Resolution to ban pre-emptive nuclear war
and any use of nuclear weapons.


proposed by by Larry Ross of the New Zealand Nuclear Free Peacemaking Association
to the National Consultative Committee on Disarmament Convention:  
"Threats To Peace And Disarmament - The Way Forward",  M ay 13-14, 2006.

The Conference passed:this resolution.

"This Peace and Disarmament Conference  requests that  the New Zealand Government call on all nuclear weapon nations to cancel all doctrines and plans to pre-emptively use nuclear weapons against any nation, and to cancel all doctrines and plans to use nuclear weapons as an extension of conventional military operations".

Discussion of Resolution by Larry Ross,

1. This resolution is in line with the spirit and intentions of the World Court ruling against the use of nuclear weapons.
2. It continues 60 years of non-use, or ban on nuclear weapons use, that has been observed by all nations since 1945.  
3. It is generally accepted that there is a very high risk that any use of nuclear weapons could greatly escalate any conflict leading to reprisals and counter reprisals.

In addition, such a situation could rapidly develop into widespread use of nuclear weapons and participation in the conflict by other nuclear weapon states. There would likely be a loss of any control over the situation and a high probability that a global nuclear conflict would ensue. There are at least eight nations that have stockpiles of these weapons, each subjected to various pressures and each making decisions in a very tense, unstable international situation in which nuclear weapons had been used. There are enough weapons on hair-trigger alert status to destroy the world many times over. The risk of an accidental or unintended nuclear war would greatly increase after one or more nuclear weapons had been used.

It follows that any decision to introduce nuclear weapons into a conflict carries with it an extremely high risk of developing into a large nuclear holocaust.

It is for these reasons that we ask all nuclear weapon nations to seriously consider and hopefully act on our resolution to cancel any pre-emptive nuclear war doctrines, and any doctrines that would allow nuclear weapons to be used as an extension of a military operation.