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Topic: NEW PETITION: CAMPAIGN FOR COOPERATION IN SPACE

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Jouni Y.	NEW PETITION: CAMPAIGN FOR COOPERATION IN SPACE August 04, 2005 2:00 PM http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/832338563 CAMPAIGN FOR COOPERATION IN SPACE Who We Are: Campaign for Cooperation in Space is a Coordinated International Network For Breakthrough, Enrolling U.N. Member Governments, Non-Governmental Organizations, Media, and the People to Implement A Permanent Ban on Weapons in Space. Our Vision: Together, we can put an end to the highly profitable war industry by putting our differences aside, uniting and working together by promoting win-win solutions to decision makers. Before our perpetual war economy expands into space, we must ban space weapons. A coordinated strategy to get world leaders to sign a treaty banning space weapons will put a lid on the war economy and result into a cooperative, democratic Space Age society that goes beyond fear and honours all life, instead of destroying it. With today's technology, a peace based economy can be just as profitable as a war based economy. WE the People of Earth hereby Petition the United Nations General Assembly to have a Space Preservation Treaty permanently banning all space-based weapons and warfare in space ready for signature by all U.N. Member Nations by United Nations Day, 2005 [October 24, 2005]. IF the United Nations General Assembly fails approve a Space Preservation Treaty by October 24, 2005, then the General Assembly shall convene a Space Preservation Treaty Conference to ban all space-based weapons and warfare in space, as Canada did in the 1997 Ottawa Land Mines Treaty Conference, to be held in Victoria-Vancouver, B.C. in June 2006, as part of the World Peace Forum 2006. [ send green star]
Jacqui M.	August 04, 2005 9:17 PM Was #3,157. Great concept. [ send green star] [ accepted]
anonymous	Signed! August 08, 2005 10:39 AM Signed! thanks John! [report anonymous abuse] [ accepted]
anonymous	August 08, 2005 10:43 AM #3,222...done and done!!! [report anonymous abuse] [ accepted]
Elena P.	August 08, 2005 11:00 AM # 3 223 ... great petition and concept! Thank you! [ send green star] [ accepted]
Ken P.	Signed. August 08, 2005 9:51 PM Thanks! #3,226 [ send green star] [ accepted]
Archie L.	3,231 August 09, 2005 5:31 PM This is important, because the American space program has lost it's vision for exploration, and has been corrupted by the military mission.We must strive to keep weapons out of space... [ send green star] [ accepted]
Ms.R. S.	Signed August 11, 2005 12:37 AM Great! I'm glad someone's thinking in that corner. [ send green star] [ accepted]
Lady A.	August 11, 2005 1:43 AM SIGNED [ send green star] [ accepted]
Jouni Y.	keep updated - more signatures :-) August 25, 2005 2:56 PM Dear All! CAMPAIGN FOR COOPERATION IN SPACE continue... http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/832338563 CAMPAIGN FOR COOPERATION IN SPACE Who We Are: Campaign for Cooperation in Space is a Coordinated International Network For Breakthrough, Enrolling U.N. Member Governments, Non-Governmental Organizations, Media, and the People to Implement A Permanent Ban on Weapons in Space. Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space (U http://www.space4peace.org/ Bruce Gagnon is coordinator of the Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space http://space4peace.blogspot.com/ [ send green star]
Jouni Y.	FIRST ONLINE GLOBAL PARLIAMENTARY HEARING September 09, 2005 2:44 PM SIGN OUR U.N. PETITION TO BAN WEAPONS AND WARFARE IN SPACE DEMAND A SPACE PRESERVATION TREATY CONFERENCE http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/832338563 Campaign for Cooperation in Space http://www.peaceinspace.org "Space Security Update" <spacesecurity@cdi.org> Sept. 14 Global Parliament Hearing on Space Security; Questions from Public Welcome FIRST ONLINE GLOBAL PARLIAMENTARY HEARING WILL FOCUS ON SPACE SECURITY Questions from journalists and citizens welcome On September 14 the US Congress will be the scene for a new departure in international politics. A group of democratically elected legislators from ten countries will hold a joint parliamentary hearing, webcast live to enable participation from journalists and citizens worldwide. The hearing will focus on the future of outer space, and in particular on the possible deployment of weapons in space. The use of space weapons is under consideration by the US Air Force and is becoming controversial. Proponents see such weapons as essential to protect satellites. Critics argue that space-based weapons could also be used offensively, and could trigger a new arms race in space. According to the organisers, this will be the first of many international parliamentary hearings on different issues to be organised by the e-Parliament, a new global forum made up of democratic lawmakers. The aim of the e-Parliament is to enable legislators to form international networks on issues of common interest, and to help spread and implement innovative policy ideas. Participants in the Washington hearing represent differing viewpoints, and include several members of the US House Armed Services Committee, as well as the Chairs of Foreign Affairs and Defense Committees, or other leading legislators, from the parliaments of Australia, Brazil, Britain, Denmark, the European Parliament, Ghana, Italy, Japan, Mexico and Norway. Experts presenting to the legislators will include: Ambassador Henry Cooper, former Director of the US Strategic Defense Initiative Organization; Prof. Everett Dolman of the US Air Force; Theresa Hitchens of the Center for Defense Information; and Rebecca Johnson of the Acronym Institute. PANEL OF LEGISLATORS INCLUDES: Lyn Allison, Leader of Australian Democrat Party; Dr. Kwame Ampofo MP, Ghana; Aroldo Cedraz, Chair, External Relations and Defence Committee, Brazilian Chamber of Deputies; Congressman Terry Everett, USA; Air Marshal Lord Garden, Defence Spokesman, Liberal Democrat Party, British House of Lords; Ana Maria Gomes MEP, Vice-Chair, Subcommittee on Security and Defence, European Parliament; Bjørn Hernæs, Vice-Chair of the Defence Committee, Norway; Senator Silvia Hernández, Chair, Foreign Affairs Committee, Mexico; Jakob Axel Nielsen, Denmark; Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez, USA; Gustavo Selva, Chair, Foreign Affairs Committee, Chamber of Deputies, Italy; Congressman Mac Thornberry, USA; Congressman Curt Weldon, Vice-Chair, House Armed Services Committee, USA; Hayashi Yoshimasa, Chair, Security Committee, Japan. NOTE: Hearing to be webcast (link and background information at www.e-parl.net as of 9 September) 10:00am-12:00pm US Eastern Time (14:00-16:00 GMT), and a legislators' dialogue to be webcast 1:00pm-3:30pm Eastern. To submit questions to experts or legislators or request further information, email info@e-parl.net any time before the event. To submit questions during the sessions, follow link to the webcast. If attending in person, conference begins 09:30am, Room 2105, Rayburn Building, Capitol Hill, Washington, DC. e-Parliament Conference on Space Security 2105 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC 14 September 2005 [ send green star]
Jouni Y.	SIGN OUR U.N. PETITION TO BAN WEAPONS AND WARFARE IN SPACE September 09, 2005 2:45 PM Programme Wednesday 14 September 09.30 Welcome and opening statements Senadora Silvia Hernandez, Mexico, Chair of the Senate Foreign Affairs Committee & Vice-Chair, e-Parliament Council Jesper Grolin, Executive Director, e-Parliament 10.00 Webcast Hearing: Space Security: Facts and Expert Perspectives Short presentations by: § Ambassador Henry F. Cooper, High Frontier, former Director, Strategic Defense Initiative Organization, Department of Defense § Theresa Hitchens, Vice-President, Center for Defense Information § Dr. Rebecca Johnson, Executive Director, Acronym Institute § Prof. Everett Dolman, US Air Force School of Advanced Air and Space Studies Questions from legislators in person or via internet following each presentation 12.00 Lunch Break 13.00 Webcast Dialogue: Space Security: Political Perspectives Presentations (5 minutes each) by: § Congressman Terry Everett (R), Alabama § Congresswoman Loretta Sanchez (D), California § Congressman John Spratt (D), South California § Congressman Mac Thornberry (R), Texas ¬ § Congressman Curt Weldon (R), Vice-Chair, Armed Services Committee, Pennsylvania § Senator Lyn Allison, Australia, Leader of the Australian Democrats § Dr. Kwame Ampofo, MP, Parliament of Ghana, § Dep. Aroldo Cedraz (PFL), Chair, External Relations and National Defence Committee, House of Representatives, Brazil, § Air Marshal Lord Garden (LD), UK, Defence Spokesman, Liberal Democrat Party, House of Lords, § Ana Maria Gomes, MEP, (Socialist), Portugal, Vice-Chair, Subcommittee on Security and Defence, European Parliament, § Bjørn Hernæs, (Conservative), Norway, Vice-Chair of the Defence Committee, Parliament of Norway, § Senadora Silvia Hernández, (PRI), Mexico, Chair, Senate Foreign Affairs Committee & Vice-Chair, e-Parliament Council, § Jakob Axel Nielsen, (Conservative), Denmark, Defence Committee, Parliament of Denmark, § Gustavo Selva (AN), Italy, Chair of the Foreign Affairs Committee, House of Representatives, § Mr. Hayashi Yoshimasa, (LDP), Chair, Security Committee, Parliament of Japan. 14.00 Comments and questions between legislators, and questions from the press, in person or world-wide via internet 15.30 Coffee Break 16.00 Organizational Session: How to Continue the Dialogue? Introduction by Nicholas Dunlop, Secretary General, e-Parliament. Discussion 18.30 Summary and conclusions 20.00 Dinner at Restaurant tbd Thursday 15 September 09.30 Individual meetings between visiting legislators and key members of Congress. 09.30 Individual meetings between visiting legislators and key members of Congress. __________ SIGN OUR U.N. PETITION TO BAN WEAPONS AND WARFARE IN SPACE DEMAND A SPACE PRESERVATION TREATY CONFERENCE http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/832338563 Campaign for Cooperation in Space http://www.peaceinspace.org [ send green star]
Jouni Y.	WHY IS A U.N. SPACE PRESERVATION TREATY-SIGNING IMPORTANT September 15, 2005 3:11 AM http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/832338563 WHY IS A U.N. SPACE PRESERVATION TREATY-SIGNING IMPORTANT? The current U.S. Administration plans to deploy space-based weapons. One main purpose is to dominate and control space, as the actor who dominates and controls space, dominates and control all on earth. Space-based weapons are dangerous, destabilizing, too costly, and unnecessary, as they would not protect anyone or anything…and there is a better choice. Fortunately, a U.N. Space Preservation Treaty is ready to be signed into law. This is the one moment in time when space-based weapons can be banned…before deployment under the guise of “research” or “tests” of missile defense, and/or before the accelerated momentum of funding, vested interests and technology gets put into place that would make this impossible to stop. Plans are in motion to convene a U.N. Space Preservation Treaty Conference. The U.N. Space Preservation Treaty to ban all space-based weapons will: Prohibit the research and development (R&D), testing, manufacturing, production and deployment of space-based weapons and systems, and the use of weapons to destroy or damage objects in space that are in orbit (i.e. satellites). This prohibits the introduction of weapons in space and the escalation of war on earth from space. Permit space exploration, R&D, testing, manufacturing, production and deployment of civil commercial and defense activities (including communication, navigation, surveillance, reconnaissance, early warning or remote sensing) that is not related to space-based weapons or systems. Transform the war industry into a peaceful, sustainable space industry by removing the mandate to weaponize space. Stimulate a peacetime economy (a new economic stimulus package) with a new marketplace of more jobs and training programs, and more profits and contracts than during any hot or cold wartime, based on the conscious R&D of clean and safe Space Age technology, products and services that will be applied directly to solving urgent problems of human needs, alternative energy, and the environment - thus transforming the war-based economy and industry into a Space Age economy and industry. Build a strong national defense and a global security system based on applying civil, commercial and military/defense related Space Age technology of a non-space-based-weapons nature directed no longer to be used as "force multipliers" to aim weapons but to enhance worldwide communication and information exchanges about issues of concern to all peoples. This will bring the world’s peoples together to reap the abundance of benefits. Satellite photos will be used to preserve our interconnected environment (eg. to see where the sick waters are so we can clean them up), and to protect the people (eg. see where people have migrated so the troops and all can go to them with food, medicine, and clean water, to educate, to eliminate poverty, and to heal). Apply a new role for the military and military spending, corporations and corporate profits to focus with intention to be in service: to protect humanity and preserve our environment in the context of a new Space Age Paradigm in which war on earth will become archaic as humans evolve safely, consciously on earth and into space. We need to provide the time and place when world leaders will sign and ratify the World Space Preservation Treaty. When the first twenty U.N. Member nations sign and ratify this Treaty it becomes law, and an international (world) cooperative Outer Space Peacekeeping Agency will be established and equipped to monitor outer space and enforce the ban. The same equipment can be applied to verify agreements including the reduction and elimination of missiles (thus eliminating the need for “missile defense’), nuclear weapons, and other dangerous and polluting technology on our Earth. More than 3300 NGO and peace movement leaders and activists have signed a Petition for a U.N. Space Preservation Treaty Conference: VIEW SIGNATURES & SIGN U.N. PETITION: http://www.peaceinspace.org For more information, please contact Institute for Cooperation in Space (ICI – North America 3339 West 41 Avenue Vancouver, BC V6N3E5 CANADA Tel: 604-733-8134 Fax: 604-733-8135 Email: info@peaceinspace.com Campaign: http://www.peaceinspace.org Exopolitics: http://www.exopolitics.com ICIS: http://www.peaceinspace.com Alfred Lambremont Webre, JD, MEd Institute for Cooperation in Space (ICI – South America PO Box 288 Loja, Ecuador Email: rosin@west.net http://www.peaceinspace.com http://www.madretierra1.com Tel: 011 593 7 2 580687 Dr. Carol Rosin http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/832338563 [ send green star]
anonymous	September 15, 2005 3:28 AM Thanks Jouni! I've already signed the petition on 10:35 AM PDT, Aug 8, 2005. [report anonymous abuse] [ accepted]
Jouni Y.	thanks September 15, 2005 3:33 AM Hi Marco, thanks, and good to hear from you, be well! [ send green star]
Jouni Y.	September 29, 2005 9:32 AM CDI Space Security Update #9 Sept. 27, 2005 Center for Defense Information http://www.cdi.org/ CAMPAIGN FOR COOPERATION IN SPACE, please sign and forward... http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/832338563 ********* NB#1: CDI is proud to announce that on Oct. 11, Senior Advisor Philip E. Coyle, III, will give a presentation at the United Nations entitled "International Space Programs and Dual Use Technologies for Space Weapons." This talk is sponsored by the Canadian government and is part of the Space Security Survey process. NB#2: In the 2005 version of DoD's annual report, "The Military Power of the People's Republic of China," it is claimed that China "plans to field" anti-satellite weapons. However, Gregory Kulaki and David Wright of the Union of Concerned Scientists point out in their analysis, "New Questions about U.S. Intelligence on China," that the intelligence it was based on does not support that assertion. The report is available at http://www.cdi.org/pdfs/NASIC.pdf. NB#3: Space-faring nations are well aware of the dangers caused by space debris – from inactive satellites to discarded rocket stages to nuts and bolts left in orbit. Space debris is the inevitable consequence of the global uses of space; every space launch will create some amount and form of debris, just as every kind of transportation on Earth creates some amount and form of pollution. "CDI Fact Sheet: Space Debris," put together by CDI Director Theresa Hitchens, provides basic data about the space debris problem. It is available at http://www.cdi.org/program/document.cfm?DocumentID=3106&StartRow=1&ListRows=10&appendURL=&Orderby=D.DateLastUpdated&ProgramID=68&from_page=index.cfm. * Signatures: 3,523 * Goal: 10,000 * Deadline: 10-26-2005 Please, sign and forward... http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/832338563 [ send green star]
Vonnie P.	Signed October 06, 2005 2:58 AM Signed [ send green star] [ accepted]
Lady A.	October 06, 2005 3:02 AM Signed Lady Athena, Sweden [ send green star] [ accepted]
Jouni Y.	support campaign for cooperation in space November 09, 2005 7:08 AM Hi All! this petition need more signatures. thank you for all who have already signed. please, spread the word. thank you! Heller writes, "Instead, Canada should accept the long-standing invitation of Congressman Dennis Kucinich of Ohio to launch a conference to seek approval of an international treaty to ban weapons in space." http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/832338563 [ send green star]
Jouni Y.	June 09, 2006 2:39 PM Please, keep on signing this petition and spreading word about it, it is topic right now in UN as governments of UK and US has expressed their opposition to talks about preventing an arms race in space... ...CAMPAIGN FOR COOPERATION IN SPACE http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/832338563 China, Russia Object to Weapons in Space China and Russia yesterday told a U.N. body that the threat from space-based weapons would be equal to that posed by weapons of mass destruction, Reuters reported (see GSN, May 11). The U.N. Conference on Disarmament is looking to begin negotiations on preventing an arms race in outer space. The United Kingdom and United States have expressed their opposition to such talks (see GSN, May 18). Russian Ambassador to the conference Valery Loshchinin likened the weaponization of outer space to the “emergence of a new type of weapon of mass destruction.” “If there are no weapons in outer space, no room for the use of force, then there will be no arms race there. We must nip it in the bud,” he said. “A world free of outer space weapons is no less important than a world free of the weapons of mass destruction,” said China’s ambassador to the conference, Cheng Jingye. “The development of outer space weapons keeps progressing quietly and relevant military doctrine is taking shape,” he said. The White House is expected issue a new space policy for the first time in a decade this month, according to Reuters (Stephanie Nebehay, Reuters/Yahoo!News, June 8). [ send green star]
Doina M.	June 12, 2006 3:53 AM Signed! [ send green star] [ accepted]
Kitty K.	June 28, 2006 3:20 PM signed!!! [ send green star] [ accepted]
Zelda W.	June 30, 2006 8:01 AM Signed! #4225 [ send green star] [ accepted]
Adi S.	November 21, 2006 7:19 AM Signed!!!!!!!!! [ send green star] [ accepted]