Protest and Gathering for Peace at CPAC
Thursday, January 30th 2003 10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Arlington, VA USA

BEFORE WE "HELP" THE WORLD... WE MUST HEAL OURSELVES!
"There is no way to peace -- peace is the way.." -- A.J. Muste

This message is to announce a combined peaceful protest and meditative interfaith gathering on January 30, 2003 against war, detentions, and
spiritual death; as well as to stand for world peace. This protest and gathering will build on two others: a protest against mass detentions
(scheduled for January 10 at INS centers in San Francisco and Washington D.C.) and a protest to stop the war in Iraq (scheduled for January 18 in
S.F. and D.C.). January 30 is anticipated as the target date for the beginning of a broader (world) war for which U.S. troops are already
mobilized. For this reason, it is important to focus on world peace.

The location of the January 30, 2003 protest will be at the following location:

Crystal Gateway Marriott
1700 Jefferson Davis Highway
Arlington VA 22202.

All participating should be there by 10:00 AM if possible, but if this is not possible for you, be there by noon. A parking lot can be found at
23rd Street and South Eads, walking distance from the hotel.
(See street map at http://www.stayarlington.com/mapcgm.htm)
(See directions to Crystal Gateway at http://www.wacfl.org/schools/crystalmarriott.html)

Congregation, prayer, and / or meeting to protest should occur 100 feet away from the hotel entrance on South Eads Street, and should remain there as long as possible in a peaceful protest, with individuals standing in place, holding signs, or alternatively holding hands or engaging in seated individual / group meditation - whatever is more effective for you personally. The backup location is South Fern
Street between 19th Street South and 21st Street South. (Print out this sheet for use at the protest.)

On this day, January 30, the thirtieth annual Conservative Political Action Conference, or CPAC as it is known, will be held at the Crystal
Gateway Marriott, and will continue through February 1st. Some of the individuals scheduled to attend the CPAC are President Bush and
Vice-President Cheney (Mr. Cheney will be speaking inside the hotel at noon on the 30th), Tom Delay, and Secretary Rumsfeld (see
http://www.cpac.org for more information). Other figures who may attend are Charleton Heston, Ted Nugent, and Sam Donaldson. Therefore, this
protest will be noticed. If security officials request that the protesters not congregate near the hotel, or you are denied access to the vicinity of the hotel, congregate in groups at the intersection of 19th Street South and South Fern Street. From there, in small or large
groups, march to the intersection of 24th Street South and South Fern Street, which is 1000 feet away. Once at this intersection, you may wish to move one block east to South Eads Street and proceed up South Eads Street toward the hotel, which will lead you back toward the parking area mentioned above and also toward the point of origin of the protest at the Crystal Gateway Marriott. (Print this page to assist you.) Additionally, if you wish, you can continue to protest until the end of February 1st, when the CPAC ends. We have the right to protest what is
wrong with the world.

This message is being sent to approximately 50 different organizations within bus range of Arlington, Virginia, and is posted on http://www.unitedforpeace.org. Please bring signs announcing your organization's mission or statement, as well as signs which "say
no" to war, detention, and spiritual death. Additionally, if you would like to spread the word, please post this message to your website or
forward this message to friends. Let us keep the peace by engaging in peaceful protest to show our government that it has gone down the wrong
path - and that there is another way.

-------P.S.: Won't be able to make it, but would still like to send a message against war? See below.--------

Are you against the war in Iraq? Contact the U.N. Security Council and let them know. The French representative serves as the President of the Security Council until the end of January. It is also at the end of January when war will likely begin, according to various news sources. If U.S. violations of international law are discussed and recognized in open session by the United Nations, it is possible that war may be averted or at least limited in scope. If you wish to help now, please do the following (and forward this to your friends, sympathetic relatives, and your Representatives and Senators):

FAX to M. Jean Luc Florent, Legal Adviser (Permanent Mission of France to the United Nations) at:
(212) 421-6889 (WEEKENDS AND HOLIDAYS ONLY)
(212) 207-8765 (MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY)

Below is a suggested message form M. Florent. Following your fax to M. Florent, please e-mail a copy of this message to S.E.M. Jean-David
Levitte, Ambassador (Permanent Representative), to the following address: france@un.int

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(Your name)
(Your postal address / organization postal address) (Date)

Dear M. Jean Luc Florent:

This message is to advise you that the U.N. Security Council must act before the 20th of January, 2003, to express resolve against current
violations of international law by the United States of America, and to express the sense of the U.N. Security Council that the U.S. and Britain must withdraw troops in the interest of world peace. Should the Council fail to take this action, it would be abdicating its responsibility under international law, and its members may be subject to prosecution and removal for 'crimes against peace' under the U.N.
Charter.

The United Nations Security Council cannot authorize a potential war that violates the U.N. Charter, international law, and the law
prohibiting war crimes, crimes against the peace and crimes against humanity.

The United Nations Charter requires the "Security Council to act in accordance with the Purposes and Principles of the United Nations." (Article 24, U.N. Charter)

The United Nations Charter further requires international disputes or situations that might lead to a breach of peace to be resolved by peaceful means. (Article 1 and Chapter VI, U.N. Charter)

A nation may use force unilaterally in self-defense only "if an armed attack occurs" against it. (Article 51, U.N. Charter)

France has in the past condemned the so-called "no-fly zones" which were originally established over two-thirds of Iraq by the U.S., Britain, and France 18 months after the Gulf War. These "no-fly zones" have been not temporarily, but rather continually patrolled and bombed by U.S. aircraft. It has been determined by France
and other countries in the past that the current uses of these no-flight zones are a violation of international law. Therefore, it is requested
that you immediately recommend to S.E.M. Jean-David Levitte, Ambassador, that the U.N. Security Council convene in emergency session to produce a
statement and memorandum ordering the United States and Britain to withdraw and retract forthwith the recent troop increases near Iraq. If the United States continues its long-standing tradition of bombing the "no-fly zone," it must be required at the very least not to increase the
possibility of further breaches of peace, by withdrawing its recent troop increases to a distance sufficient to assure that an exchange of
short and medium range missile fire cannot occur between the U.S. and Iraq or between Britain and Iraq.

Again: The United Nations Charter requires international disputes or situations that might lead to a breach of peace to be resolved by
peaceful means. (Article 1 and Chapter VI, U.N. Charter). The United States and Britain are in clear violation of the U.N. Charter and troop
movements indicate these countries do not want to let inspections take their course, nor do they wish to obey the U.N. Charter. Furthermore,
it is anticipated that these countries will attack Iraq prior to the end of January -- which is also the end of France's Presidency of the U.N. Security Council. It is your obligation under international law to recommend that the U.N. Security Council order the United States and
Britain to cease and desist from their attempts to subvert the U.N. Charter and violate world peace. The economic and political interests
of these governments are, and always shall be, subordinate to the need of the world population for peaceful resolution to conflict. It is also
your obligation to transmit the above recommendations to the German representative upon the rotation of the Presidency of the U.N. Security Council in February.

By this message it is also requested that you respond within 7 days by electronic or postal mail and state the position of the Permanent
Mission of France to the United Nations in response to this message. Should no response be received by that time, it will be presumed that
France is not acting to prevent an imminent breach of world peace, and a message will be sent to the German representatives to this effect.

Most Sincerely,

(Your name)
(Your Postal Address)
(Your e-mail Address) (Date message sent)


Location: 
Crystal Gateway Marriott 1700 Jefferson Davis Highway Arlington VA 22202 

Contact:
C. Gallagher
gallagher@redshift.com