- Signatures: 125
- Goal: 1,000
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This October the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) plans to launch its most recent effort to characterize the challenges facing communities affected by military activities: a global survey on the environmental impacts of peacetime military activities. Unfortunately this survey may not reach many of the people that have crucial firsthand knowledge of the environmental problems affecting communities. Your signature gives the Executive Director of the UNEP one more reason to recommend that member States seek public comment when they participate in the survey, encouraging governments to work with political minorities when they present the challenges communities face in each country.
This petition is sponsored by the Subcommittee for Military Related Environmental Concerns of Vermont Law School's International Law Society. It represents the views of the individuals and groups mentioned within, and does not reflect the position of Vermont Law School.
This petition is sponsored by the Subcommittee for Military Related Environmental Concerns of Vermont Law School's International Law Society. It represents the views of the individuals and groups mentioned within, and does not reflect the position of Vermont Law School.
| Number | Date | Prefix | Name | Country | Are you signing on behalf of an organization? If so, which organization do you represent? | Can you list some of the environmental and human health concerns your community (or country) has faced as a result of military activities? | Can you list some of your (organization's) technical, educational, political, and legal activities aimed at addressing these concerns? |
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| 126 | 11:55 am PST, Nov 5 | Mr. | Carl Rosenstock | United States | a | a | a |
| 125 | 3:32 am PDT, Jun 4 | Mr. | Bheki Magagula | South Africa | No, I am signing on behalf of myself. | I am currently doing research on environment and military policy and practices.In other words, the study is trying to establish compliance and enforcement of environmental policies to military activities. | This study is forwards my PhD degree. The university has however funded the project. |
| 124 | 12:01 pm PDT, Apr 12 | Mervi Rantala | Finland | No | |||
| 123 | 5:20 pm PDT, Mar 27 | Mr. | Larry Lawhorn | United States | yes... Life on Earth :-) | http://OpenDoorWorld.com/pcb | http://EcoDelMar.org/action |
| 122 | 9:58 am PDT, Sep 13 | Ms. | Jamie Scott | United States | No | ||
| 121 | 1:32 am PDT, Apr 19 | Ms. | Julia Tawyea | United States | no | Loss of Life | none |
| 120 | 9:38 am PDT, Mar 28 | Ms. | Ginger Geronimo | United States | No | ||
| 118 | 2:08 am PST, Feb 26 | Mr. | kemoi Daniel | Kenya | no | ||
| 117 | 4:06 am PST, Feb 11 | Ms. | Jessica Nangauta | Guam | no | Nuclear contaminats such as PCBs, DDTs, and many other explosive devices that still remain in our waters and on our land. We are downwind from the Bikini Atoll, we live close by to their war game practice area in Kwajalen island, not to mention the Marianas Trench. . The whole Pacific Ocean has been the US military's nuclear dump site. It is against many laws that they are doing these activities, it needs to stop! | |
| 116 | 12:13 am PST, Feb 6 | Mr. | Adem Certel | United Kingdom | No | ||
| 115 | 11:59 am PST, Feb 2 | Agnieszka Klocek | Poland | no | |||
| 114 | 5:39 pm PST, Jan 29 | Ms. | Puanani Rogers | United States | Ho`okipa Network - Kauai | DU, ordinance dumping on shores, taking of lands, threatening marine life, destruction and desecration of lands and sacred sites, bombing and military training on lands we call home. | Educating through my communications network, demonstrations at military installations, trying to stop US military base proliferation |
| 113 | 2:54 pm PST, Jan 29 | Tony Castana | United States | No. | Ditto on comments regarding Hawai'i. | ||
| 112 | 3:21 pm PST, Jan 28 | Grace Alvaro Caligtan | United States | Grace Intelligence | Seizure of land, resulting in dislocation of Native Hawaiians from their ancestral lands High rates of cancer and its impact on women's reproductive health and wellbeing Sexual Violence | ||
| 111 | 2:56 pm PST, Jan 28 | Dr. | Brenda Kwon | United States | None. | ||
| 110 | 2:48 pm PST, Jan 28 | Darlene Rodrigues | United States | for future generations | Contamination of groundwater and streams, unexploded ordnance, noise pollution from increased air and road traffic, increased domestic violence and violence in our community, disrespect and disregard of cultural and sacred places, destruction of native species habitats. | ||
| 109 | 9:55 am PST, Jan 28 | Ms. | Rinda R. Yamashiro | United States | individual | ||
| 108 | 11:48 am PST, Jan 27 | Kathy E. Ferguson | United States | None | A multitude of issues: contaminated ground water and soil, damaged reefs, unexploded ordinance and other destruction from training, ocean pollution, etc. These are important public health concerns and any effort to study they should include public participation. | ||
| 107 | 9:38 pm PST, Jan 25 | Pono Kealoha | United States | Kanaka Maoli DMZ | Depleted Uranium, Pearl Harbor,Makua Valley, | ||
| 106 | 3:13 pm PST, Jan 25 | Dr. | joel Fischer | Viet Nam | NO; on behalf of me and my family! | A host of environmental hazards have been brought to Hawai`i by the military. They are too numerous to list, but try this one: Dumping thoiusands of tons of munitions and POISON GAS off our shores. | |
| 105 | 1:48 pm PST, Jan 25 | Anonymous | United States | No | |||
| 104 | 1:15 pm PST, Jan 25 | Mr. | Kyle Kajihiro | United States | DMZ-Hawai'i / Aloha 'Aina | Violation of Hawai'i's sovereignty (Hawai'i is a independent nation state that was illegally invaded and is occupied by the US). Seizure of land, resulting in dislocation of Native Hawaiians from their ancestral lands and contributing to currenty high rates of homeless and landless Hawaiians. Unexploded ordnance and other military contamination (solvents, explosives and propellents, heavy metals, chemical weapons on land and sea, dioxins and agent orange, depleted uranium, cobalt 60), electromagnetic radiation. Unexplainably high rates of cancer, asthma, autism, and other diseases in military affected communities. Destruction and desecration of Native Hawaiian cultural resources and sacred sites, including religious sites and burials. | Our organization does education on the impacts of the military in Hawai'i and organizes to stop military expansion, seek the clean up and return of lands, develop sustainable economic alternatives and just compensation for the victims of militarization. We do research and produce educational literature and video. We help to network with global movements against militarization. |
| 103 | 4:51 pm PST, Jan 18 | Ms. | Karen Gray | United States | No | ||
| 102 | 10:04 am PST, Jan 3 | Ms. | Melody Safken | United States | No | ||
| 101 | 9:50 am PST, Jan 3 | Mr. | Sarath Menon | India | No |
To Invite Public Participation in the UNEP Survey on Military Activities and the Environment
Achim Steiner
Executive Director of the United Nation Environmental Programme (UNEP)
Subject: CSOs Further Involvement in the UNEP Global Survey on Military Related Environmental Issues
Dear Dr. Achim Steiner,
We urge you to recommend that member States ask for public comments before they submit respones to the upcoming global survey on Mlitary activities and the environment, section 20 of Montevideo Programme III.
On February 4th of 2007 the UNEP hosted the 8th Global Civil Society Forum at its headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya, where participating Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) adopted a key message entitled “War, Militarism and Environment.”
In the message, CSOs urge the Executive Director of the UNEP:
- To survey globally the state of the environmental consequence from military activities during times of armed conflicts and "peacetime" with its member States, Civil Society Organizations and other relevant entities and individuals.
- To fully implement the program on "Military activities and the environment" which is Section 20 of the Programme for the Development and Periodic Review of Environmental Law for the First Decade of the Twenty-First Century (Montevideo Programme III).
The UNEP Division of Environmental Law and Convention will initiate the global survey on peacetime impacts of military activities this June, implementing Montevideo Programme III. We welcome this effort, particularly because the Division will solicit responses from member States and CSOs to review environmental problems and solutions related to military establishments. The Division is seeking input from CSOs with firsthand knowledge of these environmental problems, however it might be difficult for the UNEP to directly contact many grassroots organizations.
UNEP member states are in a unique position to make this survey reflect the impacts of military activities on their communities, and what they are doing to address them. The UNEP and the global community are interested in broad public involvement for this survey, including NGOs, local authorities, and affected communities. (See UNEP/MIL/4, 89.) Each member state may have unique access to these individuals and CSOs. Inviting public comment could not only involve these actors, building a more diverse response to the survey, but also increase awareness of these issues.
In light of this situation, we urge you, the Executive Director:
To recommend that each Member State of the UNEP use a participatory process that asks the public for comments in the process of developing its country report for the UNEP global survey on the application of environmental norms to military establishments of Montevideo Programme III.
Thank you very much for taking time to read our request.
Respectfully,
[Your (Organization's) Name]
[Your (Organization's) Address]
Executive Director of the United Nation Environmental Programme (UNEP)
Subject: CSOs Further Involvement in the UNEP Global Survey on Military Related Environmental Issues
Dear Dr. Achim Steiner,
We urge you to recommend that member States ask for public comments before they submit respones to the upcoming global survey on Mlitary activities and the environment, section 20 of Montevideo Programme III.
On February 4th of 2007 the UNEP hosted the 8th Global Civil Society Forum at its headquarters in Nairobi, Kenya, where participating Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) adopted a key message entitled “War, Militarism and Environment.”
In the message, CSOs urge the Executive Director of the UNEP:
- To survey globally the state of the environmental consequence from military activities during times of armed conflicts and "peacetime" with its member States, Civil Society Organizations and other relevant entities and individuals.
- To fully implement the program on "Military activities and the environment" which is Section 20 of the Programme for the Development and Periodic Review of Environmental Law for the First Decade of the Twenty-First Century (Montevideo Programme III).
The UNEP Division of Environmental Law and Convention will initiate the global survey on peacetime impacts of military activities this June, implementing Montevideo Programme III. We welcome this effort, particularly because the Division will solicit responses from member States and CSOs to review environmental problems and solutions related to military establishments. The Division is seeking input from CSOs with firsthand knowledge of these environmental problems, however it might be difficult for the UNEP to directly contact many grassroots organizations.
UNEP member states are in a unique position to make this survey reflect the impacts of military activities on their communities, and what they are doing to address them. The UNEP and the global community are interested in broad public involvement for this survey, including NGOs, local authorities, and affected communities. (See UNEP/MIL/4, 89.) Each member state may have unique access to these individuals and CSOs. Inviting public comment could not only involve these actors, building a more diverse response to the survey, but also increase awareness of these issues.
In light of this situation, we urge you, the Executive Director:
To recommend that each Member State of the UNEP use a participatory process that asks the public for comments in the process of developing its country report for the UNEP global survey on the application of environmental norms to military establishments of Montevideo Programme III.
Thank you very much for taking time to read our request.
Respectfully,
[Your (Organization's) Name]
[Your (Organization's) Address]
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