AFFIRMING our conviction that serving life demands the selfless promotion of peace, the General Assembly of the Unitarian Universalist Association has resolved to seek an end to the nuclear arms race on no less than thirty (30) occasions since its first assembly in 1961.

BELIEVING that humankind is free to choose life, we denounce the blasphemy against life which is represented by the development, production, deployment and threatened use of nuclear weapons.

PLEDGING, in our religious principles, to protect the ". . . Earth and interdependence of its living system" we choose to create hope and the vision of a better world. We fulfill this pledge through our efforts to abolish all nuclear weapons from the face of the earth.

APPLAUDING the international treaties which have established Nuclear Free Zones in South America, Antarctica, outer space and the seabed, and being inspired by the Nuclear Free Zone ordinances and resolutions of hundreds of municipalities and churches in England, Europe, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Canada and the United States;

WE DECLARE all property of the Unitarian Universalist Association to be a NUCLEAR FREE ZONE and we encourage all those who use these properties to denounce the use or threatened use of nuclear weapons by individuals, groups, or nation states.

FURTHER, we invite and encourage all other denominational and religious bodies in North America and throughout the world to join us in declaring their properties Nuclear Free Zones.

AND FINALLY, we invite all Unitarian Universalist Congregations and Organizations to declare their property Nuclear Free Zones and thereafter register with the UUA as Abolitionist Congregations/Organizations committed to:

1. Ending the testing, production, deployment, use or threatened use of nuclear weapons;
2. Promoting, where possible, Nuclear Free Zones in their communities and municipalities;
3. Considering how to contribute meaningfully to the Abolitionist cause, whether by educational or legislative programs, public protest, or non-violent civil disobedience;
4. Exploring the links between the human and monetary costs of the arms race and the existence of poverty and social injustice throughout the world;
5. Financially supporting the Unitarian Universalist Peace Network and its sponsoring organizations' efforts to effectively apply moral and political pressure for peace and nuclear disarmament.