GC43 or earlier

GC34 Arms Exports (1992A628)

The 34th General Council agrees to

  1. request the Moderator or the General Secretary to express our opposition to the arms trade to the Government of Canada through the offices of the Prime Minister of Canada, the Secretary of State for External Affairs, the Minister of Defence; and

  2. request that the Canadian government immediately suspend all export of military components and material for offensive purposes; and

  3. request that the Canadian government detail to the General Council precisely how it intends to deal with these concerns.

Further, that this 34th General Council encourages congregations to become familiar with the Division of Mission in Canada’s brief [on arms exports], “Halting the Deadly Flow.”

 

GC34 1992 ROP, pp. 189-190

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