That the Parliament notes the increasing tensions and threat of military conflict arising from North Korea’s nuclear and missile capabilities; is supportive of a letter to President Trump, which has been endorsed by 64 members of the United States House of Representatives, reminding him that military strikes without congressional approval would violate the constitution and urging him to therefore follow a diplomatic approach, and notes also the support of US policy experts, including Morton Halperin, who it understands was a high-level policy official in the Johnson, Nixon and Clinton administrations, who support the concept of a north east Asia nuclear weapon-free zone.
Supported by:
George Adam, Tom Arthur, Bruce Crawford, James Dornan, Neil Findlay, John Finnie, Jenny Gilruth, Christine Grahame, Emma Harper, Clare Haughey, Alison Johnstone, Richard Lochhead, Richard Lyle, Angus MacDonald, Gordon MacDonald, Fulton MacGregor, Rona Mackay, Ben Macpherson, Ruth Maguire, Gillian Martin, John Mason, Joan McAlpine, Ivan McKee, Stuart McMillan, Ash Regan, Gail Ross, Stewart Stevenson, David Torrance, Sandra White