Draft
Emergency
Resolution to
Be Adopted At The Centennial Congress 22-25 April 2015:
Protesting
the Opening of a New War Front Against Yemen on
March 25th/26th
Date:
April 13th 2015
„Stop
Bombing Yemen – Stop the Hypocritical „War Against Terror''“
Now - Comply With MINSK II“ *
Why
should Congress approve?
Women
assembled in The Hague 100 years ago to help stop all wars, we need
to renew this effort.
The WILPF
Aims and Principles as
revised and adopted on August 5th 2011
and as laid down in a revised draft for adoption at The Hague on
23rd April
2015 are as follows:
„ World
peace we work for“
„Total
and universal disarmament“
„Abolition
of violence and coercion in settlement of conflict and their
substitution in every case by negotiation ...“
„Strengthening
of the United Nation System in full respect of its Charter“
The
Draft Program 2015-2018 starts with protesting „against the madness
and hororr of wars being waged in large parts of the world“.
So
YES the Draft Resolution is related to existing program and policy.
Text:
As
WILPF women representing countries from all continents, assembled to
commemorate 100 years of efforts to halt all wars, committed to study
the root causes of conflict and to the enforcement of International
Law we are deeply concerned over the extension of another conflict
zone in the Middle East.
We
therefore strongly object to the military intervention in YEMEN
carried out by 10 allied forces* with strategic support by major
powers* beginning March 25th during
the critical 5+1 negotiations with Iran.*
We
are profoundly concerned over the extension of conflict in the
Greater Middle East and North Africa as adding to the ongoing
undeclared war against the people of GAZA, the destabilization of
Syria since 2011 and the recent bomb raids under the pretext of
fighting terrorism. We therefore recall that terrorism with alll its
atrocious excesses must be and can be fought successfully under the
UNSCR 2178.
Being
alarmed over the exension of violence that followed the so called
humanitarian intervention in Libya in 2011 by misuse of the
respective UNSCR leading to the destruction of this prosperous Arab
nation, we see paralells to the military interventions in Bahrein,
Mali, Sudan, Somalia, Pakistan, Iraq since 2003, Afghanistan since
2001 and Jugoslavia in1999*. All these wars have been waged
over access to energy resources or for strategic purposes.
We
cannot but also be seriously alarmed by the mounting up of aggression
against Russia. We protest firmly against the NATO war manoeuvres
presently being held under the rubric 'Operation Atlantic Resolve',
stretching from the Baltic to the Black Sea*
. This threatening
of Russia is unjustified. Russia is by no means an aggressor but on
the contrary has provided its diplomatic skills successfully several
times. It helped to remove Syrias chemcial weapons in 2013 and
contributed to solve the Ukrainian conflict through the Minsk
Agreements, see February 15th. We approve their of their
efforts to protect their own population.
We
protest against the policy of sanctions and demonisation of leaders
of sovereign nations as we raise our voice against any policy of
enemy image building as being incompatible with the UN Charter.
We
strongly support all efforts of peaceful conflict settlement. In
particular we welcome the Minsk II agreement as supported by UNSCR
2202 . We urge all sides to work for its implementation.(2398
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Required
Actions/Follow Up Procedure:
The
text of this resolution must be widely publicized, in particular on
WILPF- international websites and made accessible through all
WILPF channels. The secretariat and the IB as well as the sections
commit themselves to distribute it and sections translate it in
their respective languages. All news channels will be provided with
the text. Letters to the governments will be encouraged through the
IB members and all delegates and congress participants.
Financial
Implications: NONE
Being
aware that footnotes are not usual in resolutions, as we are dealing
with a situation emerging daily, we think it appropriate to document
some details:
*Minsk
II: 12 Feb 2015
• Immediate
and full ceasefire in particular districts of Donetsk and Luhansk
Oblasts of Ukraine and its strict fulfilment as of 00.00 midnight
(Kiev time) on Feb. 15, 2015.
• Pull-out
of all heavy weapons by both sides to equal distance with the aim of
creation of a security zone on minimum 50 kilometres apart for
artillery of 100mm calibre or more, and a security zone of 70km for
MLRS and 140 kilometres for MLRS Tornado-S, Uragan, Smerch and
tactical missile systems Tochka U.
– for
Ukrainian troops, from actual line of contact;
– for
armed formations of particular districts of Donetsk and Luhansk
Oblasts of Ukraine, from the contact line in accordance with the
Minsk memorandum as of Sept. 19, 2014
• The
pullout of the above mentioned heavy weapons has to start no later
than the second day after the ceasefire and finish within 14 days.
• This
process will be assisted by OSCE with the support of the Trilateral
Contact Group.
• Effective
monitoring and verification of ceasefire regime and pullout of heavy
weapons by OSCE will be provided from the first day of pullout, using
all necessary technical means such as satellites, drones,
radio-location systems etc.
• On
the first day after the pullout a dialogue is to start on modalities
of conducting local elections in accordance with the Ukrainian
legislation and the Law of Ukraine “On temporary Order of Local
Self-Governance in Particular Districts of Donetsk and Luhansk
Oblasts,” and also about the future of these districts based on the
above mentioned law.
• Without
delays, but no later than 30 days from the date of signing of this
document, a resolution has to be approved by the Verkhovna Rada of
Ukraine, indicating the territory which falls under the special
regime in accordance with the law “On temporary Order of Local
Self-Governance in Particular Districts of Donetsk and Luhansk
Oblasts,” based in the line set up by the Minsk Memorandum as of
Sept. 19, 2014.
• Provide
pardon and amnesty by way of enacting a law that forbids persecution
and punishment of persons in relation to events that took place in
particular departments of Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts of Ukraine.
• Provide
release and exchange of all hostages and illegally held persons,
based on the principle of “all for all”. This process has to end
– at the latest – on the fifth day after the pullout (of
weapons).
• Provide
safe access, delivery, storage and distribution of humanitarian aid
to the needy, based on an international mechanism.
• Define
the modalities of a full restoration of social and economic
connections, including social transfers, such as payments of pensions
and other payments (income and revenue, timely payment of communal
bills, restoration of tax payments within the framework of Ukrainian
legal field)
• With
this aim, Ukraine will restore management over the segment of its
banking system in the districts affected by the conflict, and
possibly, an international mechanism will be established to ease such
transactions.
• Restore
full control over the state border by Ukrainian government in the
whole conflict zone, which has to start on the first day after the
local election and end after the full political regulation (local
elections in particular districts of Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts
based on the law of Ukraine and Constitutional reform) by the end of
2015, on the condition of fulfilment of Point 11 – in consultations
and in agreement with representatives of particular districts of
Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts within the framework of the Trilateral
Contact Group.
• Pullout
of all foreign armed formations, military equipment, and also
mercenaries from the territory of Ukraine under OSCE supervision.
Disarmament
of all illegal groups.
• Constitutional
reform in Ukraine, with the new Constitution to come into effect by
the end of 2015, the key element of which is decentralisation (taking
into account peculiarities of particular districts of Donetsk and
Luhansk Oblasts, agreed with representatives of these districts), and
also approval of permanent legislation on special status of
particular districts of Donetsk and Luhansk Oblasts in accordance
with the measures spelt out in the footnotes, by the end of 2015.
Source:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/ukraine/11408266/Minsk-agreement-on-Ukraine-crisis-text-in-full.html
*10
allied forces:
"Adel
al-Jubair, Saudi ambassador to the US, said on Wednesday that a
coalition consisting of 10 countries, including the Gulf Cooperation
Council (GCC), had begun airstrikes at March 25th 7pm Eastern
time".
5+1
agreement with Iran is
a historic and significant
breakthrough. It represents a victory for peace and for the diplomacy
of peace."
*UNSCR
On MINSK II Unanimously
Adopting Resolution 2202 (2015), Security Council Calls on Parties to
Implement Accords Aimed at Peaceful Settlement in Eastern Ukraine
