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 …
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Open brief aan de OEWG
Nederlandse regering omarmt motie internationale onderhandelingen over verbod op kernwapens Op 28 april 2016 debatteerde de Tweede Kamer over het burgerinitiatief Teken tegen Kernwapens REF www.tekentegenkernwapens.nl. Dit burgerinitiatief van PAX, …
Escalating tensions: The perfect time to negotiate
PAX’s new policy brief: Escalating tensions: The perfect time to negotiate the outlaw and elimination of nuclear weapons is now available.
70 years is enough: Time to ban the bomb
Summertime in Hiroshima means heat and humidity. The noises of summer include things you might hear in any city, the clang of street cars, the persistent hum of cicadas, the …
Dutch ban on nuclear weapons is one step closer!
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 …
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70 years since the “Gadget”
70 years ago today, the first nuclear device was exploded in Almogordo New Mexico. Robert Oppenheimer named the test “Trinity”, but folks working on the secret desert project called it …
ICAN in London
On the eve of the 60th anniversary of the Russell Einstein manifesto, more than 60 campaigners gathered in London to prepare for negotiations on a treaty banning nuclear weapons.
The end of the review conference, the beginning of action
And it’s over. A month of revolving negotiations in New York, a month of reiterated statements, a month of diplomatic back and forth, a month of so called negotiations, and… …
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Strategies for Abolition – ICAN and the Ban
Today at the NPT RevCon, I spoke at a wonderful side-event organised by IALANA and INES, “Strategies for Abolition.” This is a transcript of my talk – about the International …
Dutch parliament: Negotiate a ban!
On Thursday, 23 April the Dutch Parliament (Tweede Kamer) adopted a motion saying the government must join, in a substantive manner, international negotiations on a treaty banning nuclear weapons, without …