This is a timely reminder that the Westminster UNA's Charter 99 initiative will be formally launched on United Nations Day (24 Oct 1999), giving activists a couple more weeks to become inaugural signatories. I urge you to look at it and endorse it online at http://www.nettrek.com.au/~brian/Charter99.htm or obtain the text by email from myself or Simon Bural < [EMAIL PROTECTED] >. It can be endorsed by an online form, by email or by mailing or faxing your name and address details to supplied addresses. Charter 99 calls on representatives of the United Nations and member countries to take immediate steps to counter the illegitimate pretensions of wealthy states and corporations to be in control of "world governance" - and to base the Third Millennium on the fundamental principles of: ** openness and accountability ** environmental sustainability ** security and peace ** equality and justice To date there are signatories in over 60 countries. Some of the notables are Noam Chomsky, poet laureate Andrew Motion and Professor Anthony Giddens, director of the London School of Economics. I was so impressed by the Charter that I put it on a web page and undertook to coordinate the collection of signatures in Australia. It would be very helpul if other volunteers came forward in other countries to do a similar task locally. Had Charter 99 already been implemented, the crises of, eg, Ruanda, Kosovo and East Timor could have been been properly handled by UNO without excessive reliance on the US, NATO, etc. There would also be a prohibition on the OECD, IMF, WTO, etc, from acting against the interests of the world's common people, and unjustly exploiting the world's common resources. Kind regards Brian Jenkins Email [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website http://www.nettrek.com.au/~brian/ ---------------------------------------------------------------- This is the Neither public email list, open for the public and general discussion. To unsubscribe click here Mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Subject=unsubscribe To subscribe click here Mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Subject=subscribe For information on [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.neither.org/lists/public-list.htm For archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
