Author name: Selma van Oostwaard

Selma supports all the disarmament work at PAX with a special emphasis on the No Nukes team. In 2014 she and other PAX disarmament campaigners launched a public campaign in the Netherlands to initiate the creation of national legislation to outlaw nuclear weapons: www.tekentegenkernwapens.nl. One of the result of this national campaign is that a vast majority of the House wants the Netherlands to start working internationally for a nuclear weapons ban.

Invitation debate 4 March: A Crisis We Cannot Prepare For: The Humanitarian Consequences of Nuclear Weapons”

Actie, Action, Nieuws / June 17, 2020 / ,

Nuclear weapons are often presented as promoting security, particularly during times of international instability. However, testimonies by nuclear experts and former nuclear force officers have shown that accidental nuclear-weapon detonations …

Invitation debate 4 March: A Crisis We Cannot Prepare For: The Humanitarian Consequences of Nuclear Weapons” Read More »

Overlevende Hiroshima roept op samen te zorgen voor kernwapenverbod

Actie, Analyse, Nieuws / July 3, 2020 / , , , , ,

De Japanse Setsuko Thurlow (83) heeft het allemaal zien gebeuren. Zij is overlevende van de atoomaanval op Hiroshima en weet als geen ander wat een vreselijke gevolgen zo’n aanval heeft. …

Overlevende Hiroshima roept op samen te zorgen voor kernwapenverbod Read More »