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  • It is often stated – incorrectly – that the Chinese character for “crisis” includes the symbols for both “danger” and “opportunity.” While that may not be literally correct, the character does mean “a pivotal moment when things happen or change.” The world is at such a juncture...
    By Jerald Ross | May 29, 2019 | From Disarmament
    Tagged as: International Peace & Conflict, Nuclear Disarmament, International Engagement & Building Peace
  • While disarming our planet in today’s world includes among other things the goal of eliminating the use of weapons of mass destruction in large- and small-scale combat situations we generally describe as war, one wonders when and how did the notion of “war” and a soldier’s “right to...
    By Joanne Dufour | May 15, 2019 | From Disarmament
  • The recently concluded 64th Founding Anniversary and First General Assembly (formerly General Convention) of the Unitarian Universalist Church of the Philippines was attended by almost 80 delegates from 23 congregations. Delegates officially adopted the UUCP’s new Constitution and By-Laws, which...
    By UU Church of the Philippines Inc., Negros Oriental | May 7, 2019 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: Ordinations, International Opportunities, International Engagement & Building Peace
  • “Why do we talk about privilege?” Ericka Hart, the keynote speaker for the 2019 Intergenerational Spring Seminar, asked the audience. ...
    By Alisha Zou, Yasarina Almanzar | May 2, 2019 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: Gender Justice, International Human Rights & Justice, LGBTQ Welcome & Equality
  • According to a video and transcript can be found at the State Department’s website. Take a listen. You might be favorably surprised with Dr. Ford’s tone, language, and message. When was the last time you heard anyone in public office, especially at the federal level even mention the word...
    By Joanne Dufour | May 1, 2019 | From Disarmament
    Tagged as: International Peace & Conflict, Nuclear Disarmament, International Engagement & Building Peace
  • The renewed emphasis on climate change is the most encouraging trend in American politics. More Americans across the political landscape are realizing that the costs of inaction are too high. Awareness of a problem, of course, is good for little if it doesn’t lead to action. One obstacle between...
    By Roy Meredith | April 29, 2019 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: Climate & Environmental Justice, Gender Justice, International Human Rights & Justice
  • Work to disarm our planet continues. Some good news of late reveals increasing support of the Treaty to Ban Nuclear Weapons with the ratification by South Africa, the 22nd country to do so with the distinction of being the only country which gave up its program to develop nuclear weapons and is now...
    By Joanne Dufour | April 17, 2019 | From Disarmament
    Tagged as: International Peace & Conflict, International Engagement & Building Peace
  • On Monday, March 11th, in a packed drawing room of the Manhattan Public Library, the Unitarian Universalist United Nations Office hosted its annual parallel event in collaboration with the Commission on the Status of Women’s 63rd session. The event, “Combating Structural Gender Discrimination...
    By Christopher Longo | April 9, 2019 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: Gender Justice, International Human Rights & Justice, International Engagement & Building Peace
  • Recent news from companies like Salesforce, Google, and Microsoft has seen a segment of their work force protesting their companies’ connections with military policies in support of issues of major concern to those working for disarmament. ...
    By Joanne Dufour | April 3, 2019 | From Disarmament
    Tagged as: International Peace & Conflict, International Engagement & Building Peace
  • I suggest a new rule for any discussion we have about climate change.  The rule is simple: from now on, every article we write on the subject for a broad audience must include some variation of the phrase “we can solve global warming”. It has the virtue of not only being true, but also...
    By Roy Meredith | March 27, 2019 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: Climate Change, Energy Justice, International Engagement & Building Peace
  • It seems time for some more good news. In opening up the homepage from the International Atomic Energy Agency website, the lead article read: “EU and IAEA Review Progress and Agree on Priorities in Nuclear Cooperation at Annual Meeting.” There it was: an actual story of agreement and...
    By Joanne Dufour | March 20, 2019 | From Disarmament
    Tagged as: Nuclear Disarmament, International Engagement & Building Peace
  • On Feb. 1, the Trump administration announced it will pull the U.S. out of the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces treaty (INF), thus undoing one of the pillars of global security and potentially plunging the world into a new nuclear arms race.  The 1987 signing of this treaty by U.S. President...
    By Jerald Ross | March 6, 2019 | From Disarmament
    Tagged as: International Peace & Conflict, Nuclear Disarmament, International Engagement & Building Peace
  • In northern Syria, an experiment in grassroots democracy is under threat from the Turkish military. The United States should not withdraw its military so quickly.
    By Roy Meredith | March 1, 2019 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: International Peace & Conflict, International Engagement & Building Peace
  • Unitarian Universalists at the UN respond to a racist incident among students at NYU's Silver School of Social Work, urging UU action to dismantle structural racism and cultures of oppression.
    By Christopher Longo | February 21, 2019 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: International Human Rights & Justice, Anti-Racism, Racial Justice
  • If you are old enough to have lived through it or have studied it, do you remember the Marshall Plan? Officially known as the European Recovery Program, the Marshall Plan was a 1948 American initiative to aid post-WWII Western Europe to rebuild their economies through economic assistance from...
    By Joanne Dufour | February 20, 2019 | From Disarmament
    Tagged as: International Engagement & Building Peace
  • This article originally appeared as the Introduction to a Special issue of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists: Spotlight on nuclear modernization on January 7, 2019, and is republished here with permission.  ...
    By John Mecklin | February 6, 2019 | From Disarmament
    Tagged as: International Peace & Conflict, Nuclear Disarmament
  • The Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty and the enterprise of nuclear arms control are at risk, as Andrew Lichterman of Western States Legal Foundation and John Burroughs of Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy explain in this opinion piece from January 2, 2019. Congress has the authority to save the treaty!
    By John Burroughs | January 23, 2019 | From Disarmament
    Tagged as: International Peace & Conflict, Nuclear Disarmament, International Engagement & Building Peace
  • Swift action on climate change is a moral imperative, and an effective strategy requires listening to diverse voices. Although time is running out, activists of all stripes are finally making climate change a bipartisan cause in the US.
    By Roy Meredith | January 10, 2019 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: International Human Rights & Justice, Climate Change, Climate Justice
  • The following was graciously submitted by Georgina Long, the Interfaith Coordinator for the Brahma Kumaris UK, whom I had the pleasure of meeting at the World Parliament in Toronto, Canada in November. ...
    By Joanne Dufour | January 7, 2019 | From Disarmament
  • The following blog is taken from a talk given by Guy Quinlan to the Harvard Club of New York City in September 2018 on the book by Daniel Ellsberg, The Doomsday Machine: Confessions of a Nuclear War Planner, and is reprinted with his kind permission. Please refer to this original document for...
    By Joanne Dufour | December 26, 2018 | From Disarmament
    Tagged as: International Peace & Conflict, Nuclear Disarmament, International Engagement & Building Peace
  • The steps taken by politicians at the COP 24 climate change conference will fall far short of the commitments needed to save our planet as a livable habitat for generations to come. People of faith must take action to preserve the planet.
    By Bruce Knotts | December 13, 2018 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: Climate & Environmental Justice, Climate Change, International Engagement & Building Peace
  • This blog is dedicated to the humanitarian workers of the world for their efforts to directly implement human rights values in working to disarm our planet. One such organization is the Buddhist Tzu Chi Foundation, whose Executive VP reflects here on Tzu Chi's work at a Tijuana migrant caravan shelter.
    By Joanne Dufour | December 12, 2018 | From Disarmament
    Tagged as: International Human Rights & Justice, Immigration, International Engagement & Building Peace
  • This special anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is an alert call to the world, reminding us that these human rights have been affirmed by all countries of the UN, but that listing them is not enough: They must also be fulfilled. We have a lot of work to do.
    By Allison Hess | December 10, 2018 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: International Human Rights & Justice, Climate Change, Marriage Equality, Immigration
  • The First Committee of the United Nations is a forum for countries to hold a dialogue on all disarmament-related matters. Where some countries promote disarmament to strengthen security for their population, others oppose disarmament as a threat to the security of their population. Which is correct?
    By Joanne Dufour | November 28, 2018 | From Disarmament
    Tagged as: International Peace & Conflict, Nuclear Disarmament, International Engagement & Building Peace
  • Jamal Khashoggi's defense of the free press and human rights should inspire us confront tyranny at home and everwhere these rights are threatened.
    By Roy Meredith | November 26, 2018 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: International Human Rights & Justice, International Peace & Conflict, International Engagement & Building Peace
  • Armistice Day was renamed Veterans Day in 1954, changing the essence of the holiday to celebrating and honoring patriotism, the warriors, and the wars. What veterans really need is for society to reclaim the spirit of Armistice Day and unite in the common desire of the human spirit for peace.
    By Joanne Dufour | November 14, 2018 | From Disarmament
    Tagged as: Veterans Day, International Peace & Conflict, International Engagement & Building Peace
  • Credit is seldom given to the daily work performed by international civil servants at the United Nations specialized agencies and programs. In the field of disarmament, the UN Office for Disarmament Affairs and others work to bring the range of weaponry and destructive conflict to the fore so disarmament is possible.
    By Joanne Dufour | October 31, 2018 | From Disarmament
    Tagged as: International Peace & Conflict, International Engagement & Building Peace
  • As the United States and other nationalist-trending countries pull away from diplomatic circles, Unitarian Universalists must maintain a strong voice at the United Nations.
    By Bruce Knotts | October 24, 2018 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: International Human Rights & Justice, International Opportunities, International Engagement & Building Peace
  • Trump's memorable visit to the United Nations in September 2018 included a conversation at the Security Council about weapons of mass destruction. During that session, many countries highlighted the need for nuclear powers to comply with existing treaties.
    By Joanne Dufour | October 17, 2018 | From Disarmament
    Tagged as: International Peace & Conflict, Nuclear Disarmament, International Engagement & Building Peace
  • At a recent event at the Unitarian Church of All Souls in NYC, Chris King from the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs addressed the need for countries to come together to find a way to reduce nuclear weapons arsenals.
    By Sarah Nosal | October 3, 2018 | From Disarmament
    Tagged as: International Peace & Conflict, Nuclear Disarmament, International Engagement & Building Peace
  • The risks of functionally delegating complex tasks – and associated decisions – to sensors and data-driven algorithms is one of the central issues of our time, with serious implications across sectors and societies. Nowhere are these more acute than in relation to decisions to kill, injure and destroy.
    By International Committee of the Red Cross | September 17, 2018 | From Disarmament
    Tagged as: International Human Rights & Justice, International Peace & Conflict
  • This blog post examines the consequences of lethal drones and autonomous weapons systems, on the rise in state and non-state weapons systems around the world.
    By Joanne Dufour | September 5, 2018 | From Disarmament
    Tagged as: International Peace & Conflict, International Engagement & Building Peace
  • This blog is dedicated to the upcoming anniversary of a landmark Mine Ban Treaty and the work done by the Canadian Government and the International Campaign to Ban Landmines in their efforts to implement the treaty.
    By Joanne Dufour | August 22, 2018 | From Disarmament
    Tagged as: International Peace & Conflict, International Engagement & Building Peace
  • In late July 2018, leaders from nearly every African Unitarian/Universalist community gathered in Nairobi, Kenya for a 3-day retreat.
    By Sara Ascher | August 20, 2018 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: International Opportunities, Leadership Development
  • Reflections from a Unitarian Universalist attendee on how to "do community" from the Reimagining Interfaith conference which took place in Washington, DC July 29 - August 1, 2018. 
    By Emerson Finkle | August 17, 2018 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: International Opportunities, International Engagement & Building Peace
  • Human beings and nuclear weapons cannot co-exist. I am writing from downtown Nagasaki where I have been attending the 2018 World Conference Against Atom and Hydrogen Bombs. Three days ago, we commemorated the 73rd anniversary of the US atomic bombing of Hiroshima. There, on a hot, clear August...
    By Jerald Ross | August 15, 2018 | From Disarmament
    Tagged as: International Peace & Conflict, Nuclear Disarmament, International Engagement & Building Peace
  • Over the past few months, we have watched the conservative UN estimates of people forced to migrate climb from 60-68 million, the largest number of forced migrants since the Second World War. Some estimate even more forced migrants now than there were in WWII....
    By Bruce Knotts | July 25, 2018 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: Immigration, International Engagement & Building Peace, Refugees
  • By taking a historical approach to explicating the origins of racism in the United States, this blog post explores the legacy of slavery and white supremacy in contemporary society. The key to bring more justice to African Americans is to disrupt the narrative of racial difference at a national and international level. Ultimately, confronting and reconciling with its own history of human rights violations would challenge the country to embrace a more courageous identity.
    By Xiaopan (Jenny) Ye | July 23, 2018 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: International Human Rights & Justice, Anti-Racism, Racial Justice
  • While there are a range of disarmament treaties that merit discussion, these are some recent ones mentioned in the news, explained here more fully for our readers’ clarification. Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons July 1st of this year marked the 50th anniversary of the 1968...
    By Joanne Dufour | July 18, 2018 | From Disarmament
    Tagged as: Nuclear Disarmament, International Engagement & Building Peace
  • Earlier this month, UUA President, Rev. Susan Frederick-Gray, visited Transylvania to participate in the inauguration of the Hungarian Unitarian Church’s new ‘House of Religious Freedom’ and related events commemorating the 450th anniversary of the Edict of Torda.
    July 13, 2018 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: International Engagement & Building Peace, Religious & Civil Liberties
  • Central American women fleeing violence are doubly victimized by the "zero-tolerance" policy that the Trump administration has unleashed upon refugees seeking asylum at the U.S.-Mexico border.
    By Jessica Sirico | July 6, 2018 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: International Human Rights & Justice, Immigration, Refugees
  • Many governments often spend millions in order to strengthen their armed forces (or billions in the case of the United States), there are 22 nations that have made the decision to have no army at all. 
    By Joanne Dufour | July 4, 2018 | From Disarmament
    Tagged as: International Peace & Conflict, International Engagement & Building Peace
  • On Sunday June 24th, New York City’s 5th Avenue was full of rainbow flags, music, and hundreds of thousands of people celebrating a diverse spectrum of sexual orientations and gender identities during the New York Pride March. The winding down of Pride Month provides a welcome opportunity to...
    By Louise Bednarik | July 2, 2018 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: International Human Rights & Justice, LGBTQ Issues
  • The Trump administration has withdrawn from the UN Human Rights Council over what the Trump administration calls the Council’s bias against Israel. What this decision shows is that this administration does not care about human rights being respected.
    By Bruce Knotts | June 26, 2018 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: International Human Rights & Justice, International Engagement & Building Peace
  • This blog is in tribute to the Poor People’s Campaign: A National Call for Moral Revival in commemoration of the Poor People’s March 50 years ago organized by the Southern Christian Leadership Conference under Martin Luther King’s leadership. Learning of the pillars supporting the Poor...
    By Joanne Dufour | June 21, 2018 | From Disarmament
    Tagged as: Anti-Racism, Climate Justice, Economic Justice, Nuclear Disarmament
  • Jerry Ross, UU-UNO Envoy at First Parish in Bedford, MA, reports on his experiences attending nuclear disarmament conferences in New York City.
    By Jerald Ross | June 6, 2018 | From Disarmament
    Tagged as: Nuclear Disarmament, International Engagement & Building Peace
  • On the warm May evening of May 3rd, concerned individuals gathered at the Community Church of New York to engage in the critically-needed discussion on the refugee and migration crisis. Moderated by the Unitarian Universalist U.N. Office’s Refugee Program Intern Rani Allan, the panel discussion...
    By Rani Allan | May 29, 2018 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: International Human Rights & Justice, Immigration, Refugees
  • This week's post in Disarming Our Planet is a statement by Mr Peter Maurer, President of the International Committee of the Red Cross, reposted here from https://www.icrc.org/en/document/nuclear-weapons-averting-global-catast… ICRC's website as an appeal to States, global leaders, and citizens.
    By International Committee of the Red Cross | May 23, 2018 | From Disarmament
    Tagged as: Nuclear Disarmament, International Engagement & Building Peace
  • The Unitarian Universalist United Nations Office, together with the United Nations community, condemns the lethal use of violence by the Israeli Defense Forces against Palestinian protesters who were protesting the opening of the new U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem and the U.S. declaration of Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.
    By UUA International Resources: UU Office at the United Nations | May 15, 2018 | From International Unitarian Universalism
    Tagged as: International Human Rights & Justice, International Peace & Conflict
  • How do you ever get the membership of the United Nations to sit down and talk about disarmament and even set off a large enough public response to have a significant downsizing of nuclear arsenals as a result? All we need is another Homer Jack. “And who is he?” you ask. Certainly not a commonly...
    By Joanne Dufour | May 9, 2018 | From Disarmament
    Tagged as: Nuclear Disarmament, International Engagement & Building Peace