Dear Ambassador,
Please consider invoking UN Res. 377 "Uniting For Peace" to stop this
unnecessary, unjust disastrous war that U.S. President 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. President Bush appears determined to wage war on Iraq despite the world's opposition, despite the likelihood that an unprovoked war will foment, rather than eliminate, terrorism. The Bush Administration has threatened to attack Iraq.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 secu! rity."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 d! ifficult.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 thescourge of war."
Please act now. It's not too late.
Sincerely,
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