Dear Mr. President:
We write today to respectfully request that you thoroughly review and reconsider the administration’s policies and diplomatic practices involved in the Kyoto treaty.
We share your commitment to asserting American leadership in the world, and especially in searching for cooperative ways to address global environmental problems. However, we are deeply concerned over what has occurred to date in the negotiations of the global warming treaty in Kyoto.
For previous administrations, we have had the privilege of assisting the US Government in the negotiation of important international agreements. The lessons we have learned from these negotiations, in arms control, trade, and other areas, we believe have been ignored or forgotten in the Kyoto process.
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Dear President Clinton,
We, the undersigned, write from Fudan University in Shanghai, China, where for the last three days we have taken part in the Third International Conference of International Network of Engineers and Scientists Against Proliferation.
One year ago today, the United Nations General Assembly adopted the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT), prohibiting "any nuclear weapon test explosion or any other nuclear explosion." Since then the United States and more than 150 other countries have signed the Treaty, and the U.S. has pledged, in accordance with Article 18 of the Vienna Convention on the Law of Treaties, to refrain from any action that would defeat its objects and purpose. As stated in the Preamble, the objective of the CTBT is "to contribute effectively to the...
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Dear Theresa May,
I work for an organisation that supports teachers, engineers, writers, shop owners, university students and parents. These people are also known as asylum seekers and refugees and are the bravest people I know.
Over the last 7 months I have learnt more about humanity than across my 24 years of life and that is because I’ve been lucky to work for this project in Birmingham. I have spoken to men, women and children who have survived war, oppression, rape, sexual violence, family loss and poverty, but they are still determined to rebuild their lives because if they don’t, their oppressors have won.
The constant rhetoric I read and hear, words spoken by you and others in your cabinet that a search and rescue mission will only encourage people to travel and create...
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Your Excellency,
It was a surprise to see you at the Festival of Life (FOL) event on Friday 17 April 2015. It was also an honour to have you come to one of the largest gathering of Christians in Britain. Never in the nineteen-year history of FOL has it welcomed such a high profile dignitary. We are extremely grateful that you found time out of your very busy schedule (especially with the election round the corner) to spend a couple of minutes with us. I loved your speech and it was refreshing and surprising to hear you mention Jesus Christ, a name that you have barely mentioned in public ever since you became Prime Minister. I also liked the photograph of you addressing the 45,000 audience with the big bright cross at the background. You certainly looked like a Minister of the Gospel...
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Dear Senator or Congressman:
Some years ago, living in a cheap apartment by my local airport, I wrote X-Plane, a flight simulator that has since grown to replace Microsoft Flight Simulator as the standard in flight simulation.
X-Plane has enabled safer flight of real airplanes by providing low-cost training, has provided millions of hours of enjoyment by hundreds of thousands of customers across the world, and has resulted in millions of dollars per year in taxable revenue – all from an invention that I created, and profited from by turning my idea into a product and selling it to those that wanted it.
Every customer of mine has purchased X-Plane voluntarily. I have never sued anyone, FORCING them to purchase my goods or services.
Three years ago, a Patent Assertion Entity...
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Dear Members of the Senate and House of Representatives,
I am writing to encourage you to oppose any efforts to impose new sanctions on the Iranian regime. Contrary to popular belief, the Iranian people do have some say in the running of their government, and their election of Hassan Rouhani to the position of President clearly demonstrates that the majority of the people are feeling the crushing impact of the current sanctions. The decision of the Guardian Council and Ayatollah Khamenei to allow the pursuit of negotiations now indicates that they understand the threat to the regime that continued sanctions represent. With success of the current system in bringing Iranian negotiators to the table in Geneva with serious proposals, it would be devastating to any possible diplomatic...
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Dear President Bush,
In March 2006, you publicly admitted that concerns about Iran’s alleged nuclear weapons program derive largely from the threat it poses to Israel.1 In your own words: “The threat from Iran is, of course, their stated objective to destroy our strong ally Israel.”2
In September of 2007, you invoked the Jewish Holocaust ideology in order to “justify” any possible American or Israeli attack upon Iran. A respected British news source, quoting a former aide of yours, claimed your rhetoric was a precise attempt to link Iran’s quest for nuclear weapons and desire to wipe Israel off of the map with Hitler’s destruction of the Jews. “Iran’s active pursuit of technology that could lead to nuclear weapons,” you were quoted as saying, “threatens to put the region already...
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Dear Ayattolah Khamenei
I would have preferred to send you this letter privately but I knew it would not get to you through conventional channels. So, I decided to instead write you an open letter to raise my concerns about several issues over which you can make a real difference.
As you are aware, the Kurdish struggle for self-determination in Iran begun decades ago. Indeed, tens of thousands of Kurds joined demonstrations that helped topple the Shah in the hope that by cooperating with their Iranian brothers and sisters they might receive simple recognition of their centuries old hope for self-determination. Sadly, this did not happen as the post-revolutionary government proved to be every bit as deaf as the Shah’s regime to legitimate aspirations of the Kurdish people.
True to...
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Dear Mr. Shinzo,
My apologies first for addressing you with your first name and not the customary last. It is because in India's most common dialect, i.e. Hindustani which is a mix of Hindi and Urdu and is spoken in many states, your surname is a crude form of informal address used exclusively for impish street urchins and thoroughbred rogues. You'd not know this but it felt odd to me, so I used your first name instead.
A few unwelcome and completely unpredictable events in our national capital have forced me to write to you, sir. Ever since I have come to know that you will be our Republic Day guest this January 26, I have been a bit concerned.
Since I am pretty sure the TV channels in your country will not be so focused on what is happening here, let me give you a quick...
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This is in response to the interview Saud Al-Sati (Saudi Ambassador to India), gave to Indrani Bagchi (published in Times of India, dated: 20th April, 2015).
Mr. Said, you have defended Saudi Arabia's attack on Yemen and have blamed Iran for meddling in the affairs of other countries. May I ask you why the Shia and other minority communities living in Saudi Arabia, Yemen and Bahrain have to live as marginalized groups? You talk about inclusive governments for Iraq and Syria but why don't you talk about inclusive governments for Yemen, Bahrain and your own country? Of course, you want to protect your own illegitimate monarchical government.
You have accused Iran of attempting to export the revolution. I suggest you to support inclusive governments in Bahrain, Yemen and in your own...
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