Resolution Number: | 2022-C027 |
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Title: | Support Elimination of Worldwide Nuclear Arsenals |
Legislative Action Taken: | Concur as Substituted |
Final Text: |
Resolved, That the 80th General Convention of The Episcopal Church renounces the option of using nuclear weapons first and supports pursuing a verifiable agreement among nuclear armed nations to eliminate their arsenals as established in the United Nations Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons; and be it further
Resolved, That the 80th General Convention of The Episcopal Church, following Jesus' commandment to love God with our whole heart, soul and mind, and to love our neighbors as ourselves, endorses the goals of organizations such as “Back from the Brink: the Call to Prevent Nuclear War” And the “International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons” and call on the Office of Government Relations to continue to work in support of the goal of total nuclear disarmament (1997-D022) and dismantling existing U.S. nuclear weapons (2009-D060).
Citation: | General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Baltimore, 2022 (New York: General Convention, 2023), pp. 855-856. |
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Legislative History
Author: | Central New York |
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Originating House: | House of Deputies |
Originating Committee: | Social Justice and United States Policy |
House of Deputies
The House of Deputies Committee on Social Justice and United States Policy presented its Report #15 on Resolution C027 (Endorse "Back from the Brink: A Call to Prevent Nuclear War") and moved adoption of a substitute.
Original Text of Resolution:
(C027)
Resolved, the House of Bishops concurring,
That the 80th General Convention of The Episcopal Church, that the 152nd Convention of the Diocese of Central New York, following Jesus' commandment to love God with our whole heart, soul and mind, and to love our neighbors as ourselves, endorses the international grassroots initiative “Back from the Brink: the Call to Prevent Nuclear War.” Endorsing “Back from the Brink” supports the adoption of five common-sense steps:
- Renounce the option of using nuclear weapons first;
- End the sole, unchecked authority of any U.S. President to launch a nuclear attack
- Take U.S. nuclear weapons off hair trigger alert;
- Cancel the 1.7 trillion dollar plan to replace the entire U.S. nuclear arsenal with enhanced weapons;
- Pursue a verifiable agreement among nuclear armed nations to eliminate their arsenals as established in the United Nations Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.
Grassroots endorsements of these five steps will add pressure for change in U.S. nuclear weapons policy, calling on our national leaders to embrace the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons and to make nuclear disarmament the center of our national security policy, seeking bilateral and multilateral agreements; and be it further
Resolved, That this Convention's endorsement will be communicated by diocesan authorities to our elected N.Y. Representatives, Senators Schumer and Gillibrand, and the President of the United States; and be it further
?Resolved, That this 152nd Convention of the Diocese of Central NY will submit this resolution to the 80th General Convention of The Episcopal Church.
Committee Substitute:
Resolved, the House of Bishops concurring,
That the 80th General Convention of The Episcopal Church renounces the option of using nuclear weapons first and supports pursuing a verifiable agreement among nuclear armed nations to eliminate their arsenals as established in the United Nations Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons; and be it further
Resolved, That the 80th General Convention of The Episcopal Church, following Jesus' commandment to love God with our whole heart, soul and mind, and to love our neighbors as ourselves, endorses the goals of organizations such as “Back from the Brink: the Call to Prevent Nuclear War” And the “International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons” and call on the Office of Government Relations to continue to work in support of the goal of total nuclear disarmament (1997-D022) and dismantling existing U.S. nuclear weapons (2009-D060).
Motion carried
Substitute resolution adopted
(Communicated to the House of Bishops in HD Message #107)
House of Bishops
The House of Bishops Committee on Social Justice and United States Policy presented its Report #34 on HD Message #107 on Resolution C027 (Endorse "Back from the Brink: A Call to Prevent Nuclear War") and moved concurrence.
Motion carried
The House concurred
(Communicated to the House of Deputies in HB Message #323)
Resolution Concurred by Both Houses, July 10.
Source Document: | Back from the Brink, Back from the Brink Toolkit Source Citation: https://preventnuclearwar.org/files/BFTB%20toolkit.pdf. Last accessed 10/30/2023. |
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Abstract: | The 80th General Convention endorses the goal of total nuclear disarmament and calls on the Office of Government Relations to continue its work in support of this goal. |
Notes: | Many resolutions concurred by the House of Bishops on Day 3 resulted in two messages being sent to the House of Deputies. The Acts of Convention followed the Journal Editor’s lead in using the second message number as the official message. House of Bishops Message #323 was preceded by House of Bishops Message #257. |