Dutch parliament hearing on modernisation
Today, there was a hearing in the Dutch Parliamentary subcommittee on defence issues. Attended by a number of parties- CDA, VVD, PvDA and SP, the committee heard from Hans Kristensen …
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Netherlands now on an unstoppable path towards denuclearization
A motion proposed by member of parliament Van Dijk (SP) was adopted in which the Parliament agreed that the successor to the F-16 fighter jet may not have a nuclear …
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Dutch Foreign Minister Timmermans: NATO allies have no say in B61 modernization
In a little-noted but revealing letter to Parliament on 25 October 2013, Dutch Foreign Minister Frans Timmermans (Social-Democrat) answered questions by MP Raymond Knops (Christian-Democrat) by saying that NATO allies …
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Question, but not answer time
Following the revelation by former Prime Minister Ruud Lubbers confirming the public secret of nuclear weapons stored in the Netherlands, today a number of members of the Dutch parliament raised …
Cheese not nukes – at the opening of the Dutch parliamentary season
Prinsjesdag, is a traditional Dutch day in which the King opens the new Dutch parliamentary session, arriving in a golden carriage together with the Queen, to deliver a speech to …
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We need a legal prohibition
In Geneva, this week and next, the UN General Assembly’s Open Ended Working Group to take forward proposals for multilateral disarmament is meeting. While the name is a bit of …
Anti nuke activists arrested at Faslane base – an update
Forty seven protesters including No Nukes Team member Krista van Velzen were arrested yesterday morning blockading the Faslane Naval Base, in Scotland, calling for Trident nuclear weapons based there to …
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Protest against Trident: will Scotland vote to be a nuclear weapon free independent country?
Thousands of people were rallying on the streets of Glasgow to scrap Trident, No Nukes Team Member Krista van Velzen being one of them. Below you’ll find a short report …
Susi in Berlin- What can civil society do?
I spoke at an event in Berlin last week on the topic: What can civil society do for a nuclear weapons free world? The room was packed full- over 100 …
NAM calls for a nuclear weapons free world by 2025
The Non Aligned Movement (NAM) opened its week long discussions yesterday, issuing a call for a nuclear weapons ban, and the ultimate removal of nuclear weapons by 2025. The NAM, …
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