{news} FW: Statement of the International Conference against foreign military bases, Chania/Crete 25th-26th February, 206

[Justine McCabe]

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From: Iraklis Tsavdaridis [mailto:iraklis14 at hotmail.com]
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Subject: Statement of the International Conference agianst foreign military bases,Chania/Crete 25th-26th February,2006


Communique of the International Meeting against Foreign Military Bases  , Chania/Crete 25-26 February 2006 

 

Upon invitation of the Greek Committee for International Detente and Peace (EEDYE) and under the auspices of the World Peace Council (WPC) an International meeting of Peace Movements took place on 25th and 26th February 2006 in Chania on the island of Crete in Greece. Under the theme of the meeting "Foreign Military bases-threat to peace and security in the region" a fruitful and deep exchange of views and experiences took place amongst the 10 Organisations from respective number of countries.

The participants underlined their firm opposition to the presence of foreign military bases in their countries and worldwide, which constitute, amongst other issues, a clear violation of the sovereignty and independence of the respective states and a clear disrespect to the will and wishes of the peoples. Often there is even violation of national legislation and constitutions of the "host countries". They are being used for training and preparation of military interventions and attacks on other sovereign countries and peoples, being at the same time a permanent threat for any possible social or political uprising on national level.

The participants of the meeting observed the US naval and airbase of Souda,one of the biggest in the Mediterannean Sea and joined the massive protests of the peace loving people of Crete, in their demand to shut down this war and terror installation.

The region of the Balkans and the Middle East has moved since many years in the center of interest of the USA, the EU and NATO. Through wars and interventions, occupations and invasions, they want to secure the strategic interests linked with the energy resources and their roads. Borders are changing, new protectorates are being created, and countries are being dismembered, no matter the cost of lifes and natural destruction.

The presence of US,British and NATO bases in Europe, the East Mediterranean and the Middle East are a daily threat to the daily life of our peoples. The foreign troops are enjoying almost absolute immunity for their criminal actions. The consequences are starting from the damage of the social life, terror on women and children, pollution of the natural environment and ending with spying on citizens lifes, manipulation of the consciences, youth prostitution, displacements of population, drug trafficking etc.

After a thorough analysis, convinced that humanity has never been so threatened and attacked as it is now by imperialism and its policies, the meeting condemned:

·         The so-called war on terror, aiming in the re-distribution of spheres of economic and political influence

·         The growing wave of violence and social injustice that causes multiple sufferings to the great majority of the world population, which is manifested in aggressions, preemptive wars, economic exploitation

·         The current versions of the imperialist strategy ending up in new military bases or new-type enclaves such as the use of ports and airports, advanced operative sites and cooperative security facilities.

 

The International meeting furthermore denounced:

·         The ongoing occupation of Palestine, Afghanistan and Iraq and parts of Cyprus, Syria (Golan) and Lebanon (Sheba farms)

·         The new NATO doctrine and the militarization of the EU

·         The "Greater Middle East Plan" and the interventions of the USA, EU and Israel in the internal affairs of countries

·         The modern concentration camps such as Guantanamo and Abu Graib and the Israeli prisons on Palestinian soil

·         The secret prisons and CIA-flights

·         The growing military presence of USA and the EU in Africa with the objective, among others, of controlling mineral resources

·         The plan to deploy new US Military Bases in Bulgaria and Romania

·         The growing and illegal militarization of Japan and the use of Okinawa military bases to control Asia and the Pacific

·         The Manta Base of Equador as a complementary project of the "Colombia Plan" against the Bolivarian Venezuela and the peoples of the region

·         The presence and use of British Bases in Cyprus, which is violating every sense of International law

·         The submissive governments of the region which are cooperating willingly with the Imperialists, offering them bases and support for their plans

·         The "Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), which keeps the countries with foreign bases under complete "guardianship"

 

 

The participants of the meeting declared:

·         their organisations' determination to fight against all kind of foreign military presence, demanding the dismantlement of all existing foreign bases

·         their solidarity to the just causes of the peoples fighting for independence, freedom and social justice

·         their support to the establishment of an independent State of Palestine, based on the UN resolutions and the borders of 1967, with East Jerusalem as its capital

·         their will to continue systematically the efforts for common actions with other social organizations and movements, raising conscience and awareness allover the world for all the above mentioned

·         their readiness to support the campaign of the WPC till the World Confrence against Foreign Military bases in Equador, March 2007

 

The Foreign Military bases are a constant threat to Peace-Shut them down now!

 

Chania 26th February, 2006  

 

The Organizations participated:

 

  a.. Palestinian Center for Peace and Democracy 
  b.. Anti-imperialist League of Belgium 
  c.. Turkish Peace Association 
  d.. Belgrade Forum for the world of Equals 
  e.. Portuguese Council for Peace and Cooperation 
  f.. German Peace Council 
  g.. Peace Committee of Lebanon 
  h.. Cyprus Peace Council 
  i.. Peace Council of Syria 
  j.. Greek Committee for International Detente and Peace (EEDYE)
 



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