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08/04/2004
Weapons of mass destruction in the Middle East Resolution/
WILPF
The Women's International League for Peace and Freedom's
International Executive Committee, meeting in Berlin, July 31 -
August 4, 2000 resolved that,
Whereas the multilateral discussions on regional security
agreements, including all countries in the Middle East, were
discontinued in 1995 because of Egypt's refusal to continue
discussion because of Israel maintaining its policy of "nuclear
ambiguity";
Whereas many countries in the regional have declared and undeclared
weapons of mass destruction - biological, chemical and nuclear - as
well as delivery vehicles, or appear to be developing such, leading
to increased hazards of war and unspeakable destruction;
Whereas Israel's continued nuclear weapons programme poses a threat
of accident, contamination, and calamity to Israel itself and the
region, and is a spur to the arms race in the Middle East;
Aware that Israel and the United States were the only two votes in
the United Nations against reaffirmation of the Peaceful Uses of
Outer Space Treaty, indicating an alliance in the
"weaponization" of space, adding a new and dangerous dimension to
the Middle East arms race;
Whereas the International Court of Justice in The Hague ruled in
1997 that nuclear weapons are generally illegal under international
humanitarian law;
Whereas Mordechai Vanunu continues to be imprisoned;
Whereas the Israeli government is unwilling to engage in the
recently held Knesset debate on nuclear policy; and
Whereas the New Agenda Coalition at the Review Conference of
the Non-Proliferation Treaty called for unequivocal actions by the
nuclear weapons states for the elimination of such weapons,
Therefore, be it resolved that the Women's International League for
Peace and Freedom:
Add its voice to the calls for reconvening the multilateral
discussion for the elimination of all weapons of mass destruction
from the Middle East, including weapons in space and, in
particular, calls on Israel to associate itself with the New Agenda
Coalition for the elimination of nuclear weapons, and to become an
active signatory to the Non-Proliferation Treaty, and, as a sign of
this policy, to release from prison Mordechai Vanunu.
08/04/2004
Nepalese Army Takes in Women for Combat
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http://www.peacewomen.org/news/Nepal/Aug04/nepalese%20army.html
The Royal Nepalese Army has completed the training of its first
group of female recruits, after authorities decided that 5 percent
of soldiers should be women, writes UPI.
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