WHEREAS, the 1986 General Assembly of the Unitarian Universalist Association is: SHOCKED by President Reagan's announcement on May 27, 1986 that the United States would no longer be bound by the provisions of the Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT II); FEARFUL that the opponents of the 1972...

WHEREAS, the detonation of even a single nuclear weapon may set off a nuclear holocaust; and WHEREAS, so-called knapsack nuclear devices made in the United States have been deployed among troops in Western Europe; and WHEREAS, such weapons pose a serious threat to the security of the world, eithe...

WHEREAS, the United States government's policies in regard to Central America, especially Nicaragua and El Salvador, pose the possibility of increased military aid or intervention; and WHEREAS, the Unitarian Universalist Association has been consistently opposed to such activities; and WHEREAS,...

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

WHEREAS, the nuclear arms race has brought over 50,000 nuclear weapons into the world's arsenals, weapons which threaten all life; and WHEREAS, these stockpiles continue to grow at an alarming rate; and WHEREAS, the Unitarian Universalist Association and its member societies have historically bee...

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....

VOTED: That the Board of Trustees of the Unitarian Universalist Association states its endorsement of the US interfaith peacemaking campaign of resistance to military intervention in Central America which seeks to register publicly, in an orderly fashion, the opposition of large segments of the...

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....

WHEREAS, regular and rigorous testing of any nuclear weapon is needed to ensure that it will work as planned in a war; and WHEREAS, underground nuclear explosions permit scientists to test new nuclear weapons and to increase the destructive capabilities of existing nuclear weapons; and WHEREAS, a...

WHEREAS, satellites perform many beneficial services to humanity including hurricane warning, crop forecasting, resource surveys, business communications and scientific exploration; and WHEREAS, satellites also perform important military communication functions including surveillance of military...

WHEREAS, responsible scientists testify that the present stockpile of nuclear weapons, if used, could put an end to all human life; and WHEREAS, any use of nuclear weapons, even in response to an attack by conventional weapons, could quickly escalate to an all-out nuclear war; and WHEREAS, respec...

WHEREAS, the heads of the governments of India, Mexico, Tanzania, Sweden, Greece and Argentina have undertaken jointly to intercede with the five major nuclear powers to secure agreements on a mutual, verifiable freeze on the testing, production and deployment of nuclear weapons and systems for...

WHEREAS, the rapidly escalating arms race threatens humanity with extinction; and WHEREAS, the arms race has continued to escalate under past and present United States government administrations; and WHEREAS, we can best influence the government through our choice of elected representatives; and...

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...

WHEREAS, the 1983 General Assembly of the Unitarian Universalist Association approved a resolution opposing United States military and paramilitary operations against Nicaragua, and covert and overt attempts to overthrow its government; and WHEREAS, the US has been, is now and may in the future...

WHEREAS, the complex issue of World Hunger requires our serious attention; BE IT RESOLVED: That the 1983 General Assembly of the Unitarian Universalist Association urges the Section on Social Responsibility, in cooperation with the UU-United Nations Office and the UU Service Committee, to give th...

WHEREAS, any use of nuclear weapons is likely to touch off a holocaust in which the continuance of all human life would be put at risk; and WHEREAS, nuclear arms race negotiations to date have produced rules for ever increasing escalation and proliferation of the production of nuclear weapons; an...

WHEREAS, bills were introduced in the US Congress in March and April of 1983 to cut off funding for military and paramilitary operations directed against Nicaragua; and WHEREAS, a groundswell of public support is needed for passage of such pending legislation and to forestall efforts to overthrow...

WHEREAS, full-scale war would cause the loss of hundreds of millions of lives and the destruction of all major cities in the countries involved — perhaps the entire northern hemisphere; and WHEREAS, there is presently no real defense against nuclear attack; and WHEREAS, such a war can be suddenly...