| Show Support for Northern Ireland Catholics
With the help of the Irish American Unity Conference and George/ Steeler059@aol.com
of the Irish Heritage E-mail Group, the information below was compiled
to allow you to easily send a message to the authorities who can help bring
an end to the harassment and intimidation of Catholics in pockets of Northern
Ireland.
To help simply highlight, copy and paste into your "Send To" Box
these email addresses:
webadmin.hchr@unog.ch,
webmaster@aras.irlgov.ie,
taoiseach@taoiseach.irlgov.ie,
press.nio.@nics.gov.uk or mcurrie@nics.gov.uk,
http://www.britain-info.org/consular/embassy/embassy.asp,
uk@un.int,
heather.priest@fco.gov.uk,
british.consulate@boston.mail.fco.gov.uk,
bc1@airmail.net,
afdh1@uaa.alaska.edu,
britconkswmo@hotmail.com,
mteden@carolina.rr.com,
iainLevie@dwtc.com,
jbutler@nashvillechamber.com,
president@whitehouse.gov,
Secretary@state.gov,
r.haass@state.gov,
HIRC@mail.house.gov,
Sharon.Hammersla@mail.house.gov
Then write a short message (or use the message below, substituting your
name for mine) calling for an immediate end to the loyalist violence and
terrorism against innocent Catholics.
Sample message (feel free to highlight, copy, paste and use) — with
suggestions by
Dennis P. Heron Chair, Freedom For All Ireland Committee Pennsylvania
State Board & Division 87, Philadelphia Ancient Order of Hibernians
Re: Death threats against teachers / Violence at the Holy Cross School
in Belfast
To whom this may concern:
Please help end the terrorism in Northern Ireland. Please call for
an immediate end to the campaign of fear against the Holy Cross School
girls in Belfast and Catholics across the North.
Loyalist paramilitary violence has run unchecked for far, far too long
and must be halted. The UDA, the largest Protestant loyalist terrorist
group, has issued death threats against teachers and staff at all Catholic
schools in the North. An innocent Catholic mailman was murdered, simply
because he was Catholic. Just one mile from Holy Cross, Our Lady of Mercy
Catholic High School was attacked by loyalists who smashed school windows
and the wind shields of 20 cars belonging to the school's teachers as a
hooded gun man stood by defiantly threatening young Catholic students.
The loyalist terrorists have committed some 300 bombings in the past
two years, and there has been a major escalation in attacks on Catholic
homes and churches in the past few months.
Please help the Holy Cross School girls, parents, community workers,
teachers and all innocent Catholics in Northern Ireland by using your authority
in every way possible to bring an immediate end to this horrible situation.
Thank you.
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If you prefer to individually contact any of the authorities, please
see the infomation below. Thank you for your help.
Mary Robinson
CH 1211 Geneva 10, Switzerland
Tel: 0041 22 917 92 39
Fax: 0041 22 917 90 12
Email: webadmin.hchr@unog.ch
Mary Robinson is the previous President of Ireland. She now is the United
Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights.
President of Ireland Mary McAleese
Phoenix Park
Dublin 8 Ireland
Tel: +353 1 617 1000
Fax: +353 1 617 1001
E-mail: webmaster@aras.irlgov.ie
Bertie Ahern, T.D.
An Taoiseach, Government Buildings
Upper Merrion Street
Dublin 2, Ireland
Email: taoiseach@taoiseach.irlgov.ie
Secretary of State for Northern Ireland
Hon. John Reid MP
Northern Ireland Office, Block B, Castle Buildings
Belfast BT4 3ST
north of Ireland Tel: (028) 90520700 or (011) 44 1232 520-700
Fax: (028) 90528473/528478/528482 or (011) 44 1232 527-534
Email: press.nio.@nics.gov.uk
or mcurrie@nics.gov.uk
British Embassy & Consulate Offices in the United States
WASHINGTON, D.C.
British Embassy
The British Ambassador, Sir Christopher Meyer, KCMG
3100 Massachusetts Avenue
Washington DC, 20008
http://www.britain-info.org/consular/embassy/embassy.asp
Email: N/A (info TBA)
BRITAIN AT THE UNITED NATIONS
One Dag Hammarskjold Plaza, 28th Floor
885 Second Avenue
New York, NY 10017
Tel: (212) 745 9250
Fax: (212) 745 9316
http://www.ukun.org/
E-mail: uk@un.int
ATLANTA
British Consulate-General, Atlanta, Georgia
H.M. Consul General: Michael Bates
Georgia Pacific Centre, Suite 3400
133 Peachtree Street N.E.
Atlanta, GA 30303
Tel: (404) 954-7700
Fax: (404) 954 7702
http://www.britain-info.org/consular/atlanta/atlanta.asp
Personal Assistant: Heather Priest
E-mail: heather.priest@fco.gov.uk
BOSTON
British Consulate-General, Boston, Massachusetts
Federal Reserve Plaza, 25th Floor
600 Atlantic Avenue
Boston, MA 02210
Tel: (617) 248 9555
Fax: (617) 248 9578
http://www.britain-info.org/consular/boston/boston.asp
E-mail: british.consulate@boston.mail.fco.gov.uk
CALIFORNIA
British Consulate-General, Los Angeles, California
Peter Hunt Consul-General
Assistant to Consul General: Jennifer Gardner MBE
11766 Wilshire Blvd, Suite 400
Los Angeles CA 90025
Main Tel: (310) 477-3322
Main Fax: (310) 481-2960
Visa Fax: (310) 481-2961
http://www.britain-info.org/consular/la/la.asp
British Consulate-General San Francisco, CA
1 Sansome Street Suite 850
San Francisco, CA 94104
Tel: (415) 617 1300
Fax: (415) 434 2018
http://www.britainusa.com/consular/sf/
CHICAGO British Consulate-General, Chicago, Illinois
Robert Culshaw, Consul General
13th Floor, The Wrigley Building
400 N Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60611
Tel: (312) 970-3800
Fax: (312) 970-3852
http://www.britain-info.org/consular/chicago/chicago.asp
COLORADO British Consulate, Denver, Colorado
Suite 1030, World Trade Center
1675 Broadway Denver, CO 80202
Tel: (303) 592 5200
Fax: (303) 592 5209
http://www.britain-info.org/consular/denver/denver.asp
FLORIDA British Consulate, Miami, Florida
Brickell Bay Office Tower
1001 Brickell Bay Drive, Suite 2800
Miami, FL 33131
Tel: (305) 374 1522
Fax: (305) 374 8196
http://www.britain-info.org/consular/miami/miami.asp
British Vice-Consulate, Orlando, Florida
Suite 2110, Sun Trust Center
200 South Orange Avenue
Orlando, FL 32801
Tel: (407) 426-7855
Fax: (407) 426-9343
http://www.britain-info.org/consular/orlando/orlando.asp
LOUISIANA
Honorary Consulate at New Orleans
Honorary British Consulate, c/o Coleman, Johnson & Artigues
10th Floor, 321 St. Charles Avenue
New Orleans LA 70130
Tel: (504) 586 1979
Fax: (504) 568 9911
NEW YORK
British Consulate-General, New York, NY
The British Consul-General, Mr Tom Harris KBE CMG
845 Third Avenue New York, NY 10022
Tel: (212) 745-0200
Fax: (212) 754-3062
http://www.britain-info.org/consular/ny/ny.asp
TEXAS
British Consulate-General, Houston, Texas
HM Consul General Iain Murray OBE
Wells Fargo Plaza, 19th Floor
1000 Louisiana, Suite 1900
Houston, TX 77002
Tel: (713) 659 6270
Fax: (713) 659 7094
Personal Assistant - Janice Peterson
Tel No (713) 659 6275, Ext. 2116
http://www.britain-info.org/consular/houston/houston.asp
British Consulate, Dallas, Texas
2911 Turtle Creek Blvd., Suite 940
Dallas, TX 75219
Tel: (214) 521 4090
Fax: (214) 521 4807
http://www.britain-info.org/consular/dallas/dallas.asp
E-mail: bc1@airmail.net
WASHINGTON
British Consulate, Seattle, Washington
David Broom, HM, Consul
900 Fourth Avenue, Suite 3001
Seattle, WA 98164
Tel: (206) 622 9255
Press & Public Affairs: ext 4577
Fax: (206) 622 4728
http://www.britain-info.org/consular/seattle/seattle.asp
BRITISH HONORARY CONSUL OFFICES
Anchorage, Alaska British Consulate
University of Alaska Anchorage
College of Arts and Sciences, Room 362
2311 Providence Drive
Anchorage AK 99508
Tel: (907) 786 4848
Honorary Consul: Prof. Diddy Hitchins
Email: afdh1@uaa.alaska.edu
Kansas and Western Missouri
British Consulate
(Hon) PO Box 26723
Shawnee Mission, KS 66225
Tel: (913) 469 9786
Fax: (913) 469 8597
Honorary Consul: J. Scott Brown, Esq.
E-Mail: britconkswmo@hotmail.com
North Carolina
North Carolina British Consulate
Two First Union Center
301 South Tyron Street - 7th floor
Charlotte, NC 28205-0748
Tel: (704) 383 3944
Fax: (704) 383 6545
Honorary Consul : Mr. Michael Teden OBE
E-mail: mteden@carolina.rr.com
Oregon
Portland, Oregon British Consulate
Davis Wright Tremaine
1300 SW Fifth Avenue, Suite 2300
Portland OR 97201
Tel: (503) 778 5337
Fax: (503) 778 5299
Honorary Consul: Mr W. Iain E. Levie Esq.
E-mail: iainLevie@dwtc.com
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia Honorary British Consul
1818 Market Street, 33rd Floor
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Tel: (215) 557 7665
Fax: (215) 557 6608
Honorary Consul : Oliver St. Clair Franklin
Pittsburgh
British Consulate
1 Oxford Cente
301 Grant Street
Pittsburgh PA 15219-1410
Tel: (412) 562 8872
Fax: (412) 391 0910
Honorary Consul : Mr. William Newlin
Tennessee
British Consulate
c/o Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce
211 Commerce Street
Nashville, TN 37201
Tel: (615) 743 3061
Fax: (615) 256 6982
Honorary Consul: John Butler, Esq.
E-mail: jbutler@nashvillechamber.com
US Government
WHITE HOUSE:
President George W. Bush
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20500
Tel: 202-456-1414
Comment Line: 202-395-1160
FAX: 202-456-2461
Email: president@whitehouse.gov
STATE DEPARTMENT:
Colin Powell, Secretary of State
Dr. Richard Haass Director - State Department Policy Planning
U.S. Department of State
2201 C Street NW
Washington, DC 20520
Phone: (202) 647-4000
Fax: 202) 647-0844
Email: Secretary@state.gov
and haass@state.gov
* Richard Hass is head of policy and planning at the State Department
on Irish issues.
HOUSE COMMITTEE ON INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
2170 Rayburn House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Main Phone: (202) 225-5021
Phone: 202-225-5021 (Majority)
202-225-6735 (Minority)
Fax: 202-225-2035 (Majority) 202-226-3581 (Minority)
Email: HIRC@mail.house.gov
Comments Email: Sharon.Hammersla@mail.house.gov
To directly email individual Committee members, go to the International
Relations Committee Members home page (see below), click on your representatives
name/photo, and proceed as directed: <http://www.house.gov/international_relations/mem107.htm
Click
or Double Click here and Launch to: Committee on International Relations
or highlight, cut and paste into your browser: http://www.house.gov/international_relations/mem107.htm
Committee Members
Henry J. Hyde, Chairman
Benjamin A. Gilman, New York
Tom Lantos, California
James A. Leach, Iowa
Howard L. Berman, California
Doug Bereuter, Nebraska
Gary L. Ackerman, New York
Christopher H. Smith, New Jersey
Eni F. H. Faleomavaega, AS
Dan Burton, Indiana
Donald M. Payne, New Jersey
Elton Gallegly, California
Robert Menendez, New Jersey
Ileana Ros-Lehtinen, Florida
Sherrod Brown, Ohio
Cass Ballenger, North Carolina
Cynthia A. McKinney, Georgia
Dana Rohrabacher, California
Earl F. Hilliard, Alabama
Edward R. Royce, California
Brad Sherman, California
Peter T. King, New York
Robert Wexler, Florida
Steve Chabot, Ohio
Jim Davis, Florida
Amo Houghton, New York
Eliot L. Engel, New York
John M. McHugh, New York
William D. Delahunt, Massachusetts
Richard Burr, North Carolina
Gregory W. Meeks, New York
John Cooksey, Louisiana
Barbara Lee, California
Thomas G. Tancredo, Colorado
Joseph Crowley, New York
Ron Paul, Texas
Joseph M. Hoeffel, Pennsylvania
Nick Smith, Michigan
Earl Blumenauer, Oregon
Joseph R. Pitts, Pennsylvania
Shelley Berkley, Nevada
Darrell E. Issa, California
Grace Napolitano, California
Eric Cantor, Virginia
Adam B. Schiff, California
Jeff Flake, Arizona
Diane E. Watson, California
Brian D. Kerns, Indiana
Jo Ann Davis, Virginia
CONTACT ANY MEMBER OF CONGRESS AT THESE WEB SITES US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES:
http://www.house.gov
http://www.house.gov/writerep/
US SENATE:
http://www.senate.gov or http://www.senate.gov/contacting/index.cfm
CONTACT THE OPRAH SHOW Web site requesting that she do a follow
up show on the children at the Holy Cross School (email one or all three):
http://www.oprah.com/email/reach/email_reach_fromu.jhtml
http://www.oprah.com/email/tows/email_tows_main.jhtml
http://www.oprah.com/plugger/templates/BeOnTheShow.jhtml?action=respond&plugId=B2100004
IAUC ACTION ALERT: Situation in Ardoyne
1.) VOICE YOUR CONCERNS ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING IN BELFAST AT THE
HOLY CROSS SCHOOL, contact:
The British Embassy Web site
http://www.iauc.org/britishembassy.htm
* Chapters and groups are encouraged to organize writing campaigns &
demonstrations at their local British Embassy offices to highlight this
issue. For more contact info visit the IAUC Web site:
http://www.iauc.org/govcontacts.htm
2.) JOIN THE IRISH AMERICAN UNITY CONFERENCE TO GET MORE INVOLVED
IN ISSUES LIKE THIS!
Web site http://www.iauc.org/joiniauc.htm
3.) HOST A SPEAKER OR HELP COORDINATE A NATIONAL SPEAKING TOUR TO
HIGHLIGHT THE SITUATION OF CHILDREN IN IRELAND
If you are interested in hosting a speaker to visit your group or school
or would like to help coordinate this project, please contact:
Deanna Turner - IAUC
Phone: 248-471-3264
Email: editor@iauc.org
IRISH AMERICAN UNITY CONFERENCE
National Press Building
529 14th St. NW, Suite 837
Washington, DC 20045
Phone: 1-800-947-4282 or (248) 471-3264
Fax: (202) 662-8831
Web site: www.iauc.org
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