Opportunity to Call for the Disbanding of NATO
by
Joan Russow PhD
It is reported that a high level meeting of NATO Generals will be held on September 7 and 8, at the Grand Pacific Hotel in Victoria B.C. Several years ago, a NATO meeting, proposed in Victoria, was canceled because of anticipation of community opposition, which would have required expensive security measures.
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NATO has condoned the possession of nuclear weapons by "friendly
states', but has been willing to entertain and condone strikes on the
nuclear facilities of "NATO designed rogue states" and risk the release
of radiation.
*NATO, through its engaging in numerous military
interventions and occupations such as Kosovo, Iraq and Afghanistan, has
contributed to and condoned, rather than prevented the scourge of war
in defiance of the principle objective of the Charter of the United
Nations
* NATO has a "first use of nuclear weapons policy" has
failed to act on its undertaking under the General Assembly resolution
entitled the Condemnation of Nuclear War A/RES/38/75, 1983 "to condemn
the formulation, propounding, dissemination and propaganda of political
and military doctrines and concepts intended to provide 'legitimacy'
for the first use of nuclear weapons and in general to justify the
'admissibility' of unleashing nuclear war (2 Condemnation of Nuclear
War General Assembly Resolution A/RES/38/75, 1983
* NATO has
been using depleted uranium [the effect of which in part is similar to
that of a nuclear weapon]has failed to act on its undertaking to deem
"that the use of nuclear weapons would be a violation of the Charter of
the United Nations and a crime against humanity, ( resolutions 1653
(XVI) of 24 November 1961, 33/71 B of 14 December 1978, 34/83 G of 11
December 1979, 35/152 D of 12 December 1980 and 36/92 I of 9 December
1981)
* NATO through using Depleted Uranium, has disregarded the
decision of the International Court of Justice that the use or the
threat to use nuclear weapons is contrary to International humanitarian
law (World Court Project, 1996)
*NATO has violated the Geneva protocols on prohibited weapons
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NATO has undermined the United Nations through contributing to the
failure (i) to discharge obligations under International Conventions,
Treaties, and Covenants, (ii) to act through Commitments made under
conference action plans and (iii) to fulfill expectations created
through General Assembly Resolutions
*NATO has condoned the
misinterpretation of Article 51- self defence- in the Charter of the
United Nations in its support for the invasion of a sovereign state,
and has used the pretext of "human security" and "humanitarian
intervention" and "preemptive/ preventive" aggression to justify the
invasion and occupation of other states;
*NATO has continually
ignored Chapter VI- Peaceful Resolution of Disputes, of the Charter of
the United Nations, and the provision in Chapter VI to take disputes to
the International Court of Justice;
* NATO has failed to act on
the commitment made under the Platform of Action of the UN Conference
of Women To [Encourage diplomacy, [preventive diplomacy,] negotiation
and peaceful settlement of disputes in accordance with the Charter of
the United Nations in particular Article 2, paragraphs 3 and 4] (Art.
147 b., Advance draft, Platform of Action, UN Conference on Women, May
15);
* NATO has failed to discharge its obligations under the
Convention , entitled (IV) Relative to the Protection of Civilian
Persons in Time of War (Geneva, 1949) to protect "persons taking no
active part in the hostilities;
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