People's Decade for Nuclear Abolition
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Initiated by Soka Gakkai International (SGI), a partner of ICAN since 2007
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■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):
■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
■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
Soka Gakkai International
■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
Soka Gakkai International
■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
Pax Christi International
■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
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
Reaching Critical Will
World Council of Churches
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