Letter for Peace and security of our peoples

June 8, 2020

Mr Daniel Feakes, Chief of the Implementation Support Unit (ISU) of the Biological Weapons Convention

Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO Director-General

The world is experiencing one of the worst pandemics ever known in human history and it is very important to investigate the origin of COVID-19 and at the same time, develop a vaccine and find a cure for this disease that is taking the lives of thousands of people across the planet.

Following up on the issues of militarization, we became aware of the US Navy military base called NAMRU-6, which conducts research on infectious diseases. At the same time, we have seen in the Peruvian press, in recent years, the growth of unknown diseases in this country, a situation that is worrying and unaccounted for.

In 2019, former Peruvian parliamentarian Richard Arce also asked the Peruvian Defense Ministry for information on the performance of the NAMRU-6 military base, and the official responses were not clear. In the current context, we cannot rule out that the unknown diseases in Peru could be due to experimentation with human beings or to the mishandling of biological or chemical material from inside the NAMRU-6 facility.

Observing the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic that supposedly could have originated in virological laboratories, we think that it is a danger that NAMRU-6 could be carrying out prohibited studies with human beings and probably for warlike purposes.

Therefore, we request that you carry out an inspection of the NAMRU-6 facilities to clarify our doubts and see if all the necessary security measures are being taken so that the experimentation of infectious diseases cannot be used against civilians and soldiers and if their operations are complying with WHO regulations and international laws.

Yours Sincerely,

Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, Nobel Peace Prize, Argentina

Martin Almada, Alternative Nobel Prize, Paraguay

Richard Arce, ex congresista, Perú

Alicia Lira, Presidenta Agrupación de Familiares de Ejecutados Políticos, Chile

Carlos González, Corporación 3 y 4 Álamos: Un Parque por la Paz, la Memoria y la Justicia

Olga Pinheiro, Observatorio por el Cierre de la Escuela de las Américas, Chile

Pablo Ruiz, Observatorio por el Cierre de la Escuela de las América, Chile

Patricia Villalón Acuña, Activista política, miembro del Comité Surveillance Otan, Bélgique

Judith Kelly, Pax Christi Pentagon, USA

Martha Hennessy Member of the Kings Bay Plowshares 7, USA

Medea Benjamin, Codirectora, CODEPINK, USA

Alfred L. Marder, President, US Peace Council, USA

Dario Azzellini, Cornell Univesity, Ithaca, USA

Purificación González de la Blanca, Colectivo Internacional Ojos para la Paz, España

Julio Yao, ex Asesor de Política Exterior, exPresidente de Serpaj-Panamá, ex Agente de Panamá ante la Corte Internacional de Justicia de La Haya, Premio de la Fundación Anita Villalaz al Escritor 2019, Presidente Vitalicio del Centro de Estudios Estratégicos Asiáticos de Panamá

María Eugenia Russián, Fundación Latinoamericana por los Derechos Humanos y el Desarrollo Social (Fundalatin), Venezuela

Lucrecia Hernández, Sures, Venezuela

Gisela Jiménez, presidenta Asociación Venezolana de Juristas, Venezuela

Paola Gallo Peláez y Andrea Vlahusic, Co presidentas de MOPASSOL. Movimiento por la Paz, la Soberanía y la Solidaridad entre los Pueblos, Argentina

Javiera Olivares, periodista, profesora universitaria, Red de Intelectuales y Artistas en Defensa de la Humanidad, Chile

Atilio Borón, Red de Intelectuales y Artistas en Defensa de la Humanidad, Argentina

Hervi Lara Bravo, Coordinador Nacional, Comité Oscar Romero-SICSAL-Chile

Asociación Venezolana de Juristas, Venezuela

IDHES – Instituto de Desarrollo Humano, Economico y Social, Venezuela

Observatorio por el Cierre de la Escuela de las Américas, SOAW Chile

Sures, Venezuela

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