Datganiad i'r Wasg CND Cymru yn erbyn cynlluniau'r Llywodraeth Llafur i ddatblygu Trident...
CND Cymru's press release on the Labour Government's plans to renew Trident.....
Cnd Cymru
campaign for nuclear disarmament
yr ymgyrch dros ddiarfogi niwclear
press release
March 9th 2007
Voices in Wales call for Nuclear Weapons Plans to be Scrapped
CND Cymru has today released a statement signed by musicians, poets, writers, church leaders and a selection of elected representatives from Wales calling on Members of Parliament and voters to ‘choose peace and justice, not nuclear weapons and war.’
The statement comes just a few days before Parliament is to vote on Government proposals to replace Trident, Britain’s nuclear weapons system (March 14th).
Members of CND Cymru will be joining others from all over Britain at the House of Commons when they Lobby their MPs on the day of the debate. A recent poll revealed that 59% of the British public do not want the government to replace Trident (see notes 1&2).
Statement:
‘Parliament is about to vote on replacing Trident – Britain’s nuclear weapons system. These are Weapons of Mass Destruction which can kill hundreds of millions of people. They cannot protect us from today’s security threats such as terrorism and climate change.
Almost 60% of the British public say they don’t want Trident replaced. A decision to replace it would make the world a more dangerous place and reinforce the hypocrisy of our government which invaded Iraq on the basis of lies about Weapons of Mass Destruction – but now plans to build its own new nuclear weapons.
If Britain says it needs nuclear weapons for its security, other countries are likely to follow suit. To replace Trident, when we face no nuclear threat, could start a nuclear arms race.
The £76 billion cost to replace and maintain Trident would be better spent on health care, education, alleviating global poverty or tackling the problems of climate change.
Let’s choose peace and justice, not nuclear weapons and war.
Join us in calling on the government – No Trident Replacement!’
Signatories: The Most Reverend Dr Barry C Morgan The Archbishop of Wales Musicians Charlotte Grieg, Super Furry Animals, Scritti Politti, Lost Prophets, Rhys Mwyn, Goldie lookin chain. Writers and Artists John Williams, Niall Griffiths, Owen Sheers, Nigel Jenkins, Robert Minhinnick, Lloyd Jones, Harry Holland Elected Representatives Martin Caton MP, Dai Davies MP, Jill Evans MEP, Paul Flynn MP, Nia Griffith MP, Dafydd Iwan, Bethan Maeve Jenkins (Cymru X), Ieuan Wyn Jones AM, Dai Lloyd AM, Elfyn Llwyd MP, John Marek AM, Adam Price MP, Janet Ryder AM, Lord Dafydd Elis Thomas AM, Rhodri Glyn Thomas AM, Hywel Williams MP, Leanne Wood AM.
ends Information: 1. An ICM poll from June 2006 showed that 81% of the British public believes that any decision on Trident replacement should be made by Parliament, not the Prime Minister alone. Click here for a full copy of the poll.
2. According to a July 2006 ICM poll, 59% of the British public opposes a replacement of Trident when presented with a cost of at least £25 billion.
4. The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) is one of Europe’s biggest single-issue peace campaigns, with over 35,000 members in Britain. CND campaigns for the abolition of all nuclear weapons everywhere. www.cnduk.org
5. The ‘Not in Our Name’ campaign launched against Trident Replacement on February 15th 2007
http://www.independent.co.uk/ includes Glenys Kinnock MEP, Rt. Rev. Rowan Williams, and Professor Ken Booth (Aberystwyth).
6. The above list of signatories only refers to those who have signed this statement and is most certainly not a definitive list of elected representatives and others who support the CND Cymru stance on Trident Replacement.
Datganiad yn Gymraeg:
‘Mae’r Senedd ar fin pledleisio I adnewyddu ,Trident – system arfau niwclear Prydain. Mae’r rhain yn arfau dieflig sydd a’r gallu I ladd canoedd o filiynau o bobl. Maen’t hefyd yn ddiwerth I’n hamddiffyn yn erbyn bygythiadau difrifol sydd yn ein hwynebu fel terfysgaeth a newid hinsawdd.
Bydd y penderfyniad I adnewyddu Trident yn sicr yn arwain I greu byd mwy peryglus a dyrus, Bydd y penderfyniad yn brawf pellach o ragrith ein llywodraeth, yn goresgyn Iraq oherwydd y ffeithiau celwyddog am eu h’arfau dieflig hwy – dim ond I aftgynerthu ein arfau niwclear dieflig ein hunain!
Os ydi Prydain yn datgan fod arfau niwclear yn hanfodol I amddiffyn ein hunain, mae’n naturiol I wledydd eraill weithredu yn gyffelyb. Mae na berygl go iawn I’n penderfyniad ni I adnewyddu Trident, pan nad ydym yn wynebu bygythiad niwclear, arwain I ras arfau niwclear o’r newydd.
Mae na angen enfawr I’r £76 biliwn o gost (amcangyfrif) I adnewyddu a chynnal Trident, gael ei wario yn hytrach ar y gwasanaeth iechyd, addysg ein plant, goresgyn tlodi drwy’r byd a wynebu y sialens o newid hinsawdd.
Gadewch I ni ddewis heddwch a chyfiawnder yn hytrach nag arfau niwclear a rhyfel.’
