It is estimated that the United States will spend $700 billion or more over the next decade on nuclear weapons and related programs. Russia continues …
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Nuclear disarmament
Over 1 million signatures for a nuclear weapon-free world
Gensuikyo , the Japan Council against A and H Bombs, recently sent a 16-member delegation to New York to submit a 1,029,031-signature petition calling for …
Mayors for Peace reaches 5,000 members
Mayors for Peace, a Japan-based NGO that seeks the abolition of nuclear weapons worldwide through disarmament, passed a membership milestone earlier this month. More …
Canada makes the wrong move at Conference on Disarmament
Cesar Jaramillo, program officer at Project Ploughshares, argues against the recent decision to boycott the UN Conference on Disarmament (Cesar Jaramillo, “Canada’s disarmament conference boycott …
June 25th: Nuclear Abolition Day
The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) is coordinating ‘Nuclear Abolition Day’ to mobilize for a treaty to outlaw and eliminate all nuclear weapons. …
Experts urge Canadian leadership on nuclear ban
From a meeting in Ottawa last month (“Experts urge Canadian leadership to ban nuclear weapons,” 18 April 2011): The Canadian government should join a new …