Washington D.C. joined a growing number of individuals, organizations, cities and state legislatures that are calling on the United States to take meaningful action to prevent nuclear war. In doing so, it has become one of the first capital cities worldwide to express support for the U.N. Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, joined by Canberra, Australia and Oslo, Norway.
On January 23, 2019, the Portland, Maine, City Council voted unanimously to adopt a Back from the Brink resolution, formally introduced by Mayor Ethan Strimling and co-sponsored by City Councilors Pious Ali and Brian Batson.
The resolution, which that calls on the United States to lead a global effort to prevent nuclear war, passed on December 3rd.
On Tuesday, August 28, the California Senate voted to approve AJR 33, a resolution introduced by Assemblymember Monica Limón that urges the U.S. to embrace the U.N. Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons and implement important protective nuclear policies.
On August 8, 2018, the Los Angeles City Council voted to approve a resolution that urges the U.S. to embrace the U.N. Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons and implement important protective policies such as ending the President’s sole, unchecked authority to launch a nuclear attack, taking U.S. nuclear weapons off hair-trigger alert, and canceling U.S. plans to replace its entire nuclear arsenal with enhanced weapons.
On August 6, 2018, the anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, Baltimore became the first major city to endorse Back from the Brink: The Call to Prevent Nuclear War. The Baltimore Resolution, passed unanimously, asks Congress to make these changes to reduce the risk of nuclear war:
