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PM Thursday, March 13, 2003

Showdown at the U.N. -- Interviews Available

"All Members shall settle their international disputes by peaceful means in
such a manner that international peace and security, and justice, are not
endangered. All Members shall refrain in their international relations from
the threat or use of force against the territorial integrity or political
independence of any state, or in any other manner inconsistent with the
Purposes of the United Nations.... The parties to any dispute, the
continuance of which is likely to endanger the maintenance of international
peace and security, shall, first of all, seek a solution by negotiation,
enquiry, mediation, conciliation, arbitration, judicial settlement, resort
to regional agencies or arrangements, or other peaceful means of their own
choice."
-- UN Charter (Chapter I, Article 2 and Chapter VI, Article 33) [ See:
 http://www.un.org/aboutun/charter ]

"We must make clear to the Germans that the wrong for which their fallen
leaders are on trial is not that they lost the war, but that they started
it. And we must not allow ourselves to be drawn into a trial of the causes
of the war, for our position is that no grievances or policies will justify
resort to aggressive war. It is utterly renounced and condemned as an
instrument of policy."
-- Supreme Court Justice Robert L. Jackson, U.S. Representative to the
International Conference on Military Trials, August 12, 1945 [ See:
 http://www.lcnp.org/global/IraqLetter.htm ]

MICHAEL RATNER, (212) 243-3805, 614-6430, cell: (646) 872-4326,
 mratner@igc.org,  http://www.ccr-ny.org,  http://www.humanrightsnow.org
President of the Center for Constitutional Rights, Ratner said today: "The
U.S. government is already violating the U.N. Charter by its threatened use
of force and current bombing of Iraq. Bush is going the 'last mile' with
diplomacy -- the last mile to coerce other members and get a fig leaf for
war." Ratner has written about the "Uniting for Peace" resolution (337)
which allows the General Assembly to call an emergency session when the
Security Council is split on how to maintain international peace and security.

MARJORIE COHN, (858) 484-2387, (619) 297-9700 ext. 1516,  marjorie@tjsl.edu,
 http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/forum/forumnew18.HTM
A professor of law at Thomas Jefferson School of Law in San Diego, Cohn is
executive vice president of the National Lawyers Guild. She has also
written about the "Uniting for Peace" resolution.

BILL FLETCHER, cell: (202) 309-5491, (202) 223-1960 ext. 113,
 bfletcher@transafricaforum.org,  http://www.transafricaforum.org
President of TransAfrica Forum, Fletcher is available to assess the
situation at the U.N., particularly the positions of the African nations
currently on the Security Council: Guinea, Cameroon and Angola.

ROBERTO RODRIGUEZ, (817) 558-4472, (817) 929-3805,  xcolumn@aol.com,
 http://www.uexpress.com/columnoftheamericas
Co-author of the syndicated "Column of the Americas," Rodriguez said today:
"The U.S. government is not continuing to push out of moral reasons...
Rather, it is bribing and blackmailing countries at the United Nations."

ANITA WEISS, (541) 484-6567, cell: (541) 337-4499, (541) 346-3245,
 aweiss@oregon.uoregon.edu
Co-editor of "Power and Civil Society in Pakistan" and professor of
international studies at the University of Oregon, Weiss is available to
assess the position of Pakistan on the Security Council.

HENRY ROSEMONT, (210) 999-8351, (210) 829-5832,  jrosemont@erols.com
A leading scholar on China, Rosemont is author of several books and is
currently visiting distinguish professor at Trinity University in Texas.

For more information, contact at the Institute for Public Accuracy:
Sam Husseini, (202) 347-0020, (202) 421-6858; or David Zupan, (541) 484-9167


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