{"id":23,"date":"2008-06-29T01:14:28","date_gmt":"2008-06-29T01:14:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldpeace7.jp\/wp_en\/?p=23"},"modified":"2015-05-09T01:16:49","modified_gmt":"2015-05-09T01:16:49","slug":"2008-92e-appeal-to-the-leaders-gathering-at-the-g8-hokkaido-toyako-summit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldpeace7.jp\/wp_en\/?p=23","title":{"rendered":"2008 92E Appeal to the Leaders gathering at the G8 Hokkaido Toyako Summit"},"content":{"rendered":"
Appeal No.92E (Revised)
\nHis Excellency Mr. Yasuo Fukuda, Prime Minister, Japan
\nHis Excellency Mr. Stephen Joseph Harper, Prime Minister, Canada
\nHis Excellency Mr. Nicolas Sarkozy, President, French Republic
\nHer Excellency Ms. Angela Merkel, Chancellor, Federal Republic of Germany
\nHis Excellency Mr. Silvio Berlusconi, Prime Minister, Republic of Italy
\nHis Excellency Mr. Dmitry Anatolyevich Medvedev, President, Russian Federation
\nHis Excellency Mr. Gordon Brown, Prime Minister, United Kingdom
\nof Great Britain and Northern Ireland
\nHis Excellency Mr. George Walker Bush, President, United States of America
\nHis Excellency Mr. Jose Manuel Durao Barroso, President, European Union27th June 2008
\nThe Committee of Seven for Appeals on the World Peace
\nKinhide Mushakoji, Hideo Tsuchiyama, Yoshino Oishi,
\nHisashi Inoue, Kayoko Ikeda, Michiji Konuma, Satoru Ikeuchi<\/div>\n

 <\/p>\n

We, the Committee of Seven for Appeals on the World Peace calls upon the G8 Leaders who
\ngather at Toyako, Hokkaido in July 2008, to base their decisions on an accurate understanding about the
\nroot causes of the problems under consideration in full awareness of the responsibility of the industrially
\nadvanced nations towards the international community.<\/p>\n

The world is now undergoing a deep crisis. The inflating price of crude oil and food create serious
\nhuman insecurity, and the economic and social gaps continues to widen. All these trends cause domestic
\nsocial unrest and a danger of military conflicts.<\/p>\n

In order to remove such worldwide insecurity, democratic and just international relations should be
\ndeveloped among States with a constructive cooperation of the civil society. In this process the
\nindustrialized nations have a particularly important role to play. We propose the following
\nrecommendations so that your deliberation could lead to constructive conclusions about the protection of
\nthe global environment, the regulation of international finance, the international promotion of human
\nrights, and the abolition of nuclear weapons.<\/p>\n

1) Environment measures taking into consideration the points of view of the vulnerable peoples<\/h2>\n

We welcome the inclusion in the Summit agenda of efforts to cope with global warming. The G8
\nGovernments representing the powerful sector of the world community, also in terms of environment
\nprotection, have a particular responsibility towards the international community to take into consideration
\nthe points of view of the vulnerable peoples.<\/p>\n

We find it unfortunate in this connection that the Summit agenda puts an emphasis on targets and
\nsolutions only of technical issues such as CO2 reduction, and does not seem to realize the importance of
\nthe impacts of global economy which affects all the aspects of the global ecology.<\/p>\n

For example, Japan, the host government of the Summit, proposes to deliberate on the inseparable
\nconnections between the problems of global warming and of food. We appreciate this concern, but cannot
\noverlook the fact that the proposition centers on the development of high-yield food grains and transfer of
\ntechnology to the developing countries. This emphasis on technical solutions should not divert the
\ndeliberation from the speculative money game which causes the inflating prices of crude oil and grains.
\nThe problem of bio-fuel which endangers food supply of the poor sectors of the societies deserves also
\nspecial attention.<\/p>\n

We recognize the intention of the Summit to get the support of the developing countries by
\nstressing the compatibility between environment protection and economic development. However, the
\nmedia reports that the deliberation with the developing nations preparing the Summit focused mainly on
\nmatters related to technology transfer to the developing countries. It is indispensable to take into
\nconsideration the fact that the poor sector of the developing regions, the minorities and the indigenous
\npeoples, and among them especially women and children, are already made victims by the calamities
\ncaused by global warming and will increasingly be affected by these trends. We recommend that the
\nSummit should develop a serious discussion on how to support those vulnerable peoples trying to
\novercome their socio-economic vulnerability, and the international civil society efforts to build, together
\nwith them, an international system for the prevention of natural calamities caused by global warming.<\/p>\n

We recognize the fact that the barter of CO2 emission rights has a certain effect for environment
\nprotection, but we wish to draw the attention of the Summit to the financial danger which may face the
\ndeveloping countries by the flow of speculative money accompanying these transactions.<\/p>\n

2) Opposing the human rights violations accompanying the War “on Terror”.<\/h2>\n

We are deeply concerned by the Summit deliberation about preventing measures against terrorism
\nand internationally organized crime. The War “on Terror” gives priority to punishment and elimination,
\nsurveillance and suppression of terrorists rather than to the elimination of the socio-cultural,
\neconomic-political root causes of terrorism. This over-emphasis on the military and police measures
\nwhich only react to immediate threats is a serious matter of concern we cannot avoid to mention.<\/p>\n

Nowadays, a global surveillance system covers from street-corners to the outer-space. The camps
\nto question secretly terrorist suspects, as well as camps to intern refugees and “illegal” migrants,
\ngenerated by global rich-poor gaps, are established on the border regions between the rich North and the
\npoor South. A new “Iron Curtain” seems to have appeared. An over-emphasis on the security of the
\nindustrial regions results in measures increasing the insecurity and the despair among the impoverished
\nsectors of the developing countries. These measures combined with the growing rich-poor gaps, in both
\nNorth and South, increase social unrest and may become a source for terrorism and criminality.<\/p>\n

We strongly urge the Summit to overcome the idea of a War “on Terror” and rather aim at
\nbuilding a world where all peoples could live in peace. We hope that the G8 Leaders recognize their
\nresponsibility in this global endeavor.<\/p>\n

3) We call for the Nuclear Weapon Countries to implement Nuclear Disarmament.<\/h2>\n

We are seriously concerned that the nuclear weapon countries do not deny the possible use of their
\nnuclear weapons. If nuclear weapons will be used in any circumstances it will be the greatest mass
\ndestruction of environment in all human history. In this sense we support, with no reservation, nuclear
\nnon-proliferation which will be discussed at the coming Summit.<\/p>\n

However measures only on the non-proliferation are not enough. The borders between peaceful
\nuse and the military use of nuclear powers are mixed up and vague in these days. It is impossible to
\naccomplish a thorough nuclear weapon non-proliferation as far as any countries continue to possess
\nnuclear weapons as a security measure, or to admit the nuclear missile bases in their territories, or to
\ndepend on nuclear umbrellas.<\/p>\n

We urge that all leaders of the Group of Eight should acknowledge the undertaking on effective
\nmeasures relating to nuclear disarmament and the other measures stipulated in the Article VI of the NPT
\nand they should adopt a clear working program for this purpose and execute it as quickly as possible..
\nWe urge that the G8 leaders should support actively a proposal by Mr. Kevin Rudd, Prime Minister of
\nAustralia, to establish an International Commission on Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament
\nannounced on 9th June 2008 in Kyoto, and the Group of Eight countries should cooperate with the
\nCommission.<\/p>\n

Footnote 1. The Article VI (Full Text)\u3000of the NPT\u3000(Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear
\nWeapons)<\/strong><\/p>\n

Each of the Parties to the Treaty undertakes to pursue negotiations in good faith on effective measures
\nrelating to cessation of the nuclear arms race at an early date and to nuclear disarmament, and on a Treaty
\non general and complete disarmament under strict and effective international control.<\/p>\n

Footnote 2 The Proposal of Mr. Kevin Rudd, Prime Minister of Australia<\/strong><\/p>\n

Mr. Kevin Rudd, Prime Minister of Australia, Proposed to establish an International Commission
\non Nuclear Non ?Proliferation and Disarmament, on 9th June 2008 in Kyoto, Japan. It was his
\nsecond day and the second city of his official visit to Japan. He visited first Hiroshima In his
\nspeech he mentioned that the Commission will re-examine the Canberra Commission and the Tokyo
\nForum reports to see how far we have come, how much work remains, and develop a possible plan
\nof action for the future.<\/p>\n

The Canberra Commission on the Elimination of Nuclear Weapons was established as an
\nindependent commission by the then Australian Government in November 1995 to propose practical
\nsteps towards a nuclear weapon free world including the related problem of maintaining stability
\nand security during the transitioned period and after the goal is achieved. Their detailed report was
\npublished in August 1996.<\/p>\n

The Tokyo Forum on Nuclear non-Proliferation and Disarmament was established by the
\ninitiative of the Japanese Government in 1998. The experts from 18 countries concluded the
\nfinal report including 17 proposals in July 1999.<\/p>\n

Contact: Michiji Konuma (member; Secretary General)<\/p>\n

200-9 Kudencho, Sakaeku, Yokohama 247-0014 Japan<\/p>\n

Fax: +81-(0)45-891-8386<\/p>\n

e-mail: mkonuma254@m4.dion.ne.jp<\/a><\/p>\n

URL: http:\/\/worldpeace7.jp<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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