A Step Away from Destruction
Phillip Knightley (One Man’s View) / 16 April 2013 courtesy: Khaleej Times The 50th anniversary of the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament’s first march is coming up and the air is…
Ten Countries Discuss Practical Steps Towards a Comprehensive Nuclear Disarmament
Ten countries met today in The Hague to discuss nuclear disarmament and practical steps to tackle the further spread of nuclear weapons. ‘We are working towards a nuclear-weapons-free world,’ said foreign minister Frans Timmermans, the host of the conference.
Gensuikyo’s Letter to the Heads of Nuclear Weapon States
It will soon be the 68th summer since Hiroshima and Nagasaki were obliterated by two atomic bombs. With call of the survivors who witnessed the “nuclear hell” for “No more Hiroshimas, No more Nagasakis, No more Hibakusha” and mounting public support for them, a historic momentum is building up to achieve the abolition of nuclear weapons.
After Oslo: A Ban on Nuclear Weapons?
A quiet revolution took place in Oslo earlier this month. More than 120 governments, UN agencies, the International Committee of the Red Cross and civil society gathered to debate the problem of nuclear weapons, not in military and geopolitical terms, as has been done for decades, but through a humanitarian lens.