top of page

■August 2020

Joint Interfaith Statement on the 75th Anniversary of the Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki:

​

​

​

 

 

■May 2019, New York

Public Statement of Faith Communities Concerned about Nuclear Weapons,

at the Third Session of the Preparatory Committee for the 2020 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT):

​

​

​

 

 

■October 2018, New York

Public Statement of Faith Communities Concerned about Nuclear Weapons at the 2018 UN General Assembly First Committee:

​

​

​

 

 

 

■May 2018, New York

Religious communities to support the appeal by the Secretary General of
the United Nations for an immediate resumption of arms reduction
negotiations among the world’s nuclear powers:

​

​

​

 

 

■April 2018, Geneva

Public Statement of Faith Communities Concerned about Nuclear Weapons,

at the Second Session of the Preparatory Committee for the 2020 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT):

http://www.sgi.org/content/files/resources/ngo-resources/peace-disarmament/faith-communities-statement-to-2018-preparatory-committee-and-list-of-endorsers.pdf​

 

 

■July 2017, New York
Public Statement on the Adoption of The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons 
By Faith Communities Concerned about Nuclear Weapons

​​

Friends Committee on National Legislation
https://www.fcnl.org/updates/faith-statement-on-the-nuclear-weapons-ban-930

​

Soka Gakkai International

http://www.sgi.org/content/files/resources/ngo-resources/peace-disarmament/ptnw-joint-statement-july-2017.pdf

 

 

■May 2017, Vienna

Public Statement of Faith Communities Concerned about Nuclear Weapons,

at the First Session of the Preparatory Committee for the 2020 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT):

​

Reaching Critical Will

http://reachingcriticalwill.org/images/documents/Disarmament-fora/npt/prepcom17/statements/3May_FaithCommunities.pdf

​​

Soka Gakkai International

http://www.sgi.org/content/files/resources/ngo-resources/peace-disarmament/npt-public-statement-may-2017.pdf

​

​

■March 2017, New York

Public Statement of Faith Communities Concerned about Nuclear Weapons,

at the First Negotiation Conference for a Treaty to Prohibit Nuclear Weapons Leading to Their Elimination:

​

Reaching Critical Will

http://reachingcriticalwill.org/images/documents/Disarmament-fora/nuclear-weapon-ban/statements/28March_FaithCommunities.pdf

​

Soka Gakkai International

http://www.sgi.org/content/files/resources/ngo-resources/peace-disarmament/ptnw-public-statement-march-2017.pdf

​

​

■October 2016, New York

Public Statement of Faith Communities Concerned about the Humanitarian Consequences of Nuclear Weapons in Support of the Multilateral Negotiation of a Nuclear Weapons Ban in 2017,

at the 2016 UN General Assembly First Committee:

​

United Nations

http://statements.unmeetings.org/media2/7661980/2-world-council-of-churches.pdf

​

Reaching Critical Will

http://www.reachingcriticalwill.org/images/documents/Disarmament-fora/1com/1com16/statements/12Oct_WCC.pdf

​

Pax Christi International

http://www.paxchristi.net/sites/default/files/20161012-1com_statement_faith_communities_full_version-of-record_0.pdf

 

 

■May 2016, Geneva

Public Statement of Faith Communities Concerned about the Humanitarian Consequences of Nuclear Weapons, at the Open-Ended Working Group Taking Forward Multilateral Nuclear Disarmament Negotiations (OEWG):

​

Maryknoll Office for Global Concerns

https://maryknollogc.org/sites/default/files/OEWG_Statement_Faith_Communities_May_2016.pdf

​​

Soka Gakkai International

http://www.sgi.org/content/files/resources/ngo-resources/OEWG-Joint-Statement.pdf

​

​

■May 2015, New York

Joint Statement of Faith Communities Concerned about the Humanitarian Consequences of Nuclear Weapons,

at the 2015 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT):

 

United Nations

http://www.un.org/en/conf/npt/2015/statements/pdf/individual_6.pdf

 

Reaching Critical Will

http://www.reachingcriticalwill.org/images/documents/Disarmament-fora/npt/revcon2015/statements/1May_Faith.Communities%20.pdf

​

Soka Gakkai International

http://www.sgi.org/content/files/in-focus/press-releases/NPT-Joint%20Statement-2015.pdf

 

 

■December 2014, Vienna

Joint Statement of Faith Communities on the Humanitarian Consequences of Nuclear Weapons,

at the Vienna Conference on the Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons:

​

Federal Ministry for Europe, Integration and Foreign Affairs

https://www.bmeia.gv.at/fileadmin/user_upload/Zentrale/Aussenpolitik/Abruestung/HINW14/Statements/HINW14_Statement_Faith_Communities.pdf

​

Reaching Critical Will

http://www.reachingcriticalwill.org/images/documents/Disarmament-fora/vienna-2014/9Dec_FaithCommunities.pdf

​

World Council of Churches

http://www.oikoumene.org/en/resources/documents/wcc-programmes/public-witness-addressing-power-affirming-peace/faith-communities-on-the-humanitarian-consequences-of-nuclear-weapons

​

Pax Christi International

http://www.paxchristi.net/document/4473

http://www.paxchristi.net/sites/default/files/documents/141209.pdf

​​

Soka Gakkai International

http://www.sgi.org/content/files/in-focus/2014/HINW14-Statement-Faith-Communities.pdf

 

 

■April 2014, Washington DC

Joint Statement of US Religious Communities on the Humanitarian Consequences of Nuclear War,
at the “Making a Difference—Faith Communities and the Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons” Conference:

​

Soka Gakkai International
http://www.sgi.org/assets/pdf/Joint-Faith-Statement-Antinukes.pdf

​

​

​

​

bottom of page