• Pacific Division APA: The Resolution against war with Iraq PASSED, with 283 in favor, 78 opposed, 18 abstentions and 5 blank ballots.

In late April and early May 2003, members of the Pacific Division voted by mail ballot on the following resolution concerning war with Iraq:

Resolved, that members of the Pacific Division of the American Philosophical Association express our serious doubts about the morality, legality and prudence of a war against Iraq led by the United States. Both just war theory and international law say that states may resort to war only in self-defense. Iraq has not attacked the United States, and claims that it is about to do so are not credible. Even in the absence of imminent threat, the United States claims a preemptive justification for war in this case. This claim stretches the meaning of preemption beyond reasonable bounds and sets a dangerous precedent which other states may feel free to follow.

A war waged by the United States against Iraq will be costly in lives, both Iraqi and American, and probably those of other nations. It will likely create disorder leading to more suffering of innocent people in the long term, both within Iraq and elsewhere. It will cost American taxpayers many billions of dollars that would better be used for humane purposes at home and abroad.

• PACIFIC DIVISION SURVEY* ON ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION OF PAPERS:
  SHOULD THERE BE ELECTRONIC SUBMISSIONS?
  No electronic submissions 5
  Optional electronic submissions 184
  Required electronic submissions 2 WHICH METHOD OF SUBMISSION WOULD YOU USE?
  Email 41
  APA Website 3
  Both 133
  
  *The survey instrument was distributed at the 2003 Pacific Division Meeting and by email on request from the APA Pacific Division Secretary-Treasurer. Respondents do not constitute a good sampling of the entire APA membership. These results merely indicate preferential trends among individuals who were sufficiently interested in the topic to return the questionnaire.The Pacific Division Executive Committee thanks members who provided us with references to websites with forms that facilitate paper submission.
  
  
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