The Assembly renewed its call for the ratification and implementation of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty and for implementation of the Chemical Weapons Ban Treaty and the revised Protocol on Antipersonnel Mines. Congregations and presbyteries are encouraged to advocate with their Representatives and Senators for ratification and implementation of the treaties. The Assembly commended those countries and world leaders who have given concrete direction and guidance in achieving the completion of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty and celebrated those in business and science who are giving their lives to the destruction of weapons and to the conversion of weapons to peacetime use. Citizen's Pledge Nuclear weapons threaten life, liberty and security of person. A world free of nuclear weapons is a human right.
Nuclear weapons serve no justifiable purpose, and pose a long-term threat to all forms of life.
Reliance by governments on these weapons, which threaten massive death and destruction, is immoral. The responsibility for ending this reliance lies with all of us, and particularly the citizens of the nuclear weapons states. I urge all governments, and specifically my own government, to immediately initiate negotiations for an International Treaty on Comprehensive Nuclear Disarmament. I pledge to seek the abolition of all nuclear weapons in the world, and to take all actions within my capabilities toward realizing this goal.