From: owner-abolition-usa-digest@lists.xmission.com (abolition-usa-digest) To: abolition-usa-digest@lists.xmission.com Subject: abolition-usa-digest V1 #349 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 Monday, July 31 2000 Volume 01 : Number 349 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Thu, 27 Jul 2000 20:04:55 -0400 From: Norman & Karen Cohen Subject: (abolition-usa) nuke power poll Hi all, posted on radsafe, so far the pro-nukers are winning. Take a minute and click no-nukes. The question is: is Germany correct in getting rid of nukes yes or no. Vo= te yes, and then vote for Nader this November. norm hughesj@songs.sce.com wrote: > A poll for you to vote in, regarding nuclear power: > > http://www.policy.com/news/dbrief/dbriefarc769.asp > > ***********************************************************************= * > The RADSAFE Frequently Asked Questions list, archives and subscription > information can be accessed at http://www.ehs.uiuc.edu/~rad/radsafe.htm= l - -- Coalition for Peace and Justice and the UNPLUG Salem Campaign; 321 Barr Ave., Linwood, NJ 08221; 609-601-8537 or 609-601-8583 (8583: fax, answer machine); norco@bellatlantic.net; UNPLUG SALEM WEBSITE: http://www.unplugsalem.org/ COALITION FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE WEBSITE: http://members.bellatlantic.net/~norco/ ICQ# 54268619; The Coalition for Peace and Justice is a chapter of Peace Action. =93We have two lives, the one we=92re given, and the other one we make=94= (Mary Chapin Carpenter) =93Get up, stand up, stand up for your rights...Get up, stand up, don=92t= give up the fight!=94 (Bob Marley) - - 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, 28 Jul 2000 15:06:44 +1000 From: FoE Sydney - Nuclear Campaign Subject: (abolition-usa) URGENT! Pls sign NMD/Star Wars Letter to US and Allies PLEASE SIGN THIS LETTER BY EMAILING FoE Sydney - Nuclear Campaign Dear All, The following letter is to be faxed to president Clinton, Cohen, Bush, Gore, and US allies plus Putin and Jiang Xemin, in mid- August. We do urgently require as many signatures as possible on it as soon as possible. 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, FOREIGN 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 Knight, Chair, CND UK., Dave Webb, Yorkshire CND, Yorks, UK., Anni Rainbow and Lindis Percy, Campaign for the Accountability of US Bases, (CAAB), Yorkshire, UK., Dr Chris Busby, Low-Level Radiation Campaign, UK., Xanthe Hall, IPPNW-Germany, Berlin, Claus Biegert, Nuclear Free Future Award, Munich, Germany, Eva Quistorp, Women for Peace, Berlin, Germany, Vladimir Sliviak, 'ECODEFENSE', Russia, Alisa Nikoulina, Social-Ecological Union Antinuclear Campaign, Moscow, Galina Ragouzhina, World Information Service on Energy(WISE) Russia, Alexandra Koroleva, Baltic Research and Action Centre, Kaliningrad, Alla Shevchuck, Chairwoman, Odessa Branch Social-Ecological Union, Odessa, Ukraine, Victor Khazan, MP, Friends of the Earth Ukraine, Member, Ukrainian Parliament. Paul Saoke, IPPNW, Kenya, Roy Cabonegro, Secy- General, YSDA Phillipines, Jean P. Patterson, Heredia Disarmament Committee, San Jose, Costa-Rica., Grace De Haro, Suzanne Schultz, Lihue Association, Patagonia, Argentina, S. P. Udayakumar, South Asian Community Centre for Education and Research, Nagercoil, Tamil Nadu, India, Niel Arya, President, Physicians for Global Survival,(PGS) Canada., Joyce Lydiard, WILPF-British Columbia, Canada., Dr Rosalie Bertell, International Institute of Concern for Public Health,(IICPH) Toronto, Canada., Rear-Admiral Eugene J. Carroll Jr, US Navy (Retd), Vice-President, Centre for Defence Information,(CDI) Washington, USA., Barbara Hatch Rosenberg, Program Director, Federation of American Scientists, (FAS), NY, Carah Ong, Coordinator, Abolition 2000, Santa Barbara, Calif, USA., Sally Light, Nuclear Weapons Program Analyst, Tri-Valley CARES, Livermore, Calif, USA., Jennifer Olaranna Viereck, Director, HOME, Tecopa, Calif., Bob Kinsey, Peace and Justice Task Force, Rocky Mountains Conference, United Church of Christ, Colorado, Alice Slater, President, Global Resource and Action Centre for the Environment, (GRACE) NY, USA Bill Smirnow, Nuclear-Free New York, NY, USA., John Burroughs, Executive Director, Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy,(LCNP) NY., Ellen Thomas, Executive Director, Proposition One Committee, Washington DC., USA., Martin Butcher, Director of Security Programs, Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR), Washington DC, USA., Randall Forsberg, Director, Institute for Defence and Disarmament Studies, Cambridge, Mass, Bruce Gagnon, Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space, Gainesville, Florida., Ross Mc Cluney PhD, Principal Research Scientist, Florida Solar Energy Centre, Florida,(pers. capacity) John Reese, Community Action Network, Seattle, Wash, USA., Terry Gipps, President, Alliance for Sustainability, Minneapolis, Mn, USA., John M. 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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. ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2000 06:48:42 -0400 From: Peace through Reason Subject: (abolition-usa) NucNews 00/07/28 - Daybook - --=====================_123993800==_.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 28, 2000 http://www.washtimes.com/national/daybook-2000728213239.htm 8:30 a.m. =97 Environmental Protection Agency holds a meeting of the= national advisory committee for acute exposure guideline levels for hazardous substances. Location: Rooms 8236-8240, Nassif Building, Transportation Department, 400 Seventh St. SW. Contact: 202/554-1404. =20 9 a.m. =97 Veterans Affairs Department holds a meeting of the= veterans' advisory committee on environmental hazards to review information relating= to the health effects of exposure to ionizing radiation. Location: Room 430,= 810 Vermont Ave. NW. Contact: 202/273-7268. Energy pricing conference =97 8:30 a.m. =97 The Electric Power= Research Institute holds its International Energy Pricing Conference. Location:= Wyndham Hotel, 1400 M St. NW. Contact: 608/231-2266. Arrival ceremony =97 10 a.m. =97 The Defense Department holds a full= honors arrival ceremony for Adolf Ogi, president and chief, Federal Department of Defense, Switzerland. Defense Secretary William S. Cohen participates. Location: River Parade Field, the Pentagon. Contact: 703/695-0169. Vigil =97 4 p.m. =97 The Committee to Free Lori Berenson holds a vigil= for free-lance journalist Lori Berenson, imprisoned in Peru for 4* years.= Location: Peruvian Embassy, 1700 Massachusetts Ave. NW. Contact: 202/548-8480. =20 ___________________________________________________ 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.) 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http://www.washtimes.com/national/daybook-2000728213239.= htm

    8:30 a.m. =97 Environmental Protection Agency holds a meeting of the national advisory committee for acute exposure guideline levels for hazardous substances. Location: Rooms 8236-8240, Nassif Building, Transportation Department, 400 Seventh St. SW. Contact: 202/554-1404.
 
      9 a.m. =97 Veterans Affairs Department holds a meeting of the veterans' advisory committee on environmental hazards to review information relating to the health effects of exposure to ionizing radiation. Location: Room 430, 810 Vermont Ave. NW. Contact: 202/273-7268.

      Energy pricing conference =97 8:30 a.m. =97 The Electric Power Research Institute holds its International Energy Pricing Conference. Location: Wyndham Hotel, 1400 M St. NW. Contact: 608/231-2266.

    Arrival ceremony =97 10 a.m. =97 The Defense Department holds a full honors arrival ceremony for Adolf Ogi, president and chief, Federal Department of Defense, Switzerland. Defense Secretary William S. Cohen participates. Location: River Parade Field, the Pentagon. Contact: 703/695-0169.

    Vigil =97 4 p.m. =97 The Committee to Free Lori Berenson holds a vigil for free-lance journalist Lori Berenson, imprisoned in Peru for 4* years. Location: Peruvian Embassy, 1700 Massachusetts Ave. NW. Contact: 202/548-8480.
 

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 - --=====================_123993800==_.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: Sat, 29 Jul 2000 11:29:37 -0400 From: Ellen Thomas Subject: (abolition-usa) FWD: Contamination Inquiry Hi, here's an inquiry that came to NucNews which I thought someone on the Abolition list might be able to reply. Please reply directly to From: "Rainmaker Films" with a copy to NucNews . Thanks! Ellen - ---- At 08:06 AM 7/29/2000 -0700, "Rainmaker Films" Sorry if some of you have already seen the following post. If not, the read on. I just recently subscribed to this list and was hoping someone on the list could assist me with some research. I'm currently writing a film that involves contamination of land and water from nuclear waste. Specifically, I need to find out what types of waste product were generated by the production of nuc weapons (1950's era); how was that waste handled; if (hypothetically) stored in some type of old mine shaft in the mid-1950's, without current technology, what type of material could potentially leak from storage containers (type used in 50's?) into ground water and/or lakes and streams; how long would this material be dangerous; what effects would it have on a human being exposed to the area/water source for an extended time period (say on and off for 20-30 years, constant exposure for 2-3 years (ie: daily use of water and soil), and effects on a person exposed 50 years later at the source of the contamination (ie: would the skin of the exposed person redden, hair fall out, etc- figure exposure at less than 10 minutes).. Here's my story/scenario: A government contractor illegally stores contaminated nuc weapon production waste materials in an abandoned mine shaft. 50 years later, some adventurous rock climbers discover the abandoned shaft and the waste, and see that the containers have leaked into a small underground river that empties into a larger river and some mountain lakes. Any help or resources you could direct me to would be greatly appreciated. And in a few years when you see it on the big screen you can know that much if not all of the science is plausible if not completely accurate. Thanks in advance, Sincerely, Bill Flannigan Writer/ Director ______________________________________________________________ * Peace Through Reason - http://prop1.org - Convert the War Machines! * Online Petition - http://www.PetitionOnline.com/prop1/petition.html ______________________________________________________________ - - To unsubscribe to abolition-usa, send an email to "majordomo@xmission.com" with "unsubscribe abolition-usa" in the body of the message. For information on digests or retrieving files and old messages send "help" to the same address. Do not use quotes in your message. ------------------------------ Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2000 19:39:29 -0400 From: Ellen Thomas Subject: (abolition-usa) NucNews 00/07/29 - News Flash; Announcements - --=====================_13598743==_.ALT Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" [NucNews archives posted through 7/25/00 (more to be added later) at http://prop1.org/nucnews/briefslv.htm.] 1) Idaho Fires are NOT out! Sheriffs threaten to arrest INEEL guards... NEWFLASH from DOEWatch , July 29, 2000: The fires in Idaho around INEEL are far from out this morning, as told by sources in the area. Newsworthy are issues like the power that feeds communities around INEEL were cut as power poles burned down and the UP& L, Utah Power and Light, were interfered with along Hwy 20 by INEEL guards as it crosses the INEEL reservation. The Butte County Sheriffs office apparently countered with commands to arrest any INEEL guards that interfered with power restoration. These stories and more supported by KDIK New3 in Pocotello, Idaho. The fire is off to areas around ARCO and HOWE Idaho, near LAVA---and now out of control again. Sounds like the INEEL PR about double fire lines is not working and naional news media is being mislead by this info, as the fires rekindled last evening. Fires have burned near reactor test sites. Appearances are the INEEL guards want to keep all folks well away from the INEEL reservation with these delay tactics even applied to emergency power restoration folks working in the area along state road right of ways. Stay tuned for more on the INEEL fires and lets hope these areas get spared not only the fire, but the spead of contamination from INEEL sites. ___________________________________________________ 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 purposes only, in accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107. - --=====================_13598743==_.ALT Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" [NucNews archives posted through 7/25/00 (more to be added later) at http://prop1.org/nucnews/briefslv.htm.]

1) Idaho Fires are NOT out!  Sheriffs threaten to arrest INEEL guards...

NEWFLASH from DOEWatch <Magnu96196@aol.com >, July 29, 2000:

The fires in Idaho around INEEL are far from out this morning, as told by
sources in the area.  Newsworthy are issues like the power that feeds communities around INEEL were cut as power poles burned down and the UP& L, Utah Power and Light, were interfered with along Hwy 20 by INEEL guards as it crosses the INEEL reservation. The Butte County Sheriffs office apparently countered with commands to arrest any INEEL guards that interfered with power restoration. These stories and more supported by KDIK New3 in Pocotello, Idaho.

The fire is off to areas around ARCO and HOWE Idaho, near LAVA---and now out of control again. Sounds like the INEEL PR about double fire lines is not working and naional news media is being mislead by this info, as the fires rekindled last evening. Fires have burned near reactor test sites. Appearances are the INEEL guards want to keep all folks well away from the INEEL reservation with these delay tactics even applied to emergency power restoration folks working in the area along state road right of ways.

Stay tuned for more on the INEEL fires and lets hope these areas get spared not only the fire, but the spead of contamination from INEEL sites.


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 - --=====================_13598743==_.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: Mon, 31 Jul 2000 16:17:51 +1000 From: FoE Sydney - Nuclear Campaign Subject: (abolition-usa) URGENT! Pls sign NMD/Star Wars Letter to US and Allies PLEASE SIGN THIS LETTER BY EMAILING FoE Sydney - Nuclear Campaign Dear NGO, The following letter is to be faxed to president Clinton, Cohen, Bush, Gore, and US allies plus Putin and Jiang Xemin, in mid- August. We do urgently require as many signatures as possible on it as soon as possible. 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, FOREIGN 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 Knight, Chair, CND UK., Dave Webb, Yorkshire CND, Yorks, UK., Anni Rainbow and Lindis Percy, Campaign for the Accountability of US Bases, (CAAB), Yorkshire, UK., Dr Chris Busby, Low-Level Radiation Campaign, UK., Xanthe Hall, IPPNW-Germany, Berlin, Claus Biegert, Nuclear Free Future Award, Munich, Germany, Eva Quistorp, Women for Peace, Berlin, Germany, Vladimir Sliviak, 'ECODEFENSE', Russia, Alisa Nikoulina, Social-Ecological Union Antinuclear Campaign, Moscow, Galina Ragouzhina, World Information Service on Energy(WISE) Russia, Alexandra Koroleva, Baltic Research and Action Centre, Kaliningrad, Alla Shevchuck, Chairwoman, Odessa Branch Social-Ecological Union, Odessa, Ukraine, Victor Khazan, MP, Friends of the Earth Ukraine, Member, Ukrainian Parliament. Paul Saoke, IPPNW, Kenya, Roy Cabonegro, Secy- General, YSDA Phillipines, Jean P. Patterson, Heredia Disarmament Committee, San Jose, Costa-Rica., Grace De Haro, Suzanne Schultz, Lihue Association, Patagonia, Argentina, S. P. Udayakumar, South Asian Community Centre for Education and Research, Nagercoil, Tamil Nadu, India, Niel Arya, President, Physicians for Global Survival,(PGS) Canada., Joyce Lydiard, WILPF-British Columbia, Canada., Dr Rosalie Bertell, International Institute of Concern for Public Health,(IICPH) Toronto, Canada., Rear-Admiral Eugene J. Carroll Jr, US Navy (Retd), Vice-President, Centre for Defence Information,(CDI) Washington, USA., Barbara Hatch Rosenberg, Program Director, Federation of American Scientists, (FAS), NY, Carah Ong, Coordinator, Abolition 2000, Santa Barbara, Calif, USA., Sally Light, Nuclear Weapons Program Analyst, Tri-Valley CARES, Livermore, Calif, USA., Jennifer Olaranna Viereck, Director, HOME, Tecopa, Calif., Bob Kinsey, Peace and Justice Task Force, Rocky Mountains Conference, United Church of Christ, Colorado, Alice Slater, President, Global Resource and Action Centre for the Environment, (GRACE) NY, USA Bill Smirnow, Nuclear-Free New York, NY, USA., John Burroughs, Executive Director, Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy,(LCNP) NY., Ellen Thomas, Executive Director, Proposition One Committee, Washington DC., USA., Martin Butcher, Director of Security Programs, Physicians for Social Responsibility (PSR), Washington DC, USA., Randall Forsberg, Director, Institute for Defence and Disarmament Studies, Cambridge, Mass, Bruce Gagnon, Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space, Gainesville, Florida., Ross Mc Cluney PhD, Principal Research Scientist, Florida Solar Energy Centre, Florida,(pers. capacity) John Reese, Community Action Network, Seattle, Wash, USA., Terry Gipps, President, Alliance for Sustainability, Minneapolis, Mn, USA., John M. Laforge, 'Nukewatch', Wisconsin, USA., Paige Knight, Hanford Watch, Portland, Ore, USA., Michael D. Intriligator, Vice-Chair, Economists Allied for Arms Reduction (ECAAR), UCLA, USA., Barbara Weidener, Grandmothers for Peace International, Calif., Alan Moore, Peace and Justice Commission, City of Berkley, Alan Moore, Patch Adams Peace and Justice Centre, Alan Moore, Butterfly Gardeners Association, Anthony Guarisco, Alliance of Atomic Veterans, USA., Phyllis S. Yingling, Chair, Kay Camp, Former Chair, Womens International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) USA., Marion Hancock, Coordinator, Peace Foundation, Aotearoa/NZ., Auckland, NZ, Dr R. E. 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