-Caveat Lector- the only way that we will have a ban on "space" weapons is if we get back the ones that are probably already there..... iggy
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > -Caveat Lector- > > THE SENATE OF CANADA > LE SENAT DU CANADA > > June 13, 2002 > > PRESS RELEASE > > Statement by Senator Douglas Roche, O.C. > on receiving an Honorary Doctor of Laws at York University, Toronto. > > Yesterday I introduced a Motion in the Senate calling for Canada to lead > an international effort to ban all weapons in space. > > This work has now become urgent following the official termination of the > Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty and U.S. military plans to include > space-based weapons in the National Missile Defence (NMD) system. > > Unrestrained by the ABM Treaty which it abandoned today, the U.S. is > moving ahead with the development of space weapons. The Missile Defense > Agency has requested $1.3 billion to develop and test “kinetic kill > vehicles” – a system of rockets situated in space. The Agency wants to > spend an additional $285 million for research on space-based lasers. > > Space will become the next battlefield unless the international community > quickly moves to create a binding international agreement against the > weaponization of space. > > The weaponization of space risks instigating a dangerous and costly arms > race and would jeopardize the peaceful commercial and scientific activities > of some 1,100 companies in 53 countries using space for many kinds of > communications and financial transactions. This annual $81 billion business > would be put in peril. > > For three decades, Canadian government policy has opposed weapons in > space. But the Conference on Disarmament, the U.N.’s disarmament > negotiations body, is deadlocked on this and other issues. To obtain an > Anti-Personnel Landmine Treaty, the Canadian government bypassed the > Conference on Disarmament with an “Ottawa Process.” A new “Ottawa Process > to Ban Weapons in Space” would work with like-minded governments and civil > society leaders to build up world pressure to stop the weaponization of space. > > Canada faces an extremely difficult moment in its relations with the U.S. > If Canada supports the U.S. Missile Defence System as it proceeds into > space, Canada will be breaking its long-held policy opposing weapons in > space. A fundamental shift in Canada’s foreign policy will then have > occurred. Canada must work now to stop the deployment of any weapons in > space. > > THE SENATE OF CANADA > LE SENAT DU CANADA > > Excerpts Debates of the Senate (Hansard) > Wednesday, June 12, 2002 > > Ban on Weapons in Space > > Notice of Motion > > Hon. Douglas Roche: Honourable senators, I give notice that, two days hence, > I will move: > That the Senate recommend that the Government of Canada lead an international > effort to ban the introduction of all weapons in space through a binding > international agreement against the weaponization of space, given > (i) the termination of the Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty, and U.S. > military plans to include space-based weapons in the National Missile Defence > (NMD) system; and > (ii) the weaponization of space would instigate a dangerous and costly arms > race and disrupt peaceful commercial and scientific endeavours in space. > > ___________________________________ > ICIS - Institute for Cooperation in Space > http://www.peaceinspace.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ICIS (USA): Dr. Carol Rosin [EMAIL PROTECTED] > PO Box 25040, Ventura, CA 93001 > ICIS (Canada): Alfred Lambremont Webre, JD, MEd > 2225 West 41 Avenue, PO Box 18153 > Vancouver, BC V6M4L3 > > <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> > DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER > ========== > CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. 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