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1986: NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS & NUCLEAR WEAPONS 1986 - 78th NATIONAL AEU ASSEMBLY

NUCLEAR POWER PLANTS AND NUCLEAR WEAPONS

WHEREAS, our aim is to affirm life, not destroy it, and

WHEREAS, the Soviet nuclear catastrophe clearly reveals the danger to all life on earth from nuclear installations and weapons,

THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT:

In the interest of common security and global survival, the American Ethical Union calls on the United States Government and other nuclear powers to:

Close down permanently all nuclear power plants,
Negotiate agreements to stop testing, producing, stockpiling and deploying nuclear weapons, and destroy existing nuclear weapons,
Negotiate and cooperate with other nations to establish a global security system, including verified disarmament and the peaceful settlement of disputes. (Refer to Resolution on the "Support for Global Security" approved by the American Ethical Union at its 76th (1984) National Assembly.)

Adopted by the American Ethical Union Assembly at the St. Louis Society, St. Louis, Missouri, 1986.

Source: AEU 78th Annual Assembly - Resolutions Memo [job20scan]

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