Green MEPs question European Commission and Council over uranium weapons.
As a result of last week's ICBUW exhbition in the European Parliament, Dr Caroline Lucas MEP and Els de Groen MEP have asked the following questions of the Council and Commission.
24 May 2007 - ICBUW
1) Do the Commission and the Council find it acceptable that DU (nuclear waste which arises through enrichment) is used in weapons, as it has been in Kosovo, Bosnia and numerous other countries?
2) Do the Commission and the Council find it acceptable that whole populations and non informed soldiers are exposed to this extremely toxic and radioactive nuclear waste?
3) Can the current generation burden future generations with waste that is toxic and has a half life of 4.5 billion years?
4) Is it not our moral duty to follow the example of Belgium and abandon the production and use of DU-weapons?
We will publish the answers as soon as we receive them.
See also
International Coalition to Ban Uranium WeaponsThe Human Cost of Uranium Weapons Exhibition, 14th-16th May, Brussels.
ICBUW and the European Parliament Greens/European Free Alliance have teamed up with acclaimed Japanese photographer Naomi Toyoda to present an exhibition of his work in the European Parliament this May.23 March 2007 - ICBUW