February 28, 2003

LETTER TO THE EDITOR, MONTEREY COUNTY HERALD

The Leagues of Women Voters of the Monterey Peninsula and the Salinas Valley urge our national leaders to continue working with the United Nations to resolve the situation with Iraq. International cooperation is an essential element in guarding against terrorism and protecting all nations from attack, particularly those that may involve nuclear, chemical or biological weapons.

For decades, the League of Women Voters has supported the role of the United Nations in developing, maintaining and protecting peace around the world. When multilateral action is needed to combat terrorism, to establish the institutions and conditions for real economic and social development in post-war Afghanistan and other countries and to guard against weapons proliferation, the active involvement of the international community and the United Nations is even more important. Working with the United Nations provides the U.S. with many foreign and domestic policy advantages. The United Nations should be an important component of U.S. foreign policy.

Beverly G. Bean, President, League of Women Voters of the Monterey Peninsula
Anne Herendeen, President, League of Women Voters of the Salinas Valley