| WASHINGTON
- April 3 - U.S. Greens have adopted a proposal to urge the United
Nations to invoke Resolution 377 ('Uniting for Peace') in response
to the invasion of Iraq by the United States.
'Uniting for
Peace' allows the U.N. General Assembly to circumvent the veto
of the Security Council and take action when a permanent member
of the Security Council, in this case the U.S., commits an unprovoked
act of military aggression.
The U.S. is
currently pressing U.N. member nations to head off an emergency
General Assembly session on the war, with one U.S. official claiming
the session will "divide U.N. members." A communication from the
U.S. to U.N. representatives around the world, published April
1 by Greenpeace, calls any attempt by the General Assembly to
meet and discuss the invasion "unhelpful and directed against
the United States" and "harmful to the U.N."
"The invasion
has already breached the U.N. Charter and now imperils global
security and the future of the U.N.," said Jake Schneider, treasurer
of the Green Party of the United States.
The proposal,
drafted by the International Committee and passed on April 2 by
the national Coordinating Committee of the Green Party of the
United States, calls for cooperation with Green parliamentarians
in Europe and other nations and Greens and other peaceloving people
around the world in support of 'Uniting for Peace.' Excerpts from
the text of the proposal follow below.
Greens invited
all anti-war activists to join the call for Resolution 377.
"The Green Party is prepared to act for peace while the opposition
'major' party chooses to play a minor role," said Kevin McKeown,
Mayor pro tem of Santa Monica, California, and a member of the
Coordinating Committee. "I know many Democrats against this
war who wish their leaders would lead, and invite them to join
us as we take a real stand for peace."
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