International Peace Conference

Saturday, 10 December 2005

Royal Horticultural Hall, Central London

With delegates from Iraq, USA & UK


The grave threat to international peace posed by the invasion and continued occupation of Iraq is now clear for all to see. The people of Iraq and the citizens of Britain and America have time and again insisted that they are opposed to war and occupation. We believe it is now time for representatives of those people to meet together face to face, to renew our bonds of solidarity and to express our joint opposition to war.

To that end a broad and representative conference attended by a delegation of Iraqis drawn from all those sections of society rejecting the US and British occupation will meet in London on 10th December 2005.

We call on all peace campaigners, trade unionists, the congregations of all faiths, non-governmental organisations, progressive campaigns, community organisations and political parties to send delegates to this conference.

We the undersigned call on the real representatives of the people of Britain, the United States and Iraq to join us in London and to issue a call for peace that will echo around the world.

Tony Benn | Jeremy Corbyn MP | Alan Simpson MP | Caroline Lucas MEP | Adam Price MP | John Pilger | Tommy Sheridan, MSP | Colin Fox MSP | Billy Hayes, General Secretary CWU | Hans von Sponeck, former UN Humanitarian Co-ordinator in Iraq | Denis Halliday, former UN Humanitarian Co-ordinator in Iraq | George Galloway MP | Lindsey German, Convenor, Stop the War Coalition | Kate Hudson, Chair, CND | Tariq Ali | Andrew Murray, Chair, Stop the War Coalition | John Rees, Vice President Europe, The Cairo Conference | Sami Ramadani, Iraqi Democrats Against the Occupation | Mark Curtis | Tony Woodley, General Secretary T&GWU | Sabah Jawad, Iraqi Democrats Against the Occupation | Harold Pinter | George Monbiot | Jeremy Dear, General Secretary NUJ | Camden NATFHE