Making a Difference: Faith Communities and the Humanitarian Consequences of Nuclear Weapons

An interfaith symposium on the humanitarian impact of nuclear weapons was held at the US Institute of Peace in Washington DC on April 24.

Over 100 participants from diverse faiths including Buddhist, Christian, Jewish and Muslim traditions came together with peace activists and experts to identify common concerns and refresh their determination to rid the world of these inhuman weapons. At the symposium, representatives of 14 different faith groups adopted a joint statement pledging increased activism by religious communities toward nuclear weapons abolition. This statement was later presented to the chair of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) PrepCom at the UN Headquarters in New York on April 29.

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