The International Movement For A Just World (Just) has initiated an open letter to the United Nations Security Council members urging them to reject war and stand for peace.

Its president Dr Chandra Muzaffar said today the time has come to send the message of peace to the council members to urge them to resolve the Iraq crisis through peaceful means.

He said the letter is now being circulated to thousands of individuals and groups throughout the world, mainly via the Internet .

"Just hopes that Malaysian citizens and public interest groups would endorse the letter. It is significant that more than 2.5 million Malaysians had signed a people's petition rejecting war o­n Iraq in the Peace Malaysia campaign," he said in a press statement.