No More Con Games! Abolish Nuclear Weapons Now!
by N.D.Jayaprakash One of the biggest failures of the United Nations (UN) since its founding was its inability to halt the nuclear arms race and take any significant step towards…
Toward a Treaty Prohibiting Nuclear Weapons
By Daryl G. Kimball Nearly five decades ago, the 1968 nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) established the requirement that states-parties pursue “effective measures” to end the nuclear arms race and to…
Draft ban treaty released. Negotiations continue June 15 – July 7, 2017
The United Nations will host the second session of negotiations on a legally binding agreement to prohibit nuclear weapons in New York from June 15 to July 7. The negotiations…
UN talks to ban nuclear weapons: what can they achieve?
REBECCA JOHNSON, 19 April 2017 What should the nuclear ban treaty include – and what difference does it make, if nuclear-armed governments refuse to join the talks? Although most nuclear-armed…
Ending nuclear lawlessness
Zia Mian & M.V. Ramana The attempt at the UN to ban atomic weapons is based on the premise that all countries deserve equal security In the last week of…