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 …
UN working group report sends a message to nuclear weapon enablers Read More »
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 …
Minister Koenders pleitte tijdens de NAVO-top in Warschau voor nucleaire ontwapening. Toch heeft de Nederlandse regering nog niet de belangrijke stap gezet die andere landen al wel hebben gedaan: zich …
Koenders voor nucleaire ontwapening, dus nu concrete stappen doen Read More »
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 …
Bij het Grote Defensiedebat van Elsevier, afgelopen zondag, verloor Angelien Eijsink de realiteit uit het oog. In tegenstelling tot een door haar gesteunde motie uit 2013 stelde Eijsink nu dat …
Cambridge (Massachusetts, USA) Mayor Denise Simmons announced today that the Cambridge City Council has unanimously decided to divest their city pension fund from nuclear weapons production. This effectively removes US$ 1 …
City of Cambridge agrees to divest US $1 Billion Read More »
Vandaag hebben we de 45.608 handtekeningen voor een verbod op kernwapens aan de Tweede Kamer aangeboden. Enorm bedankt voor alle steun die wij hebben mogen ontvangen! De volgende stap is een …
Mission accomplished: Kernbom afgeleverd in de Tweede Kamer Read More »
PAX’s new policy brief: Escalating tensions: The perfect time to negotiate the outlaw and elimination of nuclear weapons is now available.
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 …
Dutch ban on nuclear weapons is one step closer! Read More »
In a surprising statement this morning at the disarmament committee of the NPT Review Conference, the Dutch Delegation defended nuclear sharing practices. Ambassador Henk Cor van der Kwast said “Some …
