Shattered Lives: The Aftermath of War in Gaza, Source, Hla.bashbash, CC BY-SA 4.0

Last week the CPR Initiative Board of Directors, by unanimous vote, strongly urged Congress “to impose a moratorium on any further prosecution of, and otherwise to 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 [all persons] 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.”

To read more, including the CPR Initiative Resolution, see here.

As discussed in this space once or twice before, it is from fundamental respect for both domestic and international law — not to mention the long-term prospects for humanity and nature as we have come to know it — that CPR Initiative is demanding that Congress take action to ensure that the Administration does not withdraw unilaterally withdraw from the world climate treaty.

Please sign our Petition: Remain In: The United States Must Not Withdraw from the World Climate Treaty. And please help spread the word!

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