> >=========Iraq Action Coalition ========http://iraqaction.org/ ======= > >** Please forward ** > >Dear friends, > >This week, 70 US congressional officials are putting pressure on the >Clinton administration to end the economic sanctions against Iraq. The >group's spokesman, David Bonior (D-MI), described the sanctions as >"infanticide masquerading as policy" (BBC News, 17 February 2000). > >Also, this week, Hans von Sponeck, coordinator of the Oil for Food program >in Iraq, and Jutta Burghardt, head of the World Food Program in Iraq, both >resigned from their posts in protest of the economic sanctions and the UN >SC Resolution 1284. > >And, today, we receive more tremendous news: Several Nobel-Peace Prize >Laureates - including Nelson Mandela, Mikhael Gorbachev, and the 14th >Dalai Lama - are appealing for an end to the sanctions. (Appeal enclosed >below). > >This news - these appeals, resignations, and support from Congress - need >to be heard in the mainstream media! Their power rests upon us: we must >contact our local media and demand that they cover these stories. A >listing of AP and Reuters wire stories on the resignations is available on >the EPIC website - http://saveageneration.org > >We need your help today. Please write a letter to the editor AND call your >local paper and urge them to cover these stories. Then, please let us know >so that we may become more empowered by your success. > >Sincerely, >-Rania Masri >============================ > > >>Pierre Marchand >>FOUNDATION APPEAL OF THE NOBEL PEACE LAUREATES FOR THE CHILDREN OF THE >WORLD >>Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Fax : +33 (0)3 44 86 39 07 >> >>Web : http://www.nobelweb.org >>Adress : 58 Avenue de Huy - F60200 - CompiËgne FRANCE >> >>May Peace prevail on Earth and all beings be happy. > >> >>To: Heads of States of all member countries of the General Assembly of the >>United Nations, the United Nations Security Council, the United Nations >>General Assembly, Legislators, Media, and Citizens: >> >>Today, in Iraq, there are many children silently suffering the effects and >>consequences of the sanctions. >> >>The suffering takes many different forms: chronic malnutrition, dysentery, >>typhoid, cholera, dehydration, vomiting, and anemia. Many children ñ too >>many children ñ live in a ìculture of suffering.î >> >>We wish to contribute to reduce their suffering. We believe that each >child >>deserves the basic rights to food, medicine, and clean drinking water. We >>also believe that it is possible to do this for the children of Iraq. >> >>Keeping in mind that the United Nations has declared the years 2000-2010 >the >>ìDecade for a culture of Non-Violence,î and in accord with our appeal to >>ìmake children of the world aware of the real, practical meaning and >>benefits of non-violence in their daily lives, in order to reduce violence, >>and consequent suffering, perpetrated against them and humanity in > general,î >>we make this solemn appeal: >> >>ß That all Heads of States cooperate in the lifting of all of the >sanctions >>against Iraq except those which limit the trade of items which can only be >>used for military purposes and that the President of the United States and >>the Prime Minister of Great Britain do everything in their power to ensure >>that the sanctions are lifted; >>ß That the United Nations Security Council votes to lift the sanctions >>against Iraq and that the representatives from the United States and Great >>Britain do everything in their power to ensure that the sanctions are >>lifted; >>ß That the General Assembly works to ensure that the sanctions are >lifted; >>ß That the Legislators of all States cooperate in the lifting of the >>sanctions against Iraq and that the Congress of the United States of >America >>and the Parliament of Great Britain pass bills to that effect and do >>everything in their power to ensure that the sanctions are lifted; >>ß That the media around the world fulfills its obligation to expose the >>catastrophic suffering that are the result of the sanctions against the >>Iraqi people and that the media do everything in their power to ensure that >>the sanctions are lifted; >>ß That all citizens of the world do everything in their power to ensure >that >>the sanctions against Iraq are lifted. >> >>Together, we can build a new culture of non-violence for humankind which >>will give hope to all humanity, and in particular, to the children of Iraq. >> >>With Deepest Respect >> >>The Nobel Peace Prize Laureates >> >>Signed by >> >>Mairead Maguire Corrigan >>Nelson Mandela >>Aung San Suu Kyi >>The 14th Dalai Lama (Tenzin Gyatso) >>Mikhail Gorbachev >>Shimon Peres >>Elie Wiesel >>Mgr. Desmond Mpilo Tutu >>Adolfo Perez Esquivel >>Yasser Arafat >>Mgr. Carlos Felipe Ximenes Belo >>Jose Ramos-Horta >>Norman Borlaug >>Oscar Arias Sanchez >>UNICEF >>Frederik Willem de Klerk >>Betty Williams >>Lech Walesa >>Joseph Rotblat >>The Friends Service Council / The American Friends Service Committee >>The International Committee of the Red Cross >>The International Association of Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear >>War >>Doctors Without Borders >>Institute of International Law >>Permanent International Peace Bureau >>Nansen International Office for Refugees >>Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees >>International Labour Organization >>Amnesty International >>International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War Inc >>The United Nations Peace-Keeping Forces >>International Campaign to Ban Landmines >>Jody Williams >>John Hume >>David Trimble >> >> >>______________________________________________________ > > > __________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. 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