In his recent address in Berlin, President Obama issued a strong statement against the threat nuclear weapons pose to our planet, saying "so long as nuclear weapons exist, we are not truly safe". As the nation with the greatest number of nuclear weapons, the United States has the responsibility to play the leadership role in international collective efforts to reduce and eliminate these horrible weapons. Click here to ask President Obama to lead in reducing nuclear weapons In the next several months there are several critical international conferences scheduled to undertake significant work to diminish the threats of nuclear weapons. These include a United Nations high level meeting on Nuclear Disarmament, a Geneva meeting on establishing a Nuclear Free Zone in the Middle East, and a conference in Mexico on the humanitarian costs of nuclear weapons. In the past the U.S. has too often been a reluctant participant in such efforts or even played a negative role, refusing to commit to international collective action against nuclear weapons when its own weapons or those of allies are involved. Please sign a petition which specifically asks President Obama to attend and lead at these critical upcoming international conferences to limit and eliminate nuclear weapons. For Peace and Diplomacy, Shelagh Foreman Program Director Massachusetts Peace Action

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