Call Congress to enact HR68 for worldwide nuclear disarmament
On Monday- August 6. Our city council will consider this resolution:
A MEMORIAL
RELATING TO NUCLEAR WEAPONS; URGING THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS TO SUPPORT HOUSE RESOLUTION 68 CALLING FOR A COMPREHENSIVE NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT PROGRAM.
TO: THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES
YOUR MEMORIALIST RESPECTFULLY REPRESENTS AS FOLLOWS:
WHEREAS, reflecting on the atomic bombings of Hiroshima (August 6, 1945) and Nagasaki (August 9, 1945) by the United States, the only nation to use nuclear weapons in war, and the enormous suffering and death caused to hundreds of thousands of civilian residents, many still suffering today; and
WHEREAS, being aware of the continuing deaths and suffering of workers in the nuclear weapons factories, uranium mines, and other aspects of the nuclear bomb industry including the killing of livestock and the poisoning of our food supply by the fallout from years of nuclear weapons testing; and
WHEREAS, there are devastating long-lasting effects of the use of depleted uranium weapons (a by-product of the nuclear industry) on the people in battlefields of Iraq, Bosnia, Kosovo and elsewhere, including testing and development sites in the U.S. and Puerto Rico; and
WHEREAS, the United States retains an arsenal of over 10,000 nuclear weapons, some of them still on high alert; and
WHEREAS, the United States is proceeding with plans to “modernize” its nuclear weapons arsenal; and
WHEREAS, the United States, instead of being the leader, has impeded full implementation of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty objectives, for which member states pledged to halt research, testing, production and use of nuclear weapons, and to work toward the abolition of nuclear weapons; and
WHEREAS, on July 8, 1996, the International Court of Justice issued an advisory opinion that they could find no lawful circumstances for the threat or use of nuclear weapons; and
WHEREAS, there is no technological nor geological solution to safely isolate radioactive waste, with huge quantities continuing to accumulate at reactor & weapons sites; and
WHEREAS, nuclear reactor and weapons sites are potential sources of diversion of fissile materials to terrorists and are potential targets for terrorists; and
WHEREAS, concurrent with abolishing nuclear weapons, there is an urgent need to address the political and economic inequalities that nuclear weapons help to sustain. Having nuclear weapons is a symptom of social degradation and contributes to a climate of fear which has much deeper roots; and
NOW, THEREFORE, YOUR MEMORIALIST, THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUCSON, ARIZONA, ASKS:
SECTION 1. That the Congress of the United States join in support of House Resolution 68, calling for and outlining a comprehensive worldwide nuclear disarmament program.
SECTION 2. The City Clerk is authorized and directed to send a copy of this Memorial to each member of the Arizona Congressional delegation.
PASSED, ADOPTED AND APPROVED by the Mayor and Council of the City of Tucson, Arizona, (date) (IF approved!)______________
Please join us
If you are anywhere near Tucson,AZ
On August 6,2007 come to the Tucson City Council meeting to support the Hiroshima-Nagasaki Resolution submitted by WILPF(Woman's International League for Peace & Freedom), The Tucson Raging Grannies and the Tucson Peace Center.
The Resolution is entitled “A Memorial” and commemorates lives lost in Hiroshima, Nagasaki and in the nuclear weapons industries, and calls on Congress to enact House Resolution 68, a plan for worldwide nuclear disarmament.
The Resolution is on the Consent Agenda, to be considered early in the Council meeting.
A MEMORIAL
RELATING TO NUCLEAR WEAPONS; URGING THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS TO SUPPORT HOUSE RESOLUTION 68 CALLING FOR A COMPREHENSIVE NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT PROGRAM.
TO: THE CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES
YOUR MEMORIALIST RESPECTFULLY REPRESENTS AS FOLLOWS:
WHEREAS, reflecting on the atomic bombings of Hiroshima (August 6, 1945) and Nagasaki (August 9, 1945) by the United States, the only nation to use nuclear weapons in war, and the enormous suffering and death caused to hundreds of thousands of civilian residents, many still suffering today; and
WHEREAS, being aware of the continuing deaths and suffering of workers in the nuclear weapons factories, uranium mines, and other aspects of the nuclear bomb industry including the killing of livestock and the poisoning of our food supply by the fallout from years of nuclear weapons testing; and
WHEREAS, there are devastating long-lasting effects of the use of depleted uranium weapons (a by-product of the nuclear industry) on the people in battlefields of Iraq, Bosnia, Kosovo and elsewhere, including testing and development sites in the U.S. and Puerto Rico; and
WHEREAS, the United States retains an arsenal of over 10,000 nuclear weapons, some of them still on high alert; and
WHEREAS, the United States is proceeding with plans to “modernize” its nuclear weapons arsenal; and
WHEREAS, the United States, instead of being the leader, has impeded full implementation of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty objectives, for which member states pledged to halt research, testing, production and use of nuclear weapons, and to work toward the abolition of nuclear weapons; and
WHEREAS, on July 8, 1996, the International Court of Justice issued an advisory opinion that they could find no lawful circumstances for the threat or use of nuclear weapons; and
WHEREAS, there is no technological nor geological solution to safely isolate radioactive waste, with huge quantities continuing to accumulate at reactor & weapons sites; and
WHEREAS, nuclear reactor and weapons sites are potential sources of diversion of fissile materials to terrorists and are potential targets for terrorists; and
WHEREAS, concurrent with abolishing nuclear weapons, there is an urgent need to address the political and economic inequalities that nuclear weapons help to sustain. Having nuclear weapons is a symptom of social degradation and contributes to a climate of fear which has much deeper roots; and
NOW, THEREFORE, YOUR MEMORIALIST, THE MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF TUCSON, ARIZONA, ASKS:
SECTION 1. That the Congress of the United States join in support of House Resolution 68, calling for and outlining a comprehensive worldwide nuclear disarmament program.
SECTION 2. The City Clerk is authorized and directed to send a copy of this Memorial to each member of the Arizona Congressional delegation.
PASSED, ADOPTED AND APPROVED by the Mayor and Council of the City of Tucson, Arizona, (date) (IF approved!)______________
Please join us
If you are anywhere near Tucson,AZ
On August 6,2007 come to the Tucson City Council meeting to support the Hiroshima-Nagasaki Resolution submitted by WILPF(Woman's International League for Peace & Freedom), The Tucson Raging Grannies and the Tucson Peace Center.
The Resolution is entitled “A Memorial” and commemorates lives lost in Hiroshima, Nagasaki and in the nuclear weapons industries, and calls on Congress to enact House Resolution 68, a plan for worldwide nuclear disarmament.
The Resolution is on the Consent Agenda, to be considered early in the Council meeting.