The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons is a global grassroots movement for total nuclear disarmament through a legally binding and verifiable Nuclear Weapons Convention. Such a treaty would ban the production, testing, use and possession of nuclear weapons, and establish a timeframe for their elimination. A model convention prepared by non-government organisations has the endorsement of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.

ICAN was launched in 2007 as an initiative of International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPNW), a global federation of medical professionals. Today more than 200 organizations in 50 countries are part of ICAN and thousands of individuals have signed our pledge for a nuclear-weapon-free world. We provide a voice to the overwhelming majority of people across the globe who support abolition.

There is no other weapon that can kill hundreds of millions of people in a few hours and bring about the end of human civilization. Nuclear weapons are illegal, immoral and genocidal. They have no legitimate purpose, and are futile against any of today's real security threats, such as climate change, poverty, over-population and pandemics. In fact, they divert funds needed to address these problems.

In the coming years, ICAN hopes to generate an irresistible groundswell of public opposition to nuclear weapons, in all countries. We aim to inspire political leaders to negotiate a treaty abolishing these worst weapons of terror, before they are used again. Together we must work for one future, with zero nuclear weapons.