A Global Appeal for 'No more violence!'

Deeply saddened by the suffering and deaths of thousands in New York, Washington and Pennsylvania, we, people of many different backgrounds from around the world, join with millions of others to denounce these latest acts of terror against innocent civilians. We believe that military retaliation in response to this mass murder will only accelerate the cycle of fear, anger and violence.

We urge our political and religious leaders to heed our appeal for nonviolence. We will not be swayed by calls to support further violence. We will respond to cries for revenge with caring, calm and reason. Violent retaliation and war will only lead to greater losses of life. This, in turn, will only serve to breed more anger, hatred and terror.

Instead, we support the rule of international law. The perpetrators of these crimes, and all other crimes against humanity, crimes against peace and war crimes, should be brought to justice. No individual, group or government should have immunity from international law.

As we mourn for those whose lives were lost on September 11, 2001, we also mourn for all those around the world dying from the violence inflicted by terrorism, war or the lack of food, medicine, water and housing.

Pledge of Nonviolence

Standing firmly together, we will embrace nonviolence to stop the cycle of violence from spiraling even further out of control. We join in solidarity with others around the world to build our common security through disarmament, dialogue and social justice -- not through violent attacks and military might.

We pledge ourselves to support nonviolence as the way towards a peace with justice.

This is a per country summary of the number of verified signatures to this appeal.

Country Code	Country Name	Number of Signatures	Cumulative Total
AFG	Afghanistan	7	7
DZA	Algeria	6	13
ASM	American Samoa	1	14
AGO	Angola	3	17
ARG	Argentina	18	35
ABW	Aruba	1	36
AUS	Australia	1039	1075
AUT	Austria	64	1139
BHS	Bahamas	3	1142
BGD	Bangladesh	2	1144
BRB	Barbados	1	1145
BEL	Belgium	94	1239
BEN	Benin	1	1240
BMU	Bermuda	4	1244
BOL	Bolivia	5	1249
BIH	Bosnia and Herzegovina	7	1256
BWA	Botswana	1	1257
BRA	Brazil	53	1310
VGB	British Virgin Islands	2	1312
BGR	Bulgaria	6	1318
KHM	Cambodia	3	1321
CAN	Canada	6013	7334
CPV	Cape Verde	2	7336
CHL	Chile	4	7340
CHN	China	20	7360
COL	Colombia	28	7388
CRI	Costa Rica	13	7401
CIV	Cote d'Ivoire	1	7402
HRV	Croatia	25	7427
CUB	Cuba	3	7430
CYP	Cyprus	4	7434
CZE	Czech Republic	266	7700
DNK	Denmark	31	7731
TMP	East Timor	1	7732
ECU	Ecuador	2	7734
EGY	Egypt	7	7741
EST	Estonia	4	7745
FJI	Fiji	2	7747
FIN	Finland	112	7859
FRA	France	193	8052
GEO	Georgia	1	8053
DEU	Germany	283	8336
GHA	Ghana	3	8339
GIB	Gibraltar	1	8340
GRC	Greece	30	8370
GLP	Guadeloupe	3	8373
GUM	Guam	1	8374
GUY	Guyana	1	8375
HTI	Haiti	7	8382
HKG	Hong Kong Special Administrative	52	8434
HUN	Hungary	34	8468
ISL	Iceland	11	8479
IND	India	108	8587
IDN	Indonesia	7	8594
IRN	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	1	8595
IRQ	Iraq	1	8596
IRL	Ireland	20	8616
ISR	Israel	30	8646
ITA	Italy	144	8790
JAM	Jamaica	2	8792
JPN	Japan	722	9514
JOR	Jordan	1	9515
KWT	Kuwait	2	9517
LAO	Lao People's Democratic Republic	1	9518
LVA	Latvia	5	9523
LBN	Lebanon	2	9525
LTU	Lithuania	12	9537
LUX	Luxembourg	4	9541
MWI	Malawi	1	9542
MYS	Malaysia	12	9554
MLT	Malta	2	9556
MTQ	Martinique	1	9557
MUS	Mauritius	1	9558
MEX	Mexico	70	9628
MAR	Morocco	3	9631
NPL	Nepal	6	9637
NLD	Netherlands	114	9751
ANT	Netherlands Antilles	1	9752
NCL	New Caledonia	1	9753
NZL	New Zealand	82	9835
NGA	Nigeria	4	9839
NOR	Norway	29	9868
PSE	Occupied Palestinian Territory	2	9870
PAK	Pakistan	29	9899
PAN	Panama	1	9900
PER	Peru	8	9908
PHL	Philippines	10	9918
POL	Poland	106	10024
PRT	Portugal	17	10041
PRI	Puerto Rico	4	10045
KOR	Republic of Korea	9	10054
ROM	Romania	10	10064
RUS	Russian Federation	7	10071
RWA	Rwanda	1	10072
SAU	Saudi Arabia	2	10074
SGP	Singapore	17	10091
SVK	Slovakia	60	10151
SVN	Slovenia	12	10163
ZAF	South Africa	117	10280
ESP	Spain	58	10338
LKA	Sri Lanka	3	10341
SWE	Sweden	137	10478
CHE	Switzerland	110	10588
TWN	Taiwan Province of China	12	10600
THA	Thailand	21	10621
MKD	The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia	2	10623
TGO	Togo	1	10624
TUN	Tunisia	1	10625
TUR	Turkey	32	10657
UGA	Uganda	2	10659
UKR	Ukraine	2	10661
ARE	United Arab Emirates	2	10663
GBR	United Kingdom	983	11646
TZA	United Republic of Tanzania	2	11648
USA	United States	3664	15312
VIR	United States Virgin Islands	2	15314
URY	Uruguay	13	15327
VEN	Venezuela	8	15335
VNM	Viet Nam	7	15342
ESH	Western Sahara	1	15343
YUG	Yugoslavia	11	15354
ZWE	Zimbabwe	1	15355

Help Support This Appeal

• Please encourage others to sign by including the URL in your email signature. This appeal needs to be forwarded to as many political and military leaders, media outlets, community leaders, activists, organizations, and appropriate listserves as possible. Thanks.
• We have created a simple poster for this appeal. It's in a PDF format that you can download and print out. Please print this poster and display it in the window of your home, car, on posts, in offices, stores, churches or anywhere else. Thanks.
• Please seek endorsements from organizations for this plea. Organizations endorsing this appeal should send an email confirming their support to the Coalition to Oppose the Arms Trade.
• If you have a web site, download the banner at the bottom of the page and include it in a link to this site. Text links to http://www.flora.org/coat/appeal/ are also appreciated! We also like hearing about links to this site, so please send us your link if you have set one up to us. ad207@ncf.ca
• We are also seeking assistance to translate this appeal into as many other languages as possible.
• Please join with others in organizing events to call for an end to cycle of violence. Withdrawing cooperation, consent and/or participation in war sends a powerful message. If possible, join with or support organizations that use disciplined, nonviolent actions (in the tradition of Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr.) to resist war and violence.

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