Stop the warmongers! No Iraq-war!

Proposal for resolution at the Conference of Trade Unions of the European Capitals in Rome 23. – 25. of January 2003:


After the terror-attacks in New York the 11.th of September 2001, USA has escalated its aggressive line of foreign policy. President George W. Bush has pointed out Iraq, Iran and North Korea as the “axis of the evils”. As the only super power, USA are pressuring the UNs security council, its Allies in NATO and a line of other States to Subordinate USA, political and military.

The accusations, threats and war-rhetoric of the US do not cover the fact that USA has its own strategic goals to secure open access to the resources and trade of the world. WTO, WB and IMF are tools which also are used to reach this ambitions. To secure low-priced supplies of raw materials, first of all oil, it is important for US to establish regimes subordinating the interests of USA in those countries.

Iraq and Iran is, caused its wealth of oil, natural targets in the US efforts to get control over this resources. Even it is true that Iraq has an autocratic system of government, subjugating its own population, is that not an exception for the countries in the region. Most of the US-allied in the area are such regimes. After the UN weapon-inspecors in Iraq 1990 – 98 examined thoroughly the country and declared they beleved at lowest 95% of the massdestruction-weapons was destroyed, no one for sure can believe Iraq still is amounting a military threat.

The alleged argues about Iraqs ruptures of UN-resolutions alludes to a greater degree the double standard of morality, not only from USA, but also other countries´ political actors. We contend this on the background that the nearest allied of the USA in the area, Israel, every day ruptures UN-resolutions. Israel is not only occupying the palestinian and neighbor-countries areas, but also subjugating and terrorizing the population in the most grievous way, and make itself guilty in apartheid and war-crimes. It is also no doubt about Israel has got hold of nuclear weapons and other massdestruction-weapons. This is accepted and supported political and military from USA.

USAs tremendous military building-up with war-materials and houndred-thousands of soldiers in their dictatorstate-allies in the region indicates that USA under the most circumstances will find a fictitious reason to go to war against Iraq.

Only a strong international opinion are able to stop a awful war striking the population of Iraq. This imply, among other, it has to be put pressure on the authorities in our countries for not support or participate, directly or indirectly, in war or preparations of war.

The Conference of Trade Unions of the Capitals of Europe in Rome, 23. – 25. of January 2003 therefore encourage all Trade Unions and Tradeunionists to take initiatives, participate and oppose against war and preparations for war.