disarmament

The International Peace Bureau strongly condemns today’s large-scale Israeli military assault on Iranian territory. This operation, which reportedly struck nuclear enrichment sites—including Natanz—ballistic missile facilities, and military leadership compounds, marks a dangerous escalation in an already volatile region. Civilian infrastructure…

Invitation to a special meeting with Kunihiko Sakuma on May 22, 2025 – at the Berlin office of the International Peace Bureau (IPB) or online. On May 22, 2025, the International Peace Bureau (IPB), together with ICAN Germany and the…

The world spent 2.71 trillion $ in the military in 2024, according to new data published on Monday by SIPRI. Global military spending reached $2.7 trillion, representing a 9.4% increase in 2024 compared to the previous year, according to SIPRI…

Ann Wright is a peace activist, former U.S. diplomat, and retired U.S. Army colonel. In 2003, she resigned from the diplomatic service in protest against the Iraq War and has since been tirelessly committed to peace, disarmament, and global justice.…

On March 13, 2025, a public hearing was held in the budget committee of the German Bundestag on the planned amendment to the German constitution for a massive increase in military spending. Peace activist and expert Reiner Braun was invited…

The Mexican government of Claudia Sheinbaum has launched the National Voluntary Disarmament Plan ‘Yes to disarmament, Yes to peace’, a program that aims to get the population to surrender their firearms in exchange for financial compensation. The President, accompanied by…

The power of humanity, the longing for peace and the conviction that violence can never be the solution radiate from the action of the 3rd World March for Peace and Nonviolence in Berlin, which this video impressively captures. By Reto…

On its route through the Alps-Adriatic region, the international base team of the World March reached Sarajevo after setting off from Vienna. There, the team made contact with the organization Mreža za Izgradnju Mira (Network for Peacebuilding), which coordinates around…

This appeal is addressed to all those who refuse to accept the idea that humanity might risk extinction because the ruling classes of the most powerful countries in the world cannot communicate except through the language of weapons. Yet, 35…

The 3rd World March for Peace and Nonviolence began in San Jose, Costa Rica on October 2, 2024, the International Day of Nonviolence, fifteen years after the 1st World March. Now traveling across the five continents, the World March base…