Anti-war declaration

[Alexander Deliyannis]

(Nai, to kserw oti einai asxeto me ti lista. Elpizw na me anexteite.)
Elava to parakato minyma meso mias listas tou Panepistimiou Patron.
Den exo kanei kamia erevna gia tous syntaktes tis, alla to idio to keimeno
me vriskei kat' arxin symfono.
Kalo Savvatokyriako
xxx
alx


Parakaleisthe na proothisete to minyma se osous
perissoterous boreite, kata protimisi se
anthropous sto eksoteriko kai min ksexasete na pate
sti dievthynsi URL
http://www.hpclab.ceid.upatras.gr/peace.html
kai na ypograpsete tin diakiryksi.
Den tha sas parei pano apo 3-4 lepta.

I parakato "diakiryksi" syntathike apo tous Kathigites A. Boynti kai Th.
Papatheodorou sta Aglika, me stoxo ti sygentrosi ypografon apo to
eksoteriko.  An symfoneite parakaleisthe na tin synypograpsete kai na ti
steilete se synergates kai gnostoys ektos Ellados gia tin ypostiriksi tous.

Haido Drakou <hdra at intracom.gr>
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Dear colleague,

Many members of the academic community, from all religions and national
origins around the world, are already raising their voice to stop this
pointless war now and follow a peaceful procedure, as the only way
that can really protect the human rights of everyone involved.
I thus take the liberty to invite you to read the following
declaration and, if you agree, endorse it by just giving your name, title,
affiliation and (OPTIONALLY) your e-mail address at the URL:
http://www.hpclab.ceid.upatras.gr/peace.html

If you agree please forward it to others as well. This statement will
be communicated to mass media.


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DECLARATION

Nearly seven weeks have gone by, during which the U.S./NATO
military intervention against Yugoslavia has incessantly continued to
spread death, destruction and misery over a large part of the Balkans.

The stated purpose of the intervention was humanitarian. However, the
means used and the results achieved have practically defeated all
original intentions. This war seems even more senseless now that a
framework for a peaceful solution has been reached by the G-8
countries.

U.S. and NATO have acted on their own, bypassing completely the
United Nations and the Security Council. Thus, by striking a blow to
the decisive role that these bodies are meant to play in such crises,
U.S./NATO military commanders are attempting to establish a new world
order, in which they alone will be deciding what is wrong and what is
right, and whether sovereign countries should be attacked.

With the pretext of protecting the legitimate human rights of
the Kossovar-Albanians they have brought about extensive civilian
casualties and large-scale destruction of non-military installations. 
We are witnessing the killing of innocent people (Serbs and Albanians of
Kossovo), attacks on civilian carriers, refugee convoys, sleeping
villages, medical first-aid teams, television stations and even the
Chinese embassy. The arrogant reaction of NATO to these unprecedented
massacres demonstrates further the inhumane nature of this intervention.

All this has resulted in the strengthening of the influence of the very
person they aimed to defeat in Yugoslavia.

The environmental disasters are already extremely serious. We also
warn against potentially very dangerous incidents, resulting from
missiles falling on other countries, such as Bulgaria, where the
nuclear plant of Kozlodui is located.

The Balkan region is being dangerously destabilized. Countries
neighboring to Yugoslavia are stretched to their limits, in their
effort to help hundreds of thousands of refugees. Their economy has suffered
a very serious set back which makes their very existence more heavily
dependent on aid provided by the U.S. and the European Union.

In view of all this:

We, the undersigned members of the international community
strongly demand that all U.S/NATO led aggression be immediately stopped.
A peaceful solution must be sought now with the framework of the
proposal of the G-8 countries and supervised by the United Nations.
This is the only morally acceptable and practically effective way for
protecting human rights for Kossovar-Albanians and Serbs in the
Balkans as well as for all people who suffer anywhere in the world.



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