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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-GB link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span lang=EN-US style='color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>From:</span></b><span lang=EN-US style='color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'> Colin Archer [mailto:mailbox@ipb.org] <br><b>Sent:</b> 25 March 2016 06:46<br><b>To:</b> lewallen@mcn.org<br><b>Cc:</b> Reiner Braun <hr.braun@gmx.net><br><b>Subject:</b> Fwd: [no-to-nato] Signable Petition for UN Peace Conversion Conference<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Dear John<br>This is an interesting initiative, and one that fits in well with our own work on military spending and transformation. We will circulate it to our lists.<br><br>See our websites below, and also the Berlin Conference - for which we have high level labour union support, and at which we expect to have some sessions on conversion.<br>On top of that, we are working on a plan for a longer project on this issue.<br><br>Can you tell us a bit about your background, how you came to this topic and why the petition initiative? <br><br>Kind regards <span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal>Colin Archer<o:p></o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Cambria",serif'>Secretary-General<br>International Peace Bureau<br>41 rue de Zürich<br>1201 Geneva<br>Switzerland<br>+41-22-731-6429<br><a href="mailto:secgen@ipb.org">secgen@ipb.org</a> <br><br><a href="http://www.ipb.org">www.ipb.org</a><br><a href="http://www.gcoms.org">www.gcoms.org</a><br><a href="www.ipb2016.berlin">www.ipb2016.berlin</a><br><a href="about:blankwww.makingpeace.org">www.makingpeace.org</a><br><i><br>The International Peace Bureau is a global network dedicated to the vision of a World Without War. We are a Nobel Peace Laureate (1910), and 13 of our officers have also been recipients of the Prize. Our 300 member organisations in 70 countries, and individual members, form a global network bringing together expertise and campaigning experience in a common cause. IPB has UN Consultative Status and is the Secretariat for the NGO Committee for Disarmament (Geneva). Our main programme centres on <b>Disarmament for Sustainable Development</b>, of which the <b>Global Campaign on Military Spending</b> (GCOMS) is a key part. </i></span><b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'>Coming events in 2016: Global Day of Action on Military Spending - April 5-18,</span></i></b><i><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Cambria",serif'> and <b>Disarm! For a Climate of Peace - world conference, Berlin,</b> <b>Sept 30-Oct 3</b>.</span></i><i><span style='font-family:"Cambria",serif'><br><br>Please consider: <u>Leaving us a legacy</u> or making an endowment or a simple donation. In this way you can enable us to plan our work more effectively and thus help to "save succeeding generations from the scourge of war" . <a href="http://www.ipb.org/web/index.php?mostra=content&menu=Support&submenu=Donate">Donate online now</a>!</span></i> <o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal>------- Forwarded Message -------- <o:p></o:p></p><div><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td nowrap valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><b>Subject: <o:p></o:p></b></p></td><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal>[no-to-nato] Signable Petition for UN Peace Conversion Conference<o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td nowrap valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><b>Date: <o:p></o:p></b></p></td><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal>Thu, 24 Mar 2016 19:15:54 -0400<o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td nowrap valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><b>From: <o:p></o:p></b></p></td><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal>Global Network <a href="mailto:globalnet@mindspring.com"><globalnet@mindspring.com></a><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td nowrap valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><b>Reply-To: <o:p></o:p></b></p></td><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal>Global Network <a href="mailto:globalnet@mindspring.com"><globalnet@mindspring.com></a><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr><tr><td nowrap valign=top style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal align=right style='text-align:right'><b>To: <o:p></o:p></b></p></td><td style='padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm'><p class=MsoNormal>GN List Serve <a href="mailto:globenet@yahoogroups.com"><globenet@yahoogroups.com></a><o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal style='background:whitesmoke'><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'> <a href="mailto:lewallen@mcn.org" title="lewallen@mcn.org">John Lewallen</a> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:#1F497D'>Dear friends, Click the below link to go to the signable Roots Action Petition for a United Nations Peace Conversion Conference. Our initial goal is 1,000 signatures; group endorsements encouraged.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal style='text-indent:36.0pt'><span style='color:#1F497D'>Peace Conversion or ever-expanding world war—there is no choice! Please sign & circulate far & wide! –John Lewallen p.s.Report any glitches to me.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoPlainText><a href="http://diy.rootsaction.org/petitions/petition-for-a-united-nations-peace-conversion-conference">http://diy.rootsaction.org/petitions/petition-for-a-united-nations-peace-conversion-conference</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div><p class=MsoNormal style='margin-bottom:12.0pt'><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=1 cellpadding=0 style='border:none;border-top:solid #AAABB6 1.0pt'><tr><td width=470 style='width:352.5pt;border:none;padding:15.0pt .75pt .75pt .75pt'><p class=MsoNormal style='line-height:13.5pt'><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#41424E;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'>This email has been sent from a virus-free computer protected by Avast. <br><a href="https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=emailclient" target="_blank"><span style='color:#4453EA'>www.avast.com</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:windowtext;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB'><o:p> </o:p></span></p></div></body></html>