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Buddhist Leader Pushes for Nuclear Abolition Treaty
International News, June 25th, 2010
An eminent Buddhist thinker, Daisaku Ikeda, has called for an early start of negotiations for a global treaty to abolish nuclear weapons and all other weapons of mass destruction, to coincide -- ideally -- with the 70th anniversary of the atom bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
Towards Nuclear Abolition
Report, June 2010, Tim Wright
This report documents the growing support among governments at the Non-Proliferation Treaty review conference for the negotiation of a Nuclear Weapons Convention.
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Australia marks Nuclear Abolition Day
Event, June 5,2010
ICAN Australia has launched a new short film to mark Nuclear Abolition Day. The "Who By Fire" video is a retelling of the legend of Prometheus set against an iconic Melbourne landmark, Harold Freedman's "Legend of Fire" mural located in the top end of Australia's second largest city. See the film here:
UN Secretary-General supports Nuclear Abolition Day
Press release: June 3, 2010
This Saturday several thousand people will take part in 50 simultaneous actions in 25 countries as a response to the Non-Proliferation Treaty review conference, which concluded last Friday.
An urgent plea for elimination on Nuclear Abolition Day
Opinion: June 5, 2010, Tilman Ruff
The future of humanity and our world can only be free of nuclear weapons. There is no other way. It must be completed urgently, before our luck runs out. The bargain at the heart of the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) is sound.
