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From: Emilie
Nichols Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2001 7:25 PM
Subject: AFSC and Nobel Prize Ceremonies ----- Original Message -----
From: Larry
Leaman-Miller : On December 6th Mary Ellen McNish, the Executive Secretary of AFSC, will leave for the Nobel Peace Prize ceremonies in Oslo. AFSC has had a letter from the Nobel Peace Laureates on our national web site for several weeks, but we would like to put out a special call for signatures this weekend so that Mary Ellen can present them at the ceremony. She'll only do this if we have enough signatures to matter! You can encourage your friends, colleagues, constituencies to go to http://www.peaceresponse.org/petition/index.shtml and sign this petitition on line. There is nothing to forward, folks just sign the form on our web site and we collect the signatures to carry to Oslo. Since the letter is long, we've excerpted below the specific actions called for. Please use this message in any way you can. Thank you. Join the Nobel Peace Laureates call to Kofi Annan and the United Nations to: 1. Require that any actions taken in response to the attacks of September 11th must be guided by international law and fall within the bounds of the United Nations Charter. 2. Organise in the very near future: * An international conference on terrorism which will investigate its root causes, propose measures to address those causes, and provide international standards to ensure that security needs are met and that the perpetrators of such acts are brought to justice. * An international day of commemoration for all the victims of terrorism with public manifestations of solidarity and programs for teaching peace education and the principles of nonviolence in schools and universities. 3. Call upon the governments and peoples of the world to take concrete steps in developing a Culture of Peace and Nonviolence. The response of the United States and its allies should not be driven by a blind desire for vengeance, but rather a renewed determination to work for a peaceful and just world. The Nobel laureates recognize that "Terrorism threatens the very principles to which our societies aspire and which are enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The best response to those who would undermine democracy and the rule of law is to reaffirm those very values and institutions." Thanks, Larry Leaman-Miller American Friends Service Committee Colorado 303-623-3464 |
