WHEREAS, the underlying source of the human energy devoted to extreme nationalism and aggressive individual and aggressive national behavior is fear, said fear deriving from the concern of individuals and institutions for their survival; and WHEREAS, to relieve this fear and associated tensions a...

WHEREAS, the Congress is now considering the President's report for funding to resume draft registration; and WHEREAS, Unitarian Universalist resolutions have: Affirmed that the settlement of international conflicts by war is inconsistent with our commitments under the Charter of the United Natio...

WHEREAS, a basic principle of the Unitarian Universalist Association is to "implement the vision of one world by striving for a world community founded on ideals of brotherhood, justice, and peace"; and WHEREAS, delegates of the historic peace churches—Friends, Mennonites, and Brethren—gathered...

WHEREAS, President Carter has proposed a federal budget which calls for significant increases in military expenditures, while at the same time calling for major cuts in expenditures for human and social services; and WHEREAS, this shift in federal priorities is likely to have disastrous effects o...

WHEREAS, reversal of the arms race must be the overwhelming priority on the human agenda because escalating military power: Diverts crucial resources from human and environmental needs; Contributes to runaway inflation and inhibits full employment; Leads toward the certainty of planetary holocaus...

WHEREAS, continued nuclear proliferation increases the danger of accidental nuclear warfare; and WHEREAS, the stockpiling of nuclear weapons increases the probability of the extinction of ALL life on earth in the event of nuclear war; BE IT RESOLVED: That the 1979 General Assembly of the Unitaria...

WHEREAS, half a billion of the world's four billion inhabitants suffer from malnutrition and another billion do not have a proper diet; and WHEREAS, the developing nations of the world have not been able to increase their food production to a point where they can keep up with their needs for food...

WHEREAS, millions of people may die in the next few years because of inadequate world grain reserves; and drought and other causes have rendered grain production unstable, which drives prices up and forces poorer countries out of the world grain market; and WHEREAS, it has been demonstrated that...

WHEREAS, two full years have passed since the end of the war in Indochina without the offering of one dollar or one tool in US reconstruction aid, and in addition the new President of the United States has explicitly stated that we "have no responsibility for reparations" (March 24, 1977), and th...

WHEREAS, our world lives under threat of nuclear holocaust; and WHEREAS, nuclear proliferation increases the danger of nuclear holocaust; and WHEREAS, SALT results are presently unsatisfactory; and WHEREAS, United States military security is not jeopardized by the proposed independent initiatives...

WHEREAS, in May of 1977, a Unitarian Universalist Service Committee investigation revealed evidence of gross violations of human rights by the government of El Salvador, including mass killings of civilians, widespread electoral fraud, arbitrary arrest and detention, religious persecution, tortur...

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 surviva...

WHEREAS, the majority of the American people now know that the United States intervention in the war in Vietnam was wrong, and was, in fact, a war undeclared by the Congress of the United States; and WHEREAS, President Carter has said that American involvement in the war was a mistake and has, in...

WHEREAS, since World War II, the United States has spent $1.3 trillion and misdirected its industrial capacity to remain number one among nations in military power; and WHEREAS, during these same years the United States has not reached its potential in meeting many of the most vital human needs o...

WHEREAS, the war and the collapse of the government in South Vietnam have left that part of the nation with every second person a refugee and every fifth child an orphan; and WHEREAS, the million refugees of this March and April were unable to harvest spring crops, and starvation is currently...

WHEREAS, President Ford's program of conditional clemency and earned re-entry for draft evaders and deserters of the Indochina War has failed in a large majority of cases to aid those it was purported to help and has failed to meet the moral issue of reuniting our people without moralistic...

WHEREAS, real peace in Vietnam is of primary importance and killings and destruction must be ended, and the continued military support of both North and South Vietnam contributes to prolonging the strife; BE IT RESOLVED: That the 1974 General Assembly of the Unitarian Universalist Association urg...

WHEREAS, the United States has been responsible for death, destruction and defoliation in Southeast Asia; BE IT RESOLVED: That the 1973 General Assembly of the Unitarian Universalist Association: Condemns the continued bombing of Cambodia and Laos, and supports the Congressional cut-off of all fu...

WHEREAS, improved cultural and economic relations with China and Cuba may decrease tension and lead to diplomatic recognition of those countries by the government of the United States; BE IT RESOLVED: That the 1973 General Assembly of the Unitarian Universalist Association expresses its support o...

WHEREAS, napalm and other incendiary weapons have been used during and since World War II; and WHEREAS, we recognize the desirability of general and complete disarmament and the urgent need to abolish war; and WHEREAS, we welcome the recent report of the Secretary General of the United Nations on...