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--- Story 17482 ---
Title   : Conference sur le paix á Shannon Aeroporte Irlande
Subtitle   : 
Topic   : Guerre
Region   : Global
Type      : Refuse
Language   : Francais (fr)
Author   : Jim Monaghan
Organisation   : Peace and Neutrality Alliance Irlande
Email   : pana at eircom.net
Phone   : 00 353 187 2611597
Address   : 
Related Link   : http://pana.ie
Time Posted   : Monday, Jun 8 2009, 3:59pm
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Peace Conference on War NATO and the Lisbon Treaty <br />
Park Inn, Shannon <br />
Saturday 5th of September 2009 <br />
for more information contact Roger Cole Tel: 00 353 87-2611597<br />
pana at eircom.net
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Dear Friend,<br />
We are the Peace and Neutrality Alliance in Ireland. We believe we have<br />
similar aims. We are holding a conference at Shannon Airport in Ireland.<br />
Shannon has significance since it is widely believed to have been used for<br />
rendition flights.<br />
<br />
It would be fantastic if you could support our conference in any way,<br />
especially if you could attend. Please look at our website and email us<br />
(pana at eircom.net) for further information. <br />
Website: http://pana.ie<br />
<br />
Peace Conference on War NATO and the Lisbon Treaty <br />
Park Inn, Shannon <br />
Saturday 5th of September 2009 <br />
for more information contact Roger Cole Tel: 00 353 87-2611597<br />
About PANA<br />
The Peace & Neutrality Alliance was established in December 1996 in<br />
Dublin. Membership is open to all groups and individuals that accept our 5<br />
objectives.<br />
1.It is within the OSCE and a reformed United Nations, and not the EU,<br />
that Ireland should pursue its security concerns. <br />
2.Ireland should pursue a positive neutrality and independent foreign<br />
policy and not join or form an association with any military alliance,<br />
such as the WEU or NATO. <br />
3.Ireland should seek to promote European and international security<br />
through a policy of disarmament and demilitarisation and should therefore<br />
oppose the militarisation of the EU. <br />
4.Ireland should refuse to cooperate with or condone in any way policies<br />
or military groupings which maintain nuclear weapons or any weapons of<br />
mass destruction. <br />
5.Irish troops should only serve abroad as peacekeepers under the auspices<br />
of the UN. <br />
<br />
 A wide range of groups and a growing number of individual are affiliated<br />
to PANA.<br />
PANA seeks to advocate an Independent Irish Foreign Policy, defend Irish<br />
Neutrality and to promote a reformed United Nations as the Institution<br />
through which Ireland should pursue its security concerns.<br />
PANA's first major campaign was to oppose the Amsterdam Treaty. We sought<br />
a Protocol, similar to that already achieved by Denmark that would exclude<br />
Ireland from the militarisation of the EU. PANA was the main alliance in<br />
the referendum campaign seeking to reject the Treaty and 37% of people<br />
voted NO.<br />
This was a substantial increase in the number of Irish people voting no<br />
from previous EU referendums.<br />
We next campaigned to ensure there was a referendum before Ireland joined<br />
NATO's PfP. We again lost, insofar as the government joined without a<br />
referendum. Yet the erosion of Irish Neutrality was again highlighted.<br />
We organised a major Conference on Transforming the United Nations which<br />
helped to consolidate our growing status as an Alliance. We campaigned<br />
against the Nice Treaty where we again sought a Protocol similar to that<br />
already achieved by the Danes and this time we won. The government was<br />
forced to agree to a Declaration on Neutrality, an addition to the<br />
Constitution which meat that Ireland could not join an EU<br />
common defence without a referendum. While the 2nd referendum was passed<br />
the NO vote increased despite the concessions.<br />
There is therefore clear evidence that approximately 37-40 % of the Irish<br />
people support Irish Independence, Democracy and Neutrality and oppose the<br />
transformation of the EU into a Federal superstate.<br />
PANA is now campaigning against the government decision to allow Shannon<br />
airport to be used by the US in its war of conquest of Iraq.<br />
The Peace & Neutrality Alliance is affiliated to the Peace and Human<br />
Rights Network and TEAM, the European Anti-Maastricht Movement, which seek<br />
to bring together like-minded groups in Europe and co-operate with similar<br />
groups throughout the world.<br />
Regards,<br />
<br />
Jim Monaghan