Official White House Photo by Pete Souza

Update: On December 22, 2010 the Senate voted 71-26 to ratify the New START Treaty! This was a huge victory for bipartisan policy-making, with 13 Republicans rejecting partisan politics and supporting international arms control. New START is the first major international agreement to be ratified by the Senate since the end of the Cold War, and we send our thanks and congratulations to all of our partner groups that worked so hard for many months to get this treaty ratified.

Our work for disarmament is not done, but this victory sets us up with many opportunities for further progress in 2011. Go to our Act page to learn more about our campaign priorities for 2011 and get materials and resources to join the movement for a nuclear weapons free world.

We want to remind the president that there is widespread support for strong leadership to eliminate nuclear weapons. That’s why the Campaign is launching a new sign-on letter to President Obama. Will your organization sign on?

The letter will call on the president to announce at the upcoming Global Security Summit that he will host a disarmament summit next year. It will be delivered on April 5 to coincide with the anniversary of President Obama’s Prague speech.

This is not a petition for individual members of the public to sign. It is intended for faith, community, environmental, peace, labor, and other groups to approve and sign on to. Organizations can view the letter here and sign on to the letter by the April 1st deadline.