6.2.- SUPPORT MESSAGES

We have received many support letters, in this document we only enumerate SOME OF THEM that we consider more representative. This selection has been realized to present a small document.

African organisations and individuals, 14 supports, some of them are:

  • Rally for the Return of Refugees and Democracy in Rwanda (RDR), the world's foremost organisation of Rwandan exiles

  • Communities from the African Great Lakes region: Rwandan Community of West Africa, Burundian Community of Canada, Rwandan Community of the Ivory Coast, Rwandan Association of Toulouse, Rwandan Congress of Canada.

  • Organisation for Peace, Justice and Development in Rwanda (OPJDR), USA

Missionaries to the African Great Lakes, 17 supports, some of them are:

  • 6 Religious congregations with missionaries at African Great Lakes region: Sisters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul, Societas Missionariorum Africae (White Fathers) (Spain), Javierian Missionaries of Spain, Combonian Missionaries (Spain), Nuns of the Sacred Heart of Jesus(North-Spain), Community of Brothers of Charity (Kigoma-Tanzania), Missionaries of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary,

  • Purificación Risco, winner of the Prince of Asturias Concord Prize of 1994 (representing the missionaries in Rwanda and Burundi)

  • 4 Diocesan Missions Delegations: Tortoise, Majorca, Logroño, Barcelona

  • 6 Missionaries in the African Great Lakes Region:Alberto Fernández Malanda (lay missionary in Burundi), Jaume Mas Julià (missionary in Burundi 1976-1997), Jaume Moragues de Oleza (missionary in Burundi 1951-1988), Miquel Parets i Serra (missionary 1961-1997), Jaime Cañellas Llompart (ex-missionary in Burundi), Cecili Buele (ex-missionary in Burundi)

Organizations for cooperation, human rights, peace and humanitarian aid, 23 supports, some of them are:

  • Vicens Ferrer, winner of the Prince of Asturias Concord Prize of 1997

  • Human Rights, Majorca

  • Justice and Peace, Barcelona, President of Spain, Majorca, Manresa

  • Munzihirwa Group, Madrid, collective of several dozen NGOs

  • Umoya, Committees for Solidarity with Black Africa

  • Friends of B.P. Casaldàliga “Araguaia”, Barcelona

  • Intermón, general board of directors (member of Oxfam Internacional)

  • Pepe Beúnza Vázquez, first conscientious objector in Spain

  • Anita Klum, secretary general, Swiss Fundation for Human Rights

  • Josep Vidal i Llecha association

  • Federation of Associations for the Defence and Promotion of Human Rights, with special consultative status in the UN ECOSOC; integrated by Association for the United Nations in Spain, Caritas Española, Institut de Drets Humans de Catalunya, Institute of Political Studies for Latin America and Africa  (IEPALA), Justicia y Paz, Liga Española Pro Derechos Humanos  (Spanish League for Human Rights), Movement for Peace, Disarmament and Liberty (MPDL), Paz y Cooperación

  • Jon Sobrino, SJ, Director of the Monseñor Romero Center /UCA, San Salvador

  • Inshuti, Friends of the people of Rwanda and Burundi

Political institutions and public servants, 53 supports, some of them are:

  • Island Council of Majorca, highest governmental body in Majorca (28 votes in favor, 2 abstentions, none against)

  • Balearic Island Parliament (unanimously approved in plenary session)

  • Spanish Parliament (unanimously approved)

  • 2 Town Councils Associations of Majorca: Tramuntana, Plà

  • 22 Town Councils of Majorca, 4 Town Councils of Andalucía

  • 5 Balearic publics servants: Catalina Cirer (government representative at Autonomous Community of the Balearic Islands), Cecili Buele (cultural councilor for the Island Council), Pere Sampol i Mas (Vice President of the Balearic Islands Government), Catalina Mª Bover i Nicolau (General Director of Organization and Innovation, Balearic Government), Damià Pons i Pons (Councillor for Culture and Education for the Balearic Island Government)

  • 8 European Parliamentary MP: Pere Esteve, José Mª Mendiluce, Jaime Valdivieso, Fernando Fernández Martin, Laura González, Rosa Díez, Francisca Sauquillo, Theresa Zabell

  • Others: Fernando Álvarez de Miranda (Ombudsman, Spain), Teresa Riera Madurell (Balearic Island deputy at the Spanish Parliament), José Chamizo de la Rubia (Ombudsman, Andalucía), Rafael Estrella Pedrola (Spokesperson for the Commission of External Affairs in the House of Commons)

Jurists, 8 supports:

  • Association of Jurists of the Balearic Islands (AJIB)

  • Ladislao Roig Bustos, lieutenant prosecutor, Balearic High Court

  • Pere Barceló Obrador, magistrate, Court of Palma

  • Margarita Robles Fernández, magistrate, National High Court of Spain and ex-Secretary of the Interior

  • Baltasar Garzón Real, examining magistrate No. 5., National High Court, Madrid, and examining magistrate for, among others, the case against Augusto Pinochet in Spain

  • Carlos Gómez Martínez, director, Spanish Judicial School

  • Jesús Alcalá, professor of international law, member of the Council of the International Comission of Jurists, Sweden

  • Guillermo Vidal Andreu, President of Catalunya High Court

Clergy and religious, 37 supports, some of them are:

  • Mns. Teodoro Úbeda, Bishop of Mallorca

  • Pere Casaldàliga i Plà, Bishop of Sao Felix do Araguaia, MT, Brazil

  • Anders Arborelius, Bishop, Catholic Bishopric of Stockholm

  • 4 Zen Master: Willigis Jäger, Berta Meneses, Fr. Niklaus Bratsche SJ, Carmen Monske

  • Jaime Cabot Bujosa, domestic prelate of John Paul II

  • Lluc Sanctuary, Mallorca

  • 12 Parishes of Majorca, 1 Parish not of Majorca

Academics and intellectual, 29 supports, some of them are:

  • 9 Rectors and Universitys: Llorenç Huguet i Rotger (Universitat de les Illes Baleares), University School of Education – Ávila (Universidad de Salamanca), Manuel Gallego Diaz (Universidad Pontificia Comillas de Madrid), José María Martín Delgado (Universidad Internacional de Andalucía), Jaime Vinuesa Tejedor (Universidad de Cantabria), Raúl Villar Lázaro (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid), Josefa Beltrán Bertomeu (Asociación Universitat d’Estiu de les Terres de l’Ebre), José Gómez Soliño (Universidad de la Laguna), Rafael Puyol Antolín (Universidad Complutense de Madrid)

  • 13 University teachers, some of them are: Dolores Aleixandre Parra (Universidad de Comillas, Madrid), Ramón Panikkar (Universidad de California en Santa Bárbara, USA), Miquel Tortella i Feliu (Universitat de les Illes Balears), Joseph Mafokozi (Universidad Complutense de Madrid)

  • 4 University professors: Joan Oliver Araujo Feliu (Universitat de les Illes Balears-UIB), Gabriel Amengual Coll (UIB), Josep Maria Terricabres (Universitat de Girona), Ramon Bassa (UIB)

  • Javier Sadaba, Doctor of Filosophy and Ethics

  • José Luis Sampedro Sáez, Writer, member of the Spanish Royal Academy, Professor in Economic Structure (retired) of the Universidad de Madrid; ex-Senator

Organizations and individuals involved in social and ecological action, 18 supports, some of them are:

  • Antoni Font Gelabert, member of the Board of Directors of the Stichting Greenpeace Council (Greenpeace International, the Netherlands)

  • Diocesan Caritas of Majorca, Diocese of Majorca

  • Diocesan Social Action Delegation, Diocese of Majorca

  • Xavier Pastor i Gràcia, executive director, Greenpeace Spain

  • Grup d'Ornitologia Balear (GOB), environmentalist organization

  • Bartomeu Català Barceló, president, Asociación Proyecto Hombre; secretary general, Ibero-American Network of NGOs working in drug dependencies (RIOD); member of the board of directors of the World Federation of Therapeutic Communities.

Cultural workers, educators and Civil society, more than 60 supports, some of them are:

  • Asociación de Tai Chi Taoista de España Spanish Association of Taoist Tai Chi, Barcelona

  • Michael Douglas, Actor and Ambassador for Peace for the United Nations

  • Fundació Pilar i Joan Miró, Artistic fundation

  • Estudi General Lul.lià

  • Federació Catalana d'Associacions i Clubs UNESCO

  • 14 Education centers

  • 5 Neighbourhood Associations of Palma

  • 7 Official Association of Balearic Island Administrators, Social Graduated, Apothecarys, Veterinary Surgeons, Psychologists, Architects, Philosophy Doctors and Licentiates

More than 2.300 popular supports