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AAAS Resolution:
Thermonuclear War
Whereas there is worldwide increasing anxiety of the possibility of large-scale nuclear warfare, and
Whereas recent studies have shown that nuclear warfare would inevitably cause death, disease, and human suffering of epidemic proportion without any adequate medical intervention possible, and
Whereas severe trauma to biological and ecological systems would be extended far beyond the immediate bomb impact areas by virtue of transport of lethal radioactive debris by air and water, and
Whereas the only effective impediment to such an impending epidemic is the prevention of nuclear warfare,
Therefore be it resolved that the Council of the AAAS support national and international efforts directed toward the prevention of nuclear warfare, and
Be it further resolved that the Council of the AAAS supports Concurrent Resolution 44 which was recently submitted to the United States Senate by Senate Majority Leader Howard Baker of Tennessee. That resolution expresses the conviction of Congress "that the United States Government should not base its policies or weapons programs on the belief that the United States can limit, survive, or win a nuclear war."
Be it further resolved that a symposium be held at the next Annual Meeting on the general subject of "The Effects of Thermonuclear War." [Adopted by the AAAS Council, January 7, 1982.]
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