Tuesday 22 November 2011

Letter to the
 Fondation Danielle Mitterrand
 France Libertés
 22 Rue de Milan
 75009 Paris

Saintes, 22 November 2011

Dear Friends,

ACDN (Action des Citoyens pour le Désarmement Nucléaire) and myself present our sincere condolences to Madame Mitterrand’s family and friends and to her Fondation. I met Danielle Mitterrand on several occasions (at Saintes for the inauguration of the Médiathèque François Mitterrand, and for the Salon of Books on Human Rights and Solidarity; and in Paris for the launch in France of the World March for Peace and Nonviolence.

She shared our struggle for the abolition of nuclear weapons and the phasing-out of nuclear power. She had signed several of our appeals. We shared and we still share her last struggle, the campaign for water-sharing and access to drinking water. We made this issue one of the main themes for reflection at the Consultative Gathering for a Livable World, which took place in Saintes on 27-30, 2011. Water is also one of the section headings in the Charter for a Livable World, a new document which we were intending to ask her to sign - and I am convinced she would have agreed to do so.

Her departure is a loss for all lovers of humanity.

We wish to be association in some appropriate manner with the tributes that will be paid to her.

With sincere greetings.

for ACDN

Jean-Marie Matagne, president