During Nuclear Abolition Week (6-13 July), humanitarian, environmental and peace organisations are taking to the streets in a concerted effort to demand the start of a process to ban nuclear weapons.
Nuclear Abolition Week in Canada
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Celebrities to Obama: Zero nukes!
Celebrities supporting the Global Zero campaign call on U.S. President Barack Obama to seek further cuts in US-Russian nuclear weapon stockpiles and work towards the total elimination of nuclear weapons.
Get rid of the nukes, part two!
According to a recent New York Times report, the United States is “quietly urging” Britain to abandon its “independent nuclear deterrent”.
Canada and missile defence
Canadian missile defence supporters are back in the news, arguing once again that Canada should join the U.S. missile defence system to protect against the North Korean Nuclear Threat.
Get rid of the nukes!
A delegation from the Abolition 2000 network visited the Clyde Naval Base in Faslane, Scotland on April 19th and released the Faslane Declaration, which calls on the UK to remove the nuclear weapons based in Scotland, abandon nuclear deterrence, and join negotiations for global nuclear abolition.