Office of the Spokesman Washington, DC December 1, 2010 The following is the text of a joint statement by the Sudan Troika (United States, United Kingdom, and Norway) on the Southern Sudan Referendum. Begin text: We congratulate the Southern Sudan…
Read more »Prayers are always in order for the people of Sudan. Prayers are particularly in order as January, 2011 draws near. A referendum on self-determination for the people of South Sudan is scheduled for January 9. On that same day, a…
Read more »Take five minutes to help get the new START treaty ratified. Contact your Senators! The Presbyterian Office of Public Witness writes: Our political leaders have put listening to the American people at the top of their agenda for the next…
Read more »Without START (Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty), the United States cannot inspect Russian nuclear weapons sites. Encourage your Senators to support ratification of START. As well as allowing such inspections, the new START would reduce the number of U.S. and Russian…
Read more »by Roger Scott Powers – posted with permission Thirty years of peacemaking, and what do we have to show for it? A lot, when you think about it! Thirty years ago, the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. were locked head-to-head in…
Read more »Contact your Senators and urge them to give bipartisan support to the new START – the treaty that would reduce the nuclear arsenals of the United States and Russia. The Capitol switchboard number is 202-224-3121. Sample Email I urge you…
Read more »Our colleagues with the Friends Committee on National Legislation report that Senator John Kerry, chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, has announced that the committee vote on the START treaty has been delayed until September 15 or 16. This…
Read more »We have been encouraging support for the START agreement between the United States and Russia. Here is another take on that topic from our colleagues in the Presbyterian Washington Office History of the START agreement The original START agreement between…
Read more »Today marks Juneteenth, the oldest known celebration commemorating the ending of slavery in the United States. Juneteenth.com describes the occasion: “Dating back to 1865, it was on June 19th that the Union soldiers, led by Major General Gordon Granger, landed…
Read more »O God, how long will those who make war govern our countries? O God, how long will those who steal, kill and destroy have so much power? O God, how long will security be like a long night of terror?…
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