Has your parliamentarian signed the declaration for a nuclear weapons convention?

On Tuesday, July 1, 2008 over 75 members of the European Parliament commemorated the 40th anniversary of the nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty (NPT) by launching a Parliamentary declaration in support of the Nuclear Weapons Convention.  The declaration calls for implementation of the NPT disarmament obligation through multilateral negotiations to achieve a non-discriminatory global treaty prohibiting nuclear weapons and providing for their elimination under international control. The declaration was endorsed by Members of the European Parliament from across the political spectrum including former French Prime Minister Michel Rocard and former Belgian Prime Minister Jean -Luc Dehaene.

The declaration is now being circulated globally seeking endorsements from additional parliamentarians with a view to presenting it to the Review Conference of States Parties to NPT which will be held at the United Nations in May 2010.

Action idea: Contact your parliamentarian and ask if they have signed the declaration.

[Photo: Alyn Ware, Coordinator of Parliamentarians for Nuclear Disarmament, presenting the Parliamentarian's Declaration to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon]