In Europe NATO is worsening tensions, feeding the arms race with so-called "missile defence", a massive nuclear arsenal and a nuclear first strike policy. EU policy is increasingly tied to NATO. NATO's ongoing and potential expansion into eastern Europe and beyond, and its "out of area" operations are making the world a more dangerous place. The conflict in the Caucasus is a clear indication of the dangers. Each advance of the NATO border increases the possibility of war, including the use of nuclear weapons.

To achieve our vision of a peaceful world, we reject military responses to global and regional crises - these are part of the problem not part of the solution. We refuse to live under the terror of nuclear weapons, and reject a new arms race. We must decrease military expenditure - directing resources instead to meeting human needs. We must close down all foreign military bases. We oppose all military structures used for military intervention. We must democratise and demilitarise the relations between peoples and establish new forms of peaceful cooperation to build a more secure and just world.

We call on you to spread this message in your communities and movements, to come to Strasbourg and Kehl and to make this vision a reality. We believe that a world of peace is possible.

No to war
No to NATO.

The activities during the anti-NATO protest will include a demonstration on Saturday 4th April, an international conference from Thursday 2nd April to Sunday 5th April, direct action and civil disobedience, and an international resistance camp from Wednesday 1st April to Sunday 5th April.

Signed:

International: Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space /// International Association of Lawyers Against Nuclear Arms, Europe (IALANA) /// International Network of Engineers and Scientists for Global Responsibility (INES) /// International Peace Bureau (IPB) /// No Bases Network /// Women's International League for Peace and Justice (WILPF) /// Anti-imerpialistische Koalition /// Circulo Latinoamericano de Estudios Internacionales (CLAEI)

Afghanistan: Afghanistan Socialist Organisation /// Left Radical of Afghanistan

Belgium: attac Vlaanderen /// Bombspotting /// CADTM Belgium (Committee for the Abolition of the Third World Debt) /// Christenen voor het Socialisme ///Coordination Nationale d'Action pour la Paixet la D? ©moratie (CNAPD) /// Comit? © de Surveillance OTAN/// Intal /// Links Ecologisch Forum /// Une autre Gauche /// Forum voor Vredesactie /// monde sans guerres et sans violence /// Socialistische Arbeiderspartij (SAP) /// vrede

Denmark: Aldrig Mere Krig (AMK) /// Enhedslisten de Rod Gronne / Red-Green Alliance /// Faellesskabet for Menneskets Udvikling /// Nej til Krig / No to War

Germany: Aachener Friedenspreis ///Antimilitaristische Gruppe M? ?nster /// Aktionsb? ?ndnis gegen die NATO und Sicherheitskonferenz /// Attac Deutschland /// Bund f? ?r Soziale Verteidigung (BSV) /// Bundesausschuss Friedensratschlag Bundeswehr wegtreten /// Deutsche Friedensgesellschaft, Vereinigte Kriegsdienstverweigerinnen /// Deutscher Friedensrat /// Die Linke -Bundespartei /// Die Linke LV Bayern /// Die Linke LV BaW? ? /// Dortmunder Friedensforum /// Europ? ßisches Friedensforrum (EFF) / European Peace Forum /// Friedensnetz Baden-W? ?rttemberg /// Friedensplenum/Antikriegsb? ?ndnis T? ?bingen /// Gr? ?nde Jugend Bundesverband /// Hamburger Forum /// Heidelberg Forum gegen Militarismus und Krieg /// Informationsstelle Friedensarbeit /// Informationsstelle Militarisierung (IMI) /// Internationale ??ërzte f? ?r die Verh? ?tung des Atomkrieges, ??ërzte in sozialer Verantwortung (IPPNW) /// International Association of Lawyers Against Nuclear Arms (IALANA), German section /// Internationale Frauenliga f? ?r Frieden und Freiheit (IFFF) /// Internationaler Vers??hnungsbund (VB) /// Internationale Sozialistische Linke /// Interventionstische Linke /// Karlsruher Friedensb? ?ndnis /// Kooperation f? ?r den Frieden /// Kulturvereinigung Leverkusen ///Kultur des Friedens /// Linksjugend [solid] /// MC Brigadistas /// M??nchengladbacher Friedensforum /// M? ?nchner B? ?rgerinitiative f? ?r Frieden und Abr? ?stung (BIFA) /// M? ?nchner Friedensb? ?ndnis /// NaturwissenschaftlerInnen-Initiative / Verantwortung f? ?r Frieden und Zukunftsf? ßhigkeit (NatWis) /// Netzwerk Friedenskooperative /// Netzwerk Friedenssteuer /// Ostermarsch Komitee Ruhr und Rhein /// Pax Christi Deutschland /// Republikanischer Anwaltsverein (RAV) /// R? ©sistance deux Rivi? Æres /// Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung BaW? ? /// Tr? ßgerkreis Atomwaffen abschaffen /// Vereinigung der Verfolgten des Naziregimes Bund der Antifaschistinnen und Antifaschisten (VVN) /// Werkstatt f? ?r Gewaltfreie Aktion Baden (WfgA) /// W? ?rselener Initiative f? ?r den Frieden /// Zukunftskonvent Berlin

Frankreich: Association des Combattants de la Cause Anticoloniale (ACCA) /// Agir Contre la Guerre (ACG) /// Americans Against the War France (AAWF) /// Association Nationale des Elus Communistes et R? ©publicains (ANECR) /// Association des M? ©decins Fran??üais pour la Pr? ©vention de la Guerre Nucl? ©aire (AMFPGN) /// Association Nationale des Elues Communistes et R? ©publicains /// Attac France /// Attac Strasbourg /// Colectif des Traxieurs contre la Guerre /// Dissent France /// Droit Solidarite France /// F? ©d? ©ration Syndicale Unitaire (FSU) /// Initiative Feministe et ‚Äö?Ñ ? /// IPAM/CEDEAM /// La guerre tue /// Les Alternatifs /// Ligue communiste r? ©volutionnaire (LCR) /// MARS - Gauche Republicaine /// Mouvement contre le Racisme et pour l'Amiti? © entre les peuples /// Mouvement de la Paix /// MPEP France /// Nouveau Parti Anticapitaliste (NPA) /// Parti Communiste Fran??üais (PCF) /// Parti Communiste des Ouvriers de France (PCOF) /// Pour la R? ©publique Sociale (PRS) /// Union Juive Francaise pour la Paix (UJFP) /// Union Pacifiste de France (UPF)

Greece: Campaign Genoa 2001 /// Greek Social Forum /// Stop the War Coalition Greece /// GSEE Greek General Workers Confederation (Privat Sector) /// ADEDY, Civil Servants Confederation /// EKA, Athens Labour Center /// AGSSE, Confederation of Pensioneers /// OTOE, Federation of Bank Employees Unions /// OLME, Federation of Public High School Teachers /// DOE, Federation of Primary School Teachers /// POEDHN, Federation of Hospital Workers /// EINAP, Athens and Pireaus Hospital Doctors Union /// OENGE, Hospital Doctors Federation /// POE-OTA, Federation of Municipality Workers /// POST, Federation of Post Workers /// OMYLE, Federation of Port Workers /// GENOP-DEH, Federation of Public Power Company Workers /// POS, Federation of Railway Workers /// OME-EYDAP, Federation of Workers Working for the Water Company /// POEDXB, Federation of Workers of the Chemistry Industry and Refineries /// POSPERT, Federation of workers in the radio and the television /// OIYE, Federation of Private Sector Employees /// OIELE, Federation of Private High Schoolteachers /// SIEL, Union of Private High Schoolteachers of Athens and Pireus /// POSE-IKA, Federation of workers in IKA /// POSYPPO, Federation of Workers in the Ministry of Civilization /// OSYO, Federation of workers in the Ministry of Finance /// POE-DOY, Federation of Tax Employees /// OLP, Port Workers Federation /// Greek Oil Company Workers Union /// National Bank of Greece Workers Association /// Agricultural Bank of Greece Workers Association /// Bank of Greece Workers Association (Greek Central Bank) /// Attica Bank Workers Union /// Unionf of the employees in the Agricultural Insurance Company /// National Bank of Greece (Cyprous Department) Workers Union /// Altec Workers Union /// Union of workers in the Agia Olga Hospital /// Union of workers in the Local Government of Nea Ionia /// Athens Lawyers Association /// Pireus Lawyers Association /// Association of students in the Athens University of Economics (ASOEE) /// Association of Athens Law University students /// Association of the studenst in the Architecture Department of the NTUA (National Technical University of Athens) /// Chania Elementary School Teachers Union /// Chania Federation of High SchoolTeachers /// Chania Labor Center /// Chania Doctors Union /// Union of the workers in the General Hospital of Chania /// Union of workers in the Chania Prefecture /// Chania Firefighters Union /// Chania taxi drivers union /// Chania Cooks Union /// Chania Postal Workers Union /// Committee against Military Bases and Foreign Dependency /// Chania Immigrants Forum /// Chania Ecological Initiative /// Association for animals protection /// Rethymnon Labor Center /// Association of the employees of Rethymnon Local Government /// Rethymnon Federation of Highscholl Teachers /// Union of hospital workers /// Association of Creta University Postgraduate Students /// Association of Soclology Students /// Association of Pedagogic Students /// Association of Psychology Students /// Greek Social Forum (Rethymnon) /// Radical Left Students Association (AEP-EAAK) /// Iraklion Labor Center /// Civil Servants Union /// Iraklion Teachers Union /// Iraklion Federation of High SchoolTeachers /// Union of tax employees /// Association of Biology Students /// Association of Physics Students /// Ioannina Labor Center /// Ioannina Teachers Union /// Association of Doctors in the Hospitals of Ipirous /// Union of Metal Workers of Ipirous /// Association of Ioannina University Teachers /// Association of Students Residents in the Domboli Dormants /// Pakistani Community of Ioannina /// Radical Left Municipality Groups (DRASI-NORASI) /// Colaboration for Change /// Ioannina Social Forum /// Local Government of Prevesa /// Prevesa Labor Center

Great Britain: Campaign for the Accountability of America Bases (CAAB) /// Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) /// City of Leicester NUT /// CND, West Midlands /// Bertrad Russel Peace Foundation /// Dundee Trade Unions Council /// Leicester Social Forum /// Red Pepper Magazine /// Stop the War Coalition ///

Guinea: Centre d'Etude et de Recherche pour l'Int? ©gration r? ©gionale et le D? ©veloppement de l'Afrique (CERIDA)

Iraq: Makhmour Organisation for Human Rights

Ireland: Irish Anti-War Movement /// Peace and Neutrality Alliance

Italy: Collettivo Bellacio Grecia /// Confederazione COBAS - Confederazione dei Comitati di Base /// Fiom CGIL /// Sindicatio del Lavrotori Intercategoriale

Japan: The Japan Council against Atomic and Hydrogen Bombs

Canada: Canadian Voice of Women for Peace

Mauritania: Le r? ©seau de la Soci? ©t? © Civile Mauritanienne pour la Promotion de la Citoyennet? © (RPC)

Macedonia: Mirovna Akcija (Peace Action)

Netherlands: Internationale Socialisten /// Freedom, Nederland /// Kerk en Vrede /// Nederlands Palestina Komitee /// PAIS - War Resister's International, Netherlands /// Platform tegen de 'Nieuwe Oorlog' / Anti War Coalition /// VD - Anti-Militaristies OnderzoeksKollektief (AMOK) /// Women's International League for Peace and Justice (WILPF), Dutch section

Niger: RNDD (Reseau National Dette et Developpement)

Norway: Norwegian Union of Municipial and General Employes

Austria: Linkswende

Philippines: Stop the War Coalition

Poland: Inicjatywa Stop Wojnie (Stop the War Initiative)

Russia: International Federation for Peace and Conciliation (IFPC) /// International Federation for Peace and Conciliation, St. Petersburg section /// IPPNW, Russian Affiliates /// Social Ecology Foundation /// Social Movemenet “Alternatives”

Switzerland: Gruppe f? ?r eine Schweiz ohne Armee (GSoA) /// Humanistische Partei der Schweiz

Spain: Alternativa Antimilitarista - Moc Network /// Center of Peace Studies/ Catalan Stop the War Coalition /// ESK Union, Basque country /// campa? ±a contra OTAN /// Josep Bel coordinadora Sindicato cobas (comisiones de Base de Espa? ±a) /// Plataforma Aturem la Guerra

Czech Republic: Neradaru /// Socialisticka Solidarita

T? ?rkey: Global Peace and Justice Coalition of Turkey

USA: Code Pink /// Global Exchange /// Institute for Policy Studies /// Iraq Veterans against the War (IVAW Europe) /// Peace Action /// United for Peace and Justice /// US Peace Council