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Pressenza publishes below the full statement published today by six international health organizations regarding the entry into force of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. On the eve of the historic Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons…

As the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons approaches entry into force this Friday, we asked our regular contributor, Carlos Umaña, from the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) what this treaty is all about and why it’s…

As the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons approaches entry into force, the updated version of the Nuclear Weapons Ban Monitor report is published. Eyes on Europe as treaty banning nuclear weapons enters into force Europe stands out as…

Video Testimonies from Fukushima in 7 Languages: Ms Oga Ayako, who evacuated from Okuma Town in Fukushima Prefecture to Niigata Prefecture In cooperation with the environmental NGO Friends of the Earth Japan (FoE Japan), Peace Boat has launched the next…

December 12th Climate Ambition Summit: Global Movement Calls For Urgent Action To Address The Climate Crisis The Cop26 Coalition, a coalition of organizations campaigning for urgent action on the climate crisis, criticized the UK government’s Climate Ambition Summit on the 12th…

By Tariq Rauf* for the Toda Peace Institute. The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) unnecessarily has become a bitter bone of contention between the non-nuclear-weapon States (NNWS) supporting this treaty and most of the nuclear-armed States and…

30-year-old Sarah McBride was elected to the state parliament of Delaware with a majority of 73 percent of the votes. The first transgender senator advocates a socially just health policy, paid sick leave and the rights of queer people. After…

In 1987, the United States and the Soviet Union came to an agreement to eliminate their stocks of intermediate-range and shorter-range (or “medium-range”) land-based missiles (which could carry nuclear warheads). In February 2019, the United States announced it was suspending…

The Dalai Lama joined campaigners around the world in celebrating the impending entry into force of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. As an avowed campaigner for the elimination of all nuclear weapons, I welcome the fact that…

The Middle East Treaty Organization (METO) extends its warmest congratulations to the governments of all those states that have ratified the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW), a treaty which prohibits the development, testing, production, acquisition, possession, stockpiling,…