Archbishop joins call for end to nuclear weapons
Source: Anglican Communion News Service Original post date: 18 March 2015The Archbishop of Wales is joining a call for the international community to develop a robust plan of action that will rid...
View ArticleConference on Disarmament hold plenary meeting
Source: BioPrepWatch Original post date: 19 March 2015The Conference on Disarmament met Tuesday under its new president, Mohamed Auajjar of Morocco, and the Secretary-General of the Agency for the...
View ArticleThe Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty: Promoting Nonproliferation
Source: U.S. Department of State Original post date: 20 March 2015"We simply cannot allow the 21st century to be darkened by the worst weapons of the 20th century."– President Barack...
View ArticleHiroshima, Nagasaki urge Japanese Government to back Austrian Pledge
Source: Kyodo News Original post date: 23 March 2015The mayors of the two Japanese cities that suffered U.S. atomic bombings in 1945 on Monday urged the central government to support an Austrian...
View ArticleNGOs slam Japanese gov't for not backing Austrian Pledge
Source: Kyodo News Original post date: 24 March 2015A group of atomic-bomb survivors and antinuclear organizations criticized the Japanese government on Tuesday for not showing support for an...
View ArticleAs Nuke Talks Begin, U.N. Chief Warns of Dangerous Return to Cold War...
Source: Inter Press Service News Agency Original post date: 30 April 2015UNITED NATIONS, Apr 27 2015 (IPS) - Against the backdrop of a new Cold War between the United States and Russia, two of the...
View ArticleBanning nuclear explosions and the quest for nuclear disarmament
Source: CTBTO Original post date: 6 May 2015Banning nuclear explosions and the quest for nuclear disarmamentby Dr Rebecca Johnsonpublished in CTBTO Spectrum Rebecca looks back on the relationship...
View ArticleNPT: cornerstone of nuclear non-proliferation or stumbling block?
Source: Open Democracy Original author(s): Rebecca Johnson Original post date: 28 May 2015After the NPT Review Conference collapsed in disarray last week with disagreement over new proposals for a...
View ArticleNPT: nuclear colonialism versus democratic disarmament
Source: Open Democracy Original author(s): Daniela Verano & Rebecca Johnson Original post date: 21 May 2015A host of nuclear free states are claiming back their power to create the conditions...
View ArticleNow is the time to eliminate all nuclear weapons
Source: The Guardian Original post date: 21 May 2015As the review conference of the parties to the treaty on the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons ends on Friday at the UN in New York, Amnesty...
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