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Britain’s churches unite against nuclear weapons proliferation

Government advisor backs churches’ campaign against nuclear proliferation | Ekklesia, 5 March 2010, Baroness Shirley Williams is urging government action on the proliferation of nuclear weapons as one of the greatest threats to the survival of humankind.The Prime Minister’s advisor on nuclear proliferation made the statement just days after the White House indicated plans for “dramatic reductions” in the nuclear arsenal of the United States of America.Baroness Williams was endorsing a campaign by an alliance of nine UK Churches, which calls on the British Government to make a commitment to achieving a world free of nuclear weapons, building a safer future for all.The Churches’ campaign, entitled Now is the Time, joins the World Council of Churches and others in pressing for governments to put all bomb-grade material under international control and commit to making the use and possession of nuclear weapons illegal through a new Nuclear Weapons Convention. They are asking people to sign an online petition expressing support for these aims………..The alliance includes the Church of England, the Church of Scotland, the Methodist Church, the Baptist Union of Great Britain, the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), the United Reformed Church, the International Affairs Department of the Catholic Bishops Conference of England and Wales, the Catholic Bishops Conference of Scotland and the Archbishop of the Church in Wales.

The churches are voicing these concerns in advance of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) Review Conference in May 2010, which they believe will be crucial for international disarmament….For more information about the churches’ nuclear proliferation the campaign, go to: www.endnuclearweapons.org.uk

Government advisor backs churches’ campaign against nuclear proliferation | Ekklesia

March 5, 2010 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | UK, weapons and war | antinuclear, nuclear, nuclear weapons