JANUARY 2002 / VOL. 2 ISSUE 8
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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