From: owner-abolition-usa-digest@lists.xmission.com (abolition-usa-digest) To: abolition-usa-digest@lists.xmission.com Subject: abolition-usa-digest V1 #216 Reply-To: abolition-usa-digest Sender: owner-abolition-usa-digest@lists.xmission.com Errors-To: owner-abolition-usa-digest@lists.xmission.com Precedence: bulk abolition-usa-digest Thursday, November 4 1999 Volume 01 : Number 216 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 4 Nov 1999 13:11:36 -0600 From: "Boyle, Francis" Subject: (abolition-usa) RE: Stopping Malicious Looping Mailinglist 'Citizens Inspections to Prevent War Crimes' - ------------------------------------------------------- At first I too thought that using the Reply to All button was the problem. But my original messages have also been multiplied for each list. In addition, as far as I can tell, at least one other message has been put into this loop-- by Tracey Moavero, which i have gotten several times already today, as indicated below. Also, these problems have NOT occurred on any of the other lists that i have been posting on today. So my conclusion is that someone else has maliciously set up an automatic loop. fab. Dear friends, Below is the final edition of the sign-on letter to support the New Agenda resolution and the International Court of Justice resolution at the U.N. General Assembly. We have 160 organizations in 22 countries signed on. Thank you to all of our signers. We are in the process of getting this delivered to all the First Committee delegations, which should be completed by today. Keep the pressure up on your governments for positive votes! All the best, Tracy Moavero Peace Action International Office November 1, 1999 Your Excellency, As citizens' organizations working to end the threat of nuclear war, we urge your government to support two important resolutions which are before the United Nations General Assembly First Committee for consideration. The "Towards a Nuclear-Weapon-Free World: The Need for a New Agenda" resolution reflects our concerns about the urgent need for complete nuclear disarmament. The concrete steps in it lay important groundwork for moving stalled processes and creating new opportunities for progress. Far from hindering any existing efforts, this resolution strengthens them by taking them out of isolation and bringing them together to create momentum. The sponsors' commitment to building consensus is clear from this year's text, which takes into consideration concerns raised by some delegations when this resolution was considered last year. We also support the resolution affirming the 1996 advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice that there exists a legal obligation to pursue and conclude nuclear disarmament negotiations. As the United Nations becomes increasingly important in enforcing the rule of law to build and keep peace, this resolution strengthens the position of the U.N. in that regard. Anything less than a strong affirmative vote would send an ambiguous message about respect for international law. The timing of these resolutions is crucial. We are distressed not only by the slow pace of progress toward disarmament, but also by the disturbing signs that nuclear arsenals are becoming even more entrenched in the security policies of some nations. Failure of the U.N. General Assembly to strongly support these resolutions at this time would send a dangerous signal to those who are trying to invigorate nuclear weapons programs. We recognize the vital role of the United Nations in fostering nuclear disarmament and see ourselves as partners in those efforts. While the undersigned organizations are from many different parts of the globe, we are working together to build support for these resolutions. NGO representatives will be using the Internet to send up-to-the-minute updates, allowing organizations around the world to closely follow First Committee proceedings and plan their work accordingly. We were pleased that the fifty-third session of the General Assembly overwhelmingly adopted these resolutions, confirming the broad support - among both civil society and governments - for swift and concerted action for complete nuclear disarmament. We await similar and even stronger results this year. Nuclear disarmament is often noted as an "ultimate goal." The time has come for that "ultimate goal" to be realized. Sincerely, (See attached list of Civil Society Organizations) Contact: Tracy Moavero Peace Action International Office 866 United Nations Plaza, Room 4053 New York, NY 10017-1822 Phone: (212) 750-5795 Fax: (212) 750-5849 Email: paintl@igc.org Signatures to the letter supporting the New Agenda and International Court of Justice resolutions Total 160 in 22 countries INTERNATIONAL (15) British-American Security Council (BASIC) For Mother Earth International Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space Grandmothers for Peace International Greenpeace International International Association of Lawyers Against Nuclear Arms (IALANA) International Peace Bureau (IPB) International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW) International Student Movement for the U.N. Pacific Campaign for Disarmament and Security Pacific Islands Association of Non-Governmental Organizations (PIANGO) Pax Christi International Women's Environment and Development Organization Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) Working Group Eurobomb/Project on European Nuclear Non-Proliferation (PENN) AUSTRALIA (6) Australian Peace Committee (South Australian Branch) Australian Peace Committee National Office Campaign for International Cooperation and Disarmament Friends of the Earth Australia People for Nuclear Disarmament (Western Australia) Medical Association for Prevention of War (MEDACT SA) South Australian Branch BELGIUM (1) War Resisters International / Flemish section CANADA (6) Canadian Network to Abolish Nuclear Weapons Centre De Ressources Sur La Non-Violence The Simons Foundation of Canada Physicians for Global Survival Physicians for Global Survival Calgary Chapter No Nukes! DENMARK (2) Enhedslisten Aalborg Green Party FRANCE (3) Appel des Cent Pour la Paix - -----Original Message----- From: happen@pipeline.com [mailto:happen@pipeline.com] Sent: Thursday, November 04, 1999 1:04 PM To: FBOYLE@LAW.UIUC.EDU; abolition-usa@lists.xmission.com; 'Abolition Caucus List (E-mail)'; NUKENET@envirolink.org; 'TP2000'; a-days@motherearth.org Subject: Re: Stopping Malicious Looping The problem appears to be that personal responses are being made by replying to "all" rather than just the sender. Personal messages addressed to all are creating a heavy load. Some people are on multiple lists and therefore recieve duplicate (or more) messages. Scott P. - - To unsubscribe to abolition-usa, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe abolition-usa" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 4 Nov 1999 13:31:00 -0800 (PST) From: Nuclear Age Peace Foundation Subject: (abolition-usa) Listserve Difficulties Dear Friends, As the list moderator for the Abolition Global Caucus and the Abolitio-USA listserves, please allow me to apologize for the inconveniences caused by the recent multiple postings of the same messages from certain senders. I am currently on the phoone with our technical support and we are determining who has infected the list serve. Consequently, the person who set the automatic loop will be removed from the listserve. I appreciate your patience in this matter. If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me. Thank you for your continued support. Yours In Peace, Carah Carah Lynn Ong Coordinator, Abolition 2000 Nuclear Age Peace Foundation 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.wagingpeace.org/abolition2000 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-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 subscribe to the International Abolition-caucus, send a message (with no subject) to: majordomo@igc.org In the body of the message, write: "subscribe abolition-caucus" (do not include quotation marks) To post a message to the International Abolition list, mail your message to: abolition-caucus@igc.apc.org - - To unsubscribe to abolition-usa, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe abolition-usa" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 4 Nov 1999 15:33:59 -0600 From: "Boyle, Francis" Subject: RE: (abolition-usa) Listserve Difficulties Dear Carah: I also think that person put some type of worm in there that has infected the other anti-nuclear lists as well. Francis. - -----Original Message----- From: Nuclear Age Peace Foundation [mailto:a2000@silcom.com] Sent: Thursday, November 04, 1999 3:31 PM To: abolition-caucus@igc.org; abolition-usa@lists.xmission.com Subject: (abolition-usa) Listserve Difficulties Dear Friends, As the list moderator for the Abolition Global Caucus and the Abolitio-USA listserves, please allow me to apologize for the inconveniences caused by the recent multiple postings of the same messages from certain senders. I am currently on the phoone with our technical support and we are determining who has infected the list serve. Consequently, the person who set the automatic loop will be removed from the listserve. I appreciate your patience in this matter. If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me. Thank you for your continued support. Yours In Peace, Carah Carah Lynn Ong Coordinator, Abolition 2000 Nuclear Age Peace Foundation 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.wagingpeace.org/abolition2000 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-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 subscribe to the International Abolition-caucus, send a message (with no subject) to: majordomo@igc.org In the body of the message, write: "subscribe abolition-caucus" (do not include quotation marks) To post a message to the International Abolition list, mail your message to: abolition-caucus@igc.apc.org - - To unsubscribe to abolition-usa, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe abolition-usa" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. - - To unsubscribe to abolition-usa, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe abolition-usa" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 4 Nov 1999 12:47:36 -0600 From: "Boyle, Francis" Subject: (abolition-usa) Stopping Malicious Looping Mailinglist 'Citizens Inspections to Prevent War Crimes' - ------------------------------------------------------- Mailinglist 'Citizens Inspections to Prevent War Crimes' - ------------------------------------------------------- Dear Anti-Nuclear Friends: It appears that someone who does not like what I am doing/saying has written a program that loops my messages to these anti-nuclear lists back to these lists on multiple occasions. Although I am not a technical person, I have been told it is easy enough to do. I have seen it done before. As i understand it, the list administrators can determine who the real culprit is and remove that person from the lists if they so desire. Sorry for any inconvenience. Francis A. Boyle. 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. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 4 Nov 1999 12:47:36 -0600 From: "Boyle, Francis" Subject: (abolition-usa) Stopping Malicious Looping Mailinglist 'Citizens Inspections to Prevent War Crimes' - ------------------------------------------------------- Dear Anti-Nuclear Friends: It appears that someone who does not like what I am doing/saying has written a program that loops my messages to these anti-nuclear lists back to these lists on multiple occasions. Although I am not a technical person, I have been told it is easy enough to do. I have seen it done before. As i understand it, the list administrators can determine who the real culprit is and remove that person from the lists if they so desire. Sorry for any inconvenience. Francis A. Boyle. 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. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 4 Nov 1999 13:11:36 -0600 From: "Boyle, Francis" Subject: (abolition-usa) RE: Stopping Malicious Looping Mailinglist 'Citizens Inspections to Prevent War Crimes' - ------------------------------------------------------- At first I too thought that using the Reply to All button was the problem. But my original messages have also been multiplied for each list. In addition, as far as I can tell, at least one other message has been put into this loop-- by Tracey Moavero, which i have gotten several times already today, as indicated below. Also, these problems have NOT occurred on any of the other lists that i have been posting on today. So my conclusion is that someone else has maliciously set up an automatic loop. fab. Dear friends, Below is the final edition of the sign-on letter to support the New Agenda resolution and the International Court of Justice resolution at the U.N. General Assembly. We have 160 organizations in 22 countries signed on. Thank you to all of our signers. We are in the process of getting this delivered to all the First Committee delegations, which should be completed by today. Keep the pressure up on your governments for positive votes! All the best, Tracy Moavero Peace Action International Office November 1, 1999 Your Excellency, As citizens' organizations working to end the threat of nuclear war, we urge your government to support two important resolutions which are before the United Nations General Assembly First Committee for consideration. The "Towards a Nuclear-Weapon-Free World: The Need for a New Agenda" resolution reflects our concerns about the urgent need for complete nuclear disarmament. The concrete steps in it lay important groundwork for moving stalled processes and creating new opportunities for progress. Far from hindering any existing efforts, this resolution strengthens them by taking them out of isolation and bringing them together to create momentum. The sponsors' commitment to building consensus is clear from this year's text, which takes into consideration concerns raised by some delegations when this resolution was considered last year. We also support the resolution affirming the 1996 advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice that there exists a legal obligation to pursue and conclude nuclear disarmament negotiations. As the United Nations becomes increasingly important in enforcing the rule of law to build and keep peace, this resolution strengthens the position of the U.N. in that regard. Anything less than a strong affirmative vote would send an ambiguous message about respect for international law. The timing of these resolutions is crucial. We are distressed not only by the slow pace of progress toward disarmament, but also by the disturbing signs that nuclear arsenals are becoming even more entrenched in the security policies of some nations. Failure of the U.N. General Assembly to strongly support these resolutions at this time would send a dangerous signal to those who are trying to invigorate nuclear weapons programs. We recognize the vital role of the United Nations in fostering nuclear disarmament and see ourselves as partners in those efforts. While the undersigned organizations are from many different parts of the globe, we are working together to build support for these resolutions. NGO representatives will be using the Internet to send up-to-the-minute updates, allowing organizations around the world to closely follow First Committee proceedings and plan their work accordingly. We were pleased that the fifty-third session of the General Assembly overwhelmingly adopted these resolutions, confirming the broad support - among both civil society and governments - for swift and concerted action for complete nuclear disarmament. We await similar and even stronger results this year. Nuclear disarmament is often noted as an "ultimate goal." The time has come for that "ultimate goal" to be realized. Sincerely, (See attached list of Civil Society Organizations) Contact: Tracy Moavero Peace Action International Office 866 United Nations Plaza, Room 4053 New York, NY 10017-1822 Phone: (212) 750-5795 Fax: (212) 750-5849 Email: paintl@igc.org Signatures to the letter supporting the New Agenda and International Court of Justice resolutions Total 160 in 22 countries INTERNATIONAL (15) British-American Security Council (BASIC) For Mother Earth International Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space Grandmothers for Peace International Greenpeace International International Association of Lawyers Against Nuclear Arms (IALANA) International Peace Bureau (IPB) International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW) International Student Movement for the U.N. Pacific Campaign for Disarmament and Security Pacific Islands Association of Non-Governmental Organizations (PIANGO) Pax Christi International Women's Environment and Development Organization Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) Working Group Eurobomb/Project on European Nuclear Non-Proliferation (PENN) AUSTRALIA (6) Australian Peace Committee (South Australian Branch) Australian Peace Committee National Office Campaign for International Cooperation and Disarmament Friends of the Earth Australia People for Nuclear Disarmament (Western Australia) Medical Association for Prevention of War (MEDACT SA) South Australian Branch BELGIUM (1) War Resisters International / Flemish section CANADA (6) Canadian Network to Abolish Nuclear Weapons Centre De Ressources Sur La Non-Violence The Simons Foundation of Canada Physicians for Global Survival Physicians for Global Survival Calgary Chapter No Nukes! DENMARK (2) Enhedslisten Aalborg Green Party FRANCE (3) Appel des Cent Pour la Paix - -----Original Message----- From: happen@pipeline.com [mailto:happen@pipeline.com] Sent: Thursday, November 04, 1999 1:04 PM To: FBOYLE@LAW.UIUC.EDU; abolition-usa@lists.xmission.com; 'Abolition Caucus List (E-mail)'; NUKENET@envirolink.org; 'TP2000'; a-days@motherearth.org Subject: Re: Stopping Malicious Looping The problem appears to be that personal responses are being made by replying to "all" rather than just the sender. Personal messages addressed to all are creating a heavy load. Some people are on multiple lists and therefore recieve duplicate (or more) messages. Scott P. - - To unsubscribe to abolition-usa, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe abolition-usa" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 4 Nov 1999 13:11:36 -0600 From: "Boyle, Francis" Subject: (abolition-usa) RE: Stopping Malicious Looping Mailinglist 'Citizens Inspections to Prevent War Crimes' - ------------------------------------------------------- Mailinglist 'Citizens Inspections to Prevent War Crimes' - ------------------------------------------------------- At first I too thought that using the Reply to All button was the problem. But my original messages have also been multiplied for each list. In addition, as far as I can tell, at least one other message has been put into this loop-- by Tracey Moavero, which i have gotten several times already today, as indicated below. Also, these problems have NOT occurred on any of the other lists that i have been posting on today. So my conclusion is that someone else has maliciously set up an automatic loop. fab. Dear friends, Below is the final edition of the sign-on letter to support the New Agenda resolution and the International Court of Justice resolution at the U.N. General Assembly. We have 160 organizations in 22 countries signed on. Thank you to all of our signers. We are in the process of getting this delivered to all the First Committee delegations, which should be completed by today. Keep the pressure up on your governments for positive votes! All the best, Tracy Moavero Peace Action International Office November 1, 1999 Your Excellency, As citizens' organizations working to end the threat of nuclear war, we urge your government to support two important resolutions which are before the United Nations General Assembly First Committee for consideration. The "Towards a Nuclear-Weapon-Free World: The Need for a New Agenda" resolution reflects our concerns about the urgent need for complete nuclear disarmament. The concrete steps in it lay important groundwork for moving stalled processes and creating new opportunities for progress. Far from hindering any existing efforts, this resolution strengthens them by taking them out of isolation and bringing them together to create momentum. The sponsors' commitment to building consensus is clear from this year's text, which takes into consideration concerns raised by some delegations when this resolution was considered last year. We also support the resolution affirming the 1996 advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice that there exists a legal obligation to pursue and conclude nuclear disarmament negotiations. As the United Nations becomes increasingly important in enforcing the rule of law to build and keep peace, this resolution strengthens the position of the U.N. in that regard. Anything less than a strong affirmative vote would send an ambiguous message about respect for international law. The timing of these resolutions is crucial. We are distressed not only by the slow pace of progress toward disarmament, but also by the disturbing signs that nuclear arsenals are becoming even more entrenched in the security policies of some nations. Failure of the U.N. General Assembly to strongly support these resolutions at this time would send a dangerous signal to those who are trying to invigorate nuclear weapons programs. We recognize the vital role of the United Nations in fostering nuclear disarmament and see ourselves as partners in those efforts. While the undersigned organizations are from many different parts of the globe, we are working together to build support for these resolutions. NGO representatives will be using the Internet to send up-to-the-minute updates, allowing organizations around the world to closely follow First Committee proceedings and plan their work accordingly. We were pleased that the fifty-third session of the General Assembly overwhelmingly adopted these resolutions, confirming the broad support - among both civil society and governments - for swift and concerted action for complete nuclear disarmament. We await similar and even stronger results this year. Nuclear disarmament is often noted as an "ultimate goal." The time has come for that "ultimate goal" to be realized. Sincerely, (See attached list of Civil Society Organizations) Contact: Tracy Moavero Peace Action International Office 866 United Nations Plaza, Room 4053 New York, NY 10017-1822 Phone: (212) 750-5795 Fax: (212) 750-5849 Email: paintl@igc.org Signatures to the letter supporting the New Agenda and International Court of Justice resolutions Total 160 in 22 countries INTERNATIONAL (15) British-American Security Council (BASIC) For Mother Earth International Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space Grandmothers for Peace International Greenpeace International International Association of Lawyers Against Nuclear Arms (IALANA) International Peace Bureau (IPB) International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW) International Student Movement for the U.N. Pacific Campaign for Disarmament and Security Pacific Islands Association of Non-Governmental Organizations (PIANGO) Pax Christi International Women's Environment and Development Organization Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) Working Group Eurobomb/Project on European Nuclear Non-Proliferation (PENN) AUSTRALIA (6) Australian Peace Committee (South Australian Branch) Australian Peace Committee National Office Campaign for International Cooperation and Disarmament Friends of the Earth Australia People for Nuclear Disarmament (Western Australia) Medical Association for Prevention of War (MEDACT SA) South Australian Branch BELGIUM (1) War Resisters International / Flemish section CANADA (6) Canadian Network to Abolish Nuclear Weapons Centre De Ressources Sur La Non-Violence The Simons Foundation of Canada Physicians for Global Survival Physicians for Global Survival Calgary Chapter No Nukes! DENMARK (2) Enhedslisten Aalborg Green Party FRANCE (3) Appel des Cent Pour la Paix - -----Original Message----- From: happen@pipeline.com [mailto:happen@pipeline.com] Sent: Thursday, November 04, 1999 1:04 PM To: FBOYLE@LAW.UIUC.EDU; abolition-usa@lists.xmission.com; 'Abolition Caucus List (E-mail)'; NUKENET@envirolink.org; 'TP2000'; a-days@motherearth.org Subject: Re: Stopping Malicious Looping The problem appears to be that personal responses are being made by replying to "all" rather than just the sender. Personal messages addressed to all are creating a heavy load. Some people are on multiple lists and therefore recieve duplicate (or more) messages. Scott P. - - To unsubscribe to abolition-usa, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe abolition-usa" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 4 Nov 1999 12:47:36 -0600 From: "Boyle, Francis" Subject: (abolition-usa) Stopping Malicious Looping Dear Anti-Nuclear Friends: It appears that someone who does not like what I am doing/saying has written a program that loops my messages to these anti-nuclear lists back to these lists on multiple occasions. Although I am not a technical person, I have been told it is easy enough to do. I have seen it done before. As i understand it, the list administrators can determine who the real culprit is and remove that person from the lists if they so desire. Sorry for any inconvenience. Francis A. Boyle. 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. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 4 Nov 1999 15:33:59 -0600 From: "Boyle, Francis" Subject: RE: (abolition-usa) Listserve Difficulties Mailinglist 'Citizens Inspections to Prevent War Crimes' - ------------------------------------------------------- Dear Carah: I also think that person put some type of worm in there that has infected the other anti-nuclear lists as well. Francis. - -----Original Message----- From: Nuclear Age Peace Foundation [mailto:a2000@silcom.com] Sent: Thursday, November 04, 1999 3:31 PM To: abolition-caucus@igc.org; abolition-usa@lists.xmission.com Subject: (abolition-usa) Listserve Difficulties Dear Friends, As the list moderator for the Abolition Global Caucus and the Abolitio-USA listserves, please allow me to apologize for the inconveniences caused by the recent multiple postings of the same messages from certain senders. I am currently on the phoone with our technical support and we are determining who has infected the list serve. Consequently, the person who set the automatic loop will be removed from the listserve. I appreciate your patience in this matter. If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me. Thank you for your continued support. Yours In Peace, Carah Carah Lynn Ong Coordinator, Abolition 2000 Nuclear Age Peace Foundation 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.wagingpeace.org/abolition2000 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-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 subscribe to the International Abolition-caucus, send a message (with no subject) to: majordomo@igc.org In the body of the message, write: "subscribe abolition-caucus" (do not include quotation marks) To post a message to the International Abolition list, mail your message to: abolition-caucus@igc.apc.org - - To unsubscribe to abolition-usa, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe abolition-usa" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. - - To unsubscribe to abolition-usa, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe abolition-usa" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 4 Nov 1999 13:11:36 -0600 From: "Boyle, Francis" Subject: (abolition-usa) RE: Stopping Malicious Looping At first I too thought that using the Reply to All button was the problem. But my original messages have also been multiplied for each list. In addition, as far as I can tell, at least one other message has been put into this loop-- by Tracey Moavero, which i have gotten several times already today, as indicated below. Also, these problems have NOT occurred on any of the other lists that i have been posting on today. So my conclusion is that someone else has maliciously set up an automatic loop. fab. Dear friends, Below is the final edition of the sign-on letter to support the New Agenda resolution and the International Court of Justice resolution at the U.N. General Assembly. We have 160 organizations in 22 countries signed on. Thank you to all of our signers. We are in the process of getting this delivered to all the First Committee delegations, which should be completed by today. Keep the pressure up on your governments for positive votes! All the best, Tracy Moavero Peace Action International Office November 1, 1999 Your Excellency, As citizens' organizations working to end the threat of nuclear war, we urge your government to support two important resolutions which are before the United Nations General Assembly First Committee for consideration. The "Towards a Nuclear-Weapon-Free World: The Need for a New Agenda" resolution reflects our concerns about the urgent need for complete nuclear disarmament. The concrete steps in it lay important groundwork for moving stalled processes and creating new opportunities for progress. Far from hindering any existing efforts, this resolution strengthens them by taking them out of isolation and bringing them together to create momentum. The sponsors' commitment to building consensus is clear from this year's text, which takes into consideration concerns raised by some delegations when this resolution was considered last year. We also support the resolution affirming the 1996 advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice that there exists a legal obligation to pursue and conclude nuclear disarmament negotiations. As the United Nations becomes increasingly important in enforcing the rule of law to build and keep peace, this resolution strengthens the position of the U.N. in that regard. Anything less than a strong affirmative vote would send an ambiguous message about respect for international law. The timing of these resolutions is crucial. We are distressed not only by the slow pace of progress toward disarmament, but also by the disturbing signs that nuclear arsenals are becoming even more entrenched in the security policies of some nations. Failure of the U.N. General Assembly to strongly support these resolutions at this time would send a dangerous signal to those who are trying to invigorate nuclear weapons programs. We recognize the vital role of the United Nations in fostering nuclear disarmament and see ourselves as partners in those efforts. While the undersigned organizations are from many different parts of the globe, we are working together to build support for these resolutions. NGO representatives will be using the Internet to send up-to-the-minute updates, allowing organizations around the world to closely follow First Committee proceedings and plan their work accordingly. We were pleased that the fifty-third session of the General Assembly overwhelmingly adopted these resolutions, confirming the broad support - among both civil society and governments - for swift and concerted action for complete nuclear disarmament. We await similar and even stronger results this year. Nuclear disarmament is often noted as an "ultimate goal." The time has come for that "ultimate goal" to be realized. Sincerely, (See attached list of Civil Society Organizations) Contact: Tracy Moavero Peace Action International Office 866 United Nations Plaza, Room 4053 New York, NY 10017-1822 Phone: (212) 750-5795 Fax: (212) 750-5849 Email: paintl@igc.org Signatures to the letter supporting the New Agenda and International Court of Justice resolutions Total 160 in 22 countries INTERNATIONAL (15) British-American Security Council (BASIC) For Mother Earth International Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space Grandmothers for Peace International Greenpeace International International Association of Lawyers Against Nuclear Arms (IALANA) International Peace Bureau (IPB) International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW) International Student Movement for the U.N. Pacific Campaign for Disarmament and Security Pacific Islands Association of Non-Governmental Organizations (PIANGO) Pax Christi International Women's Environment and Development Organization Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) Working Group Eurobomb/Project on European Nuclear Non-Proliferation (PENN) AUSTRALIA (6) Australian Peace Committee (South Australian Branch) Australian Peace Committee National Office Campaign for International Cooperation and Disarmament Friends of the Earth Australia People for Nuclear Disarmament (Western Australia) Medical Association for Prevention of War (MEDACT SA) South Australian Branch BELGIUM (1) War Resisters International / Flemish section CANADA (6) Canadian Network to Abolish Nuclear Weapons Centre De Ressources Sur La Non-Violence The Simons Foundation of Canada Physicians for Global Survival Physicians for Global Survival Calgary Chapter No Nukes! DENMARK (2) Enhedslisten Aalborg Green Party FRANCE (3) Appel des Cent Pour la Paix - -----Original Message----- From: happen@pipeline.com [mailto:happen@pipeline.com] Sent: Thursday, November 04, 1999 1:04 PM To: FBOYLE@LAW.UIUC.EDU; abolition-usa@lists.xmission.com; 'Abolition Caucus List (E-mail)'; NUKENET@envirolink.org; 'TP2000'; a-days@motherearth.org Subject: Re: Stopping Malicious Looping The problem appears to be that personal responses are being made by replying to "all" rather than just the sender. Personal messages addressed to all are creating a heavy load. Some people are on multiple lists and therefore recieve duplicate (or more) messages. Scott P. - - To unsubscribe to abolition-usa, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe abolition-usa" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 4 Nov 1999 12:47:36 -0600 From: "Boyle, Francis" Subject: (abolition-usa) Stopping Malicious Looping Mailinglist 'Citizens Inspections to Prevent War Crimes' - ------------------------------------------------------- Dear Anti-Nuclear Friends: It appears that someone who does not like what I am doing/saying has written a program that loops my messages to these anti-nuclear lists back to these lists on multiple occasions. Although I am not a technical person, I have been told it is easy enough to do. I have seen it done before. As i understand it, the list administrators can determine who the real culprit is and remove that person from the lists if they so desire. Sorry for any inconvenience. Francis A. Boyle. Francis A. Boyle Law Building 504 E. 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