The Coalition of Nuclear Disarmament and Peace(CNDP) strongly condemns the nuclear weapons test by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK). The North Korean regime, which is highly authoritarian and militarist, has tried to consolidate itself internally through such aggressive moves. Carried out in defiance of the opinions of international citizens groups desirous of peace, this display of nuclear bravado will only embolden the nuclear hawks in other countries, including the United States, Japan and South Korea, thereby promoting the possibility of further nuclear weapons acquisition while adding fuel to regional and global militarization and arms racing.
Statement against India-UK nuclear cooperation
We strongly oppose the joint statement between UK and India signed during PM Modi’s visit to London, which calls for renewed push in the civil nuclear sector. The nuclear cooperation is absurd and dangerous.
Women, weapons and war: A gendered critique of multilateral instruments
This new briefing paper from Reaching Critical Will considers synergies—and contradictions—related to gender and women in a number of multilateral resolutions, treaties, and commitments on conventional weapons and women’s rights and participation, including the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT), the UN Programme of Action on trade in small arms and light weapons (UNPoA), and resolutions from UN Security Council, UN Human Rights Council, and UN General Assembly.
Statement on gender and disarmament to the UN General Assembly First Committee
On 16 October 2015, Reaching Critical Will’s Director Ray Acheson delivered the following statement to the UN General Assembly First Committee on Disarmament and International Security.
Generation of Change: A Youth Pledge for Nuclear Abolition
his pledge was introduced on August 30, 2015, at the International Youth Summit for Nuclear Abolition in Hiroshima, Japan. Scroll down to the bottom of the page to add your signature to the pledge.




