No to Bush's Star Wars

Forty (40) people's organisations, civil society organisations, peace and reunification movement organisations, came together to form the "Korean Committee Against NMD-TMD and for Peace".

The list of conveners of the NMD-TMD campaign, distributed to the press following the founding meeting on April 9 resembled "who's who" of the progressive organisations in south Korea.

from the women's movement, the most representative coalition of women's organisations, Korean Women's Association United (KWAU) and women workers organisation, WomenLink

from the labour, both the KCTU and FKTU, and Korea Financial Industry Union

from the civil society movement, both the PSPD (People's Solidarity for Participatory Democracy) and the CCEJ (Citizens Coalition for Economic Justice), and People's Solidarity for Social Progress

from the ecology-environment movement, both the KFEM (Korean Federation for Environmental Movement) and the GKU (Green Korea United

from the faith-based movement: Korea Christian Action Organisation, Buddhist Committee for Human Rights, Buddhist Monks Social Action Association, National Protestant Clergy Council for Justice and Peace, Good Friends - International Peace, Human Rights and Refugees Centre, Catholic National Federation for Justice

from the reunification movement: Council for National Reconciliation, Self-Reliance, and Reunification of Korea, National Alliance for Democracy and Reunification in Korea, south headquarter Pan-Korean Alliance for Reunification, Korean National Congress for Reunification, Preparing Towards One Korea - Rev. Moon Ikhwan Commemoration Project

from the peace movement: Civil Network for a Peaceful Korea, Women Making Peace, Citizens Solidarity for Peace, Solidarity for Peace and Reunification of Korea, Solidarity for Peace and Human Rights

from the campaign against the U.S. military bases: National Joint Taskforce to Reclaim the Land Occupided by the U.S. Military Bases, People's Action for Reform of Unjust ROK-U.S. SOFA Agreement

from the student movement: Anti-U.S. Student-Labour Solidarity Brigade, 21st Century Progress Student Federation, National Student Solidarity Conference, Student Action Solidarity, Korean Federation of University Student Unions

from professionals movement: Association of University Professors for Democracy, Lawyers for a Democratic Society

from progressive political movement: Democratic Labour Party,

from the sectoral people's mass movement: Korean Farmers League, National Union of Urban Poor

from the people's health movement: Conference Forum of People's Health Organisations,

from international solidarity movement: Korean House for International Solidarity

The Anti-NMD-TMD Committee, in its inaugural meeting of the representatives of the participating organisations, adopted a founding declaration, open letters to the U.S. President and the political leaders of south and north Korea, and programme of activities to be undertaken this year.

The founding declaration reflected the common understanding of the participating organisations that the U.S. ballistic missile defense strategy expressed in NMD-TMD is adding fuel to dangerous global arms race and that Korea as a whole would become its mostly affected victim as it will derail the opportunity and progress towards peace in the Korean peninsula.

The leaders appealed to the people of Korea to unite as one force for peace and prevent the NMD-TMD deployment through solidarity with all peace loving people of the world.

The Anti-NMD-TMD Committee will organise various workshops, public hearings, street actions, and international initiatives to contribute to the global movement against the resurrection of Cold War inherent in the NMD-TMD strategy.

The founding meeting inducted KCTU president Dan Byung-ho, Fr. Moon Jeung-hyun (People's Action for Reform of Unjust ROK-U.S. SOFA Agreement), Monk Beubryun (Good Friends), Oh Jong-ryul (National Alliance for Democracy and Reunification in Korea), Lee-Kim Hyun-sook (Women Making Peace), Lee Jong-lin (South headquarter Pan-Korean Alliance for Reunification, Korean National Congress for Reunification), Chung Kwang-hoon (Korean Farmers League), Chi Eun-hee (Korean Womens Associations United), Choi Yul (Korean Federation for Environmental Movement), Rev. Hong Keun-soo (Council for National Reconciliation, Self-Reliance, and Reunification of Korea) as the standing chairpersons of the Committee. It also decided to organise "policy research team", "weapons purchase monitoring team", "international solidarity team", "action and cultural activities team", "organising team", and "publicity and information team" to consolidate the activities of the Committee.

* Proclamation of the formation and the launching of the Korean Committee Against NMD-TMD and for Peace

* Open letter to the U.S. President Mr. George W. Bush "We are quite satisfied with just one episode of the Star Wars"