Ban Nuclear Weapons

b) Link the Declaration to your website. Mention it in listserves and newsletters. 2) Attend the May 1st Demonstration in New York City Contact cpa@web.ca for information on buses being organized to go from Canada to New York City. There are numerous educational events scheduled at the UN the week starting May 2; however, you must be accredited with a UN pass to attend. For info: http://www.reachingcriticalwill.org 3) Encourage your Mayor to attend the Mayors for Peace activities in New York during the NPT Review Conference. For info, watch the www.pgs.ca website for information on the Mayors for Peace campaign. 4) SIGN and send the letter below to Prime Minister Paul Martin encourage the Prime Minister to direct the Canadian delegation to play a leadership role in meeting the goals of the NPT Review Conference. Copy the letter to your MP. BETTER YET, write a personalized letter using the information provided. FOR FURTHER INFO: www.abolishnuclearweapons.org Thanks for your support! Bev Delong, Chairperson, Canadian Network to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (403) 282-8260 ============================================================================================================= The Right Honourable Paul Martin Prime Minister's Office House of Commons, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0A6 Email: pm@pm.gc.ca Dear Sir: I write as a citizen to express my deep concern about the threat posed by the current world arsenal of 29,000 nuclear weapons. Some 4000 of those weapons are maintained "on high alert" by the U.S. and Russia, ready to be launched in minutes upon a computer warning of an incoming missile with a high risk of error. This places all humanity in grave danger. The Government of Canada must direct the Canadian Delegation to take a leadership role in working for a positive outcome to the NPT Review Conference. I urge the Government to publicly call for: • Urgent steps for nuclear weapons to be taken off high alert (including an immediate end to policies of launch-on-warning) • A start on negotiations on nuclear disarmament and on controls of materials used to build these weapons • No backtracking on the progress made at the Review Conferences in 1995 and 2000. I encourage all efforts possible toward the creation of a nuclear weapon-free world. Sincerely yours,