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The nuclear order can still be rebuilt
[The following letter to the editor, by IPPNW co-founder Dr. James Muller and Dr. Henry Abraham, was published in The Washington Post on 19 August.] It was with a glimmer of hope that we read that the world is sleepwalking into a new nuclear arms race in the Aug. 17 editorial “The old global nuclear […]

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Taking Forward Multilateral Nuclear Disarmament Negotiations
What was the United Nations “Open-Ended Working Group”? The United Nations first established an Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG) entitled “Taking forward multilateral nuclear disarmament negotiations” in 2012. This UN subsidiary body was characterised by its open and interactive format, making space for deeper participation by members states, experts and civil society organisatio...

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Ten Years On: History in the making
Landmark report recommends to the UN to negotiate a nuclearban On 19 August 2016 a UN Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG) fell into disarray, as one country insisted on taking a vote. The translators had gone home and the delegates had to move into a smaller room as the larger one was no longer available. The […]

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How society can build the culture of humanitarian disarmament
Humanitarian disarmament is often described through treaties, legal obligations, technical measures, and field operations. Yet through decades of volunteer‑driven campaigning, I learned that behind every treaty, every campaign, and every clearance activity lies something deeper: a culture. A culture of humanitarian disarmament exists when humanitarian values become shared narrat...

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Thirty years on: The Canberra Commission
In its report, presented on August 14, 1996, the Canberra Commission on the Elimination of Nuclear Weapons examined nuclear deterrence. It also proposes a series of concrete steps to immediately begin the process of nuclear disarmament. The report received significant international attention. Thirty years after its publication, opinions on its conclusions remain divided. None of...

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