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James Nimmo
Dec 13, 2001, 5:59:41 PM12/13/01
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Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2001 15:22:57 -0600
Subject: Dire Warning from Nobel Winners
This recent message from 100 Nobel Prize laureates should
be of vital
interest to this group. I hope we can productively
explore ways to ensure
some degree of environmental and social justice in the
volatility and
disorder which is sure to come.
Friday, December 07, 2001 From the Best Minds in the
World
OSLO, Norway, December 7, 2001 (OTVNewswire)--At the
Nobel Peace Prize
Centennial Symposium here yesterday celebrating the 100th
anniversary of the
Nobel prize, 100 Nobel laureates have issued a brief but
dire warning of the
profound dangers facing the world. Their statement
predicts that our
security depends on immediate environmental and social
reform. The following
is the text of their statement:
THE STATEMENT
The most profound danger to world peace in the coming
years will stem not
from the irrational acts of states or individuals but
from the legitimate
demands of the world's dispossessed. Of these poor and
disenfranchised, the
majority live a marginal existence in equatorial
climates. Global warming,
not of their making but originating with the wealthy few,
will affect their
fragile ecologies most. Their situation will be desperate
and manifestly
unjust.
It cannot be expected, therefore, that in all cases they
will be content to
await the beneficence of the rich. If then we permit the
devastating power
of modern weaponry to spread through this combustible
human landscape, we
invite a conflagration that can engulf both rich and
poor. The only hope for
the future lies in co-operative international action,
legitimized by
democracy.
It is time to turn our backs on the unilateral search for
security, in which
we seek to shelter behind walls. Instead, we must persist
in the quest for
united action to counter both global warming and a
weaponized world.
These twin goals will constitute vital components of
stability as we move
toward the wider degree of social justice that alone
gives hope of peace.
Some of the needed legal instruments are already at hand,
such as the
Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty, the Convention on Climate
Change, the
Strategic Arms Reduction Treaties and the Comprehensive
Test Ban Treaty. As
concerned citizens, we urge all governments to commit to
these goals that
constitute steps on the way to replacement of war by law.
To survive in the world we have transformed, we must
learn to think in a new
way. As never before, the future of each depends on the
good of all.
THE SIGNATORIES
Zhohres I. Alferov Physics, 2000
Sidney Altman Chemistry, 1989
Philip W. Anderson Physics, 1977
> Oscar Arias Sanchez Peace, 1987
> J. Georg Bednorz Physics, 1987
> Bishop Carlos F.X. Belo Peace, 1996
> Baruj Benacerraf Physiology/Medicine, 1980
> Hans A. Bethe Physics, 1967
> James W. Black Physiology/Medicine, 1988
> Guenter Blobel Physiology/Medicine, 1999
> Nicolaas Bloembergen Physics, 1981
> Norman E. Boriaug Peace, 1970
> Paul D. Boyer Chemistry, 1997
> Bertram N. Brockhouse Physic, 1994
> Herbert C. Brown Chemistry, 1979
> Georges Charpak Physics, 1992
> Claude Cohen-Tannoudji Physics, 1997
> John W. Cornforth Chemistry, 1975
> Francis H. Crick Physiology/Medicine, 1962
> James W. Cronin Physics, 1980
> Paul J. Crutzen Chemistry, 1995
> Robert F. Curl Chemistry, 1996
> His Holiness The Dalai Lama Peace, 1989
> Johann Deisenhofer Chemistry, 1988
> Peter C. Doherty Physiology/Medicine, 1996
> Manfred Eigen Chemistry, 1967
> Richard R. Ernst Chemistry, 1991
> Leo Esaki Physics, 1973
> Edmond H. Fischer Physiology/Medicine, 1992
> Val L. Fitch Physics, 1980
> Dario Fo Literature, 1997
> Robert F. Furchgott Physiology/Medicine, 1998
> Walter Gilbert Chemistry, 1980
> Sheldon L. Glashow Physics, 1979
> Mikhail S. Gorbachev Peace, 1990
> Nadine Gordimer Literature, 1991
> Paul Greengard Physiology/Medicine, 2000
> Roger Guillemin Physiology/Medicine, 1977
> Herbert A. Hauptman Chemistry, 1985
> Dudley R. Herschbach Chemistry, 1986
> Antony Hewish Physics, 1974
> Roald Hoffman Chemistry, 1981
> Gerardus 't Hooft Physics, 1999
> David H. Hubel Physiology/Medicine, 1981
> Robert Huber Chemistry, 1988
> Francois Jacob Physiology/Medicine, 1975
> Brian D. Josephson Physics, 1973
> Jerome Karle Chemistry, 1985
> Wolfgang Ketterle Physics, 2001
> H. Gobind Khorana Physiology/Medicine, 1968
> Lawrence R. Klein Economics, 1980
> Klaus von Klitzing Physics, 1985
> Aaron Klug Chemistry, 1982
> Walter Kohn Chemistry, 1998
> Herbert Kroemer Physics, 2000
> Harold Kroto Chemistry, 1996
> Willis E. Lamb Physics, 1955
> Leon M. Lederman Physics, 1988
> Yuan T. Lee Chemistry, 1986
> Jean-Marie Lehn Chemistry, 1987
> Rita Levi-Montalcini Physiology/Medicine, 1986
> William N. Lipscomb Chemistry, 1976
> Alan G. MacDiarmid Chemistry, 2000
> Daniel L. McFadden Economics, 2000
> Milstein Physiology/Medicine, 1984
> Franco Modigliani Economics, 1985
> Rudolf L. Moessbauer Physics, 1961
> Mario J. Molina Chemistry, 1995
> Ben R. Mottelson Physics, 1975
> Ferid Murad Physiology/Medicine, 1998
> Erwin Neher Physiology/Medicine, 1991
> Marshall W Nirenberg Physiology/Medicine, 68
> Joseph E. Murray Physiology/Medicine, 1990
> Paul M. Nurse Physiology/Medicine, 2001
> Max F. Perutz Chemistry, 1962
> William D. Phillips Physics, 1997
> John C. Polanyi Chemistry, 1986
> Ilya Prigogine Chemistry, 1977
> Burton Richter Physics, 1976
> Heinrich Rohrer Physics, 1987
> Joseph Rotblat Peace, 1995
> Carlo Rubbia Physics, 1984
> Bert Sakmann Physiology/Medicine, 1991
> Frederick Sanger Chemistry, 1958; 1980
> Jos Saramago Literature, 1998
> J. Robert Schrieffer Physics, 1972
> Melvin Schwartz Physics, 1988
> K. Barry Sharpless Chemistry, 2001
> Richard E. Smalley Chemistry, 1996
> Jack Steinberger Physics, 1988
> Joseph E. Stiglitz Economics, 2001
> Horst L. Stormer Physics, 1998
> Henry Taube Chemistry, 1983
> Joseph H. Taylor Jr. Physics, 1993
> Susumu Tonegawa Physiology/Medicine, 1997
> Charles H. Townes Physics, 1964
> Daniel T. Tsui Physics, 1998
> Archbishop Desmond M. Tutu Peace, 1984
> John Vane Physiology/Medicine, 1982
> John E. Walker Chemistry, 1997
> Eric F. Wieschaus Physiology/Medicine, 1982
> Jody Williams Peace, 1997
> Robert W. Wilson Physics, 1978
> Ahmed H. Zewail Chemistry, 1999
>
>
>
Subject: Dire Warning from Nobel Winners
This recent message from 100 Nobel Prize laureates should
be of vital
interest to this group. I hope we can productively
explore ways to ensure
some degree of environmental and social justice in the
volatility and
disorder which is sure to come.
Friday, December 07, 2001 From the Best Minds in the
World
OSLO, Norway, December 7, 2001 (OTVNewswire)--At the
Nobel Peace Prize
Centennial Symposium here yesterday celebrating the 100th
anniversary of the
Nobel prize, 100 Nobel laureates have issued a brief but
dire warning of the
profound dangers facing the world. Their statement
predicts that our
security depends on immediate environmental and social
reform. The following
is the text of their statement:
THE STATEMENT
The most profound danger to world peace in the coming
years will stem not
from the irrational acts of states or individuals but
from the legitimate
demands of the world's dispossessed. Of these poor and
disenfranchised, the
majority live a marginal existence in equatorial
climates. Global warming,
not of their making but originating with the wealthy few,
will affect their
fragile ecologies most. Their situation will be desperate
and manifestly
unjust.
It cannot be expected, therefore, that in all cases they
will be content to
await the beneficence of the rich. If then we permit the
devastating power
of modern weaponry to spread through this combustible
human landscape, we
invite a conflagration that can engulf both rich and
poor. The only hope for
the future lies in co-operative international action,
legitimized by
democracy.
It is time to turn our backs on the unilateral search for
security, in which
we seek to shelter behind walls. Instead, we must persist
in the quest for
united action to counter both global warming and a
weaponized world.
These twin goals will constitute vital components of
stability as we move
toward the wider degree of social justice that alone
gives hope of peace.
Some of the needed legal instruments are already at hand,
such as the
Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty, the Convention on Climate
Change, the
Strategic Arms Reduction Treaties and the Comprehensive
Test Ban Treaty. As
concerned citizens, we urge all governments to commit to
these goals that
constitute steps on the way to replacement of war by law.
To survive in the world we have transformed, we must
learn to think in a new
way. As never before, the future of each depends on the
good of all.
THE SIGNATORIES
Zhohres I. Alferov Physics, 2000
Sidney Altman Chemistry, 1989
Philip W. Anderson Physics, 1977
> Oscar Arias Sanchez Peace, 1987
> J. Georg Bednorz Physics, 1987
> Bishop Carlos F.X. Belo Peace, 1996
> Baruj Benacerraf Physiology/Medicine, 1980
> Hans A. Bethe Physics, 1967
> James W. Black Physiology/Medicine, 1988
> Guenter Blobel Physiology/Medicine, 1999
> Nicolaas Bloembergen Physics, 1981
> Norman E. Boriaug Peace, 1970
> Paul D. Boyer Chemistry, 1997
> Bertram N. Brockhouse Physic, 1994
> Herbert C. Brown Chemistry, 1979
> Georges Charpak Physics, 1992
> Claude Cohen-Tannoudji Physics, 1997
> John W. Cornforth Chemistry, 1975
> Francis H. Crick Physiology/Medicine, 1962
> James W. Cronin Physics, 1980
> Paul J. Crutzen Chemistry, 1995
> Robert F. Curl Chemistry, 1996
> His Holiness The Dalai Lama Peace, 1989
> Johann Deisenhofer Chemistry, 1988
> Peter C. Doherty Physiology/Medicine, 1996
> Manfred Eigen Chemistry, 1967
> Richard R. Ernst Chemistry, 1991
> Leo Esaki Physics, 1973
> Edmond H. Fischer Physiology/Medicine, 1992
> Val L. Fitch Physics, 1980
> Dario Fo Literature, 1997
> Robert F. Furchgott Physiology/Medicine, 1998
> Walter Gilbert Chemistry, 1980
> Sheldon L. Glashow Physics, 1979
> Mikhail S. Gorbachev Peace, 1990
> Nadine Gordimer Literature, 1991
> Paul Greengard Physiology/Medicine, 2000
> Roger Guillemin Physiology/Medicine, 1977
> Herbert A. Hauptman Chemistry, 1985
> Dudley R. Herschbach Chemistry, 1986
> Antony Hewish Physics, 1974
> Roald Hoffman Chemistry, 1981
> Gerardus 't Hooft Physics, 1999
> David H. Hubel Physiology/Medicine, 1981
> Robert Huber Chemistry, 1988
> Francois Jacob Physiology/Medicine, 1975
> Brian D. Josephson Physics, 1973
> Jerome Karle Chemistry, 1985
> Wolfgang Ketterle Physics, 2001
> H. Gobind Khorana Physiology/Medicine, 1968
> Lawrence R. Klein Economics, 1980
> Klaus von Klitzing Physics, 1985
> Aaron Klug Chemistry, 1982
> Walter Kohn Chemistry, 1998
> Herbert Kroemer Physics, 2000
> Harold Kroto Chemistry, 1996
> Willis E. Lamb Physics, 1955
> Leon M. Lederman Physics, 1988
> Yuan T. Lee Chemistry, 1986
> Jean-Marie Lehn Chemistry, 1987
> Rita Levi-Montalcini Physiology/Medicine, 1986
> William N. Lipscomb Chemistry, 1976
> Alan G. MacDiarmid Chemistry, 2000
> Daniel L. McFadden Economics, 2000
> Milstein Physiology/Medicine, 1984
> Franco Modigliani Economics, 1985
> Rudolf L. Moessbauer Physics, 1961
> Mario J. Molina Chemistry, 1995
> Ben R. Mottelson Physics, 1975
> Ferid Murad Physiology/Medicine, 1998
> Erwin Neher Physiology/Medicine, 1991
> Marshall W Nirenberg Physiology/Medicine, 68
> Joseph E. Murray Physiology/Medicine, 1990
> Paul M. Nurse Physiology/Medicine, 2001
> Max F. Perutz Chemistry, 1962
> William D. Phillips Physics, 1997
> John C. Polanyi Chemistry, 1986
> Ilya Prigogine Chemistry, 1977
> Burton Richter Physics, 1976
> Heinrich Rohrer Physics, 1987
> Joseph Rotblat Peace, 1995
> Carlo Rubbia Physics, 1984
> Bert Sakmann Physiology/Medicine, 1991
> Frederick Sanger Chemistry, 1958; 1980
> Jos Saramago Literature, 1998
> J. Robert Schrieffer Physics, 1972
> Melvin Schwartz Physics, 1988
> K. Barry Sharpless Chemistry, 2001
> Richard E. Smalley Chemistry, 1996
> Jack Steinberger Physics, 1988
> Joseph E. Stiglitz Economics, 2001
> Horst L. Stormer Physics, 1998
> Henry Taube Chemistry, 1983
> Joseph H. Taylor Jr. Physics, 1993
> Susumu Tonegawa Physiology/Medicine, 1997
> Charles H. Townes Physics, 1964
> Daniel T. Tsui Physics, 1998
> Archbishop Desmond M. Tutu Peace, 1984
> John Vane Physiology/Medicine, 1982
> John E. Walker Chemistry, 1997
> Eric F. Wieschaus Physiology/Medicine, 1982
> Jody Williams Peace, 1997
> Robert W. Wilson Physics, 1978
> Ahmed H. Zewail Chemistry, 1999
>
>
>
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