WASHINGTON
- September 14 - Messages below from:
The Federation of Green Parties of the Americas
The Green Group in the European Parliament
The European Federation of Green Parties
The Australian Green Party
The Green Party of Ukraine
Germany's Green Party Council and Bundestag Group
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>From the Federation of Green Parties of the Americas
<http://www.fpva.org.mx>
Tuesday, 11 September 2001
All strength to you, to the United States, and to all
the Americans; the Federation of Green Parties of the
Americas feels devastated for this National and
International Tragedy. Today, we begin the day with
this news of high impact, with this criminal and
coward terrorist act, which we completely reject. We
would like to express our solidarity, and support to
the Country, its victims and their relatives.
We want to reiterate that violence has never been and
never will be a form of coexistence among men. These
acts of barbarism deserve the reject of the
international community, because all acts of terrorism
affect all the nations of the world. No cause
justifies these criminal acts.
Jorge González Torres
Secretary General
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>From the Green Group in the European Parliament
<http://www.greens-efa.org>
Wednesday, 12 September 2001
THE GREENS/EFA IN THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT
PRESS RELEASE - Brussels, 11 September 2001
Greens/EFA, deeply shocked by terrorist attack, send
condolences to the people of the USA
Heidi Hautala and Paul Lannoye, Co-Presidents of the
Green/EFA Group in the European Parliament, and Nelly
Maes, President of the European Free Alliance, today
expressed their deep shock after the unprecedented
horrifying terrorist attack on the USA. In a letter
addressed to the Ambassador of the United States
Mission to the European Union, Rt Hon. Richard L.
Morningstar. They expressed their condolences to the
people of America:
"The Right Honourable Ambassador for the United States
of America,
We are writing to express our heartfelt condolences to
the people of America following today's tragedy.
We are deeply shocked by such a senseless terrorist
attack on the United States, which claimed the lives
of so many innocent victims. In this dark hour, our
thoughts are with the victims of this tragedy, their
families and with all the American people.
On behalf of the Greens/ European Free Alliance in the
European Parliament,
Heidi Hautala, Co-President
Paul Lannoye, Co-President
Nelly Maes, Vice-President
Press Service of the Greens/EFA Group in the
European Parliament
Helmut Weixler
Head of Press Office
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>From the European Federation of Green Parties
<http://www.europeangreens.org>
[To] H.E. Ambassador Richard L. Morningstar
The United States Mission to the E.U. Brussels
11th September 2001
Your Excellency,
The European Federation of Green Parties would like to
express its condolences to the American people for the
tragic loss of innocent lives in the terrorist actions
of today.
Human life is sacred, and we cannot but express the
solidarity of our Federation to all those people who
have had to suffer the loss of a relative, friend or
acquaintance.
Such ignoble terrorist act is a tragedy for all human
kind.
Yours Sincerely,
Marian Coyne, Spokesperson
Pekka Haavisto, Spokesperson
Arnold Cassola, Secretary General
EUROPEAN FEDERATION OF GREEN PARTIES
European Parliament - room PHS 2C85
rue Wiertz, 1047 Brussels, Belgium
ph: 32 2 284 51 35, fax : 32 2 284 91 35
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>From the office of Senator Bob Brown of Australia, a
member of the Australian Green Party
<http://www.greens.org.au>
Wednesday, 12 September 2001
Dear US Greens
We send our deepest love and sympathy to all those
hurt and killed in this terrible attack, their
relatives and friends, and to all of you. Life will
never be the same after such terror striking so
viciously.
We join you in condemning the perpetrators and
abhorring violence, whoever commits it. We are ready
to help in any way we can but mostly just want to say
how immensely sorry we are for the suffering that this
tragedy has unleashed.
With all our good wishes
Bob Brown
Cate Weate
Steven Chaffer
Stephenie Cahalan
Ben Oquist
Christine Milne
Lauren Van Dyke
Margaret Blakers
(Australian Greens)
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>From the Green Party of Ukraine
<http://www.greenparty.org.ua>
11 September 2001
[To] Mr. George W. Bush
President of the United States of America
Copy: Mr. Carlos Pascual
Ambassador of the United States of America
Dear Mr. Bush,
On behalf of the Green party of Ukraine and its
parliamentary faction, allow me to express my sincere
condolences at the devastating consequences of the
extremely audacious terrorist attacks on the United
States, as a result of which the famous landmark of
New York, the two towers of the World Trade Center
collapsed, and the Pentagon and State department
headquarters damaged in Washington. Our deep
condolences to the bereaved families of the numerous
deceased and sincerest sympathies for those hundreds
and thousands so seriously injured.
The Green party since its inception has promoted the
idea of peace and harmony and the human cause.
Terrorism has no place in today's world and in our
attempts to build a better place for humanity we stand
against any acts of terror. In this context, we
sharply criticize any terrorist attack and stand
beside the people of the United States at this sad
hour for the nation.
Please accept the assurances of highest consideration.
Yours sincerely,
Vitaliy M. Kononov
Chairperson of the Green Party of Ukraine
Member of the Parliament of Ukraine
Head of the parliamentary faction,
The Green Party of Ukraine
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Resolution of Germany's Green Party Council
<http://www.gruene.de> and Bundestag Group
<http://www.gruene-fraktion.de> regarding this week's
tragic events
Special Party Council, Alliance 90/The Greens
September 13, 2001, Berlin
Resolution
1. The terrible attacks that were perpetrated against
the United States of America on September 11, 2001
were a cynical strike against the values of an open
civil society for which we stand. These attacks have
evoked paralyzing horror, sadness, rage and great
concern, but they have also given rise to a strong
solidarity with the victims, their relations and the
entire American people. Alliance 90/The Greens share
in this solidarity.
2. We support the United Nations Security Council's
demand that those responsible for the mass murder, the
organizers as well as the sponsors, be found out and
brought to justice. We support the Security Council's
declaration that terrorist acts must be combated as a
threat to international peace.
3. The government of the United States has let it be
known that they will respond harshly to terrorist
aggression. They have, for example, spoken of "wiping
terrorism off the map". This has fueled the concerns
of a broad part of German as well as European society
that an insufficiently circumspect reaction on the
part of the USA could in the end be what the
terrorists are counting on to build on the escalation
of violence. Against this background we would
emphasize the legitimate right of the USA to
self-defense on the basis of the United Nations
Charter. A democracy based on the rule of law is only
credible if in the detection and punishment of
evildoers, it does not violate its own principles.
International law does not provide cover for
vengeance; we reject an escalation strategy tainted by
it. Every possible course of action must be
accompanied by a political concept that stands the
test of time and contains the proposition for
effective handling of conflicts that feed on violence.
We are calling for a fundamentally new orientation in
security policy, one in which first and foremost new
global threats can be countered by crisis prevention,
by civil conflict resolution, by the creation of
global justice and the fair resolution of regional
conflicts.
4. After the national tragedy, the USA turned to the
NATO Council with an application that a
joint-defense-situation be established in accordance
with Article 5 of the Washington Treaty. On September
12, 2001, The NATO Council unanimously found that the
facts of the terrorist attacks, that they were
directed from outside the USA, established the
applicability of Article 5 of the NATO Treaty. In so
doing, for the first time, NATO has acceded to
formally assisting a member-state against an armed
attack, including military assistance, if necessary.
The German Federal Government has acceded to this as
well. This was a very difficult decision. In the
face of terrorist attacks against US citizens,
however, we cannot oppose the employment of the
joint-defense-situation.
5. The acceptance of the joint-defense-situation does
not yet mean a decision in favor of participation in
the USA's military planning or actions. The
acceptance of the joint-defense-situation does not
revoke the responsibility on the part of Germany to
decide for itself, in keeping with Constitutional
rules and especial Parliamentary provisos, what type
of assistance with what means it considers necessary
to reestablish and maintain security.
6. The worldwide dismay produced by the terrorist
violence has made graphically clear to what extent the
world in which we live has grown together. We
strongly object to all attempts to capitalize on this
dismay in order to pursue authoritarian policies using
strategies of insularity, national narrow-mindedness
and xenophobia. Civil and open societies tolerate no
struggle between cultures. They are founded on a
diversity of cultures and religions. Every failure in
the dialog between cultures, especially the Islamic
culture, every failure to improve living conditions in
those countries that are breeding grounds for
terrorism catches up with us. Insularity is a
backwards-looking illusion. We continue to stand by
our vision of an international community of
cosmopolitan democracies. That includes not only the
readiness to stand against terrorism in the defense of
a cosmopolitan democracy. It also includes depriving
terrorism of its political basis through the promotion
of human rights, democracy, tolerance and
international justice. Alliance 90/The Greens
champions these principles.
For further information:
Sascha Müller-Kraenner, Director
Heinrich Böll Foundation
1638 R Street NW
Washington DC 20009
Tel 202 462-7513
Fax 202 462-5130
Sascha@boell.org
http://www.boell.org
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