AUSTRALIAN INITIATIVE TO ABOLISH NUCLEAR WEAPONS

That this House welcomes the statement made by the Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, who, speaking in Hiroshima on 9th June, called on the world `to resolve afresh from the ashes of this city - to work together for the common mission of peace ... and for a world where one day nuclear weapons are no more'; also welcomes his announcement that Australia is creating a new international body, the Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Commission that will build policy and political momentum towards the 2010 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference; and calls on Her Majesty's Goverment actively to support the Australian initiative and to reconsider plans to replace the Trident nuclear weapons system.