[IMC-bristol] Fwd: Greenpeace: Momentum Builds for New UN Peace Resolution

[Always Shariff]

Hi,
Yo m8ys this is another chance, I hope, for peace in Middle East. Sorry if you
already got this one in your mail bag.
'Aving it with tears in me eyes
Always
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Greenpeace: Momentum Builds for New UN Peace Resolution Date: Mon, 24 Mar 2003
21:54:08 +0100 (CET) 

Greenpeace: Momentum Builds for New UN Peace Resolution 

Demands for a UN emergency session are on the rise!  32,015 of you have written
to UN Ambassadors around the world.  You've sent 29,700 E-cards to friends,
colleagues, fellow students, and family members. This is an extraordinary
response in a very short time, and what do we want??? MORE! 

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Why? This is a crucial week. No nation has yet stepped forth to get the ball
rolling, though many have expressed their support for the Uniting for Peace
resolution, which would bring all nations of the General Assembly together to
demand an end to the war.  You can read more in the following story about how
the Uniting for Peace resolution has stopped wars in progress in the past: 

http://www.greenpeace.org/international_en/news/details?item_id=179491 

But the resolution needs even more support NOW, because the US has begun an
active lobbying campaign against it. 

According to Reuters, "The United States has launched a worldwide diplomatic
drive to head off the calling of an emergency session..." The US has circulated
angry letters to many countries stating that "Given the current highly charged
atmosphere, the United States would regard a General Assembly session on Iraq
as unhelpful and as directed against the United States." 

If they're worried about this, it's a good sign. 

Over the last week, the Russian Duma, the President of Indonesia, several
European countries and the vast majority of African, Asian, and Latin American
countries have expressed support for an emergency session. 

UN General Assembly President Jan Kavan of the Czech Republic said he thought
it "very likely" that a special session would be called. 

But we can't just leave this to "likely." 

It's important that a Uniting for Peace resolution passes to show the
overwhelming opposition of the world's countries to this war. and to make
abundantly clear its illegality. 

We're part of what the New York Times has called the "new second superpower":
world opinion, and it is time our voices were listened to. 

Urge your UN Ambassador to support an emergency session under the Uniting for
Peace resolution: 

http://act.greenpeace.org/aas/e?a=ufp&s=amb_s 

Send an E-card to your friends, colleagues, fellow students, and family asking
them to take action too: 

http://act.greenpeace.org/ecs/s2?i=730&sk=std 

VISIT THE CYBERCENTRE 

Please don't forget to visit the Greenpeace Cyberactivist Community at:
http://act.greenpeace.org

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