The ICAN Cities Appeal was endorsed by Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council, on 8th May 2024.

MOTION

Councillors Katrina Willis and Bryce Wilson moved that Council:

That Council write to the Prime Minister, the Hon Anthony Albanese endorsing the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapon (ICAN) Cities Appeal as follows:

“Our city/town is deeply concerned about the grave threat that nuclear weapons pose to communities throughout the world. We firmly believe that our residents have the right to live in a world free from this threat. Any use of nuclear weapons, whether deliberate or accidental, would have catastrophic, far-reaching and long-lasting consequences for people and the environment. Therefore, we warmly welcome the adoption of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons by the United Nations in 2017, and we call on our national government to sign and ratify it without delay”

CARRIED.