WPSR Calls for Peace in Ukraine

As health professionals and people concerned with peace, we must call for an immediate ceasefire in Ukraine.

WPSR joins PSR National and members of our Washington Against Nuclear Weapons Coalition in strongly condemning Russia’s attacks on Ukraine. Intentionally taking lives - whether military or civilian - is unconscionable. We must not give in to violence and war at a time in history when we must work cooperatively to end a global pandemic and focus our resources and attention on meeting the challenges of a climate crisis, exploding inequality, and other threats to health and wellbeing.

We call on all parties to protect and respect Ukraine and its people, sovereignty, and territorial integrity. We call on Russia to immediately withdraw from Ukraine, and engage in a ceasefire. We call on our own government to earnestly work for immediate and long-term diplomatic solutions that will provide for true security, both at home and abroad.

We are deeply concerned about the myriad, heightened risks of nuclear harm that this conflict could trigger, whether by accident, or on purpose. No country has the right to imperil Europe and the world with nuclear weapons. Today, more than ever, it is clear that we must work together for true security, and finally and permanently eliminate the threat of nuclear weapons.

If you are a member of an organization in Washington state and believe that our nations should reduce and eventually eliminate our reliance on nuclear weapons to ensure security, please join us by signing this letter to President Biden to issue a Nuclear Posture Review that prioritizes restraint, safeguards, and health and wellbeing of our country, rather than profits for nuclear weapons industries.

You can also take individual action by signing this medical alert through the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War.

Together, we must act to restore peace and prevent the harms that cannot be cured.