DISARMAMENT Vancouver proposals urge halt to N-tests, Here is the full text of the Vancouver _ “ace Proposals which concluded the | Peace symposium: Hi End the Arms’ Race — Fund * ae Needs” — this is the message ancouver’s Walk for Peace in the ‘Year of its 100th anniversary. pet IS natural that this city, which a declared itself to be a nuclear “apons-free zone and which has, on cand Occasions, urged the cause of a Should have chosen this occa- beh to sponsor the Vancouver Cen- qual Peace and Disarmament YMposium. ft people of Vancouver and a elected representatives are only Conscious of the threat posed by 4 Bes race to the survival of Was nity and of the tremendous Ste of resources which it causes. cond Waste of resources has serious “ih ®quences everywhere, and we 5 not ignore the fact that in many Mts of the developed world there is Whip oyment, hardship and poverty ‘ich, although less severe, is other- Wo, Not unlike that in the Third ‘Orld ; +, In the nuclear age, war is no Ce a way of resolving conflicts aa nations. In 1961, the United % ae and the USSR came to the con- fa Sion that war could only be elimi- Ge agreed by the United Nations fe Assembly. Eight years ago, Fins JN General Assembly declared himously we must end the arms ie and proceed to disarmament or “annihilation. Yet, despite this and €r resolutions of the United tions, we face the fact that no pro- 8s has been made towards nuclear ey other form of disarmament, *Pite the fact that most, if not all, of thousands of nuclear devices that been piled up are militarily use- ee the contrary, we are moving 4 new phase of escalation and Unter-escalation of the nuclear f S race and, if this process is not | Bes and reversed, the inevitable Ome will be a further reduction in Bone ty of the nuclear weapons Who themselves and indeed of the © World. We are rapidly approach- the Point at which there will be thay of security only in the sense an: ' there will be no security for “Yone, ae catastrophe we face is not le. There are immediate ls pe rtunities to check this suicidal “ss and gain time to reverse it: Ty 1 A Comprehensive Test Ban ug? Stopping all further testing of G., a! Weapons. We urge the United tive» © Tespond to the Soviet initia- te ‘a immediately ceasing nuclear xt He and urge the Soviet Union to : its moratorium. We call upon Wea, DUclear states to stop all nuclear “Pons tests, han on space weapons “2. Aban onall weapons in space. “3. A freeze on development, test- ing or deployment of new nuclear weapons and their delivery systems. “4. Immediate and _ substantial reductions in the existing nuclear arsenals. “5. The establishment of nuclear weapons-free zones in Central Europe, the Nordic and Balkan regions and the Indian and North Atlantic oceans and compliance by the nuclear- weapons states with the newly- established South Pacific Nuclear-Free Zone Treaty. “6, Renunciation by all states, and in particular by the nuclear-weapons states, of the use or threat of force and intervention in the affairs of other states, and a commitment to negotiate an agreement to that effect. “7. Recognizing that the arms race is having serious negative effects, both on the nations involved and on the whole world, it is now urgently neces- sary to reduce substantially all mil- itary budgets and transfer the resources thus saved to the promotion of human wellbeing. “These are steps that can and must be taken now. None of them need wait for long negotiations and formal treaties. The process must be started and independent initiatives are there- fore needed. The Report of the Secre- tary General of the United Nations on unilateral or independent nuclear disarmament measures, adopted in December, 1984 by 126 votes to 1 by the UN General Assembly requires far more serious consideration and action. : “We feel that the proposals made by General Secretary Gorbachev on January 15, 1986 could lead to sig- nificant progress. We urge, therefore, that the existing disarmament forums consider these proposals and develop a mutually acceptable approach to the achievement of nuclear disarmament which can then be jointly agreed and implemented. “The measures we have proposed are essential first steps back from the edge of oblivion and toward a peace- ful world. It is within the power of the people of each and every country to exercise their right to determine and preserve their own future, to intervene and compel a change of course. We particularly commend to the smaller nations the positive role they can play in bringing about this change. “Parallel with these changes, new creative initiatives are needed to address the problems of hunger, dis- ease, education, environment and other global problems, and indeed to the establishment of a just interna- tional economic order. “From this peaceful city we appeal to our sisters and brothers every- where: Let us act together now to end the arms race and to fund human needs.” Kamloops-Shuswap Peace Council sends May Day greetings to all our Trib readers. LS FORA NUCLEAR WEAPONS FREE CANADA Fraser Valley Peace Council 594-0539 531-1009 May Day Greetings A FOR JOBS NOT BOMBS GREETINGS ON MAY DAY to workers in struggle everywhere, for jobs, peace and national independence VANCOUVER PEACE ASSEMBLY Greetings to our members and supporters on this International Holiday of Workers. Our fraternal association has been in existence for over 60 years serving the working people of Canada. For information about what the Workers’ Benevolent Association can do for you telephone: 277-0944. Workers’ Benevolent Association, District Committee and Branch 33 805 East Pender Street, Vancouver, B.C. 100th Anniversary May Day Greetings fo our friends in the labor movement from the executive and members of The Canada-USSR Friendship Society Dr. Allan Inglis President Mike O’Neill Secretary May Day Greetings to all our friends and supporters in the International Year of Peace B.C. Peace Council, 712, 207 W. Hastings St. Vancouver, B.C. V6B 1H7 PACIFIC TRIBUNE, APRIL 30, 1986 e 9