Jan 15, 2021 | Blogroll, Nuclear Ban Treaty, United Nations
Today, January 15, 2021, in advance of next week’s two milestones of the entry into force of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) on January 22 and the 75th anniversay of UN General Assembly Resolution 1(1) two days later, the Coordinating...
Dec 22, 2017 | Blogroll, Nuclear Ban Treaty
It has been just 10 years since ICAN first launched its astonishing campaign to ban nuclear weapons. By Alice Slater, originally published on The Nation website here. In Oslo on December 10, the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to the International Campaign to Abolish...
Dec 6, 2017 | Blogroll, Nuclear Ban Treaty
As a 13-year-old schoolgirl in 1945, Setsuko Thurlow survived the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. A beautifully animated short film, If You Love This Planet brings to life Hiroshima survivor Setsuko Thurlow’s passionate call to action, on the day that the Treaty on the...
Oct 6, 2017 | Blogroll, Nuclear Ban Treaty
We republish here the statement of the Nobel Peace Prize Committee confirming the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize to the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, a network affiliated to Abolition 2000, and send them our warmest congratulations, and we hope that this...
Sep 18, 2017 | Blogroll, Nuclear Ban Treaty
Foreign Minister Gerry Brownlee announced today New Zealand will sign the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons at a ceremony during the United Nations General Assembly in New York this week. New Zealand will sign the Treaty on the first day it is open for...
Aug 25, 2017 | Blogroll, Movement News, Nuclear Ban Treaty
Democracy broke out at the UN this summer when 122 nations adopted a treaty to ban nuclear weapons. Working closely with civil society and international organisations, States concluded the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons on July 7, 2017 after three weeks...
