United Church of Christ Justice and Witness Ministries Action Alert
The United Church of Christ has a strong and proud legacy of supporting the United Nations. General Synod has repeatedly affirmed that a productive relationship between the United Nations and the United States is essential for a successful U.S. foreign policy. Both the UCC Wider Church Ministries and UCC Justice and Witness Ministries hold non-governmental standing with the United Nations.
John Bolton, the nominee of the Bush Administration to serve as the U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, has a long history of opposing the work of the United Nations. His willingness to put ideology ahead of American security has been well documented. Mr. Bolton has said that the day President Bush retracted the U.S. commitment to the International Criminal Court was the happiest day of his professional career.
The Senate Foreign Relations Committee has raised many concerns about entrusting the highly sensitive task of forging international agreements in a polarized and dangerous world to John Bolton. These concerns are too great to move this nomination out of committee to the full Senate floor.
To send a letter to your senators asking them to oppose this nomination, click here.
To view the resolution going to the UCC General Synod XXV urging that the UCC support the International Criminal Court, click here.
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