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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>Dear friends,<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> We grieve the passing of Tony de Brum, the great Marshall Islands leader, who has died at the age of 72. Tony de Brum clearly saw that avoiding nuclear war is a fundamental environmental issue, as vital to global survival as controlling climate change. Mr. de Brum organized 100 nations into the “High Ambition Coalition” at the 2015 Paris climate accord talks, and is credited with being a key negotiator leading to setting the clear goal of less than 1.5 degrees temperature change by 2100. In 2014 Mr. de Brum led a lawsuit against the nine nuclear nations, demanding that they meet their Non-Proliferation Treaty obligation to negotiate nuclear disarmament.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> Tony de Brum lived to see 122 United Nations representatives sign the Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty on July 7, 2017, a widely-ignored event that brands nuclear weapons and nuclear attack threats outlaw activities. In September the process of ratifying the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty begins, and after 50 nations ratify it, it will go into effect, prohibiting development,testing, production, stockpiling, stationing, transfer, use and threat of use of nuclear weapons.<o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> We can honor Tony de Brum by supporting the Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, and making nuclear disarmament a vital and fundamental environmental issue. For information on the September 22-24 conference of peace groups on “War and the Environment,” visit <span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#505050'>: <strong><span style='font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><a href="http://click.actionnetwork.org/mpss/c/3wA/ni0YAA/t.28r/5nPfjYmBQomD7iPoV_ayAw/h13/Jb9ZUZ-2BHBLFAkQw-2FQ1kTOiWeTn5TBUHk-2Fzb6queU0oPoEbPJbsm6yIvhxvEKOj-2FFwTlFLowEVR7mPLwCXsEbWTEKeH-2F1IOedYckYquRc0wLPn-2BgHaEJYxFtjNt5lfob-2FSFwZKMxfru5JYPdchzk8U2BfcAkNTg4lcyUJJw9cSr1Q3tpXgvs9kaKoFEnA-2Bxh0-2BooYy2pQJvvsqpaEtaTJYxK8xpqQAn8XB6GmxkAp8UGX8p1dwuut-2FqINzSJ55J4oSeIcrykXkst-2FiqVwtKA2Y7VuhDgvsxs8RzCSm1LZuizwoOn2VRi3ZteGPbWElXGKZbQVT1OHGkh3fWIuLaht1g-3D-3D">http://worldbeyondwar.org/nowar2017</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></strong></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#505050'> Tony de Brum, Presente!<o:p></o:p></span></strong></p><p class=MsoNormal><strong><span style='font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#505050'>John Lewallen</span></strong> <o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>