ICAN around the world
ICAN at IPPNW World Congress in Basel, Switzerland
The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear weapons (ICAN) has featured in workshops, plenaries and consultations with over 50 nations delegates to the IPPNW 19th World Congress, which has been held in Basel from 25-29 August.
ICAN marks first International Day Against Nuclear Tests
Sunday August 29th 2010
The first United Nations Day Against Nuclear Tests is being held on Sunday August 29. The date commemorates the closure of the former Soviet Union’s main nuclear test site, Semipalatinsk in Kazakhstan in 1991, after 42 years of nuclear testing.
About our new Million Pleas initiative
The new Million Pleas initiative was launched on 6 August 2010, the 65th anniversary of the atomic bombing of Hiroshima, just three days before a second atomic bomb was dropped on the Japanese city of Nagasaki.
Hiroshima and Nagasaki remain the only cities ever to have had nuclear weapons used against them in war, though thousands of nuclear tests have been conducted around the world since.
This new initiative aims to gather one million pleas from people all over the globe calling on the leaders of nine nations to finally retire the bomb. (learn more about nuclear weapons today)
Million Pleas campaign launched on the 65th anniversary of Hiroshima bombing
Media Release, Australia: August 6, 2010: Australians are being urged to help create the world’s longest video chain letter to appeal to world leaders to abolish nuclear weapons.
The unique grassroots ‘Million Pleas’ campaign, initiated in Australia, is being launched to mark the 65th anniversary of the bombing of Hiroshima.
Cluster Bomb Treaty Comes Into Force - Nuclear Weapons Convention next?
In the week leading up to the 65th anniversary of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombs, a global treaty banning cluster bombs has come into force.
The treaty gives hope to the worldwide movement pushing for a global Nuclear Weapons Convention.
