bob Kinsey >Peace and Justice Task Force >Rocky Mountain Conference, United Church of Christ >bkinsey@peacemission .org >6555 Ward Road, Arvada, Colorado, 80004 >"Blessed are the peacemakers for they will be called children of God" -- >Jesus of Nazareth >----- Original Message ----- >From: Charles F Hilfenhaus >To: ; ; >; >Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2000 11:48 PM >Subject: (abolition-usa) Thoroughbred follow up > > >> I did not include this with my announcement of the test because >> it is a personal opinion not a factual report of the action, however: >> One can only wonder at the magnitude of hippocracy of the United >> States to conduct this test at the same time President Clinton is >> lecturing India and Pakistan about their nuclear weapons programs. >> I wish, instead, he would listen and learn from Pope John Paul II >> and apologize to the world for the role of the United States in >> developing, using and perpetuating the evil of nuclear weapons. >> >> Charlie Hilfenhaus >> Alliance of Atomic Veterans >> Director, Atomic Workers Division >> chilfenhaus@juno.com >> >> ________________________________________________________________ >> YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! >> Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! >> Try it today - there's no risk! 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Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- From: FoE Sydney - Nuclear Campaign Subject: (abolition-usa) 300 GROUPS SIGN NPT 'HEADS OF STATE' LETTER - CLOSING END MARCH Date: 24 Mar 2000 15:53:38 +1000 Dear All, If your organisation has still not signed the 'Heads of State' letter on the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty we urge you to do so. The letter essentially asks the nuclear weapons states to fulfil their article VI obligations under the treaty, which are to eliminate their nuclear arsenals, and asks other NPT signatories to act to press them to do so. So far it has been signed by about 300 organisations including FOEI, Greenpeace International, International Peace Bureau, WILPF, World Court Project, IPPNW, IALANA, 12 members of the European Parliament, 14 Australian MPs, 2 Canadian MPs, 2UK MPs, and MPs from Germany, France, and Norway. It has also been signed by the uniting Church in Australia and by the Anglican Synod of Canada. It is to be mailed and faxed to UN missions, foreign ministers, and heads of state from the end of March, when signatures close. We urge you to sign it before then. 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, Disarmament Campaign, Stephanie Mills, Nuclear 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., Pol D'Huyvetter, For Mother Earth International, Ghent, Belgium., Roland Schutzbach, President, David Schmitter, Vice-President, Global Initiative, Solothurn, Switzerland, Jim Morgan, ARC-Peace, International Architects, Designers, and Planners for Social Responsibility, Stockholm, Swed, /NY., USA., UK Organisations Commander Robert Green, RN (Retd.), Chair, George Farebrother Secretary, 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., Nancy Zook, Christian CND., London, UK., David Morris, Chair, CND-Cymru, Norman Archie MP, (Conservative) Shadow Secy of State for Environment, UK Parliament, Alice Mahon MP, UK Parliament, Roger Cole, Peace and Neutrality Alliance, Ireland, Eugene Mc Cartan, Chair, Communist Party of Ireland, Sister Mary O'Connor, Irish Commission for Justice and Peace, Ireland, Ulla Loetzer, MdB,(German Parliament) PDS, 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, Alba Circle Nonviolent Movement, Budapest, Hungary, Peace Tax Payers, Budapest, Hungary., Solange Fernex, President, WILPF France, Paris, France, Dominique Lalanne, STOP-ESSAIS, La Ville, France., Daniel Durand, National Secy., Mouvement de la Paix, Paris France., Harsh Kapoor, South Asians Against Nukes, Combaillaux, France., G=E9rard Levy, National Secy, The Greens, (Les Verts) France., Elizabeth Lavier, The Greens, Paris, 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., Marjan Willemsen, For Mother Earth Netherlands, David Boerma, Netherlands Centre for Indigenous Peoples, Neth., Kostas Valiotes, Domcetzoglou Kyriakos, Pan-Hellenic Network of Ecological Organisations, Greece., Stefanos Stamellos, Friends of the Forest, Lamia, Greece, Ecological Movement of Patras, Greece, 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, Galina Raghouzhina, WISE-Kaliningrad, Russia, Natalia Kanyashkina, WISE-TOMSK, Russia., Alexander Koroleva, Ecodefense, Russia., Anatoly Korolyov, Baltic Resource Information Centre, Russia., Marina Roubtsova, Central Forest Biosphere Reserve, Russia/Ecologia Scotland= , Prof Anatoly Shahbad, Foundation Civilisation, Moscow., Alla Shevchuk, Odessa Social-Ecological Union, Odessa, Ukraine., Dr. Lado Mirianashvili., Director, 'Udabno' fund, Georgia., Natalie Kirvalidze, Environmental and Sustainable Development Centre 'RIO', Tblisi, Georgia., Alexey Svetikov, Zelenyi Zvit, Severodonetsk, Ukraine., Vadim Diukhanov, Chair, Ukrainian Society for Sustainable Development, Dr. Caroline Lucas, MEP, Greens,UK, European Parliament, Hiltrud Breyer, MEP., Greens, Germany, European Parliament, Brussels, Elizabeth Schroedter, MEP, Greens Group, Germany, European Parliament, Brussells, Gorka Knorr Borrass, MEP, European Parliament, Brussells, Pierre Jonkheer, MEP, Greens Group Belgium, European Parliament, Brussels, Heidi Hautala, MEP Greens Group Finland, European Parliament, Patsy S=F6rensen Member of The European Parliament, Greens Group, Patricia Mc Kenna, MEP Greens Group, Ireland, Nuala Ahern MEP Greens Group, Ireland, European Parliament, Brussells, Rolf Linkohr, MEP, Germany, Social-Democrats., European Parliament, Brussell= s, =46rancis Wurtz, MEP, President, Group GUE/NGL (Green-Left), European Parliament, 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., Sadao Kamata, Director, Nagasaki Peace Institute, Senji Yamaguchi, Nihon Hidankyo, (Japan Confederation of A-Bomb and H-Bomb Sufferers Organisation) Dr Hideo Suchiyama, Former President, Nagasaki University, 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., Prof. Raul A. Montenegro, FUNAM, Cordoba, 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., Patrick Eyinla, Justice Development and Peace, 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., USA., Rear-Admiral Eugene J. Carrol Jr, USN(Retd), Deputy Director, Centre for Defence Information,(CDI), Washington DC, US., Christpher Paine, Natural Resources Defence Council, Washington DC., Jesse James, Director, National Nuclear Dangers Dialogue, Washington DC., USA., John Burroughs, Executive Director, Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy, (LCNP) N.Y., USA., War and Peace Foundation, UN Plaza, New York., 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, Arjun Makhijani PhD, Institute for Energy and Environmental Research (IEER), Tacoma, US., Bill Smirnow, Nuclear-Free New York/Y2K WASH., Huntingdon, NY., Richard N. Salvador, Pacific Islands Association of NGOs, Honolulu, Hawaii, Dr. Kathleen Sullivan, Project EDNA,(Engaged Democracy for the Nuclear Age), Brooklyn, NY., Donald C. Whitmore, President, Third Millenium Foundation, USA., 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., Bishop Walter F. Sullivan, President, Pax Christi 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, Executive Secy, Friends Committee on National Legislation., Washington, DC., Michele Bisonette Robbins, Executive Director, You