International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons

The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, a global movement initiated by the Nobel-prize-winning International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War, was launched internationally on the opening day of the 2007 nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) meeting.

"Nuclear weapons have provided us with the capacity of self-destruction. These weapons are suicidal, genocidal and ecocidal," commented Felicity Hill, coordinator of ICAN and former peace and security adviser for the United Nations. "We know - and have stressed time and again - that we can't cure nuclear war. But we certainly can prevent it."

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