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. The World Congress concludes today, with physicians, medical students, NGO and government representatives, Mayors and others having spent a productive and invigorating week in discussion and planning around key IPPNW priority issues, including the ICAN campaign. 

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"This Congress has seen a real boost in activity, planning and activism around the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear weapons," said Dimity Hawkins, Campaign Director for ICAN Australia. "Spending a week with around 600 delegates from over 50 countries in focussed and productive discussions has provided the campaign with a renewed global push.

"Discussions around the humanitarian issues to do with nuclear weapons abolition have been of particular interest to many delegations throughout Europe and beyond.  There is vigorous agreement on the importance and urgent need for a Nuclear Weapons Convention. We look forward to seeing ICAN strenghtened from the discussions and consultations we have had at this important World Congress."

ICAN was launched as a key campaign priority of the International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW) in 2006 at the 17th World Congress in Helsinki. ICAN now has partner organisations across the world.