Proinsias De Rossa in discussions with Kofi Annan, Hans Blix, Mary Robinson

national | miscellaneous | news report Monday March 03, 2003 14:51 by Flanagan - Labour Party head_office at labour dot ie Ely Place, Dublin 2

Itineray details of the delegation are available on www.derossa.com

Proinsias De Rossa to lead MEP discussions with Kofi Annan, Hans Blix, Mary Robinson and leading US politicians on Iraq

On Monday (3 March) Proinsias De Rossa will jointly lead a peace delegation of more than 20 members of the European Parliament for high level discussions on Iraq at the United Nations, and with leading US politicians.

As a follow-up to their recent visit to Iraq the delegation will meet Mr Kofi Annan, Secretary General of the United Nations, UN Security Council officials, and Mary Robinson. They will also meet leading US politicians, including Senator Edward Kennedy and Nancy Pelosi, Democratic leader in the House of Representatives.

The delegation will present an Anti-War appeal to Kofi Annan, members of the Security Council, American legislators and the US government. The Anti-War Appeal has already been signed by more than 300 Parliamentarians, including Mr De Rossa and all members of the Irish Parliamentary Labour Party. The Anti-War Appeal calls on all Members of the UN and particularly on those voting in the UN Security Council to:

PREVENT THE WAR ON IRAQ
NEGOCIATE A GLOBAL PEACE PLAN FOR THE MIDDLE EAST
PROMOTE FURTHER STEPS OF WORLDWIDE DISARMAMENT
STRENGTHEN UN CAPACITIES FOR CONFLICT PREVENTION AND NON-VIOLENT CONFLICT RESOLUTION