GREEN GROUP AMENDMENT

NOTICE OF MOTION
SUPPORT UNITED NATIONS TPNW: ICAN CITIES APPEAL

That the motion be amended as shown below in bold italics.

This Council notes:

1) That any nuclear weapon detonation by accident or intent would constitute a major humanitarian catastrophe, with consequences transcending national borders and having grave implications for the health and survival of current and future generations;

2) That the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons negotiated under United Nations auspices and adopted by 122 UN Member States on 7 July 2017, will gain international legal force on January 22nd 2021, 90 days after being signed and ratified by the first fifty governments;

3) The important security, peace-building, safety and educational roles and responsibilities of  local authorities worldwide, including through 'Nuclear Free Local Authorities' (NFLA) and ‘Mayors for Peace’, of which BHCC is a member;

4) That Mayors for Peace works with the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN, 2017 Nobel Peace laureate) and other partners in over a hundred countries to encourage cities to support the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons; 

This Council resolves;

1)    To declare its support for the obligations and full implementation of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons and the decommissioning of the UK's Trident nuclear weapons system;

2)    To call on the UK government and all parliamentary parties to commit to working for global peace in a world free of nuclear weapons by signing and ratifying the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons and working alongside other UN Member States for its full implementation.  This requires the UK to decommission and eliminate all British nuclear weapons and facilities.

3)    To request that the Chief Executive inform the Prime Minister, UN Secretary-General, Mayors for Peace and International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons of the Council's adoption of this resolution.

          Proposed by: Cllr Clare                                  Seconded by: Cllr Hugh-Jones

Motion if carried to read:

This Council notes:

1) That any nuclear weapon detonation by accident or intent would constitute a major humanitarian catastrophe, with consequences transcending national borders and having grave implications for the health and survival of current and future generations;

2) That the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons negotiated under United Nations auspices and adopted by 122 UN Member States on 7 July 2017, will gain international legal force on January 22nd 2021, 90 days after being signed and ratified by the first fifty governments;

3) The important security, peace-building, safety and educational roles and responsibilities of  local authorities worldwide, including through 'Nuclear Free Local Authorities' (NFLA) and ‘Mayors for Peace’, of which BHCC is a member;

4) That Mayors for Peace works with the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN, 2017 Nobel Peace laureate) and other partners in over a hundred countries to encourage cities to support the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons; 

This Council resolves;

1)    To declare its support for the obligations and full implementation of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons and the decommissioning of the UK's Trident nuclear weapons system;

2)    To call on the UK government and all parliamentary parties to commit to working for global peace in a world free of nuclear weapons by signing and ratifying the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons and working alongside other UN Member States for its full implementation.  This requires the UK to decommission and eliminate all British nuclear weapons and facilities.

3) To request that the Chief Executive inform the Prime Minister, UN Secretary-General, Mayors for Peace and International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons of the Council's adoption of this resolution.