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Stopiwch ffair arfau Llywodraeth Cymru

I Adam Price AS, Gweinidog Llywodraeth Cymru dros Fenter, Cysylltedd ac Ynni.

Rydym ni, y rhai sydd wedi llofnodi isod, yn gwrthwynebu ffair arfau Llywodraeth Cymru a drefnwyd ar gyfer 3-4 Medi yn ICC Wales, Celtic Manor, Casnewydd.

Galwn ar Lywodraeth Cymru i dynnu'n ôl o uwchgynhadledd Defence Security Resilience, a gyd-drefnwyd â Business in Focus, ADS Group a General Dynamics Land Systems, ac i alw i'r digwyddiad gael ei ganslo.

Galwn hefyd ar i Lywodraeth Cymru i ymrwymo i beidio â mynychu ffeiriau arfau mwyach.

Mae hyn yn ymwneud â chyfeiriad diwydiant a pholisi cyhoeddus Cymru.

Hawliau Dynol: Mae General Dynamics Land Systems yn is-gwmni i General Dynamics, corfforaeth sydd wedi elwa ar gyflenwi arfau i fyddin Israel yn ystod yr hyn y mae'r Prif Weinidog, Rhun ap Iorwerth wedi'i ddisgrifio fel hil-laddiad yn Gaza. Y mae hefyd wedi cyflenwi arfau i gyfundrefnau awdurdodaidd, gan gynnwys Saudi Arabia a'r Aifft.

Mae arddangoswyr mawr fel BAE Systems hefyd wedi cyflenwi arfau i Israel, ac i Saudi Arabia yn ystod y rhyfel yn Yemen. Drwy gydweithio â'r cwmnïau hyn, mae Llywodraeth Cymru mewn perygl o wrth-ddweud ei phleidlais yng nghynhadledd y blaid yn 2024 o blaid boicot, dadfuddsoddi a sancsiynau, gan gynnwys gwaharddiad ar arfau.

Llymder: Mae'r ffair arfau hon yn gysylltiedig â rhaglen ehangu milwrol Llywodraeth y DU a ras arfau fyd-eang ehangach. Led led Ewrop, mae gwariant milwrol uwch yn cael ei ariannu drwy doriadau i wariant cyhoeddus. Mae ail-arfogi yn golygu llymder i bobl gyffredin.

Swyddi: Mae Llywodraeth Cymru yn dadlau bod gwariant ar arfau yn creu swyddi. Ond mae ymchwil gan Transition Security Project yn awgrymu y gallai'r dull o ariannu gwariant milwrol uwch yn y DU drwy dorri cyllidebau mewn mannau eraill arwain at bron i ddwywaith cymaint o golli swyddi yn gyffredinol.

Mae angen swyddi da, diogel, a chyflog da ar Gymru. Dylem fuddsoddi mewn ynni adnewyddadwy, trafnidiaeth gyhoeddus, insiwleiddio cartrefi, tai fforddadwy a gwasanaethau cyhoeddus. Dylai sgiliau gweithwyr Cymru gefnogi trawsnewidiad teg, nid economi arfau sy'n ehangu.

Hinsawdd, tai a thlodi: Mae Cymru'n wynebu argyfwng hinsawdd, argyfwng tai a lefelau uchel o dlodi. Credwn y dylai Llywodraeth Cymru flaenoriaethu buddsoddiad yn yr hyn sydd ei angen ar gymunedau: Llesiant nid Rhyfela.

Os bydd y ffair arfau yn mynd yn ei blaen, rydym yn addo cefnogi protest dorfol at fore ei diwrnod agoriadol.

We, the undersigned, oppose the Welsh Government arms fair scheduled for 3–4 September at ICC Wales, Celtic Manor, Newport.

We call on the Welsh Government to withdraw from the Defence Security Resilience Cymru summit, co-organised with Business in Focus, ADS Group and General Dynamics Land Systems, and to call for the event to be cancelled.

We also call on the Welsh Government to commit to no longer attending arms fairs.

This is about the direction of Welsh industry and public policy.

Human rights: General Dynamics Land Systems is a subsidiary of General Dynamics, a corporation that has profited from supplying weapons to the Israeli military during what First Minister Rhun ap Iorwerth has described as a genocide in Gaza. It has also supplied arms to authoritarian regimes, including Saudi Arabia and Egypt.

Major exhibitors such as BAE Systems have likewise supplied arms to Israel, and to Saudi Arabia during the war in Yemen. By partnering with these companies, the Welsh Government risks contradicting its own 2024 party conference vote in favour of boycott, divestment and sanctions against Israel, including an arms embargo.

Austerity: This arms fair is linked to the UK Government's programme of military expansion and a wider global arms race. Across Europe, increased military spending is being funded through cuts to public spending. Rearmament means austerity for ordinary people.

Jobs: The Welsh Government argues that arms spending creates jobs. But research by the Transition Security Project suggests that the UK funding increased military spending through cuts elsewhere could result in nearly twice as many job losses overall.
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Wales needs good, secure, well-paid jobs. We should invest in renewable energy, public transport, home insulation, affordable housing and public services. The skills of Welsh workers should support a just transition, not an expanding arms economy.

Climate, housing and poverty: Wales faces a climate emergency, a housing crisis and high levels of poverty. We believe the Welsh Government should prioritise investment in the things communities need: welfare, not warfare.

If the arms fair goes ahead we pledge to support mass protest on the morning of its opening day.
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