In profound concern for the tragedy that continues to affect the lives of hundreds of thousands of African brothers and sisters, we have sent an urgent appeal to the governments of the world, in particular to those of the United States and the European Union, urging them to intervene immediately for the prevention of further massacres and to secure a stable peace in this region (05-11-1996).

Nineteen Nobel Prize Laureates, including eleven winners of the Peace Prize, gave their full support to the ‘Walk for Peace in the Countries of the African Great Lakes’, to its goals and requests. This initiative also has the support of many well-known personalities and organizations.

NOBEL PEACE PRIZE WINNERS

Adolfo Pérez Esquivel

Elie Wiesel

Joseph Rotblat

Oscar Arias

Mairead Corrigan Maguire

Rigoberta Menchu

Mons. Desmond Tutu

Mikhail Gorbachev

His.Holiness the. Dalai Lama

International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War

Betty Williams

OTHER NOBEL PRIZE WINNERS

John Charles Polanyi (Chemistry)

Rita Levi-Montalcini (Medicine)

Jean-Marie Lehn (Chemistry)

Christian de Duve (Medicine)

Jean Dausset (Medicine)

Kenneth J. Arrow (Economy)

François Jacob (Medicine)

Nadine Gordiner (Literature)

ORGANIZATIONS AND PERSONALITIES

Asociación Madres de Plaza de Mayo, Argentina

Pax Romana, MIIC, Friburgo

Dialogue et Coopération, Paris

Organisation Mondiale contre la torture, Geneva

Centro Studi e Formazione Diritti Humani de la Universidad de Padua

Pro Civitate Christiana, Assisi

Lega per i Diritti dei Popoli, Sandro Sessa, Milán

Prof. Antonio Papisca, Padua

Mons. Luigi Bettazzi, Bishop of Ivrea

Mrs. Catherine Lalumière, President of the European Radical Alliance

Beati i Costruttori di Pace, Padua

Rete Radié Resch, Quarrata

Mr. Alonso J. Puerta, President of the European United Left

Pax Christi Internacional, Etienne de Jonghe. International Secretary, Brussels

Mani Tese, Milán

Federación Catalana of NGOs (60)

Fondazione Emmanuel per il Sud del Mondo, Lecce

Groupe Accueil et Solidarité, Paris

Sen Stefano Boco, Vicepresident of the Senate Commission for External Affairs, Rome

P. Pierre Gelot, Provincial Pavionistas de Francia

Pax Christi Ivrea

GAVCI – Gruppo Autonomo di Volontario Civile, Bolonia

Comune di Quarrata, Pistoia

P. Hyacinthe Vulliez, Annecy

Piccole Sorelle di Gesú, Rome

Comune di Parma

Associazioni Forum Solidarietà (89 NGOs), Parma

Dom Helder Camara. Obras de Frei Francisco, Brasil

Associazione Overseas, Módena

Cooperativa Sociale Oltremare – Bottega del Mondo, Módena

C.P.A.C. (8 NGOs), Mallorca

Plataforma Paz y Derechos Humanos en la Región de los Grandes Lagos Africanos, Mallorca (amongst others: Universitad de las Illes Baleares y el Fons Mallorquí de Solidaritat y Cooperació)

Gruppo Missionario Parrocchiale Sacra Famiglia, Piacenza

Arci, Piacenza

Caritas Diocesana, Piacenza-Bobbio

Casa delle Associazioni, Piacenza

Associazione la Casa Africana, Piacenza

Associazione la Pecora Negra, Piacenza

Miguel Angel Estrella

Pere Casaldaliga

(Up to the 30th of December, 1996)