Peace and Disarmament
From Vienna to Vilnius, the long-distance confrontation between peace and war forces
European peace movements gathered in Vienna to join forces at this very delicate historical moment and to analyze the situation as well as to propose a line to counter the belligerent drift. The timing chosen is not coincidental: in July,…
Josh Wilson chair of the Australian parliament makes a powerful case for Australia to join the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
Legacy of Nuclear Tests in Australia must not be forgotten This speech by @Josh4Freo this afternoon in Australian Parliament was a powerful tribute following days of conversation with the incredible nuclear survivors, parliamentarians & @ican_australia Legacy of Nuclear Tests in…
ICAN: global spending on nuclear arsenals increased in 2022 for third year in a row
The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) releases the results of its new research on military expenditures related to nuclear arsenals: in 2022, the nuclear-weapon states spent five thousand dollars (4 500 euros) more per minute on their nuclear…
SIPRI report: nuclear weapons continue to increase
In 2022, 82.9 billion dollars were spent on nuclear arsenals. There are 12,512 nuclear warheads and 9,576 in operational status, 86 more than in 2022. The war in Ukraine is driving military spending in Europe to levels not seen since…
Global nuclear weapons spending rises to $82.9 billion by 2022
Total grows for the third year in a row as the nine nuclear weapons states continue to modernise and expand their arsenals. By Alliance for Nuclear Disarmament According to a new report by the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons…
Fighting Remilitarization in Japan
Seishi Hinada is a National Executive Committee member of ZENKO (National Assembly for Peace and Democracy). ZENKO emerged in 1970 out of the student movement in the 1960s. He joined ZENKO in 1981 as a university student activist in Hiroshima’s…
UN chief hails ceasefire agreement between Colombian government and ELN guerrillas
UN Secretary-General António Guterres congratulated the Colombian government and the guerrillas of the National Liberation Army (ELN) for the agreement reached on Friday in Cuba on a six-month bilateral ceasefire, said Stéphane Dujarric, Guterres’ spokesman. The UN chief also praised…
Vienna’s International Summit for Peace in Ukraine Issues a Global Call for Action
During the weekend of June 10-11 in Vienna, Austria, over 300 people representing peace organizations from 32 countries came together for the first time since the Russian invasion of Ukraine to demand an end to the fighting. By Medea Benjamin…
Noam Chomsky – Opening Remarks for the International Peace Summit for Ukraine
Prior to the June 10 & 11 International Peace Summit in Vienna, Joseph Gerson recorded Noam’s brief and cogent remarks, which opened and framed this conference with participants drawn from 32 countries. Noam was clear that for peace and to…
International civil society from Vienna: “We need negotiations that can strengthen the logic of Peace instead of the illogic of war.”
After two intense days of work and discussion, the Final Declaration of International Civil Society has been circulated by the Promoters of the Vienna Peace Summit, and it will be sent to political leaders around the world, calling on them…
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