The time to divest is Now
Yesterday activists gathered at the five-star Okura hotel in Amsterdam to protest at the Annual shareholders meeting of European Aeronautic Defence & Space Company (EADS). This weapons company is known …
Dutch Policy Letter on Nuclear Weapons
After almost 11 months, Minister Timmermans sent Parliament a letter on the Dutch nuclear weapons policies. This is the English translation as provided by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Letter …
Don’t Bank on the Bomb
Financial institutions from around the world invest almost 314 billion US dollar in nuclear weapons producers, IKV Pax Christi reveals Thursday, October 10 in its worldwide research Don’t Bank on …
Cheese not nukes – at the opening of the Dutch parliamentary season
Prinsjesdag, is a traditional Dutch day in which the King opens the new Dutch parliamentary session, arriving in a golden carriage together with the Queen, to deliver a speech to …
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International day against nuclear tests
Today is the international day against nuclear tests. This is an important date in our collective efforts to achieve and maintain a nuclear weapons free world. It is a day …
Why I think the NAC is back
The NAC, or New Agenda Coalition, were once earth rattling mind-changers. They brought us the 13 practical steps in nuclear disarmament. They transformed how we looked at nuclear weapons states- …
We need a legal prohibition
In Geneva, this week and next, the UN General Assembly’s Open Ended Working Group to take forward proposals for multilateral disarmament is meeting. While the name is a bit of …
Divestment as a tool
I just delivered the following remarks to the UN General Assembly Open Ended Working Group on taking forward multilateral nuclear disarmament. I thought it would be interesting to bring out …
Succesful blockade at nuclear weapon base Buchel
Today a group from IKV Pax Christi is joining the blockade of the German military base Büchel that hosts US nuclear weapons. Every gate of the base has been blocked …
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To be or not to be a nuclear weapon state
By: Katja van Hoorn* IKV Pax Christi has organised a student Crash Course on Nuclear Diplomacy and I am one of the lucky few to participate. Together with 7 other …