FW: Reminder: Global Meeting for Nuclear Abolition

[Alice Slater]

 

 

Alice Slater

Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, NY

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New York, NY 10028

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www.wagingpeace.org

www.abolition2000.org

 

We may now care for each Earthian individual at a sustainable billionaire's level of affluence while living exclusively on less than 1 percent of our planet's daily energy income from our cosmically designed nuclear reactor, the Sun, optimally located 92 million safe miles away from us.

Buckminster Fuller

 

 

 

From: Aboltiion 2000 [mailto:Abolit...@gmail.com]
Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2011 7:09 AM
To: Alice Slater
Subject: Reminder: Global Meeting for Nuclear Abolition

 

You're receiving this newsletter because of your interest in Abolition 2000. Not interested anymore? Unsubscribe. Having trouble viewing this email? View it in your browser. Progress and actions for the global abolition of nuclear weapons In this issue ·        The Details ·        The Program About Abolition 2000 Abolition 2000 links organizations and initiatives around the world working for the elimination of nuclear weapons through a global treaty, and promotes simultaneous action on steps and measures supporting that goal.  Abolition 2000 also calls for the phase-out of nuclear power and development of sustainable and environmentally safe energy sources. Forward to a friend Know someone who might be interested in the email? Why not forward this email to a friend. August, 2011 Help Build the Campaign For Global Nuclear Abolition! Abolition 2000 reminds you of the invitation to join us at our Annual Meeting for nuclear abolition Geneva, Switzerland | Friday, September 16th www.abolition2000.org Annual meeting At the Annual Meeting we will review our efforts as a network of more than 2000 organizations in over 90 countries, examine regional perspectives and the efforts of our various working groups and affiliated networks. We will strategize to achieve a world free of nuclear weapons and discuss outreach and collaboration with initiatives like Mayors for Peace, Parliamentarians for Nuclear Nonproliferation and Disarmament (PNND), the Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space and the International Campaign for the Abolition of Nuclear Weapons (ICAN). The program is below. back to top The Details When: Friday, September 16th from 9:00 am to 6 pm. Where: The World Council of Churches, Ecumenical Centre, 150 route Ferney, 1211, Geneva 2, Switzerland Click here for a list of accommodations Please RSVP to Susi Snyder The Program 1. Welcome and Opening 2. Introductions & Goals of the Meeting 3. Brief Overview of Abolition 2000 (our story) 4. Report from Secretariat 5. Proposals emerging from regional networks 6. Reports from thematic working groups Nuclear Weapons Convention Depleted Uranium De-alerting Radiation – health effects, nuclear energy Sustainable energy - IRENA Youth Mayors for Peace Parliamentarians/PNND Space weaponisation/Global Network Divestment Citizens weapons inspections Indigenous peoples – Moorea Declaration Lunchtime Public Forum: Obstacles and Opportunities for Nuclear Abolition Co-hosted with the World Conference of Churches 7. Breakout into thematic working groups (2 sessions) to discuss proposals 8. Timeline 2011-2015 9. Collaborative Campaigning- proposals for joint days of action 10. A2000 outreach and membership 11. Fundraising 12. Affirmation of the Global Council and Coordinating Committee back to top

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