On July 7, 2017, the United Nations adopted a Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons following negotiations by over 120 countries on the draft treaty during March, June and July. The treaty will be open for signature on September 20 and will enter-into-force...

Young activists from around the world met at the United Nations in New York on June 20, 2017 to discuss plans to engage youth in key nuclear disarmament initiatives. The meeting, hosted by the Abolition 2000 Youth Working Group, which was held during the historic...

New York, June 23 Yesterday at the United Nations, the International Association of Lawyers Against Nuclear Arms (IALANA) released a Lawyers’ letter on the abolition of nuclear weapons in conjunction with UN negotiations on a treaty to prohibit nuclear weapons. The...

New York, NY (June18, 2017) Nuclear weapons abolitionists from around the world are gathering today for an international civil society conference, No nukes, no wars, no walls, no warming. The conference, organised by the  international Peace & Planet Network, is...

New Zealand celebrates the 30th anniversary of its historic nuclear free legislation this month with a series of events around the country. At the same time, the United Nations resumes negotiations amongst non-nuclear nations in New York on a nuclear ban treaty which...