Andrés Manuel López Obrador

Presidente de México

Puerta 8 Palacio Nacional,

Plaza de la Constitución S/N

Colonia Centro,

Ciudad de México,

C.P. 06066

México

Cc. Prof. Jeffrey Sachs, HE Narendra Modi, Holy Father Pope Francis, HE António Guterres

Re: Resolution to be presented at the UN concerning peace negotiations for Ukraine

Bussum, the Netherlands, 21 November 2022

Your Excellency,

Greetings from all of us, various peace organizations and peace lovers from all over the world. Also from people from inside Ukraine.

We would like to draw your attention to the suffering of the people in Ukraine. We are shocked by the people dying every day in Ukraine and the threat of a nuclear war. We hope that all lives will be respected and cherished: the lives of the innocent children, the lives of all the civilians, the lives of all the soldiers. We hope that the war in Ukraine will be over soon. That peace will come and that humanitarian aid will be provided. Peace negotiations for Ukraine are needed now. The Black Sea Grain Initiative gives us hope.

Your Excellency proposed a commission for dialogue and peace for Ukraine. Thank you very much for this initiative! This is why we are addressing this letter to you. To be sure that our call reaches you and your committee, we are also sending a copy to the members you wish to include in that committee: HE Narendra Modi and Holy Father Pope Francis. In addition, we are sending a copy to the Secretary General of the United Nations, HE António Guterres.

In an interview with Professor Jeffrey Sachs of Columbia University in Share International magazine, we read that he has proposed to peace organizations to call for a resolution about peace negotiations for Ukraine for the General Assembly of the United Nations.

We strongly support this idea and call in this letter for a resolution about peace negotiations for Ukraine to be presented at the General Assembly of the United Nations. We look forward to hearing your Excellency’s opinion on this.

Hoping to see soon: A World in Which All Children Can Play.

Peace and all the best,

Aart Bos, MasterPeace, the Netherlands

Alex de Brouwer, blogger Peace SOS, Netherlands

Andrea LeBlanc, September 11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrows, USA

Anita Kelles-viitanen, Socio-Cultural Value, Finland

Begard Yunis, Internationella kvinnoförbundet för fred och frihet Göteborg kretsen (IKFF), Sweden

Belgian Coalition ‘Stop depleted uranium weapons’, Belgium

Bernhard Trautvetter, Speaker Essen Peace Forum, Germany

Bernie Holland - Soka Gakkai International - United Kingdom

Birgitta Lowander, Member of ICAN, Stockholm, Sweden  

Boris Serebryakov, Burnasyan SRC-FMBC FMBA, Russia

Brian Jones, CND Cymru, UK

Brigitte L. Ehrich, Association of World Citizens Germany, Germany

Brigitte L. Ehrich, Friedenskonzepte, Germany

Dr. Carlos Vassaux, Guatemala

Carol Wolman, Voices for a nuclear free future, California, USA  

Charlotte Svardstrom, Kultur for Fred, Sweden

Chris Geerse, Vredesbeweging Pais, the Netherlands

Christiane Schmutterer, ARGE ja zur Umwelt, Wien, Austria

Code Pink, USA

Colin Archer, Secretary-General, International Peace Bureau (retired)

Cooperation for Peace, (consisting of more then 50 peace organisations), Germany

Corazon Valdez Fabros, Co-President, International Peace Bureau, Germany

Darien De Lu, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, USA

David Swanson, Executive Director, World BEYOND War

Dominic T. Moulden, The Elephant Free School, USA

Evelyn Voigt, Civilian Peace Service Canada, Canada

Foreign Policy Team-Progressive Democrats of America

Gudrun Tiberg, Feministiskt initiativ, Sweden

Henk Baars, Kerk en Vrede, (Church and Peace), Netherlands

H.Peter Degischer, Transform.at, Austria

Irene Sørensen, FredsVagten ved Christiansborg, Denmark

Jeff Cohen, Rootsaction.org, USA

Joseph Gerson, President, Campaign for Peace, Disarmament and Common Security, USA

Karin Utas Carlsson, Peace House Gothenburg, Sweden

Kendra Mon, Peace Alliance, National Department of Peacebuilding Committee, Global Alliance for Ministries and Infrastructures for Peace (GAMIP), United States

Kevin Martin, President, Peace Action (USA)

Prof. Dr. Klaus Moegling, Scientists for Future, Democracy Without Borders, Germany

Koldobi Velasco, Alternativa Antimilitarista.MOC, Spain

Kristine Karch, co-chair international No to war - no to NATO network

Lea Launokari, Women for Peace, Finland

Luci Murphy, Organizer, Claudia Jones School for Political Education, USA

Ludo De Brabander, spokesperson, Vrede vzw, Belgium

Lynn Jamieson, Scottish Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, Scotland, UK

Merci Angeles, Executive Director, Peace Women Partners (Philippines)

Margot Müller, Feministische Partei DIE FRAUEN, Germany

Marjolijn Snippe, WFBN, World Federalist movement, The Netherlands

Martha Allen, Women's Institute for Freedom of the Press, United States

Martina Knappert-Hiese, Friedensregion Bodensee e.V., Germany

Matyas Benyik, President ATTAC Hungary Association, Hungary

Maximilienne Ngo MBE; Executive Director, Réseau des Défenseurs des Droits Humains en Afrique Centrale (REDHAC), Cameroon

May-May Meijer, founder Peace SOS, Netherlands

Dr. med. Mechthild Klingenburg-Vogel, IPPNW Kiel, Germany

Michel Vanhoorne, Coördinator of the Left Ecological  Forum, Belgium

Mirek PROKES, UNITED for Intercultural Action, Prague Office

Miroslav Prokeš, Defence for Children International, Czech section

Muslim Peace Fellowship, USA

NaturwissenschaftlerInnen-Initiative Verantwortung für Frieden und Zukunftsfähigkeit e.V. (NatWiss), Germany

NVMP-Artsen voor vrede, Netherlands

Oksana Chelysheva, a journalist, AI award recipient, Finland

Ola Friholt, chairman, for The Peace Movement of Orust, Sweden

Oleg Bodrov, Public Council of the Southern Coast of the Gulf of Finland,  North-West Russia peace movement coordinator, International Peace Bureau Board member, Russia

Outi Hakkarainen / CRASH - Coalition for Research and Action for Social Justice and Human Dignity Finland

Paki Wieland, Massachusetts Peace Action, USA

Paula Shaw, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, UK

Pilar Quarzell, teatro vivo in natura, Italy

Pim van de Bosch, Peacekeeping missions without weapons, Netherlands

Rita Salaris-Lichtenberg, Chair, Women’s Federation for World Peace, Netherlands

Robin Lloyd, WILPF US Burlington VT, USA

Sean Conner, Executive Director, International Peace Bureau, Germany

Sirkku Järvelä, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, Finland

Sviatoslav Zabelin, Socio-ecological union international, Russia

Stephanie Mbanzendore, Burundian Women for Peace and Development, Netherlands, Burundi

Suman Khanna Aggarwal, Ph.D., Founder & President, Shanti Sahyog Centre for Nonviolence, India (CFN) 

Susan H Smith, Director of Operations, Fellowship of Reconciliation, USA

Tara Stuart, The Hill Center for Peacebuilding, New Hampshire, USA

Theresa El-Amin, Board Chair, Southern Anti-Racism Network, USA  

Thomas Wallgren, professor of philosophy, University of Helsinki, Finland

Tim Devereux, Chair, Movement for the Abolition of War, United Kingdom

Ulla Klötzer, Women Against Nuclear Power, Finland

Wim Koetsier, Secretary General, Universal Peace Federation, Netherlands

Wolf Göhring, Bonn, Germany

Yan Shenkman, journalist, Russia

Yurii Sheliazhenko, Ph.D., Executive secretary, Ukrainian Pacifist Movement, Ukraine

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