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 …
Analysis
Dutch parliament to U.S. House of Representatives: No modernisation of nuclear bombs on our behalf.
Representing a majority in the Dutch Parliament, Raymond Knops of the Dutch Christian Democratic Party (CDA) last night hand delivered a letter to the U.S. House of Representatives. The letter …
Obama announces less nuclear weapons world wide, but new ones in the Netherlands
Obama announced today in Berlin that the U.S. will dismantle a third of its nuclear arsenal. IKV Pax Christi is enthusiastic about Obama’s new promise of cuts that go far …
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On Scotland
Next year, the people of Scotland will decide in a referendum whether or not Scotland will continue as an independent sovereign state or stay as a part of the United …
And Egypt walked out…
A couple of years ago, during a statement by Iran, the EU attempted a walkout from the NPT Review Conference. They didn’t announce it, they didn’t coordinate it too well …
The problem with NATO state compliance
“Yes, but we need to take into consideration the complex and diverse views in NATO.” If I got a penny any time a diplomat said this to me at the …
Will the Netherlands lead the way to nuclear disarmament?
A desire to be consistent in nuclear policy is the justification the Dutch have given for not joining along with more than 70 other states in a joint statement on …
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The Iranian Story
The week I talked to the Head of the Iranian Delegation, who is not only a diplomat, but also a veteran of the Iran-Iraq War. My fellow IKV Pax Christi …
How to make friends and alienate people
In my bookshelf I have a copy of Dale Carnegie’s How to Win Friends & Influence People. I haven’t read it. Yet. Why would a twenty year old man, content-with-life, have …
Coffee breaks and after party
A day full of workshops, talks and discussion lies ahead of us when we wake up in our Hostel in Geneva. The final day for the NGO’s to prepare for …