The UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons is another step closer to entry into force as 12 states turned words into action today by signing or ratifying the Treaty at a High Level Ceremony at UN Headquarters in New York... Read More →
During the UNGA event to mark the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons, Mitchie Takeuchi delivered the following statement on behalf of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons... Read More →
Today is going to be a big day. Follow the action (including a high level Ceremony in New York, where the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons will welcome its newest signatories and States Parties). ... Read More →
Nobel Peace Laureates and Laureate organisations, gathered in Yucatán, Mexico this week for the 17th World Summit for Nobel Peace Laureates, have strongly endorsed the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. ... Read More →
From the semaphore signals for “ND” (Nuclear Disarmament), through a broken missile to a nuclear weapon locked in Peace, this is the history of ICAN’s logo. ... Read More →
Statement by 17 Nobel Peace Prize Laureates September 20, 2019 There is a perception that with age comes wisdom, and yet, when it comes to confronting the greatest crisis facing humanity today, it is the young people who are bringing the moral clarity and sense of urgency that is so desperately needed. We have known about the climate crisis for decades. Yet, year after year, we have failed to begin the transition to the safe, ... Read More →
An alarming new simulation by Princeton‘s Science and Global Security programme shows the consequences of a potential all-out nuclear conflict between the US and Russia. ... Read More →
German Parliamentarians are following up their commitment to support the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons through the creation of cross-party working group for the abolition of nuclear weapons, which had its first meeting on Wednesday. ... Read More →
Just 16 days after formally withdrawing from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, the United States tested on August 18 a cruise missile that would have violated the terms of the treaty had it still been in force. Provocative and unnecessary, the action escalates a nuclear arms race the world cannot afford to have. The United States plans an additional test later this year. Russia and China immediately condemned the test and warned about the ... Read More →
In an interview with ICAN, Phil Hatcher-Moore, an independent photojournalist, who spent two months in and around the Semipalatinsk Test Site in Kazakhstan—where nearly a quarter of the world’s nuclear tests were conducted during the Cold War— shares his experience on his project “Nuclear Ghosts” that explored the tests’ legacy on the communities that live nearby. Inspiration behind the “Nuclear Ghosts” project I was astounded when I came across the statistic that a quarter of the ... Read More →
“Let’s act up! Ban nuclear weapons completely and unconditionally.”
“If Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr were alive today, they would be part of ICAN.”
“I salute ICAN for working with such commitment and creativity.”
“We can do it together. With your help, our voice will be made still stronger. Imagine peace.”
“Governments say a nuclear weapons ban is unlikely. Don’t believe it. They said the same about a mine ban treaty.”
“With your support, we can take ICAN its full distance – all the way to zero nuclear weapons.”
“Because I cannot tolerate these appalling weapons, I whole-heartedly support ICAN.”
“I can imagine a world without nuclear weapons, and I support ICAN.”
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