the protest is called for 9am on monday 18th may until 2pm at grosvenor square

news is coming through that the sri lankan army is continuing to use white phosphorous and chemical weapons. there are up to 25,000 people seriously injured in the area, and with the only medical facilities under constant bombardment from sri lankan rockets, most of those are expected to die.

the tamil community is asking for support in their efforts to persuade obama to intervene to stop the further slaughter. if you can't make it to the protest, there is a list of contacts being circulated. every effort to write to/email/telephone people on this list might just help save a life.

for news of the recent atrocities in the region, see

 http://tamilnational.com/news-flash/1038-burn-injured-require-immediate-evacuation.html

 http://www.lankasrinews.com/view.php?2bIOoMe0dnlYo0ecBB4U3a4f5A44d3cYd3cc2AmT2d434OX3a030Mm2e

 http://www.tamilnet.com/art.html?catid=13&artid=29368

if you can't make the demo, tamil solidarity groups are urging people to flood the following contacts with emails/phone calls etc

OBAMA:  http://www.whitehouse.gov/contact/

CALL OBAMA URGENTLY ON 001-202-456-1111

FAX: 001-202-456-2461

CALL URGENTLY SUSAN RICE: 001-212 415 4050

HILLARY CLINTON ON : 001-202 647 2283 OR 001- 202 736 433

David Miliband (Foreign Secretary):
 private.office@fco.gov.uk
 msu.correspondence@fco.gov.uk


Your Councillors, MP & MEPs:  http://www.writetothem.com/

Ban Bi-Moon (secretary general UN):  sg@un.org

Navneetham Pillay -  npillay@ohchr.org

UN Security Council has 15 members:
i. 5 permanent members:

China,
 china@un.int
Zhang Yesui, Permanent
Representative

France,
 france@un.int
Jean-Maurice Ripert, Permanent Representative

Russian
Federation,  rusun@un.int
Vitaly Churkin, Permanent Representative

UK,
 uk@un.int
John Sawers, Permanent Representative

US,
 usa@un.int
Susan Rice, Permanent Representative



ii. 10 non-permanent members with two-year terms:

Austria,
 austria@un.int
Thomas Mayr-Harting, Permanent Representative

Burkina Faso,
 bfapm@un.int
Michel Kafando, Permanent Representative

Costa Rica,
 costarica@un.int
Jorge Urbina Ortega, Permanent Representative

Croatia,
 cromiss.un@mvp.hr
Mirjana Mladineo, Permanent Representative

Japan,
 mission@un-japan.org
Yukio Takasu, Permanent Representative

Libya,
 libya@un.int
Giadalla A. Ettalhi, Permanent Representative

Mexico,
 mexico@un.int
Claude Heller, Permanent Representative

Turkey,
 turkuno-dt@un.int
Baki İlkin, Permanent Representative

Uganda,
Telefax: (212) 687-4517
Francis K. Butagira, Permanent Representative

Vietnam,
 vietnamun@vnmission.com
Le Luong Minh, Permanent Representative
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SAVE THE CHILDREN
Email:  supporter.care@savethechildren.org.uk

UNICEF
 unicef@capita.co.uk

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and finally, bug the press, local and national - they are not giving the situation in sri lanka anywhere near enough airspace. people must be told what is going on there.