Dear Friends

I am writing from International Alert where I am currently working on the campaign Women Building Peace which among other things is calling for the implementation of pledges made to women by the international community. One of the pillars of the campaign is to collect 250,000 signatures by International Womens day 2001 to present to Kofi Annan - a copy of the petition is attached below. I was wondering whether it we could send you some petitions or - basically any help you could give us would be fantastic

Many Thanks

Bethan
International Alert

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International Campaign "Women Building Peace: From the Village Council to the Negotiating Table"

SIGN THE POSTCARD below and e-mail it back to us!
Please CIRCULATE it as WIDELY as possible !!!

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This is a petition initiated by the International Campaign "Women Building Peace: From the Village Council to the Negotiating Table". It is addressed to UN Secretary General Kofi Annan and the international community. We aim to collect a minimum of 250 000 signatures to present to UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on International Womens Day 2001. Please SIGN the petition by giving all your contact details in the space provided below, and email it back to the secretariat of the "Women Building Peace" Campaign at gendercampaign@international-alert.org

Please distribute the petition as widely as possible. Thank you

Please 'copy and paste' the petition into an email to gendercampaign@international-alert.org

Dear Secretary-General Kofi Annan

Women everywhere applaud the efforts made for peace by the United Nations.

Women recognise the progress made in including women in peace making and peace building efforts within the UN itself and the pledges made to women during the UN Fourth World Conference

However, we believe that five years later not enough has been done to make these pledges a reality. They must be implemented, as sustainable peace can only be achieved with the full participation of women from all levels of society.

We ask the governments of the international community and the United Nations to stand by the commitments they have made to women.

These are to:
1 Include women in peace negotiations as decision-makers
2 Put women at the heart of reconstruction and reconciliation
3 Strengthen the protection and repreesentation of refugee and displaced women
4 End impunity for crimes committed against women and ensure redress
5 Give women and women's organisations the support and resources they need to build peace

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