35 nations call for nuclear ban
22 October 2012 “All states must intensify their efforts to outlaw nuclear weapons and achieve a world free of nuclear weapons.” That was the message delivered by Switzerland on behalf of 35 states in...
View ArticleUN chief backs ICAN initiative
9 November 2012 United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has written to a group of high school students in Hiroshima, Japan, expressing his support for their project to send 1000 hand-folded paper...
View ArticleWill the “responsible states” please stand up?
Over the last two weeks, approximately 120 government delegations have been gathered at the UN in Geneva to discuss the implementation (and lack thereof) of the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT)....
View ArticleUN Secretary General praises Nuclear Ban Treaty but fails to take a stand
In his speech the launch of the UN’s new Disarmament Agenda “Securing Our Future”, Secretary General António Guterres praised the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) but failed to...
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