There is an historic opportunity coming, the first Meeting of States Parties to the only treaty making nuclear weapons illegal. No matter which government might be in place, everyone agrees …
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The 2021 report “Perilous Profiteering: The companies building nuclear arsenals and their financial backers” is a joint publication of ICAN and it’s partner PAX. The report details how 338 financial …
In the run up to the tenth Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), which is scheduled to take place in early …
Recommendations to the 2022 NPT Review Conference: gender Read More »
August 6th, 1945. The images of the US atomic bombs that swept away the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki are still vivid in our minds. Just like the human …
As our internships with PAX’ nuclear disarmament team in the humanitarian disarmament division will soon come to an end, we (Nora and Roelien) are happy to take this opportunity to …
During a parliamentary debate on NATO on 15 June, Jasper van Dijk (SP) introduced three motions related to nuclear weapons. While supported by many parties, the numbers weren’t there and …
Last Monday, the Vienna Centre on Disarmament and Non-proliferation (VCDNP) hosted its first webinar in a series leading up to the postponed 2020 Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) review conference. Diplomats and …
The ICAN report “Complicit: 2020 Global Nuclear Weapons Spending” reveals just how much was spent by the nine nuclear armed governments in 2020. The report also explains how much money …
Recently, the State Parties to the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW) decided to suspend some of the privileges and rights Syria has under the Chemical Weapons Convention. …
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On 29 April the Vienna Center for Disarmament and Non-Proliferation (VCDNP) organized a webinar on ‘The European Union’s Role in Non-Proliferation and Disarmament and Its Engagement with Academia and the …
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