In the same week that the United States announced its withdrawal from the INF-treaty, the Dutch Advisory Council on International Affairs (AIV) published an advice titled ‘Nuclear weapons in a …
Future of nuclear weapons – report by International Affairs Council Read More »
Late last year the Dutch parliament passed a motion calling on the government to provide a legal analysis as to whether or not the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear …
Dutch Government: Only politics stands in the way of joining the TPNW Read More »
On 2 February, the United States is planning on suspending it’s participation in the only treaty it has ever signed that actually ended an entire type of nuclear weapon- the …
I just got back from quite an exciting time in Geneva. This UN working group set up to take forward multilateral negotiations on nuclear weapons actually voted to do that. …
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, …
Today, NVMP, the Dutch affiliate of the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, hosted a seminar on nuclear weapons and health. About 50 people came together in Amsterdam, …
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 »
Discussions continue in New York at the Review of the NPT. Draft reports were released this past Friday, so the focus is now on language. What goes in, what goes …
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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 …
