Jim Monaghan03 juni 2009 – 10:11

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Dear Friend,
We are the Peace and Neutrality Alliance in Ireland. We believe we have
similar aims. We are holding a conference at Shannon Airport in Ireland.
Shannon has significance since it is widely believed to have been used for
rendition flights.

It would be fantastic if you could support our conference in any way,
especially if you could attend. Please look at our website and email us
(pana@eircom.net) for further information.
Website: http://pana.ie

Peace Conference on War NATO and the Lisbon Treaty
Park Inn, Shannon
Saturday 5th of September 2009
for more information contact Roger Cole Tel: 00 353 87-2611597
About PANA
The Peace & Neutrality Alliance was established in December 1996 in
Dublin. Membership is open to all groups and individuals that accept our 5
objectives.
1.It is within the OSCE and a reformed United Nations, and not the EU,
that Ireland should pursue its security concerns.
2.Ireland should pursue a positive neutrality and independent foreign
policy and not join or form an association with any military alliance,
such as the WEU or NATO.
3.Ireland should seek to promote European and international security
through a policy of disarmament and demilitarisation and should therefore
oppose the militarisation of the EU.
4.Ireland should refuse to cooperate with or condone in any way policies
or military groupings which maintain nuclear weapons or any weapons of
mass destruction.
5.Irish troops should only serve abroad as peacekeepers under the auspices
of the UN.

A wide range of groups and a growing number of individual are affiliated
to PANA.
PANA seeks to advocate an Independent Irish Foreign Policy, defend Irish
Neutrality and to promote a reformed United Nations as the Institution
through which Ireland should pursue its security concerns.
PANA's first major campaign was to oppose the Amsterdam Treaty. We sought
a Protocol, similar to that already achieved by Denmark that would exclude
Ireland from the militarisation of the EU. PANA was the main alliance in
the referendum campaign seeking to reject the Treaty and 37% of people
voted NO.
This was a substantial increase in the number of Irish people voting no
from previous EU referendums.
We next campaigned to ensure there was a referendum before Ireland joined
NATO's PfP. We again lost, insofar as the government joined without a
referendum. Yet the erosion of Irish Neutrality was again highlighted.
We organised a major Conference on Transforming the United Nations which
helped to consolidate our growing status as an Alliance. We campaigned
against the Nice Treaty where we again sought a Protocol similar to that
already achieved by the Danes and this time we won. The government was
forced to agree to a Declaration on Neutrality, an addition to the
Constitution which meat that Ireland could not join an EU
common defence without a referendum. While the 2nd referendum was passed
the NO vote increased despite the concessions.
There is therefore clear evidence that approximately 37-40 % of the Irish
people support Irish Independence, Democracy and Neutrality and oppose the
transformation of the EU into a Federal superstate.
PANA is now campaigning against the government decision to allow Shannon
airport to be used by the US in its war of conquest of Iraq.
The Peace & Neutrality Alliance is affiliated to the Peace and Human
Rights Network and TEAM, the European Anti-Maastricht Movement, which seek
to bring together like-minded groups in Europe and co-operate with similar
groups throughout the world.
Regards,

Jim Monaghan