2009 Annual Report - Nuclear Age Peace Foundation

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ANNUAL REPORT • VOLUME 19, 2009 • WWW.WAGINGPEACE.ORG

C O N T E N T S Directors

“Today is Not a Good Day for War” – a poem by David Krieger........1 President’s Message ............................................................................2-3 How We Make A Difference: Voice of Conscience ........................................................................4 U.S. Leadership for a Nuclear Weapons-Free World ........................5 Our DVD: Nuclear Weapons and the Human Future ....................6 Presidential Candidates’ Quotes ....................................................7 Middle Powers Initiative .............................................................. 7

Richard Falk, J.S.D., Chair Mark Hamilton, Vice Chair & Treasurer David Krieger, J.D., Ph.D., President Frank K. Kelly, Senior Vice President Peter R. MacDougall, Ed.D., Vice President Robert Laney, J.D., Secretary Jill Dexter · Diandra de Morrell Douglas · Anna Grotenhuis, J.D. · Laurie Harris, J.D. · Peter O. Haslund, Ph.D. · Sue Hawes, J.D. · Marc Kielberger, J.D. · Steve Parry · John Randolph Parten, J.D. · Chris Pizzinat · Selma Rubin · Lessie Nixon Schontzler, J.D. · Imaging Spence ·

Advisory Council

14th Annual Sadako Peace Day ....................................................16

Hafsat Abiola · Tadatoshi Akiba · Harry Belafonte · Blase Bonpane · Helen Caldicott, M.D. · Hon. Rodrigo Carazo · Jean-Michel Cousteau · Walter Cronkite · Michael Douglas · Anne H. Ehrlich, Ph.D. · Paul R. Ehrlich, Ph.D. · Daniel Ellsberg, Ph.D. · Benjamin B. Ferencz, J.D. · Harrison Ford · Johan Galtung, Dr. hc mult · Jane Goodall, Ph.D. · DBE · Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C. · Bianca Jagger · The XIVth Dalai Lama* · Admiral Gene R. La Rocque (Ret.) · Robert Jay Lifton, M.D. · Bernard Lown, M.D. · Mairead Corrigan Maguire* · Hon. Robert Muller · Queen Noor of Jordan · John Polanyi* · Admiral L. Ramdas (Ret.) · Rev. George Regas · Hon. Arthur N.R. Robinson · Hon. Douglas Roche, O.C. · Jonathan Schell · Stanley K. Sheinbaum · Gerry Spence, J.D. · Paul (Noel) Stookey · Ted Turner · Archbishop Desmond M. Tutu* · Judge Christopher Weeramantry · Peter Yarrow

Hibakusha Visit..............................................................................17

Associates

Grass Roots Advocacy ....................................................................8 Washington, DC – Influencing Legislation & Policy ....................9 Youth Empowerment Initiative ..............................................10-11 Foundation Websites ....................................................................12 25th Annual Evening for Peace – Rev. George Regas & Stanley Sheinbaum ....................................13 7th Annual Frank Kelly Lecture – Colman McCarthy ................14 Lifetime Achievement Award – Judge Christopher Weeramantry ................................................15

2008 Contributors ..........................................................................20-21

Robert C. Aldridge · Richard Appelbaum, Ph.D. · Eric H. Boehm, Ph.D. · Selma Brackman · M. M. Eskandari-Qajar, Ph.D. · Dietrich Fischer, Ph.D. · Jonathan Granoff, J.D. · Martin Hellman, Ph.D. Peter Kuznick, Ph.D. · Ved P. Nanda, L.L.M. · Farzeen Nasri, Ph.D. · Jan Øberg, Ph.D. · Jennifer Allen Simons, Ph.D. · Michael Wallace, Ph.D. · Lawrence Wittner, Ph.D.

2008 Financial Report ..........................................................................22

Staff

2008 Barbara Mandigo Kelly Peace Poetry Awards................18-19 New Book – At the Nuclear Precipice – Catastrophe or Transformation? ........19

Legacy Circle/ Peace Leadership Council............................................23 The First One Hundred Days – A Nuclear Disarmament Agenda for President Obama ....................24 Waging Peace is published annually by the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, a non-profit, non-partisan, international education and advocacy organization that provides leadership toward a nuclear weapons-free world under international law. Waging Peace is distributed internationally.

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Steven Crandell · Nick Robinson · Sharon Rossol · Vicki Stevenson · Steve Stormoen · Rick Wayman

Interns Wallace T. Drew Intern: Chloe Brown (Williams College) Lena Chang Intern: Sheena Nayak (Monterey Institute for International Studies) La Vera Garcia Intern: Maribel Angulo (University of California, Santa Barbara) Eddie Edelson (University of California, Santa Barbara) Tyler Baldridge (Westmont College) Beca Lee (Westmont College) Loan Pham (University of California, Santa Barbara) Roy Kurver (EF Language School) Erin Dowley (Santa Barbara City College) Adriana Zyskowski (Wheeling Jesuit) Angie Fitzgerald (University of California, Santa Barbara) Rie Sugisaki (Santa Barbara City College) *Nobel Peace Laureate

NUCLEAR WEAPONS POSE A TRULY GLOBAL PROBLEM.

T O D AY I S N O T A G O O D D AY F O R W A R Today is not a good day for war, Not when the sun is shining, And leaves are trembling in the breeze. Today is not a good day for bombs to fall, Not when clouds hang on the horizon And drift above the sea.

All nations must work together for disarmament. But without a new U.S. nuclear policy, little progress can be made. Join the Dalai Lama, Archbishop Desmond Tutu and Walter Cronkite in supporting U.S. Leadership for a Nuclear WeaponsFree World. Find out more at www.wagingpeace.org.

Today is not a good day for launching attacks, Not when families gather And hold on to one another. Today is not a good day for collateral damage, Not when children are restless Daydreaming of frogs and creeks. Today is not a good day for war, Not when birds are soaring, Filling the sky with grace. No matter what they tell us about the other, Nor how bold their patriotic calls, Today is not a good day for war.

The XIVth Dalai Lama

Today is not a good day to send missiles flying, Not when the fog rolls in And the rain is falling hard.

Archbishop Desmond M. Tutu

Today is not a good day for young men to die, Not when they have so many dreams And so much still to do.

Walter Cronkite

David Krieger

A MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT

D E A R F R I E N D O F T H E F O U N D AT I O N , In 2008, the Foundation focused its efforts on U.S. leadership for a nuclear weapons-free world. We gathered signatures on our Appeal to the Next President of the United States calling for such leadership. Over the course of the year, we gathered some 60,000 signatures in the U.S., which we plan to present to President Obama or his representative in spring 2009. Our Appeal was also promoted in Mexico, where the results were even more dramatic, with hundreds of thousands of signatures collected. For this, we thank our Latin American representative, Ruben Arvizu, and his colleagues in Mexico for a great effort. Toward the end of 2008 and in early 2009, the Foundation proposed the idea of “U.S. Leadership to Abolish Nuclear Weapons Globally” to a contest on the website Change.org, which was seeking the best ideas for change in America to present to the Obama administration. Out of nearly 8,000 ideas proposed, our idea received enough votes to reach the final 90 ideas and then ended up as the 23rd highest vote getter. The idea also had 76 endorsements from other organizations, and individuals from throughout the world posted hundreds of positive comments on the idea. All of us should be proud of the efforts we made to raise the profile of nuclear weapons abolition and our leadership in promoting this idea. We also revised and distributed our DVD, Nuclear Weapons and the Human Future, throughout the year. Over 4,000 copies of the DVD were sent to individuals who pledged to show the program to groups they organized or to which they belonged. The DVD has also had more than 4,000 views on YouTube. In November 2008, the country chose a new president, Barack Obama, who has expressed a commitment to achieve a world free of nuclear weapons. The prospects for nuclear weapons abolition under President Obama are much improved. He believes in the importance of international law, and he has spoken often of the need to pursue a course leading to a world free of nuclear weapons. On his White House website, he lists as goals of his administration: securing loose nuclear materials from terrorists, strengthening the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and moving toward a nuclear free world. In the latter category, it states, “Obama and Biden will set a goal of a world without nuclear weapons, and pursue it.” We believe that Obama’s ascendancy to the presidency bodes well for our efforts and those of the nuclear weapons abolition movement in general. Of course, we did much more during 2008, including fostering new peace leaders, holding successful “Think Outside the Bomb” youth conferences at American University in Washington, DC and at MIT in Boston, continuing to promote our UC Nuclear Free campaign at the University of California, and initiating a new Swackhamer video contest. We also held the 7th Annual Frank K. Kelly Lecture on Humanity’s Future with Colman McCarthy, our annual Sadako Peace Day in the Sadako Peace Garden we helped create, and our 25th Annual Evening for Peace honoring Reverend George Regas and Stanley Sheinbaum. In addition, we improved our websites and published numerous articles on issues related to peace and nuclear weapons abolition. During 2008, our membership increased from 10,000 to over 23,000. Our Turn the Tide Action Alert Network also grew during the year and now exceeds 15,000 participants. All that we do is made possible by our supporters. We thank you for caring and for your help in creating an organization that is making an impact for peace and a world free of nuclear weapons.

David Krieger President, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation

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“The most important thing to understand about nuclear weapons is this: these weapons do not and cannot provide physical protection to their possessors.

“The third most important thing to understand about nuclear weapons is that they are in the hands of human beings with all their frailties and fallibilities, and, as such, these weapons are disasters waiting to occur.” —David Krieger, from A Return to Sanity – United States Leadership for a Nuclear WeaponsFree World – A Briefing for the New President

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“The second most important thing to understand about these weapons is that they are weapons of genocide writ large or, as the philosopher John Somerville has labeled them, weapons of omnicide, capable of the destruction of all. These weapons put at risk the future of humankind and most life on earth.

Nuclear Age Peace Foundation President David Krieger makes a point at a World Future Council Conference on Future Justice in Santa Barbara in April 2008. He is joined in this panel by the Hon. Arthur Robinson, former President of Trinidad and Tobago, and Dr. Ernst Ulrich von Weizsacker, former dean of the Bren School of Environmental Science and Management at UC Santa Barbara.

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For 26 years, the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation has been a voice of conscience to our community, nation and world. Our message is that nuclear weapons threaten the future of all life on our planet, and it is the responsibility of all of us, working together, to end this threat forever. Nuclear weapons were created by humans, and they must be abolished by us – by all of us. Peace in a world free of nuclear weapons is everyone’s birthright. It is the greatest challenge of our time to restore that birthright to our children and all future generations.

VOICE OF CONSCIENCE, RESOURCE FOR A WORLD FREE OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS

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U.S. LEADERSHIP FOR A NUCLEAR WEAPONS-FREE WORLD AN APPEAL TO PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA

We focused much of our efforts in 2008 on promoting U.S. leadership for a nuclear weapons-free world. Our primary vehicle for this was the “Appeal to the Next President.” We worked closely with dozens of organizations around the world to collect signatures for the Appeal. Together with our primary partner, the Campaign for a Nuclear Weapons-Free World, we collected over 60,000 signatures in the United States. Special recognition goes to our supporters in Mexico, where hundreds of thousands of signatures were collected under the leadership of Ruben Arvizu, our director for Latin America. Support for the Appeal

The Appeal outlines seven steps leading toward the abolition of nuclear weapons:

• De-alert all nuclear weapons; • Commit to No First Use;

was widespread in other countries as well, particular-

• No new nuclear weapons;

ly Japan and Argentina.

• Ban nuclear testing forever; • Control nuclear material worldwide;

The signatures were submitted to the Obama administration on March 11, 2009. We will continue to advocate for U.S. leadership for a nuclear weapons-

• Nuclear weapons convention; and • Reallocate resources for peace.

free world as President Obama’s agenda develops.

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OUR DVD Nuclear Weapons and the Human Future

The Foundation’s DVD Nuclear Weapons and the Human Future achieved great success in 2008. Over 4,000 copies were sent to interested individuals and groups around the world. Many recipients showed the DVD to a group they are involved with, multiplying the effect of our outreach many times over. The DVD was also played on many public television stations throughout the United States, and is now available in many public libraries. Online, the video has been viewed nearly 7,000 times. Video will play an increasingly important role in our work in the coming years. We will produce a new DVD in 2009. Visit our website www.wagingpeace.org regularly for more details and to order a copy. The video was produced and edited by Ryan Roberson, a film student at the University of California, Santa Barbara; and Ivan Van Wingerden, a student at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo. Many thanks to them for their excellent work.

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MIDDLE POWERS I N I T I AT I V E

International Advocacy

PRESIDENTIAL C A N D I D AT E S ’ QUOTES As part of our educational mission, the Foundation published and continually updated a webpage featuring quotes from the major candidates in the 2008 presidential

The Middle Powers Initiative (MPI) is a coalition of eight international non-governmental organizations working for the elimination of nuclear weapons. MPI works with “middle power” governments to encourage them to press the nuclear weapons states to fulfill their obligations for nuclear disarmament and take immediate steps to reduce risks. The Nuclear Age Peace Foundation is a founding member of this coalition and Foundation President David Krieger is a member of the MPI International Steering Committee.

campaign. We monitored candidates’ statements on nuclear disarmament, missile defense, new nuclear weapons, the use of nuclear weapons and the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty. This project, featured prominently on the Foundation’s wagingpeace.org website, was a valuable resource for people interested in these key issues. This resource was accessed nearly 18,000 times in 2008. This was a well-researched non-partisan project that laid out each candidate’s position based on their statements and past actions. Because of our status as a 501(c)3 non-

In March 2008, the Middle Powers Initiative, with the support of the Government of Ireland, convened the fifth Article VI Forum in Dublin, Ireland. Entitled NPT: Pathfinder to a Nuclear WeaponsFree World, the consultation sought to link the vision of the abolition of nuclear weapons with the need to reconnect with the necessary practical measures.

profit organization, we never endorse particular candidates or political parties.

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GRASS ROOTS ADVOCACY Community Peace Leaders In 2008, more than 200 people took steps through the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation to become peace leaders in their own communities. The year 2008 was a major turning point for our Turn the Tide action alert network. We gained nearly 13,000 new subscribers – a four-fold increase over 2007. Thousands of Turn the Tide activists sent messages encouraging Congress and the President to take action on issues including: • Stopping new nuclear weapons (the Reliable Replacement Warhead); • Rejecting the US-India nuclear deal; and • Encouraging President Obama to adopt our 100-day agenda for nuclear disarmament upon his inauguration.

Our program is both easy to start and flexible. Here’s how it works: 1. Community peace leaders begin by watching our 20-minute DVD Nuclear Weapons & the Human Future on-line and reading our U.S. Leadership Appeal for a Nuclear Weapons-Free World. 2. Then, if they decide to proceed, peace leaders commit to reaching out to 50-100 people over six months. Each peace leader chooses their own

We will be watching carefully for opportunities for Turn the Tide members to take action for a nuclear weaponsfree world in 2009. To sign up for our action alert list, visit http://capwiz.com/wagingpeace/home.

approach – showing the DVD at their homes to friends and neighbors, or to larger groups. Some peace leaders choose to gather signatures on the Appeal at local farmer’s markets or shopping malls, door-to-door or among organizations they know. Those interested in getting started, can do so on-line at http://www.wagingpeace.org/menu/action/peace-leaders/.

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WASHINGTON, DC Influencing Legislation & Policy Transition and new potential were the key words for our Washington, DC operation in 2008. The Foundation decided to concentrate its resources in a new, flexible approach to impacting government policy and legislation – emphasizing rapid responses to issues as they arise. In 2009, the key to our success will be fresh access to key policymakers provided by experienced Washington consultants, which we have engaged to help us with Congressional and Executive Branch outreach. We also plan to continue to grow our Turn the Tide Campaign (see opposite page) so that individual voices can directly influence the decision-making process in the U.S. capital. Photo: Rachel Hitow

In May 2008, The Nuclear Age Peace Foundation and the Alliance for Nuclear Accountability presented Senator Dianne Feinstein with an award for introducing the Nuclear Policy and Posture Review Act of 2007 (S. 1914), which requires nuclear policy and posture reviews that consider international nuclear disarmament obligations. The bill also calls for public input and declassified versions of the reports. Left to right: Nickolas Roth (Nuclear Age Peace Foundation), Senator Dianne Feinstein, Marie Rietmann (Women’s Action for New Directions), Paul Kawika Martin (Peace Action), Alfred Meyer (Alliance for Nuclear Accountability).

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HOW WE MAKE A DIFFERENCE Y O U T H E M P O W E R M E N T I N I T I AT I V E

Nearly 80 people gather in Boston for four days of peace leadership at Think Outside the Bomb in 2008.

Beyond educating about nuclear weapons and their abolition, the Youth Empowerment Initiative seeks to help young people find their own paths to leadership for peace. Our main programs are:

UC Nuclear Free Since its founding in 2001, the UC Nuclear Free campaign has helped guide the campaign to end University of California management of the Los Alamos and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories. Contributing to a coalition featuring active students from most UC campuses, UC Nuclear Free has seen this coalition, known as the Coalition to Demilitarize the UC, become the most powerful and effective grassroots student movement against nuclear weapons in the country. Los Alamos National Laboratory and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory are responsible for the research and development of every nuclear weapon in the U.S. arsenal. We believe students can guide their university towards sending a vote of “no confidence” in the U.S. nuclear weapons complex. We believe the UC should stop lending their good name to weapons of mass destruction. Our goal is straightforward: to delegitimize nuclear weapons at their source.

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In 2008, the fledgling UC Student Department of Energy Lab Oversight Committee (DOELOC) began to assert itself on the issues surrounding the UC’s nuclear weapons lab management. DOELOC is an official Student Government committee at both UC Santa Barbara and UC Berkeley, and is charged with monitoring and investigating the work of the Lawrence Livermore and Los Alamos Nuclear Weapons Laboratories. DOELOC also educates the student community on their findings as well as giving fact-based reports at UC Regent’s meetings. This committee has also been tapped to write a briefing for California Lt. Gov. John Garamendi in regards to nuclear weapons manufacturing at the Los Alamos Lab. The Foundation’s Youth Empowerment Initiative Coordinator, Steve Stormoen, serves as an advisor to DOELOC.

Think Outside the Bomb The Nuclear Age Peace Foundation initiated the first Think Outside the Bomb student leadership conference in the summer of 2005 at the University of California at Santa Barbara. Since then, with Foundation sponsorship, Think Outside the Bomb has grown into the nation’s biggest network of youth nuclear abolition, holding seven conferences in four cities. In 2008, Think Outside the Bomb held its second regional conference in Washington, DC, in advance of the DC Days disarmament conference, hosting several dozen young people. The 2008 national conference in Boston attracted nearly 80 participants. Twentyone U.S. states were represented at the conference; additionally, we had exchange students present from Germany, Denmark, Ukraine and Haiti, making this the most geographically diverse Think Outside the Bomb conference yet.

Speaker and conference co-organizer Erin Placey maps out the connections in her life to the military-industrial complex. Models like this help engage each participant, who find similar connections in their own everyday lives.

The conference took place at Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the Stata Center, the use of which was donated to us by the MIT Technology and Culture Forum. We sought to give each participant not only the inspiration to work for a nuclearfree future, but the tools and skills to do that work. To this end, each participant helped create a year-long action plan to use in their own communities.

Feedback on Think Outside the Bomb “It was amazing, and I learned so much about nuclear issues and how to be an effective activist, and I really look forward to utilizing my new activist skills.” “I felt that a community was developed that made me feel comfortable and safe.” “I had an amazing time! Highlight of my summer, would recommend it to any old or young activists or intellectual seekers.” “Best TOTB thus far!”

Participants from Maryland, Iowa, New Hampshire and Massachusetts bond over lunch at the national Think Outside the Bomb Conference held in August 2008 at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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HOW WE MAKE A DIFFERENCE F O U N D AT I O N W E B S I T E S Resources for All People www.wagingpeace.org The Foundation’s main website, www.wagingpeace.org, had another strong performance in 2008. Over 449,000 unique visitors came to our site to read informative articles by experts in the nuclear disarmament movement, inspirational quotes and messages from worldrenown peace leaders and to take action for a nuclear weapons-free world.

Popular features on our website in 2008 included: • The Appeal to President Obama, calling for US leadership for a nuclear weapons-free world; • Presidential candidates’ quotes on nuclear issues, described elsewhere in this report; • A 100-Day Agenda for Nuclear Disarmament for President Obama; and • The peace quotes page. We will be adding new features to the website in 2009, including RSS feeds, which will automatically notify subscribers when new articles are posted to the site. We will also expand our outreach through blogging and online social networking sites such as Facebook and MySpace.

www.nuclearfiles.org The Foundation’s other website, www.nuclearfiles.org, also continued the success of recent years. We provided 280,000 unique visitors to the site in 2008 with a comprehensive look at the Nuclear Age. From an interactive timeline to primary-source documents relating to the Nuclear Age, Nuclear Files has tremendous educational resources for students, educators and other curious individuals.

Popular features on Nuclear Files in 2008 included: • An interactive timeline that allows visitors to search by date, subject or keyword; • Information on nuclear weapon-related mishaps throughout history; and • Information on nuclear energy, from the basics of how a nuclear reactor works to the complex debate surrounding waste storage plans at Yucca Mountain.

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A rapturous standing ovation resounds for World Citizenship Award recipient Stanley Sheinbaum in appreciation for his courage and determination in working for peace.

25TH ANNUAL EVENING FOR PEACE Renewed Hope for Peace Honoring Rev. George Regas and Stanley Sheinbaum The Foundation wishes to thank all those people and organizations who made this Evening for Peace possible through their volunteer work, their gifts and their dedication to creating a world free of nuclear weapons.

Reverend George Regas received the Distinguished Peace Leadership Award in recognition of his courage, commitment and vision in building interfaith movements for nuclear disarmament and peace. Stanley Sheinbaum received the World Citizenship Award for his sustained and courageous efforts to forge peace and create new dialogue between old adversaries.

As Rev. George Regas and Stanley Sheinbaum both indicated in their talks, there is great opportunity for progress on nuclear disarmament in the near future. Imagine future generations marveling that we were the people with the determination, will and wisdom to take action.

Those in the audience for the Santa Barbara event said they found the 25th Annual Evening for Peace exciting, inspiring and memorable. The choir from Westmont College and Cantor Mark Childs provided moving music, while speakers David Krieger, Rev. Mark Asman, Mike Farrell and Board Members Anna Grotenhuis and Selma Rubin weaved insight with inspiration.

A just and secure peace in a world free of nuclear weapons. It’s a goal we all can share, that benefits all people.

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Peace sounded like thunder at the Doubletree Resort ballroom in November when about 280 people leapt to their feet to give standing ovations to two leaders who have spent their lives waging peace.

Rev. George Regas gives an inspirational address after receiving the Foundation’s Distinguished Peace Leadership Award for his vital role in the nuclear disarmament movement.

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HOW WE MAKE A DIFFERENCE 7 T H A N N U A L F R A N K K . K E L LY LECTURE ON HUMANITY’S FUTURE Teach Peace – Colman McCarthy One of the country’s premier peace educators came to Santa Barbara in February 2008 to deliver the Kelly Lecture, and his message was clear: Unless we teach our children peace, someone else will teach them violence.

“In only the past quarter-century, at least six brutal regimes have been overthrown by people who had no weapons of steel, but only what Einstein called ‘weapons of the spirit.’”

Colman McCarthy is an adjunct professor at Georgetown University Law Center. In addition, he teaches classes at three Washington, DC high schools. He wrote columns for the Washington Post for 28 years and founded the Center for Teaching Peace in 1985. In addition to giving the Kelly Lecture, McCarthy spoke to hundreds of area students, including a large assembly at Cate School. McCarthy believes peace studies should be part of the core curriculum. He believes the philosophy of peace, the writings of great peace leaders, and non-violent conflict resolution should be part of a very practical, community-oriented approach to education. “What makes us happy is service to others,” he says. “If schools don’t expose students to the joys of community service, we graduate people who are idea rich but experience poor. In these addled times of leave no child untested, we think it’s enough to pound ideas into the kids’ heads. You can make all A’s in school and go out and flunk life.”

— Colman McCarthy

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The Kelly lecture series honors Nuclear Age Peace Foundation senior vice president and co-founder, Frank King Kelly.

Great minds gather for some informal peace education. From left: Colman McCarthy, Foundation President David Krieger, Filmmaker Andy Davis, Foundation co-founder Frank Kelly and SBCC lecturer Manoutchehr Eskandari-Qajar.

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LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD Judge Christopher Weeramantry On April 12, 2008, the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation presented a Lifetime Achievement Award for Distinguished Peace Leadership to Judge Christopher Weeramantry of Sri Lanka. Judge Weeramantry is a former Supreme Court Justice of Sri Lanka and former Vice President of the International Court of Justice in The Hague. He was also a professor of law at Monash University in Australia. Judge Weeramantry currently heads the Weeramantry International Centre for Peace Education and Research. He views justice as the prerequisite to peace, and peace education as a prerequisite to justice. He is an active educator, lecturing throughout the world and writing prolifically. He is the author of more than 20 books and 200 articles related to peace, cross-cultural understanding and international law. He is an expert on the moral influences of religions on international law.

expressed the concern that unless the international community is able to resolve conflicts peacefully and abolish its most destructive weapons, we may foreclose the human future. Thus, each of us alive on the planet today has special responsibilities to assure that the decisions made today will not destroy the planet for ourselves or future generations. Previous recipients of the Foundation’s Lifetime Achievement Award are former Canadian Senator Douglas Roche (2005); psychiatrist and author Dr. Robert Jay Lifton (2005); scientist of conscience Sir Joseph Rotblat (1997); civil society leader for the law of the sea Elisabeth Mann Borgese (1995); and two-time Nobel Laureate Dr. Linus Pauling (1991). The Foundation is proud to add Judge Christopher Weeramantry to this list of distinguished previous honorees.

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As a judge on the International Court of Justice, Judge Weeramantry wrote a lengthy dissent to the Court’s Advisory Opinion on the Legality of the Threat or Use of Nuclear Weapons. The Court found that the threat or use of nuclear weapons would be generally illegal, but held open the possibility of legality in an extreme circumstance in which the very survival of a state was at stake. In his dissent, Judge Weeramantry concluded that there was no instance in which the threat or use of nuclear weapons could be considered legal under international law. Judge Weeramantry’s dissent in this case remains the most comprehensive and important legal opinion written on this critical issue. In his acceptance speech upon receiving the Foundation’s Lifetime Achievement Award, the judge Two kindred spirits — Foundation President David Krieger presents one of the Foundation’s highest honors to Judge Christopher Weeramantry.

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Noted historian Professor Tsuyoshi Hasegawa was the featured speaker at the Foundation’s 2008 Sadako Peace Day, commemorating the 63rd Anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

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Prof. Tsuyoshi Hasegawa offers a fresh perspective on an American decision that changed the course of world history.

Prof. Hasegawa, from the University of California, Santa Barbara, gave insight into one of the defining events of the 20th century in his talk: “The US Decision to Drop the Bomb: Paths Not Taken.” Prof. Hasegawa is an expert on the Cold War and foreign relations involving Russia, Japan and the United States. The ceremony, held at the Sadako Peace Garden at La Casa de Maria in Santa Barbara, also included readings from several local poets, including Santa Barbara’s poet laureate Perie Longo, Carol DeCanio and Christine Kravetz. Bob Sedivy provided beautiful, evocative music on the shakuhachi or traditional bamboo flute. Four children, Emily and Nicole Janée, Ciara Giordani and Jazmin Hall, charmed the audience with songs of peace, hope and understanding.

Bob Sedivy sets the mood for the Sadako Day ceremony with his soothing, ethereal music. He plays the Japanese traditional bamboo flute or shakuhachi.

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Four years old and full of hope for peace, Jazmin Hall sings “Somewhere Over the Rainbow.”

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“I looked up to the sky, having no idea about what happened, and I saw there a indescribably strange fireball floating up in the mid-air.” — Miyako Yano describing the atomic attack on Hiroshima. She was 14 years old.

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In September, Southern Californians had a rare opportunity to listen to two women who survived the U.S. nuclear attack on Hiroshima on August 6, 1945. Junko Kayashige, aged 69, and MiyakoYano, 78, spoke at two different high schools as well as to the general public in a free evening lecture. They told their personal stories of the devastation wrought by photo: Rick Carter

nuclear weapons. Survivors of the atomic attacks in Japan are called hibakusha. Foundation President David Krieger wrote this about their moving presentation:

“The women traveled from Hiroshima to the United States to tell their stories. They did so in the hope that their past will not become our future. They wish that no one else will suffer the fate of the victims at Hiroshima and Nagasaki. Junko Kayashige stated, “There is not much time left for us hibakusha. We must find ways to not create even one more hibakusha.”

Junko Kayashige was 6 years old when the atomic bomb was detonated over Hiroshima in 1945. Her house was a little over a mile from ground zero.

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HOW WE MAKE A DIFFERENCE 2 0 0 8 B A R B A R A M A N D I G O K E L LY PEACE POETRY AWARD WINNERS About the Awards The Foundation is pleased to announce the winners of the 2008 Barbara Mandigo Kelly Peace Poetry Awards. In 1995, the Foundation established the annual series of awards to encourage poets to explore and illuminate positive visions of peace and the human spirit. The poetry awards are offered in three categories: Adults, Youth 13-18, and Youth 12 & Under. The contest is open to people worldwide. For more information, please visit www.wagingpeace.org.

Adult Category Gettysburg, Pennsylvania

the ungodly hour

BY ASHLEY WELLINGTON FIRST PLACE

BY JENNIFER HU FIRST PLACE

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even he felt the heat on a night like that one weighing on him like giles corey’s stones

Even the field, sweating through dusty pores, Reeked of brass and drying blood As a cluster of gray coats waited to spill Out into the open. In the soggy July heat, the stench of decay. A wounded soldier, resting in the shade Of a cannon, was struck by an officer for sitting down. The officer later fell from a bullet not shot by his enemy, And his skull cracked like a clay pot. The soldier died near him With outstretched arms and twisted neck, His trampled carcass stripped to the sinews. II. You and I stop here, not as they stopped In the roar, face down, blood seeping up From the ground into dirty clothes and hair – But to climb little Round Top, see Devil’s Den, Probe our fingers into bullet holes In tree trunks. It is so quiet now, As if the land, washed clean by so much rain And stripped for souvenirs, Wants, impossibly, to be just a field again.

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Youth (13-18) Category

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in the darkness he hugged his gun and saw puritans in the village creeping by the devil witchcraft in the forest but he knew it was only his platoon hiding in the woods burrowed under sweaty blankets the puritans had nothing to fear he might have been mistaken though maybe there was witchcraft in the forest that night waiting under a starless sky because in the morning the land was hell lit up with mortar rounds and the devil’s prey lay strewn on the ground a burnt girl a soldier a cow with shrapnel in its side

NEW BOOK AT THE NUCLEAR PRECIPICE

Catastrophe or Transformation? Edited by Richard Falk and David Krieger

Youth (12-Under) Category The Light is Shining on Us BY XIAO JIN JACKSON FIRST PLACE

Inside a shooting star are wolves so fast they make the star shoot Inside a shooting star is cold air pushing to get out Inside a shooting star are frogs croaking so loud it’s like an elephant yelling into a microphone that has a speaker that runs all the way around the world. Inside a shooting star is peace trying to make its way to Earth. Inside a shooting star is laughter, everybody is happy. Inside a shooting star is light, light shining on us.

Published in 2008 by Palgrave Macmillan, this book focuses on an even more urgent and “inconvenient truth” than global warming. Edited by Nuclear Age Peace Foundation Board Chair Richard Falk and Foundation President David Krieger, At the Nuclear Precipice – Catastrophe or Transformation? explores the present nuclear predicament, and how to step away from the nuclear danger and assure humanity’s future. It examines the intersections between international law and national policies. It also shows the interrelationships of nuclear proliferation, nuclear terrorism and nuclear disarmament. The book offers a way out if policymakers of leading countries can summon the political will to move in a new direction.

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2008 CONTRIBUTIONS The Nuclear Age Peace Foundation is grateful to all of its supporters for their generosity and commitment to a more secure and nuclear weapons-free world. The following is a partial list of contributors for 2008. Those individuals who give $1,000 or more annually are recognized as members of the Foundation’s Peace Leadership Council.

$100,000 & Up Dynamic Strategies Research Foundation

$50,000-$99,999 James S. Bower Foundation Ms. Marion Rose Wells Westcliff Foundation

$25,000-$49,999 Mr. John Randolph Parten Mr. Arthur B. Schultz

$10,000-$24,999 Anonymous Ahn Byoung Sun Foundation for Global Community Sue Hawes Ms. Juliane Heyman Conrad N. Hilton Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Terence Kelly Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Kendall Lear Family Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Jon Lovelace Ms. Sherry Melchiorre, Ph.D. Mr. and Mrs. Steven Parry Mr. and Mrs. Richard L. Schall Wallis Foundation Yardi Systems, Inc.

$5,000-$9,999 CSU Dominguez Hills Mr. and Mrs. Yvon Chouinard Mr. and Mrs. Ron Dexter

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The Fund For Santa Barbara Mr. and Mrs. David Grotenhuis Herbert Kurz SBCC Foundation The Simons Foundation Mr. and Mrs. Stan Tomchin Ms. Lila Trachtenberg

$1,000-$4,999 Mrs. Janet Aiches Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Aldridge Mr. and Mrs. William Allaway Alliant Int’l University Bartlett, Pringle & Wolf Mr. and Mrs. Gary Becker Mr. and Mrs. Theodore Boutrous, Jr. Mr. and Mrs. Roland F. Bryan CFC 1998-2008 CLAM CSU Bakersfield CSU Dominguez Hills Ms. Susan Nora Clark Ms. Nancy E.W. Colton Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Davis Desmond Tutu Peace Foundation Mr. Donald Ferencz Ho Ming Fong Sophia Haimovitz Mr. and Mrs. Mark Hamilton Laurie Harris Dr. Fujio Hironobu INES Laguna Blanca School Mr. and Mrs. Robert B. Laney Lassen Community College Ms. Diantha Lebenzon Donna Mae Litowitz Mrs. Ann Minnerly Professor Akbar Montaser Mr. and Mrs. Frederick Nicholas Mr. and Mrs. William Palladini Will Parrish Presbytery of Santa Barbara Santa Barbara City College Lessie Nixon Schontzler Mr. and Mrs. Stanley K. Sheinbaum Mr. and Mrs. Gerry Spence Mr. and Mrs. Brian Tevenan Turner Foundation Inc. Mr. Gebb Turpin UCSB/Office of Student Life University of Notre Dame Verde Valley School Lepska Warren Washington & Lee University Beate Weber Weithorn and Ehrmann Families Fund of the Tides Foundation Widmark Foundation Mrs. Allen C. Wilcox Mrs. Rita Williams

$500-$999 Mr. and Mrs. Jerar Andon Anonymous Mr. and Mrs. Robert E. Bason Dr. Eric H. Boehm Dr. and Mrs. Earl Budin Mr. Bert Chapman Mrs. Amelia L. Dallenbach Mr. and Mrs. Don & Catherine Dishion Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Edebo Mr. Robert Egelston Mr. and Mrs. Dick Flacks La-Vera Garcia Isabelle Greene Mr. and Mrs. Richard S. Gunther Mr. and Mrs. Ed Hammond Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Hatch Mr. and Mrs. Thomas F. Heck Dr. Martin Hellman Rabbi Steven Jacobs Mr. and Mrs. Gene Kelley Kiel Projects, Inc. Ms. I. Murphy Lewis Mr. and Mrs. Jim Lichtman Dr. and Mrs. Peter MacDougall Mr. and Mrs. John Mason Mr. and Mrs. Sean McGrath Mr. Robert Potter Ms. Michelle Rhea Ms. Vicki Riskin Mr. Stephen Rohde Mr. Bruce Roth Ruth Stark Mr. and Mrs. Dan Sweeney Mr. and Mrs. Eric P. Trautwein UCSB/Accting & Financial Svcs. University of Alaska-Fairbanks Mr. and Mrs. Eduard Van Wingerden Mr. and Mrs. Winfred Van Wingerden Prof. Ernst von Weizsaecker Westmont College Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Wylie

$100-$499 Ms. Lucille Banta Mrs. George Barrett Mrs. Louise A. Barrow Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Baxter Mr. and Mrs. James P. Belden Mr. Robert Bernstein Ms. Mary Berwick Professor Gayle Binion Mr. John T. Bishop Mr. and Mrs. Martin Blakeway Ms. Mignon Bradley Ms. Heather Brodhead Mr. Ben Bycel Ms. Julie M. Cade California Lutheran University Ms. Judith Chaddick

photo: Rick Carter

Philanthropist Marion Wells, far right, congratulates Judge Christopher Weeramantry on his Lifetime Achievement Award.

Ms. Antoinette Chartier Ms. Dahlia Chazan Chris Clemens Mr. William Coker Concerned Citizens for Peace Ms. Joann Connors Mr. Donald H. Craig Ms. Joan Cudhea Mr. Andrew Davis Ms. Jean De Muller Constance Delbrook-Marquez Joan Dewberry Mrs. Jackie Diamond Dijo Productions/Jerry Oshinsky Ms. Maurine Doerken Mr. and Mrs. George Eagleton Drs. Paul and Anne Ehrlich Mrs. Mercedes H. Eichholz Ms. Charlotte Ellen Mr. and Mrs. Howard Elliott Professor and Mrs. Richard A. Falk Mr. Terry Fernandez Zelda Fields Mr. and Mrs. Joel Fithian Mr. and Mrs. Ronald J. Fox Mrs. Judi Friedman Ms. Elaine Friedrich Mr. and Mrs. Dennis Furuike Mrs. Dorothea Gales Sandrine C. Genin Mrs. Marilyn Gevirtz Dr. G. Wayne Glass Mr. John Grandinetti Dr. John Grula Nadine B. Hack Ms. Virginia Hadley Mrs. Lois Hamilton Ms. Pat Callbeck Harper Gloria Hartley Dr. Peter Haslund

Ms. Rosilla H. Hawes Dr. Bruce Hawkins Arawana Hayashi Ms. Sonia Hayward Mr. and Mrs. Dick Heiser Mr. Harold Hill Mr. John Hirschi Ms. Susan Davis Hopkins Mr. and Mrs. Paul Ignatius Hannah-Beth Jackson Mr. and Mrs. Chris Jones Dr. Martin Jones, MD Mr. and Mrs. Michael D. Jones Mr. Nathan Jorgensen Mr. and Mrs. Ned E. Kassouf Mr. Frank King Kelly Dr. George Kent Mr. and Mrs. Charles Kimbell Ms. Katharine H. Kinkade Mrs. Tybie Kirtman Pia M. Kohler Dr. and Mrs. David Krieger Judith L. Kuipers, Ph.D. Mr. and Mrs. John H. Kultgen, Jr. Ms. Eleanor Kuser Ms. Leah LaCava Kelly Mr. Poka Laenui Dr. Gary Lapid Leo Baeck Temple/Rabbi Leonard Beerman MacFarlane, Faletti & Co. LLP The Markland Group Ms. Judith McDermott Mr. William McGraw Cheryl McQueen-Dallas Mr. Ray Medhurst Ms. Martha Middendorf Mr. Steve Milam Mr. and Mrs. Hale Milgrim Mr. William Milmoe

Kathleen Moellenhoff Mr. Richard Morrison Maryanne Mott Ms. Valerie Mullen Ms. Marjorie Navidi Gary D. Nelson, III Rev. and Mrs. Vernon C. Nichols Mr. and Mrs. Ralph H. Nutter John and Ann Orleman Mr. and Mrs. Steve Patchen Ms. Vickie Patik Mr. and Mrs. Robert Peterson Mr. and Mrs. Agris Petersons Mr. and Mrs. Nick Piediscalzi Mr. and Mrs. Christopher Pizzinat Mrs. Ilene Pritikin Progressive Christians Uniting Mr. Nathan Pyles Vicki Reynolds Mr. Robert Rheem Ms. Lia K. Roberts Mr. and Mrs. James Robertson Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert Robledo Mr. Stan Roden Katie O’Reilly Rogers Dr. and Mrs. Wade Clark Roof Lily Rossi Ms. Selma Rubin Mr. Phillip Runkel Dr. Randy J. Rydell Mr. Masaaki Sakai Hamoud Salhi Santa Barbara United Nations Dr. and Mrs. Arent Schuyler, Jr. Mr. Doug Scott Miss Muriel V. Self Mr. Martin Sherwin Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd G. Shore Karen B. Sinsheimer Soka University of America Mr. James Stockstill Jean Sturgeon Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Sulock Mr. and Mrs. Hal Thornton Elizabeth Traubman Ms. Sharon Tremble Ms. Debra Tygell Koichi Uematsu United Way United Way of Rhode Island Ms. Rhonda G. Vann Ms. Estelle Voeller Dr. and Mrs. Dean Vogel Susan D. Ward Karen Weingard Mr. and Mrs. Peter Weiss Cicely Wheelon Dr. and Mrs. Martin Widzer Dr. Robert Winemiller Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Wolfe Mr. John Wyand Dr. and Mrs. James N. Yamazaki N U C L E A R A G E P E A C E F O U N D AT I O N

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2008 FINANCIAL REPORT

Revenue by Source Revenue by Source Individual Contributors* Foundations and Grants Investment Revenue Other** Bequests Total Revenues

Amount $390,203 $416,754 -$1,139,876 $3,150 $2,232,702 $1,902,933

* includes private family foundations ** less than 1%

Expenses by Function Expenses by Function Programs General Administration Fundraising Total Expenses

Amount $1,055,129 $95,937 $93,230 $1,244,296

Assets Cash Inventories Investments

Liabilities and Net Assets $32,024 $99,817 $4,010,869

Property & Equipment: Building & Improvements $358,727 Land $143,836 Furniture & Office Equipment $76,746 Less: Accumulated Depreciation ($305,793) Net Property & Equipment $273,515 Total Assets

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$4,416,225

Liabilities: Accounts Payable

$5,292

Total Liabilities

$5,292

Net Assets: Unrestricted Unrestricted – Board Designated Temporarily Restricted Permanently Restricted

$103,364 $1,917,133 $422,495 $1,967,941

Total Net Equity

$4,410,933

Total Liabilities and Net Assets

$4,416,225

HELP SECURE OUR COMMON FUTURE You can help ensure that your desire for a secure and peaceful future is realized through your charitable support of our programs. We have expert professional advisors who can assist you in structuring your individual gift plan to help us to continue our important mission. Please consider gifts of stock, real estate, or other tangible assets. In partnership with the Foundation, your gift will significantly impact the future success of our shared goals of a world at peace for generations to come.

The Legacy Circle and the Peace Leadership Council are the major vehicles that have been created for interested individuals who choose to substantially aid the work of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation. For more information, please contact Foundation President David Krieger or Director of Development, Steven Crandell, at (805) 965-3443.

The Legacy Circle The Legacy Circle was established in 1994 with the help of individuals committed to the future of the Foundation and its work for a more peaceful world. Since then, many others have joined this special group of supporters, at varying levels of commitment. There are now more than fifty members of the Legacy Circle. The Legacy Circle recognizes various levels of commitment in the following categories:

Regents Guardians Benefactors Patrons Stewards

$500,000 and up $250,000 to $499,999 $100,000 to $249,999 $25,000 to $99,999 $10,000 to $24,999

A permanent recognition wall is displayed in the Wells Conference Room at the Foundation office to highlight Legacy Circle members in each of these categories. Each member of the Legacy Circle is helping to secure the future of our world through the work of the Foundation, by ensuring that the necessary work to realize peace continues well into the 21st century. The legacy of peace that we are helping to create is arguably the greatest gift we can give to our children and grandchildren. Gifts to the Legacy Circle are most often made by bequest through one’s will or trust. These gifts can also be made through means that allow the donor to receive current tax benefits and income for life, such as a charitable remainder trust or pooled income fund.

Levels of Support The Council is comprised of various giving categories:

Visionaries Ambassadors Peacebuilders Guarantors Sustainers

$25,000 and up $10,000 - $24,999 $5,000 - $9,999 $2,500 - $4,999 $1,000 - $2,499

Benefits Peace Leadership Council members share a unique relationship with the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation. Members at the designated levels receive the following benefits: Visionaries – One-on-one dialogue with the President, invitation to accompany the President to a national or international conference as a representative of the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, invitation to attend Foundation-sponsored forums and symposia, e-mail updates from the President, and an autographed Foundation book of your choice. Ambassadors – One-on-one dialogue with the President, invitation to attend Foundation-sponsored forums and symposia, e-mail updates from the President, and an autographed Foundation book of your choice. Peacebuilders – Invitation to attend Foundationsponsored forums and symposia, e-mail updates from the President, and an autographed Foundation book of your choice. Guarantors – E-mail updates from the President, and an autographed Foundation book of your choice. Sustainers – E-mail updates from the President and a free DVD of our Evening for Peace.

Peace Leadership Council The Nuclear Age Peace Foundation established the Peace Leadership Council in order to help meet the many challenges to a peaceful and nuclear weapons-free world. The Council is made up of committed Foundation members who provide significant annual financial support, as well as advice to the Foundation’s leadership team. The Council was created to honor the vision and generosity of those individuals whose annual financial partnership makes it possible to substantially further the Foundation’s goals.

We invite you to join the Legacy Circle, Peace Leadership Council, or both, and become part of the solution to the issues that impact the destiny of life on our planet.

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T H E F I R S T H U N D R E D D AY S A Nuclear Disarmament Agenda for President Obama Barack Obama has made a long and impressive list of pledges in support of a world free of nuclear weapons. He has argued, “A world without nuclear weapons is profoundly in America’s interest and the world’s interest. It is our responsibility to make the commitment, and to do the hard work to make this vision a reality.” To advance this vision and the goals he has set forth to achieve it, we propose that he place nuclear disarmament high on his agenda, and act boldly, taking the following steps in his first 100 days in office:

We launched this campaign late in 2008, mobilizing public opinion both inside and outside the United States. The goal was straight-forward: support President Obama’s new policies on nuclear weapons and ask that they become priorities for the new administration.

1. Public Commitment Make a major foreign policy address, affirming his commitment to initiate a global effort to achieve a world with zero nuclear weapons; to deemphasize reliance on nuclear weapons in U.S. military policy; to not develop new nuclear weapons; to not use nuclear weapons first under any circumstance; to seek Senate ratification of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty; and to launch a major global initiative to assure control of all nuclear weapons and the material to construct them.

2. Bilateral Engagement Open negotiations with Russia on a range of nuclear policy issues, including taking both sides’ ballistic missiles off high alert status; extending the verification provisions of the 1991 Strategic Arms Reductions Treaty (START 1); and agreeing to the verifiable reduction to under 1,000 nuclear weapons each (deployed and reserve) by the end of 2010. To achieve these goals will likely require the U.S. to retract its plans for deployment of missile defenses in Eastern Europe.

3. Global Action Organize to convene a meeting of all nuclear weapons states prior to the 2010 Nuclear NonProliferation Treaty Review Conference in order to initiate negotiations for a new treaty for the phased, verifiable, irreversible and transparent elimination of all nuclear weapons by the year 2020. This 100-day nuclear disarmament agenda would demonstrate U.S. commitment, bilateral engagement and global action for achieving the goal of zero nuclear weapons, a path rooted in legality, morality and consideration for the security of the people of the United States and all humankind.

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All photos by Rick Carter, Stacy Bloodworth or Kerry Methven

CO-WORKERS FOR A WORLD FREE OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS

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T H E F O U N D AT I O N The Nuclear Age Peace Foundation initiates and supports worldwide efforts to abolish nuclear weapons, to strengthen international law and institutions, and to inspire and empower a new generation of peace leaders. Founded in 1982, the Foundation is comprised of individuals and organizations worldwide who realize the imperative for peace in the Nuclear Age. The Nuclear Age Peace Foundation is a non-profit, non-partisan, international education and advocacy organization. It has consultative status to the United Nations Economic and Social Council and is recognized by the UN as a Peace Messenger Organization.

VISION Watch our DVD on-line at www.wagingpeace.org, or order it free.

Our vision is a world at peace, free of the threat of war and free of weapons of mass destruction.

MISSION To advance initiatives to eliminate the nuclear weapons threat to all life, to foster the global rule of law, and to build an enduring legacy of peace through education and advocacy.

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