"Based on our Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.)'s "Commitment to Peacemaking," the 214th General Assembly (2002):

1. reaffirms actions of previous General Assemblies calling for the lifting of economic sanctions; and
   
   
2. urges the United States government to exercise restraint in its contemplated military action against Iraq."

The two previous actions which called for the lifting of economic sanctions were taken by the 210th and 212th General Assemblies (1998 and 2000). These actions included the following public policy provisions which called for:

1. "the ending of all economic sanctions against Iraq that make it difficult or impossible for essential items to reach the people of Iraq" (The 212th General Assembly further called "upon the United Nations to lift the sanctions immediately and upon the United States government to abandon its insistence on continuing them")
   
   
2. "the maintaining of safeguards, such as military sanctions, that are designed to prevent the government of Iraq from acquiring or developing the means of mass destruction, in such a manner as not to prevent the delivery of items mentioned above";
   
   
3. "comprehensive efforts by the United Nations, the United States, and the governments of the Middle East to remove all weapons of mass destruction from that region, as part of the worldwide effort to eliminate such weapons and end their development";
   
   
4. "the government of Iraq to redirect its resources from developing and deploying instruments of destruction to enterprises that will benefit the Iraqi people";
   
   
5. "all parties involved to actively and wholeheartedly seek a negotiated solution based on diplomacy and not violence, peace and not war".

These seven actions are the policy of the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) relative to Iraq.