Your organization is invited to endorse the continuation of the Roses to Missions project to deliver thank-you certificates to the U.N. Missions of the state parties who have ratified the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) after January 22, 2021. Last January, we expressed our gratitude to the first 51 state parties. This year, there are new state parties to the Treaty to be thanked, including Cambodia, Comoros, Guinea-Bissau, Mongolia, Peru, Seychelles, and the Philippines. Volunteers will deliver yellow roses and a thank-you certificate to the missions during the week of January 17, 2022. Given the continuing COVID restrictions, volunteers will follow the NYC and CDC guidelines to protect themselves and others when making the deliveries.

This year, we also plan to deliver a firm message to the U.S. Mission to the United Nations that the U.S. must join the treaty.  We ask you to also endorse a Join the Treaty Rally and March on Friday, January 21st, starting at 12 Noon at the New York Public Library steps on 5th Avenue and 41st Street and ending at the U.S. Mission on 1st Avenue and 45th Street.

Please join Peace Action New York State, the Manhattan Project for a Nuclear-Free World and other organizations in the New York area in thanking the nations who have ratified the TPNW, and demanding that the U.S. join the treaty.  The bravery and wisdom of these state parties make it possible for us to celebrate the first anniversary of the entry into force of the treaty on January 22, 2022, while we continue to pressure our government to make firm steps toward elimination of nuclear weapons.

If you would like the name of your organization to be included on the thank-you certificate to state parties (and the Join-the-Nuclear-Ban-Treaty card to the U.S.), please complete the endorsement for your organization by Wednesday, January 12th, 2022.

Thank you,

Sally Jones, Peace Action New York State

Mari Inoue, Manhattan Project for a Nuclear-Free World