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A new American veto in the Security Council
encourages bloodshed
AAPSO expressed its condemnation and denounced the American veto against
a resolution demanding Israel to cease its aggression and invasion of
the occupied Gaza strip which killed and injured hundreds of victims and
left total destruction that touched homes, fields, roads, factories,
trees and schools. Even medical units and international associations
were not spared from this aggression.
This is the seventh time within a few months that the USA uses the veto
against resolutions demanding the cessation of bloodshed perpetrated by
the Israeli occupation forces in the occupied Palestinian territories.
The repeated use of the veto by the USA renders the Security Council as
an institution serving American policy and one that exercises double
standards. Moreover, it does not realize the aspirations of peoples in
the world in terms of securing justice, equality and peace.
Obviously, this encourages extremist settlers who are expanding their
settlements at the expense of Palestinian territories and the
Palestinian people and indicates complete disdain of all international
laws and customs as well as relevant UN and Security Council
resolutions.
Undoubtedly, the USA is largely responsible for this abnormal situation
that facilities the continuation of massacres by settlers and the
terrorist government in Tel Aviv that have spread destruction and
perpetrate collective punishment and genocide.
Furthermore, this American position in the Security Council which
rejects the deployment of international protection forces in the
occupied Palestinian territories left the Palestinians to confront the
Israel occupation forces who are heavily armed and free to kill and
backed by the repeated American veto. This situation has caused the
Palestinian people despair and discouragement, they who gave peace all
opportunities which Sharon and the Israeli right have rejected.
AAPSO denounces the use of the veto by the USA in the Security Council
and demands the US to abide by international charters and customs so
that it may regain its credibility as sponsor of the peace process which
was torn to shreds by Israeli missiles and tanks in Gaza.
AAPSO demands all peace and justice loving forces and governments to
support the just struggle of the Palestinian people for the
establishment of an independent Palestinian state with Al Quds as its
capital.
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Towards Bandung +50
Dear friends,
You may be aware of the great interest generated among many
organizations and individuals of the peoples’ movement regarding
forthcoming event of the 50th anniversary of Bandung Conference. The
original conference was held in April 1955 and in addition to the
Non-Aligned Movement, different sections are enthusiastically making
preparations. The present stage is the wide discussion among the groups
especially through the Internet. Soon it may culminate into a strong
movement where all these groups could participate.
Bandung is a historical process. It dawn a new era for those who lived
under colonialism. The spirit of Bandung is strong and as we approach
the 50th anniversary, it would rejuvenate the movement to provide a new
dimension to face the onslaught of the hegemonistic globalization.
Although the spirit of Bandung is still relevant, the world situation
today is much different from what it was 50 years ago. Despite the fact
that there is a process of a strong regimentation mauled under a single
power, peoples movement have taken a more diversified manner in facing
this challenge. In mobilizing the mass movement, the young and energetic
forces certainly will be in the forefront to provide the new dimension
in keeping with the realities on the ground. This will add to the
continuity and development through unity in diversity to achieve the
noble aspiration of the humankind for a lasting peace and tranquillity
in the world enshrining human rights.
AAPSO is in constant contact with many of our friends including national
committees. The All India Peace and Solidarity Organization along with
Afro-Asian Peoples’ Solidarity Organization will hold an international
conference in New Delhi in April 2005. This would be the main conference
where AAPSO is directly involved.
Apart from this several national affiliates of AAPSO will organize
seminars and meetings in their respective countries before the event in
New Delhi. Under AAPSO’s auspices, a Seminar will be organized in Cairo,
which will be a forum to debate on the theme from diverse angles. In
addition there would be regional seminars in different parts.
The Ministerial Meeting of the NAM countries will be held in August
17-19 in Durban, South Africa. After this meeting we shall be able to
get much more informative materials about this event.
Nouri Abdul Razzak Dr. Mourad Ghaleb
Secretary-General President
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Joint Conference
Dear Mrs. Nasr,
Chief of the Symposium for Women’s rights
Hello,
I hope this message finds you in good health. First of all, I would like
you to accept my apology, I was late answering you about holding the
common conference between us and that’s because of some urgent
conditions at work.
The Solidarity Organization standing secretary has agreed to hold this
conference. Therefore we look forward for your agreement to hold it in
Amman, Jordan in the coming days, and to take into consideration that
the date of the conference would be in the line with the session of the
Women’s status committee, March 2004, and the session of the High
Committee of Human Rights ,April 2005, for there relevance with the
subject of the conference “The cultural, social, economical rights for
the Arab women, the challenges of the twenty first century”.
In addition to this I would like to inform you that the organization at
the present time is doing an activity in relation with the preparation
of the international peace forum which will be hold in Vancouver ,Canada
2006. The participation of the Arab peace, women and human rights
organizations is very important and necessary in this forum.
The following are some suggestions that were introduced by the
organization to be included in the agenda of this international forum.
I hope that you would inform us about these two subjects, so that we
would start the actual arrangements of the conference.
Yours sincerely,
Hamsa Abdel Hamid
Chief of the women’s section
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World Peace Froum
Dear Miss Rhianna,
We received your e-mail concerning the World Peace Forum from Mr. Bahig
Nassar who’s coordinating with AAPSO in this issue.
The following are our proposals so as to share with you the preparations
for the agenda. And We hope to receive your comments on them as well as
your own proposals for discussions with the aim of strengthening our
cooperation in the future.
AAPSO had been among the first NGOs list which signed the Abolition 2000
statement in 1995.
We need cooperation with WILPF and with the Global Council of Abolition
2000.
Also, we need to subscribe to the Abolition Global Caucus and receive
all the Council information on our e-mail addresses (aapso@idsc.net.eg)
and (aapso@tedata.net.eg).
The Forum is international, but efforts should be made to ensure the
participation from countries and regions which suffer from current
aggressive acts and states which are involved in aggressions and
military build up as well, mainly from the US and NATO. At present,
Peace is a priority in the international arena. Therefore, all should be
urged to participate and ensure international solidarity.
In the course of preparations, activities related to 2005 NPT Conference
are important to further the participation at the Forum. On this
occasion we should call states party to NPT to implement resolutions and
decisions approved ten years ago by the 1995 NPT Extension and Review
Conference and the unequivocal undertaking to take 13 steps for the
abolition of nuclear weapons adopted at the 2000 NPT Conference. Support
for the mayor’s campaign and other initiatives should be extended. But
make no mistake; states party to NPT must comply by their positions
previously adopted otherwise the 2010 target of the mayors campaign will
not be achieved. Other activities related to possible developments will
contribute to the preparations for the Forum.
Proposals for discussions and accordingly for campaigns at the Forum
which deals with problems of militarism, wars and peace are well known.
They will be included in the Forum program. Therefore, the following
suggestions will concentrate on issues related to current military
threats and wars undertaken in the Middle East, South Asia and East
Asia:
1. Military build up and strategies by US and its allies in the Middle
East, East Asia and other regions. Alternative strategies to bring them
to an end.
2. US military policies, a deadly blow at international legality, UN
charter and world order.
3. Preventing nuclear proliferation without recourse to pre-emptive
strikes and preventive wars.
4. The deadly threats of nuclear terrorism and ways to remove them, by
US wars or by eliminating their root causes.
5. State and non-state terrorism.
6. Measures by UN Security Council and multilateral agreements to
prevent nuclear proliferation, to ban the production of new types of
nuclear weapons and to abolish all nuclear weapons.
7. Nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation, two steps complementing
each other and mutually reinforcing processes.
8. Resolutions of regional conflicts, an indispensable step to avoid
wars, reduce terrorist activities and achieve durable peace.
9. Threats to national security, is the main reason to acquire and
develop nuclear capabilities: the case of North Korea, Iran and Arab
countries.
10. Special characteristics of Middle East free from all weapons of mass
destruction and their delivery systems. Implementation of UN and NPT
resolutions to establish the Middle East zone.
11. Reducing nuclear threats in South Asia.
Furthermore, we suggest highlighting the issue of the World Peace Forum
during the next World Social Forum that will take place in Porte Alegre
from 26 to 31 January 2005. Also we suggest forming regional and
continental peace forums in preparations for Vancouver event.
Best Regards,
Nouri Abdul Razzak Hussain Dr. Mourad Ghaleb
Secretary-General President
This message was send to:
1- All National Committees.
2- All members of the Arab Forum.
3- All members of the African Forum.
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World Peace Forum
Dear Mr. Hussain and Dr. Ghaleb,
Thank you for your email concerning the World Peace Forum and the NPT
Review Conference.
I have subscribed you to the RCW General E-News list, a bimonthly email
service that contains all updates concerning preparations for the Review
Conference, including NGO presentations, UN accreditation, housing in
NY, lobbying tips and more. Reaching Critical Will, in the upcoming
months, will be publishing a variety of NPT manuals to help people in
their own advocacy work, both at home and in New York. If you have any
further questions regarding the NPT or the Review Conference, never
hesitate to ask.
To subscribe to the Abolition Caucus, you must contact the Abolition
2000 Global Coordinator, Monika Szymurska: mszymurska@gracelinks.org.
I will also forward your email on to the Director of the WILPF UN Office
(Susi Snyder), as well as the Executive Director of the US WILPF section
(Mary Day Kent), and to the International President of WILPF (Regina
Birchem). It will be primarily those three women which will be
coordinating WILPF's presence and participation at the World Social
Forum and the World Peace Forum.
Rhianna Tyson
Project Manager
Reaching Critical Will
Women's International League
for Peace and Freedom, UN Office
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Palestinian Women Plea for Help
Dear Friends,
We write to you from Palestine at this very difficult time. We the Union
of Palestinian Women’s Committees (UPWC) are in desperate need of your
help and your kindness. Our lives have been severely limited by the
Israeli occupation. It seems that they do everything they can to make
life impossible.
Our programs serve children and women. Things are always worst of all
for the children. They suffer from malnutrition, from nightmares, and in
some areas from retardation due to malnutrition of mothers during
pregnancy.
Many families have lost their breadwinners. Some are unemployed, some in
jail, some handicapped by the ongoing violence, and some are
underemployed.
The stories of the women who work with UPWC are heart breaking. We have
three teachers in Beit Foureek (Nablus area) who have 6 relatives
including husbands who have been killed during the last year, and what
is more disturbing, they have 22 members of their family who have been
put in prison by the Israelis on flimsy pretences.
We have been unable to supply the basic materials for our schools. We
have a special curriculum embodied in a program that we created. But
right now we are unable to pay for new copies of these books which see
heavy use in our schools.
An emergency situation exists and the Apartheid wall is straddling us
every day a bit more. Mrs. Nadia T. director of our school program is
unable to travel properly between towns and villages to examine the
schools. Her work has been slowed immensely and made very frustrating,
yet she persists.
Please, would your organization consider sending an emergency donation
so that we might help the most helpless of society in a situation of war
and occupation?
Our bank account is at the “The International bank of Palestine”,
Albireh branch, under the name of the Union of palestinian Women’s
Committees, Account number 114001.
Maha Nassar
Chairperson of Union of Palestinian
Women’s Committees, UPWC
Al Bireh (Ramallah) Palestine,
P.O. Box: 4112
Telefax: 00972-2987252
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The National Association for Human Rights and
Development
A call and an appeal
Addressed to: the different political parties and civil society
organizations.
The subject:
* The declaration of a collective protest and a reply to the American
impudence in its flagrant support for the Israeli massacres against the
Palestinian people. The last one was the American veto on the 5th of
October, which prevented the condemnation of Israel for the massacres in
Gaza.
* The collective protest against the American occupation of Iraq and the
daily massacres of the alliance forces against the Iraqi people.
The purpose:
Firstly, the protection of what is left from the Arabian human dignity.
Secondly, the pressure to stop the bloodshed of Arabs in Palestine and
Iraq.
Thirdly, the pressure on the international public opinion and especially
the American-if there was any- as the two competitors for the American
presidency compete around two major cases:
1-who is going to humiliate of the Iraqi people and will lead the
military forces and American companies to a better occupation of Iraq.
2- who will support Israel more than the other
Fourthly, last but not least and the most important purpose the change
of our image first in front of ourselves then in front of the world.
What is requested from the political parties and the civil society
organizations?
1-The revival of the boycotting of the American goods in the Arab region
and searching practical and serious ways to express this boycotting and
finding other alternatives for these goods.
2- The publishing of many statements and broadcasting them in the
different media channels, addressing the civil society organizations,
political parties, thinkers, writers and artists all around the world.
The concentration on the pressure through the Internet and informing all
of the world’s embassies and UN organizations about our situation.
3- The political parties and civil society organizations must boycott
all of the official and governmental American organizations as well as
all of the official visitors in a declared and obvious protest which
will result in:
a- Not accepting any friendly or of protocol invitation or any dialogue
with the American official.
b- The boycotting of all the contacts with the American embassy, which
happens a lot between some political parties, some civil society
organizations and some individuals.
c- The stop of accepting any fund or any kind of support from any
indirect governmental American organization such as “the American Aid”
and its organizations and the stop of the contraction between some of
the civil society organization and these American organizations. that’s
because its money however how big is not more than some extras and as
the American officials say “it’s just some nuts for monkeys”.
4- The political parties and civil society organizations must work to
overcome the condition of having narrow groups and gangs and it’s
limited ways of dealing with problems or agreements in the closed
discussion rooms. The ideology must be changed because the case is a
public one that affects the countries and peoples as well as the
strategic national security of our country. We do not exaggerate when we
say that the destiny of our people and the future of our country is
threatened internally and externally.
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Arab program for Human Rights Activists
The Centre for Studies and Programs of Alternative Development
Dear sir,
Afro-Asian peoples' Solidarity Organization
Hello,
The civil society organizations are considered the main partner of the
state in the development process with the difference of its levels and
the plurality of its notions. What is required is to free its two sides
from all the strains and difficulties whether it was administrative or
legislative and to search for the problems and issues of the civil
society and to try finding the causes and tools to solve these problems.
That will lead these organizations to do their role and at the first
place to support the democracy and the human rights literacy.
To continue the great attempt of the Arab Program for Human Rights
Activists, we invite you to the workshop titled “the problems of
financing for the NGOs” which will take place on the 11th of October in
Flamenco hotel, Valencia hall.
We trust that your participation will have the greatest effect in
enriching the discussions and reaching our long-pursued aim.
We are waiting for your reply.
Yours sincerely,
The Executive Manager
The centre for studies & program of Alternative Development
Mahmoud Murtada
The Executive Manager
Arab Program for Human Rights Activists
Hagag Nayel
Mrs. Maha Salam has attended this workshop as a representative of AAPSO.
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Cairo University
Faculty of Economics and Political Sciences
Program Civilizations Dialogue
The program Civilizations Dialogue has the honour to invite your
Excellency to attend the lecture
“Language, Identity and Dialogue of Civilizations”
which will be on the 12th and 13th of October 2004 in Hall 5 in the
faculty of Economy and Political Science.
We trust that your presence will have the greatest effect in enriching
the discussions
Yours sincerely,
Executive coordinator of the program
Dr. Seif Abdel Fatah
Manager of the centre for research and Political studies
Dr. Nadia Mustafa
* Dr. Fakhry Labib, Miss Hamsa Abdel Hamid and Miss Iman Abdel Maksod
have attended this lecture as representatives of AAPSO.
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Arab Organization for Human Rights
The organization condemns the citizens massacres in Iraq
and calls for the immediate end of the occupation
The Arab Organization for Human Rights watches with extreme anxious and
disturbance the massacres that are done to the Iraqi people in Samraa' ,
Ramaady and Falluja in Iraq by the American occupation forces. These
massacres killed 120 Iraqi citizen and injured hundreds in Samraa' with
the blockage around the city that is done by the American forces. The
blockage stands between the reporters and their duty to deliver reality
that reflects the seriousness of the current events and how they want to
blackout it.
What makes the current situation even more serious is that Iraq has
became open in front of all the possibilities and all the interventions
which give the occupation more justifications to continue. When on the
other hand, the international stance is still weak and loose when the
door is wide open for the bidders over this country and its treasures,
with no attention to the current actions that are breaching the
International Human Law and the International Law for Human Rights.
The organization is not only condemning the American actions in Iraq and
classifying them as severe war crimes that deserve punishments, but is
also asking the international society to do its duties and obligations
as ending the occupation immediately and giving Iraqi people their right
to self-determination and to chose their ruling system. The organization
asks the United Nations to exert effort in ca/7rrying out their duties
and helping the Iraqi people in overcoming their crisis.
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The organization condemns the crimes of the
Israeli occupation against the Palestinian people and renews the request
for the international society to provide immediate protection for the
citizens
The Arab Organization for Human Rights watches with great anxious the
aggravation of the Israeli assault against the Palestinian citizens in
Gaza. These actions lead to the death of many Palestinians and the
injury of hundreds and the cause is the random bombing to the inhabited
areas. Israelis claim that these actions are the normal reaction to the
operations of the Palestinian resistance against the occupation. The
Israeli crimes are the worst punishment crimes against the citizens
which are banned by the international human law and the forth Geneva
treaty.
What increases the anxious is the weakness of the international
reactions for the massacres. the world does nothing but sympathizing and
feeling sorry for Palestinian and it even places the responsibility of
the Israeli crimes over the Palestinian and their elected government
neglecting the main issue represented in Israel’s insistence to continue
the occupation and to neglect the United Nations decisions.
In the meanwhile, the government of occupation continues its strictness
concerning the plan of the single withdrawal from Gaza which is now
surrounded by the separating wall. The government has neglected the
decisions of the UN and the International Court of Justice that building
this wall in the occupied West Bank is not legal.
The organization does not only condemn the Israeli war crimes against
the Palestinian people, but also asks the international society to do
its duty towards the Palestinian people. Moreover, the organization
supports the request of providing international protection for the
Palestinian citizens as soon as possible till the time the Israeli
occupation will end and the Palestinians will be freely have the right
to self-determination.
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The World Trade Organization
Mr. Mourad Ghaleb,
President of AAPSO
In the frame of the permanent and continuing discussions of the role
played both by the World Trade Organization, which is imposing the
opening of markets and freeing trade and international capital, and the
role played by anti-globalization groups facing the increasing role of
the World Trade Organization, the centre for studies and research of
developing countries and the Anti-globalization Egyptian Group are
honoured to invite your Excellency to attend the seminar titled: “The
World Trade Organization and the international capital turnover”
Professor Walden Bello will be talking in the seminar. Walden Bello is a
professor of sociology and management in the university of Philippine.
He is one of the most important critics of economic globalization. He is
the founder of the organization (focus on the global south) which is one
of the biggest anti-globalization organizations in the far east.
Professor Bello is a cultured man as well as an activist. He has
enriched the international opinion against globalization which is pushed
forward by the multi-national companies. He has done this through his
activities as a supporter of the human rights and peace cases. He is
also an academic specialized in the environment issues and a journalist.
Moreover, he is a courageous man who has insight, which reflects in all
he writes. He is a leader by nature and has charisma and that is clear
in his works.
Dr. Olirish Fortsl will participate in the lecture. He is a professor in
the University of Berlin. He’ll present the opinion of the international
finance organizations.
This lecture will be held on Tuesday the 12th /10/2004 at 5 p.m. in hall
5, second floor the faculty of economics and political science, Cairo
university.
We are sure that your participation will have the greatest effect in
enriching the discussions.
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United Nations
Director, Division for Social Policy and Development
Department of Economic and Social Affairs
Afro-Asian Peoples’ Solidarity Organization
Dear Sir,
I have the pleasure to inform you that the fifth session of the Ad hoc
Committee on a Comprehensive and Integral international Convention on
Protection and Promotion of the Rights and Dignity of Persons with
Disabilities is tentatively scheduled to take place in January 2005 at
the United Nations Secretariat Building.
Yours sincerely,
Johan Schôlvinck
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United Nations Industrial Development
Organization
The Secretary General
Afro-Asian People’s Solidarity organization (AAPSO)
I have the pleasure to inform you that the twenty-ninth session of the
Industrial Development Board of the United Nations Industrial
Development Organization will open on Tuesday, 9 November 2004, in the
Vienna International Centre, Vienna, Austria. The session is scheduled
to end on Thursday, 11 November 2004.
Yours truly
Carlos Magarinos
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UNCTAD
United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
Expert Meeting on Free and Open Source Software
The Expert Meeting on Free and Open Source Software, convened in
accordance with the decision taken by the Commission on Enterprise,
Business Facilitation and Development at its eighth session, will be
held from 22 to 24 September 2004. The Meeting will open at the Palais
des Nations, Geneva.
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Intergovernmental Group of Experts
on Competition Law and Policy
The sixth session of the Intergovernmental Group of Experts on
Competition Law and Policy is scheduled to be held from 8 to 10 November
2004. The session will open at the Palais de Nations Geneva.
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Expert Meeting on Design and Implementation
of Transit Transport Arrangements
Expert Meeting on Design and Implementation of Transit Transport
Arrangements, convened in accordance with the decision taken by the
Commission on Enterprise, Business Facilitation and Development at its
eighth session, will be held from 24 to 26 November 2004. The Meeting
will open at the Palais des Nations, Geneva.
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Expert Meeting on Promoting the Export
Competitiveness of SMEs
Expert Meeting on Promoting the Export Competitiveness of SMEs will be
held from 8 to 10 December 2004. The Meeting will open at the Palais des
Nations, Geneva.
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The UNCTAD Secretariat is pleased to inform
Member States of the forthcoming World
Summit on the Information Society Thematic Meeting on the
Economic and Social Implication of ICT, which will take place in
Antigua, Guatemala, on 18-19 January 2005.
The meeting is organized jointly by the International Labour
Organization (ILO), the International Trade Centre (ITC), the
Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), and the
United nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD).
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From the Embassy of Cuba
News Report
On the 28th/10/2004 the General Assembly of the United Nations condemned
once more the unfair economical war waged by the USA.
The decision of “ending the American economical, commercial and
financial blockade on Cuba” which was presented by Cuba was supported by
179 countries (%93.7 from the members) and rejected by 4 countries which
are the USA, Israel, Marshal Islands and Ballaw. The only country that
abstained from voting is Micronesia.
The General Assembly of the United Nations has agreed to this decision
for the thirteenth time successively which Cuba first presented in 1997.
The American economic blockade against Cuba is still remaining and the
Cuban people are still politically, morally and culturally struggling
with the support of the international world.
Cairo, 29/10/2004
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