During the press conference and the public assembly of the day 10th of August, the italian delegation who came back from Lebanon, after a detailed and passionate report from Beiruth visits and meetings, with civil society and Institutions, lebanese and international, the following requests were publicised:
1. Immediate and unconditioned ceasefire and starting of negociations.
2. Building and respect for “humanitarian corridors” in order to allow free circulation of rescues and helps for the population, that is now not allowed by israeli army, neither for boats nor for medical help flights.
3. Respect for the humanitarian law and international conventions.
4. As a positive signal towards peace, the Italian Governement must cancel the military cooperation agreement (2005) with Israel and support an international embargo on weapons for the parts in conflict.
5. International Commission in order to investigate about the use of non conventional weapons.
6. Transparency in the distribution of helps, supporting direct distribution to the lebanese and palestinian coordinations of NGOs, who are facing jointly, without any distinction, the dramatic emergency, committed in assisting refugees and displaced peoples.
7. Furthermore we believe that a just and lasting peace in Middle East can be only achieved on the basis of International Law and implementation of all the UN Resolutions, starting from those that request to Israel their withdrawl from occupied territories in Palestine, Siria and Lebanon;
We ask to the italian civil society to re start a strong mobilisation for peace in Middle East, with actions from below, supporting:
– initiatives in all the territories and cities about the ongoing war (meetings, debates, public pergormances, direct non violent actions, involvement of local governements, twinships, visible exibition of peace flags....
– concrete support (fund and materials raising) to the associations committed in solidarity projects in the regions in conflict
– participation and/or information about the initiatives of the lebanese civil society addressed also to to the international community, among them the civil lebanese and international caravane with helps for the South Lebanon that will start from Beiruth on the 12th of august to Tyro. This is the first interposition action launched by the civil society to stop the war, chlalenging the bombs. Lebanese and international civil society start marching in order to reach the south of the country bringing medicines, humanitarian help and solidarity of the lebanese and international people, with a convoy of 30 cars that is upposed to reach Tiro in about 24 hours.
For further informations visit the site:
http://www.lebanonsolidarity.org/
The italian delegation is composed by Un Ponte per, Arci, Assopace, Libera, Pax
Christi, Rete di Lilliput, Servizio Civile Internazionale, CRIC, CISS e ARCS in
rappresentanza del Gruppo Libano ? Italian Association NGO, Tavola della pace.