LETTER TO THE HANDSTAND, TO ALL READERS:

Kuala Lumpur War Crimes Commission

Dear Friends,

On behalf of the Kuala Lumpur Foundation To Criminalise War, I am pleased to inform you that we are organizing a war crimes Commission and Tribunal on 30th and 31st October, 2009. The event will be held at the Tun Dr Ismail Hall, Putra World Trade Centre in Kuala Lumpur. The Commission will hear testimonies by the war victims of war crimes committed in Iraq since the US-led invasion in 2003. The Tribunal will hear and decide on the application for an advisory opinion filed by the Kuala Lumpur War Crimes Commission to determine if a Head of State or Government can unilaterally exempt itself from complying with any provisions of any International Treaties/Conventions duly ratified by the State without first abrogating the relevant treaty/convention.

The Commission and Tribunal will be preceded and coincide with a conference organised by the Perdana Global Peace Organisation (PGPO), themed “Criminalise War” from 28th up to 31st October 2009. The conference will be attended by the Chairman of PGPO and former Prime Minister, YABhg Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad who will also deliver the keynote address. During the conference, there will also a war crimes exhibition highlighting the destruction caused by the invasion in Iraq, including instruments of torture used by the occupying military forces there.

The Commission and Tribunal are open to public at no charge, while the entrance fee for the exhibition is on a donation basis. Seats are available on a first come first served basis.

Please email your details to joana.y.chan@zicorporate.com.my or khairul.bariah@zicorporate.com.my before October 21, 2009 if you would like to attend the Commission and Tribunal. You may also contact Joana Chan or Khairul Bariah at 03 2094 0999 if you have any queries.

We look forward to see you there.

Warm regards,

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REPLY SLIP

Name and Designation:

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Organisation:

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No. of Participants: _________________________ persons

Mobile (Important): _______________Fax:___________________

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SCHEDULE

War Criminal Conference and Exhibition

October 28th to October 31st 2009

[Dewan Merdeka, PWTC, Kuala Lumpur]

Criminalise War:

Stop Slaughter of Innocents

Stop Profiteering from Blood Money

Stop the Media from Glorifying War

Stop the Manufacturing of Weapons

October 28th 2009 (Wednesday)

Time   

8.30 am         Arrival of Guests

9.30 am         Keynote by YABhg Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad

10.30 am       Launching of War Crimes Exhibition YABhg Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad

Coffee Break

11.30 am (Session One - Flouting International Law)

Speakers:

• George Galloway (British MP)

• Cynthia McKinney (Former U.S Congresswoman) • Majorie Cohn ( U.S War Crimes Lawyer) • Question and Answer Session

1:00 pm        Lunch

2.00 pm (Session Two - Economic Warfare)

Speakers:

• Michel Chossudovsky (Prof of Economics, University of Ottawa) • Hans Von Sponeck (Former UN Secretary General) • Khudair Waheed Hussein (Iraqi Official) • Question and Answer Session

3:45 pm     Coffee Break

4.00 pm (Session Three - War and Civil Society)

Speakers:

• Dato’ Mukhriz Mahathir (Deputy Minister of Trade) • General Dato’ Seri Azumi (rtd) • Dirk Adriaensens (Anti-War Activist) • Question and Answer

5.30 pm     Ends

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October 29th 2009 (Thursday)

Time     

9.30 am (Session 4 - War and the Mass Media)

Speakers:

• Dato Seri Utama Rais Yatim (Information Minister) • Hana Bayati (Freelance Film Maker) • Dato’ Ahmad Talib (Media Prima) • Question and Answer Session

11.30 am (Session 5 - War and Banned Weapons)

Speakers:

• Denis Halliday ( Former U.N Secretary General) • Leuren Moret (Uranium Expert) • Dr. Souad (VC, University of Syria)

1.15 pm     Lunch

2.00 pm (Session 6 - Peace and Justice)

Speakers:

• Tan Sri Sanusi Junid (Former UIA President) • Gajendra Singh (former Indian Ambassador) • Muhd Umar (Ramadhan Foundation) • Question and Answer Session

3.45 pm  (Panel Session, to be chaired by YABhg Tun Dr. Mahathir)

Speakers:

• Dato Seri Utama Rais Yatim

• Michel Chossudovsky

• Hans Von Sponeck o Denis Halliday

• George Galloway

• Cynthia McKinney

5.45 pm     Ends

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October 30th 2009 (Friday)

Time     

10 am - 5 pm    Commission Deliberations

                       (Testimony of war victims from Iraq)

*Coffee and Lunch Break*

October 31st 2009 (Saturday)

Time     

10 am - 5 pm    Further testimony of witness followed by hearing and

                       decision of an Application for An Advisory Opinion filed by

                       the Kuala Lumpur War Crimes Commission to determine if a

                        Head of State or Government can unilaterally exempt

                       itself from complying with any provisions of any

                       International Treaties/Conventions duly ratified by the

                       State without first abrogating the relevant

                       treaty/convention.

*Coffee and Lunch Break*

*Schedule may defer without prior notice*

MAKE WAR A CRIME, THE LEAST WE COULD DO