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WHEREAS the development of nuclear and other weapons of mass and indiscriminate destruction compromise Christian discipleship by making it impossible for Christians to fulfil their calling to be neighbour to one another and gardener to the creation; and
COMMEND those provinces which have established a comprehensive health services plan and urge those provinces which do not yet have such a plan to provide one as quickly as possible;
Having heard Petition 37, it is MOVED that the 33rd General Council: Designate and establish one Sunday per year as an AIDS Awareness Sunday; and Direct DMC to give publicity to the British Columbia Kit of Worship Resources for AIDS Awareness.
WHEREAS the government of Canada in the early 1970s decided to end Canada’s nuclear role in NATO; and WHEREAS the UN Palme Commission on “Common Security” recommended that nations develop systems of common security together on a global basis rather than against one another through regional defence pacts; and WHEREAS the 29th General Council adopted the recommendation of Project Ploughshares that Canada become a Nuclear Weapons Free Zone; and adopted a petition memorial calling for the dissolution of all military alliances:
