Juli 2000	Neues Bretton Woods

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Aufruf zu einem Ad-Hoc-Komitee für ein Neues Bretton Woods Die Regierungen der G-7 Staaten haben wiederholt ihre Unwilligkeit und Unfähigkeit demonstriert, den drohenden Zusammenbruch des globalen Finanzsystems durch dessen rechtzeitige und umfassende Reorganisation abzuwenden. Dies macht es zwingend erforderlich, daß in allen Ländern diejenigen das Wort erheben, die die verheerenden Folgen der systemischen Finanzkrise erkennen. Wir, die Unterzeichner, verweisen darauf, daß Lyndon LaRouche weltweit der Ökonom ist, der die Ursachen der Systemkrise am längsten und am tiefgehendsten analysiert und zugleich ein umfassendes Maßnahmenpaket zu ihrer Bewältigung erarbeitet hat: Das Anti-Krisenprogramm für ein Neues Bretton Woods. Wir, die Unterzeichner, verweisen auf die jüngste Initiative von Mitgliedern des Europäischen Parlamentes, in der es heißt: • Da die Vereinbarung der Bretton-Woods-Mechanismen von 1944 zur Währungsstabilität und zum wirtschaftlichen Wiederaufbau nach dem Krieg beigetragen hat; • da nach der Abkopplung des Dollars vom Goldreservesystem eine tiefe Kluft zwischen Realwirtschaft und Finanzwirtschaft entstanden ist; • da seit 1997 in verschiedenen Teilen der Welt Finanzkrisen ausgebrochen sind; und die internationalen Währungs- und Finanzinstitutionen der Erfüllung ihrer Aufgaben sehr mangelhaft nachkommen; • da sich die "Spekulationsblase" verheerend auf die Volkswirtschaften der Entwicklungsländer ausgewirkt, die Strukturen der Weltwirtschaft völlig transformiert und mindestens einen Umfang von 300.000 Mrd.$, gegenüber einem weltweiten BIP von etwa 40.000 Mrd.$, erreicht hat, sei(en) a) die Einberufung einer neuen Konferenz ähnlich derjenigen von Bretton Woods anzustreben, deren Ziel es ist, ein neues Weltwährungssystem zu schaffen, das die Mechanismen, die zu der ,Spekulationsblase’ führten, graduell beseitigt; b) die Möglichkeit zu prüfen, die Währungen an ein reales Bezugselement zu koppeln und die Veränderungen der Wechselkurse besser und vollständiger zu kontrollieren; c) neue Kreditlinien zu erwägen, die Investitionen in die realwirtschaftlichen Sektoren ermöglichen und Infrastrukturprojekte von kontinentaler Dimension definieren sollen. Die gefährliche Absurdität der jetzigen Lage wird noch dadurch unterstrichen, daß die sogenannte "Neue Wirtschaft" gerade in dem Moment vom Weißen Haus in den USA und den Regierungschefs der Europäischen Union als grandioser Erfolg gefeiert wird, in dem die mit diesem Mythos aufgepumpte Finanzblase platzt! Weit davon entfernt, Wachstum und Entwicklung der Weltwirtschaft zu befördern, hat sich die sogenannte "Globalisierung" in Wirklichkeit als ungezügelter Raubtier-Kapitalismus herausgestellt, der die Schere zwischen Finanztiteln und Realwirtschaft einerseits und zwischen Reich und Arm andererseits auf unerträgliche Weise öffnet — und das auf nationaler wie auf internationaler Ebene. Angesichts der sich immer weiter zuspitzenden finanziellen Systemkrise haben wir, die Unterzeichner, uns entschlossen, das Ad-hoc-Komitee für ein Neues Bretton Woods System zu konstituieren.

Folgende Persönlichkeiten aus aller Welt haben sich bis zum 14. Juli 2000 diesem Aufruf angeschlossen: (Titel und Auszeichnungen in Englisch) USA FORMER U.S. CONGRESSMEN Sen. Eugene McCarthy, former Presidential candidate, MN Rep. Clair A. Callan, NE Rep. Father Robert J. Cornell, WI Rep. Mervyn Dymally, former Chair, Congressional Black Caucus, CA Rep. Cornelius Gallagher, NJ STATE LEGISLATORS {* indicates former} Endorsed by the entire Alabama House of Representatives, as well as by the following individually: Rep. William Clark, Pritchard, AL Rep. Johnny Ford, Tuskegee, AL Rep. Andrew Hayden, Uniontown, AL Rep. Tommy Houston, Birmingham, AL Rep. Thomas Jackson, Thomasville, AL Rep. John J. Letson, Moulton, AL Rep. Bryant Melton, Tuscaloosa, AL Rep. Demetrius Newton, House Speaker Pro-Tem, Birmingham, AL Rep. George Perdue, Birmingham, AL Rep. John Rogers, Birmingham, AL Rep. Gerald Willis, Piedmont, AL Assemb. Chester B. Wray, Rocklin, CA* Rep. Michael Kahakina, Honolulu, HI Rep. Carol Pietsch, Sandpoint, ID* Rep. Lee Clingan, Covington, IN* Sen. Walter Blevins, Jr., Senate President Pro-Tem, West Liberty, KY Rep. Perry Clark, Louisville, KY Rep. Charles Hoffman, Georgetown, KY Rep. Don Newsome, Dema, KY*; Judge Executor, Knott County Del. Charles Avarra, Baltimore, MD* Del. Clarence Davis, Baltimore, MD Del. Lena Lee, Baltimore, MD*; Founder, Baltimore Teachers Union Rep. Ed Vaughn, Detroit, MI Rep. Erik Fleming, Jackson, MS Sen. George ``Bill'' Burroughs, Adams, NE* Sen. Don Eret, Dorchester, NE* Sen. Joe Neal, Chair, Nevada Legislative Black Caucus, Las Vegas, NV Rep. John Polish, Ely, NV* Rep. Derek Owen, Hopkinton, NH Sen. Carlos Cisneros, Questa, NM Rep. Ray Begaye, Shiprock, NM Rep. Robert Duran, Taos*; City Council, Taos, NM Rep. Fred Luna, Los Lunas, NM Rep. Roger Madalena, Jemez Pueblo, NM Rep. Ray Vargas, Albuquerque, NM* Sen. Luther Jordan, Wilmington, NC Rep. Dock Brown, Weldon, NC* Rep. Howard Hunter, Conway, NC Rep. Vermel Whalen, Cleveland, OH* Rep. George Vaughn, House Majority Whip, Vinita, OK*; Sheriff, Craig County, OK Rep. Harold James, Philadelphia, PA Sen. Maggie Wallace Glover, Florence, SC Sen. Theo Mitchell, Greenville, SC*; former Democratic nominee for Governor, SC Rep. Jerry Kreitzer, Rutland, VT Del. Dr. Ferguson Reid, Richmond, VA* OTHER ELECTED OFFICIALS J.W. Andrews, City Council, Jackson, AL Tommie Armistead, City Council, York, AL Geneva Bledsoe, Mayor, Five Points, AL Rev. William McKinley Branch, former Judge, former Mayor,Forkland AL Erskine Davis, City Council, Brighton, AL Alberta S. Dixon, City Council, Thomasville, AL Cornelius Fancher, former President, City Council, Bessemer,AL Rev. Bobby Forbes, City Council, Hobson City, AL Willie Gilmore, City Council, Forkland, AL Donna E. Graham, Mayor, Hokes Bluff, AL Freddie Green, City Council, Greenboro, AL Thomas Hamner, City Council, Homewood, AL Willie Hardley, Jr., City Council, Fairfield, AL Ronald Kidd, City Council, Fairfield, AL Essie Madison, Mayor, McCullen, AL James Mays, Mayor, Uniontown, AL Lynn Prince, City Council, Greensboro, AL Rhondel Rhone, Clark County Commissioner, Fulton, AL Mary Lois Showers, City Council, Sylacauga, AL Robert Stallworth, City Council, Pineapple, AL Robert R. Thomas, City Council, North Port; President,Government Employees (AGFE) Local 131, Tuscaloosa, AL Willie Thomas, City Council, Ohatchee, AL Eddie Tucker, City Council, Talladega; County Chair, Alabama Democratic Congress, AL Brent White, City Council, Moulton, AL Ed White, City Council, Jasper, AL Maria Chacon, Mayor Pro Tem, Bell Gardens, CA Mario Chiappe, Centinela Valley UHSD, Lawndale, CA Juan Manuel De Lara, City Council, Coachella, CA Harry Dotson, City Council, Stanton, CA Linda Guevara, City Council, Huntington Park, CA Henry Harkema, City Council, Paramount, CA Silvia Montenegro, Mayor, Coachella, CA Ernie Moran, Victor Elementary SD, Victorville, CA Harvey Mosley, former Mayor, South El Monte, CA Rogelio Rodriguez, City Council, Bell Gardens, CA Myrtle Walker, City Council, E. Palo Alto, CA Jimmy Gill, City Council, Athens, GA James Mays, Lee County Commissioner, Leslie, GA William Miller, former Mayor, Moreland, GA Bea Gaddy, City Council, Baltimore, MD Melvin Stukes, City Council, Baltimore, MD Earl Rickman, Mt. Clemens School Board; National President,National Association of Black School Board Members, Mt. Clemens, MI Robert Van Hee, former President, Redwood Falls City Council; Member-at-Large, Redwood Falls City Council, MN Pablita Abeyta, Santa Rosa School District, NM Joe Benavidez, City Council, Pecos, NM Charlie Chavez, City Council, Gallup, NM Ernest Chavez, Santa Rosa School District, NM Eddy Roy Duran, Mayor, Pecos, NM Paul Duran, County Commissioner, Santa Fe, NM Benjamin Fernandez, City Council, Maxwell, NM Steve Garcia, City Council, Logan, NM Steve Landez, City Council, Roswell, NM Ernest Lueras, Mayor, Corona, NM A.F. ``Lalo'' Padilla, City Council, Vaughn, NM Henry Perea, Mayor, San Ysidro, NM Samuel Quintana, City Council, Pecos, NM James Silva, City Council, Carrizozo, NM Martiliano Valencia, City Council, Chama, NM Florencio Agron, Jr., NY Community School Board #32,Brooklyn, NY Angelo Cintron, Deputy Mayor, Haverstraw, NY Angel Perez, NY City School Board #12, New York, NY Melvin Broadnax, Mayor, Seaboard, NC L.E. McLaughlin, Hoke County Commissioner, Raeford, NC Farney Moore, Pitt County Commissioner, Greenville, NC Joseph Tyson, City Council, Kinston, NC Stanley Tolliver, Esq., former President, Board of Education, Cleveland, OH Rev. Preston Jackson, City Council, Okmulgee, OK William Mullen, City Council, Wheeler, OR Edward Robinson, City Council, Florence, SC Marvin Stevenson, Marion County Commissioner, SC Ruben Gomez, Mayor, Hearne, TX Fernando Hernandez, Mayor, Sinton, TX Joe Holguin, City Council, San Angelo, TX Naomi Morales, City Council and Deputy Mayor, Alvin, TX Victor Colon de Jesus, City Council San Juan, PR Hilda del Valle, Council Member, Carolina, PR CIVIL RIGHTS AND HUMAN RIGHTS LEADERS Rev. Nimrod Reynolds, National Secretary, Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC), Anniston, AL Amelia Boynton Robinson, Civil Rights activist, Tuskegee Institute, AL Rev. Albert Sankey, President, Montgomery County NAACP, Montgomery, AL Ida Jean Watkins, Secretary, Montgomery Chapter, New South Coalition, Montgomery AL Aurelio Mercado, National Council of La Raza, San Diego, CA James Tippins, former President, Orange County NAACP, CA Leoncio Vasquez, Director, Oaxacan Indigenous Bi-National Front, Fresno, CA Hunter Huang, Chair, National Association for China's Reunification, Washington, DC Cesar Flores, Project Coordinator, State Economic Opportunities Division, HI Bernard Broussard, Co-Founder, Louisiana Human Relations Council, Franklin, LA Bennie Rountree, President, SCLC, Greenville, NC

TRADE UNION LEADERS {National and State Leaders} James Barnett, President, NW Alabama CBTU (Coalition of Black Trade Unions); Chair, Martin Luther King Annual March, Florence, AL Richard Miller, former President, Kentucky Federation of Teachers; former Secretary-Treasurer, Greater Louisville AFL-CIO, Louisville, KY Bill Dickens, President, United Container and Rail Haulers of America, Baltimore, MD Melvin Muhammad, State Chair, NAPE/AFSCME (Nebraska Association of Public Employees), Omaha, NE Carlton Horner, former National Organizing Director, United Auto Workers (UAW), Broken Arrow, OK {Local Leaders} Pat Harris, President, Postal Workers (APWU) Local 303, Birmingham, AL Tracy Landers, Secretary-Treasurer, Central Labor Council, Montgomery, AL Debra Peacock, Shop Steward, Government Workers (AFGE) Local 2126, Birmingham, AL Thurman Underwood, Recording Secretary, Mineworkers (UMWA) Local 5986, Birmingham, AL Pete Wethington, President, Central Labor Council, Montgomery, AL Robert White, President, A. Phillip Randolph Institute; Professor, Alabama State University, Montgomery, AL Ed Bach, President, Stanislaus & Tuolumne Counties Central Labor Council, Modesto, CA Wayne Burgess, Business Agent, Sailors Union (SUP), Wilmington-San Pedro, CA Willie McReynolds, Trustee, Machinists (IAM) Local 1111, Hawthorne, CA Paul Cavanagh, Business Agent, Electrical Workers (IBEW)Local 929, Grand Junction, CO John Steger, International Trustee, Teamsters (IBT); Vice President, IBT Local 639, Washington, DC Alcee Honore, former President, Longshore (ILA) Local 3000, New Orleans, LA Edward Roberts, former Director, Political Action Committee, United Teachers of New Orleans (UTNO); Executive Board, UTNO, LA Frank Imbragulio, President, IBT Local 557, Baltimore, MD Rose Jackson, Officer, Prince George's County Teachers Association, Largo, MD Levander Little, Jr., Executive Board, CBTU, Baltimore, MD Douglas F. Wagner, President, ILA Local 333, Baltimore, MD Tim Watson, United Container and Rail Haulers Association, Teamsters Port Division, Baltimore, MD Graham Clark, Recording Secretary, Plumbers and Pipefitters Local 4, Worcester, MA Willie Desnoyers, President, Massachusetts UAW CAP Council, Mattapoisette, MA Brian Carrier, CAP Chair, UAW Local 400, Detroit, MI Robert Cebina, Vice President, UAW Local 723, Monroe, MI Andrew Dobbins, Financial Secretary-Treasurer, UAW Local 849, Ypsilanti, MI Ricky Allen, PAC Chair, Bricklayers Local 3, Las Vegas, NV Ken Rice, President Emeritus, Upper Hudson Valley Central Labor Council, NY Kenny Smith, CAP Chair, UAW Local 12, Toledo, OH Robert Wells, Business Manager, LIUNA Local 1099; Vice President, Cleveland AFL-CIO, Cleveland, OH Rudy Feagin, Recording Secretary, Catawba County Central Labor Council, Columbia, SC Sequoia Jenkins, Chair, IAM Local 97, Norfolk, VA James Piercey, Trustee Board, Painters and Pipefitters, Norfolk Navy Shipyard, Norfolk, VA Stephen L. Whitehead, President, Portsmouth Central Labor Council, VA RELIGIOUS LEADERS M.R. Thomas J. Gumbleton, Roman Catholic Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit, MI M.R. Juergen Bless, German Evangelical Lutheran Bishop, CA Rev. J.E. Bridges, President, Eastside Ministers Union of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Rev. Antanas V. Bitinas, M.S., Th.D., Pontifical Lithuanian University of Rome (Italy), CT Rev. Richard T. McSorley, S.J., Director, Center for Peace Studies, Georgetown Univ., Washington, DC Minister Abdul Alim Muhammad, Minister of Health and Human Services and National Spokesman for the Nation of Islam, Washington, DC Rev. Carl Washington, President, Baltimore Baptist Ministers Conference, Baltimore, MD Rev. Franklin West, President, Harford/Cecil County Ministers Conference, Havre De Grace, MD Msgr. Robert P. Hupp, Director Emeritus, Boys Town; former mbassador-at-Large to the United Nations, Omaha, NE Syed Ahsani, Texas Chair, American Muslim Association; former Ambassador of Pakistan to Sudan, Arlington, TX Rev. Martha Knight, Director, Social Action Committee, State AME Conference, VA DEMOCRATIC PARTY LEADERS Helen Carter, Delegate to National Democratic Convention,State Democratic Executive Committee, Birmingham, AL Carrie Johnson, Democratic State Central Committee, Lisman,AL Manuel Porter, Chair, Alabama Democratic Conference (ADC),Limestone County, Athens, AL Willie Turner, Chair, ADC, St. Clair County, Ashville, AL Ocie Williams, Chair, ADC, Chilron County; Post Commander, American Legion #343, District Commander #23, AL Barbara Barber, Treasurer, State Democratic Party, ID Walter Dawson, At-Large Member, E. Baton Rouge Democratic Executive Committee, Baton Rouge, LA Fred Huenefeld, Democratic State Central Committee, Monroe, LA Helen Alexander, Democratic State Central Committee, Frederick, MD Skip Barbee, Democratic Candidate for City Council, Baltimore, MD Dorothy Foos, Chair, Baltimore County Democratic State Central Committee, Baltimore, MD Tim McGown, Democratic Candidate for Congress, 6th CD, Jefferson, MD Steve Womak, Chair, Williamson County Democratic Party, Austin, TX Major Gurkin, Democratic State Central Committee, Gloucester, VA Lorraine Safavinia, Hampton Democratic Committee, Hampton, VA

OTHER NOTABLE SIGNERS Haithan Aranki, President, Arab Community Center, Los Angeles, CA Mohammed Arif, President, United Nations of Islam, Los Angeles, CA Rudy Asis, former President, Filipino Community of Carson, CA Joe Bulos, Founder, Albassa Association, Fullerton, CA Thelma M. Dalman, former President and Board Member, Santa Cruz County Chapter, Retired Public Employees Association, Santa Cruz, CA Adam Dukay Dukovic, President, Albanian American Association, Huntington Beach, CA Alfredo M. Garcia, Lohart Neighborhood Improvement Association; Delegate-Affiliate, La Raza, Montebello, CA Yousef Haddad, former President, Arab American Press Guild, Los Angeles, CA Carrie Lorenzana, Executive Director, Filipino Network-USA, Pasadena, CA M.R. Patel, President, Asian Indian Seniors Association, Fullerton, CA Dr. Hans J. Petermann, Ph.D., Co-Director, Magnet Train, Inc., Palm Springs, CA Salah Qasqas, Vice President, Arab Community Club, El Monte, CA R.L. Rao, Secretary, Little India Chamber of Commerce, Artesia, CA Shafi Refai, President, United Muslims of America, Fremont, Samer Saba, Editor, {Al Akhbar,} Glendale, CA Joseph Walker, Chair, Carson BAPAC (Black Political Association of Calif.), Carson, CA Dr. W. George Krasnow, President, Russia & America Goodwill Association (RAGA), Washington, DC Dr. Lucinda Mays, Founder and President, Washington Saturday College, Washington DC Capt. James Whitley, Battalion Chief, Fire Department, Washington, DC Gen. Ray Davis, USMC (ret.), Medal of Honor, Korean War, Stockbridge, GA Archie Tiner, Professor, School of Architecture, Southern University, Baton Rouge, LA Michael T. Fagin, Ph.D., Vice President for Cultural Diversity, Minnesota State University, Mankato, MN Johnny Rodgers, 1972 Heisman Trophy Winner, Lincoln, NE Mike Mier, Santa Fe Community College, Santa Fe, NM Lourdes Civitillo, Co-Chair, Hispanic Community Affiliate-Delegate to La Raza, New York, NY M. Mike McNair, Publisher, {Buckeye Review,} Youngstown, OH Nathaniel Batchelder, justice & peace activist, Oklahoma City, OK Prof. Donald Gibson, Author, {Battling Wall Street: The Kennedy Presidency} and {The Kennedy Assassination Cover-Up}, Pittsburgh, PA Robert Pletka, Civil Engineer, Chamberlain, SD Samir Karam, Washington Bureau Chief, {Al-Kifah}, VA CANADA Benoit Laprise, Member, National Assembly of Quebec Chor-Bishop Elias El Hayek, Montreal Bishop Raynauld Rouleau, Roman Catholic Diocese of Churchill-Hudson Bay Gilles Grondin, President, Campaign Quebec-Vie, Montreal EUROPE ARMENIA Haik Babookhanian, Member of Parliament, Yerevan Hrant Khachatrian, Member of Parliament, Yerevan AUSTRIA Prof. Dr. Hans R. Klecatsky, former Minister of Justice of the Republic of Austria; University Professor, Innsbruck Prof. Dipl.-Ing. Jakob Christian Neyer, Deputy, State Parliament, Vorarlberg, Egg Dr. Marijan Brajinovic, Public Official, Vienna Prof. Dr. Lubor Karlik, Vienna Dr. Hans Koechler, President, International Progress Organization, Vienna BOSNIA-HERCEGOVINA Rusmir Mahmutcehajic, International Forum Bosnia, Sarajevo Prof. Dr.Sc. Fahrudin Sebic, Faculty of Economics, University of Sarajevo Prof. Dragoljub Stojanov, Faculty of Economics, University of Sarajevo CROATIA Antun Abramovic, Professor of History and Sociology; former Member of Parliament (1990-92) Nedjelka Batinovic, Centar za Strane Jezike (Language School), Zagreb Ing. Lovor Cik, Zagreb Dipl. Ing. Stephen Corkovic, Schiller Institute, Zagreb Prof. Dr. Antonije Djukic, University of Dubrovnik Ruzeca Gabriel, Zagreb Niko Gunjina, Hrvatska Udruga Sindikata (HUS--Croatian Federation of Trade Unions), Zagreb Prof. Dr. Branko Horvat, Institute for Advanced Studies, Zagreb Mag. Sc. Iva Kruslin, Zagreb Dipl. Oec. Ivan Maricic, Marketing Consultant, Zagreb Ante Matic, Free-lance Artist, Zagreb Zdenko Mlacak, Zagreb Faris Nanic, General Secretary, SDA Party, Zagreb Ilija Rkman, Board Member, Croatian Christian Democratic Union (HKDU), Zagreb Mato Simunovce, Zagreb Branko Stancic, President, Senate of HKDU (Croatian Christian Democratic Union), Rijeka Dr. Marko Veselica, President, HKDU, Zagreb CZECH REPUBLIC KSCM (Communist Party of Bohemia and Moravia) Parliamentary Group in National Chamber of Deputies Ing. Ludmila Brynychova, Member of Parliament, Prague Dr. Kvetoslava Celisova, Member of Parliament, Prague Dr. Vaclav Exner, Member of Parliament, Prague Dr. Vojtech Filip, Member of Parliament, Prague Mr. Vaclav Frank, Member of Parliament, Prague Ing. Jaroslav Gongol, Member of Parliament, Prague Dr. Miroslav Grebenicek, Member of Parliament, Prague Ing. Pavel Hojda, Member of Parliament, Prague Mr. Josef Houzak, Member of Parliament, Prague Dr. Tatana Jirousova, Member of Parliament, Prague Dr. Zdenek Klanica, Member of Parliament, Prague Ing. Jaromir Kohlicek, Member of Parliament, Prague Ing. Pavel Kovacik, Member of Parliament, Prague Ing. Josef Mandik, Member of Parliament, Prague Dr. Jiri Mastalka, Member of Parliament, Prague Dr. Dalibor Matulka, Member of Parliament, Prague Dr. Miroslav Ransdorf, Member of Parliament, Prague Ing. Svatomir Reeman, Member of Parliament, Prague Dr. Zuzka Rujbrova, Member of Parliament, Prague Dr. Jaroslav Strait, Member of Parliament, Prague Dr. Alena Svobodova, Member of Parliament, Prague Mrs. Miroslava Vlekova, Member of Parliament, Prague Ing. Karel Vymetal, Member of Parliament, Prague (The MP's listed above are the members of the KSCM group in the Chamber of Deputies) Josef Dolejsi, Ph.D., Kladno Stanislav Fischer, Ph.D., Member of Parliament Prof. Dr. Jiri Vackar, Czech Technical University; Czech Christian Academy, Prague Dr. Bedrich Vymetalik, Attorney-at-Law, Frydek-Mistek Marcel Winter, Director of WMC (Winter Management and Consulting), Prague DENMARK Prof. Dr. Charles Akinde, former State Legislator in Ondo State, Nigeria, Brondby Strand Joseph Bangurambona, former Burundi Ambassador in Kenya, Hedehuene Fritz Hermann, President, United Farm Organization (LFO), Karup Leon Ngarukiye, former Director of Cabinet, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Rwanda Laurent Niyongeko, former CEO for Development Bank of Burundi, Copenhagen Erling Svendsen, President, Danish Grain Producers Association, Hvelsoe

ENGLAND Dr. Mostafa Al Barzagan, {Al Arab International}, London Dr. B. Kobliha, London FRANCE Louis Dejean, Mayor, Corbreuse Etienne de Ravinel, Mayor, Nossoncourt GEORGIA Prof. Vakhtang Goguadze, former Speaker, Georgian Parliament; Member, International Coordinating Bureau, Peoples Patriotic Forces of CIS, Tbilisi Dr. Teimuraz Dokvadze, Expert in Computer Sciences Dr. Vladimir Kilasonya, Economist, Tbilisi GERMANY Robert Becker, Publisher, Eschau Prof. Peter Graebner, President, House of Environment, Construction and Traffic, Dresden Prof. Wilhelm Hankel, Economist; former State Secretary in the Finance Ministry Dr. Bruno Huegel, Academic Director, Eichstaett University Gisela Krieg, Chancellor, Technische Fachhochschule (THF), Berlin Helmut Knebel, Member of State Parliament of Lower Saxony, Salzgitter Father Robert Krieger, Catholic Priest, Karlsfeld Dr. Felix Muchamedjarow, Executive Committee Member, World Cultural Council of the Bashkirs Dr. Hermann Schneider, Professor of Physics, Heidelberg Prof. Dr. Ing. P. Guenther Werner, Technology Advisor, Kerpen HOLLAND Y. Zhang, Chinese Christian Democratic Union, Almelo HUNGARY Gyoergy Fekete, University Professor, Budapest George Lajtha, University Professor, Budapest Andor Mandoki, Chair, Expert Committee, Christian Democratic People's Party, Budapest Istvan Morvay, former State Secretary, Interior Ministry Prof. Imre Pozsgay, St. Laszlo Academy, Budapest ITALY Rosario Alessandrello, Industrial Manager, Milan Giuseppe Bidese, Industrialist; Board Member, Financial Committee, Association of Middle-Sized Industry of Vicenza Sergio Bindi, Journalist; Spokesman, Partito Democratico Cristiano, Rome Aldo Brandirali, City Council Member (Forza Italia), Milan Paolo Caoduro, former President, Immobiliare Fierae, Vicenza Dr. Quintino de Notariis, Nuclear Physicist; President, ASPE (Association of European Political Studies) of Alleanza Nazionale, Termoli Monica Galvanin, Entrepreneur, Vicenza Pietro Giubilo, former Mayor, Rome; National Council Member, CCD Party (Centro Cristiano Democratico), Rome Francesco Lisi, Journalist, Rome Sergio Sabelli, State's Attorney, Rome Alberto Servidio, former President, Cassa del Mezzogiorno, Rome Roberto Tengg, Industrialist; Vice President, Italian ederation of Wood Traders, Cremona LUXEMBURG Bernard Zamaron, Centre Robert Schumann pour l'Europe (Robert Schuman Center for Europe) NORWAY Erik Strand Venstre, Liberal Party activist, Tjoeme POLAND Sen. Jozef Fraczek, Chair, Senate Committee on Agriculture Janina Kraus, Member of Parliament (Sejm) (KPN-OP) (Confederation for the Independent Poland-Patriotic Camp), Warsaw Prof. Aleksander Legatowicz, Economics Professor and former Member of Parliament Jerzy Oledzki, former Vice Minister of Education (1992-93) Prof. Aleksander Krzyminski, former Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs (after 1990) Prof. Pawel Bozyk, SGH (Warsaw School of Economics), Warsaw Bishop Antoni Dydycz, Drohiczyn Dr. Marek Gruchelski, Economist, Advisor of the Trade Union Solidarity for individual farmers, Warsaw Zbigniew Wesolowski, Candidate, Presidential Campaign 2000, Szczecin RUSSIA Konstantin Cheremnykh, Journalist, St. Petersburg A.A. Chudin, Scientist, Institute of Management, Moscow C.V. Gulyajev, Scientist, Institute of Management, Moscow A.G. Makarov, Scientist, Institute of General Physics, Moscow Prof. Stanislav Menschikov, Central Mathematical Economics Institute (CEMI), Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow Prof. Grigorii G. Pirogov, Senior Scientist, Institute for Comparative Political Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow A.A. Samochin, Scientist, Institute of General Physics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow Prof. A. Shelepin, Institute of Physics (FIAN), Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow Prof. Nodar A. Simoniya, Deputy Director, Institute for World Economy and International Relations (IMEMO), Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow SCOTLAND Alan Clayton, Convener, Council Liaison Committee, Scottish National Party Argyll and Bute Prof. John Erickson, Professor of Defense Studies, Edinburgh University Peter Kearney, Scottish National Party, Glasgow David Stevenson, M.D., University Teacher, Edinburgh SLOVAKIA Prof. Dr. Michal Drobny, Member of Parliament, Bratislava Laszlo Hoka, Member of Parliament, Bratislava Prof. Dr. Augustin Marian Huska, Member of National Parliament, Bratislava SPAIN Kuan Chu, Chair, Chinese Christian Democratic Union, Madrid Gen. (ret.) Emilio Garcia Conde Cenal, former Chief of the Spanish Air Force, Four-Star General, Madrid SWEDEN Kjell Sivander, Entrepreneur, Saevedalen SWITZERLAND Elvezio Del Pietro, Member, Parish Council of Torricella-Taverna, Ticino UKRAINE Ljudmyla Bzuglaja, Member of Parliament Natalia Lymar, Member of Parliament, Kiev Volodymyr Marchenko, Member of Parliament, Kiev Petro Romanchuk, Member of Parliament, Kiev Mykhailo Sadovchuk, Member of Parliament, Kiev Natalia Vitrenko, former Presidential candidate; Member of Parliament, Kiev Prof. Dr. Viktor Fedosov, Chief, Department of Finance, Kiev Economic University Dr. Lydia Girdiyenko, Chemist, Kiev Prof. Trofym T. Kovalchuk, Taras Shevchenko National University, Kiev Svitlana Kurkartseva, General Director, Joint Ukrainian-Russian Ventures ``Stankomplekt,'' Kiev Prof. Dr. Viktor S. Naidyonov, Scientific Consultant, Dikom Investment Company, Kiev Mykola D. Rudenko, Writer, dissident, and human rights activist; political prisoner in the former USSR; author, "The Energy of Progress: Essays on Physical Economy"; Honorary Chair, Sergei Podolinsky Science and Technology Center, Kiev Prof. Dr. Petro O. Stepanenko, Doctor of Economic Sciences, Kiev Economic University Dr. Volodymyr Shevchuk, Economist, Trade Economic University, Kiev Prof. Dr. Vasyl Stolyarov, Institute of Finances, Kiev Dr. Borys Svetlov, Dean, Faculty of Studies, Kiev Prof. Dr. Mykola M. Yermashenko, Section Chief for Finance and Credit, Staff of the Ukrainian National Security and Defense Council, Kiev IBERO-AMERICA ELECTED/GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS Jose Lopez Portillo, former President of Mexico Jorge Carrillo, former Minister of Labor, Colombia Dr. Anuart Jarma, former Deputy Secretary for Budget and Treasury, Argentina Hector Claudio Salvi, former Governor, Province of Santa Fe, Argentina Sen. Amylkar David Acosta, Member of Congress, Colombia Rep. Dr. Humberto Carrillo Torres, Member of Congress, Colombia Rep. Roger Caceres Velasquez, Member of Congress, Peru German Winox Berraondo, former Trustee, National Development Bank, Argentina Aldo Bugarin, former State Legislator, Jalisco, Mexico Prof. Alfredo Gomez Gomez, former member of the Chamber of Deputies, Congress of Mexico, Jalisco, Mexico Dr. Francisco Huanasto, former Mayor, Uruapan, Michoacan, Mexico Ernesto Negrete Paez, former State Legislator, Jalisco, Mexico OTHER NOTABLE SIGNERS David Comissiong, The Clement Payne Movement of Barbados Hon. Mauricio Ungar, former advisor to the President, San Jose, Costa Rica Dr. Alberto Abello, General Editor, {Nuevo Siglo}, Colombia Guillermo Silva, Economic Consultant, Colombia Dr. Ramon Emilio Concepcion, Lawyer, Dominican Republic Leopoldo Felipe Rodriguez Gutierrez, Secretary General, Local 16, National Union of Education Workers (SNTE), Mexico Prof. Benito Chavez Montenegro, Housing Secretary, Local 16, National Union of Education Workers (SNTE), Mexico Lorenzo Cortez Beltran, Idelfonso Saines Iniguez, and 22 other retired members of Section 35, Railroad Workers Union of the Mexican Republic, Mexicali, Baja California, Mexico Fernando Espinoza de los Monteros, President, Mexican Branch, International Criminal Law Association Alfonso Lujan, Treasurer, El Barzon Party of the Mexican People, Jalisco Diego Horacio Renteria, Reporter, {El Latino}, Tijuana, Mexico Manuel Villagomez Rodriguez, President, National Federation of Microindustry, Mexico Father Luis Francisco Aguilar, Pastor, La Venta del Astillero Parish, Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico Pascual Chavez Ackerman, Dean, Graduate School of Accounting Sciences, University of San Marcos, Lima, Peru Pascual Chavez Sanchez, electronic engineer, Lima, Peru AFRICA Sam Aluko, Professor of Economics; former Chair, National Economics Intelligence Committee of Nigeria (1994-1999) Lawrence Fejokwu, Editor-in-Chief, {Nusa International}, Lagos, Nigeria Jean Gahururu, Economist, on behalf of the RDR (Rally for the Return of Refugees and Democracy in Rwanda) MIDDLE EAST and ASIA Mark Faber, Investment Advisor, Hong Kong, SAR, PRC K.R. Ganesh, former Indian Union Minister of Finance, New Delhi, India Meilono Soewondu, Member of Parliament, Republic of Indonesia Dr. Masaki Shiratori, former Japanese Executive Director for the World Bank, Tokyo, Japan Laith Shubeilat, former Member of Parliament, Jordan Professor Khurshid Ahmad, Chair, Institute of Policy Studies; former Federal Minister; Deputy Chair, Planning Commission, Government of Pakistan; Chair, Senate Standing Committee on Finance and Economy, Islamabad, Pakistan Dr. Ahmed Al-Kedidi, Professor, University of Qatar Dr. Mete Gundogan, Turkish Virtue Party, Economic Advisor to former Prime Minister Necmettin Erbakan, Turkey AUSTRALIA ELECTED OFFICIALS The Hon. Jim Cairns, former Deputy Prime Minister (1974-75); former Treasurer (1974-75); former Minister for Overseas Trade (1972-74) The Hon. Clyde Cameron, former Federal Minister for Labour (1972-74) The Hon. R.C. Katter, Federal Member of Parliament for the Electorate of Kennedy Tom Helm, Member, Legislative Council (Western Australia State Parliament), Mining & Pastoral Region Robert Mitchell, Shadow Minister for Mines and Energy; Member of Queensland State Parliament for the Electorate of Charters Towers Peter Webb, Member of State Parliament, Monaro, New South Wales TRADE UNION LEADERS Adrian Bennett, Secretary, Municipal Employees Union (MEU), Western Australia (W.A.); Chair, Curtin Labor Alliance, W.A.; Federal Member of Parliament for Swan, 1969-75 June Kirwan-Bennett, President, MEU, W.A.; Treasurer, Curtin Labor Alliance, W.A. Les Crofton, Secretary, Rail, Tram and Bus Union (RTBU), Queensland L. Digregori, Secretary, RTBU Tram Division, Victoria G. Fuller, Station Representative, United Firefighters Union of Australia, Adelaide W.J. Game, State Secretary, Engineering & Electrical Division, Communications, Electrical & Plumbing Union (CEPU), W.A. Ken Griggs, Branch Secretary, United Firefighters Union of Australia (Australian Government Branch) Bob Haines, Executive Committee Member, United Firefighters Union of Australia, Adelaide Bernard Harrison, former State Secretary, Municipal Officers Association, W.A. Garry A. Hodgen, Union Councillor, Community and Public Sector Union/Civil Service Association, Perth Megan Kirwan, Trade Union Representative, MEU, W.A. James O'Donnell, former Secretary, Federated Clerks Union, North Queensland Anthony Papaconstuntinos, former Deputy National Secretary, Maritime Union of Australia Allen Prow, Trade Union Shop Steward, MEU, W.A. Kevin Reynolds, Secretary, Construction Division, Construction, Forestry, Mining and Energy Union (CFMEU), W.A. Lloyd Roots, Shop Steward, Australian Metal Workers Union (AMWU), CFMEU, Weipa, Queensland Paul Sorensen, Secretary, Australian Federated Union of Locomotive Engine Drivers, Queensland Gary Wood, Secretary, Mining & Energy Division, CFMEU, W.A. OTHER NOTABLE SIGNERS Dr. Ameer Ali, President, Islamic Council of Western Australia Prof. Lance Endersbee, Emeritus Professor; Officer of the Order of Australia Andrew Fox, Secretary, Curtin Labor Alliance, W.A. Dr. Margaret Howe, Board Member, Wheatbelt Development Committee, Northam, W.A. Craig Isherwood, National Secretary, Citizens Electoral Council (CEC) Gary Martin, State Secretary, Young National Party, New South Wales Amjed Mehboob, Chief Executive, Australian Federation of Islamic Councils, Sydney