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Warner adopts citizen resolution urging U.S. embrace nuclear weapons prohibition treaty
Summary
A citizen petition resolution calling on the U.S. government to pursue global nuclear disarmament and related policy changes was adopted; an amendment to send individual yes/no vote tallies to Congress failed.
Warner voters adopted a petition resolution (Article 27) calling on the U.S. government to embrace the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons and take several related actions.
The resolution, submitted by petition, lists findings including that nine nations hold more than 14,000 nuclear weapons, the humanitarian risks of even a small detonation, concerns about hair-trigger alert and sole presidential authority to launch, and projected future spending to replace the U.S. nuclear arsenal. The “Now therefore be it resolved” portion formally calls on the U.S. Government to embrace the treaty and to renounce first use, end sole unchecked presidential authority to launch nuclear weapons, take U.S. nuclear weapons off hair-trigger alert, cancel planned replacement programs, and pursue verifiable elimination agreements among nuclear-armed states. It also directs the Board of Selectmen to send copies of the adopted resolution to the town’s Congressional delegation.
An amendment that would have required sending yes-and-no vote tallies along with the resolution to Congress was proposed and did not pass. The body adopted the resolution by majority vote as recorded in the minutes.
