Burning smell
“We didn’t know what had happened to us. They informed us about this toxic bomb later.” We are standing in Funairi Mutsumi-en, a nursing home for survivors of the atomic …
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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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NATO: Increasing the role of nuclear weapons
The Heads of State and Government that participated in the NATO summit in Warsaw Poland on 8-9 July 2016 issued a series of documents and statements, including a Summit Communiqué …
Bertha von Suttner: What would she say about nuclear deterrence?
On 16 June 2016, the Peace Palace Library in The Hague held a commemorative lecture in honor of Bertha von Suttner (1843-1914). Lecturers Dr. Hope Elizabeth May (Professor of Philosophy, …
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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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May session UN Open-ended Working Group ends with huge support for ban
The new UN working group on nuclear disarmament, the Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG), completed its second and most substantive session in Geneva today. 100 governments participated over the course of …
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Interfaith statement presented in Geneva
During the recent meeting in Geneva of the “Open Ended Working Group to take forward multilateral nuclear disarmament negotiations”, or nuclear working group, a group of diverse faith-based organizations issued …
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 …
Open Letter to Open Ended Working group
Dutch government embraces motion calling for ban negotiations [PDF] To all delegations at the Open Ended Working Group on taking forward multilateral nuclear disarmament negotiations, On April 28, 2016, the …
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 …