4 weeks to go: Using nuclear weapons
It is amazing to think that four weeks from today, negotiations will begin on a new treaty to prohibit nuclear weapons. This treaty will be have a significant impact on …
5 weeks to go: Having nuclear weapons
Its hard to believe that in five weeks, negotiations will finally start on a treaty to prohibit nuclear weapons. Last week, an organisational meeting took place to start arranging the …
6 weeks: Happy Anniversary Tlatelolco!
Its hard to believe that there are only six weeks remaining until negotiations begin on a nuclear weapons prohibition. This week is also the 50th anniversary of the first regional …
7 weeks to go: Getting nuclear weapons
Ban negotiations are getting a closer- seven weeks to go! This week I look at getting nuclear weapons. Next week an organisational meeting will take place in New York to talk arrange …
8 Weeks to go: Making nuclear weapons
There are now eight weeks to go until the start of negotiations on a nuclear ban treaty. Today’s piece is going to look at the making of nuclear weapons. In …
9 weeks until negotiations- What are we banning?
There are now nine weeks left until negotiations begin on a nuclear ban treaty, and the question of what exactly is being banned is a good one to ask. Since …
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James Mattis, minister van Defensie
“Naar mijn mening is afschrikking van essentieel belang, omdat we willen dat die wapens nooit worden gebruikt. Daarom moet de afschrikking veilig en dwingend zijn. Anders creëren wij de mogelijkheid …
Getting ready for a ban
In 10 weeks, the first negotiating conference will begin to negotiate a new treaty to prohibit nuclear weapons. The ban treaty is the next big thing in multilateral nuclear disarmament. …
P5 Promise to…..talk?
Representatives from China, France, Russia, UK and US (the P5) just met in Washington DC to talk about nuclear weapons. They issued a statement from that meeting, describing what they …
PAX condemns North Korea nuclear test
North Korea announced it conducted another nuclear weapons test, the largest to date. This continues a cycle of repeated nuclear weapon and missile testing. PAX condemns this harmful and destabilizing action. North Korea …