IEC, Paris, July 1988

CHEMICAL WARFARE/TOXIC SUBSTANCES
NUCLEAR AND CHEMICAL WASTE
DEVELOPMENT
LETTER TO UN SECRETARY GENERAL ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
FOR PEACE IN THE MIDDLE EAST

CHEMICAL WARFARE/TOXIC SUBSTANCES

NUCLEAR AND CHEMICAL WASTE  (IEC, Paris, July 1988)

The Women's International League for Peace and Freedom strongly condemns the trade in nuclear and chemical waste from the industrial to developing countries. It urges the cessation of such trade and calls for international control of handling and transporting all such waste. WILPF supports the decision of the Organization of African Unity of May 1988 to declare the dumping of the highly dangerous waste on the African continent a criminal act against humanity.

DEVELOPMENT

Letter to UN Secretary General on Sustainable Development  (IEC, Paris, July 1988)

The International Executive Committee of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom at its meeting 25/30 July, 1988,

Recognizing the need for  a new global ethic to achieve these goals WILPF calls for an international Convention on Environmental Protection and Sustainable Development.

Our organization commits itself to work through its world wide network for the goals outlined in the report of the World Commission on Environment and Development.

(with copy to Gro Harlem Brundtland)

For Peace in the Middle East  (IEC, Paris, July 1988)

The Women's international League for Peace And Freedom reaffirms its belief that a lasting peace in the Middle East can only be achieved through agreements among all parties involved in that conflict. We maintain support for and urge:

1. Recognition by all parties to the Arab-Israeli conflict of the right of the Palestinian people to self-determination including their right to an independent Palestinian state, consisting of the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
2. Recognition by all parties to the Arab-Israeli conflict of the  territorial integrity and security of the State of Israel within borders based essentially on those before the June 1967 war.
3. Negotiation of agreements to implement 1 and 2 above through an international conference on peace in the Middle East under the auspices of the United Nations, in accordance with General Assembly Resolution 38/58/C of December 1983 and with the equal participation of all parties concerned including the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO).
4. The just solution of the refugee question and the future of Jerusalem should be included in the negotiations.
5. An end to arms transfers by all arms suppliers to all  countries in the Middle east, in recognition of the fact that military power cannot lead to a just solution of the conflict in the area.
6. The establishment of a nuclear weapon-free zone in the Middle East.