International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons

Our launch

ICAN was launched in Australia on 23 April 2007 at a luncheon event at Parliament House, Melbourne, featuring Judge Weeramantry, formerly of the International Court of Justice, former Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser, and Professor Fred Mendelsohn, Director of the Howard Florey Institute of Experimental Physiology and Medicine.

Video messages were sent by former Foreign Minister and Weapons of Mass Destruction Commissioner Gareth Evans, and Nobel Laureate Jody Williams.

Our priorities

• Adopt a nuclear-free defence posture: Australia's diplomatic efforts towards nuclear disarmament, some of which are commendable, are compromised by our continued sheltering under the US nuclear umbrella. Rejecting the use of nuclear weapons in our defence will help de-legitimise these genocidal weapons and the military policies that support them.
• Cease producing bomb fuel: Australia should terminate its role in the production of nuclear bomb fuel by ceasing uranium mining and export, above all to any nation that has nuclear weapons or is not a signatory to the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.