Dear advocates for Human Rights.

This morning I received your fax and was glad to see your support for the

ICC. If you have US members/colleagues we could use your help. On Tuesday

of next week the US House of Representatives while hold a hearing on an

anti-ICC bill introduced last month. There is likely to be a vote on this

bill later in the week and it is as of now, expected to pass. Passage of

the bill would greatly restrict US participation with the ICC and call for

US punishment of other nations that support it.

There will be three people testifying at the hearing. Two anti-ICC and one

pro. The deck is stacked against us. We have grassroots and media people

working on this but could use any support from US contacts you may have,

especially if they are in the Washington DC metro area.

I've spoken to no one else about this idea but it came to mind in reading

your fax. It might be powerful to have a large number of victims of

genocide with posters saying "Never Again". Or people dressed in

Holocaust uniforms and serial numbers on their arms holding such signs.

We are also in need of volunteers here in our office to work phone banks

calling our members in key Congressional Districts urging them to call

their Members of Congress.

Any, support or suggestions you have would be appreciated. Is there a US

person from your organization I might call?

I look forward to hearing from you ASAP.

Chuck

Chuck Woolery, Issues Advocacy Director

World Federalist Association

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Quote of the week: While there has been vigorous political debate about

the role the U.S. should play in multilateral issues such as peacekeeping

and the international criminal court, we can be much more unified on the

international public health crisis. The simple truth is that the United

States cannot go it alone in the fight against international infectious

diseases.

Ben Gilman (R-NY) and Sam Gejdenson (D-NY) LA Times Op-ed "In a Shrinking

World, Disease Anywhere Means Disease Everywhere. Health: Multilateral

action, including from the developing world, is needed to combat deadly

illnesses" June 29, 2000.