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APPEAL FOR IMMEDIATE
CESSATION
OF HOSTILITIES IN LEBANON AND GAZA
This appeal below, calling for
an immediate cessation of hostilities, was written together by
Friends of the Earth Australia and the Association of World Citizens.
The resolution was transmitted to the following members, of the
Israeli foreign ministry, the UK foreign minister and prime minister,
President Bush and Condoleeza Rice, President Chirac and the
French Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, the foreign ministry
of Russia, all Security Council members and Secretary General
Kofi Annan.
Contact Douglas Mattern - San
Francisco
Tel: 415 541 9610
or John Hallam Tel 61-2-9810-2598-
Sydney
foesyd4@ihug.com.au
TO :
EHUD OLMERT AND TZIPI LIVNI
MEMBERS OF UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL,HAMAS AND HEZBOLLAH
Dear Prime Minister and Foreign
Minister of Israel, Ambassadors, and Foreign Ministers of the
Security Council, and Leaders of Hamas and Hezbollah:
The undersigned individuals and
organisations appeal to you to immediately cease hostilities
in Lebanon and the Gaza Strip and to commence negotiations leading
to a just diplomatic and political solution to the problems of
the Middle East. We appeal to all parties in this crisis to abide
by all UN resolutions, including Israel to leave occupied land
and Hezbollah to be disarmed.
The pursuit of a military solution
to problems created by an overwhelming perception of injustice
to non-Israelis could result in Hezbollah actually being strengthened,
with hostility to Israel vastly magnified. Moreover, this hostility
is on the rise worldwide due to the massive bombing in Lebanon
in which civilians are the vast majority of victims and the infrastructure
of the country is being ruined. This is unacceptable to the world
community. Condemnation is also directed to Hezbollah for directing
missiles on towns and villages in Israel. Bombing and missiles
on civilian targets creates a savage condition that guarantees
increased hostility and hatred.
A project to destroy Hezbollah
or other opposing forces by military means is unrealistic in
the long-term, and most likely would achieve the opposite effect.
Similarly, we urge leaders of Hamas and Hezbollah to understand
that efforts to destroy the State of Israel cannot succeed, and
statements to that effect must be ended if negotiations to end
the conflict and improve the lives of people in the entire region
are to succeed.
The current policies to address
the problems in the Middle East are, in our view, terribly inadequate,
mired in the past, and self-defeating. We urge you to cease hostilities
immediately and to commence a process of negotiation towards
a just solution, including the assurance that the Middle East
becomes a nuclear weapons free zone. A rapid decision to proceed
with diplomacy rather than force would be welcomed by the entire
world community, and it could be an important milestone on the
journey to liberation from the violence of the past and the present
terror of modern weapons.
On the other side, failure to
solve this problem and a continuation of violence poses the terrible
risk of escalation that could include even the possibility of
nuclear strikes. Such possibilities, coupled with rhetoric of
mutual threats, are horrifying. Talk of mutual threats between
Israel and Iran is dangerous in the extreme and must cease.
We urge you to seize this historic
opportunity, and we look forward to your early response.
Signed:
International organisations:
Pol D'Huyvetter, Friends of the
Earth Flanders/For Mother Earth
Douglas Mattern, Association
of World Citizens, San Francisco,
Dr Mary Wynne-Asford, Past Co-President,
IPPNW,
Colin Archer Secy General International
Peace Bureau, Geneva
Bruce K. Gagnon Coordinator,
Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space,
Yumi Kikuchi, Founder, Global
Peace Campaign
Kinhide MUSHAKOJI, Vice Chair,
International Movement Against All Forms of Discrimination and
Racism (IKADR), Tokyo, Japan
Steve Leeper, Mayors for Peace,
United States
Bill Smirnow, Nuclear-Free New
York, Huntingdon, NY, USA,
Diane C. Beeny, Co-Chair, Hiroshima/Nagasaki
Remembrance Committee
Westfield, New Jersey, United States of America
Scandinavia
Langeland Hallgeir MP, Norway,
Barbara Brädefors, Swedish
Peace Committee, Stockholm, Sweden
Bo Normander, The Social-Liberal
Party, Denmark,
Netherlands
Ak Malten, Global Anti-Nuclear
Alliance, The Hague, Netherlands.
Frank Slijper, Campagne tegen
Wapenhandel (Dutch Campaign against Arms Trade), Groningen, Netherlands
Belgium
Antonio Macias, Eqipo Nizkor,
Belgium,
Prof. H. Firket, IPPNW Belgian
branch, Liège, Belgium
France
Jean-Marie Matagne, President
of ACDN (Action des Citoyens pour le Désarmement Nucléaire),
France,
Jean Louis Delpuech, Médecin
conseil à la Sécurité Sociale à Montpellier,
membre du Parti Socialiste
Patrick Chapus, Association de
Sauvegarde du Patrimoine et du Cadre de Vie dr Solerieux, Fr,
JOLY Jacques President of ADFE-Francais
du Monde of West Japan
UK
John Johansen-Berg, Chair, Fellowship
of Reconciliation ( England), Founder of the Community for Reconciliation.
(based in England)
Peter Cadogan, London Alliance
for Local Democracy
Jill Stallard, National Secretary,
CND Cymru, UK,
Anna Cheetham, Co-Chair, Leicester
Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament,
Michael Sackin, Leicester, UK
Jews for Justice for Palestinians,
Angie Zelter, Reforest the Earth,
UK
Bob Ball, Leicester Green Party,
Leicester, UK,
John Asher, Chair, Amnesty International
Blackburn with Darwen Local Group,
Yorks, UK,
Peter Cook, MP, Westminster
Paul Flynn MP, Westminster,
Russia
Sergey Kolesnikov, MP, Member
Russian Duma, Deputy Chair Cttee for Eeducation and Science,
Vice-President IPPNW, Moscow, Russia
India
Ansar Burney, Advocate / Chairman;
Ansar Burney Trust International Karachi, Pakistan
Wilfred Dcosta, General Secretary
Indian Social Action Forum (INSAF), India
Sukla Sen EKTA, (Committee for
Communal Amity) Mumbai, India,
Ammu Abraham Director, Women's
Centre, Mumbai India
Apoorv Anand, Reader, Department
of Hindi, University of Delhi, Editor and Columnist, Delhi, India.
Amitadyuti Kumar, Association
for the Protection of Democratic Rights, Hoogly, West Bengal,
Shabnam Hashmi, Member, National
Integration Council, India,
Brazil
Fernando de Souza Barros, Emeritus
Prof -University of Rio de Janeiro., Pugwash Council member,
Brazil,
Rachel Moreno - Observatório
da Mulher - Brazil
Dr. Dina Lida Kinoshita, UNESCO
Chair, Education for Peace, Human Rights, Democracy and Tolerance,
BRASIL
South Africa
Terry Crawford-Browne, Economists
Allied For Arms Reduction--South Africa, Cape Town, South Africa
Malaysia
Dr Ron Mc Coy, Chair, Malaysian Physicians for the Prevention
of Nuclear War
Korea
Kim Hye-Jeong, Secretary General,
KFEM-FoE Korea, South Korea
Lee Yu Jin, Director, Green Korea
United,
Eun-jin Park Korean Women's Environmental
Network
NZ
Marion Hancock, The Peace Foundation
(Aotearoa/New Zealand)
Australia
John Hallam, Friends of the Earth
Australia
Irene Gale, Australian Peace
Committee,
Doreen Borrow, South Coast Australian
Peace Committee,
Cameron Schraner, People for
Nuclear Disarmament NSW Australia,
Margaret Reynolds, Past President,
United Nations Association of Australia,
Bishop Pat Power, Catholic Archdiocese
of Canberra and Goulburn, NSW Aust,
Anne Deveson, Author, Clovelly,
NSW,
Rita Sofea Warliegh, International
Volunteers for Peace, Surry Hills, NSW,
Project Safe/Com Narrogin/Fremantle,
Western Australia,
The Anti Nuclear Alliance of
WA
Dean Jeffreys, Byron Bay Peace
Group,
Rob Wesley-Smith, Australians
for a Free East Timor, Darwin, NT, Australia,
Jo Errey, Marrickville Peace
Group, NSW,
Nicola Paris, Fremantle Anti
Nuclear group (FANG),
John Lesses, Treasurer, Greek
Workers Educational Association of SA "Platon"
Senator Lyn Allison, Australian
Democrats,
Senator Andrew Bartlett, Australian
Democrats,
Senator Natasha Stott- Despoja,
Australian Democrats,
Senator Rachel Siewert, Greens,
W.A.,
Jill Hall MHR
Lee Rhiannon MLC Greens
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Articles Archive OF HOSTILITIES IN LEBANON AND GAZA This appeal below, calling for an immediate cessation of hostilities, was written together by Friends of the Earth Australia and the Association of World Citizens. The resolution was transmitted to the following members, of the Israeli foreign ministry, the UK foreign minister and prime minister, President Bush and Condoleeza Rice, President Chirac and the French Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, the foreign ministry of Russia, all Security Council members and Secretary General Kofi Annan. Contact Douglas Mattern - San
Francisco or John Hallam Tel 61-2-9810-2598-
Sydney TO : Dear Prime Minister and Foreign Minister of Israel, Ambassadors, and Foreign Ministers of the Security Council, and Leaders of Hamas and Hezbollah: The undersigned individuals and organisations appeal to you to immediately cease hostilities in Lebanon and the Gaza Strip and to commence negotiations leading to a just diplomatic and political solution to the problems of the Middle East. We appeal to all parties in this crisis to abide by all UN resolutions, including Israel to leave occupied land and Hezbollah to be disarmed. The pursuit of a military solution to problems created by an overwhelming perception of injustice to non-Israelis could result in Hezbollah actually being strengthened, with hostility to Israel vastly magnified. Moreover, this hostility is on the rise worldwide due to the massive bombing in Lebanon in which civilians are the vast majority of victims and the infrastructure of the country is being ruined. This is unacceptable to the world community. Condemnation is also directed to Hezbollah for directing missiles on towns and villages in Israel. Bombing and missiles on civilian targets creates a savage condition that guarantees increased hostility and hatred. A project to destroy Hezbollah or other opposing forces by military means is unrealistic in the long-term, and most likely would achieve the opposite effect. Similarly, we urge leaders of Hamas and Hezbollah to understand that efforts to destroy the State of Israel cannot succeed, and statements to that effect must be ended if negotiations to end the conflict and improve the lives of people in the entire region are to succeed. The current policies to address the problems in the Middle East are, in our view, terribly inadequate, mired in the past, and self-defeating. We urge you to cease hostilities immediately and to commence a process of negotiation towards a just solution, including the assurance that the Middle East becomes a nuclear weapons free zone. A rapid decision to proceed with diplomacy rather than force would be welcomed by the entire world community, and it could be an important milestone on the journey to liberation from the violence of the past and the present terror of modern weapons. On the other side, failure to solve this problem and a continuation of violence poses the terrible risk of escalation that could include even the possibility of nuclear strikes. Such possibilities, coupled with rhetoric of mutual threats, are horrifying. Talk of mutual threats between Israel and Iran is dangerous in the extreme and must cease. We urge you to seize this historic opportunity, and we look forward to your early response. Signed:
Pol D'Huyvetter, Friends of the Earth Flanders/For Mother Earth Douglas Mattern, Association of World Citizens, San Francisco, Dr Mary Wynne-Asford, Past Co-President, IPPNW, Colin Archer Secy General International Peace Bureau, Geneva Bruce K. Gagnon Coordinator, Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space, Yumi Kikuchi, Founder, Global Peace Campaign Kinhide MUSHAKOJI, Vice Chair, International Movement Against All Forms of Discrimination and Racism (IKADR), Tokyo, Japan Steve Leeper, Mayors for Peace, United States Bill Smirnow, Nuclear-Free New York, Huntingdon, NY, USA, Diane C. Beeny, Co-Chair, Hiroshima/Nagasaki
Remembrance Committee
Scandinavia Langeland Hallgeir MP, Norway, Barbara Brädefors, Swedish Peace Committee, Stockholm, Sweden Bo Normander, The Social-Liberal Party, Denmark,
Netherlands Ak Malten, Global Anti-Nuclear Alliance, The Hague, Netherlands. Frank Slijper, Campagne tegen Wapenhandel (Dutch Campaign against Arms Trade), Groningen, Netherlands
Belgium Antonio Macias, Eqipo Nizkor, Belgium, Prof. H. Firket, IPPNW Belgian branch, Liège, Belgium
France Jean-Marie Matagne, President of ACDN (Action des Citoyens pour le Désarmement Nucléaire), France, Jean Louis Delpuech, Médecin conseil à la Sécurité Sociale à Montpellier, membre du Parti Socialiste Patrick Chapus, Association de Sauvegarde du Patrimoine et du Cadre de Vie dr Solerieux, Fr, JOLY Jacques President of ADFE-Francais du Monde of West Japan
UK John Johansen-Berg, Chair, Fellowship of Reconciliation ( England), Founder of the Community for Reconciliation. (based in England) Peter Cadogan, London Alliance for Local Democracy Jill Stallard, National Secretary, CND Cymru, UK, Anna Cheetham, Co-Chair, Leicester Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, Michael Sackin, Leicester, UK Jews for Justice for Palestinians, Angie Zelter, Reforest the Earth, UK Bob Ball, Leicester Green Party, Leicester, UK, John Asher, Chair, Amnesty International
Blackburn with Darwen Local Group, Peter Cook, MP, Westminster Paul Flynn MP, Westminster,
Russia Sergey Kolesnikov, MP, Member Russian Duma, Deputy Chair Cttee for Eeducation and Science, Vice-President IPPNW, Moscow, Russia
India Ansar Burney, Advocate / Chairman; Ansar Burney Trust International Karachi, Pakistan Wilfred Dcosta, General Secretary Indian Social Action Forum (INSAF), India Sukla Sen EKTA, (Committee for Communal Amity) Mumbai, India, Ammu Abraham Director, Women's Centre, Mumbai India Apoorv Anand, Reader, Department of Hindi, University of Delhi, Editor and Columnist, Delhi, India. Amitadyuti Kumar, Association for the Protection of Democratic Rights, Hoogly, West Bengal, Shabnam Hashmi, Member, National Integration Council, India,
Brazil Fernando de Souza Barros, Emeritus Prof -University of Rio de Janeiro., Pugwash Council member, Brazil, Rachel Moreno - Observatório da Mulher - Brazil Dr. Dina Lida Kinoshita, UNESCO Chair, Education for Peace, Human Rights, Democracy and Tolerance, BRASIL
South Africa Terry Crawford-Browne, Economists Allied For Arms Reduction--South Africa, Cape Town, South Africa
Malaysia
Korea Kim Hye-Jeong, Secretary General, KFEM-FoE Korea, South Korea Lee Yu Jin, Director, Green Korea United, Eun-jin Park Korean Women's Environmental Network
NZ Marion Hancock, The Peace Foundation (Aotearoa/New Zealand)
Australia John Hallam, Friends of the Earth Australia Irene Gale, Australian Peace Committee, Doreen Borrow, South Coast Australian Peace Committee, Cameron Schraner, People for Nuclear Disarmament NSW Australia, Margaret Reynolds, Past President, United Nations Association of Australia, Bishop Pat Power, Catholic Archdiocese of Canberra and Goulburn, NSW Aust, Anne Deveson, Author, Clovelly, NSW, Rita Sofea Warliegh, International Volunteers for Peace, Surry Hills, NSW, Project Safe/Com Narrogin/Fremantle, Western Australia, The Anti Nuclear Alliance of WA Dean Jeffreys, Byron Bay Peace Group, Rob Wesley-Smith, Australians for a Free East Timor, Darwin, NT, Australia, Jo Errey, Marrickville Peace Group, NSW, Nicola Paris, Fremantle Anti Nuclear group (FANG), John Lesses, Treasurer, Greek Workers Educational Association of SA "Platon" Senator Lyn Allison, Australian Democrats, Senator Andrew Bartlett, Australian Democrats, Senator Natasha Stott- Despoja, Australian Democrats, Senator Rachel Siewert, Greens, W.A., Jill Hall MHR Lee Rhiannon MLC Greens Home Page | AWC Goals | AWC Branches | Archives Resolution 2010 | Human Manifesto | AWC History United Nations | AWC Staff | Join Online Today | Worldometers Contact Us |