Nuclear weapons and health
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, …
Dutch politics
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.
Waarom weigert de overheid ons te beschermen tegen kernwapens?
Onze overheid waakt over de gezondheid van onszelf en ons nageslacht, en moedigt ons via campagnes aan zo gezond en veilig mogelijk te leven. Fijn, maar waarom weigert deze overheid …
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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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Susi in New York- Update on NPT Review Conference
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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Dutch Defend Nuclear Sharing in New York
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 …
De spuitende inktvis: Politiek taalgebruik doorgronden, les 1
De Tweede Kamer wil een internationaal verbod op kernwapens. Goed nieuws: Minister Koenders wil dat ook.. Of toch niet? In het ragfijne web van woorden is het lastig te ontwaren …
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Koenders sidesteps resolutions.
And we’re off to a good – if unremarkable – start of the NPT Review Conference 2015. The first days are reserved for statements by individual states, international organisations like …
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 …
What would banning nuclear weapons mean for NATO?
NATO keeps calling itself a nuclear alliance, but what would that mean in a world where nuclear weapons were clearly illegal? PAX has just produced “Dealing with a ban“, a …
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