PHA-Exchange> Fwd: Emergency Petition to the Security Council

[Mohan Rao]

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>From: Bettina Hoerlin <bhoerlin at sas.upenn.edu>
>Subject: Fwd: Emergency Petition to the Security Council
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>>Date: 4 Mar 2003 08:08:22 -0000
>>From: "Eli Pariser, MoveOn.org" <moveon-help at list.moveon.org>
>>To: "Bettina Yaffe Hoerlin" <bhoerlin at sas.upenn.edu>
>>Subject: Emergency Petition to the Security Council
>>Status:
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>>Dear MoveOn member,
>>
>>We've launched an emergency petition from citizens around the
>>world to the U.N. Security Council.  We'll be delivering the
>>list of signers and your comments to the 15 member states of
>>the Security Council on THURSDAY, MARCH 6.
>>
>>If hundreds of thousands of us sign, it could be an enormously
>>important and powerful message -- people from all over the
>>world joining in a single call for a peaceful solution.  But
>>we really need your help, and soon.  Please sign and ask your
>>friends and colleagues to sign TODAY at:
>>
>>    http://www.moveon.org/emergency/
>>
>>In the next week, the U.N. Security Council will likely meet
>>to decide on authorizing a war against Iraq.  If the Council
>>votes to accept a second resolution, it'll be very difficult
>>to avert a war.  But if the resolution doesn't get enough
>>votes, it'll be a major setback for the Bush Administration's
>>plans to invade and occupy Iraq.
>>
>>In the United States and around the world, millions of us
>>oppose a war against Iraq.  We believe that tough inspections
>>can disarm Saddam Hussein without the loss of a single life.
>>This week may represent our last chance to win without war.
>>
>>The stakes couldn't really be much higher.   A war with Iraq
>>could kill tens of thousands of Iraqi civilians and inflame
>>the Middle East.  According to current plans, it would require
>>an American occupation of the country for years to come.  And
>>it could escalate in ways that are horrifying to imagine.
>>
>>We can stop this tragedy from unfolding.  But we need to speak
>>together, and we need to do so now.  Let's show the Security
>>Council what world citizens think.  You can add your voice at:
>>
>>    http://www.moveon.org/emergency/
>>
>>Then please ask your friends, family, colleagues,
>>acquaintances -- anyone you know who shares this concern -- to
>>sign on today.  As the New York Times put it, "there may still
>>be two superpowers on the planet: the United States and world
>>public opinion."   The Bush Administration's been flexing its
>>muscles.  Now let's flex ours.
>>
>>Sincerely,
>>--Eli Pariser
>>   International Campaigns Director
>>   MoveOn.org
>>   March 3rd, 2003
>>
>>P.S. Here's the letter we'll be delivering to the Security
>>Council members along with the petition:
>>
>>Dear Member of the U.N. Security Council,
>>
>>We are citizens from countries all over the world.  We are
>>speaking together because we will all be affected by a
>>decision in which your country has a major part -- the
>>decision of how to disarm Iraq.
>>
>>The first reason for its existence listed in the Preamble to
>>the Charter of the United Nations is "to save succeeding
>>generations from the scourge of war, which twice in our
>>lifetime has brought untold sorrow to mankind."  If your
>>country supports a Security Council resolution that would
>>authorize a war on Iraq, you will directly contradict that
>>charter.  You will be supporting an unnecessary war -- a
>>war which immediately, and in its unknown consequences,
>>could bring "untold sorrow to mankind" once again.
>>
>>The U.N. was created to enable peaceful alternatives to
>>conflict.  The weapons inspections under way are a perfect
>>example of just such an alternative, and their growing
>>success is a testament to the potential power the U.N. holds.
>>By supporting tough inspections instead of war, you can show
>>the world a real way to resolve conflict without bloodshed.
>>But if you back a war, it will undermine the very premise
>>upon which the U.N. was built.
>>
>>President Bush argues that only by endorsing a war on Iraq
>>can the United Nations prove its relevance.  We argue the
>>opposite.  If the Security Council allows itself to be
>>completely swayed by one member nation, in the face of viable
>>alternatives, common sense and world public opinion, then it
>>will be diminished in its role, effectiveness, and in the
>>opinion of humankind.
>>
>>We do not support this war.  For billions of citizens in
>>hundreds of countries, and for the future generations whose
>>lives will be shaped by the choice you make, we ask that you
>>stand firm against the pressuring of the Bush Administration,
>>and support tough inspections for Iraq.  The eyes of the
>>world are on you.
>>
>>Sincerely,
>>[Number] citizens of the world.
>>
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