KEEP SPACE FOR PEACE WEEK
October 1 to 8, 2006
From the Contents below access the reports that were collected and submitted to the United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA), the United Nations Committee on Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UNCOPUOS), and the World Space Week Association (formerly SIA)
(for more information go to http://disarm.wilpf.org/septoct06/KSFPso.htm)
CONTENTS
1. Introduction
2. Global Network report on Keep Space For Peace Week events to World Space Week Association
3. Poster and invitation to join in the week’ events
4. WILPF report to World Space Week Association
5. Background information on relationship between Keep Space for Peace Week and United Nations World Space Week. Also a flyer inviting participation in Keep Space for Peace week and explaining our intent to report our events to the UN agencies, aerospace corporations, and the NGO sponsoring World Space Week.
6. October 1: Militarization of Space Workshop at Stop the Merchants of Death organizing conference
7. October 1: Vigil at Space Command base by Citizens for Peace in Space.
8. Large leaflet on Space Command bases in Colorado, Space command bases worldwide, and a chart on the aerospace battlefield as envisioned by the USA military (Available only in hard copy versions).
9. October 1 to 14: Excerpts from the report of the Global Network Coordinator on his journey through India, participating in many Keep Space for Peace Week events.
10. Report of J. Narayana Rao on Indian events during Keep Space for Peace Week
11. October 2: Protest at Alliant Tech and report on the Stop the Merchants of Death Conference
12. October 2: An evening with Holly Gwinn Graham in Beaverton Oregon
13. October 2-10: Report on seven events sponsored by Portland Branch WILPF
14. October 3: Report decrying Australia’s participation in the U.S. space domination programs.
15. October 4: Yorkshire CND protest at Fylingdales Royal Air force Base in Britain
16. October 5: Forum, video and leafleting by Boston WILPF and AFSC. Download the one page Boston fact sheet which you may adapt for your own use in 2007, revising it to speak to the problems of space militarization in your own Section.
17. October 7: Protest at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, USA
18. October 8: CAAB, CND, Space for Peace and others protest at Menwith Hill
19. October 9-10: Norwegian WILPF report on delivery of letter to U.S. Embassy and Press Release urging Norwegian government non- cooperation with U.S. space militarization.
20. U.S. WILPF national postcard campaign supporting legislation to ban space weapons
21. International WILPF Resolution on Preventing an Arms Race in Outer Space (PAROS)
22. Print out of international WILPF Reaching Critical Will web page on PAROS
23. More complete list of 2006 Keep Space for Peace Week events
24. Annex: Vision 2020 from the United States Space Command, 1997: A popularized early promotion of U.S. plans for space militarization and “dominating the space dimension of military operations to protect US interest and investment.”