Since then, further support has been expressed in various statements and appeals, including June 10, 2021 Open letter to President Biden and President Putin This is endorsement More than 1,200 political, military and religious leaders, as well as legislators, scholars, scientists and other representatives of civil society.
More than 400 of these spokespersons are from NATO countries and nearly 700 are from the United States.
Legislators supporting this letter called on President Biden to “engage with the other recognized nuclear-weapon states in the P5 NPT dialogue—China, France, the United Kingdom, and Russia—on adopting no-first-use policies and implementing actions to establish. Transparency, confidence and mutual security.”
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Dr. Milan Brglez, a member of the European Parliament delegation to the EU-Russian Parliamentary Cooperation Committee and former Speaker of the National Assembly of Slovenia, said: “The NPT maintains international order and maintains international balance.”
“The first use will cause confusion and imbalance, exposing one of the greatest civilization achievements-human rights-to unimaginable threats.”
Finally, the letter promised Parliament to support the implementation of the no-first-use policy and other nuclear risk reduction and disarmament measures.
Bill Kidd MSP, Convenor of the Scottish Parliament’s Multi-Party Panel on Nuclear Disarmament and Co-Chair of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Parliamentary Assembly, added: “I believe our world must be able to trust people and sincere women are discussing and discussing in an open and trusting manner. Negotiate national relations, human rights, trade, and national defense issues for the benefit of all.”
The parliamentarians who supported the letter came from Belgium, Canada, the Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Slovenia, Turkey and the United Kingdom.
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Heather Macpherson, deputy whip of the New Democratic Party of Canada, said: “As we strive to achieve the ultimate goal of global nuclear disarmament and a nuclear-free world, the importance of the no-first-use policy of the United States cannot be overstated.
“As a Canadian parliamentarian, I strongly support all measures to bring a safer, safer, and more peaceful world to all. I encourage President Biden and the U.S. government to take this important step.”
Dr. Ute Finckh-Krämer, former deputy chairman of the Disarmament, Arms Control and Non-Proliferation Subcommittee of the German Bundestag, said: “The no-first-use policy is essential to prevent accidental nuclear war.”
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Ruby Harbour is the editorial assistant Ecologist. This article is based on a press release from NoFirstUse Global.
