Overwhelming majority: negotiate a ban in 2017
A ban on nuclear weapons is coming. The majority have spoken, in one voice: “The convening by the General Assembly of a conference in 2017 open to all states, international …
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UN working group report sends a message to nuclear weapon enablers
There aren’t that many countries in the world that find nuclear weapons useful. There are the 9 that have them (China, France, India, Israel, North Korea, Pakistan, Russian Federation, United …
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The Netherlands should actively negotiate an international nuclear weapons ban treaty
The Dutch government must actively work on the start of negotiations on an international treaty banning nuclear weapons. This motion is one of the outcomes of the parliamentary debate on …
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Talking Transparency
During the recent nuclear weapons working group meeting in Geneva, PAX delivered a statement on the issue of transparency. The statement includes a series of recommendations for countries that don’t …
Dutch Parliament: the Netherlands needs to negotiate an international nuclear weapons ban treaty
As a result of the citizen’s initiative by PAX, ASN Bank and the Dutch Red Cross, the Dutch Parliament today held a debate on a national ban on nuclear weapons. The result …
Escalating tensions: The perfect time to negotiate
PAX’s new policy brief: Escalating tensions: The perfect time to negotiate the outlaw and elimination of nuclear weapons is now available.
70 years is enough: Time to ban the bomb
Summertime in Hiroshima means heat and humidity. The noises of summer include things you might hear in any city, the clang of street cars, the persistent hum of cicadas, the …
Dutch ban on nuclear weapons is one step closer!
PAX has collected more than 40,000 signatures in the citizens initiative “Sign against nuclear weapons” (Teken Tegen Kernwapens). This means that the Dutch parliament must debate a national ban on …
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70 years since the “Gadget”
70 years ago today, the first nuclear device was exploded in Almogordo New Mexico. Robert Oppenheimer named the test “Trinity”, but folks working on the secret desert project called it …
ICAN in London
On the eve of the 60th anniversary of the Russell Einstein manifesto, more than 60 campaigners gathered in London to prepare for negotiations on a treaty banning nuclear weapons.