From: owner-abolition-usa-digest@lists.xmission.com (abolition-usa-digest) To: abolition-usa-digest@lists.xmission.com Subject: abolition-usa-digest V1 #344 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 Friday, July 21 2000 Volume 01 : Number 344 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2000 07:44:58 -0400 From: Ellen Thomas Subject: (abolition-usa) NucNews 00/07/19 - Daybook; Bush tour; Nikitin event tomorrow; Peace Action - --=====================_131510202==_.ALT Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 1) Washington Daybook, by FIND/AFP and The Washington Times. - July 19, 2000 http://www.washtimes.com/national/daybook-2000719213641.htm 10 a.m. =97 House Armed Services Committee holds a hearing on military capabilities of the People's Republic of China. Location: 2218 Rayburn House Office Building. Contact: 202/225-4151. 10 a.m. =97 House Budget natural resources and environment task force= holds a hearing on fire-safety failures of the Park Service. Location: 210 Cannon House Office Building. Contact: 202/226-7270. 10 a.m. =97 House Government Reform national security, Veterans Affairs= and international relations subcommittee holds a hearing to assess the status of the State Department's strategic and performance-planning process. Location: 2247 Rayburn House Office Building. Contact: 202/225-5074. PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES: Buchanan, Gore and Nader unknown Bush - Austin TX today 11:15 a.m. - Bush for President Web Site Launch, Austin Children's= Museum, 201 Colorado Street, Austin, TX, 512/472-2499 The schedule for Governor Bush's pre-convention tour is as follows.=20 Additional stops may be added: Friday, July 28:=20 Springdale, Arkansas=20 Joplin, Missouri Saturday, July 29:=20 Owensboro, Kentucky=20 Louisville, Kentucky=20 Kenton County, Kentucky Sunday, July 30:=20 Cincinnati, Ohio Monday, July 31:=20 Dayton, Ohio=20 Columbus, Ohio On Tuesday, August 1:=20 Charleston, West Virginia=20 Harrisburg, Pennsylvania On Wednesday, August 2:=20 Philadelphia and to the Convention - ------ Tomorrow: An Award Reception for Environmental Heroes:=20 Aleksandr Nikitin and the Bellona Foundation=20 Thursday, July 20 @ 5:30 pm in Room 2172 Rayburn=20 On Thursday July 20, 2000 at 5:30 pm in Room 2172 Rayburn, the Sierra Club will host an event to honor Mr. Aleksandr Nikitin, an environmental= activist from Russia and the Bellona Foundation, a Norwegian environmental organization. You should have already received an invitation to this event from the Sierra Club, which will present Nikitin and Bellona with their highest international honor, the Earthcare Award.=20 =20 Mr. Nikitin is a former Russian Navy officer who was imprisoned in 1996 by authorities on treason charges for blowing the whistle on the Russian= navy's practice of routinely dumping nuclear waste in the Arctic Ocean. He spent 10 months in a St. Petersburg jail. Only recently, Russia's Supreme Court ruled that Mr. Nikitin did not commit espionage or treason and acquitted Mr.= Nikitin of all charges. Nikitin worked with Bellona to publish a bleak,= groundbreaking report revealing the ecological dangers of Russia's crumbling nuclear= submarine fleet.=20 =20 American, Russian, and international environmental organizations have called= on Russian President Putin to re-establish the State Committee for= Environmental Protection, which was abolished as an independent agency and placed under= the Ministry of Natural Resources. Legislation which passed the House under suspension in June, HR 4249, mandates a study on the threat that decaying Russian submarines and unsafe nuclear waste storage pose to the region and= to U.S. National Security.=20 =20 Both Members and Staff are welcome to attend this event to learn more about the brave work of these environmental heroes and the environmental and proliferation threats surrounding this situation. For more information,= please feel free to contact Jason Gross of the International Relations Committee= Staff at 225-6735 and David Goldston with Rep. Boehlert's staff at 5-3665.=20 Sincerely,=20 SAM GEJDENSON, SHERWOOD BOEHLERT=20 To learn more about Aleksandr Nikitin and the Bellona Foundation please=20 click on http://www.bellona.no/imaker?id=3D15049&sub=3D1 - ------- NOTE: Apologies to Peace Action for overlooking their announcement about= the action on Capitol Hill yesterday. Mike Flugennock has posted a videotape of the "Protest Star Wars Scam" Capitol Hill press conference video online: http://flow.mediavac.com/ramgen/sinkers/2000/CapitolHillJul1800.rm RealVideo format, 14 mins 19 secs. Ohio Rep. Dennis Kucinich, Massachusetts Rep. Barney Frank and others join Peace Action, Fellowship of Reconciliation, Physicians for Social Responsibility, World Policy Institute and Womens' Action for New Directions= in calling for an end to "defense" industry graft and corruption, rampant militarism and the "Star Wars" scam in a press conference on Capitol Hill. Photographed and edited by Mike Flugennock, flugennock@sinkers.org . To inform, to inspire, to amuse, to offend: "Mike Flugennock's Mikey'zine" http://www.sinkers.org ___________________________________________________ Today's News and Archives: http://prop1.org/nucnews/briefslv.htm Submit URL/Article: mailto:NucNews@onelist.org OneList Archives: http://www.onelist.com/archive/NucNews (subscribe online) Subscribe to NucNews Briefs: mailto:prop1@prop1.org Quick Route to U.S. Congress: http://www.senate.gov/senators/index.cfm (Senators' Websites) http://www.house.gov/house/MemberWWW.html (Representatives' Websites) http://thomas.loc.gov/ (Pending Legislation - Search) Presidential Candidates' Websites (a-z): George W. Bush - http://www.georgewbush.com/ Pat Buchanan - http://www.gopatgo2000.com/default.htm Al Gore - http://www.algore2000.com/ Ralph Nader - http://www.votenader.org/press.html (Please send other sites of qualified candidates.) Online Petition to Abolish Nuclear Weapons - http://www.PetitionOnline.com/prop1/petition.html Distributed without payment for research and educational=20 purposes only, in accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107. - --=====================_131510202==_.ALT Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 1) Washington Daybook, by FIND/AFP and The Washington Times. - July 19, 2000
http://www.washtimes.com/national/daybook-2000719213641.= htm

    10 a.m. =97 House Armed Services Committee holds a hearing on military capabilities of the People's Republic of China. Location: 2218 Rayburn House Office Building. Contact:=20 202/225-4151.

      10 a.m. =97 House Budget natural resources and environment task force holds a hearing on fire-safety failures of the Park Service. Location: 210 Cannon House Office Building. Contact: 202/226-7270.

    10 a.m. =97 House Government Reform national security, Veterans Affairs and international relations subcommittee holds a hearing to assess the status of the State Department's strategic and performance-planning process. Location: 2247 Rayburn House Office Building. Contact: 202/225-5074.

PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES:

Buchanan, Gore and Nader unknown

Bush - Austin TX today
     11:15 a.m. - Bush for President Web Site Launch, Austin Children's Museum, 201 Colorado Street, Austin, TX, 512/472-2499

The schedule for Governor Bush's pre-convention tour is as follows.=20
Additional stops may be added:

Friday, July 28:
Springdale, Arkansas
Joplin, Missouri

Saturday, July 29:
Owensboro, Kentucky
Louisville, Kentucky
Kenton County, Kentucky

Sunday, July 30:
Cincinnati, Ohio

Monday, July 31:
Dayton, Ohio
Columbus, Ohio

On Tuesday, August 1:
Charleston, West Virginia
Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

On Wednesday, August 2:
Philadelphia and to the Convention

- ------

Tomorrow: An Award Reception for Environmental Heroes:
Aleksandr Nikitin and the Bellona Foundation
Thursday, July 20 @ 5:30 pm in Room 2172 Rayburn

On Thursday July 20, 2000 at 5:30 pm in Room 2172 Rayburn, the  Sierra Club will host an event to honor Mr. Aleksandr Nikitin, an  environmental activist from Russia and the Bellona Foundation, a Norwegian  environmental organization. You should have already received an  invitation to this event from the Sierra Club, which will present Nikitin  and Bellona with their highest international honor, the Earthcare Award.
 
Mr. Nikitin is a former Russian Navy officer who was imprisoned in 1996 by authorities on treason charges for blowing the whistle on the  Russian navy's practice of routinely dumping nuclear waste in the Arctic Ocean. He spent 10 months in a St. Petersburg jail. Only recently, Russia's Supreme Court ruled that Mr. Nikitin did not commit espionage or treason and acquitted Mr. Nikitin of all charges. Nikitin worked with Bellona to publish a bleak, groundbreaking report revealing the ecological dangers of Russia's crumbling nuclear submarine fleet.
 
American, Russian, and international environmental organizations have called on Russian President Putin to re-establish the State Committee for Environmental Protection, which was abolished as an independent agency and placed under the Ministry of Natural Resources. Legislation which passed the House under suspension in June, HR 4249, mandates a study on the threat that decaying Russian submarines and unsafe nuclear waste storage pose to the region and to U.S. National Security.
 
 Both Members and Staff are welcome to attend this event to learn more about the brave work of these environmental heroes and the environmental and proliferation threats surrounding this situation. For more information, please feel free to contact Jason Gross of the International Relations Committee Staff at 225-6735 and David Goldston with Rep. Boehlert's staff at 5-3665.

Sincerely,
SAM GEJDENSON, SHERWOOD BOEHLERT

To learn more about Aleksandr Nikitin and the Bellona Foundation please
click on http://www.bellona.no/imaker?id=3D15049&sub=3D1
-------

NOTE:  Apologies to Peace Action for overlooking their announcement about the action on Capitol Hill yesterday.  Mike Flugennock has posted a videotape of the "Protest Star Wars Scam" Capitol Hill press conference video online:
http://flow.mediavac.com/ramgen/sinkers/2000/CapitolHill= Jul1800.rm
RealVideo format, 14 mins 19 secs.

Ohio Rep. Dennis Kucinich, Massachusetts Rep. Barney Frank and others join Peace Action, Fellowship of Reconciliation, Physicians for Social Responsibility, World Policy Institute and Womens' Action for New Directions in calling for an end to "defense" industry graft and corruption, rampant militarism and the "Star Wars" scam in a press conference on Capitol Hill.

Photographed and edited by Mike Flugennock, flugennock@sinkers.org=20 .

To inform, to inspire, to amuse, to offend:
"Mike Flugennock's Mikey'zine"
http://www.sinkers.org



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John Hallam, Letter Coordinator PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON, 1-202-456-2461, 1-202-456-2883, 1-202-456-6218, 1-202-456-6201, PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN, +7-095-205-4330, +7-095-206-5173, +7-095-205-4219, PRIME MINISTER TONY BLAIR, 44-171-925-0918, PRESIDENT JACQUES CHIRAC, +33-147-42-2465, PRIME MINISTER LIONEL JOSPIN +33-142-34-2677 GERMAN PRESIDENT, JOHANNES RAU, +49-030-20-00-19-99, CHANCELLOR GERHARD SCHROEDER, +49-228-56-2357, +49-30-4000-2357, PRIME MINISTER OF JAPAN, YOSHIRO MORI, [FAX NO?] JEAN CHRETIEN, PRIME MINISTER, CANADA, +1-613-941-6900, KOSTAS SIMITIS, PRIME MINISTER OF GREECE, +301-671-6183 POUL NYRUP RASMUSSEN, PRIME MINISTER OF DENMARK, +45-33-11-1665 PRIME MINISTER DAVID ODDSSON, PRIME MINISTER OF ICELAND, +354-622373, PRIME MINISTER MASSIMO D'ALEMA, PRIME MINISTER OF ITALY, +39-6-678-3998 PRIME MINISTER KJELL MAGNE BONDEVIK, PRIME MINISTER OF NORWAY, +47-2224-2796 PRIME MINISTER WILLHEM KOK, PRIME MINISTER OF THE NETHERLANDS, +31-70-356-4683, CC US SECRETARY OF STATE MADELEINE ALBRIGHT +1-202-647-6047, US SECRETARY FOR DEFENCE, WILLIAM S. COHEN +1-703-695-1149, =46OREIGN MINISTER OF RUSSIA IGOR IVANOV, +7-095-247-2722, +7-095-293-3323, ROBIN COOK, UK MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS, +44-171-829-2417, +44-171-270-2833, HUBERT VEDRINE, MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF FRANCE, +33-1-4317-5203, JOSCHKA FISCHER, FOREIGN MINISTER OF GERMANY +49-228-168-6662, +49-1888-171-928, +49-228-173-402, +49-30-201-861-924, YOHEI KONO, MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF JAPAN, +81-3-3581-9675 LLOYD AXWORTHY, MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS, CANADA, +1-613-952-3904, +1-613-996-3546 LOUIS MICHEL, MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF BELGIUM, +32-2-511-6385, THEODOROS PANGALOS, MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF GREECE, +30-1-362-4195 George Bush Presidential Candidate, +1-512-637-8800. Al Gore, Presidential Candidate, +1-202-456-2461 Dear Presidents and Prime Ministers, Foreign Ministers and Defence Ministers= , The undersigned NGO groups and Parliamentarians, representing millions of people, are writing: 1) To urge the US not to proceed with proposals for a National Missile Defence System (NMD), 2) To urge US allies to make the strongest representations in appropriate forums or bilaterally, to press the US government not to proceed with the deployment of NMD, and to maintain the integrity of the ABM Treaty. Proceeding with National Missile Defence threatens to undermine the basis of existing and future offensive nuclear arms reduction measures. We note the strong statements made on NMD by the Governments of France, Germany and Sweden, and the expressions of concern by other US allies including the UK, Canada, and the European Union. At the recent NPT Review Conference, the US together with 187 other countries, signed a final declaration that commits it to an unequivocal undertaking to accomplish the total elimination of its nuclear arsenal. Plans to deploy a missile defence system threaten that vital goal, to which the US is legally committed, together with all other NPT signatories. The final declaration of the NPT Review Conference expressly calls for: "the early implementation and entry into force of START-II and conclusion of START-III as soon as possible while preserving and strengthening the Antiballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty as a cornerstone of strategic stability and as a basis for further reductions of strategic offensive weapons in accordance with its provisions." We do not believe it is possible for this to be interpreted in a way that will allow the deployment of an NMD system, nor should it be so interpreted. We therefore urge the US and Russia instead to proceed to the negotiation of START-III at the lowest possible force levels and to the immediate implementation of START-II. We note that the UN Secretary-General, and representatives of Russia, China, the UK, France, Sweden, the European Community, the New Agenda Coalition and the Non-Aligned movement have expressed the view that the ABM treaty is the cornerstone of global strategic stability. The recent meeting of G8 foreign ministers has also expressed strong concern over the possibility that the ABM treaty may be abrogated to allow NMD to proceed, and has stated that they are 'deeply concerned' over missile proliferation as a result of NMD. The Australian Senate on June 29th, passed a motion in which it called on the US not to proceed with the deployment of an NMD system and in which it called for the implementation of START-II as soon as possible, and the negotiation of START-III at the lowest possible force levels. We note also recent expressions of concern within the US, by Congresspeople, Nobel laureates, and other distinguished and influential people and organizations. America should not simply ignore the strongly repeated opinion of governments and NGOs of the whole world, that NMD should not proceed, and that the integrity of the ABM treaty should be maintained. Missile defence schemes respond to an exaggerated perception of the missile threat from so-called 'Rogue States', (now termed 'States of Concern') are not the solution to missile proliferation, sabotage nuclear disarmament efforts to which the US is legally committed along with the rest of the world, and decrease overall US and international security. There are serious doubts whether this system, or whether any missile defence system, can ever work. The problems posed even by relatively simple decoys are probably technically insoluble. The Welch Panel, an independent team of scientists, released a report outlining the probability of NMD systems failure due to time and schedule constraints. Instead of pursuing missile defence, it is vital that the US focus on practical solutions to global strategic security. We therefore urge the US and Russia, as the highest priority, to proceed to the elimination of as many warheads as possible under any START-III agreement, the removal of obstacles to the implementation of START-II, and the removal of strategic missile forces from high alert status as advocated by the Canberra Commission, subsequent UN resolutions and the final NPT declaration. Yours Sincerely, (Signed) Bruna Nota, International President, Womens International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), Geneva/NY., Commander Robert D. Green, RN (Retd.) Chair, World Court Project UK., NZ/UK.= , Dave Webb, Yorkshire CND, Yorks, UK., Vladimir Sliviak, 'ECODEFENSE', Russia, Alisa Nikoulina, Social-Ecological Union Antinuclear Campaign, Moscow, Galina Ragouzhina, World Information Service on Energy(WISE) Russia, Niel Arya, President, Physicians for Global Survival,(PGS) Canada., Rear-Admiral Eugene J. Carroll Jr, US Navy (Retd), Vice-President, Centre for Defence Information,(CDI) Washington, USA., Carah Ong, Coordinator, Abolition 2000, Santa Barbara, Calif, USA., Martin Butcher, Director of Security Programs, Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR), Washington DC, USA., Sally Light, Nuclear Weapons Program Analyst, Tri-Valley CARES, Livermore, Calif, USA., Alice Slater, President, Global Resource and Action Centre for the Environment, (GRACE) NY, USA Ellen Thomas, Executive Director, Proposition One Committee, Washington DC., USA., Bruce Gagnon, Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space, Gainesville, Florida., John Hallam, Nuclear Campaigner, Friends of the Earth Australia Sydney, Australia, Irene Gale AM, Australian Peace Committee, Adelaide Australia, - - 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, 20 Jul 2000 08:04:50 -0400 From: Ellen Thomas Subject: (abolition-usa) NucNews 00/07/20 - Daybook - --=====================_219116405==_.ALT Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 1) Washington Daybook, by FIND/AFP and The Washington Times. - July 20, 2000 http://www.washtimes.com/national/daybook-2000720211950.htm Nuclear stockpile study release =97 1 p.m. =97 Tri-Valley CAREs holds a= news conference to release a new study, "Managing the U.S. Nuclear Weapons Stockpile: A Comparison of Five Strategies." Location: Zenger Room, National Press Club, 14th and F streets NW. Contact: 925/443-7148. 9a.m. =97 Senate Agriculture's Nutrition and Forestry Committee holds= hearing to examine the implications of high energy prices on U.S. agriculture.= Energy Secretary Bill Richardson testifies. Location: 106 Dirksen Senate Office Building. Contact: 202/224-2035. 9:30 a.m. =97 Energy and Natural Resources Committee holds a hearing on= the General Accounting Office investigation of the Cerro Grande fire in New= Mexico, and on federal agencies' fire policies in general. Location: 366 Dirksen= Senate Office Building. Contact: 202/224-4971. 9:30 a.m. =97 Quadrennial Defense Review conference =97 The Lexington= Institute holds a conference on the Quadrennial Defense Review. Location: 192 Dirksen Senate Office Building. Contact: 703/522-5828. 9 a.m. =97 Agriculture's Nutrition and Forestry Committee holds hearing= to examine the implications of high energy prices on U.S. agriculture. Energy Secretary Bill Richardson testifies. Location: 106 Dirksen Senate Office Building. Contact: 202/224-2035. 10 a.m. =97 Senate Indian Affairs Committee holds a hearing on the= Native American Languages Act of 2000. Location: 485 Russell Senate Office= Building. Contact: 202/224-2251. Livable communities symposium =97 6:30 p.m. =97 The National Building= Museum holds a symposium on "Setting the Standard for Creating Livable= Communities." Location: 401 F St. NW. Contact: 202/272-2448. ___________________________________________________ Today's News and Archives: http://prop1.org/nucnews/briefslv.htm Submit URL/Article: mailto:NucNews@onelist.org OneList Archives: http://www.onelist.com/archive/NucNews (subscribe online) Subscribe to NucNews Briefs: mailto:prop1@prop1.org Quick Route to U.S. Congress: http://www.senate.gov/senators/index.cfm (Senators' Websites) http://www.house.gov/house/MemberWWW.html (Representatives' Websites) http://thomas.loc.gov/ (Pending Legislation - Search) Presidential Candidates' Websites (a-z): George W. Bush - http://www.GeorgeWBush.com -= http://64.92.133.170/Calendar.asp Pat Buchanan - http://www.gopatgo2000.com/default.htm Al Gore - http://www.algore2000.com/ Ralph Nader - http://www.votenader.org/press.html (Please send other sites of qualified candidates.) Online Petition to Abolish Nuclear Weapons - http://www.PetitionOnline.com/prop1/petition.html Distributed without payment for research and educational=20 purposes only, in accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107. - --=====================_219116405==_.ALT Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 1) Washington Daybook, by FIND/AFP and The Washington Times. - July 20, 2000
http://www.washtimes.com/national/daybook-2000720211950.= htm

    Nuclear stockpile study release =97 1 p.m. =97 Tri-Valley CAREs holds a news conference to release a new study, "Managing the U.S. Nuclear Weapons Stockpile: A Comparison of Five Strategies." Location: Zenger Room, National Press Club, 14th and F streets NW. Contact: 925/443-7148.

    9a.m. =97 Senate Agriculture's Nutrition and Forestry Committee holds hearing to examine the implications of high energy prices on U.S. agriculture. Energy Secretary Bill Richardson testifies. Location: 106 Dirksen Senate Office Building. Contact:=20 202/224-2035.

    9:30 a.m. =97 Energy and Natural Resources Committee holds a hearing on the General Accounting Office investigation of the Cerro Grande fire in New Mexico, and on federal agencies' fire policies in general. Location: 366 Dirksen Senate Office Building. Contact: 202/224-4971.

    9:30 a.m. =97 Quadrennial Defense Review conference =97 The Lexington Institute holds a conference on the Quadrennial Defense Review. Location: 192 Dirksen Senate Office Building. Contact: 703/522-5828.

    9 a.m. =97 Agriculture's Nutrition and Forestry Committee holds hearing to examine the implications of high energy prices on U.S. agriculture. Energy Secretary Bill Richardson testifies. Location: 106 Dirksen Senate Office Building. Contact:=20 202/224-2035.

    10 a.m. =97 Senate Indian Affairs Committee holds a hearing on the Native American Languages Act of 2000. Location: 485 Russell Senate Office Building. Contact: 202/224-2251.

    Livable communities symposium =97 6:30 p.m. =97 The National Building Museum holds a symposium on "Setting the Standard for Creating Livable Communities." Location: 401 F St. NW. Contact: 202/272-2448.


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 - --=====================_219116405==_.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. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 16:46:18 +1000 From: FoE Sydney - Nuclear Campaign Subject: (abolition-usa) 'STAR-WARS'/MISSILE DEFENCE CAMPAIGN TARGETS G 8 AUSTRALIAN PEACE COMMITTEE FRIENDS OF THE EARTH 21/7/2000 'STAR-WARS'/MISSILE DEFENCE CAMPAIGN TARGETS G 8 A global campaign against the United States proposed 'Star Wars' National Missile Defence (NMD) system has been targeting the G 8 leaders for over a month in the leadup to the G8 summit now happening in Okinawa. The cyberspace-based campaign, coordinated from Sydney, amongst organizations from Washington to Moscow to Patagonia to Adelaide and Perth, has asked people to ask their leaders to press the US not to proceed with NMD at the G 8 summit. People and organizations worldwide have been requested to ask President Clinton and US Defence Secretary Cohen who was in Sydney last weekend, not to deploy NMD. A protest took place in Sydney at the US consulate over the presence of defence secretary Cohen and US plans for NMD. Last weeks meeting of G 8 foreign ministers has already produced a declaration that supports the integrity of the ABM treaty, and G 8 foreign ministers have expressed strong concern over US plans to deploy the missile defence system. According to FOE and APC: "The Australian Government last week should have just said 'NO' to US plans to use joint facilities in NMD. Everyone from the UN secretary-general to Russia and China to the European Union to Sweden, France, and Germany have expressed dismay at the US proposal to violate the ABM treaty and risk another nuclear arms race by deploying NMD. The Australian government is almost the only government that has said it 'understands' the position of the US government. Statements by our government that they 'understand' the US position are reckless and irresponsible. The US needs to hear, above all from close allies such as Australia, that there is no way we will cooperate in wrecking the ABM treaty and re-starting the nuclear arms race." "It is to be hoped that the G 8 leaders will send a very strong message to Clinton, as their foreign ministers did last week that NMD/BMD must not proceed." Contact: John Hallam, Friends of the Earth 02-9517-3903 h02-9810-2598 Ron Gray, Australian Peace Committee 08-8364-2291 - - 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: Fri, 21 Jul 2000 17:09:10 +1000 From: FoE Sydney - Nuclear Campaign Subject: (abolition-usa) Monster international Sign-On letter on NMD/BMD/Star Wars Seeks Signatures Dear All, This letter to President Clinton, Defence Secy Cohen, presidential candidates Bush and Gore and to all US allies plus Russia and China is to be faxed around mid August. It is seeking the signatures of NGOs, prominent people, parliamentarians, and religious bodies. I hope you or your organisation can sign it. John Hallam, Letter Coordinator PRESIDENT BILL CLINTON, 1-202-456-2461, 1-202-456-2883, 1-202-456-6218, 1-202-456-6201, PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN, +7-095-205-4330, +7-095-206-5173, +7-095-205-4219, PRIME MINISTER TONY BLAIR, 44-171-925-0918, PRESIDENT JACQUES CHIRAC, +33-147-42-2465, PRIME MINISTER LIONEL JOSPIN +33-142-34-2677 GERMAN PRESIDENT, JOHANNES RAU, +49-030-20-00-19-99, CHANCELLOR GERHARD SCHROEDER, +49-228-56-2357, +49-30-4000-2357, PRIME MINISTER OF JAPAN, YOSHIRO MORI, [FAX NO?] JEAN CHRETIEN, PRIME MINISTER, CANADA, +1-613-941-6900, KOSTAS SIMITIS, PRIME MINISTER OF GREECE, +301-671-6183 POUL NYRUP RASMUSSEN, PRIME MINISTER OF DENMARK, +45-33-11-1665 PRIME MINISTER DAVID ODDSSON, PRIME MINISTER OF ICELAND, +354-622373, PRIME MINISTER MASSIMO D'ALEMA, PRIME MINISTER OF ITALY, +39-6-678-3998 PRIME MINISTER KJELL MAGNE BONDEVIK, PRIME MINISTER OF NORWAY, +47-2224-2796 PRIME MINISTER WILLHEM KOK, PRIME MINISTER OF THE NETHERLANDS, +31-70-356-4683, CC US SECRETARY OF STATE MADELEINE ALBRIGHT +1-202-647-6047, US SECRETARY FOR DEFENCE, WILLIAM S. COHEN +1-703-695-1149, =46OREIGN MINISTER OF RUSSIA IGOR IVANOV, +7-095-247-2722, +7-095-293-3323, ROBIN COOK, UK MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS, +44-171-829-2417, +44-171-270-2833, HUBERT VEDRINE, MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF FRANCE, +33-1-4317-5203, JOSCHKA FISCHER, FOREIGN MINISTER OF GERMANY +49-228-168-6662, +49-1888-171-928, +49-228-173-402, +49-30-201-861-924, YOHEI KONO, MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF JAPAN, +81-3-3581-9675 LLOYD AXWORTHY, MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS, CANADA, +1-613-952-3904, +1-613-996-3546 LOUIS MICHEL, MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF BELGIUM, +32-2-511-6385, THEODOROS PANGALOS, MINISTER FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF GREECE, +30-1-362-4195 George Bush Presidential Candidate, +1-512-637-8800. Al Gore, Presidential Candidate, +1-202-456-2461 Dear Presidents and Prime Ministers, Foreign Ministers and Defence Ministers= , The undersigned NGO groups and Parliamentarians, representing millions of people, are writing: 1) To urge the US not to proceed with proposals for a National Missile Defence System (NMD), 2) To urge US allies to make the strongest representations in appropriate forums or bilaterally, to press the US government not to proceed with the deployment of NMD, and to maintain the integrity of the ABM Treaty. Proceeding with National Missile Defence threatens to undermine the basis of existing and future offensive nuclear arms reduction measures. We note the strong statements made on NMD by the Governments of France, Germany and Sweden, and the expressions of concern by other US allies including the UK, Canada, and the European Union. At the recent NPT Review Conference, the US together with 187 other countries, signed a final declaration that commits it to an unequivocal undertaking to accomplish the total elimination of its nuclear arsenal. Plans to deploy a missile defence system threaten that vital goal, to which the US is legally committed, together with all other NPT signatories. The final declaration of the NPT Review Conference expressly calls for: "the early implementation and entry into force of START-II and conclusion of START-III as soon as possible while preserving and strengthening the Antiballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty as a cornerstone of strategic stability and as a basis for further reductions of strategic offensive weapons in accordance with its provisions." We do not believe it is possible for this to be interpreted in a way that will allow the deployment of an NMD system, nor should it be so interpreted. We therefore urge the US and Russia instead to proceed to the negotiation of START-III at the lowest possible force levels and to the immediate implementation of START-II. We note that the UN Secretary-General, and representatives of Russia, China, the UK, France, Sweden, the European Community, the New Agenda Coalition and the Non-Aligned movement have expressed the view that the ABM treaty is the cornerstone of global strategic stability. The recent meeting of G8 foreign ministers has also expressed strong concern over the possibility that the ABM treaty may be abrogated to allow NMD to proceed, and has stated that they are 'deeply concerned' over missile proliferation as a result of NMD. The Australian Senate on June 29th, passed a motion in which it called on the US not to proceed with the deployment of an NMD system and in which it called for the implementation of START-II as soon as possible, and the negotiation of START-III at the lowest possible force levels. We note also recent expressions of concern within the US, by Congresspeople, Nobel laureates, and other distinguished and influential people and organizations. America should not simply ignore the strongly repeated opinion of governments and NGOs of the whole world, that NMD should not proceed, and that the integrity of the ABM treaty should be maintained. Missile defence schemes respond to an exaggerated perception of the missile threat from so-called 'Rogue States', (now termed 'States of Concern') are not the solution to missile proliferation, sabotage nuclear disarmament efforts to which the US is legally committed along with the rest of the world, and decrease overall US and international security. There are serious doubts whether this system, or whether any missile defence system, can ever work. The problems posed even by relatively simple decoys are probably technically insoluble. The Welch Panel, an independent team of scientists, released a report outlining the probability of NMD systems failure due to time and schedule constraints. Instead of pursuing missile defence, it is vital that the US focus on practical solutions to global strategic security. We therefore urge the US and Russia, as the highest priority, to proceed to the elimination of as many warheads as possible under any START-III agreement, the removal of obstacles to the implementation of START-II, and the removal of strategic missile forces from high alert status as advocated by the Canberra Commission, subsequent UN resolutions and the final NPT declaration. Yours Sincerely, (Signed) Bruna Nota, International President, Womens International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), Geneva/NY., Commander Robert D. Green, RN (Retd.) Chair, World Court Project UK., NZ/UK.= , Dave Webb, Yorkshire CND, Yorks, UK., Vladimir Sliviak, 'ECODEFENSE', Russia, Alisa Nikoulina, Social-Ecological Union Antinuclear Campaign, Moscow, Galina Ragouzhina, World Information Service on Energy(WISE) Russia, Niel Arya, President, Physicians for Global Survival,(PGS) Canada., Rear-Admiral Eugene J. Carroll Jr, US Navy (Retd), Vice-President, Centre for Defence Information,(CDI) Washington, USA., Carah Ong, Coordinator, Abolition 2000, Santa Barbara, Calif, USA., Martin Butcher, Director of Security Programs, Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR), Washington DC, USA., Sally Light, Nuclear Weapons Program Analyst, Tri-Valley CARES, Livermore, Calif, USA., Alice Slater, President, Global Resource and Action Centre for the Environment, (GRACE) NY, USA Ellen Thomas, Executive Director, Proposition One Committee, Washington DC., USA., Bruce Gagnon, Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space, Gainesville, Florida., John Hallam, Nuclear Campaigner, Friends of the Earth Australia Sydney, Australia, Irene Gale AM, Australian Peace Committee, Adelaide Australia, - - 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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