Medical Association
for Prevention of War Announcement
Act by 27 Oct!
Urge Australia to support nuclear disarmament at the UN
http://www.mapw.org.au/nuclear/nac/2003/03-10-16howard.html#action
Dear
friends,
ACTION on NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT! FAX the government!
send before the 27 October
Call on Australia to support for the New Agenda Coalition (NAC) Resolutions
on nuclear disarmament to be voted on in the UN 1st Committee on disarmament
next week in New York. http://www.mapw.org.au/nuclear/nac/2003/nac2003.pdf
DFAT are yet to brief Downer on Australia's decision - and the changes
to the NAC resolutions this year adress Australia's previous concerns
(see MPI memo http://www.mapw.org.au/nuclear/nac/2003/mpimemo.doc)
The New Agenda Resolutions are:
Towards a nuclear-weapon-free world: the need for a new agenda
and
Reduction of non-strategic nuclear weapons and consequential votes in
the UN General Assembly.
See here for more info:
http://www.mapw.org.au/nuclear/unga.html
http://www.mapw.org.au/nuclear/nac/2003/09-23ministers-unga.html
We are calling on Australia to support the NAC resolutions this year.
Australia abstained last year. Delegates will vote on the texts sometime
between the 27 October and 7 November. ( We are also hoping that a draft
Senate Motion http://www.mapw.org.au/nuclear/nac/2003/03-10-27nac-senate.html
calling on the government to support the resolutions will go to vote
in the senate on the 27/28 October - it was postponed from the 14th
October. Downer will probably be briefed early next week) So
send before the 27 October!!!!
Please send emails/ faxes to call on the Australian government to support
these resolutions!
Suggested text:
"I call on the Australian government to commit to peace and disarmament
by supporting and voting yes to the New Agenda Coalition (NAC) resolutions
on nuclear disarmament before the UN 1st Committee and General Assembly
in 2003:
Towards a nuclear-weapon-free world: the need for a new agenda (item
A/C.1/58/L.40);
and
Reduction of non-strategic nuclear weapons (A/C.1/58/L.39)
The NAC resolutions provide a balanced approach to the issues of non-proliferation
and disarmament. The resolutions reflect the reality that non-proliferation
and nuclear disarmament are mutually reinforcing processes, and that
steady progress towards complete nuclear disarmament is required if
we are to stem and fully reverse proliferation. "
Fax Mr Downer:
02 6273 4112
a.downer.mp@aph.gov.au
Fax Mr Howard:
02 6273 4100
Fax Australia's representative at the UN, Ambassador John Dauth:
0011 1 212 351 6610
australia@un.int
Senators' emails: http://www.aph.gov.au/Senate/senators/email.htm
Senators' faxes: http://www.aph.gov.au/Senate/senators/contacts/los.pdf
Australia should also support the following resolutions that they abstained
from last year:
1) Follow-up to the advisory opinion of the International Court of Justice
on the Legality of the Threat or Use of Nuclear Weapons A/C.1/58/L.31
2)
United Nations conference to identify ways of eliminating nuclear dangers
in the context of nuclear disarmament A/C.1/58/L.2
3)
Promotion of multilateralism in the area of disarmament and non-proliferation
A/C.1/58/L.26
Please don't hesitate to contact me for further information.
More information on the 1st committee here: http://www.reachingcriticalwill.org/political/1com/1comindex1.html
Regards,
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Ms. Giji Gya
Executive Officer, Medical Association for Prevention of War
(MAPW - Australian affiliate of IPPNW)
giji.gya@mapw.org.au
www.mapw.org.au
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