PASS THE WORD....THESE BROTHERS AND SISTERS NEED OUR SUPPORT. THIS CONFLICT MUST END. WE CAN NO LONGER AFFORD TO KILL EACH OTHER AS A MEANS TO SETTLE CONFLICTS. THERE HAS TO BE A BETTER WAY. IT IS IMPERATIVE THAT WE ASSIST IN DEVELOPING NEW MEANS FOR MEDIATING CONFLICT. OUR FUTURE AS A PROPSEROUS PEOPLE IS AT STAKE! Jamila ________________________________________________________________________ --- "Zerzghi, Amanuel (Amanuel)" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > From: "Zerzghi, Amanuel (Amanuel)" <[log in to unmask]> > To: "'Jamila Allston'" <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Demonstration June 16. Protest against the silence of the > intern > ational community > Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 13:47:57 -0400 > > Please, help us distribute the following call for a peace > > A senseless war has been going on between Eritrea and Ethiopia for > over two > years. The Ethiopian government has consistently lied to the world > and > dragged its feet from accepting any form of peaceful settlement for a > supposedly minor border dispute. > > Yes, we are not KOSOVO; yes we are not Kuwait; but don't we deserve > to live > in peace? This war has drove 1.5 million Eritreans out of their > homes, this > war has consumed the lives of hundreds of thousands of youth. What > is the > world waiting for? Another Rwanda? > > To express our outrage and protest against the silence and inaction > of the > International Community we will hold a demonstration in New York > City. > Please, come and join us, > > Where: Opposite the United Nations Building (47 th Street and 1 st. > Avenue) > Date: June 16 th, 2000 > Time: 10:00 a.m. > > > For more information contact: > ECC-NY (212) 663-0118 > Berhe Kifle (917) 361-0525 > Amanuel (908) 625-9348 Email- [log in to unmask] > Kelit Alazar (212) 460-4370 > > You can also contact your Eritrean Community Centers and members of > Eritrean > American Action Network for Peace in your respective cities. > > Amanuel Zerzghi > For the Organizing Committee > PS: Press Release will be issued later tonight. > > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Photos -- now, 100 FREE prints! http://photos.yahoo.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------------