Petition: End govt support for military exports
Tuesday, 28 November 2006, 9:44 am
Press Release: No WARP
From: No WARP! (Network Opposed to Weapons and Related
Production)
Date: 27 November 2006
Kia ora,
this is a
reminder that the deadline for return of signatures on the
national petition 'End government support for military
exports' is Wednesday, 6 December, as the first presentation
of the petition to parliament will take place on Thursday, 7
December in the run up to International Human Rights Day
(details of the presentation will be available in the
'what's on where' listings later this week).
The petition
form is available in the 'Resources' section of the No WARP!
(Network Opposed to Weapons and Related Production) web page
at http://www.converge.org.nz/pma/nowarp.htm - if you have
any difficulty opening or printing the pdf file, or would
prefer paper copies, please email with
your name and address, tell us how many copies you would
like, and we will post them to you. Thank
you.ENDS
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