Canadian Group Seeks Immediate End of Middle East Conflict
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Greetings Friends,
An ad hoc group of peace activists in Kamloops, B.C., has started an on-line petition to PM Stephen Harper and members of the government of Canada calling on them to actively work to bring about an immediate end to violence in the Middle East in the following ways:
- Issue a call for an immediate ceasefire by all parties in the current Middle East conflict and actively work on all fronts to promote this ceasefire.
- Take a clear and unflinching position against the targeting of civilians by any party, acknowledging that targeting of civilians is a clear violation of international humanitarian law.
- Utilize all resources available to move the Canadian government toward becoming a strong world advocate for the effective, fair and just application of international law in the Middle East and elsewhere.
- Become a staunch advocate in the international community for multilateral action rather than unilateral action to resolve conflict, and remain an advocate to effect a just resolution to establish lasting peace.
- Re-establish Canada’s traditional modern role as a leading advocate for Peacekeeping as an effective tool for the prevention of war and atrocities against civilian populations.
- Immediately act to redirect Canada’s military from its current orientation of engaging in war-making activities back to its traditional modern orientation of being a Peacekeeping force.
PLEASE TAKE A MOMENT TO GO TO www.canadacanmakeadifference.ca and sign the on-line petition, which will be presented to the PM and all MPs (both now in its initial phase and later with signatures from across Canada.) The attached news story is about the work done to establish the petition and bring it to the attention of the Government of Canada. PLEASE FORWARD THIS E-MAIL TO GROUPS OR INDIVIDUAL CONTACTS. PLEASE ADD OUR WEBSITE TO YOUR LIST OF LINKS IF YOU HAVE A WEBSITE. Let me know if your group would like to be listed as an endorser of the petition.
Thanks very much for your consideration. Peace and good energy to all.
John McNamer
@ August 12, 2006