International Conference against the MD and for the End of Arms Race

 

 

International Conference

against the Asia Pacific Missile Defense

and for the End of Arms Race

 

Seoul Women’s Plaza, Seoul, South Korea, April 16-18, 2009

 

   

 

 

 

The Korea Organizing Committee

(http://space4peace.tistory.com/)

Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space

(GN, http://www.space4peace.org)

Global Partnership for the Prevention of Armed Conflict Northeast Asia

(GPPAC, http://www.gppac.net/)

 

 

Sponsored by The Beautiful Foundation

(http://www.beautifulfund.org)

◆ Daily Events and Programs ◆

 

 

 

 

April 16, 2009 (Thursday)

: Field Trip to the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) and Getting Acquainted

(Consecutive Interpretation)

 

 

09:00 Bus leaves in front of the Seoul Women’s Plaza

 

 

10:00–16:00 Field trip to the DMZ

 

Mt. Dora Observatory, Imjingak, Mt. Odu Unification Observatory, a village victimized by the antipersonnel landmine – guided by Lee, Si-Woo, an internationally known photographer

 

 

17:30–19:00 Dinner, Seoul Women’s Plaza restaurant (3^rd Fl.)

 

 

19:00–21:00 Getting Acquainted Time, Multi Purpose room (3rd Fl.), Seoul Women’s Plaza

 

Facilitator: Dr. Park, Sung-Yong (Nonviolent Peaceforce Corea, S. Korea)

 

Welcome Speech by Han, Do-Sook, Executive Co-Chairperson, Korean Alliance for Progressive, S. Korea

Greeting Speech by Yoshioka Tatsuya, Founder and Director, Peace Boat, Japan /

Regional Initiator, GPPAC Northeast Asia

Special Address by Thomas C. Sturtevant, Veterans for Peace-Korea Peace Campaign, U.S.A.

Special Talk/Performance by Yumi Kikuchi, Founder of Global Peace Campaign and JUMP

(Japan United for Ministry of Peace), Japan

Special Music Performance by dopehead zo, musician and peace activist, S. Korea

 

 

 

 

April 17, 2009 (Friday)

: International Symposium and Dinner Meeting (Simultaneous Interpretation)

 

 

9:30–10:00 Registration, in front of the International Conference Hal l(1st Fl.), Seoul Women’s Plaza

 

 

10:00–10:40 Welcome and Keynote Speech

 

Facilitator: Choi, Eun-A (Self-Reliance Reunification Committee, Korean Alliance for Progressive Movement, S. Korea)

 

 Welcome speech by Chung, Hyun- Baek, Co-Representative of Citizen’s Peace Forum, S. Korea

 Greeting speech by Dave Webb, GN Chairman, UK

 Greeting speech by Peter van Tuijl, GPPAC Global Secretariat, Netherlands

 Keynote speech by Bruce Gagnon, GN secretary/coordinator, U.S.A.

“US Plans for Global Dominance thru Space Control and the Global Network Response”

 

 

10:40–12:20 Plenary Session I “Missile Defense and the World”

 

 Facilitator: Cho, Young-Hee (Women Making Peace, S. Korea)

 

 Obama’s Global Military Policy : Change Comes not from Policy, but from Economic Collapse

by Loring Wirbel, GN board, U.S.A.

Missile Defense, Europe and the New Cold War          by Dave Webb, GN Chairman, UK

 Missile Defense, Arms Race and the Future of the North East Asia

by Cheong, Wooksik, Peace Network, S. Korea

Alternative to Missile Defense: Global Security through Conversion of the Global War Machine

by Mary Beth Sullivan, GN Outreach coordinator, U.S.A.

 

 

 

12:20–13:30 Lunch and break, Seoul Women’s Plaza restaurant (3^rd Fl.)

 

 

13:30–14:00 Break for a Short Movie and Music Performance

 

Facilitator: Jieun (People’s Solidarity for Participatory Democracy (PSPD), S. Korea)

 

Movie screening by Pyeongtaek Peace Center, S. Korea

Special music performance

by Lee, Ji-Sang Musician, Invited professor of the SungKongHoe University, S. Korea

 

 

14:00–16:10 Plenary Session II “Global Anti-War and Peace Movements”

: A ten minute speech by each international participant on the local peace movements

 

Facilitator: Park, Jung-Eun,

People’s Solidarity for Participatory Democracy (PSPD), S. Korea

 

India’s Move into Space Technology

– Including the Nuclear and Space Policy of India and Pakistan

 by J. Narayana Rao, GN board, India

Scandinavian Countries and Space Warfare

– Space Installations and Space Industry Serving US Space War Plans

by Agneta Noberg, GN board, Sweden

The Cost of the US Military Bases Empire in the UK

by Lindis Percy, GN board, UK

Korea and Nebraska-StratCom Comrades in Arms         by Tim Rinne, GN board, U. S. A.

The Struggle against US Bases and MD in Australia

by Hannah Middleton, GN board, Australia

The People’s Nonviolent Resistance against MD in the Czech Republic and European Solidarity Movement                                      by Anna Polo, Europe for Peace, Italy

 Our urgent task of challenging an emerging US-Japan military-industrial complex

– through opposition to the MD system    

by Koji Sugihara, No! to Nukes and Missile Defense Campaign, Japan

Space Invaders: Star Wars in Hawai’i       by Katy Rose, American Friends Service Committee Hawaii Area Program and the DMZ-Hawaii, Hawai

The Anti-Base Peace Movements around Pyeongteaek

by Kang, Sang-Won, Pyeongtaek Peace Center, S. Korea

 

 

 

16:10–16:20 Break

 

16:20–17:50 Plenary Session III “The Urgent Peace Issues of the Asia Pacific”

 

Facilitator: Lee, Suk-Tae (Former Chairman of Lawyers for a Democratic Society, S. Korea)

 

 How to Create a Non Nuclear / Non Missile Zone in Northeast Asia

– Why Is Japan‘s First Missile Defense? Cases of European and Southeast Asia

                                 by Atsushi Fujioka, GN board, Japan

– Model Treaty for the Northeast Asia Nuclear Weapon Free Zone

      by Kazuhiko Tamaki, Vice President, Peace Depot, Japan

Basing Without Bases     by Corazon Valdez-Fabros, International Network for the Abolition

of Foreign Military Bases, Philippine

Possible Impact to Regional Peace and Disarmament of “Peace-State” Transformation

by Francis Daehoon Lee, People’s Solidarity for Participatory Democracy (PSPD), S. Korea

 

 

 

17:40–18:00 Co-Statement for Peace, Seoul, 2009

 

18:00–21:00 Dinner and Conversation, Restaurant, ‘Myungkyung Live’ near Seoul Women’s plaza (Consecutive interpretation)

 

Facilitator: Mary Beth Sullivan (GN Outreach coordinator, U.S.A.)

Choi, Sung-Hee (Korean committee member, S. Korea)

 

Speech on the Peace of the East Asia and the issue of the Yasukuni 

 by Suh, Sung, Director of Ritsumeikan Center for Korea Studies and Professor of Law, Korean resident in Japan

Co-Speech on the World March For Peace and Nonviolence

by Dennis Redmond, Director of World Without Wars, U.S.A,

Dr. Park, Sung Yong, Nonviolent Peaceforce Corea, S. Korea

 

 

 

 

 

April 18, 2009 (Saturday)

: GN Annual Strategy & Business Meeting, GPPAC meeting

and Pyeongtaek Visit

 

 

9:00–12:00 GN Annual Strategy and Business Meeting (English, open to everyone) Multi Purpose Room, 4^th Fl., Seoul Women’s Plaza

 

Facilitator: Bruce Gagnon (GN Secretary/Coordinator, U.S.A)

 

 

9:00–12:00 GPPAC Northeast Asia Regional Steering Group Meeting

 

 

13:00 Leaving Seoul for Pyeongaek by bus in front of the Seoul Women’s Plaza

 

 

15:00–20:00 Pyeongtaek Visit (Consecutive interpretation)

 

 Facilitator: Kang, Sang-Won (Pyeongtaek Peace Center, S. Korea)

 

15:00–16:00  Rally in front of the J. R .Morin Gate, Songtan Air Force Base(Osan AFB)

16:00–18:30  Field trip to the Songtan AFB

18:30–20:00  Dinner meeting

 20:00– 22:00  Return to Seoul

 

 

 

 

April 19, 2009 (Sunday)

: Special Event (Optional), “Visit and Field Trip to the Site of Struggle against the Mugeon-ri Military Training Fields”

 

The Pan-Korean Committee against the Expansion of the Mugeon-ri Military Training Fields (http://www.peaceoh.net, (Korean)), and The Village People’s Committee against the Expansion of the Mugeon-ri Military Training Fields specially sponsor the international participants’ visit and field trip to Ohyun-ri and Mugeon-ri. (consecutive translation)

 

 

13:00  Bus leaves in front of the Seoul Women’s Plaza

14:30–16:30  Workshop

16:30–18:00  Trip to the Mugeon-ri Military Training Fields

18:00–20:00  Dinner meeting with the local activists

20:00–21:00  Candle light vigil with the village people