Please visit:
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to sign the appeal.
Sukla
The text of the letter:
Nuclear weapons could destroy civilization and end
intelligent life on the planet.
The only sure way to prevent nuclear proliferation,
nuclear terrorism and nuclear war – before the next
blinding flash – is to rid the world of nuclear
weapons.
The era of nuclear weapons must be brought to an end.
This can be done. It will require leadership and
commitment. Nuclear weapons were created by humans,
and it is our responsibility to eliminate them before
they eliminate us.
The United States, as the world's most militarily
powerful nation, must take the initiative in convening
and leading the nations of the world to urgently take
the following steps:
*De-alert. Remove all nuclear weapons from high-alert
status, separating warheads from delivery vehicles;
*No First Use. Make legally binding commitments to No
First Use of nuclear weapons and establish nuclear
policies consistent with this commitment;
*No New Nuclear Weapons. Initiate a moratorium on the
research and development of new nuclear weapons, such
as the Reliable Replacement Warhead;
*Ban Nuclear Testing Forever. Ratify and bring into
force the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty;
*Control Nuclear Material. Create a verifiable
Fissile Material Cut-off Treaty with provisions to
bring all weapons-grade nuclear material and the
technologies to create such material under strict and
effective international control;
*Nuclear Weapons Convention. Commence good faith
negotiations, as required by the Non-Proliferation
Treaty, to achieve a Nuclear Weapons Convention for
the phased, verifiable and irreversible elimination of
nuclear weapons;
*Resources for Peace. Reallocate resources from the
tens of billions currently spent on nuclear arms to
alleviating poverty, preventing and curing disease,
eliminating hunger and expanding educational
opportunities throughout the world.
We call upon the next President of the United States
to make a world free of nuclear weapons an urgent
priority and to assure US leadership to realize this
goal.
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Dear Friends,
The election of Barack Obama as President of the
United States is a great moment for America and the
world - a time of celebration and tears. The American
people have chosen hope over fear, unity over
division. In doing so, we have repudiated policies of
violence, lawlessness and closed-door rule. We have
restored hope and made possible the restoration of
America's credibility in the world.
President-elect Obama has already made many statements
about US nuclear policy during his long campaign for
the presidency. The one I like best is: "A world
without nuclear weapons is profoundly in America's
interest and the world's interest. It is our
responsibility to make the commitment, and to do the
hard work to make this vision a reality. That's what
I've done as a Senator and a candidate, and that's
what I'll do as President."
He has also said, "I will make the goal of eliminating
nuclear weapons worldwide a central element of US
nuclear policy." He has also wisely stated that "if we
want the world to de-emphasize the role of nuclear
weapons, the United States and Russia must lead by
example." He has made clear that he does not seek
unilateral disarmament, but that America must lead in
achieving the global elimination of nuclear weapons.
Among the specific steps for US leadership that the
newly elected President emphasized in his campaign are
the following:
lead an international effort to de-emphasize the role
of nuclear weapons around the world;
strengthen the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty;
lock down the loose nuclear weapons that are out there
right now;
secure all loose nuclear materials within four years;
immediately stand down all nuclear forces to be
reduced under the Moscow Treaty and urge Russia to do
the same;
seek Russia's agreement to extend essential monitoring
and verification provisions of the START I [Strategic
Arms Reduction Treaty] before it expires in December
2009;
work with Russia to take US and Russian ballistic
missiles off hair-trigger alert;
work with other nuclear powers to reduce global
nuclear weapons stockpiles dramatically by the end of
his presidency;
stop the development of new nuclear weapons;
seek dramatic reductions in US and Russian stockpiles
of nuclear weapons and material;
set a goal to expand the US-Russian ban on
intermediate-range missiles so that the agreement is
global;
build a bipartisan consensus for ratification of the
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty;
cut investments in unproven missile defense systems;
and
not weaponize space.
President-elect Obama has proven himself a man of
vision and integrity. For the first time since
Presidents Reagan and Gorbachev met at the Reykjavik,
Iceland Summit in 1986 and came close to reaching an
agreement on abolishing nuclear weapons, the vision of
a world free of nuclear weapons appears to be within
the realm of possibility. This will require
presidential leadership, and the President-elect will
need support and encouragement from the American
people and from people throughout the world.
In peace,
David Krieger
President
Nuclear Age Peace Foundation
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