Jan 9, 2017 | Blogroll, Movement News, Parliamentary News
The Arms Control Association announced today that The Republic of the Marshall Islands and its former Foreign Minister Tony de Brum, were voted as the “2016 Arms Control Person of the Year.” Over 1,850 individuals from 63 countries voted on a list of ten...
Sep 6, 2016 | Blogroll, Movement News, Parliamentary News
The Marshall Islands and Kazakhstan are the two most irradiated nations on earth as a result of nuclear weapons tests by the two superpowers during the Cold War. Kenneth Kedi, Speaker of the Marshall Islands parliament, recently traveled to Kazakhstan to speak at an...
Sep 29, 2015 | Blogroll, Movement News, Parliamentary News
Bill Kidd MSP, as co-chair of the Nuclear Disarmament Cross Party Group, hosted an event on 23 September at the Scottish Parliament to mark both the UN International Day of Peace and the UN International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons. Organised by...
Oct 9, 2014 | Blogroll, Movement News, Parliamentary News, United Nations
Martin Chungong, Secretary-General of the Inter Parliamentary Union, calls on the 164 IPU member parliaments to commemorate Sep 26 by taking part in the UNFOLD ZERO campaign. Parliamentarians around the world took action to support the first International Day for the...
Jul 17, 2014 | Mayors for Peace, Movement News, Nuclear Weapons Convention, Parliamentary News, United Nations
This September will see the first ever International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons. Join people around the world in celebrating the vision of a nuclear weapons free world, raising awareness and pushing the world leaders to negotiate disarmament....
Jun 7, 2014 | Parliamentary News
Marit Nybakk, Co-President of Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament (PNND), initiated a debate in Norwegian Parliament on June 5 with a formal question to the Foreign Minister on Norway’s role to promote nuclear disarmament. In a debate...