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Greens to Call on the U.N. to Enforce Charter Provisions Against Preemptive War.

THE GREEN PARTY OF THE UNITED STATES
THE GREEN PARTY OF NEW YORK STATE

MEDIA ADVISORY
For immediate release:
Wednesday, February 12, 2003

Contacts:
Anita Rios, CoChair, Green Party of the United States, 419-297-3719, arios@gp-us.org 
Nancy Allen, Media Coordinator, 207-326-4576, nallen@acadia.net 
Scott McLarty, Media Coordinator, 202-518-5624, scottmclarty@yahoo.com 
Mark Dunlea, Chair of the Green Party of New York State, 518-286-3411, Dunleamark@aol.com 

GREEN PARTY NEWS CONFERENCE: NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL GREEN POSITIONS ON WAR WITH IRAQ

Greens to call on the U.N. to enforce charter provisions against preemptive war

WHEN: Friday, February 14, at 12:00 noon
WHERE: The Presbyterian Conference Room on the 7th floor at 777 UN Plaza, SW corner at East 44th Street and First Avenue, Manhattan, New York

PRESS CONFERENCE CONTACTS:
Elizabeth Shanklin, Green Party of New York State, 917-270-6381, 718-548-4693 
 Mark Dunlea, Chair of the Green Party of New York State, 518-286-3411, Dunleamark@aol.com 
MORE DETAILS: http://www.gp.org/peace.html 

NEW YORK, N.Y. -- The Green Parties of the United States and New York State will hold a joint news conference on Friday, February 14 to demand that the United Nations enforce its charter against preemptive war by member nations.

The news conference will take place beginning at 12:00 noon on the 7th Floor of 777 U.N. Plaza in New York City.  Greens will also discuss the proposals by various members of the U.N. Security Council to send international peacekeepers to Iraq.

The news conference will review actions by the Green Party in the United States and Greens around the world to halt efforts by the United States to launch a war against Iraq. Greens will also present statements from Green Parties in other countries, and will outline recommendations for action by the U.S. Congress.

Speakers at the February 14 news conference will include: 

  • Professor Stanley Aronowitz, 2002 Green Party candidate for Governor of New York and a leading organizer against the Vietnam War;

  • Medea Benjamin, former California Green Party candidate for U.S. Senate, cofounder of Global Exchange and United for Peace and Justice, recently returned from a visit to Iraq;

  • Honorable John Halle, Green member on the New Haven (Conn.) City Council, which recently passed a resolution against war with Iraq;

  • Annie Goeke, the Chair of the International Committee of the Green Party, who will outline the efforts of the Green Parties throughout the world to prevent the war;

  • Anita Rios, Co-Chair of the U.S. Green Party, who will provide a comprehensive overview of Green actions throughout the U.S. to stop the war.

A press box for audio plug-ins will be available.

Greens in New York will also participate in the major antiwar demonstration on Saturday, February 15, and elsewhere throughout the U.S. and world this coming weekend (see below). The Greens are committed to ecology, grassroots democracy, nonviolence, and social and economic justice. The Green Party is the only international peace party, with branches in over 90 countries.

Other antiwar events, February 14-16:

  • Friday, February 14, New York City: The Green Party of New York State will host a "Green Speakout Against the War in Iraq", 7 to 10 p.m. on at St. Mary's Church in Harlem, 514 West 126 Street (at Amsterdam Avenue).

  • Saturday, February 15, New York City: Before the major rally organized by United for Peace and Justice, Greens will meet before the rally at the Green Party office, 35 East First Street, at 9:30 a.m., and then at 11:30 a.m. in the southwest corner of Bryant Park at 40th Street and 6th Avenue. Greens will then march to the rally together and join it as a visible contingent.

  • Saturday, February 15, nationwide: Check the schedule of antiwar events planned by United for Peace and Justice and other groups in cities across the U.S. at http://www.unitedforpeace.org (left menu bar).

  • Saturday, February 15, worldwide: Greens will participate in rallies, marches, and other actions against the Bush Administration's war on Iraq, in Amsterdam, Antwerp, Athens, Bangkok, Barcelona, Belfast, Berlin, Berme, Brussels, Cairo, Copenhagen, Dublin, Glasgow, Helsinki, Istanbul, London, Manila, Oslo, Paris, Ramallah, Rome, Skopje, Stockholm, Tallinn, Tokyo, Vienna, and Warsaw.

MORE INFORMATION

The Green Party of the United States
http://www.gp.org 
National office: 1314 18th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20036
202-319-7191, 866-41GREEN

Green Party of New York State
http://www.gpnys.org 

Green Party antiwar mobilization page
http://www.gp.org/peace.html 

United for Peace & Justice
http://www.unitedforpeace 

U.S. city councils that have passed resolutions against the war on Iraq
http://www.citiesforpeace.org

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