By unanimous vote, the CPR Initiative Board of Directors has demanded that Congress “impose a moratorium on any further prosecution of, and otherwise terminate the present war against Iran.”
By resolution, the Board held that:
[T]he waging of a war of aggression is anathema to, and violative of international law and the fundamental principles that underlie the United Nations Charter of 1945. The present war violates and dishonors these principles, including “the dignity and worth of the human person” and “the equal rights of men and women and of nations large and small.”
“Further, the present war undermines conditions needed to ensure “cooperation in solving international problems of an economic, social, cultural, or humanitarian character,” including, as the 1992 U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change put it, “dangerous anthropogenic interference with the climate system.”
The Board further urged “that Congress immediately preclude a U.S. assault of Kharg Island or any other introduction of ground troops into Iran” and also urged Congress “to impose strict limits on the duration of this war, including as to any wind down period, and to ensure that under no circumstance shall civilians or civilian infrastructure be attacked or otherwise targeted.”
In addition to demanding that Congress “act with all deliberate speed to direct a cease-fire and compel the removal of U.S. armed forces from active conflict from the region,” the CPR Initiative Board Resolution advises Members of Congress “to press U.S. partners including, in particular, Israel, also to cease fire, disengage, pursue diplomacy and abide by international law.”
See below for the full CPR Initiative Resolution: On Terminating the War Against Iran.