Full Legislative History
Resolution Number: 1985-D041
Title: Oppose Resuming the Production of Chemical Weapons
Legislative Action Taken: Concurred As Amended
Final Text:

Resolved, That this 68th General Convention of the Episcopal Church oppose any resumption of the production of chemical (nerve gas) weapons, and urge the Government of the United States to take a position of moral leadership, as it has done since 1969, in trying to decrease the manufacture of chemical (nerve gas) weapons throughout the world; and be it further

Resolved, That the Secretary of General Convention be directed to forward a copy of this resolution to the President and to Congress, and to the Soviet and Iraqi Embassies.

Citation: General Convention, Journal of the General Convention of...The Episcopal Church, Anaheim, 1985 (New York: General Convention, 1986), p. 177.