The Disarmament Working group is seeking endorsements of the following statement. To add your name to the list, please email info@icpj.net.

Nuclear Disarmament Statement

As people of faith we support nuclear disarmament as being consistent with our most sacred spiritual values.

We recognize the importance of the religious community in fostering a responsible and achievable approach to nuclear disarmament.

We are pleased to endorse this statement and pledge to work toward achieving the goal of nuclear disarmament.

Religious communities should lead the way to nuclear disarmament. All of our religious traditions have, at their core, an understanding that we are one human family. Opposition to nuclear weapons reflects this fact and the fundamental belief that mass murder of civilians is always immoral.

The danger that nuclear weapons pose to humanity is vast, and far outweighs any military value that they may have. Among these dangers are:

• The possibility that nuclear weapons could fall into the hands of terrorists;
• The danger of accidental nuclear detonation;
• The possibility that a conventional conflict could escalate into a nuclear war;
• The environmental damage that can be directly attributed to the development and maintenance of nuclear arsenals; and
• The financial burden that nuclear weapons development and maintenance places on government spending and social services.

A world without nuclear weapons is a safer world, and we will work to stop the nuclear danger.

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