A resolution urging the United States to lead a global effort to halt and reverse the nuclear arms race.

Key Points

• The resolution is a non-binding statement urging the President to make eliminating nuclear weapons worldwide a national security priority and to lead new global disarmament talks.
• It calls for the US to pursue a no first use pledge among nuclear armed nations and to end the Cold War era hair trigger alert posture that leaves only minutes to decide on a nuclear launch.
• The resolution calls for stopping new nuclear warhead and delivery system production, which supporters argue would save taxpayers money given that modernization plans were estimated to cost up to 1.2 trillion dollars over 30 years.
• It also urges cleaning up contamination at nuclear weapons sites and expanding health monitoring and compensation for workers and communities harmed by past testing and production.
• The resolution asks for a planned economic transition for workers and communities that depend economically on nuclear weapons labs, production plants, and military bases.