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Contents

Information 2

Agenda 3

Campaigns report 6

Elections 7

Candidates 8

Resolutions 13

2018 Accounts 19

Strategic objectives 20

Guide to CND rules on Conference 2019 21

Standing orders 22

Glossary 23

CND Conference 2019

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General enquiriesCND staff will be available at theregistration desk and the CND stall toassist with enquiries throughoutConference.

AccessibilityThe venue is fully accessible and thereis a hearing loop availible.

CateringThere are several outlets availablewithin the main hospital building,

including an AMT coffee shop and anM&S food hall and cafe that will beopen throughout the weekend. Thereare several cafes and pubs just to thenorth of St Thomas’, around theCounty Hall and London Eye.

Health and safetyIf any delegate requires first aid,please alert a member of CND staff.

This year’s CND conference, 21stcentury security: challenges andsolutions, will be held on Saturday-Sunday 19th-20th October at StThomas’ Hospital – on the Thames,opposite the Houses of Parliament.

How to get thereWe highly recommend that you comeby public transport. St Thomas’Hospital is a five-minute walk fromWestminster London Undergroundstation (Jubilee, District and Circlelines) and a ten-minute walk fromWaterloo station (Bakerloo, Jubilee,and Northern lines). The area is alsowell-served by several bus routes.Comprehensive travel information isavailable on the hospital’s website atguysandstthomas.nhs.uk and route-planning information at tfl.gov.uk.There is information about step-freeaccess to trains and stations at attfl.gov.uk.

There is very little car parking spaceavailable at the hospital and there isan hourly charge of £3.20. Thehospital is located within thecongestion charge and ultra-lowemission zones.

RegistrationSigns will be put up in the hospitalcorridors to direct you from theentrance to the registration desk. CNDstaff will be on hand to direct you tothe main hall (the Governors’ Hall) andother amenities.

Steering committeeThe Steering Committee will belocated in the main room throughoutthe day. Please direct any questionsabout the conference agenda,procedure, resolutions oramendments, voting entitlement etcto them. The Steering Committee willbe pleased to help.

St Thomas’ Hospital, London SE1 7EH

Information

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CND AGM & Policy Conference Saturday 19th October 2019, St Thomas’ Hospital, London

10am Registration opens

10.30 Council meeting to ratify company members

10.35 Conference opens with AGM Welcome from the Chair

10.45 Steering Committee Report

10.50 Elections: Hustings for Officer postsResolution: All Officers endorsed in the ballot, results to be announced later, are electedResolution: All 15 Council Members chosen in the ballot, results to be announced later, are electedResolution: All Council members nominated by the nations, regions, specialist sections and Youth & StudentCND (names to be read out) are elected.

Special Resolution: Proposed by Linda Hugl, Seconded by Daniel BlaneyAmendment of Article 52 (needing a 3/4 majority) and Regulation 4.1 a) (needing a 2/3 majority) to makethe Company Secretary a member of the CND officer team and be elected at the AGM.The work of the CND Treasurer (as agreed between the Officer team and described in the Officer Portfolios)encompasses responsibility for a range of administrative areas beyond finance. This proposal is to lessen theload on the Treasurer by creating an additional officer post, with administrative responsibilities, enabling thethree Vice Chairs to focus on campaigning work. The currently limited work of the Company Secretary willbe extended to include administrative responsibilities currently carried out by the Treasurer and will becomean Officer post. This change would become effective at the next AGM.Proposed amendment:• Replace Article 51: 'CND Council shall appoint a Secretary of CND annually upon such terms andconditions as they think fit and any Secretary so appointed may be removed by them.'with'The CND Company Secretary shall be a member of the CND Officer team, additionally undertaking Officeradministrative responsibilities and shall be elected at the AGM along with other Officers.'• Add the word in capitals to Regulation 4.1 a) the officers of CND, one chairperson, three vice-chairpersons, ONE COMPANY SECRETARY and onetreasurer elected at CND AGM, and;

11.15 Campaigns presentation and questionsResolution: The annual report is acceptedResolution: All those involved in working on behalf of the campaign during the year, the Officers, Council,staff, volunteers and members/activists are congratulated

11.50 Tea break

12.10pm Treasurer's report and questionsResolution: The accounts are acceptedResolution: All those involved in working on the accounts, the Treasurer, AfG, finance Officer and theAccountants are thanked for their workAuditorsResolution: The accountant Simon Erskine is appointed to report on the accounts

12.40 Fundraising Appeal End of AGM


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12.45 Lunch

1.15 Close of ballot for officer endorsement and directly-elected placesClose of ballot for emergency resolutions

1.40 CND Conference policy debatesResolution 1: After the INf Treaty: preventing the resurgence of intermediate-range missilesResolution 2: Safeguarding and strengthening arms controlResolution 3: EuropeResolution 4: SpaceComposite 1: Global NATO, Global BritainAnnouncement of emergency resolutions ballot result

3.15 Afternoon break

3.30 Conference re-opensPolicy debates continuedEmergency Resolutions Resolution 5: Boris JohnsonComposite 2: Military hardware, warfare and climate changeComposite 3: Nuclear power and climate changeResolution 6: Support the Law of EcocideResolution 7: Proposed CND seminar on Radiation and Women’s Health in 2020Resolution 8: Defence DiversificationResolution 9: Engagement with Scottish objectivesResolution 10: Christian CND 60th anniversary

4.45 Announcement of Officer and Council endorsement results

5.00 Close of conference

5.30–7.30 Evening reception

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The Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament and the International Peace Bureau present an international conference

21st century security: Challenges and solutionsSunday 20th October 2019, St Thomas’ Hospital, London

Our security and well-being are being severely challenged by climate change, the start of a new Cold War and the huge

and widening gap between the ‘haves’ and the ‘have-nots’. The systematic destruction of arms control treaties and

disregard for international law by some world leaders have led to a new nuclear arms race and widespread concerns

about national and global security. These problems are interlinked with a growth in the politics of nationalism, self-

protection and prejudice. This meeting, jointly organised by CND and the IPB, will feature activists and experts from

around the world, providing a global take on the problems we are facing.

To ensure our survival, humanity must come together, organise and cooperate on a global scale never seen before.

Citizen activists of the world can show the way and modern communications technologies can help us achieve a global

voice. But we must be aware of what we are facing and we must start now.

10.30am Welcome by Bruce Kent, Vice-President, CND

10.45 Opening plenary: Understanding the key challenges

• Nuclear disarmament in the Age of Trump – Kate Hudson, CND

• Climate change: an existential threat – Aaron Kiely, friends of the Earth

• What does China’s rise mean for the world? – Corazon fabrios, Nuclear Weapons-free Philippines

• Does there have to be conflict with Russia? – Konstantin Semin, film-maker, Russia

• Co-chairs: Arielle Denis, IPB and Dave Webb, CND

12.30-1.30 Lunch

12.50 Lunch-time fringe: ‘Building links with towns and cities in the Mayors for Peace

movement’ with Sean Morris, NFLA

1.30-3.00 Workshops

• Nuclear dangers – Joseph Gerson, AfSC, USA and Hannah Kemp Welch, CND

• Climate change – Angie Zelter, XR Peace and Dr Stuart Parkinson, Scientists for Global Responsibility

• Resource wars – Asad Rehman, War on Want and Jenny Clegg, IPB/CND

• Human rights – Lisa Clarke, IPB and Kevin Blowe, NetPol

3.00-3.15 Tea break

3.15-4.30: Closing plenary: Building a different future

• Philip Jennings, former General Secretary, UNI Global Union

• Reiner Braun, IPB

• Rieko Asato, Gensuikyo, Japan

• Chair: Kate Hudson, CND


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OUR WORK this year hasfocused on preventing theslide towards nuclear war,

particularly the defence of treaties andagreements that have curtailednuclear weapons – namely theIntermediate-range Nuclear forcesTreaty and the Iran Nuclear Deal.Whilst opposing negativedevelopments, we always work topose positive alternatives, so wecontinue to promote the UN’s Treatyon the Prohibition of NuclearWeapons through pressure on ourown government as well as lobbyingembassies in the UK, urging states tosign and congratulating those whohave. The number of ratifications issteadily increasing although the UKpolitical crisis has made it difficult toget the issue up the UK parliamentaryagenda.

With the hands of the DoomsdayClock at 2 minutes to Midnight, wehave worked to address newchallenges, both political and military,including organising a successful‘future Wars’ conference about newmilitary technologies, attracting a newaudience. CND Council agreed to playa new role at the DSEI arms fair,working with Trident Ploughshares, aswell as increase our work on climatechange, highlighting the ‘Climate notTrident’ slogan linking our core issueto a new mobilisation.

We continue to work with trade unionson Trident costs and advancing theprospects for a Defence DiversificationAgency, as well as its shadow, prior toLabour holding office. Our event at TheWorld Transformed festival this yearfocused on designing a non-nuclearenergy policy for Labour. We continueto work within ICAN particularly onraising awareness of nuclear weaponstransportation. Sara Medi Jones represented CND at

the NPT PrepCom in New York,organising a fringe with the UK’sDeputy Disarmament Ambassador,and Rebecca Johnson and otherinternational guests; Sara has alsospoken at the IPB’s Youth Conferencein Berlin. CND Chair Dave Webb andGeneral Secretary Kate Hudson haveattended a range of internationalevents; CND Council member HannahKemp-Welch attended the Hiroshimaand Nagasaki anniversary commem -orations. Great thanks to all those whohave worked with us and supported usduring the year – together we haveachieved a great deal.

Opposing Trident andsupporting a global nuclearban treaty• Produced new materials including

new and updated briefings.• Participated in TUC, People’s

Assembly and Together againstTrump demos.

• Produced parliamentary reports andpromoted Early Day Motions.

• Organised visual protest againstending of INf Treaty.

• Organised major protest event atWestminster Abbey.

• Organised a Global Dangers Tourwith local groups.

• Participated in ICAN network andcontinued to convene No TridentReplacement Core Group.

• Sent representative to Hiroshimaand Nagasaki and raised awarenessthrough media campaign.

• Collected thousands of signaturesfor UK participation in global ban.

• Initiated diplomatic initiative tobuild global support for TPNW; co-hosted London event on nuclearban with Kazakh Embassy.

Against missile defence andweapons in space• Participated in Global Network

against Weapons and NuclearPower in Space and global week ofaction.

No to NATO• Active in coordination with

European groups.• Ongoing organisation of December

2019 NATO counter-summit anddemonstration in London.

Nuclear power• Participated in events to

commemorate fukushimaanniversary.

• Mobilised for event at Springfieldsplant.

• Continued to raise profile ofnuclear civil-military links.

• Continued to raise awareness ofrenewable forms of energy.

Other areas of work• Anti-war/nuclear war campaigning

in context of Trump presidency; co-organisers of major demo againstTrump visit.

• Orientation towards anti-climatechange campaigning with XRPeace; participation in GlobalClimate Strike.

• Stall and fringe meeting at LabourParty conference and The WorldTransformed.

• Stalls at TUC Congress, trade unionconferences, Tolpuddle festival.

• Continued and growing peaceeducation work.

• Regular meetings of ParliamentaryCND.

• Regular production of Campaignmagazine, social media andmainstream media campaigning.

Campaigning 2018–2019

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Elections 2019Conference as well as representativesfrom CND nations, regions, areas andspecialist sections.

CND National Council meets threetimes a year in London – inMarch/April, July and November/December. It is responsible fordirecting the work of CND betweenconferences. In particular, Councildiscusses campaign strategy andoversees financial matters. Councilmembers also participate in workinggroups on various aspects of CND’swork – such as campaigning,international work, conferenceplanning and finance.

Council receives regular reportsfrom, among others, officers,regions and specialist sections. It alsoreceives regular reports about thework of the staff in the CNDnational office, and is the bodyresponsible for overseeing theemployment of national office staff.

Candidate statements All candidates who acceptednomination were invited to submit astatement about their relevantexperience (up to 50 words), along witha statement in support of theircandidature (up to 100 words) andsubmit a photograph for inclusion inthis conference booklet. All statementsreceived have been included.

The statements which appear on thefollowing pages, in alphabetical order,are intended to give you someinformation about candidates beforeyou cast your vote.

This section contains a list of allcandidates who have acceptednomination for CND officer posts anddirectly elected council members forthe coming year, in accordance withthe published procedures. The electedpositions are:

• Chair (1 place) • Vice-Chair (3 places) • Treasurer (1 place) • Directly elected National Council

Members (15 places)

Ballot forms for all elections are in theconference pack you receive atconference from the registration desk.They are issued only when youregister and only once, so pleasecheck that you have the correctvoting papers before leaving theregistration desk. We cannot replacelost ballot forms.

Voting/Endorsement Where the number of peoplestanding for a position is the same orfewer than the places available, therewill be no election. for the officerpositions, where this applies, voterswill be asked to endorse candidatesusing the form in the delegate pack.Candidates must obtain more than50% of endorse ments in order to beelected to the post.

Size and composition ofNational Council The Chair, Vice-Chairs and Treasurermake up the CND officer team alongwith the appointed General Secretary.In addition National Council includes15 members directly elected at

Chair• Dave Webb

Vice-Chair• Daniel Blaney• Carol Turner• Tom Unterrainer

Treasurer• Linda Hugl

Directly elected• Adam Beese• Sophie Bolt• Jenny Clegg• Roslyn Cook• David Cullen• Tom Cuthbert• Rik Garfit-Mottram• Philip Gilligan• Hannah Kemp-Welch• Ellie Kinney• Anna Liddle• Rachel McGrath• Julie Ward• Rebecca Warren• Katy West


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CandidatesCHAIR Dave Webb

CND member for over30 years, currentlyCND Chair, Chair ofYorkshire CND, Vice-President of theInternational PeaceBureau, Convenor of

the Global Network Against Weaponsand Nuclear Power in Space. Memberof Scientists for Global Responsibility,Green Party and retired member of theUniversity and College Union (UCU).

2020 is set to be one of the mostchallenging years for us. DonaldTrump is putting world security andsurvival last and scrapping vitalnuclear limitation treaties and agree -ments as if there is no tomorrow.And there might not be! Threats andbullying are replacing diplomacy. Butcitizens are waking up and makingtheir voices heard, on climate change,fracking, racism, the rise of the right,etc. Now is the time to draw theprotests together and push stronglyfor a change in political priorities withnuclear disarmament at the forefront.

CND VICE-CHAIRDaniel Blaney

CND Member sincethe 1990s; CND Vice-Chair since 2010. Ihave been Treasurerof Labour CND since2006, and worked onparliamentary and

labour movement activity as Vice-Chair, and addressed many meetingsof local CND groups. I have alsocontributed to the internaldemocratic, administrative andfinancial health of CND as a memberof National Council.

By the time you read this we mayhave a different government, giventhe turbulent times. CND needs tooffer clear analysis of internationaldevelopments and risks, whilstensuring our campaigning is positiveabout the potential for politicalchange. CND’s campaigning mustreflect the growing activismchallenging the violence and bigotrywhich threatens our planet. It is avolatile, politicised time, withincreased polarisation. CND needs tobe a trusted source of leadership andthe Treaty on the Prohibition ofNuclear Weapons is a source of greathope. Domestically, further work ondefence diversification is critical topolitical developments that will ensureBritain scraps Trident.

CND VICE-CHAIRCarol Turner

Directly-electedmember of CNDNational Council formany years; elected aCND Vice-Chair in2016; Co-ChairLabour CND; and

elected member of Stop the WarSteering Committee and OfficerGroup.

Nuclear risks have increased withTrump, and CND must continue tofocus on these dangers. Movestowards closer UK-US economicrelations under Johnson bring withthem the likelihood of closer foreignand security ties, making UKgovernment sign up to the globalnuclear ban treaty less likely. With thewelcome prospect of an election andchange of government in mind, CNDshould seek to generate momentumfor an ethical foreign policy withnuclear disarmament at its heart. Thisrequires links with new partners, egenvironmental justice campaigns.Trident replacement faces seriousfinancial and technical obstacles.Though largely ignored by Parliamentand the media, we should not.

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TREASURERLinda Hugl

CND Treasurer for 16years.

As Treasurer I willaim to ensure that wemake the best use ofour finances and otherresources so that our

campaign is as effective as possible.This is vitally important in the comingyears of political upheaval when weneed to campaign to overturn thedecision on Trident as well as supportthe nuclear ban treaty. CND's financialreserves have decreased due toexpenditure overtaking income, asituation that must be reversed. I feel Ihave the experience, working withstaff, Admin & finance Group and theother officers to make the mosteffective proposals to rectify thissituation.

CND VICE-CHAIR Tom Unterrainer

Directly electedCND NationalCouncil member forseveral years. Activein Nottingham andEast Midlands CND.I am a director of

and work for the Bertrand RussellPeace foundation and sit on theLabour Party International PolicyCommission.

The bonfire of internationalnuclear treaties, growing nucleartensions, the development of newtypes of weaponry and theaggressive posture adopted by theTrump administration havecombined to create a ‘globaltinderbox’. Over the last year I havewritten and campaigned aroundthese developments, including workat the European level. Whilstcontinuing this work, I have beenanalysing and working on thegrowing threats against Iran.

It would be an honour to serve asa Vice-Chair of CND and I hope thatI can make a valuable contributionto our collective work.


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Adam BeeseLabour Party member(Glasgow Maryhill &Springburn CLP) 2016– present. Council rep(directly elected) 2011– present, ScottishCND council rep: 2004

– 2010, Administration & financeGroup 2011 – present. MembershipAdministrator Scottish CND (unpaid):2005 – 2013. ConferenceArrangements Working Group: 2011 –present. International Advisory GroupScotland rep: 2006 – present.I am active in Glasgow Maryhill &Springburn CLP and support the workof various anti-cuts networks, linkingthe work of those organisations inrelation to Trident and defencespending. I have interests in politicalscience, areas being opinion polls,elections, voter turnout, andinternational relations.

My experiences gained both withinand outside of CND I would like tocontribute to Council. ScrappingTrident, its replacement, and all othernuclear weapons remains an essentialaspect of CND's work, and I wouldlike to play a part in building thecampaign both on a UK andinternational basis.

Sophie Bolt2004–2009: Vice-Chairof CND; 2003–2011:Chair, London RegionCND; 2009 to date:National Councilmember. Previously an

active member of Student CND.Staffing, financial and productionmanagement experience. 20 yearscampaigning experience.

CND has developed a huge andpopular movement against Trident,rightly making links with anti-austeritycampaigns to highlight the billionsspent on nuclear weapons whilstmillions suffer from public spendingcuts. We must pressure the British

government to participate in the UNnuclear weapons global ban.

Jeremy Corbyn’s leadership of theLabour Party has strengthened ouranti-war campaigning and given hopeto reverse the party policy on Trident.The grave dangers of nuclear powerhave been highlighted again bywhistleblowers at Sellafield, indicatingincreased public opposition. I want tocontinue to help CND maximise theopportunity to campaign for analternative to austerity, war andenvironmental devastation, based onpeace, justice and a nuclear-freeworld.

Jenny CleggCND Council; GreaterManchester CND;Nuclear Education Trust(CND elected rep);International PeaceBureau (CND rep). Thisyear I have worked on

the CND Strategy paper; taken part inthe Global Dangers tour; and myGMDCND video of Trump received1,600+ views.

With the US and then Russiawithdrawing from the INf treaty, therisk of the use of nuclear weapons isrising. Relations among major nuclearpowers are deteriorating as the USseeks to confront Russia and Chinese‘strategic and technologicalcompetition’ in a new Cold War. Newweapons technologies heighten threatperceptions, also increasing nuclearrisk. Tensions over Iran andIndia/Pakistan are reaching dangerpoint. A toxic internationalatmosphere will impact negatively onthe 2020 NPT; the renewal of STARTin 2021 is in jeopardy. CND has muchto do locally and internationally tobuild for peace and disarmament.

Roslyn CookCND National Councilmember asrepresentative forSussex Peace Alliance2009-2014, sinceOctober 2015 directlyelected. A campaigner,

journalist and writer, active with ICAN.I am raising awareness of the TPNW inthe climate justice movement, anambassador for an International Lawof Ecocide and training in NonViolentCommunication.

As part of the growing movementdemanding urgent action on climatechange I can contribute insight andideas for raising awareness andsupport for the TPNW, Scrap Tridentand opposition to nuclear powercampaigns in a wider context. I cancontinue to broaden the network ofcampaigners supporting these issues,developing a dynamic onlinecommunity via social media, speakingat events and reporting back toCouncil. Attending relevant meetingsand workshops, I am interested toexplore the potential for collaborationthat involves music, the arts andstorytelling. I am a member of theWomen's International League forPeace and freedom.

David CullenI got involved indisarmamentcampaigning quiteyoung - some of myearliest memories areof CND marches in theearly 80s. I worked for

6 years researching and campaigningagainst depleted uranium weapons,sharing an office with GreaterManchester CND. I'm currentlydirector of the Nuclear InformationService (NIS). I was elected to nationalcouncil in 2018.

At NIS we research and publishinformation about the UK's nuclearweapons programme, and the main

Directly elected National Council members

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contribution I would try to make toNational Council would be throughthe knowledge I gain from my work. Iwould also bring a wealth ofexperience from the grassrootscampaigning and direct action onenvironmental and social justice issuesthat I've done outside of work. I'vebeen on the management committeesof various campaigning organisations,charities and coops, which I think is alsouseful experience for National Council.

Tom CuthbertServed as a directlyelected member ofCND National Councilfor several years.Council has carefullyapproved our publicaction informing

Parliament, media and internationalopinion of the new dangers of nuclearintimidation. Active in severaldemonstrations both national andlocal (St Albans CND), trained as aUnison steward, Green Partysupporter.

My work for National Council isresearched from many sources,including our Officers and Staff. Sincelast Conference internationalforeboding escalates. Arms race follyfollows the renunciation of severaltreaties (notably the INf) by the USand then Russia. Pursuing globalomnipotence, Trump’s America as an‘ally’ of Britain manipulates our Brexitgovernment with trade deals to ensurecompliance with a bellicose foreignpolicy. Nuclear weaponisednationalism is the road to globalcatastrophe. As CND we shouldinspire, educate and empower everythinking person to oppose the fascistmentality which extends Trump’sinfluence. Vote Out BoJo.

Rik Garfit-Mottram Worked with ExtinctionRebellion, Reclaim TheStreets, Stop The City,free festivals, assortedoccupations. I amgood in solar, sound

and video technics, so if you need asound system for a demo, some videofilming/editing/ posting, or help withmobile power sources, you could trytalking to me.

I did a lot of peace work in the 80s,mostly in Germany, and consider thatmy 3 arrests on 1st, 2nd and 3rdJanuary 1984 at Mutlangen, thePershing base in Germany, and 60days jail cos I wouldn't pay myresulting fine, contributed to the 1987INf treaty. Its removal by Trump I takeas a personal insult, to be corrected(joke). US and Brit tanks anddestroyers leaning forward on theborders of Russia, China, Iran, NorthKorea, Venezuela, boots in Syria,Trident, 'more useable' US newnuclear weapons make it a good timeto do some more CND'ing.

Philip GilliganCo-ordinator, SouthLakeland CND + MediaOfficer, Cumbria &Lancashire Area CND.2017-2018 revivingCND’s campaigningprofile in South

Cumbria. 2011-2017 Chair, GreaterManchester & District CND(recruitment, staffing, management,etc) and delegate to National Council.Long-time campaigner with Rochdale& Littleborough Peace Group.

Mainstream media and mainstreampolitical parties (in England, at least)promote the dangerous madness ofnuclear weapons and nuclear power.It, therefore, remains essential that, inresisting pro-nuclear policies, CNDbuilds the widest possible allianceswith others, both within and beyondthe mainstream. We need to highlightdangers and costs; to build resistanceand dissent. In particular, we need toensure that nuclear issues areemphasised in struggles to stem theclimate emergency and in campaignsfor a ‘green’ economy, an end to armssales and a peaceful foreign policy. Wemust make our voices heard, locally,nationally and internationally.

Hannah Kemp-WelchI’ve been an activemember of Londonand Labour CND for afew years, supportingthese groups withdigitalcommunications, and

am currently Vice-Chair of LondonRegion CND. This year I travelled toHiroshima and Nagasaki for the WorldConference Against A&H bombs,representing CND.

Attending the World ConferenceAgainst A&H Bombs this year hasbeen an inspiring experience, and I’mkeen to share learning from this andto help push our work forward. Inparticular, I think it’s crucial we focusour efforts on engaging young peoplein the peace movement and would liketo contribute my energy to this end.

Ellie KinneyI have been involved withYouth and Student CNDfor over four years,forming GoldsmithsUniversity CND Societyand working temporarilyfor London Region CND

during this time. Since leaving university,I have continued as co-chair of Youthand Student CND while I work in thecharity sector.

I joined CND in response to thegovernment’s extortionate spending onnuclear weapons in a time of austerity.Since then I have watched the globalpolitical landscape change sodrastically – as it continues to. This hasonly served to increase my motivationfor campaigning for nucleardisarmament as I watch powercontinuously fall into dangerous hands.CND inevitably faces a challenge toremain at the forefront of conversationsthat are otherwise dominated byimpending Brexit doom, rising fascismand increasing poverty, but I amdetermined to persuade people thatnuclear weapons contribute towards alarge amount of the inequality facingthe UK and beyond.


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Anna LiddleAs CND’s PeaceEducation officer for asubstantial period oftime, I can contributeknowledge relating toschools and the widereducation system, as

well as how to communicate peaceand nuclear issues to young people. In2019 I graduated with a PhD in howschools teach about peace and war,which will also provide usefulinformation to Council members. Thisyear I have worked on two furtherresearch projects relating to education.As well as education knowledge, I ama passionate campaigner andproficient networker, which will aidspreading Council’s work beyond themeetings. Also, as I have worked inthe CND office, I have insight into theresponsibilities and needs of the staff.

Rachel McGrathI have been a lifelongsupporter of peace andanti-arms trade initiativessince being a student inthe 1990s having been amember of the universityOne World Society and

Campaign Against Arms Trade. I havesubsequently worked in a voluntaryand charity sector setting and am anactive member of our local CNDgroup, Labour Party and and amember of Labour CND. I have a skillbase in organising and campaigning.

I feel that I have a range of skillsand experience that could help makea positive contribution to the workand strategic direction of the NationalCouncil. Through my work role Isupport the strategic development ofcharitable and voluntary organisations,I am Chair of the Northamptonshirefood Poverty Network and have

facilitated and led on our part in thenational #EndHungerUK campaign. Asa representative of a local CND groupI feel that it is important to connectlocal activity with a national steer tohelp support effective campaignmessages and galvanize the generalpublic into action.

Julie WardI have been active inthe peace movementfor decades. Duringthe 80s I lived inWiltshire andparticipated in CND'sCruise Missile Watch

observing the manoeuvres ofAmerican military on Salisbury Plain. In2014 I was elected Labour MEP forNW England and have been active inLabour CND, becoming co-chair in2018.

I have experience working atEuropean level as a co-legislator andpolicy maker. I was largely responsiblefor the European Parliament’sresolution in October 2016 supportingthe UN process to make nuclearweapons illegal. I am a member ofinternational networks such as PNNDand Parliamentarians for GlobalAction. I work closely with anti-nuclear groups in the north west andwith nuclear free local authorities,speaking at many events, eg. Isuccessfully debated a motion toscrap Trident at a Labour meeting inBirkenhead in 2016, winning theargument against the GMB’s nationalofficer (Manufacturing Section). I alsospoke at the 50th anniversaryconference of the Lucas Plan ondiversification. I have visited bothChernobyl and fukushima.

Rebecca WarrenActive supporter andcampaigner for CNDfor many years.Member since 2015.Member of NationalCouncil and AfG (theAdministration and

finance Group) since 2018.I am a qualified accountant with

over twenty years' experience, and aprolific multi-issue campaigner,notably for Amnesty UK (Boardmember and finance Committeemember); ShareAction (Treasurer);and Campaign against ClimateChange (Treasurer). Also a member ofthe Green Party. One of the greatthings about campaigning on multipleissues is that they synergise. I wouldlike to continue to use my wide-ranging financial skills and experiencefor the benefit of CND.

Katy WestAs MembershipDatabase and SystemsOfficer for CNDbetween 2005 and2008 I worked withstaff, volunteers,CND groups and

affiliated organisations. Between2009 and 2019 I have been anelected member of CND NationalCouncil, Company Secretary and amember of AfG and I was CNDVice-Chair from 2015 to 2016.

Since leaving the CND staff team Ihave worked and been a workplaceunion rep at various charities andbelieve I can provide a useful insightinto membership and fundraising andHR policy, by combining myknowledge of the processes andpriorities of CND with the additionalexperience of working within largerNGOs. These are historic timesoffering all the challenges andopportunities that shifting politicallandscapes present and I believe CNDis in position to make real and lastingglobal change happen.

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Resolutions to CND Conference 2019

1. After the INF Treaty: preventing theresurgence of intermediate-rangemissiles

Conference notes:In August the Intermediate-Range Nuclear forces Treaty (INf)was terminated, following US and subsequently Russianwithdrawal. This is a dangerous and destabilisingdevelopment with the potential to take us back to the worstdays of the Cold War. It unleashes the possibility, not only ofa spiralling nuclear arms race, but of greater numbers of USnuclear weapons coming to Europe. At a time whenPresident Trump’s 2018 Nuclear Posture Review commits to‘usable’ nuclear weapons, and his Defence Strategy rampsup the conflict with Russia and China, this is bad news.

The possible return of US missiles to Europe, and theirpossible stationing in the UK, as was the case in the 1980swith cruise missiles, is alarming. But the consequences of thetermination of the INf Treaty will not now be limited toEurope. The US strategic reorientation, outlined in theDecember 2017 National Security Strategy, has shifted theUS focus from the threat of terrorism to that of ‘revisionistpowers’, both Russia and China. This increased focus onChina, stepping up from Obama’s ‘Pivot to Asia’, raises thepossibility of locating a new generation of intermediate-range nuclear missiles in the far East – in Japan – possiblyOkinawa, South Korea or Guam. The potentialconsequences of such an escalation would have to includenuclear war.

Conference resolves to:1. Oppose any attempts to return US missiles to the UK;2. Work with international partners to oppose their

imposition on other countries.Proposed by Kate Hudson

2. Safeguarding and strengtheningarms control

Conference notes that:1. The collapse of the 1987 INf treaty between the US

and Russia increases the prospects of a new nucleararms race centred on Europe, with the build-up ofintermediate-range missiles and an increased readinessof nuclear forces; whilst also placing the entireinternational arms control system under grave threat,damaging the prospects for the 2020 Nuclear Non

Proliferation Treaty Review Conference and putting thesurvivability of the New START treaty, due for renewal in2021, at stake;

2. US withdrawal from the treaty is part of a widerdisruption of multilateralism to further a dangerous newCold War with Russia and China;

3. US withdrawal from the Iran nuclear deal places furtherpressure on the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty openingthe door for a global nuclear free for all;

4. Reducing the risk of nuclear war and defending thearms control regime, safeguarding the NPT, is of theutmost urgency, with the commitment to no first use anecessary step forward;

5. Concerns over the risk of nuclear use within theestablishment, expressed in a recent report from theHouse of Lords, creates a broad base for campaigning;

6. New technologies are closing the gap between civilianand military use, changing nuclear-weapons states’perceptions of threat and further increasing risks ofnuclear use, making the need to upgrade the armscontrol systems more pressing.

Conference resolves to:1. Campaign to avert a new Cold War arms race,

highlighting the increasing risk of nuclear weapons useand calling on the government, and all political parties,to commit to no first use;

2. Work on supporting the 2020 NPT RevCon as a priority;3. Work with European peace groups on calls for the US

and Russia to return to the INf and on a EuropeanNuclear-free Zone;

4. further discussion on strengthening arms control tocover new technologies, including a treaty coveringcyberspace, whilst opposing measures to treat thedevelopment of new technologies by other states as athreat to national security;

5. Continue to develop links with relevant groups andorganisations in Russia and China.

Proposed by Tom Unterrainer

3. Europe

Conference notes that:1. Increasing tensions and disagreements between the US

and Europe on international security are leading tochanges in European defence strategies;

2. In 2017, EU foreign and defence ministers agreed toestablish a European command centre in Brussels for


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military training missions abroad – and an agreementon Permanent Structured Cooperation in Defence(PESCO) was reached at the June EU summit inBrussels;

3. This happened one day after the European Commissionlaunched a European Defence fund (EDf) of €5.5 billionper year;

4. This has enabled a coalition of member states toestablish eighteen battalion-sized battlegroups –described as a new ‘standing army’ for Europe – whichare under the control of the Council of the EuropeanUnion;

5. Military operations by these battlegroups have takenplace in several countries in Europe, Africa and Asia, aspart of EU Common Security and Defence Policy (CSDP).

6. The EU and NATO are also set to cooperate on a rangeof projects involving space technology, air systems andcyber warfare, intelligence gathering, surveillance andcommunications.

7. The increasing militarisation of the EU is also leading tothe possibility of a EU nuclear ‘deterrent’, which couldmean the UK and france enlarging their nuclearpartnership, or even of a German bomb.

Conference resolves to:1. Work closely with fellow campaigners and colleagues in

Europe to campaign against the militarisation of the EU;2. Include cancelling Trident in discussions of the

establishment of a European Nuclear free Zone;3. Provide campaigning materials such as briefings and

leaflets to assist this campaign;4. Encourage citizen links with European and Russian

federation states to promote mutual awareness andunderstanding.

Proposed by Dave Webb

Amendment 1

At point 4 of the 'Conference resolves to' section:

After ‘Encourage citizen links with European and Russianfederation states’ add a comma, then add ‘as appropriate,to break through Cold War prejudices’.

If our amendment is accepted, it would read:

4. Encourage citizen links with European and Russianfederation states, as appropriate, to break throughCold War prejudices to promote mutual awareness andunderstanding.

Proposed by GMDCND

4. Space

Conference notes that:1. Britain and the US are signatories of the 1967 Outer

Space Treaty (OST) which states that ‘the use of outerspace shall be carried out for the benefit and in theinterests of all countries’;

2. The Defence Secretary Penny Mordaunt stated in Julythat the ‘sky is no longer the limit for our armed forces’and that the UK will participate in a new US-led militaryspace programme;

3. The 1997 US Space Command’s ‘Vision for 2020’ states‘so important are space systems to military operationsthat it is unrealistic to imagine that they will neverbecome targets’ hence its stated aim is to ‘dominatespace’;

4. The US, Russia, China and India have all tested anti-satellite weapons and their militaries depend heavily onthe use of space for missile defence, drone wars,communications, reconnaissance, targeting and battlemanagement;

5. President Trump’s ‘Space force’ and President Macron’screation of a space command within the french airforce are significant contribution to the militarisation ofspace;

6. US/UK military bases in the UK such as Menwith Hill,fylingdales, Croughton and others are involved in theUS military space activities;

7. Every year Russia and China introduce a draft resolutionto the UN on the Prevention of an Arms Race in OuterSpace (PAROS) – it is always adopted by a largemajority – except the US and Israel, and occasionally theUK, who either abstain or vote against.

Conference resolves to:1. Continue to campaign against the militarisation and

weaponisation of space and work with MPs andpolitical parties to challenge the current government’spolicy of cooperating with Trump’s Space force;

2. Call on the UK government to actively support a PAROSTreaty and/or strengthen the OST to include a ban onall weapons in space;

3. Continue to support the work of the Global NetworkAgainst Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space and in‘Keep Space for Peace Week’;

4. Organise a major event, such as an internationalwebinar, in 2020 to bring campaigners together tofocus on the role of space and developing technologiesin US/UK war planning and war fighting.

Proposed by Yorkshire CND

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Composite 1. Global NATO, Global Britain

Conference notes that:1. December’s NATO summit in London is a crucial

opportunity against Trump’s nuclear warmongering,highlighting the dangerous role that NATO, with itspolicy of first use of nuclear weapons, plays in raisingtensions;

2. Trump seeks to use NATO in confronting Russia andChinese ‘strategic and technological competition’;

3. The US is drawing European members in to sanction-enforcement maritime missions, blockading ‘chokepoints’ to the Baltic Sea and Strait of Hormuz. franceand Britain have joined ‘freedom of navigation’ exercisesin the South China Sea;

4. In 2006, the US conceived the term ‘global NATO’ andsuggestions for full membership have included SouthAfrica, Singapore, India and Israel, with Australia oftenreferred to as a ‘de facto member of NATO’;

5. Global Britain has a key role in globalising NATO, linkingto the US Indo-Pacific strategy through Britain’s militaryalliance arrangement with Australia, New Zealand,Singapore and Malaysia, and working more widelythrough the ‘five Eyes’ security intelligence network;

6. A pro-Trump Tory government risks an even greatersubordination to US priorities;

7. European reluctance to join a tougher US globalmilitarisation may have a positive influence in Britain;

8. By turning from military alliances towards morecomprehensive partnerships with other world powers,strengthening the role of the UN, there is considerableroom to shift public opinion.

further notes:1. Colombia, now a NATO partner, can engage with

NATO’s full range of activities. Trump also favoursgranting NATO privileges to Brazil;

2. Latin America is a Nuclear Weapon free Area under theTreaty of Tlatelolco, with Protocol II requiring the nuclearweapon states to refrain from undermining the nuclear-free status of the region.

Conference therefore resolves to:1. Support the ongoing work of CND in mobilising in the

No to NATO network;2. Highlight the role of Global Britain as a Pacific power as

well as a leading NATO power;3. Write to the UK foreign Secretary and the Shadow

foreign Secretary pointing out that by supporting theexpansion of NATO into Latin America the UK isviolating the Treaty of Tlatelolco;

4. Hold a special workshop on these issues at December’sAlternative NATO summit in London.

Proposed by Rochdale & Littleborough Peace Group and Jenny Clegg

5. Boris Johnson

Conference notes that:1. The significance of Boris Johnson’s visit aboard HMS

Victorious at RNAD Rosyth, faslane, prioritised over adeeply awkward and publically unpopular visit to firstMinister Nicola Sturgeon in Edinburgh;

2. PM Johnson’s repeated support for Tridentreplacement, military intervention in Iraq, UK airstrikesin Syria. His voting record in support of militaryintervention confirms him as a robust hawk in UKforeign policy;

3. An alignment between a tweeting Trump and Johnsonas an MP using their respective public positions to makecallous, personalised insensitive, racist and Islamophobicremarks even criticised by those in their own parties asdemeaning of political discourse;

4. That the election of Johnson represents a spectacularmedia-managed deception of democracy by aConservative Party making up barely 0.3% of the 46million British electorate.

Conference resolves to:1. Maintain our campaign against the ‘special nuclear

relationship’ under Trump and Johnson;2. Oppose vigorously the dangers of US/UK nuclear

rearmament and condemn US/UK ‘trade deals’ whichare arms deals in reality serving a new Cold Wareconomy;

3. Ensure 2020 is a significant year for our opposition tonuclear war as Trump faces re-election and Johnsonjuggles his political future against a wafer-thin majorityin the British Parliament;

4. Maintain our liaison and build our influence with otherorganisations and campaigns in peace education inschools and universities, those opposing the climatecrisis and supporting sustainability, the trade unions andsupportive MPs in established political parties.

Proposed by Tom Cuthbert

Composite 2. Military hardware, warfare and climatechange

Conference notes that:1. The Bulletin of Atomic Scientists reported in January

2019 that the globe now faces two existential threats:nuclear weapons and climate change;

2. Research published in June 2019 showed carbonemissions from the US military contributed 80% of USgovernment energy consumption, and is greater thanthe national output of Sweden or Portugal;

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urges the government to take the above factors intoaccount as it claims to be committed to reducing ourcarbon and greenhouse gas emissions to zero by 2050or sooner by 2030 as the UN is now calling for.

CND Conference believes:1. The production of military hardware increases the

carbon footprint, wastes money and finite resources;their sale, deployment and use in warfare fuels globalwarming; destroys sustainable environments leading tothe social injustice and suffering of enforced massmigration;

2. Our strategic objectives such as scrapping Trident andthe abolition of all nuclear weapons; campaigningagainst wars which raise the threat of the use ofnuclear weapons; against Missile Defence and againstNATO are pivotal objectives in any adequate globaldecarbonisation programme to make the worldhabitable and safer.

CND welcomes:1. The myriad actions of the climate justice movement,

from letter-writing and formal lobbying to direct action.

Conference resolves to:1. To draft and keep up to date a Climate not Trident

leaflet;2. To ensure CND’s campaigning activity is mindful of

high profile events such as protest, lobbying and directaction on the climate agenda to ensure ourcampaigning reaches a maximum audience;

3. Campaign to cancel the expensive and environmentallydamaging Trident replacement programme;

4. Promote the signing and ratification of the UN Treatyon the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons;

5. Campaign to end the proliferation of nuclear weaponsand the arms race;

6. Campaign to convert the arms industry through theOne Million Climate Change Jobs Strategy inpartnership with the unions.

Proposed by East Lancashire CND and Labour CND

Composite 3. Nuclear power and climate change

Conference notes that:Nuclear power is sometimes said to be ‘carbon-free’ but thisonly refers to electricity generation, and there are even someemissions here including carbon dioxide and methane. Moreimportantly, large carbon emissions arise from nuclearpower’s fuel chain, including uranium mining, milling andrefining, U-235 enrichment, transportation, plantconstruction, operation, reactor decommissioning and

nuclear waste management. When these are taken intoaccount, nuclear power has a carbon footprint 6 to 24 timeslarger than wind power, depending on modellingassumptions.

Uranium is a finite source and not ‘renewable’. Thereforenuclear energy is not ‘renewable’. Nuclear accidents such asthose at Chernobyl in 1986 and fukushima in 2011 causedmassive levels of harm to humans and animals and indeeddestabilised social and economic orders. Nuclear powerplants are especially vulnerable to “terrorism” and to thedroughts, fires and flooding which will inevitably increase asthe planet warms.

Given the deep concern about climate change at the moment,indeed MPs have approved a motion to declare anenvironmental and climate emergency, Conference resolves to:1. further campaign against nuclear power, particularly

emphasising that it is not an answer to climate change;2. Produce a new leaflet on this;3. Consider holding a conference opposing nuclear power

and promoting renewables in 2020;4. Stop a new generation of nuclear power stations, which

are very costly, environmentally damaging and wouldfuel nuclear weapons.

Proposed by Greater Manchester & District CND and East Lancashire CND

6. Support the Law of Ecocide

Conference notes that:1. Ecocide is the extensive loss or damage or destruction

of ecosystem(s) of a given territory, whether by humanagency or by other causes.

2. A Law of Ecocide as the fifth Crime Against Peace wasdiscussed at the UN for decades but dropped abruptlyin 1996, the year the ICJ gave its historic opinion on thelegality/illegality of nuclear weapons.

3. Criminalising Ecocide requires one or more State Partiesto the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Courtto table an amendment proposing it.1

4. During the negotiations leading to the adoption at theUN of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons(TPNW), scientists and surviving witnesses gave evidenceof the Ecocide that is perpetrated through the use andtesting of nuclear weapons, and how this contributes tothe catastrophic humanitarian harm that became a coreindicator of the need for a Treaty to prohibit them andlead to their eventual elimination.

5. Criminalising Ecocide is therefore a serious considerationfor the world’s nuclear disarmament campaigners.

6. A Law of Ecocide could hold CEOs of companies andgovernment ministers to account for any activity that

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risks Ecocide, so that insurers and banks would notfinance, underwrite or invest in a company involvedwith activities where there is a high risk of Ecocide.

7. The impact of the TPNW would therefore be reinforcedin criminal law, with extended divestment.

Conference resolves to:1. Establish a small working group to support the

campaign to make Ecocide a crime through publicisingit nationally.

2. Provide links to describe and support the EarthProtectors campaign.2

3. Endorse the campaign.3

4. Link to the government petition.4

footnotes

1 Polly Higgins set up the Earth Protectors Trust fund, a global crowdfund

to help small states take Ecocide law forward. Those subscribing

become Earth Protectors, not only supporting the advocacy of Ecocide

Law financially but creating visibility and momentum for it. Earth

Protectors who take peaceful direct action, seeking to prevent harm

rather than cause it, can be seen by law as “Conscientious Protectors”,

https://www.stopecocide.earth/conscientious-protectors

2 See www.stopECOCIDE.earth3 provide a statement to that effect that can be used on campaigns

materials.4 https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/263605/

Proposed by Roslyn Cook

7. Proposed CND seminar on Radiationand Women’s Health in 2020

Conference congratulates CND for successfully sending offCND letters to a group of women Labour MPs requestingthem to reconsider their strong support for nuclear power inview of1. the strong scientific evidence of raised cancer levels

among children living near nuclear facilities worldwideand

2. the overwhelming evidence that women areconsiderably more sensitive to radiation than men, andchildren than adults.

The CND letter had been co-signed by 10 womenacademics and doctors.

To take forward this work, Conference calls for CND toconvene a CND seminar on Radiation and Women’s Healthin the early summer of 2020 to be organised by and forwomen and to be addressed mainly by prominent womenspeakers including where possible the signatories of theCND letter.

funding for this seminar would be obtained from severalfoundations and private individuals.

Proposed by Rae Street

8. Defence diversification

Conference notes that since the TUC called, two years ago,for a shadow defence diversification agency to begin workimmediately, important work and research has beenspearheaded by the New Lucas Plan group, the NuclearEducation Trust and trade unionists working on a ‘JustTransition’ to a low-carbon economy.

CND believes this momentum must continue and is a vitalarea of CND’s work to achieve nuclear disarmament.

CND Conference resolves to:1. Continue to prioritise defence diversification and

encourage the wider membership to engage their MPon the issue;

2. Redouble the efforts of CND’s Trade Union campaignnot only in campaigning with affiliated trade unions,but also with members of unaffiliated trade unionssupportive of our aims, particularly those working on a‘Just Transition’;

3. Support the ongoing work of the New Lucas Plangroup, and others of a like mind, actively working onthe issue;

4. To pursue further work and research on defencediversification which builds a broad partnershipinvolving all layers of society, but where workers andcommunities must take the lead;

5. Encourage discussion about defence diversification atall levels of the campaign, and for CND regions andlocal groups to seek dialogue with their respective tiersof trade unions and trades councils;

6. Promote affiliations from trade unions and tradescouncils.

Proposed by Labour CND

9. Engagement with Scottish objectives

Conference notes that:1. The political climate in relation to future possibility of

another referendum on Scottish independence as wellas the possibility of a ‘snap’ general election will requireus to respond to the unique opportunities forcampaigning within Scotland;

2. New Scottish publications have been produced for usein street work and as briefings for politicians;

3. We are working with other Scottish ICAN partnerorganisations in building on the parliamentarian pledge


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through divestment, treaty alignment and support forICAN cities appeal;

4. The Scottish Green CND network and SNP CND havedifferent political agendas yet they (and other politicalgroupings) are happy to collaborate on the coremessage of supporting the TPNW to prohibit andeliminate all nukes, resisting Trident replacement andscrapping Trident;

5. With Nukewatch in Scotland we are working acrossplatforms to support awareness of nuclear weaponsconvoys, their frequency, routes and risks, and inquestioning the Scottish government’s preparedness indealing with any accident it might be involved in;

6. Support from CND UK and the collegiate approach byboth organisations has been helpful to our ability tomake the best use of such opportunities and torespond in a prompt and meaningful way as thesituation develops.

Conference resolves to:Ensure that CND Council remains fully informed ofcampaigning objectives in Scotland through hearing andamplifying Scottish campaigners’ voices within its messagingand continuing to develop appropriate strategies incommunicating the Scottish perspectives and objectives tothe wider membership.

This could be done in a variety of ways, including all orsome of these:1. Publishing articles by Scottish campaigners on the

Scottish perspective on the CND website or inCampaign;

2. Giving Holyrood parliamentarians a platform withinCND public events;

3. Hosting special events or information-sharing meetings;or by other means to be agreed with Scottish CND andits council representatives.

Proposed by Scottish CND

10. Christian CND 60th anniversaryConference notes that:1. In 2020 Christian CND will mark its 60th anniversary,

making it one of the longest-standing CND specialistsections;

2. Christian CND plans a range of activities to mark theoccasion aimed at engaging Christians in issues aroundin line with CND objectives.

Conference believes:1. faith groups, including Christians, have played a

significant part in work towards nuclear disarmamentover the past decades as part of the mobilisation of civilsociety;

2. After the Church of England General Synod passed amotion in support of the Treaty on the Prohibition ofNuclear Weapons, there is an opportunity for furtherengagement with the Christian community in the UK.

Conference resolves that:1. CND will support Christian CND in the marking of its

60th anniversary;2. CND office will continue to offer practical support and

expertise as needed by Christian CND in its effortsduring 2020.

Proposed by Christian CND

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The audited accounts for 2018CND’s accounts for the year ending31st December 2018 are available onthe website and can also be requestedby contacting the CND office.

During 2018, operating income was£590,643 and operating expenditurewas £655,457, creating a deficit of£64,814. After taking into accountthe fall of £6,941 in the value of ourethical investments, there was anoverall deficit of £71,755, comparedto a surplus of £13,556 in 2017. Inthe absence of the recentlegacies, the overall deficitwould have been ¡147K, whichis unsustainable, and evenwith the legacies, isn't good.

Income in 2018 was lower than thatin 2017 (£590K v £650K), despite theincreased legacy income. This was dueto no NET grant income for CNDPE (tolower the CNDPE restricted fund toaid fundraising) and a £23K fall inappeal income. Subscription andregular giving income held at its 2017level, which is quite positive; it makesup just over half of our income.

2018 expenditure rose by a smallamount compared to that in 2017(£655K v £649K). The largest increasein expenditure was £10K formembership & fundraising staffingdue to the timing of staffreplacements in 2017. Otherwisethere was very little difference inexpenditure in direct campaigningcosts (press, parliamentary,publications, profile raising,advertising, website, trade unionwork, etc and their staffing costs),policy and decision making costs.Staff costs remained increasedcompared to those for 2017 at £363K v £349K, due to salary and pensioncontribution increases. There was a

3.9% salary increase for the year, withsalaries of £27,933 (basic), £34,147(with London weighting), and £43,585(General Secretary). Overall, staffingcosts were 55.2% of overallexpenditure before regional grants aretaken into account, an increase from53.8% in 2017.

ReservesThe general reserve is maintained at£100K and the fixed asset reserve hasbeen decreased to £24,770 from£27,431 as the value of our assets has

fallen. There are restricted funds,mostly set aside for peace educationwork, of £34K, a fall from £98K andthat leaves £396K in the accumulatedsurplus, down from £401K in 2017.This is the campaigning reserve for2019. At the end of 2018, totalreserves stood at £555K, a fall of£71K from 2017, despite the £75K oflate legacies.

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External Objectives:NK=Elimination of Britishnuclear weapons and globalabolition of nuclearweapons

• Cancellation of Trident by theBritish government and policy notto replace or enhance Trident nordevelop, purchase or deploy othernuclear weapons or allow thedeployment of any foreign nuclearweapons on British soil or in Britishwaters.

• An all encompassing fissile Materialcut-Off Treaty is agreed.

• Implementation of an armsconversion policy by the Britishgovernment.

• Immediate negotiations leadingswiftly to the rapid, timetabledabolition of nuclear forcesworldwide and the conclusion of aglobal nuclear ban treaty.

• Prevention and cessation of wars inwhich the nuclear weapons ofBritain or other countries might beused and strengthening the UN rolein peaceful conflict resolution.

2. Abolition of other threatsof mass destruction orindiscriminate effect

• full international compliance withagreed Chemical WeaponsConvention (CWC).

• A strengthened Biological WeaponsConvention (BWC) agreed.

• Global abandonment of spaceweapons and missile defenceprogrammes. An internationalagreement on the Prevention of anArms Race in Outer Space.

• Implementation of a ban on themanufacture, testing and use ofDepleted Uranium weapons.

3. Nuclear-free, less militarised and more secureEurope

• Extension of the influence,resources and funding of theOrganisation for Security and Co-Operation on Europe (OSCE).

• No military nuclearisation of theEuropean Union.

• Withdrawal of all US military basesand nuclear weapons from Europe

and no nuclear or other expansionof NATO.

• formal Nuclear Weapon-free Zonesin Europe established.

• Britain withdrawn from NATO andall foreign military bases on Britishsoil closed.

4. The closure of the nuclearpower industry

• Prevention of new build nuclearpower stations and replacement ofnuclear by universally acceptable.sustainable energy technologies

• Establishment of safe policies onnuclear waste storage and on re-use of contaminated land.

• stopping the re-use, trade in andtransport of plutonium anddepleted uranium.

• independent control and verificationof plutonium, uranium anddepleted uranium stocks.

Internal Objectives: Growth in active campaigning leadingto increased effectiveness of CND’spolitical influence.• facilitate campaigning by

individuals.• further support for NVDA networks• CND’s media profile heightened.• Strengthened local

groups/regions/nations structure.• Build alliances with organisations

and communities with shared orlinked goals.

Increase in CND’s disposable income.• More members/supporters.• More effective membership

fundraising.• New income sources developed.• More affiliated organisations.

October 2017

CND’s strategic objectives

pí~íÉãÉåí=çÑ=^áãëCND campaigns non-violently to rid the world of nuclear weapons and otherweapons of mass destruction and to create genuine security for future generations.

`ka=~áãë=íçWn Change government policies to bring about the elimination of British

nuclear weapons as a major contribution to global abolition;

n Stimulate wide public debate on the need for alternatives both to thenuclear cycle and to military attempts to resolve conflict;

n Empower people to engage actively in the political process and to work fora nuclear-free and peaceful future;

n Co-operate with other groups in the UK and internationally to ensure thedevelopment of greater mutual security.

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Guide to CND rules on Conference 20191. The constitution of CND is laid down in the documents

‘Memorandum and Articles of Association’ (Memarts)and ‘Regulations made under section 56 of the Articlesof Association’ (Regs). These lay out the aims and therules that we operate under and should be referred tofor detailed advice. They can be found on the website:www.cnduk.org/about/cnds-structure.

2. Most of these rules can only be changed by ‘special’resolutions to the AGM that are agreed by 3/4 or 2/3majorities; depending on which section they are in.They are ‘special’ resolutions because there are specificrules about how they are put.

3. The constitution also gives permission for Council to beable to change some rules, sections 5, 6 & 7 of theRegs; the last of these deals with conference andstanding orders (SO).

Membership4. Company Members are individuals and organisations

that support the objects of CND, pay theirsubscriptions, are admitted by Council, and agree to beliable for £1 if CND is wound up. A special meeting ofCouncil will be convened the morning of Conferenceto ratify any outstanding Company Membershipapplications.

5. Individuals and organisations who haven’t accepted orare unwilling to accept liability can be members of CND,but have no voting rights at Conference or AGM.

Voting6. Voting rights at Conference are the same as at the

AGM, assuming Conference fees are paid.

7. Individuals have only one vote each. Organisationshave up to five votes each and one or more delegatescan hold these votes. The maximum number ofdelegates is the same as the number of votes anorganisation is entitled to. An individual can vote as anindividual and as a delegate.

8. The entitlement of votes (and delegates) perorganisation is:•Christian CND, Labour CND, Ex-Services CND,

Y&SCND & Student CND, Nations & Regions 5 voteseach;

•CND Groups, 1 vote per 5 Company Members to amaximum of 5 votes, all of which can be held by onedelegate;

•Affiliates with more than 5,000 members, 3 delegateswith one vote each, with between 2,000 and 5,000members, two delegates with one vote each, with lessthan 2,000 members, one delegate with one vote.

(CND Areas that once made up a Region are entitledto five votes between them).

Resolutions9. Ordinary (policy and organisational) resolutions and

strategic objectives, even if passed overwhelmingly, donot change the Memarts or Regs and are subservient tothem.

10. Strategy resolutions provide the priorities for CNDactivities. There should be a strategy debate at everyConference so that we are clear about our priorities anddon’t overburden our resources.

There are a number of rules, see the ConferenceStanding Orders, about the number and length ofstrategic objectives and sub objectives and whenchanges can be made.

11. Ordinary resolutions that refer to issues not included inthe strategic objectives have a low priority but thosethat do refer to strategic objectives and sub objectivesdo affect how the objectives are carried out.

12. Although Conference takes the highest level ofdecisions for CND, Council can take practicalconsiderations, especially financial ones, intoconsideration before implementation of any of itsdecisions.


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deciding the outcome of a vote, but a count by tellerswill be carried out if requested by the Chairperson orby 30 voting delegates. If the outcome of the vote isclose, any voting delegate may call for a recount, theresult of which will be final.

21. Whenever the Chairperson speaks any personspeaking shall immediately give way.

22. The following procedural resolutions may be putduring debate. The proposer of a procedural motionshall be entitled to one minute to explain the reasonsfor the procedural motion. A spokesperson for theSteering Committee may then speak for one minute,after which the motion will be put to the vote. a. A motion that the resolution be taken in parts (to

be specified). b. A motion to refer the resolution under debate. The

motion must specify the body to which theresolution is being referred.

c. A motion to move next business. d. A motion that the debate should continue. e. A motion that the resolution should now be put. f. A challenge to the Chairperson’s ruling.

Motions a), b), c), d), and e) are carried by a simplemajority. Motion f) requires the support of two thirds presentand voting to be carried.

No procedural resolution other than the above may beput. When the mover of a resolution has summed upno procedural motion may be raised until the vote hasbeen taken, except in the case of motion f) and thenonly when the challenge refers to the conduct of thevote.

Reports to Conference 23. All reports may be followed by questions from the

floor. All or part of a report may be referred back toCouncil if the Conference so desires. Reports shall beendorsed by simple majority.

Elections 24. Elections for officer positions shall be conducted by

the system of single transferable vote, except wherethe position is uncontested, in which case theendorsement of more than 50% of voting delegatesshall be required. In the case of only two candidates

Standing ordersTHE CONDUCT Of CONfERENCE (Part 2 of Standing Orders of Conference and AGM)

Order of business 12. No changes or additions to the order of business set out

in the final Agenda shall be allowed except by: a. The suspension of Standing Orders under SO 25. b. A proposal from the Steering Committee accepted by

Conference. c. Rules for discussion.

13. The CAWG shall set time limits for speeches which shall beset out in the final Agenda. These limits may be reducedby the Steering Committee or by the Chairperson, if intheir opinion the timetable demands it.

14. If, after a resolution has been proposed, there is nospeech against, the Chairperson may, at his or herdiscretion, put the resolution straight to the vote.

15. The proposer of a resolution shall have the right to replyto the debate immediately before the vote is taken,unless the procedure in SO 14 is being invoked. Aspeaker exercising the right of reply shall not introducenew matter.

16. A resolution or amendment, once on the final Agenda,may not be withdrawn except by leave of Conference.

17. Except as provided for in SO 15 no one shall speakmore than once to any resolution or amendment.

18. Speakers shall be selected by the Chairperson, fromthose who indicate their wish to speak. In choosingspeakers the Chairperson shall attempt to provide abalanced debate between different viewpoints, and inparticular shall attempt to call speakers alternately forand against. The Chairperson shall also have regard tothe number of times a person has already been called tospeak.

19. The Steering Committee will assist the Chairperson(who will have the final say) in organising the voting onamendments to resolutions to avoid contradictoryresolutions. It will aim to facilitate the moving ofprocedural resolutions to avoid unnecessary time lossduring debates.

20. Votes shall be taken by a show of voting cards. TheChairperson will, in the first instance, be responsible for

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for Chair and/or Treasurer only one vote will be cast. Inall cases, all candidates shall appear on the ballotform(s) in alphabetical order for each officer position.

25. In elections for National Council, the names of allcandidates shall appear on one ballot form inalphabetical order. Delegates shall receive a number ofballot papers equal to their voting entitlement. On eachballot paper, delegates shall be entitled to vote for anumber of candidates equal to the number of placesavailable. Ballot papers with more than the requirednumber of votes shall be considered spoilt. In both cases, the criteria for deciding whether or not aballot paper is spoilt shall be clear intent. The finalarbiter of what constitutes clear intent shall be thetellers, who may consult with the Steering Committee.

26. Candidates accepting nomination as national, regionalor specialist section representatives for National Councilon the due date shall then withdraw their name fromthe ballot for directly-elected National Council.members.

Points of Order 27. Any person may raise a point of order concerning these

Standing Orders, and shall be entitled to be heardforthwith provided that they: a. State the Standing Order covering the matter they

wish to raise.

b. Have not previously raised a point of order in thatdebate.

c. Shall not speak for more than one minute. Whenthe mover of a resolution has summed up no pointof order may be raised until the vote has beentaken.

Suspension of Standing Orders 28. Any of these Standing Orders may be suspended with

two thirds of those present and voting to do so. Theproposer of such a suspension shall be entitled to oneminute to explain the reasons for the suspension. Aspokesperson for the Steering Committee may thenspeak for one minute, after which the motion will beput to the vote.

29. Conference is the supreme decision making body ofCND and it is expected that all resolutions passed befully implemented. However, CND Council has theright to take into account practical considerations,particularly financial considerations, in consideringsuch resolutions.

Speech time limits Proposers of Resolutions: 5 minutes Proposers of Amendments: 3 minutes Speeches during debate: 3 minutesProposer’s right of reply 4 minutes

CND Council July 2007

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