From: MeKeady2-AT-aol.com
Date: Wed, 8 May 2002 10:44:20 EDT
Subject: Re: text of petition


To:  Koffi Annan, Secretary General of the UN, and ambassadors of the five 
permanent member countries of the Security Council 
Mr Secretary General and Excellencies: 

Whereas Article 6 of the United Nations Charter states that "A Member of the 
United Nations which has persistently violated the Principles contained in 
the present Charter may be expelled from the Organization by the General 
Assembly upon the recommendation of the Security Council;" 

Whereas the State of Israel has consistently and blatantly committed severe 
violations of international law, human rights law and humanitarian law in its 
treatment of Palestinian and South Lebanese people, including but not limited 
to the demolitions of homes, the mass targeting of civilians, the forcible 
conscription of civilians in armed operations, the expulsion of civilians 
from their homes, the extra-judicial killing of people, the holding of 
detainees without charges or a trial for extended periods of time; the 
holding of prisoners as hostages and the systematic torture of detainees; 

Whereas the State of Israel has consistently disregarded the numerous 
resolutions passed by the various bodies of the United Nations since 1967 
including but not limited to Resolutions 242 and 1402 of the Security Council 
as well as numerous resolutions of the Human Rights Committee calling for the 
respect of the basic rights of the Palestinian and South Lebanese people, 
thereby showing its contempt for the international community; 

Whereas the State of Israel is now refusing to allow the UN to carry on an 
investigation into allegations of a massacre in Jenin; 

Whereas a precedent was set in 1974 when the Credentials Committee of the 
29th Session of the General Assembly voted to accept the credentials of all 
delegates "with the exception of the representative of the Republic of South 
Africa," to protest against the policy of apartheid implemented in that 
country. When called on to rule regarding the status of the South African 
delegation, the President of the General Assembly of the day ruled that the 
consistent rejection of the credentials of South African delegates was 
"tantamount to saying in explicit terms that the General Assembly refuses to 
allow the delegation of South Africa to participate in its work." This ruling 
was upheld by a vote of 91 to 22, with 19 abstentions; 

We, citizens of the world concerned with the respect of international law, 
human rights law, humanitarian law and the decisions and resolutions of the 
bodies of the United Nations, call on the members of the United Nations 
Security Council to recommend to the General Assembly the expulsion of the 
State of Israel from the United Nations until such a time as the State of 
Israel has implemented the said resolutions and meets its obligations under 
international law as a full-fledged member of the international community. 
Sincerely, 
The Undersigned 


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