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SUMMARY:PHILADELPHIA Area Announcement of U.N. Nuclear Ban Treaty Entry Into Force In front of Phila. Federal Courthouse
DESCRIPTION:NUCLEAR WEAPONS NOW ILLEGAL!\nOn Jan. 22\, 2021\, the UN Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons went into effect\nworldwide as in- ternational law\, after being ratified by 51 nations. We joined in celebration of\nthis landmark in front of the Federal Courthouse in Philadelphia\, PA\, hosted by the\nBrandywine Peace Community. \nAbove: \n\nReport back\, Program BELOW from Philadelphia Public Announcement\nPhiladelphia Public Announcement\n\nTreaty on Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons Enters into Force\nSponsored by Brandywine Peace Community\,\nEndorsed by Philly Divest from Nuclear Weapons Campaign \nOpening Dedication:\nS. Ardeth Platte\, tireless advocate for UN Nuclear Ban Treaty \nPublic Reading \nThe States Parties to this Treaty\, \n• Determined to contribute to the realization of the purposes and principles of the Charter of\nthe United Nations\,\n• Deeply concerned about the catastrophic humanitarian consequences that would result from any\nuse of nu- clear weapons\, and recognizing the consequent need to completely eliminate such weapons\,\nwhich remains the only way to guarantee that nuclear weapons are never used again under any\ncircumstances\,\n• Mindful of the risks posed by the continued existence of nuclear weapons\, including from any\nnuclear-weap- on detonation by accident\, miscalculation or design\, and emphasizing that these risks\nconcern the security of all humanity\, and that all States share the responsibility to prevent any\nuse of nuclear weapons\,\n• Cognizant that the catastrophic consequences of nuclear weapons cannot be adequately\naddressed\, transcend national borders\, pose grave implications for human survival\, the\nenvironment\, socioeconomic development\, the global economy\, food security and the health of\ncurrent and future generations\, and have a disproportionate impact on women and girls\, including as\na result of ionizing radiation\,\n• Acknowledging the ethical imperatives for nuclear disarmament and the urgency of achieving\nand maintaining a nuclear-weapon-free world\, which is a global public good of the highest order\,\nserving both national and collective security interests\,\n• Mindful of the unacceptable suffering of and harm caused to the victims of the use of nuclear\nweapons (hi- bakusha)\, as well as of those affected by the testing of nuclear weapons\,\n• Recognizing the disproportionate impact of nuclear-weapon activities on indigenous peoples\,\n• Re-affirming the need for all States at all times to comply with applicable international law\,\nincluding international humanitarian law and international human rights law\,\n• Considering that any use of nuclear weapons would be contrary to the rules of international\nlaw applicable in armed conflict\, in particular the principles and rules of international humanitarian law\,\n• Re-affirming that any use of nuclear weapons would also be abhorrent to the principles of\nhumanity and the dictates of public conscience\,\n• Recalling also the first resolution of the General Assembly of the United Nations\, adopted on\n24 January 1946\, and subsequent resolutions which call for the elimination of nuclear weapons\,\n• Concerned by the slow pace of nuclear disarmament\, the continued reliance on nuclear weapons\nin military and security concepts\, doctrines and policies\, and the waste of economic and human\nresources on pro- grams for the production\, maintenance and modernization of nuclear weapons\,\n• Recognizing that a legally binding prohibition of nuclear weapons constitutes an\nimportant contribution towards the achievement and maintenance of a world free of nuclear weapons\,\nincluding the irreversible\, verifiable and transparent elimination of nuclear weapons\, and\ndetermined to act towards that end\,\n• Recognizing that the equal\, full and effective participation of both women and men is an\nessential factor for the promotion and attainment of sustainable peace and security\, and committed\nto supporting and strengthening the effective participation of women in nuclear disarmament\,\n• Recognizing also the importance of peace and disarmament education in all its aspects and of\nraising awareness of the risks and consequences of nuclear weapons for current and future\ngenerations\, and committed to the dissemination of the principles and norms of this Treaty\,\n• Stressing the role of public conscience in the furthering of the principles of humanity as\nevidenced by the call for total elimination of nuclear weapons\, and recognizing efforts to that end\nundertaken by the United Nations\, the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement\, other\ninternational and regional organizations\, non-governmental organizations\, religious leaders\,\nparliamentarians\, academics and the hibakusha. \n  \n \nTreaty Prohibitions \nEach State Party undertakes never under any circumstances to: \n1. Develop\, test\, produce\, manufacture\, otherwise acquire\, possess or stockpile nuclear weapons\nor other nuclear explosive devices;\n2. Transfer to any recipient whatsoever nuclear weapons or other nuclear explosive devices or\ncontrol over such weapons or explosive devices directly or indirectly;\n3. Receive the transfer of or control over nuclear weapons or other nuclear explosive devices\ndirectly or indirectly;\n4. Use or threaten to use nuclear weapons or other nuclear explosive devices;\n5. Assist\, encourage or induce\, in any way\, anyone to engage in any activity prohibited to a\nState Party\nunder this Treaty;\n6. Seek or receive any assistance\, in any way\, from anyone to engage in any activity prohibited\nto a State Party under this Treaty;\n7. Allow any stationing\, installation or deployment of any nuclear weapons or other nuclear\nexplosive\ndevices in its territory or at any place under its jurisdiction or control.\nDONE at New York\, this seventh day of July\, two thousand and seventeen. \n51 Countries have ratified UN Nuclear Ban Treaty \nALL:\nAntigua & Barbuda\, Austria\, Bangladesh\, Belize\, Benin\, Bolivia\, Botswana\, Cook Islands\, Costa\nRica\, Cuba\, Dominica\, Ecuador\, El Salvador\, Fiji\, Gambia\, Guyana\, Holy See\, Honduras\, Ireland\,\nJamaica\, Kazakhstan\, Kiribati\, Laos\, Lesotho\, Malaysia\, Maldives\, Malta\, Mexico\, Namibia\, Nauru\,\nNew Zealand\, Nicaragua\, Nigeria\, Niue\, Palau\, Palestine\, Panama\, Paraguay\, St. Kitts and Nevis\,\nSt. Lucia\, St. Vincent & Grenadines\, Samoa\, San Marino\, South Africa\, Thailand\,\nTrinidad & Tobago\, Tuvalu\, Uruguay\, Vanuatu\, Venezuela\, Vietnam \nRaise a noise in celebration – Clap your hands\, raise your voice\, bang a drum\, hear the bell\ntolling! … because the treaty enters into force TODAY! \nBe it resolved ••• Philadelphia City Council Resolution Supporting the UN Nuclear Ban Treaty (Oct. 2019)\, see below \n  \nClosing Dedication:\nVinton Deming\, lifelong civil rights and peace organizer \nEND \nUN Treaty Declares…NUCLEAR WEAPONS ILLEGAL\nwww.icanw.org \n  \n\n\n\n  \nCity of Philadelphia\nRESOLUTION NO. 190841 \nCity Council\nChief Clerk’s Office 402 City Hall\nPhiladelphia\, PA 19107 \nIntroduced October 24\, 2019 \nCouncilmembers Gym\, Squilla\, Bass and Green \nRESOLUTION \nUrging the United States of America’s federal government to enter the Treaty on the\nProhibition of Nuclear Weapons\, which calls for the abolition of nuclear weapons among all United\nNations member states\, to prevent the threat of nuclear war and\ndevastating humanitarian consequences to Philadelphia and our international neighbors.\nWHEREAS\, Resolution No. 180322 adopted by this body on April 19\, 2018\, cautioned\nagainst the danger and potential harms of nuclear war and called on the\nUnited States Congress to prevent the President’s unilateral power to launch\na nuclear first strike without receiving congressional or judicial approval; and\nWHEREAS\, Nuclear warheads are the most powerful weapons of mass destruction in our\ncountry’s military inventory with immense radioactivity consequences in the aftermath; and\nWHEREAS\, The United States\, one of the global nuclear power states\, has the\nsecond highest nuclear missile count and is not a signatory to or a member of the\nTreaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons that requires nuclear disarmament and the\nprohibition of nuclear activities; and\nWHEREAS\, More than ninety percent of the world’s nuclear arms belong to the United\nStates and Russia. Other countries known to hold the remainder of nuclear weapons are China\,\nFrance\, India\, Israel\, North Korea\, Pakistan and the United Kingdom; and\nWHEREAS\, Although the United States’ reduced its active nuclear weapons by\nmore than 25\,000 since the height of the Cold War\, the United States still has almost 4\,000\nwarheads in its arsenal\, nearly half of which are programmed for short notice detonation; and\nWHEREAS\, Launching even one nuclear warhead could prompt a large-scale nuclear\nwar\, immediately kill millions of people\, and cause irredeemable destruction to\nthe world with potential casualties extending to worldwide climate disruption\,\nglobal famine\, species extinction\, and immeasurable environmental damage from a ‘nuclear\nwinter’; and\nWHEREAS\, Projections on the detonation of a 300-pound nuclear warhead\nwith powers analogous to U.S. warheads over the City of Philadelphia would kill 280\,000 and\ninjure 450\,000 people. The most massive U.S. warhead weighs over twenty times\nmore at 6\,200 pounds\, threatening widespread obliteration of humanity and the earth; and\nWHEREAS\, The residents of Philadelphia\, the birthplace of political freedom and independence in\nthe United States\, like all communities across the world\, deserve to live a life free\nfrom the threat of nuclear weapons and nuclear war; and\nWHEREAS\, Assurances by the United States government that nuclear arsenals will never be used are\nunreliable as under current law\, the President has sole authority to unilaterally initiate the use\nof nuclear weapons\, global tensions escalate and nuclear-armed countries boldly taunt their nuclear\npower; and \nWHEREAS\, The taking U.S. nuclear weapons off hair-trigger alert\, canceling the plan to\nreplace the United States’ entire nuclear arsenal with enhanced weapons\, and\nactively pursuing a verifiable agreement among nuclear-armed states to\neliminate their nuclear arsenals will contribute to a more peaceful\, secure\, and stable\nglobal community; and\nWHEREAS\, The planned expenditure of about $500 billion over the next decade to\nmaintain and enhance our nuclear arsenal\, including developing and deploying new\nnuclear weapons and broadening the conditions for use\, will not only increase the\nrisk of nuclear disaster\, but fuel a global arms race and divert crucial resources\nneeded to fulfill domestic needs such as public education\, healthcare\, public\ntransportation\, and many more public institutions and common resources; and\nWHEREAS\, An alternative exists\, the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons\nadopted by the United Nations in July of 2017 has been signed by 79\ncountries\, and prohibits the development\, testing\, production\, stockpiling\, transfer\,\nuse\, and threat of use of nuclear weapons\, and sets out procedures for nuclear-armed\nsignatories to destroy their existing nuclear stockpile; and\nWHEREAS\, The United States signing the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons\nwould spearhead a global effort to prevent nuclear war by renouncing the\noption of using nuclear weapons first and end the President’s sole authority to launch a\nnuclear attack; and \nWHEREAS\, Philadelphia hereby joins the U.S. Conference of Mayors\, the\ncities of Baltimore\, Los Angeles\, Salt Lake City\, and Washington D.C. and the states\nof California\, Maine\, and New Jersey who all resolved that the United States\nsign the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons; now\, therefore\, be it\nRESOLVED\, THAT THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PHILADELPHIA\, urges the United\nStates of America’s federal government to enter the Treaty on the Prohibition\nof Nuclear Weapons\, which calls for the abolition of nuclear weapons\namong all United Nations member states\, to prevent the threat of nuclear war and\ndevastating humanitarian consequences to Philadelphia and our international neighbors.\nFURTHER RESOLVED\, That the Philadelphia City Council will transmit copies of this\nresolution to the President of the United States\, the United\nStates Senators from Pennsylvania\, each Congressional Representative from\nPhiladelphia\, and to the Governor of Pennsylvania\, asking them to support the\nUnited Nations Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. \nEndorsed by\nAsian Americans United Brandywine Peace Community\nCatholic Peace Fellowship Philadelphia\nGermantown Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends Granny Peace Brigade\nPhiladelphia\nGreater Philadelphia Branch of WILPF\, Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom\nPennsylvania Nuclear Ban Alliance\nPhiladelphia Chapter of the Japanese American Citizens League Philadelphia Quarterly\nMeeting of the Religious Society of Friends Physicians for Social Responsibility\,\nPhiladelphia\, PA\nThe Shalom Center\nUnited Nations Association of Greater Philadelphia Veterans for Peace\, Philadelphia\,\nChapter 31 \n\n\n\n\n\n\nJANUARY 22\, 2021 – NUCLEAR WEAPONS ARE ILLEGAL\nTODAY\, JANUARY 22\, 2021\,  nuclear weapons are outlawed\, an historical announcement the world has awaited for more than 75  years.\nOn January 22\, 2021\, people around the world will celebrate the day that the United Nations Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) enters into force (EIF Day)\, which the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) describes so eloquently and historically as “the beginning of the end of nuclear weapons”\nCELEBRATE…DEMONSTRATE…UPLIFT & UPHOLD.  \n\nNOON\, JANUARY 22\, PHILADELPHIA Area-Wide Announcement of the Issuance of the U.N. Nuclear Ban Treaty Entry Into Force in front of Phila. Federal Courthouse\, 601 Market Street.\nRelated likely announcements forthcoming.\n\n\n \n\n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n  \n\nThe world is fighting back against the nuclear weapons powers.\nJoin the fight to abolish nuclear weapons and rid our Mother Earth of the threat to all humanity\, the threat of nuclear war! \nJuly 7\, 2017 –- following a decade of advocacy by International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) and its partners -– an overwhelming majority of the world’s nations adopted a landmark global agreement to ban all nuclear weapons\, known officially as the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. \nThe treaty was negotiated at the United Nations headquarters in New York in March\, June and July 2017\, with the participation of more than 135 nations\, as well as members of civil society. It opened for signature on 20 September 2017. It is permanent in nature\, and will be legally binding on those nations that join it. \nAll nine nuclear armed nations abstained from the treaty’s adoption. The United States along with Russia possesses 90% of existing nuclear weapons. \nThere’s a growing\, worldwide movement for the abolition of nuclear weapons\, to end\, once and for all\, the scourge of nuclear weapons upon the earth and to end the unspeakable threat of nuclear war to our human family. \nOn October 24\, 2020\, the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons reached the required 50 states parties for its entry into force\, after Honduras ratified just one day after Jamaica and Nauru submitted their ratifications.  On January 22\, 2021\, the treaty will enter into force\, cementing a categorical ban on nuclear weapons\, 75 years after their first use. \nhttps://www.icanw.org/signature_and_ratification_status \nThis is a historic milestone for this landmark treaty. Prior to the TPNW’s adoption\, nuclear weapons were the only weapons of mass destruction not banned under international law\, despite their catastrophic humanitarian consequences. Now\, with the treaty’s entry into force\, we can call nuclear weapons what they are: prohibited weapons of mass destruction\, just like chemical weapons and biological weapons. \nNUCLEAR WEAPONS ARE ILLEGAL!\nThis is just the beginning. Once the treaty is in force\, all states parties will need to implement all of their positive obligations under the treaty and abide by its prohibitions. States that haven’t joined the treaty will feel its power too. We can expect\, under pressure\, companies – like Lockheed Martin\, the U.S.’s #1 nuclear weapons contractor –  to stop producing nuclear weapons and financial institutions to stop investing in nuclear weapon producing companies. \nHow do we know? Because we have nearly 600 partner organizations in over 100 countries committed to advancing this treaty and the norm against nuclear weapons. People\, companies\, universities and governments everywhere will know this weapon has been prohibited by law and that now is the moment for them to stand on the right side of history. \nNOON\, JANUARY 22\, in front of Phila. Federal Courthouse\, 601 Market Street.\nPHILADELPHIA Area-Wide Announcement of the Issuance of the U.N. Nuclear Ban Treaty Entry Into Force. \n\nMANDATORY FOR PARTICIPANTS: \nAdherence to the discipline of Nonviolence [“of fist\, tongue\, and heart”\,  Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King\, Jr.]\n&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&&\nSafety concerns for one another and all others in this horrid time of COVED-19\, as the severity and spread\, rate of infection and deaths from the virus increases everywhere. \n Practice SOCIAL DISTANCING and WEAR A MASK OR FACIAL COVERING (no ifs\, ands\, or buts about it). If you don’t have a mask\, we’ll give you one! There will be no movement amongst participants \, after the demonstration’s set-up  onsite.  Greetings to other participants will be verbal and the twinkle in your eyes. \n Please bring your folding chair and once you get situated\, six feet apart on either side from other participants\, with a sign\, “SIT-IN’ in your chair and remain there to end of the demonstration.\nPlease check into this site page for any updates and/or adaptations in keeping with the Covid-19 precautions. TAKE CARE OF EACH OTHER\, THE MANTRA OF DAY!\n  \n \n
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