Nuclear disarmament events and campaigns

Nuclear Disarmament Events and Campaigns

On the 10th of April, 2019, the Coordination Committee of Abolition 2000 hosted a webinar on the subject of “Nuclear Disarmament Events and Campaigns”. The webinar was held in 2 sessions, 12 hours apart, to facilitate the participation of activists from all time zones. Over 120 people registered to participate from 23 countries. Fourteen speakers gave us the benefit of their knowledge and experience. All of their presentations are listed below in alphabetical order of speaker.

Opening remarks

The opening remarks prepared by Coordinating Committee member, Tony Robinson, (United Kingdom), can be found here.

For the first session, we were delighted to be able to count on the support of Liz Remmerswaal, (New Zealand), a member of Abolition 2000, New Zealand, and the New Zealand representative for World Beyond War, who took the role of chair.

Speakers

Reiner Braun (Germany), International Peace Bureau, on the subject of Nukes out of Europe
John Burroughs (United States), Lawyers Committee on Nuclear Policy, on the subject of Nuclear Weapons and International Law
The documents referred to by John in his presentation can be found below
Jackie Cabasso (United States), Mayors for Peace, on the subject of Actions by Cities
The document referred to by Jackie can be found below
Arielle Denis (France), International Peace Bureau, on the subject of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
Bruce Gagnon (United States), Global Network Against Weapons & Nuclear Power in Space, on the subject of Missiles and Space Weapons
Neshan Gunasekera (Sri Lanka), International Association of Lawyers Against Nuclear Arms, on the subject of Nuclear weapons and international law
John Hallam (Australia), People for Nuclear Disarmament Human Survival Project, on the subject of Nuclear Risk Reduction
Chris King (United States), United Nations Office of Disarmament Affairs, on the subject of The UN and nuclear disarmament including the UN Secretary-General’s new disarmament agenda
Marzhan Nurzhan (Kazakhstan), Abolition 2000 Youth Network, on the subject of Youth Actions
Vanda Proskova (Czech Republic), Prague Institute for Sustainable Security, on the subject of the Economic Dimensions of Nuclear Weapons
Tamkeen Saeid (New Zealand), The Peace Foundation, on the subject of Youth Actions
Aaron Tovish (Mexico), Zona Libre, on the subject of Nuclear Risk Reduction
The link to Aaron’s presentation can be found below
Alyn Ware (New Zealand), Parliamentarians for Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament, on the subject of Parliamentarian Actions
Monica Willard (United States), United Religions Initiative, on the subject of Interfaith Actions and Events

Documents referred to by John Burroughs:

Peter Weiss, The Right to Life Versus Nuclear Weapons
Roger S. Clark, The Human Rights Committee, the Right to Life and Nuclear Weapons
Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
The UN Human Rights Committee on the Right to Life and Nuclear Weapons

The document referred to by Jackie Cabasso can be downloaded here.
The text of Aaron Tovish’s presentation can be downloaded here.