Lubbers, van Agt – Who’s next?
Former Prime Minister Van Agt confirmed on a radio programme Dit is Dag Wednesday that there are indeed nuclear weapons at Volkel. This is the second former Prime Minster of …
Analysis
A world without nuclear weapons testing
The international Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) adopted by the United Nations has the support of many of the world’s nuclear weapons-capable nations. But not all. Today, there are …
Netherlands now on an unstoppable path towards denuclearization
A motion proposed by member of parliament Van Dijk (SP) was adopted in which the Parliament agreed that the successor to the F-16 fighter jet may not have a nuclear …
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Dutch Foreign Minister Timmermans: NATO allies have no say in B61 modernization
In a little-noted but revealing letter to Parliament on 25 October 2013, Dutch Foreign Minister Frans Timmermans (Social-Democrat) answered questions by MP Raymond Knops (Christian-Democrat) by saying that NATO allies …
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Question, but not answer time
Following the revelation by former Prime Minister Ruud Lubbers confirming the public secret of nuclear weapons stored in the Netherlands, today a number of members of the Dutch parliament raised …
Minister Timmermans maintains Cold War nuclear policy
Peace organization IKV Pax Christi is deeply disappointed by the nuclear weapons policy published today by Dutch Foreign Minister Timmermans. Jan Gruiters, director of IKV Pax Christi said: “Everything remains as it …
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Two Billion at Risk from Nuclear Famine in case of nuclear conflict
International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW), today released a new report concluding that more than two billion people—a quarter of the world’s population—would be at risk …
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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 …
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 …