----- Original Message ----- From: "Doug Henwood" <dhenwood at panix.com>
> [dunno if this is at all authentic or worthwhile, but things are desperate]
>
> A good friend writes with an encouraging suggestion:
>
>
> I just spoke to the French Mission to the UN, urging them as a U.S.
> citizen to vote against any resolution authorizing war against Iraq--rather
> than abstaining, which apparently is what the Bush administration is
> expecting them to do. The person who answered the phone asked if I would
> put that in writing--and offered to give me the mission's email address. I
> found this encouraging--suggesting that at least some people in the mission
> are arguing for casting a veto, and would like to
> have evidence of grassroots U.S. support for such a move. If you would
> like to provide such evidence, send a quick note to france-presse at un.int .
> You don't have to explain at length why they should veto--they would
> like to veto. Just tell them that you think they ought to veto too.
>
> Here's the address for China: <mailto:chnun at undp.org>
> Here's the address for Russia: <mailto: rf.mission at atnet.at>
> And, again, the address for France: <mailto:france-presse at un.int>
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Here are the French and Russian phone numbers:
Permanent Mission of the Russian Federation to the United Nations
Postal Address: 136 East 67 Street, New York, N.Y. 10021 Phone: (212) 861-4900; 861-4901; 861-4902 Fax: (212) 628-0252
Représentation de la France au Conseil de Sécurité Delegation of France to the Security Council
Telephone : (212) 308-5700