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Kronologi over fredssagen og international politik 9. januar 2006 / Time Line January 9, 2006
Version 3.58. Januar 2006, 10. Januar 2006
01/09/2006
Parliamentarians and Civil Society Appeal on Iran and Nuclear
Weapons
A Peaceful Solution to the Iran Crisis and a Nuclear-Free Middle
East
No First Use of Nuclear Weapons
To:
President George Bush
Secy of State Condoleeza Rice
Secy of Defence Donald Rumsfeld
UN Ambassador John Bolton
President Ahmadinejad of Iran
Foreign Minister of Iran, Kamal Jharze
Iran UN Ambassador, H.E. Zarif-Khonsari
Ariel Sharon, Prime Minister of Israel,
Israel Foreign Minister Silvan Shalom,
H.E. Mr. Dan Gillerman, Israel UN Mission
cc
Mr Jose Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission
Tony Blair, Prime Minister of UK and Exercising President of the
European Council
Jack Straw, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth
Affairs
The Hon. John Howard, Prime Minister of Australia
The Hon. Alexander Downer, Minister for Foreign Affairs,
Australia
M. Jacques Chirac, Président de la République
Française
M. Dominique de Villepin, Premier Ministre
M. Philippe Douste-Blazy, Ministre des Affaires
Etrangères
Herr Horst Köhler, Bundespräzsident Deutschlands
Frau Angela Merkel, Bundeskanzlerin Deutschlands
Dr. Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Deutsche Bundesaussenminister
Mr Kofi Annan, General Secretary of the United Nations
Mr Mohamed ElBaradei, Director of the IAEA
Dear Presidents Bush and Ahmadinejad, Presidents, Prime Ministers, Foreign Ministers, Secretaries of State and Defence and Ambassadors,
The proliferation of nuclear weapons is possibly the single
greatest threat to civilisation. If a feared cascade of
proliferation occurs, the probability that by malice, madness,
miscalculation or malfunction, nuclear weapons will at some point
be used will increase sharply. All nations have a responsibility to
ensure that the number of nations with nuclear weapons does not
grow, to prevent non-state actors from obtaining them, and for
those who posses nuclear weapons to eliminate and abolish them.
Threats and rumours of military action or even nuclear weapons use
only worsen a growing crisis between Iran, the United States, and
Israel.
Reports of preparations for and explorations of military options,
no matter how speculative, are highly disturbing and are in
themselves dangerous. Such explorations must cease. There must be
no talk of war.
But there IS talk of war, both from the United States and from
Israel. And, President Ahmadinejad, you have spoken of "wiping
Israel from the map." In the US and Israel, 'hotheads' call openly
for "swift military action", while 'responsible' leaders speak of
"no option being ruled out." President Bush, we heard these same
two formulations used just months before the invasion of Iraq. We
urge that the explorations of military or nuclear options cease
immediately, and support IAEA General Director, Mohamed ElBaradei
in calling for this belligerent talk from all parties to stop
now.
The United States and other Nuclear Weapon States and de facto
nuclear weapon states -nations that already possess nuclear
weapons- have made little progress toward the internationally
mandated goal of the total and unequivocal elimination of those
weapons. Although there has been some limited progress in lowering
total nuclear stockpiles, the established nuclear weapons
possessors continue to rely on those weapons in their security
doctrines, and do not envisage change in that posture 'for the
foreseeable future'.
This continues in spite of a clear international consensus to the
effect that nuclear weapons are a continuing threat to civilisation
and life, in spite of repeated calls by the international community
for progress toward their total and unequivocal elimination.
Nations that possess large nuclear arsenals cannot consistently or
credibly call for others to eliminate or cease the pursuit of
nuclear weapons arsenals of their own while not moving to eliminate
their own nuclear weapons. A global commitment to the elimination
of nuclear weapons is a global commitment to the elimination of
nuclear weapons, and applies equally to all parties. There can be
no exceptions. Those who now posses nuclear arsenals are obliged to
eliminate those arsenals. Those who do not have them must not
pursue them.
Similarly, the violation of the goal of a nuclear-free Middle East
by one party does not in any way excuse its violation by another
party. However, the renunciation of the nuclear option by one party
will facilitate its renunciation by another party.
Israel's nuclear arsenal and the pursuit of nuclear weapons by Iran
- if indeed that is taking place - are dangerous per se and open
the gate for further proliferation by other Middle Eastern nations,
and for a middle eastern arms race that would be dangerous in the
extreme. This must not happen.
Serious concerns exist over the possibility that US nuclear
doctrine may envisage strikes against other nations that involve a
first use of nuclear weapons, or possibly the use of nuclear
weapons against nations that are not themselves nuclear - armed. We
note with approval the recent letter by US senators and others in
this matter.
A third use of nuclear weapons must never take place. It would be a
catastrophe not only for Iran or Israel but for the entire region
and even for the entire world, because of its radioactive fallout,
its chaotic effects, and because it would break the taboo against
the use of these weapons that has so far held place for the last 60
years. Breaking this taboo could result in the further use of
nuclear weapons, with a lower and lower bar for such use. The
widespread use of nuclear weapons would be catastrophic for the
world. We urge all parties to renounce the pursuit of nuclear
weapons, and to adopt policies that rule out their use.
The Parliamentarians, civil society organisations, and prominent
individuals signed below hereby urge a solution to the crisis in
relations between the US and Iran, Israel and Iran, based on the
following clearly defined principles:
1) No use of any military option whatsoever by any party for any
reason.
2) A clear commitment by all nuclear-armed parties not to use
nuclear weapons in this situation, and a broader commitment to the
doctrine of no first use of nuclear weapons.
3) The implementation of the 1995 Non-Proliferation Treaty
Resolution on a Nuclear Weapon Free Zone in the Middle East,
implementation of the annual consensus-adopted General Assembly
resolutions on 'Establishment of a Nuclear-Weapons-Free Zone in the
region of the Middle East', and particularly the full
implementation of this years resolution on nuclear proliferation in
the middle -east.
4) A clear commitment by all parties to the global elimination of
nuclear weapons, including through reaffirming the Final
Declaration of the 2000 Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference,
and relevant General Assembly resolutions.
5) A diplomatic path to the removal of tensions between the US,
Israel, and Iran, involving compromise on both sides, recognition
of the legitimate security concerns of all parties including both
Israel and Iran, and refraining from inflammatory statements or the
exploration of military options by any party.
Signed
Tadatoshi Akiba Mayor of Hiroshima President, Mayors for Peace
Abolition-2000 Global Council,
Jennifer Nordstrom, WILPF Reaching Critical Will Project,
Dr Ron Mc Coy, President, International Physicians for the
Prevention of Nuclear War(IPPNW)
Ak Malten, Global Anti Nuclear Alliance (GANA) The Hague, Neth,
Peer de Rijk, director , World Information Service on Energy
Fiona H. Dove, Director, Transnational Institute, Amsterdam,
Neth,
Pol D'Huyvetter, For Mother Earth/Friends of the Earth Flanders,
Ghent, Belgium, Leo Platvoet Senator GREENLEFT, Belgium,
Jean-Marie Matagne, Action des Citoyens pour le Désarmement
Nucléaire (ACDN),
GLOBAL 2000, Silva Herrmann, Energy Campaigner, Austria,
Xanthe Hall, IPPNW-Germany, Ab 2000 Global Council
Gewaltfreie Aktion Atomwaffen Abschaffen (GAAA), Germany,
Deutsche Friedensgesellschaft - Vereinigte KriegsdienstgegnerInnen
(DFG-VK),
Roland Blach, Coordinator Trägerkreis "Atomwaffen abschaffen",
Germany
Peter Nicholls, Chair, Abolition 2000 UK,
George Farebrother, World Court Project, UK,
Kate Hudson, Chair, Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) London,
UK
LYNNE JONES MP (Birmingham Selly Oak), UK,
David Chaytor, MP for Bury North
Dr. Caroline Lucas MEP Green Party MEP for South East England
Hallgeir H. Langeland, MP Norway,
Juhani Mastokangas Friends of the Earth Finland
Heidi Hautala MP, Chairperson of the Green Parliamentary Group of
Finland,
Dr. Jouni Ylinen Physicians for Social Responsibility, Finland
(PSR-Finland)
Kim Hye-Jeong, Secretary General, KFEM-FoE Korea
Hiromichi Umebayashi, President, Peace Depot, Japan
Steve Leeper, Mayors for Peace United States,
Alice Slater, GRACE, Abolition2000 Global Council
Steven Starr, Physicians for Global Survival, Canada,
Efraim Cruz-Marin, Académicos de Ciencias y Humanidades,
Mexico,
Gordon F Copeland MP United Future - the Family Party NZ
John Hallam, Friends of the Earth Australia Sydney Australia
Jo Vallentine, People for Nuclear Disarmament, Western
Australia
Dimity Hawkins, Executive Officer, Medical Association for the
Prevention of War (MAPW)
Senator Andrew Bartlett, Democrats, Qld,
Senator Kerry Nettle, Greens, NSW,
Kelly HoareMP, Member for Charlton NSW,
Carmen Lawrence MP, Member for Fremantle, President, ALP,
Julia Irwin MP Federal Member for Fowler Lee Rhiannon Greens MLC,
NSW
Holger Terp for Danish Peace Academy
John Avery for Danish Pugwash Group
01/09/2006
CONTRACTS from the United States Department of Defense
Kellogg Brown & Root Services, Arlington, Va., is being awarded
Modification 07 to Task Order 0023 at $16,000,000 under a
cost-reimbursement, indefinite-delivery, indefinite- quantity
emergency construction capabilities contract for recovery efforts
in support of response to the immediate aftermath of Hurricane
Wilma for immediate disaster recovery activities in South Florida
and the Key West Florida region to begin clean-up and repair to the
family housing units and continued hurricane relief efforts due to
damage from Hurricane Wilma. Award of this modification brings the
total task order amount to $90,500,000. Work will be performed in
the areas noted above and is expected to be completed by January
2006. Contract funds will expire at the end of the current fiscal
year. The basic contract was competitively procured with 59
proposals solicited, three offers received, and award made on July
26, 2004. The total contract amount is not to exceed $500,000,000,
which includes the base period and four option years. The Naval
Facilities Engineering Command, Atlantic, Norfolk, Va., is the
contracting activity (N62470-04-D-4017).
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