The humanitarian imperative to ban nuclear weapons
This video describes the catastrophic effects of nuclear weapons, and provides hope that they can be outlawed and eliminated
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Thousand reasons
Thousand Reasons is a project of the WMD Awareness Programme, a UK organization that informs debate about nuclear weapons
Medical imperative to disarm
Dr Ira Helfand, co-president of IPPNW, explains the medical and environmental consequences of the use of nuclear weapons, and calls for their elimination
10 seconds is all it takes (Arabic)
Ten seconds is all it takes to create a humanitarian catastrophe. This video by ICAN's campaigners in the Middle East asks: What will you do to help ban nuclear weapons
Human Rights Day vigil
To mark Human Rights Day in 2012, ICAN organized a vigil at which campaigners created a giant ICAN logo using lanterns
10 seconds is all it takes
To mark Nuclear Abolition Day in 2012, ICAN released this video highlighting the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear weapons
Time to ban nuclear weapons!
Biological and chemical weapons have been banned. So have landmines and cluster bombs. Now it's time to ban the worst weapons of all
A little less conversation
After 15 years of fruitless conversation, hundreds of unproductive meetings and billions of wasted dollars, the disarmament machinery is called on the carpet
We can abolish nuclear weapons
ICAN is a vast global movement. We are united by a common desire to get negotiations underway at the earliest possible date on a comprehensive nuclear weapons ban
ICAN in the Netherlands
On Nuclear Abolition Day in 2011, Dutch campaigners produced this short video highlighting the breadth of support for a nuclear weapons ban
The Facts
Which countries have nuclear weapons and how many?
What are their effects on health and the environment?
Who supports a global ban on nuclear weapons?
What are the most significant events of the nuclear age?-
“Let’s act up! Ban nuclear weapons completely and unconditionally.”
Ai Weiwei Artist and activist
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“If Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr were alive today, they would be part of ICAN.”
Martin Sheen Actor and activist
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“I salute ICAN for working with such commitment and creativity.”
Ban Ki-moon Former UN chief
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“We can do it together. With your help, our voice will be made still stronger. Imagine peace.”
Yoko Ono Artist
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“Governments say a nuclear weapons ban is unlikely. Don’t believe it. They said the same about a mine ban treaty.”
Jody Williams Nobel laureate
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“With your support, we can take ICAN its full distance – all the way to zero nuclear weapons.”
Desmond Tutu Nobel laureate
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“Because I cannot tolerate these appalling weapons, I whole-heartedly support ICAN.”
Herbie Hancock Jazz musician
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“I can imagine a world without nuclear weapons, and I support ICAN.”
Dalai Lama Nobel laureate