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This joint resolution addresses the critical issue of nuclear weapons, highlighting their devastating potential and urging action to reduce the risk of nuclear conflict. The resolution notes that 90% of nuclear weapons are controlled by the U.S. and Russia, with the potential use of even a small number of bombs capable of causing catastrophic global consequences, including climate disruption and potential mass starvation. It emphasizes the risks associated with current nuclear policies, such as the U.S. President's unilateral authority to launch nuclear weapons and missiles kept on hair-trigger alert. The resolution calls for Maryland to join other states and municipalities in supporting the "Back from the Brink" initiative, which includes five key policy recommendations: pursuing a multilateral agreement to eliminate nuclear arsenals, renouncing first use of nuclear weapons, ending the President's sole launch authority, taking weapons off high-alert status, and canceling nuclear arsenal modernization plans. Additionally, the resolution urges Maryland's Congressional Delegation to cosponsor a new resolution supporting the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons and calls on the U.S. President and Senate to endorse this treaty, ultimately seeking to reduce the global threat of nuclear conflict.

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https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Legislation/Details/HJ0006?ys=2025RS