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Hiroshima/Nagasaki Days, 2023: #3DNukeMissile reminder of increased nuclear threats
Photo: Members of Abolition 2000, Austria Red Cross and Youth Fusion engage with the #3DNukeMissile in Vienna. Most citizens rarely contemplate a nuclear weapon -- or, if they do, it is perceived as an abstract threat which they can’t see or influence. This week, that...
NWC Reset Working Paper presented to the 2023 NPT Prep Com
On August 2, at a special plenary session, Abolition 2000 Coordinating Committee Member Jackie Cabasso presented to the 2023 NPT Prep Com a working paper entitled Abolition 2000 NWC Reset: Frameworks for a Nuclear-Weapon-Free World. The paper includes reflections on...
How the August NPT meeting in Vienna could make a difference
Abolition 2000 proposals and side events at the 2023 NPT Prep Com From July 31 until August 11 2023, States Parties to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty will be meeting at the UN Vienna in a Preparatory Committee Meeting for the next NPT Review Conference which is...
Doomsday Clock Ticks Toward Existential End (Cooper UNion)
On February 1, 2023, Cooper UNion, a weekly half-hour TV program aired by Think-Tech Hawaii, featured three Abolition 2000 speakers on the show Doomsday Clock Ticks Toward Existential End (watch on YouTube or Vimeo). Ivan Siluianov, Abolition 2000 Secretary; Alyn...
Call for nominations: 2023 PACEY Award is open!
Do you know of a youth project that addresses peace, nuclear disarmament and/or climate issues that could be boosted by a prestigious award worth €5000 in prize money to help it succeed? If so, we encourage you to nominate it for the 2023 Peace, nuclear Abolition and...
Abolition 2000 Annual General Meeting to take place on July 23, 2022 – register here
The world has changed enormously since we last met a year ago. In order to make sense of these changes and their implications for the work of those campaigning to abolish nuclear weapons, the annual general meeting will include a general discussion about nuclear...
Youth take action on human rights, climate action, inter-generational cooperation and nuclear abolition
Youth Fusion, the network of young activists established by Abolition 2000, is taking a lead on global youth action for nuclear abolition. Youth Fusion is making connections with human rights and climate action and building cooperation between the human rights,...
Abolition 2000 Member organizations oppose Russian invasion of Ukraine
Photo: Volodymyr Melnyk - Ukraine 123RF Many Abolition 2000 Member organizations and networks have released statements opposing the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Included below are links to some of these. A number of the statements have highlighted that the invasion is...
PACEY Youth Award 2022 highlights connections between peace, climate action and nuclear disarmament
On January 21, the third annual PACEY Awards – Peace, nuclear Abolition and Climate Engaged Youth – were held, co-hosted by Basel City, the Basel Peace Office and Youth Fusion – the global youth network of Abolition 2000. The Awards demonstrate the connections between...
Thank you, Dominique!
On Sunday 23 January 2022, Dominique Lalanne, 78, passed away from a stroke. Campaigning against the implementation of the French civil nuclear programme since the 1970s, Dominique devoted more than 30 years of his life to the fight against the French nuclear arsenal...