No Winners at the Finish Line of the ATT Diplomatic Conference

August 6, 2012, 7:26 am

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by Bob Mtonga, MD, Shannon Gearhart, MD, Don Mellman, MD The ATT discussion collapsed in the mid-afternoon of July 27, the final day, when the US delegation head, Tom Countryman, announced the US needed “more time” to study the treaty. Then Russia, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (North Korea), and Canada followed with similar [...]

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Arriving in Hiroshima for the 20th World Congress

August 21, 2012, 1:38 pm

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World Congresses are an important time to come together and take stock of the situation, revitalize ourselves and gain strength from the common bonds which bring together our global community of IPPNW affiliates.

Medical/humanitarian focus at heart of ICAN

August 21, 2012, 5:23 pm

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In just 5 years since its inception, ICAN has succeeded in making a Nuclear Weapons Convention a mainstream issue throughout the world (if not yet here in the US…).

Hiroshima a living symbol of world we must protect

August 22, 2012, 5:28 pm

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I have never been in Hiroshima before, and have never felt so powerfully the fragility of human life, the ease and speed with which everything we hold dear can be destroyed, and the urgent need to warn our family and friends and communities about the danger they face.

A walk through Hiroshima

August 22, 2012, 5:49 pm

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Flying over Hiroshima, it is hard to imagine that a city so verdant and alive today is less than 70 years removed from the deadliest single act of war in world history.

20th World Congress: From Hiroshima to Future Generations

August 23, 2012, 12:00 pm

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The prevention of war is a public health imperative that extends from the carnage inflicted by small arms and light weapons to the extinction of humanity itself in a nuclear war....We rededicate ourselves to this most urgent task in Hiroshima, the first of the two Japanese cities destroyed by the bomb and rebuilt as global emissaries of peace.

Graduating from war culture to peace culture

August 24, 2012, 5:31 pm

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Indiscriminate arms that were used in previous conflicts, such as land mines and chemical weapons, have been banned by international law. And none of these acts or armaments has the immediate, irrevocable destructive power of a nuclear bomb. It is time to continue our evolution.

What motivates me to campaign for the ATT

October 24, 2012, 12:42 pm

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Picture a boy, aged 13 years and full of naiveté; he did not know his father’s firearm was unsecured and loaded. He called three of his friends and asked them to line-up so that they could do enact a mock “007” James Bond scene. He asked them to duck when he pulled the trigger. One of the three chickened out and he was labeled as a coward. The boy with the gun pulled the trigger and before he knew it one of his peers was dead.

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First Committee hears humanitarian call for nuclear abolition

October 24, 2012, 12:43 pm

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The campaign to build support for a nuclear weapons convention took a big step forward at the UN Monday when a group of 34 nations and the Holy See released a joint statement calling for nuclear abolition.

IPPNW to President Obama: Stop subcritical nuclear tests!

December 20, 2012, 11:15 am

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The message subcritical testing sends to other States is that nuclear weapons are here for the long term and that their designs can be modified and enhanced simply by making use of a loophole in a treaty to which the US says it is otherwise committed. At the very least, this is a demoralizing message for the large majority of States who have made nuclear disarmament an urgent priority.

IPPNW statement on DPRK nuclear test

February 12, 2013, 1:13 pm

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The Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) confirmed today that it conducted a nuclear test with an estimated yield of six to seven kilotons. By increasing the nuclear threat within the region, the government of Kim Jong-un has increased the level of tension with its neighbors, has invited more of the international hostility to which it understandably objects, and has further complicated efforts to achieve regional peace and security. Nevertheless, the other nuclear-weapon states and their allies continue to support a double standard by refusing to eliminate their own nuclear arsenals—as the signatories to the NPT are obliged to do—while insisting that the rest of the world remain nuclear-weapons free. Only a world in which nuclear weapons have been banned and eliminated through a global abolition treaty can assure itself that this existential threat to humanity is a thing of the past.

Clinical research helps victims of interpersonal violence

February 25, 2013, 8:49 am

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The aim of the VCP is to study the problem of interpersonal violence (IVP) in Lusaka and assess whether improvements should or can be made in linking medical and social services that impact and influence the outcome of prevention and mitigation measures, including primary and secondary prevention.

The P5 boycott of Oslo

March 1, 2013, 12:21 pm

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Participants began to gather this evening for the ICAN Civil Society Forum on the Humanitarian Consequences of Nuclear Weapons, and most of the talk has been about the decision by the P5, the permanent members of the Security Council and the owners of the world's largest nuclear arsenals, to boycott the official government conference which begins on Monday.

Telegram from Oslo

March 4, 2013, 2:23 am

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Official government conference on Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons about to begin. 132 nations attending. Delegates being greeted by raucous crowd of young Norwegians holding signs that say "Thank you" in more than 30 languages.

UN Secretary-General urges agreement on robust Arms Trade Treaty as landmark conference begins in New York

March 19, 2013, 9:00 am

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Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) Diplomatic Conference Dispatch from Day One Compiled by Ogebe Onazi, IPPNW Nigeria UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today urged participants of the United Nations Final Conference on the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) to conclude work by 28 March on a comprehensive instrument that would establish standards for international trade in conventional weapons. [...]

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Historic International Arms Trade Treaty passed at UN

April 2, 2013, 10:16 am

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An historic and groundbreaking international Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) was approved today at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) in New York by a vote of 154 yes, including the US, 3 no, and 23 abstentions! The treaty enshrines in new international law a set of clear rules for all global transfers of weapons and ammunitions.

IPPNW statement on the Korean nuclear crisis

April 5, 2013, 11:20 am

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The use of nuclear weapons on the Korean peninsula must be prevented. Regardless of the reasons for the current escalation in tensions, the recent displays of nuclear force by the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and by the US, on behalf of its ally the Republic of Korea, can have only one of two outcomes: either both sides will step back from the precipice or deterrence will fail and millions of people will suffer the fate of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. IPPNW urges the DPRK, the ROK, and the US to refrain from further rhetorical provocations and inflammatory displays of force, and to reopen diplomatic channels where cooler heads can prevail.

Stupid or Safe? ICAN launches new petition for nuclear weapons ban

May 16, 2013, 11:42 am

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ICAN—the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons—has started a global petition drive calling for the commencement of negotiations on a treaty banning nuclear weapons.

Sustainable world depends on nuclear abolition

May 22, 2013, 8:14 am

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It is clear that there is new momentum to finally achieve the abolition of nuclear weapons. The recent medical and environmental data shows that these weapons are not only homicidal, but they are ecocidal. Their presence poses an unacceptable risk to all life on this planet and their elimination must be a primary goal if we are to achieve a sustainable future.

“Bikes not arms” on the road to Villingen

May 23, 2013, 11:31 am

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30 young IPPNW activists from all over the world will cycle from the German arms manufacturer Walther in Ulm to the small Black Forest town of Villingen, where IPPNW is organizing the Small Arms Congress “Human Target.”