| Ivo Skoric on Sat, 29 Jun 2002 06:01:01 +0200 (CEST) |
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| [Nettime-bold] PROTEST U.S. EFFORTS TO HOLD BOSNIAN PEACEKEEPING MISSION |
------- Forwarded Message Follows ------- From: [email protected] Date sent: Fri, 28 Jun 2002 21:51:39 EDT Subject: PROTEST U.S. EFFORTS TO HOLD BOSNIAN PEACEKEEPING MISSION HOSTAGE PROTEST U.S. EFFORTS TO HOLD BOSNIAN PEACEKEEPING MISSION HOSTAGE TO GET EXEMPTION FROM INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT WHAT: Rally to protest the abuse of power by the US government in the Security Council, jeopardizing peackeeping in Bosnia and sabotaging the world's first permanent International Criminal Court. WHEN: Sunday, June 30th, 2:30-4:30 pm, just before Security Council convenes (at 4 pm) to discuss the renewal of the peacekeeping operation in Bosnia. WHERE: On the sidewalk outside the United Nations headquarters in New York, gathering at 44th Street and 1st Avenue. WHY: In the past weeks, the US government has been exerting enormous pressure on Security Council members to grant immunity to peacekeepers from the jurisdiction of the new International Criminal Court, which will come into existence on July 1st. The Court will be able to hold individuals accountable for genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes. The international community agreed when the treaty was drafted not to allow such immunities. The US effort is against international law and threatens the independence and fairness of a Court designed to address the kind of atrocities committed throughout the last century by the likes of Hitler, Pol Pot, Saddam Hussein, Idi Amin, Pinochet, Milosevic, the list goes on. The US may get its way by threatening to use its veto, if this immunity language is not included, to terminate the peacekeeping mission in Bosnia that will expire by midnight on Sunday We need your support on Sunday to give Security Council members going into the meeting a clear message that they cannot cave into this kind of blackmail. PLEASE JOIN US! Please also forward this to any networks in New York that might be interested. We have little time to organize and make our voices heard. For more information please call Jayne at 917-579-4398. PLEASE ALSO MAKE A CALL TO JEREMY GREENSTOCK, UK AMBASSADOR TO THE UN AS THE UK IS THE MAIN PLAYER IN THIS. Please call +1 (212) 745-9334 for the Ambassador's office or +1 (212) 745-9200 if this mailbox is full. For more information contact: Jayne Stoyles Coalition for the International Criminal Court mobile: (917) 579-4398 New York, NY --------------------------------------------------------- Ivo Skoric 19 Baxter Street Rutland VT 05701 802.775.7257 [email protected] balkansnet.org _______________________________________________ Nettime-bold mailing list [email protected] http://amsterdam.nettime.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/nettime-bold