World Space Preservation Treaty Signing Conference
The
Space Preservation Treaty Signing Conference is the most reliable,
timely, and effective method available that will bring world
leaders together to permanently ban all space-based weapons
in an enforceable verifiable manner that will lead to a "cap"
on the war industry while it evolves into becoming a space
industry.
An International Treaty Signing Conference for the Space
Preservation Treaty can be convened at any time by any
willing U.N. Member State(s) under the authority of Article
102 of the United Nations Charter. Since 1948, over 40,000
multi-lateral agreements or Treaties have been signed, ratified
and deposited with the U.N. Secretary General by Member States
under Article
102 of the U.N. Charter. Under Article 102 of the United
Nations Charter, "every treaty and every international agreement
entered into by any Member of the United Nations after the
present Charter comes into force shall as soon as possible
be registered with the Secretariat and published by it."
An informal group of NGOs assists the convening Member States
by mobilizing public opinion, preparing briefing documents
for the Member States, and preparing educational materials
in support of the Treaty Conference, as was done in 1997 at
the Ottawa, Canada, Land Mines Treaty Conference.
The current U.S. administration plan is to "seize the
high ground" to "dominate and control space,"
and many say that he who controls and dominates space also
controls and dominates all on earth. The momentum of funding,
vested interests and technology being put into place could
make it impossible to stop the weaponization of space if a
ban is not turned into law in time. Space-based weapons could
be deployed under the guise of calling them "merely research"
or "merely tests," or they could be deployed without
even the conducting of tests.
Many experts say this is an emergency situation, as there
is only one chance to ban space-based weapons. Many agree
that time is of the essence to get the Space Preservation
Treaty signed into law quickly. Experts also say that the
signing of the Space Preservation Treaty will put necessary
pressure .
Time is of the essence to get the Space Preservation Treaty
signed into law.
The signing of the Space Preservation Treaty will help to
put needed pressure on the U.S. congress and administration.
Key to preserving peace in space so we can achieve peace on
earth: When the first twenty countries sign on to the Space
Preservation Treaty, an international outer space peacekeeping
agency will be established and equipped to monitor outer space
and enforce (conflict resolution style) this ban. This equipment,
of course, can also be used to finally verify arms agreements
including the reduction and inevitably elimination of nuclear
weapons and other dangerous and polluting technologies on
our planet.
Solution: A "Fast Track" signing of the Space Preservation
Treaty must funded in order to be set the Treaty signing process
into immediate motion. An international Treaty Signing Conference
on the Space Preservation Treaty must be convened as soon
as possible to facilitate the leaders coming together for
the signing and to bring into force an immediate and permanent
ban on all space-based weapons. We must stop the arms race
at the only moment in time, in all of history, when it can
be stopped, before it begins in space (that is, before space-based
weapons are deployed and/or before a momentum of funding and
vested interests makes the weaponization of space impossible
to stop).
The Space Preservation Treaty Conference Signing Ceremony
will include a global media broadcast and Internet webcast.
Please volunteer to help
this endeavor. We need to build a world movement
to send packages of educational information to all world leaders,
to media, to the people about the Space Preservation Treaty
and to help organize the Space Preservation Treaty Conference.
Contact
ICIS for further information and to get involved.
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