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ICC* statement on Nuclear Disarmament

No to war - no to NATO Posted on December 9, 2017 by

Tomorrow, December 10th, ICAN will receive the Peace Nobel Prize for their activities for a nuclear weapons prohibition treaty and  tomorrow is the international day of Human Rights, a good possibility for us to congratulate ICAN and all its supporters. ICC* statement on Nuclear Disarmament We celebrate the adoption of the Nuclear Weapons Prohibition Treaty in the United Nations Conference by representatives of 122 governments, the majority of the world’s nations. The treaty further stigmatizes nuclear weapons and commits to … Continue reading →

Pessimism of the Intellect, Optimism of the Will: Building on the Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty

No to war - no to NATO Posted on October 8, 2017 by

Wednesday, 20 September 2017 06:14 Pessimism of the Intellect, Optimism of the Will: Building on the Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty  JOSEPH GERSON FOR BUZZFLASH AT TRUTHOUT On September 20, in a formal UN ceremony, the Nuclear Weapons Prohibition Treaty will be opened for signatures. The treaty further stigmatizes nuclear weapons and seeks to outlaw their use, threatened the use, development, testing, production, manufacture, acquisition, possession or stockpiling nuclear weapons, transfer and deployment. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if we could unconditionally … Continue reading →

Now is the Time: Ban and Abolish Nuclear Weapons!

No to war - no to NATO Posted on July 23, 2017 by

Now is the Time: Ban and Abolish Nuclear Weapons! Declaration of Scientists for Peace Germany (NatWiss) of March 27 2017 on the UN-Negotiations for a Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty Today, on March 27, in New York, negotiations start on a treaty “to prohibit nuclear weapons, leading towards their total elimination”. The large majority of United Nations supports the negotiations, except the nuclear weapons states and their allies. The arguments for a Ban Treaty and total nuclear abolition are overwhelming and … Continue reading →

Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons

No to war - no to NATO Posted on July 23, 2017 by

United Nations conference to negotiate a legally binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons, leading towards their total elimination New York, 27 – 31 March and 15 June – 7 July 2017 Agenda item 9 | Negotiations, pursuant to paragraph 8 of General Assembly resolution 71/258 of 23 December 2016, on a legally binding instrument to prohibit nuclear weapons, leading towards their total elimination. http://www.converge.org.nz/pma/A-CONF.229-2017-8.pdf … Continue reading →

FAQ: A treaty prohibiting nuclear weapons

No to war - no to NATO Posted on July 22, 2017 by

mailing ICAN 13.07.2017 Dear friends, Last week we banned nuclear weapons. It still feels a bit surreal to think that we pulled it off. But what does it all mean? Treaties and international law is sometimes a complex issue, and we’ve gotten a lot of questions about what the treaty does and how it will work. So we thought we collect the most common questions we get. What does the treaty prohibit? The treaty prohibits states from developing, testing, producing, manufacturing, … Continue reading →

Zia Mian on the Nuclear Weapons Ban and Prohibition Treaty

No to war - no to NATO Posted on July 22, 2017 by

a letter from Joseph Gerson AFSC, USA I had the privilege of attending the opening and penultimate sessions of the Nuclear Weapons Ban and Prohibition Treaty negotiations at the U.N. this spring and summer. And, midst considerable celebration, on July 7, representatives of the majority of the world’s governments agreed to a treaty designed to outlaw the development, testing, producing, possession, stockpiling, use and threatened use of nuclear weapons and considerably more. The next major steps will be to get … Continue reading →