International Network of Engineers and Scientists Against Proliferation

Göttingen Appeal for the Prevention of a New Arms Race on Earth and in Outer Space

The deployment of missile defense systems by the USA and the militarization of outer space pose a threat to peace and international security and increase the danger of a new arms race on earth and in space.

In order to prevent a new arms race and to open the way for negotiations, we demand a test freeze for ballistic missiles, missile defense systems, and space weapons.

The Anti-Ballistic Missile (ABM) Treaty of 1972 between the USA and Russia is fundamental to international stability. It must be preserved and extended to all nations. Ballistic missiles and nuclear weapons must be disarmed. The development, testing and deployment of weapons in space must be prohibited by a space convention.

We call for a space free of any weapons and the abolition of nuclear weapons.

Göttingen/Germany, November 4, 2000

This appeal will be presented to the UN General Assembly in autumn 2001. Please return signed appeals to one of the following addresses:

International Network of Engineers and Scientists (INES),
Gutenbergstrasse 31, 44139 Dortmund, Germany
(tel. [49] 231/575 52 02, Fax 57 52 10, INES_NAT@t-online.de).

IPPNW/PSR - UN Office,
777 UN Plaza, Suite 6M, New York, NY 10017, USA,
(tel. [1] 646/865-18 83, fax 865-1884, www.ippnw.org, www.psr.org).