.The walkers will demand full cooperation from the NATO member states to abolish nuclear weapons. UN Votes have taught us that NATO is the main obstacle in the way of starting negotiations to conclude a Treaty Banning all Nuclear Weapons. Furthermore NATO still maintains its nuclear deterrent on hair-trigger alert, and refuses to renounce its first use policy. NATO's 'Nuclear Planning Group' is an undemocratic body whose actions continue to violate international law.
Following the historic advisory opinion of the UN World Court (July 8 1996), and the Nuremberg Principles which apply to nuclear weapons, Citizens are obliged to take initiatives to expose NATO's planning and preparation of crimes against humanity. All nuclear weapon states must abide by their obligations under international law.
We demand that NATO, as a nuclear alliance:
* declares a no first use policy
* immediately promotes a European Nuclear Weapon Free Zone, starting in
Central Europe
* stops violationing Art. I & Art. II of the NPT (nuclear sharing), and
withdraws its
US nuclear weapons from Belgium, Britain, Germany, Greece, Italy, the
Netherlands and
Turkey
* practices democracy by allowing NGO's to participate in its policy making
All nuclear weapons states should:
* take their nuclear weapons off alert
* separate warheads from their delivery vehicles
* start negotiations at the latest by the year 2000 for a Convention Banning Nuclear Weapons
Today we wish to invite your organisation to become part of this project.
Please fill in
the attached form and return to For Mother Earth ASAP.
For Mother Earth will facilitate the international coordination (publicity, registrations, visa's, ...) and logistics (mobile kitchen, campsites and routes, support-vehicles). For Mother Earth has organised cross-continental peace walks in 1992 (USA) and 1995 (Europe).
Wishing you peace and happiness,
Pol D'Huyvetter
Katri Silvonen
Return form - 2000walk4abolition
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Abolish Nuclear Weapons Now !!
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