[WCUSP] Fwd: [womeninblack] FW: anti-WMD joint statement needs your help

[Barbara Taft]

If WCUSP needs to officially say we back this, I vote in favor.  We have,
indeed, had along-standing anti-nuclear platform.

Barb Taft

--- Carol Urner <carol.disarm at gmail.com> wrote:

> In response to your email, all of these points are consistent with WILPF
> positions, most of them long standing.  I would think it could be discussed
> at the Congress and I coudl see that it is brought forth inthe Peace and
> Security Working Group, but I also think this is the kind of statement that
> U.S. WILPF, at least, could readily sign on to with the consent of Mary Day
> and one or both of our Presidents.  Kate should be able to help you with
> this as a WCUSP Campaign action item.  We do this several times a year in
> the DISARM committee and the procedure is fairly simple.
> 
> in peace, Carol Urner
> 
> On 6/20/07, yvonne simmons <roweenayvonne at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > Odile and I met Andrea in Italy at the WIB
> > Internatioal severao years ago in Peace Yvonne
> > --- Women In Black Frederick
> > <wibfrederick at earthlink.net> wrote:
> >
> > > From: "Women In Black Frederick"
> > > <wibfrederick at earthlink.net>
> > > To: <womeninblack at listas.nodo50.org>
> > > Date: Wed, 20 Jun 2007 11:44:52 -0500
> > > CC: lieve snellings <lieve.snellings at pandora.be>
> > > Subject: [womeninblack] FW: anti-WMD joint statement
> > > needs your help
> > >
> > > Dear Women In Black Sisters:
> > >
> > > I received the following request from CASMII
> > > (Campaign Against Sanctions and Military
> > > Intervention in Iran)for possible endorsement by
> > > Women In Black of a statement calling for a
> > > Nuclear-Free Middle East.
> > >
> > > I would appreciate your input on this initiative.
> > > If considered appropriate, possibly this could be
> > > discussed at the international gathering in August?
> > >
> > >
> > > Andrea Norouzi
> > > Women In Black, Frederick, Maryland, USA
> > > www.wibfrederick.org
> > >
> > >
> > > CASMII is circulating a statement developed jointly
> > > with an Israeli group (that formed originally to
> > > agitate against Vanunu's imprisonment) and asking
> > > for endorsements - please see the attachment. Can we
> > > count on you to bring it to the WIB national?
> > >
> > > These groups in UK and Israel have signed the
> > > statement with CASMII:
> > >
> > > Stop the War Coalition (This is the big coalition of
> > > the antiwar movement which organised the two-million
> > > strong demonstration before the invasion of Iraq) ;
> > >
> > > Campaign for a Nuclear-Free Middle East (UK) ; and
> > >
> > > The Israeli Committee for a Middle East Free From
> > > Atomic, Biological and Chemical Weapons .
> > >
> > > Statement Text:
> > >
> > > International Statement for a Middle East free of
> > > all Weapons of Mass Destruction.
> > >
> > > Despite the unfolding tragedy in Iraq and the
> > > dangerously spiraling crises in the Middle East,
> > > another war of an unprecedented scale, this time
> > > against Iran, is looming. The environmental and
> > > human cost of this war would, by comparison, dwarf
> > > the suffering in Iraq; it would engulf the region
> > > and have serious and unintended global consequences.
> > >
> > >
> > > Terrifyingly, even "pre-emptive" nuclear strikes on
> > > Iran have not been ruled out. The
> > > introduction of the notion of limited "surgical
> > > strikes" involving tactical nuclear bunker busters,
> > > has not only increased such possibility, it has
> > > brought the morally unthinkable into the realm of
> > > debatable. The very mention of the idea has begun
> > > the process of desensitizing the public to such a
> > > horror. The logical outcome of the nuclear threat is
> > > undoubtedly a drive to nuclear proliferation in the
> > > region, which would then increase the likelihood of
> > > the eventual use of nuclear weapons. In this
> > > eventuality, there will be no winners.
> > >
> > > At this perilous time, let us remember the July 1955
> > > joint Manifesto by Bertrand Russell and Albert
> > > Einstein at the height of the Cold War: "We are
> > > speaking on this occasion, not as members of this or
> > > that nation, continent, or creed, but as human
> > > beings, members of the species, Man, whose continued
> > > existence is in doubt ... We shall try to say no
> > > single word which should appeal to one group rather
> > > than to another. All, equally, are in peril, and, if
> > > the peril is understood, there is hope that they may
> > > collectively avert it."
> > >
> > > The question we have to ask ourselves is: what steps
> > > can be taken to prevent a
> > > military conflict of which the issue must be
> > > disastrous to all species?
> > >
> > > The stakes now are at least equally high. It is with
> > > this same spirit of shared humanity that we reach
> > > out to all peace loving people in the world to
> > > subscribe to the following steps to reduce the risk
> > > of a nuclear confrontation.
> > >
> > > With this aim in mind, we, the undersigned:
> > >
> > > 1. Call for the Middle East to be a zone free from
> > > nuclear and other weapons of mass
> > > destruction.
> > >
> > > 2. Call upon Israel, as the only Middle Eastern
> > > state with an atomic arsenal, to join
> > > the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and become
> > > fully transparent by opening its
> > > clandestine nuclear facilities to international
> > > inspections and supervision by
> > > International Atomic Energy Agency. Nuclear weapons
> > > or facilities not approved
> > > under the NPT must be dismantled.
> > >
> > > 3. Call for the dispute about Iran's nuclear
> > > program, to be resolved through
> > > peaceful means and dialogue and in accordance with
> > > the nuclear Non-
> > > Proliferation Treaty, of which Iran is a current
> > > signatory.
> > >
> > > 4. Whilst welcoming Iran's declaration of the
> > > peaceful nature of its nuclear
> > > program, we urge Iran's full co-operation with the
> > > International Atomic
> > > Energy Agency to avoid suspicion and
> > > misunderstanding.
> > >
> > >
> > > > International Statement for a Middle East free of
> > > all Weapons of Mass Destruction.
> > >
> > > Despite the unfolding tragedy in Iraq and the
> > > dangerously spiraling crises in the Middle
> > > East, another war of an unprecedented scale, this
> > > time against Iran, is looming. The
> > > environmental and human cost of this war would, by
> > > comparison, dwarf the suffering in
> > > Iraq; it would engulf the region and have serious
> > > and unintended global consequences.
> > >
> > > Terrifyingly, even  pre-emptive  nuclear strikes on
> > > Iran have not been ruled out. The
> > > introduction of the notion of limited  surgical
> > > strikes  involving tactical nuclear bunker
> > > busters, has not only increased such possibility, it
> > > has brought the morally unthinkable
> > > into the realm of debatable. The very mention of the
> > > idea has begun the process of
> > > desensitising the public to such a horror. The
> > > logical outcome of the nuclear threat is
> > > undoubtedly a drive to nuclear proliferation in the
> > > region, which would then increase the
> > > likelihood of the eventual use of nuclear weapons.
> > > In this eventuality, there will be no
> > > winners.
> > >
> > > At this perilous time, let us remember the July 1955
> > > joint Manifesto by Bertrand Russell
> > > and Albert Einstein at the height of the Cold War:
> > >  We are speaking on this occasion,
> > > not as members of this or that nation, continent, or
> > > creed, but as human beings, members
> > > of the species, Man, whose continued existence is in
> > > doubt     We shall try to say no
> > > single word which should appeal to one group rather
> > > than to another. All, equally, are in
> > > peril, and, if the peril is understood, there is
> > > hope that they may collectively avert it.
> > >   The question we have to ask ourselves is: what
> > > steps can be taken to prevent a
> > > military conflict of which the issue must be
> > > disastrous to all species?
> > >
> > > The stakes now are at least equally high. It is with
> > > this same spirit of shared humanity
> > > that we reach out to all peace loving people in the
> > > world to subscribe to the following
> > > steps to reduce the risk of a nuclear confrontation.
> > >
> > >
> > > With this aim in mind, we, the undersigned:
> > >
> > > 1.
> > > Call for the Middle East to be a zone free from
> > > nuclear and other weapons of mass
> > > destruction.
> > > 2.
> > > Call upon Israel, as the only Middle Eastern state
> > > with an atomic arsenal, to join
> > > the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and become
> > > fully transparent by opening its
> > > clandestine nuclear facilities to international
> > > inspections and supervision by
> > > International Atomic Energy Agency. Nuclear weapons
> > > or facilities not approved
> > > under the NPT must be dismantled.
> > > 3.
> > > Call for the dispute about Iran s nuclear programme,
> > > to be resolved through
> > > peaceful means and dialogue and in accordance with
> > > the nuclear Non-
> > > Proliferation Treaty, of which Iran is a current
> > > signatory.
> > > 4.
> > > Whilst welcoming Iran s declaration of the peaceful
> > > nature of its nuclear
> > > programme, we urge Iran s full co-operation with the
> > > International Atomic
> > > Energy Agency to avoid suspicion and
> > > misunderstanding.
> > >
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