Nuclear Proliferation


A Moral Call to Eliminate the threat of Nuclear Weapons – A Statement by Religious Leaders and People of Faith presented as a gift to Humanity to the Parliament of the World’s Religions – Cape Town,South Africa

December 1-8, 1999 Our common humanity brings us together to eliminate a threat to us all. Our diversity will strengthen our efforts. As people of faith, we accept our responsibility to provide moral and ethical clarity and leadership for the common good of all life...

Reverend Jesse Jackson, Senator Alan Cranston, Dr.Jane Goodall and 120 International Youth Leaders Call for Ban of Nuclear Weapons Testing

  October 06, 1999 The Reverend Jesse Jackson, Senator Alan Cranston, Dr. Jane Goodall, and 120 youth leaders representing more than 50 countries will gather on the steps of San Francisco’s Grace Cathedral at Noon today, October 6, 1999, to call for the US...

Peace Declaration: Address by Tadatoshi Akiba, Mayor of Hiroshima, on the occasion of the 54th Anniversary of Hiroshima Bombing – Congress Expressing the Sense That Nuclear Weapons Should Be Taken off Hair-Trigger Alert

August 06, 1999 Peace Declaration: Address on the occasion of the 54th anniversary of Hiroshima A century of war, the twentieth century spawned the devil’s own weapons-nuclear weapons-and humankind has yet to free itself of their threat.Nonetheless, inspired by...

Nuclear Abolition Statement by International Civilian Leaders: An Assessment and an Appeal

The end of the Cold War has wrought a profound transformation of the international political and security arena. Idealogical confrontation has been supplanted by burgeoning global relations across every field of human endeavor. There is intense alienation but also...

Joint Statement by Gen. Lee Butler and Gen. Andrew Paster on Reduction of Nuclear Weapons Arsenals: Declining Utility, Continuing Risks – National Press Club – Washington D.C.

November 01, 1996 As senior military officers, we have given close attention over many years to the role of nuclear weapons as well as the risks they involve. With the end of the Cold War, these weapons are of sharply reduced utility, and there is much now to be...