The Berlin Declaration
The war on terrorism does not work. Every week, there are new reports of bombings and hostage-taking in different parts of the world - Moscow, Bali, Mombassa…..
The war on terrorism cannot work. It cannot work because terrorism is a crime, the expression of a new type of global privatised violence. The word 'war' dignifies the terrorist as an 'enemy' instead of a criminal. It polarises the world between 'us' and 'them', which is just what the terrorists want. It inflicts further violence on innocent people and nurtures feelings of hate and revenge that lead to terrorism.
We are on the verge of an escalating process of world-wide violence, something akin to the Israel-Palestine conflict on a global scale. This impending cycle of destruction might include the possibility of the use of nuclear, chemical and biological weapons, further genocidal crimes, unpredictable acts of terrorism, not to mention more US 'pre-emptive strikes', which will turn out to be counter-productive strikes.
There is no such thing as a just war in our interdependent globalised world. But we need legitimate force to contain privatised violence. So there is still a role for military forces, to enforce international law and to protect people, to do what the police ought to do and cannot.
We call on governments, parliaments, NGO`s, responsible scientists and media, artists, universities, spiritual communities and citizens to oppose war and unilateralism and to mobilise in favour of an alternative strategy for combating terrorism. This strategy has to be multilateralist and co-operative and must aim at the construction of a global legal order. It should include:
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The promotion of human values and norms that should underpin international law. Human rights must be applied in a non-selective way, in Iraq as well as in Saudi-Arabia or Iran, in Chechnya and in Russia, n Pakistan as well as in Afghanistan. Human rights watch and women rights are necessary in many countries and in all areas of conflict. There needs to be an authentic dialogue among those who favour democracy so as to find sustainable solutions to the "black holes" of the world, which breed terrorism - Kashmir, Congo, Sudan, Chechnya to name some of the most important.
- The establishment of mechanisms to enforce international law. This International Criminal Court should be established as soon as possible with no exemptions. Human security forces at a European or a global level need to be established especially designed to protect civilians in conflicts and to capture those who commit crimes against them.
- An increase in resources at a global level to finance a global legal order - to fund the global public goods, like eliminating poverty or tackling the environment as well as global legal and policing institutions, needed to extend a global rule of law.
We do not claim that this strategy can eliminate terrorism. The most, perhaps, that can be done is to contain terrorism, to prevent its spread and escalation. But we do believe that we can no longer preserve democracy and the rule of law only in one part of the world. War will destroy those values that we consider precious. The only hope we have is through the application of those values throughout the world. This is a task for every individual as well as government.
10. Dezember 2002, zu Ehren der Nobelpreisverleihung an Jimmy Carter und zu Ehren von Martin-Luther-King und Rigoberta Menchu
Since December 03rd, 2002 signed by more than 1200 persons from EU und den USA
and Canada, Israel und Palaestine, Russia, Asia, Afrika, Latinamerika among them:
winner of the nobel-prize for literature, Günter Grass,
for Chemical science, Prof. Ernst
other winners:
alternative nobel-prize winners:
John Turner, London;
Mycle Schneider, Paris;
Hans-Peter Duerr, München;
Anwar Faizal Taiping peace initiative;
Uri und Rachel Avnery, Jerusalem;
winners of prizes for critical media and literature:
Anne Waldmann, Jack Kerouac school, USA;
Danny Schechter, "what the media do not tell", New York;
Alice Schwarzer, Publizistin, Köln
Anita Pleijel, Stockholm;
Prof. Ohrgaard, Kopenhagen;
Carola Stern, Berlin, Usedom;
Prof. Walter Jens
Johanno Strasser, Pen-zentrum, München;
Luk Holland, Channel 4 prize, England;
Micha Brumlik, Frankfurt/M;
Friedrich Schorlemmer, Wittenberg;
Hazel Henderson, global commision to reform the UN, Johannesburg-memorandum, USA;
Vesna Kecis, Zagreb;
Musicians, Actors, DJ's:
Dr. Motte, love-parade, Berlin
Victor Boell
Jochen Senf, Tatortkommissar, Schauspieler, Autor
Thomas Ostermeier, Regisseur, Schaubühne Berlin
Andreas Dreßen,Filmregisseur
Margarete von Trotta,Filmregisseurin
Margarete von Schiller-Panorama- Berlinale,filmfestival Berlin
Wieland Speck-Chef von Panorma-Berlinale, filmfestival Berlin
Kurt Jotter,Aktionskünstler,Berlin
European politicians
Michel Rocard, ehemaliger Premierminister, MdEP, Paris-Brüssel;
Hiltrud Breyer, MdEP , Saarbrücken; Paul Lannoye, MdEP ,Brüssel;
Thilo Hoppe, Schleswig -Holstein, MdB, Berlin;
Ulrich Kasparick, MdB, Sachsen-Anhalt Berlin;
Barbara Sowa, MdB, Berlin;
Sana Zuleta, Senatorin, Rom;
Pietro Ingrao, Parteivorsitzender a.D., Rom;
Prof. Peter Glotz, EU Konvent a.D.;
Hans Koschnik, Bürgermeister Bremen und EU Adminsitrator Mostar a.D.;
Ken Coates, MdEP a.D., London;
Wolfgang Ullmann, MdEP a.D., Berlin;
Solange Fernex, MdEP a.D., Paris;
Eva Quistorp, MdEP a.D., Berlin;
Walter Romberg, Minister und MdEP a.D.,Berlin;
Sebastian Pflugbeil, Minister a.D., Berlin;
Riff la Roche, Barbara Helfferich, Leopold Haenel c/o EU Kommission;
Irmgard Zecher, Alterpräsidentin, Landtag Baden -Württemberg;
Stefan Wenzel, MdL, Hannover;
Hartwig Berger, MdA a.D., Berlin;
Jochen Esser, MdA, Berlin;
Elfi Jantzen, MdA, Berlin;
Oeszan Mutlu, MdA, Berlin; Lisa Paus, MdA, Berlin;
Oliver Schruoffenegger, MdA, Berlin;
Wolfgang Wieland, MdA, Berlin;
Bärbel Röscher-Rothenstein, MdA, Berlin;
Adrienne Goehler,Seantorin Belrin a.D.
Jo Leinen, MdEP, Saarbrücken
Liz Schmidt, MdA a.D., Berlin
Hermann Scheer, MdB
Luciana Castellina, MdEP a.D., film-board, Rom
Petra Pau, MdB, Berlin
Academics:
Prof. Ulrich Albrecht, FU- Berlin;
Prof. Acker British Columbia, Canada;
Prof. Forrest, writer, Rhode island, USA;
Prof. Dr. Adelheid Biesecker, UNI Bremen;
Prof. Norman Birnbaum, Washington;
Prof. Micha Brumlik, Fritz Bauer-Institut, Frankfurt/M;
Prof. Wolfgang Ullmann, Herausgeber "der Freitag", Berlin;
Prof. Hans-Peter Duerr, Berater von Kofi Annan;
Prof. Ernst, Zürich
Prof. Ilse Lenz, UNI Bochum;
Prof. Hajo Funke, FU- Berlin;
Prof Kuechenhoff,Muenster
Prof. Thomas Leithäuser, UNI Hannover;
Prof. Dr. Paul Walker, Instiut für Gesprächstherapie, München;
Prof. Uta Ruppert, UNI Frankfurt/M.;
Prof. Mohssem Massarat, UNI Osnabrück;
Prof. Rolf Bertram, UNI Goettingen;
Prof. Frigga Haug, UNI Hamburg;
Prof. Wolfgang Haug, Berlin;
Prof. Jörg Huffschmidt ,UNI Bremen;
Prof. Reinhart Koessler, UNI Bochum;
Prof. Dr. Ulrich Duchrow, Karios, Heidelberg;
Prof. Gerhard Bauer, FU-Berlin;
Prof. Fritz Vilmar, Berlin;
Prof. Hartmut von Hentig, Bielefeld, Berlin;
Prof. Peter Glotz, UNI St. Gallen;
Prof. Dr. Ruth Seifert, UNI Regensburg, München;
Prof. Hoskyns, european studies, Coventry, England;
Prof. Jürgen Schneider, Naturwissenschaftlerinnen für den Frieden, UNI Goettingen;
Prof. Christa- Marion Brueckner, München;
Prof. Norman Paech, UNI Osnabrück;
Prof. Ulrich Karl Preuß, Berlin
Prof. John Turner, city planning, England;
Prof. Mary Grey, Theologin, University of Wales, England;
Prof. Ohrgaard, Schriftsteller, Kopenhagen;
Prof. Becker, UNI Neuendettelsau;
Prof. Peter Rohloff, USA;
Prof. Asma Barlar, Ithaka College, USA;
Prof. Christine Eifler, gendermainstreaming in Konfliktforschung ,UNI Bremen;
Prof. Brigitte Young, UNI Münster, Expertin der Bundestagsenquetekommission zur Globalisierung;
Prof. Tony Gibson, city planning, London;
Phyllis Creighton, science for peace, Kanada;
Prof. Manfred Zander, Institut für Sozialethik, UNI Siegen;
Dr. Eva Arnold, UNI Hamburg;
Prof. Zehendrer , Schiller UNI Jena;
Prof. Roswitha Marz, Humboldt UNI Berlin;
Prof. Paul Ekins, insitute for policy studies, London;
Prof. Walter Koch, em.UNI Bochum;
Dr. Dirk Messmer, UNI Duisburg;
Dr. Dorothee Kolland, Kulturamt Neukölln, Berlin;
Prof. Schneider, Konzerthaus, Berlin;
Prof. Ernie Regehr, Toronto, Kanada;
Dr. Robert White, peace research, Auckland, New Zealand;
Prof. Hellmut Lange, UNI Bremen;
Dr. Maria Csanadi, Akademie der Wissenschaften, Budapest;
Dr. Nancy Caraway, globalisation research, UNI Honolulu, USA;
Dr. Antje Wiener, Jean Monnet-institute, Belfast;
Neil Abercombie, house of congress, USA;
Edwin und Edith Abbot ,MD, Ontario, Kanada;
Dr. Widura, Hannah Arendt Institut, Dresden;
Dr. Thomas Sauer, attac Beirat,Weimar;
Gene la Roque,General a.D.,USA
Horn,Staatssekretär a.D.,Hannover
Prof.Josef und Barbara Senft,
Sophie von Behr,Jornalistin
representatives of women-environmental and peace organisations
:
Roberto Navarro, friends of the earth international ,El Salvador, Brüsssel;
Silvii Sterr, internationale Frauenliga für Frieden und Freiheit, Indien, Genf;
Dr.Cornelia Füllgraf-Weitzel, Brot für die Welt, Stuttgart;
Tilman Zülch ,Gesellschaft für bedrohte Völker;
Hans Branscheidt, medico international;
Margot Gilch ,evangelische Akademikerschaft Deutschland;
Rabbi Michael Lerner, Tikkun, USA;
Bischof Sinclair, United Church of Canada;
Beate Zilvesmit, Gush Shalom, Israel;
Raffit Kass, YMCA,Ost-Jerusalme, Palästina;
Nabiq Nassar, coordination of arab NGOs ,Kairo;
Chris Keene, globalisation watch,London;
Dr.Christian Staffa, Aktion Sühnezeichen Friedensdienste, Berlin;
Franz und Verena von Hammerstein, Stiftung west-östliche Begegnungen, Berlin;
Thomas Magnusson, Peace society ,Stockholm;
Fredereck Heffermehl, norwegian peace association and free Vanunu,Oslo;
Ulrich Duchrow ,Kairos, Heidelberg; Klaus Ebeling, Weltfriedensdienst, Berlin;
Reinhild Traitler, IRAS, interreligiöses Lernen, Zürich;
Susan Scharwiess, systems in transition, Berlin;
Sonja Lokar, gender-stabilitypact, Belgrad;
Claus Biegert, nuclear free futurer award, München;
Alice Slater,abolition 2000, New York;
Ulrich Falkenhagen, evangelische Studentengemeinden ,Deutschland;
Elisabeth Erlandsson ,Frauen für Frieden, Schweiz;
Frauen für Frieden, Finnland, Norwegen, Frankreich, Schweden;
Almuth Berger, Ausländerbeauftragte, Brandenburg;
Konstantinou Lacatus, european integration association, Bukarest;
Milan Smrz, Eurosolar, Prag;
Marc-Oliver Pahl, Junge Europäische Föderalisten;
Halina Bendkowski und Ute Scheub, Scheherezade netzwerk, Berlin;
Colin Archer and Victor Barrera, International Peace Bureau, Genf;
Nikolas Kirrilioi, social Hellas, Griechenland;
Josep Xeroi, UBUNTU, Barcelona;
Tobias Balke, Antiatomgruppe Gorleben, Berlin;
Lucinda Marshall, feministpeace coalition, New York;
Mathilde Maga, AWA21,Kamerun;
David Cortright, Fourth Freedom ,USA;
Peace filmfestival, India;
peace and justice, Mauritius;
Bruce Gagnon ,space4peace, USA;
buddhist peace association, Nepal;
Clarie Greensfelder, plutonium- free- future, Berkeley;
David Krieger, waging peace in the nuclear age, Santa Barbara;
Hilka Pietallaa, Un associations, Helsinki;
Ingrid Breines, Unesco, Pakistan;
Vesa Untu, world association of peace research, Tampere;
Ricarda Buch, Dieter Poschen, CONTRASTE - Verein zur Förderung von Selbstverwaltung und Ökologie, Heidelberg
Gudrun Koch, EFA, Europäische Frauenaktion, Berlin
Unterschriften unter die Berliner Erklärung werden weiter gesammelt bis zum 27.1. 2003 (Un-Sicherheitsratsdebatte ), aber auch später an:
www.berlin-declaration.org
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Postadresse: Berliner Erklärung,
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SIGNATURES
Signatures from nobel prize winner for literature Günter Grass to european politicians ,activist-networks and academics from Europe , USA , Russia , Israel and Palestine , Africa , Asia, Latin-America :
Prof. Ulrich Albrecht, Berlin, Germany; Franz Alt, Television-Journalist, Baden-Baden, Germany; Dr. Zorissa Anisiruva, Interhealth, Moscow, Russia; Colin Archer, International Peace Bureau, Geneva, Switzerland; Sally Beaumont, Ecumenical European Christian Women, Scotland; Prof. Norman Birnbaum, Washington D.C. USA; Prof. Amsar Baral, social science ,Cornell -university ,USA; Victor de la Barrera -Naumann, Int peace-bureau, France-Spain; Hanne and Bill Beitel, International Fellowship of Reconciliation, Berlin, Germany; Dr.Hartwig Berger ,former member of Berlin-city council ; Claus Biegert ,writer ,nuclear -free -future award ,Munich ,Germany; Hans Branscheidt ,medico international ,Frankfurt ; Hiltrud Breyer ,MEP ,Saarbruecken-Brussels ;David Mc Bride, German-American peace association, Berlin, Germany; Irmgard Busemann , women in black, Hamburg ; Ken Coates, former MEP, Bertrand Russel Foundation , England ; David Cortright , Fourthfreedom , USA; Marian Douglas, writer, Kenya; Sandra Carruba, ecologists, Erie County, USA; Erhard Eppler, former minister of economic cooperation, Germany; Elisabeth Erlandsson , women for peace, Switzerland; Jochen Esser, Berlin -ctiy council ; Lothar Evers , association for the counselling of victims of the Nazi -regime ,Cologne ; Mient Jan Faber, Interchurch Peace Council, The Hague, Holland; Ulrich Falkenhagen, protestant student communities, Germany ; Benjamin S.Ferencz, International lawyers for the ICC, New York, USA; Prof. Hajo Funke, political science, Free University ;Berlin, Germany; Bruce Gagnon, global network space4peace, Florida, USA; Anne Goeke, earth first and women in black, USA ; Ute and Günter Grass , writer , Lübeck, Germany ;Prof. Mary Grey, theologian,University of Wales,England ; Solange Fernex, International women's league for peace and freedom, France; Eva Fjostol, wilfp, Bergen, Norway; Maria Goldhorn ,apple-tree-institute ,Germany ;Prof. Dr. Peter Glotz, St. Gallen -University, Switzerland; Gerd Greune, IFIAS, Brussels, Belgium; Pekka Haavisto, former minister, Finland; Frederik Heffermehl, Norwegian Peace Association, Oslo, Norway; Prof. Hartmut von Hentig, Bielefeld -Berlin ; Ralf Henze ,basic-green network ,Germany; Phill Hill, Journalist, Berlin-Seoul; Gerold Hildebrandt and Peter Rösch , Jürgen Fuchs-circle, Berlin; Luke Holland , writer ,channel-4 prize-winner ,England ;Dorothee Hock writer, Rome; Burkhart Homeyer, International council for the children of Chernobyl, Germany; Prof..Klaus Hüfner, Unesco -commission , Bonn-Berlin ; IALANA and IPB, Florence. Italy; Prof. Mary Kaldor, London, England; Rifat Kassis , YMCA East -Jerusalem, Israel; Adam Keller, Editor of the other Israel, Tel Aviv, Israel; Nicoles Kelliroi, archeologist ,university of Athens ,social aid Hellas ,Greece ;Hans Koschnik , former mayor of Bremen and EU-administrator of Mostar ;David Krieger, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, Santa Barbara, USA; B.Lacatus, people of Sibiu for peace, Rumania; Prof. Ilse Lenz , Ruhr-university Bochum ,Germany; Rabbi Michael Lerner ,TIKKUN-magazine , California, USA ; pastor Heiko Lietz ,ecumenical network agenda 21 , Güstrow-Berlin ; Dr. Manfred Linz, Wuppertal-Institute, Germany; Dr. Dorothy Lux , Goethe-university , Frankfurt ;Thomas Magnusson , Swedish Peace Council, Sweden; Dieter Manecke , Ecumenical Institute Southwind ,Cologne- Germany; Jonathan Mark, noflybynews , California, USA; Lucinda Marshall, Feminist peace coalition, New York, USA; Ricardo Navarro, chair of friends of the earth international, El Salvador; Dr Katja Niethammer, Orient-institute ,Berlin ; Dr. Hermann Ott, Wuppertal-Institute, Germany; Marc -Oliver Pahl ,European federalists, Berlin, Germany; Lisa Paus ,Berlin-city council ; Dr. Deike Peters, city planning ,Technical University, Berlin ; Agneta Pleiijel,writer ,Stockholm,Sweden;Dr.Sebastian Pflugbeil ,former minister ,association for victims of lower radiation ,Berlin ; Julia Praetorius ,green leaves ,Bad Godesberg ,Germany;Eva Quistorp, former MEP, european women for peace , Berlin -Zürich -Prague-Krakau-Stockholm; Ernie Regehr, Plougshares, Canada; Soodhakur Ranslellah, action for justice and peace, Mauritius; Mathias Reichl ,info-center non-violence ,Bad Ischl, Austria ; Michel Rocard , former premier minister and mayor ,MEP, France; Prof.Peter Rohloff, Illinois-university, USA; Mycle Schneider ,world information service on energy, alternative nobel prize winner ,Paris ; Prof. J.Schneider, natural scientists for peace, Göttingen, Germany; Dr. Larisa Skuratovskaya, World Council of Churches, Moscow ; Alice Slater,Global research center for environment,New York ;Milan Smorz ,Eurosolar ,Prague ; Christian Staffa ,action reconciliation and peace -work , Berlin ; Mag.Peter Stania, International peace institute, Vienna, Austria; Friedrich Schorlemer , Protestant Academy Wittenberg, Germany;Heide Schütz,womenpeacenetwork, Bonn ,Germany ; Johanno Strasser, writer, Pen-center , Germany; Jeanne Betsock Stillman. Strategies for Development, Inc.,Hastings-on-Hudson, Dr. Svoboda, MEP, Austria; Anne Waldmann,wrtier,Jack Kerouas school,Naropa university,USA ;Thomas Widera,Hannah Arendt institute,Technical University Dresden; Silvia Tennenbaum, grandmothers for peace, USA ; pastor Rolf Thoma, protestant-academics Berlin-Brandenburg; Prof. John Turner ,architect, city planner ,alternative nobel prize winner ,England ; Dr .Reinhild Traitler, IRAS, European women's college, Switzerland Jakob von Uexkuell, rightlivelihood-award, Stockholm-London;Josep Xeravius ,co-ordinator of the UBUNTU-Forum ,Barcelona, Spain ; Prof. Manfred Zabel , social -ethics , Siegen-university , Germany ; Beate Zilversmid, Gush Schalom, Jerusalem-Tel Aviv, Israel; Tilman Zülch ,society for endangered people ,Goettingen;Amrita Rangasami, Famine and Society,New Delhi, India,Winfried Hamann,Prokejtmanager,Jörg Haas,Ökologiereferent,Marion Böker,Koordinationsstelle gegen Frauenhandel,Berrigan,Tautfest,Baumann,Chargaff,Eva Dunschke,A.Langer,Koos Koster,Willi Hoss,Theresa und Valentin Senft,Elfriede Quistorp,Dieter Burmeister (30 small enterprises, Berlin)
Berlin declaration board :Eva Quistorp, international peace bureau, Berlin-Brussels; Mary Kaldor, peace researcher ,London-university ; Erhard Eppler, c/o www.berlin-declaration.org
Please mail your signature for the 10.-24.12. and then till 15.1.2003, Martin Luther King birthday and then 27.1. UN security council debate (IPB- meeting in Athens 2oo3, in Barcelona 2004 (www.ipb.org ) go to contact
mail@berlin-declaration.org
Berlin , Europe, 12-15 January 2003
we have a dream:
MAKE LAW, NO WAR!!!!!
Globalize Peace and Justice,
Human - Women rights and Democracy!!!
International peace bureau, c/o women for peace, Berlin, Germany, Europe:
www.berlin-declaration.org
tel .0049-30-3239543
or: www.ipb.org
dear friends,
congratulations to all your peace and justice action planning!!
I hope the american and british ,russian ,chinese and french media show it and let you talk with enough time and good pictures !!!!!
I hope that you get more support by mayors and members of parliaments!!
please include in your news soon:
peace and justice week in Germany too!!!! We have a dream:
Make law,no war!!
different peace and women and environmental groups will be active in vigils today,
- 12.January, in memory of Rosa LUxemburg,
- 13. January start of peace vigils at the historic church in Leipzig, the city of Johann Sebastian Bach
- then on 15.1. January in memory of Martin Luther King,!!!!
- with the Berlin declaration, press conference in Berlin on the
- solidarity with the US peace and justice movements !!!
- www.berlin-declaration.org
- then on 17.1. Berlin-vigils in solidarity with women peace actions in the USA,
- then on 20.1. we will start peace - vigils at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin in solidarity with the peace movement in the USA!!!!!
- and a follow up next monday on 27.1. , then each monday evening like in the traditions of the democracy movements in East Germany 1989-
which led to the fall of the wall !!!!
- peace , justice, women and enviromental debates and actions on globalisation of peace and justice in the Social Forum in Porto Alegre, Brasil
look:www.attac.org
peace actions till the 15.2.2003, when there will be peace and democarcy and justice rallies in all big cities in Europe-
- Berlin
- Rome
- Paris
- London
- Brussels
- Madrid
- Athens
against a war in Irak,
against the rise of militarism and violence!!!!
Look:www.attac.org-------www.ipb.org----------www.friedenskooperative.de
www.berlin-declaration .org
let us build cooperation of peace and democracy movements which struggle against the walls of militarism!!!!
the walls of hate , chauvinism and environmental destruction!!
the walls and the spiral of violence and revenge!!!!
Make good laws, no wars!!!
Respect human and all women rights in all countries !!!
Solar energy world wide, no wars on oil!!!
Give the UN time and money and independence of hegemonial and private interests and risky power plays!
let the UN serve the people`s of the world !!
Contact: women for peace c/o international peace bureau, Berlin declaration,
Berlin
c/o Eva Quistorp www.berlin-declaration.org and www.ipb.org