PROPOSITION ONE


Eleanor Holmes Norton's

MESSAGE TO THE WORLD COURT

CONGRESS OF THE UNITED STATES
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
Washington, D.C. 20515

November 3, 1995
International Court of Justice
The Hague

I introduced the Nuclear Disarmament and Economic Conversion Act in the 104th United States Congress to refocus debate in America on funding priorities. The bill, which is designed to take effect when all foreign countries possessing nuclear weapons enact and execute similar legal requirements, requires the United States to disable and dismantle its nuclear weapons and to refrain from replacing them with weapons of mass destruction. In addition, the bill proposes refocusing resources that are currently being used for nuclear programs to address human needs such as housing, health care, education, agriculture, and environmental restoration.
This bill redirects U.S. resources to essential domestic needs. The disarmament contemplated by this legislation is not unilateral, but requires multilateral cooperation to rid the world of nuclear weapons. With the end of the Cold War making it into our children's textbooks, we have not yet refocused our priorities, nor reallocated our precious resources. This Act is a step toward that end. I urge the International Court of Justice to strongly consider the legacy it will pass on to our children, and to issue a strong opinion in favor of nuclear disarmament.

Sincerely,

(signed)
Eleanor Holmes Norton

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