France's UN office inundated with fan mail
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If you haven't already sent France and Germany a THANK YOU (merci, danke), please do so now...it makes a difference! While you’re at it please contact all the Security Council members telling them that you are AGAINST Bush’s war. Be sure to encourage France, Russia and Germany to use their UN Veto against any resolution calling for war.
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E-Mail Floods France's UN Office After Iraq Plea
Tue Feb 18, 4:38 PM
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - France's U.N. Mission was flooded with electronic
fan mail after Foreign Minister Dominique de Villepin urged the Security Council
to "give peace a chance" in Iraq, French officials said Tuesday.
Some 5,000 e-mails -- overwhelmingly favorable and the vast majority from
Americans -- were logged Friday, the day de Villepin delivered a speech
stressing that use of force was not justified at this time against Baghdad, the
officials said.
Another 12,000 messages were received over the weekend, the officials said.
While President Bush has warned that time was running out for Baghdad to
dispose of any weapons of mass destruction, de Villepin drew a rare burst of
applause from the Security Council gallery when he said U.N. inspections were
showing results and force was not yet justified.
"What is at stake here is war and peace and our common responsibility," de
Villepin said. "We are willing to try to give peace a chance."
The responses included:
-- "I have watched France's foreign minister's speech yesterday at the U.N.
Security Council and was very proud of France's position which was based on
principles," wrote a man from Irvine, California.
-- "Merci merci merci. Thank you thank you. Remain firm. Continue to oppose
the Bush administration. PLEASE!" a Los Angeles woman wrote. The letters
were shown to Reuters on condition their authors would not be identified.
-- "THANK YOU for your courage and conscience in opposing the war criminals
of Washington. Your hard work will make all of us safer in the long run. Hold fast
just a little longer," wrote a man from Elora, Tennessee.
-- "Please stand strong and do not allow the United Nations to be used as a
puppet for my so-called government," wrote a Chicago, Illinois, man.
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