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This memorial expresses the New Mexico Senate's formal position supporting nuclear disarmament and urging the federal government to ratify the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. The measure calls on New Mexico's congressional delegation to support federal resolutions endorsing the "Back from the Brink" platform, which advocates for specific nuclear policy changes including eliminating nuclear arsenals, renouncing first-use options, ending sole presidential launch authority, taking weapons off hair-trigger alert, and canceling nuclear modernization plans. While acknowledging that nuclear weapons policy falls under federal jurisdiction, the memorial establishes the New Mexico Senate's official policy to pursue measures protecting state residents from nuclear threats and commits to supporting the global elimination of nuclear weapons, with copies to be sent to federal leadership and New Mexico's congressional delegation.