Us Policy On Nuclear Weapons

EDM number 997 in 2001-02, proposed by Jeremy Corbyn on 13/03/2002.

That this House notes with grave concern reports of US plans to build new nuclear weapons that would be suitable first strikes against China, Iran, Iraq, Libya, North Korea, Russia and Syria; deplores further reports that the US would be willing to use nuclear weapons in several scenarios, including an Arab-Israeli conflict, a war between China and Taiwan, an attack by North Korea on South Korea and an attack on Iraq by Israel or another country in the event of a surprising military development; regrets that the US is deliberately undermining international peace and security; and urges Her Majesty's Government to send a clear message to the US that they are opposed to these plans and demand that the US abandons them.

This motion has been signed by a total of 36 MPs.