The United Nations votes to start negotiations to ban the bomb

November 14, 2016, 11:41 am

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[This article was originally published on November 1, 2016 in The Nation.] by Alice Slater In a historic vote on October 27 at the United Nations Committee for Disarmament, what has long seemed to be hopelessly clogged institutional machinery for abolishing nuclear weapons was upended when 123 nations voted to move forward with negotiations in […]

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Hundreds march for peace in Vienna, honor global peacemakers

November 23, 2016, 8:28 am

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by Dr. Michael Schober, IPPNW-Austria Several hundred people from many faiths, cultures and nationalities marched on 8 October in Vienna, Austria to honor the “Peace Heroes” of the past and present and to bring attention to the peace work of many people worldwide.  “In the media the interest in peace and the efforts to secure […]

Remembering Kenjiro Yokoro

December 12, 2016, 11:45 am

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by Michael Christ We have lost another pioneer of our movement. Dr. Kenjiro Yokoro was a founding member of the Japanese Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War.  In the summer of 1985, he agreed to serve as general secretary of JPPNW.  Little did he know that a few short months later he’d be thrust […]

IPPNW welcomes China’s call to ban and eliminate nuclear weapons; urges leadership at UN treaty negotiations

January 24, 2017, 8:26 am

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IPPNW welcomes the statement by Chinese President Xi Jinping that “nuclear weapons … should be completely prohibited and destroyed over time to make the world free of them.” IPPNW urges China to send a delegation to the opening session of the ban treaty negotiating conference in March.

Nobel Peace Laureates: Time to prohibit and eliminate nuclear weapons is now!

February 5, 2017, 9:54 am

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On March 27, negotiations will commence at the United Nations for a treaty to ban nuclear weapons. As Nobel Peace Laureates we applaud the UN General Assembly for convening this negotiating conference, fully support its goals, and urge all nations to work for the speedy conclusion of this treaty in 2017 and for its rapid entry into force and implementation.

“Nuclear weapons are simply too dangerous to exist”

February 13, 2017, 8:49 am

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IPPNW Co-President Ira Helfand and PSR Board member Robert Dodge have two very important letters in today's New York Times, calling for the prohibition and elimination of nuclear weapons, and questioning whether we can continue to avoid a catastrophic nuclear war during the Trump administration.

IPPNW honors legacy of Bob Mtonga

March 23, 2017, 11:36 am

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International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War (IPPPNW) announces the establishment of the Dr. Robert Mtonga Memorial Scholarship. The scholarship honors the legacy of a doctor whose patient was all of humanity, with the purpose of helping African medical students who wish to follow in his remarkable footsteps.

Nuclear weapons ban treaty negotiations begin at the United Nations

March 27, 2017, 12:29 pm

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“The treaty will have an impact, even on countries which fail to participate, by setting international norms of behavior and removing the political prestige associated with nuclear weapons,” Fihn added.

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“The ban treaty will change the world”

March 28, 2017, 10:29 am

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Your task this week, and again over three weeks in June and July, is to establish a clear, new, international standard … to declare, in no uncertain terms, that nuclear weapons are illegitimate, immoral and illegal.

“We may not have a second chance”

March 29, 2017, 8:22 am

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The imperative of nuclear eradication to secure planetary health is not optional or negotiable – it is the precondition for the survival and continuation of human civilisation and the bounty of life on earth.

Wholly unacceptable and unethical weapons

March 29, 2017, 8:54 am

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ICAN statement on preambular elements UN Conference to Negotiate a Legally Binding Instrument to Prohibit Nuclear Weapons, Leading Towards Their Total Elimination Thank you, Madam President. The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, ICAN, wishes to make the following recommendations for the preamble: First and foremost, it must convey our deep concern at the catastrophic […]

We must fill the legal gap completely

March 29, 2017, 1:20 pm

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[ICAN delivered the following statement on core prohibitions that should be included in the ban treaty during the civil society session of the negotiation conference on March 29.] Madam President: I speak on behalf of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, ICAN, and its partner organization Norwegian People’s Aid Solidarity Youth. The community of […]

The ban treaty is transformative

March 29, 2017, 2:38 pm

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In order to be effective as a prohibition treaty that leads to the elimination of nuclear weapons, the core prohibitions the treaty should be as clear and comprehensive as possible. From our perspective, the treaty should prohibit stockpiling; use and threat of use, and planning for use; deployment; transfer, acquisition, and stationing; development and production; testing; transit and transshipment; and financing, assistance, encouragement, and inducement.

Ban treaty here we come

April 3, 2017, 4:05 am

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by Tilman Ruff March 31 The first negotiating session of the historic conference to negotiate a treaty to ban and provide for the elimination of nuclear weapons has just finished. In content, process and significance, it was extraordinary. The number of states participating was 132—even more than the 123 that voted for the UN resolution […]

Kenyan medical students remember Garissa massacre

April 5, 2017, 6:25 am

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By Kelvin Kibet, Kenyan Medical Students for Social Responsibility Medical Peace Work graduates from Kenyatta University (KU) together with the KU Christian Union commemorated the anniversary of the horrific attack in 2015 by heavily armed terrorists on Garissa University College in northeastern Kenya where 147 were killed and another 79 injured. Most of those murdered […]

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Indian doctors “Health through Peace” campaign 2017

April 12, 2017, 1:47 pm

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Indian Doctors for Peace and Development met at Gandhi Peace Foundation on 2 April 2017 and agreed to launch a nationwide campaign for “Health through Peace.” IDPD will conduct events around India including seminars, lectures, and demonstrations involving medical and other students.

IPPNW statement on Korea crisis

April 28, 2017, 7:20 am

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If immediate steps are not taken to defuse the current crisis and resume diplomatic approaches to the security issues on the Korean peninsula, the world may well run out of time to prevent a nuclear disaster, despite having had a grace period of more than 70 years to eliminate the most urgent threat to our common survival. No other option should be on the table.

Historic Convention Prohibiting Nuclear Weapons Within Reach

June 15, 2017, 7:01 am

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As the second negotiation session on the Convention to Prohibit Nuclear Weapons (CPNW) begins, there is broad consensus for a comprehensive and verifiable ban on nuclear weapons, strong support from international civil society organizations, and clear opportunities to strengthen the draft treaty before it is adopted.

The bomb and us

June 27, 2017, 7:36 am

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The absolute and permanent damage inflicted by the barbaric testing undertaken by the French government, centering on the atolls of Moruroa and Fangataufa, is presented in this booklet with a gentle stoicism that is in itself shocking in its honesty.

Round the home turn towards adoption of a strong ban treaty on 7 July

July 1, 2017, 6:43 pm

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A treaty to comprehensively and categorically ban nuclear weapons is within our grasp, and should be in our hands in less than a week.