CRA has signed an interfaith open letter to the prime minister and leader of the opposition, urging the government to support the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.

The letter is an initiative of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) and it is hoped that as many faith-based groups and organisations as possible will sign on before it is publicly released on the 75th anniversary of the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August this year.

*Supporters of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons sharing their message in Fremantle. PHOTO: ICAN.*

“In each of our faith communities, we believe we are called to pursue peace and to love and care for all humanity and all creation,” the letter says.

“Collectively, our faith leads us to reject weapons designed to cause mass death and destruction and instil terror and fear.

“It is this faith that compels us to act for the eradication of weapons of mass destruction.”

The UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons is the first global treaty to ban nuclear weapons and all activities related to them.

It makes nuclear weapons illegal alongside landmines, cluster munitions, chemical and biological weapons. Supporters of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons sharing their message in Fremantle. PHOTO: ICAN.

ICAN, which began in Melbourne adn is now a global movement, is urging all nations, including Australia, to sign and ratify the agreement, which will enter into force after the 5oth ratification.

To read more about ICAN’s campaign to ban nuclear weapons, click here.