Greenpeace Anti-War Online Campaign
Posted by Andy Carter,
Thursday, March 27, 2003
Just received the following from Greenpeace, might be of interest to HebWeb
viewers:
On Wednesday, 26 March, there was an 'open session' of the UN Security
Council, and members are expected to put forward a resolution condemning
the war and calling for a ceasefire. The debate is expected to carry on
until Thursday, but it is clear that any such resolution will be vetoed
by the US and UK.
Arab League Foreign Ministers, as well as their colleagues in the non-Aligned Movement, have said that if there is no Security Council resolution, they will invoke Resolution 377 ('Uniting for Peace'), and call for an Emergency Session of the UN General Assembly, where a resolution calling for an end to the war would get overwhelming support.
We have chosen several countries whose support for this move is key to its success. Any country that puts this forward, will have to be able to withstand diplomatic and economic blackmail from the US and the UK in order to exercise their democratic right to speak on behalf of their people.
Please use this
link to write to the Foreign Ministers of Cuba, South Africa, Malaysia,
Indonesia, Nigeria, New Zealand, Switzerland, Fiji, Mexico, Chile, Germany,
Russia, and France, and ask them to support 'Uniting for Peace'.
You can discuss the campaign for a 'Uniting for Peace'
resolution here: