Mexico's Maize Diversity in Danger

Mexico City, September 29, 2009.

Sign a statement of the Unión de Científicos Comprometidos con la Sociedad (UCCS) to the President of Mexico, Mr. Felipe de Jesús Calderón Hinojosa to prevent irreversible damage to one of the World's most precious resources:

Mexico's maize diversity.

Statement
This year you stand in a historical position to prevent irreversible damage to one of the World's most precious resources: Mexico's maize diversity. We observe that your Administration may be rushing to introduce genetically modified (GM) maize into the Mexican environment and we are convinced, from our understanding of the scientific evidence, that this move represents a disproportionate risk which should be avoided for the benefit of Mexico and the World. Joined together in our well-informed concern, we urge you to move aggressively to ensure that no GM maize is planted in Mexico, the Center of Origin and Diversification of this most important crop.

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Soldiers in the Laboratory

Chris Langley, a former neuroscientist and Research Officer of Scientists for Global Responsibility ([EXT http://www.sgr.org.uk]www.sgr.org.uk[/EXT]) talks about the funding of universty research by government ministries of defence and military companies.

Soldiers in the Laboratory
Lab Times, Apr 2009
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Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Rememberance Events in India

The Indian Institute for Peace, Disarmament & Environmental Protection (IIPDEP) in collaboration with INES and International Physicians for Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW) is organizing events on the occasion of remembering Hiroshima - Nagasaki Bombing Days, from 6th August to 9th August 2008 at Nagpur, India.

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Electronic petition against US military base in the Czech Republic

Dear friends,
I would like to invite you as well as all members of INES EC, INES Council, member organisations, individual INES members and their friends to support our civic initiative and sign the electronic petition adressed to US and Czech Governments against the US military base on the Czech territory.

The petition with explanatory text is available in 9 languages: www.nechciradar.cz

Looking forward to seeing you at the earliest opportunity again.

With my best regards
Jiri Matousek

An international appeal for action against global warming

Concerned Citizens against Climate Change (www.stopwarming.eu/?home) is circulating an appeal:

Global warming threatens the future of the earth. Act now, before it is too late, which we invite you to sign. We believe that the immediacy of this threat has been grossly underestimated in the international negotiations devoted to it until now. Our appeal is to be sent to the highest political authorities in Asia, the United States, the European Union and the United Nations, because we believe the key to halting the menace to the human future of excessive warming lies in swift and effective political action.

Sign up here

The following appeal was forwarded to us by INES member Prof. David Barkin from Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana-Xochimilco (UAM), Mexico.