A global campaign promoting disarmament has tapped the social media to spread the word and collect signatures of support for a petition to cut military budgets of governments and instead use these funds to fuel development.
Called Arms Down!, the campaign is led by youth from the world’s religions and works to engage religious leaders and believers around the world to unleash the power of multi-religious cooperation through shared action.
It reaches out using various social media tools such as YouTube, Facebook and Twitter to international organizations, governments, national assemblies and parliaments, municipalities, media, and all men and women of good will.
Through education, mobilization and advocacy, the campaign advances shared security by working to reduce nuclear and conventional weapons and to reallocate military spending to support urgently needed development, as set forth in the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs).
