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Council Members Melden and Gadus
Title
Resolution in Support of the United Nations Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons and to Welcome the Golden Rule Peace Boat to Toledo, OH.
Summary
WHEREAS, in 2023 the City of Toledo, Ohio joined Mayors for Peace, which has a vision to achieve a world in which all people can perpetually benefit from peace by realizing the total elimination of nuclear weapons and by attaining and maintaining peaceful coexistence between the whole of humanity; and
WHEREAS, the United Nations passed by a vote of 122 to 1 the language of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) on July 7, 2017 which prohibits the development, testing, production, manufacture, acquisition, possession or stockpiling, transfer, control or receipt, use or threat to use, stationing or deployment of nuclear weapons; and
WHEREAS, there are currently 92 signatories and 68 states parties to the TPNW, which became international law on January 22, 2021 when Honduras became the 50th state party to have ratified it; and
WHEREAS, the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2017 for their part in passage of the UN TPNW; and
WHEREAS, since the height of the Cold War, the United States and Russia have dismantled more than 50,000 nuclear warheads, but 15,000 of these weapons still exist and pose an intolerable risk to human and planetary survival; and
WHEREAS, ninety-five percent of these weapons are in the hands of the United States and Russia and the rest are held by seven other countries: China, France, Israel, India, North Korea, Pakistan, and the United Kingdom; and
WHEREAS, as the effects of climate change place increased stress on communities around the world and intensify the likelihood of conflict, the danger of nuclear war will grow; and
WHEREAS, the use of even a tiny fraction of these weapons could cause worldwide climate disruption...
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