Scope: Continental On April 26, 2000, the exiled Tibetan government issued a report on Environment and Development Issues since the invasion of Tibet by China in 1949, documenting widespread environmental damage from mining, deforestation, colonization, development, permanent military and nuclear...

WHEREAS millions of Americans are presently denied medical insurance and, in effect, denied the right to basic health care because the United States government, employers, and insurance industry have been unable to implement a national health insurance program; and...

WHEREAS the year 1998 marks the 150th anniversary of the women's rights convention in the United States, held at Seneca Falls and Rochester, New York; and WHEREAS the year 2000 will mark the 150th anniversary of the much larger convention at Worcester, Massachusetts, and both conventions and thei...

WHEREAS the United States owes the United Nations (UN) approximately $1.6 billion in dues; WHEREAS Canada has paid its UN dues in full and on time; WHEREAS any UN member state that fails to pay its dues for two consecutive years may lose its vote in the UN General Assembly; WHEREAS if the United...

WHEREAS the principles of the Unitarian Universalist Association include the goal of world community, and respect for the interdependent web of all existence of which we are a part; and WHEREAS the International Association for Religious Freedom (IARF) is an important resource by which we as a...

BECAUSE Unitarian Universalists covenant to affirm and promote the inherent worth and dignity of every person, and respect for the interdependent web of all existence of which we are a part; and WHEREAS a team of specialists appointed by the American Association for World Health issued a report...

BECAUSE Unitarian Universalists covenant to affirm and promote the inherent worth and dignity of every person and the goal of world community with peace, liberty, and justice for all; and WHEREAS all children need love and support, including adequate nutrition and a nurturing environment, for sou...

BECAUSE Unitarian Universalists covenant to affirm and promote the inherent worth and dignity of every person and the goal of world community with peace, liberty, and justice for all; and WHEREAS there are profound questions about the ethics and legality of arms sales and transfers, particularly...

WHEREAS the congregations of the Unitarian Universalist Association are committed to the goal of world community with peace, liberty, and justice for all; WHEREAS the Unitarian Universalist United Nations Office's (UU-UNO) priorities are peace and disarmament, human rights, and the environment;...

GUIDED by our belief in the inherent worth and dignity of every human being; and RECOGNIZING our commitment and responsibility to provide youth with basic nurturing, support, encouragement, and protection; and WHEREAS young people embody humanity's hope for the future; and WHEREAS a growing numbe...

BECAUSE we believe in the ideal of one world, in which nations coexist with mutual respect, in which nations protect the rights of their citizens, and in which people of different nations work together to solve the problems of all humankind; and BECAUSE we affirm the democratic process not only...

WHEREAS our President in his report to the 1989 General Assembly on June 23, 1989, stated: ". . . the most opportune time for the forces of reaction to seize the day is when a new order has shown its face but not yet consolidated its power . . ....

Guided by our belief as Unitarian Universalists that human life has inherent dignity, which may be compromised when life is extended beyond the will or ability of a person to sustain that dignity; and believing that it is every person's inviolable right to determine in advance the course of actio...

WHEREAS, the 1988 General Assembly of the Unitarian Universalist Association has received public and private reports in increasing volume of serious discrimination against ethnic minorities in Romania, including members of Lutheran, Reformed, Roman Catholic, and Unitarian churches and other...

BECAUSE, we believe in a world community with peace, liberty, and justice for all, and because we respect the interdependent web of all existence of which we are a part and because we recognize the inherent worth and dignity of every person, and that each person as a birthright should have enough...

WHEREAS, the Unitarian Universalist Association has consistently affirmed the principle of the oneness and equality of all humankind; and WHEREAS, we have condemned and opposed the system of apartheid as it is practiced in the country of South Africa, and the violence of the oppression used to...

WHEREAS, both the Unitarian and Universalist denominations have long traditions of working to oppose racism and support civil rights and justice; and...

WHEREAS, both the Unitarian and Universalist denominations have long traditions of working to oppose racism and support civil rights and justice; and...

VOTED: That the Board of Trustees of the Unitarian Universalist Association endorses the multi-ethnic movement of protest against South Africa's inhumane apartheid policies and the current US policy of "constructive engagement" with the South African government....

WHEREAS, civil war in El Salvador has resulted in more than 45,000 political deaths; and WHEREAS, there is no significant change in officially sanctioned violence, and death squads continue to operate with impunity; and WHEREAS, almost all asylum requests have been denied by the US Immigration an...