Bruxelles 1/3/01 Uranio: parlano le vittime - E dall'Italia? (Fwd) [JUGO]

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From:           	"Michel Collon" 
Date sent:      	Wed, 31 Jan 2001 07:20:47 +0100
Subject:        	[JUGO] DU. Dalla Italia?


Cari amici,
If you are interested in this activity, if you send the possibility that
from Italy woiuld also come some victim, or relative of victim, or expert,
or activist against depleted uranium and "Nato syndrom", please let me know
as soon as possible.
We are completing the program in a few days.

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Dear friends,
The Belgian Coalition for Abolition of Depleted Uranium Weapons invites you
to give your help, your suggestions and, if possible, to participate to a
big international debate in Brussels, on the 1st of March.
Please find below:

1. Announcement of the meeting
2. Calendar of the three days activities in Brussels
3. Call for your help and suggestions
4. Contacts.
5. Platform of the Coalition

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1.

University of Brussels, 1st of March 2001

URANIUM :
The victims speak

Nato and the Western armies tried long to hide the truth about Depleted
Uranium and to isolate the victims. It is now time to bring all these
victims together, and demand justice.
In the very capital of the Nato, Brussels, an exceptional debate will give
the word to :


BELGIUM :

Guido FLEURACKERS, contaminated soldier
Marc DE CEULAER, contaminated soldier and leader of military trade union
Marleen TEUGELS, investigation journalist (Knack) (invited)
Frédéric LOORE, investigation journalist (Journal du Samedi), author of La
Guerre invisible Pierre PIERART, professor (Association of Doctors against
Nuclear War)


FRANCE :

Hervé DESPLAT, contaminated soldier, founder of Association Avigolfe
Christine ABDELKRIM-DELANNE : investigation journalist, author of La Sale
Guerre propre


IRAK : (Names will follow)


BOSNIA :

Dr Bojidar STAVROVIC (Sarajevo)
Dr ILIC
Contact taken for one victim


YUGOSLAVIA : (Names will follow)


KOSOVO : (Contact taken)


NETHERLANDS :

XXX, victim of the 1992 catastrophe in Amsterdam (Bijlmermeer)
Louis BERTHOLLET, association of victims of Bijlmermeer


GREAT-BRITAIN :

(Invited : National Gulf Veterans and Families Association)


GREECE ?

(Contact taken for one soldier, representative of the association
demanding to cancel the presence of Greek troops in Kosovo)


OTHERS  ?

We are waiting for other answers.

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2. Full program of three days

We propose to those who can to stay a few days more in Brussels.  It seems
to us very important to organize a high level activity in the capital of
Natgo, at this present time. Also We can provide you accomodation and
transport in Belgium, and also contacts with the press.

This is our full program:

Tuesday 27  evening or Wednesday 28 morning: arrival
Wednesday 28 : interviews, contacts with the press, contacts (following your
wishes) with Belgian medical institutions, experts and activists.
Thursday 1 (9 - 17) academic symposium in Brussels (Place will follow)
Thursday evening : Great public debate
Friday 2 : non public exchange of views between victims, associations and
activists, measures for future cooperation
Friday 2 evening or Saturday 3: departure.

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3. How can you help?

1° Making suggestions to complete (very soon) this program
2° Participating
3° Helping for the cost: preparing the possibility of some small donations
to cover the costs of some trips and some material expenses. Which are
limited since every is benevolent but…

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4. Contacts

The representatives of the Coalition are:

- Marcel Poznansky          Abolition.ua@caramail.com
poznanski@caramail.com

- Pierre Piérart (Association of Doctors against Nuclear War):
mail:     pierre.pierart@pophost.eunet.be


Michel Collon is helping for the preparation of these three days:
michel.collon@skynet.be

E-mails can be sent, for the next days, to these mail-address.
Afterwards, a specific secretariat will come.

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5. Our platform:

COALITION FOR ABOLITION OF DEPLETED URANIUM WEAPONS

Depleted Uranium Weapons (D.U.) have been used during the wars in the Gulf,
in Bosnia, in Yugoslavia by the Americans and the British or by Nato. D.U.
weapons have been tested secretly since dozens of years in many army
manoeuvres in the US, Great-Britain, France, Germany, Central America and
Pacific. More than forty countries possess them.

D.U. is producing alpha radiations. When inhaled in the form of small
particles, it becomes a factor of cancer and the risk is aggravated by
different pollutions (tobacco, motor gas, industrial pollutions…)

The general secretary of the Nato, George Robertson, supported by most of
the national authorities of the member countries, is maintaining a
complement incoherent position to exonerate the political and military
leaders.

These weapons, chemical, radiological and non-discriminatory are polluting
many places in the world. They are subject to the rule of law of armed
conflicts (Declarations of St Petersburg 1868, The Hague 1899, Protocol of
Geneva 1925, Declaration of the Conference in Paris 1989, U.N. Conventions
concerning environment 1976)

In front of aggressions, often irreparable, against the health of the
populations and the soldiers in Koweït, Irak, Saudi Arabia, Bosnia, Kosovo,
Montenegro and Serbia, it his now most necessary to form a coalition to
demand abolition of the D.U. weapons.

The "Coalition for Abolition of Depleted Uranium Weapons" invites
associations and political groups to participate or support this campaign.
We are going to prepare with you a program of action to achieve that goal.

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Informations:

Pierre Piérart  pierre.pierart@umh.ac.be
Tél./fax: +32 2 376 10 93

Marcel Poznanski  poznanski@caramail.com
tél 32 2 511 63 10  gsm 32 476 85 56 52


Editeur responsable:
Marc Lemaire, rue de la Ferme 118/4 BXL 1210,
bs603416@skynet.be
gsm 32 475 80 31 88
Abolition.ua@caramail.com



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