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From: Darrell Rankin
Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2003 2:49 PM
Subject: CANESI: Fwd: URGENT ACTION: UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY MUST ACT
Dear peace-supporting groups and people across Canada,
Dear Friends of peace in other countries
Among the many initiatives and calls for action to prevent a war with Iraq (so many that need support!), I think this one can deal a powerful blow against U.S. lawlessness/ imperialism.
A growing number of groups and individuals are supporting this appeal, including Robert Fisk who had to cancel his speaking engagement in Winnipeg last week.
Simply copy the list of emails below and paste them in your "to", "cc" and "bcc" message boxes, sign your name to the letter, delete my and Karen's letters at the beginning and the extra text below your letter, and Send - it is that easy. Fax numbers are also listed below.
Regards,
Darrell Rankin
PS if you would like Karen's letter in a Text file for better forwarding to your own email contacts, please let me know and I will send it to you.
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From: ICPJ [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: URGENT ACTION:UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY MUST ACT
Date: Mon, 17 Mar 2003
This is a follow-up to the email ICPJ sent last week concerning the right of the UN General Assembly to act to prevent war.
Karen Talbot
International Council for Peace and Justice
http://icpj.org
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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URGENT!! PLEASE TAKE THE FOLLOWING ACTION NOW to encourage the UN member nations to act to stop the war through a special session of the General Assembly!!!
Bush will speak tonight and announce going ahead with the war against Iraq probably in 24 hours. The U.S. and UK have withdrawn their resolution before the Security Council because it is clear that France will veto it. They intend to go ahead with their massive “shock and awe” attack on Iraq.
Below is a suggested letter to send to UN member states TODAY!! It is self explanatory. You can edit this letter in any way you wish (or just copy) and then cut and paste into a message. Then you can cut and paste the email addresses into the To, CC, and Bcc. The BCC might have to broken up into 2 or 3 emails because it is so big.
Also below there are fax numbers if you choose to go that route. But time is of the essence.
Please send the emails NOW because it is literally the last minute.
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Dear U.N. Ambassador,
Please consider invoking UN Res. 377 “Uniting For Peace” to stop this unnecessary, unjust disastrous war that Bush is trying to foist upon innocent Iraqis and the world.
The war will cause hundreds of thousands of deaths of innocents, trillions better spent on current human needs, instability, increased terrorism, and possibly the seeds of WWIII. And it is totally unnecessary because Saddam is contained, has no proven connection to al-Queda, and is in the process of disarming.
President Bush appears determined to wage war on Iraq despite the world’s opposition, despite the progress of UN weapons inspectors, despite the likelihood that an unprovoked war will foment, rather than eliminate, terrorism.
The Bush Administration has threatened to attack Iraq even without the authority of the UN Security Council. This constitutes both a threat to world peace and to the very integrity of the UN as an institution dedicated to “the maintenance of international peace and security.” Time is running short. This disastrous war must be prevented.
Therefore, I urge you to band together with other nations in support of a “Uniting for Peace” resolution against an unprovoked invasion of Iraq.
As you know, Resolution 377, adopted by the UN in 1950, was made for situations precisely like this one.
Uniting for Peace provides that if, because of the lack of unanimity of the permanent members of the Security Council (France, China, Russia, Britain, United States), the Council cannot maintain international peace where there is a “threat to the peace, breach of the peace or act of aggression,” the General Assembly “shall consider the matter immediately..”
The General Assembly can meet within 24 hours to consider such a matter, and can recommend collective measures to U.N. members including the use of armed forces to “maintain or restore international peace and security.”
Such a “Uniting for Peace” resolution could require that no military action be taken against Iraq without the explicit authority of the Security Council. It could mandate that the inspectors be permitted to complete their task. It seems unlikely that the United States and Britain would ignore such a measure. A vote by the majority of countries in the world, particularly if it were almost unanimous, would make the unilateral rush to war more difficult.
Uniting for Peace can be invoked either by seven members of the Security Council or by a majority of the members of the General Assembly.
Clearly, it our last best hope for fulfilling the mission stated in the UN Charter: to “save succeeding generations form the scourge of war.”
Please act now. It’s not too late.
Sincerely,
(Name and City —address optional— USA)
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