Posts Tagged: nuclear weapons

Toward A Nuclear-Free World: Webinar on the New START Treaty

May 19 program with Assistant Secretary of State Rose Gottemoeller To participate, go to https://statedept.connectsolutions.com/start on at 9 a.m. EDT on May 19. Please join the U.S. chief negotiator, Assistant Secretary of State Rose Gottemoeller, who will discuss the recent…

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Living the Believers’ Calling – peace cranes

Here’s a way congregations can celebrate 30 years of peacemaking: Learn how to fold peace cranes. Incorporate this symbol into worship. See how Central Presbyterian Church in Atlanta, GA and Ridgewood Presbyterian Church in Ridgewood, NY used peace cranes. The…

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Indonesia seeks ratification of the CTBT

Indonesia announced today that it will seek ratification of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, dropping its demand that it would only do so after United States had ratified the landmark agreement. The announcement marks the most significant non-proliferation commitment by…

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Pray for a world free of nuclear weapons

Grant us the awareness that true security lies not in weapons systems. Grant us the grace to repent our arrogance that allows us to create and rely on nuclear weapons. Grant us the wisdom to conceive a world free from…

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Working for a world free of nuclear weapons

The Peacemaking Team at First Presbyterian Church of Bend, Oregon has engaged in advocacy supporting the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT). The team developed a statement calling for the ratification of the treaty and then invited members of the faith…

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Reviewing the NPT

From the United Nations: The 2010 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) will be held in May 2010 at United Nations Headquarters in New York. The NPT is a landmark international…

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Next steps after START

Urge your Senators to declare publicly their support for speedy action on the new START treaty. The Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) has long supported securing nuclear materials from terrorists and reducing the number of nuclear armaments. For decades the General Assembly…

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Reflections on START

Various individuals, faith communities, think tanks, advocacy groups and more have commented on the recently signed START treaty that would reduce the number of nuclear arms held by the United States and Russia. Here are some of them: Statement by…

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It’s a START

President Obama of the United States and President Medvedev of Russia will meet in Prague, Czech Republic, today to sign a new strategic arms control agreement. In the United States, the treaty will go to the Senate which must ratify…

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