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Global network to eliminate nuclear weapons calls on the United States, Russia, the UK, France and China to match words with actions

9 Jan 2022

In 1970, at the height of the Cold War, the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) came into force. Under the Treaty, which today includes all but five UN member states, five states acknowledged to possess nuclear weapons, the United States, Russia, the United...

Events to mark Hiroshima and Nagasaki Days 2021

30 Jul 2021

Following an appeal to members to send us information on events to mark Hiroshima and Nagasaki Days 2021, here's a parial list that we have compiled of events received: Peace Memorial Ceremony Live Stream Japan and online 6 August, 6:50 to 8:50 (JST) Watch the...

LOOKING BACK AND LOOKING AHEAD: the 25th anniversary of the 1996 ICJ Advisory Opinion on the Legality of Threat or Use of Nuclear Weapons!

4 Jul 2021

On 8 July 1996, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) handed down its Advisory Opinion on the legality of the threat or use of nuclear weapons. It was the first authoritative international judicial opinion on nuclear weapons since their development in the 1940s....

How do we move from a dysfunctional world to a world free of nuclear weapons?

17 Jun 2021

In order to create a stimulating background of diverse views for our Annual General Meeting this year, we asked 8 friends of Abolition 2000 to give us their thoughts in a series of 10 minute interviews on how do we move from a dysfunctional world to a world free of...

Abolition 2000 Annual General Meeting to take place on June 19, 2021 – register here

8 Jun 2021

The COVID-19 pandemic continues to devastate countries and populations showing the complete uselessness of nuclear weapons when it comes to dealing with global security threats. On January 27, 2021, The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists kept their Doomsday Clock at...

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The Cold War ended more than two decades ago, but there are still 16,000 nuclear weapons on the planet. Most of them belong to the United States and Russia. The United Kingdom, China, France, India, Pakistan, Israel, and now, North Korea, collectively have fewer than 1000. Abolition 2000 is a global network committed to ridding the world of nuclear weapons, and the terrible danger they pose for life on our fragile planet.

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The Open Letter 'Fulfil the NPT: From nuclear threats to human security' will be sent to the nuclear weapon states tomorrow. Have you endorsed?

Fulfil the NPT: From nuclear threats to human security An Open Letter to the States Parties of the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty Read the appeal Endorse List of endorsers Dear Representatives of China, France, Russia, the UK the USA and other States Parties to the NPT, Nuclear weapons threaten cu...

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Abolition 2000Thursday, January 20th, 2022 at 1:55pm

Veterans for Peace release a Nuclear Posture Review which suggests what President Biden should adopt in the US Nuclear Posture Review https://www.veteransforpeace.org/pressroom/news/2022/01/18/release-veterans-release-nuclear-posture-review

The U.S.-based international organization Veterans For Peace released its own assessment of the current global threat of nuclear war, ahead of the anticipated release of the Biden Administration’s Nuclear Posture Review.