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UCC - Nuclear test ban treaty resolution approved by GS28
From Worldwide Faith News <wfn@igc.org>Date Tue, 05 Jul 2011 16:08:36 -0700
Nuclear test ban treaty resolution approved by GS28
Written by W. Evan Golder July 5, 2011
As General Synod 28 drew to a close on Tuesday afternoon, delegates briefly considered then voted to adopt the <http://www.ucc.org/synod/resolutions/gs28/Resolution-on-a-Nuclear-Treaty.pdf>resolution encouraging UCC "members, congregations, and various settings to call on the United States Senate to ratify the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty as one of its most important foreign policy priorities in Congress."
The resolution was brought before General Synod by the New Hampshire and Southwest Conferences.
The delegate vote was 673 to 47.