WHEREAS, the political method of reliance upon the power to hurt, kill, and destroy has led humankind far down the dead-end road to total human extinction;

THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED: That the 1977 General Assembly of the Unitarian Universalist Association affirms as the only hope for human survival the religious method of taking risk instead of threatening harm and, therefore, calls upon the United States to lead the world toward safety by its own unconditional nuclear disarmament, and calls upon the rest of the nations to follow that lead; and

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED: That the 1977 General Assembly appeals to all other religious bodies to join in calling for such nuclear disarmament, and urges the Board of Trustees and the Administration of the Unitarian Universalist Association to press such appeal to as many other churches and religious bodies as possible and to conduct a continuing educational campaign within and outside the Unitarian Universalist Association for such disarmament.