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By: Mohamed Soulaimana Azhar* Nuclear disarmament issues are often seen as far removed from the realities of Africa. Yet East Africa and the Indian Ocean constitute a major geostrategic region at the crossroads of international shipping routes, energy resources, the…

The German Basic Constitution was adopted in 1949, still under the immediate shadow of World War II, which Germany had started. It contains provisions that criminalize military activities originating from Germany with the intent to aggress. Yet, to this day,…

Here you have the essential arguments that people who cannot or will not think freely never mention Nuclear weapons are undemocratic, useless, criminal, terrorist, and unethical – they cannot serve deterrence without being used, and their development steals the resources…

Nuclear weapons are the most devastating human invention, and their destructive capacity has increased in recent times; together with investments in the war industry, they pose the greatest existential threat facing humanity today. Is nuclear disarmament possible? How can we…

Members of the ICAN and the Greek Anti-Nuclear Alliance invited ICAN Executive Director Melissa Parke to Athens. Melissa Parke, with her rich CV as Australia’s Minister for Internal Development and as a UN expert in Kosovo, Gaza, Yemen, Lebanon, and…

The Third Meeting of States Parties (3MSP) to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) concluded successfully on March 7 at the United Nations Headquarters in New York with a strong political declaration rejecting nuclear weapons, challenging deterrence…

Nuclear Ban Week in New York began on Sunday, March 2, with a meeting of ICAN activists at the iconic Riverside Church in New York, one day before the 3MSP (Conference of the States Parties) at the United Nations. By…

“89 seconds to the end of the world”. The hands of the Doomsday Clock are ticking and not only that: in a few days the United States will host the third meeting dedicated to the TPNW – Treaty on the…

Statement by the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) to the 79th session of the First Committee of the UN General Assembly Delivered by Seth Shelden, General Counsel and United Nations Liaison, ICAN 16 October 2024 Excellencies, distinguished delegates,…

We are being inundated with demonstrations, protests, webinars, conferences, and numerous face-to-face and virtual events calling for peace, opposing war, and warning of the danger of conflicts that could escalate into a third world war or a first nuclear war…