ICAN takes off in the UK
An ICAN forum in London attracted members of Medact, Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND), Pugwash, Abolition 2000, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom (WILPF), Acronym Institute, British American Security Information Council (BASIC), Pax Cristi, Pugwash, and Abolition 2000.
All groups are passionate about ICAN and plans are underway to ensure this campaign is able to carry the message of nuclear abolition throughout the UK.
The current Core Members of ICAN-UK are:
Abolition 2000 UK
Abolition 2000 UK is part of a global coalition working for an international convention against nuclear weapons. Abolition 2000 UK was founded in October 1996 and is a coordinating and facilitating office for more than 100 groups in Scotland, Wales and England that have signed the Abolition 2000 statement. Abolition 2000 UK exchanges information, organises cooperative action, produces papers and campaigning material and 'fills the gaps' left by its supporting groups.
Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament
CND campaigns non-violently to rid the world of nuclear weapons and other weapons of mass destruction and to create genuine security for future generations. CND opposes all nuclear and other weapons of mass destruction: their development, manufacture, testing, deployment and use or threatened use by any country.
Greenpeace UK
Greenpeace stands for positive change through action. We defend the natural world and promote peace. We investigate, expose and confront environmental abuse by governments and corporations around the world. We champion environmentally responsible and socially just solutions, including scientific and technical innovation. Our goal is to ensure the ability of the earth to nurture life in all its diversity.
Medact
Medact speaks out for countless people across the globe whose health, wellbeing and access to proper health care are severely compromised by the effects of war, poverty and environmental damage. As health professionals, we campaign and we lobby governments, international bodies and other influential organisations. We call on them to take positive action on preventing violent conflict, improving health and on raising the standards of health care worldwide.
Movement for the Abolition of War
The Movement for the Abolition of War, inspired by Sir Joseph Rotblat's call for a campaign against war itself, was founded Britain in 2001. It works to change our current culture of war and militarism into a culture of peace. This involves helping to build the global structures of law, political and economic justice and education which will make non violent solutions to international conflict both possible and normal.
Pax Christi British Section
Pax Christi, Peace of Christ, is a gospel-based lay-inspired, peacemaking movement. Founded in the Catholic Church, its membership is open to individuals, groups and organisations of all faiths that are in sympathy with its aims and values. It is affiliated to Pax Christi International. Pax Christi strives to help the Church and the wider community to proclaim and to make peace, through its experience and ideas, and especially through the witness and action of its members.
Scientists for Global Responsibility
Scientists for Global Responsibility promotes ethical science, design and technology based on the principles of openness, accountability, peace, social justice, and environmental sustainability. It is an independent UK-based membership organisation of about 950 natural and social scientists, engineers, IT professionals and architects. It carries out research, education, and lobbying centred around the military, environmental and political aspects of science, design and technology, and provides a support network for ethically-concerned professionals in these fields.
Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom UK
WILPF aims to facilitate structural changes to achieve social, economic and political equality for all without discrimination on grounds of sex, race, religion or any other grounds. To achieve these goals WILPF works for the abolition of the war system and the elimination of the root causes of war and conflict; the abolition of violence and coercion in the settlement of conflict, as well as the use of dialogue, negotiation and conciliation for non-violent resolution of conflict; total and universal disarmament; the elimination of racism, racial and all other forms of discrimination; sustainable economic and social development that meets the needs of all peoples and protects bio-diversity and the Earth's limited resources; the promotion and protection of women's rights and equal and full participation of women in all political, social and economic processes; political and social equality and economic justice; the strengthening of the United Nations system and the development of, and respect for, international law.
World Court Project UK
Contact: geowcpuk@gn.apc.org
Since its formation in October 1991, the UK branch of the World Court Project (WCPUK) has seen its core role as helping to educate British legislators, decision-makers, media and public on the legal path to nuclear disarmament. Underlying this has been a broader aim of raising public awareness about the importance of the World Court’s work as a model of how international law can be used to advance world peace as part of the United Nations system. WCPUK has worked to form a bridge between lawyers and grassroots support, interpreting legal arguments for non-lawyers. WCPUK is now working as part of an international coalition which is seeking Working to publicise and have implemented the 8 July 1996 Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice on the legal status of the threat or use of nuclear weapons
