Just Peace
Eve of Destruction, Barry McGuire, 1965 (49 years on....)
Adopted by the WCC 10th Assembly as part of the
Report of the Public Issues Committee (2013)
"...5.
WE RECOMMEND THAT GOVERNMENTS
a. Adopt by 2015 and begin implementing
binding regulations with targets for lowering greenhouse gas emissions
consistent with the recommendations in the 2013 report of the Intergovernmental
Panel on Climate Change;
b. Negotiate and establish a ban on the
production, deployment, transfer and use of nuclear weapons in accordance with
international humanitarian law;
c. Ensure that all remaining stocks of
chemical weapons are destroyed under the terms of the Chemical Weapons
Convention and cluster munitions are destroyed under the Convention on Cluster
Munitions, at the earliest possible date;
d. Declare their support for
a pre-emptive ban on drones and other robotic weapons systems that will
select and strike targets without human intervention when operating in fully
autonomous mode;
e. Reallocate national military budgets
to humanitarian and developmental needs, conflict prevention and civilian
peace-building initiatives amongst others; and
f. Ratify and implement the Arms Trade
Treaty (ATT) by 2014 and on a voluntary basis include weapon types not covered
by the ATT.
Pax
Dei
“Just peace is a journey into God’s purpose for humanity and all creation. It is rooted in the self-understanding of the churches, the hope of spiritual transformation and the call to seek justice and peace for all. It is a journey that invites us all to testify with our lives...
God of life, guide our feet into the way of just peace!"
Opening paragraph and closing sentence from
http://www.oikoumene.org/en/resources/documents/assembly/2013-busan/adopted-documents-statements/the-way-of-just-peace
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