US campaigners need your help to lobby Clinton ahead of UN DU vote
US campaigners from ICBUW and WILPF have launched an online petition which calls for the US to stop opposing depleted uranium resolutions at the UN and are urging supporters to sign-up online.
10 August 2012 - ICBUW
US campaigners from the Womens International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF) and ICBUW are calling for support for an online petition urging US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to stop the US from opposing UN resolutions on depleted uranium weapons.
This autumn a fourth resolution on DU weapons will be tabled at the United Nations. It won't ban the weapons but with good support it will get us closer to that goal. Just four states are voting against the resolutions, the US, UK, France and Israel. Of these, the US is by far the largest user of DU weapons.
"This year we'd like the US to hear the voices of those who oppose these chemically toxic, radioactive and unacceptable weapons," said US campaigner Isabel MacDonald. "We've launched a petition on Change.org with a letter addressed to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. What we need now is your support and the support of your friends and families.
"Please can you take a few moments to visit http://www.change.org/en-GB/petitions/change-the-us-un-vote-on-depleted-uranium-weapons-this-fall and add your signature to this important call."
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Ria Verjauw
Belgian and International Coalition ‘for a ban on uranium weapons’
0474 75 66 68
