ICAN around the world
Ban Ki-moon
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon provides a message of support for ICAN's Nuclear Abolition Day, a global day of action held on June 5, 2010, to call for a treaty banning nuclear weapons.
Video endorsement message
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Why support disarmament?
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Dr Kate Dewes on activism
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Nuclear Abolition Day message
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Schoolchildren from Hiroshima
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With more than 200 partner organizations in 60 countries, we provide a voice to the overwhelming majority of people globally who support the prompt abolition of nuclear weapons.
Prominent individuals such as anti-apartheid leader Desmond Tutu, the Dalai Lama and Nobel Peace Prize winner Jody Williams have lent their support to the campaign.
This 8-page booklet provides an overview of ICAN since its inception in 2007. It outlines the direction the campaign is taking following the NPT Review Conference and describes why a Nuclear Weapons Convention is the most realistic path to zero. Download
Towards Nuclear Abolition is an ICAN report of the eighth Non-Proliferation Treaty review conference, held in New York in May 2010. It documents the growing support among nations for the negotiation of a convention to outlaw and eliminate all nuclear weapons. Download
This 20-page booklet describes the nuclear problem and outlines why a Nuclear Weapons Convention is needed. It argues that nuclear weapons are inhumane, make the world less secure, are harmful to the environment and are a waste of money. Download
