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A Red Cross and Red Crescent call to action on nuclear weapons
http://peaceandhealthblog.com/2013/11/20/call-to-action/
A Red Cross and Red Crescent call to action on nuclear weapons
NOVEMBER 20, 2013
The Council of Delegates of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement renewed its call for the elimination of nuclear weapons at the IFRC’s General Assembly this month in Sydney, Australia.
The resolution, “Working towards the elimination of nuclear weapons,” was adopted unanimously and reiterated the Movement’s concern, expressed two years ago in a similarly worded resolution, about “the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear weapons, including the unspeakable human suffering that their use would cause and the threat that such weapons pose to food production, the environment and future generations.”
The Movement once again called for global action to ensure that nuclear weapons are never used again, that their use is prohibited under international law, and that they are “completely eliminated.”
The new resolution includes a four-year action plan and urges all national Red Cross and Red Crescent societies to help implement the plan through public education activities and by engaging with their governments to promote “concrete steps leading to the negotiation of a legally binding international agreement to prohibit the use of and completely eliminate nuclear weapons – based on existing commitments and international obligations – and to conclude such negotiations with urgency and determination.”
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A Red Cross and Red Crescent call to action on nuclear weapons
NOVEMBER 20, 2013
The Council of Delegates of the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement renewed its call for the elimination of nuclear weapons at the IFRC’s General Assembly this month in Sydney, Australia.
The resolution, “Working towards the elimination of nuclear weapons,” was adopted unanimously and reiterated the Movement’s concern, expressed two years ago in a similarly worded resolution, about “the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear weapons, including the unspeakable human suffering that their use would cause and the threat that such weapons pose to food production, the environment and future generations.”
The Movement once again called for global action to ensure that nuclear weapons are never used again, that their use is prohibited under international law, and that they are “completely eliminated.”
The new resolution includes a four-year action plan and urges all national Red Cross and Red Crescent societies to help implement the plan through public education activities and by engaging with their governments to promote “concrete steps leading to the negotiation of a legally binding international agreement to prohibit the use of and completely eliminate nuclear weapons – based on existing commitments and international obligations – and to conclude such negotiations with urgency and determination.”
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