Letter of Solidarity

LETTER OF SOLIDARITY

25TH JULY 2002

We, the African delegates to the Know How Conference 2002,held at the University of Makerere, Kampala, Uganda, after four days of deliberations today send this message of solidarity and sister support to the Niger Delta women of Nigeria in their Chevron and Shell and urge the companies to pursue the route of dialogue, justice and peace and to make earnest efforts to resolve the issues raised by the women in the interest of all.

We the participants also send a solidarity message to the Colombian women in Bogota in their search and struggle for peace.

We also note with concern the conflicts in other parts of Africa which threaten the lives and the livelihoods of women and children in particular and the demand that the African union, all the states, individuals and the groups involved in perpetuating these conflicts should make serious and committed efforts to bring sustainable peace to the areas of Northern Uganda, Sudan, Somalia and the D.R.Congo.