Dear All,
Just a thought on writing protest letters about environmental enormities
happening in other countries. Most letters seem to be suggesting that you
write the Minister or Ministry in that country, but I think a more effective
strategy is to write to the Ambassador of that country in Australia (or in
whichever country you are). During this last year I worked for one of the
Embassies in Canberra and I can testify that even a few protest letters can
ruffle feathers, as Ambassadors are much more concerned with their country's
international reputation than are bureaucrats and politicians in that
country.
Australians can download a document called The Diplomatic List from the Dept
of Foreign Affairs Web-site: http://www.dfat.gov.au/protocol/
and this will tell you the name and address of the relevant
Embassy/Ambassador. And people in other countries can probably find similar
information at their Departments of Foreign Affairs web-sites.
For those Australians wanting to protest the Korean reclamation scheme, for
example, write to:
HE Mr Shin Hyo-hun
Ambassador
Embassy of the Republic of Korea
113 Empire Circuit
Yarralumla, ACT 2600
cheers
John Leonard
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