Please Reply to Abolition 2000 at: [EMAIL PROTECTED], Http://www.abolition2000.org. Dear Friends and Activists, Please allow me to introduce you to Abolition 2000, a global network comprised of more than 1420 organizations in 90 countries calling for a treaty to eliminate nuclear weapons. At the 1995 Non-Proliferation Treaty Review and Extension Conference where, frustrated by the resolve of the nuclear weapons states to maintain their arsenals, a few activists and concerned individuals had a vision. That vision of a more secure and livable world, free from the threat of nuclear weapons, was the foundation for the international movement that became known as the Abolition 2000 Network. Now, more than ever before, the work of Abolition 2000 is vital to ensure a more secure and livable world for our children, grandchildren and all future generations. We cannot succeed without your help. At our Annual General Meeting held at the Hague Appeal for Peace in May 1999, we agreed that the year 2000 poses a critical challenge for the Network. To preserve the integrity of the Abolition 2000 name and to continue the vital work of the Global network, members have committed to increasing Network membership to at least 2000 organizations by the start of the Non-Proliferation Treaty Conference in April. We will also make Abolition 2000 attendance and presence known at the NPT conference. Help make the number of supporting groups climb to over 2,000 by joining us in our endeavors! I would like to personally invite you to sign and endorse the Abolition 2000 statement. If you would like to receive more information, please feel free to contact me or visit our website at Http://www.abolition2000.org. I look forward to hearing from you. My best wishes to you in our common endeavor to create a more peaceful and just world. Yours In Peace, Carah Lynn Ong ABOLITION 2000 STATEMENT A secure and livable world for our children and grandchildren and all future generations requires that we achieve a world free of nuclear weapons and redress the environmental degradation and human suffering that is the legacy of fifty years of nuclear weapons testing and production. Further, the inextricable link between the "peaceful" and warlike uses of nuclear technologies and the threat to future generations inherent in creation and use of long-lived radioactive materials must be recognized. We must move toward reliance on clean, safe, renewable forms of energy production that do not provide the materials for weapons of mass destruction and do not poison the environment for thousands of centuries. The true "inalienable" right is not to nuclear energy, but to life, liberty and security of person in a world free of nuclear weapons. We recognize that a nuclear weapons free world must be achieved carefully and in a step by step manner. We are convinced of its technological feasibility. Lack of political will, especially on the part of the nuclear weapons states, is the only true barrier. As chemical and biological weapons are prohibited, so must nuclear weapons be prohibited. We call upon all states particularly the nuclear weapons states, declared and de facto to take the following steps to achieve nuclear weapons abolition. We further urge the states parties to the NPT to demand binding commitments by the declared nuclear weapons states to implement these measures: 1.Initiate immediately and conclude by the year 2000 negotiations on a nuclear weapons abolition convention that requires the phased elimination of all nuclear weapons within a timebound framework, with provisions for effective verification and enforcement.* 2.Immediately make an unconditional pledge not to use or threaten to use nuclear weapons. 3.Rapidly complete a truly comprehensive test ban treaty with a zero threshold and with the stated purpose of precluding nuclear weapons development by all states. 4.Cease to produce and deploy new and additional nuclear weapons systems, and commence to withdraw and disable deployed nuclear weapons systems. 5.Prohibit the military and commercial production and reprocessing of all weapons-usable radioactive materials. 6.Subject all weapons-usable radioactive materials and nuclear facilities in all states to international accounting, monitoring, and safeguards, and establish a public international registry of all weapons-usable radioactive materials. 7.Prohibit nuclear weapons research, design, development, and testing through laboratory experiments including but not limited to non-nuclear hydrodynamic explosions and computer simulations, subject all nuclear weapons laboratories to international monitoring, and close all nuclear test sites. 8.Create additional nuclear weapons free zones such as those established by the treaties of Tlatelolco and Raratonga. 9.Recognize and declare the illegality of threat or use of nuclear weapons, publicly and before the World Court. 10.Establish an international energy agency to promote and support the development of sustainable and environmentally safe energy sources. 11.Create mechanisms to ensure the participation of citizens and NGOs in planning and monitoring the process of nuclear weapons abolition. A world free of nuclear weapons is a shared aspiration of humanity. This goal cannot be achieved in a non-proliferation regime that authorizes the possession of nuclear weapons by a small group of states. Our common security requires the complete elimination of nuclear weapons. Our objective is definite and unconditional abolition of nuclear weapons. * The convention should mandate irreversible disarmament measures, including but not limited to the following: withdraw and disable all deployed nuclear weapons systems; disable and dismantle warheads; place warheads and weapon-usable radioactive materials under international safeguards; destroy ballistic missiles and other delivery systems. The convention could also incorporate the measures listed above which should be implemented independently without delay. When fully implemented, the convention would replace the NPT. If your group or organization wishes to sign on to this statement, please send an email with the following information to Carah Ong at [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Name of Organization: Contact Name: Street Address: City/State/Municipality: Country: Telephone: Fax: Email: You may also sign this statement electronically by visiting Http://www.orgapledge.html For info on how your town can adopt municipal resolutions, send an email to Carah Ong at [EMAIL PROTECTED] Carah Lynn Ong Coordinator, Abolition 2000 1187 Coast Village Road PMB 121, Suite 1 Santa Barbara CA 93108 Phone (805) 965 3443 FAX(805) 568 0466 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website http://www.abolition2000.org 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. 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