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Are we moving closer to Nuclear Disarmament and Non-Proliferation? See reports of the current Nuclear Non-Proliferation PrepCom in Geneva. For a comprehensive daily analysis and an in depth first week round up of the Preparatory Committee (PrepCom) from Rebecca Johnson see: www.acronym.org.uk To view all documents that were made publically available and ‘News in Review’ see: http://www.reachingcriticalwill.org ... more |
COMMENTARY: Restoring U.S. nuclear-free leadership
After a long dry spell, the seeds planted by Ronald Reagan and Mikhail
Gorbachev in Geneva in 1985 and Reykjavik in 1986, appear to be bearing
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BASIC Launches ‘Getting to Zero’ Blog - 12 March 2008
BASIC’s new blog on Getting to Zero promotes progress towards a world without nuclear weapons. In the blog, you will find brief, informal comments by BASIC’s experts and guest bloggers. ... more |
VOLUNTEERS NEEDED
EDINBURGH FESTIVAL FRINGE
3 – 25 AUGUST 2008
Do you want to be part of the huge family that is the Edinburgh Fringe, mix with top comedians and musicians, have a laugh and do mad things? ... more |
Shultz, Other Experts Back Nuclear Disarmament
By Greg Webb
Global Security Newswire
OSLO, Norway — Former U.S. Secretary of State George Shultz today led a chorus of high-level experts supporting the eventual global elimination of nuclear weapons, adding momentum to a renewed international focus on the long-deferred goal of disarmament. ... more |
Toward a Nuclear-Free World
By GEORGE P. SHULTZ, WILLIAM J. PERRY,
HENRY A. KISSINGER and SAM NUNN
January 15, 2008
The Wall Street Journal
Read the article on the Wall Street Journal website
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UK nuclear weapons plant 'should be rebuilt'
By Rob Edwards
From issue 2622 of New Scientist magazine, 19 September 2007,
page 8-9
THE UK's nuclear bomb factory has been struggling to remedy as
many as 1000 safety defects uncovered by the government's official watchdog.
It is only allowed to stay open because the Ministry of Defence (MoD) says the work it does is vital for national defence.
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Lugar, Nunn Push Arms Security Program
By David E. Hoffman
Washington Post Foreign Service
Tuesday, August 28, 2007
MOSCOW, Aug. 27 -- Sen. Richard G. Lugar (R-Ind.) and former senator Sam Nunn (D-Ga.) launched a new effort Monday to expand the reach and strength of their program to secure nuclear, chemical and biological weapons at a time of deepening tensions between the United States and Russia.
Read the full story at washingtonpost.com
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Bombshell Camille tackles WMD with special appearance
Sexy Irish chanteuse and Spiegeltent phenomenon Camille O’Sullivan – one of the stars of the Spiegeltent’s internationally celebrated La Clique show, and a star in her own right - offered a rare chance for fans to see her perform outside her usual Spiegeltent Fringe home. ... more |
A bipartisan plea for nuclear weapons abolition
By David Krieger
An amazing and important commentary appeared in the January 4, 2007 issue of the Wall Street Journal, co-authored by four high-level architects of the Cold War: George Shultz, William Perry, Henry Kissinger and Sam Nunn.
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A World Free of Nuclear Weapons
George P. Shultz, William J. Perry, Henry A. Kissinger and Sam Nunn.
Wall Street Journal. (Eastern edition). New York, N.Y.: Jan 4, 2007. pg. A.15
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WMD AWARENESS PROGRAMME AT THE EDINBURGH FESTIVAL FRINGE
Our two hour show, ‘GET UP STANDUP!’ was just fantastic. We had superb top class comedians and musicians who all gave their time for free. Our leaflet said, “22 nights of brilliant wit, murky politics with live music and a film thrown in” and that was exactly it.
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WMD AWARENESS PROGRAMME AT THE LIBERAL DEMOCRAT CONFERENCE
Our stand at the Liberal Democrat Conference was a great success. Delegates were very keen to discuss the ‘Trident Replacement’ issue and to take away lots of information from our ‘Beyond Trident’ publications. The new briefing, ‘Does Britain need to replace Trident – you decide?’ proved a winner.
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T&G: Trident replacement a complete fallacy
The government should not replace Trident – its nuclear deterrent – but should spend the cash on helping people at home, the T&G have argued.
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Central Asia declares nuclear free zone
The five ex-Soviet republics of Central Asia signed a treaty on Friday declaring a "nuclear-weapon-free zone" but the world's Western nuclear powers declined to lend their weight to it.
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Chernobyl death toll grossly underestimated
18 April 2006
Chernobyl, Ukraine — A new Greenpeace report has revealed that the full consequences of the Chernobyl disaster could top a quarter of a million cancers cases and nearly 100,000 fatal cancers.
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Dr Hans Blix, former head of the UN weapons inspection, launches the report of the WMD Commission, 'Weapons of Terror'
Dr Blix launched the WMD Commission Report in the UK on Monday, June 12th, to a full meeting in the House of Commons.
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Blix warns of WMD vicious circle
The US must abandon its "war on terror" to prevent the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, according to the former United Nations' chief weapons inspector, Hans Blix.
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U.S. seeks treaty to curb weapons proliferation
The United States on Thursday proposed a new treaty to curb
proliferation of nuclear weapons by banning the production of weapons-
grade uranium and plutonium to improve the world's leverage against
"hard cases" like Iran and North Korea.
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Top missile designer says new Russian missiles resistant to enemy first strike
The head of Russia's top missile design centre said Tuesday its latest missiles were built to survive a nuclear attack, ensuring a reliable nuclear deterrent for decades ahead.
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The nuclear weapons gambit
13 April 2006
Paul Rogers
The world avoided nuclear catastrophe during the cold war, but the era's real history has an ominous lesson for the period of "war on terror".
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US shelved evidence discounting Iraq's WMD
The Bush administration publicly asserted that two trailers captured by U.S. troops in Iraq in May 2003 were mobile "biological laboratories" even after U.S. intelligence officials had evidence that it was not true.
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Iran clarifies its Statement on 'Harm and Pain' to the media at the IAEA in Vienna
8th March 2006
Iran clarifies its Statement on 'Harm and Pain' to the media at the IAEA in Vienna
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Comment
The United Nations was founded in October 1945 and it is of profound significance that the first resolution passed by the UN General Assembly sixty years ago today, on January 24th, 1946, was to set up a “Commission to deal with the problems raised by the discovery of atomic energy”.
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The Nobel Peace Prize for 2005
The Nobel Lecture given by The Nobel Peace Prize Laureate 2005, Mohamed ElBaradei (Oslo, December 10, 2005) ... more |
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Belgian senate passes resolution calling for disarmament and withdrawal of all US nukes in europe
Brussels, 21/4: The Belgian Senate has this evening passed a resolution on nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation, calling for the withdrawal of the 480 US nuclear weapons based in Europe. This is the first time that a parliament in Europe has demanded the withdrawal of these nuclear weapons that are currently based in Belgium, Germany, England, Italy, the Netherlands and Turkey. The United States is currently the only country to have nuclear weapons stationed on the territory of other countries. ... more |
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Competition Winners
Congratulations! Emma Cairns from Edinburgh and Simon Cowley from Exeter have both won CD's signed by Radiohead and Mark Thomas. ... more |
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‘When the Wind Blows’ & ‘Threads’ released on DVD
Visitors to our website may be interested to learn that two powerful movies from the 1980s, dramatising the effects and aftermath of nuclear war, have just been released on DVD. ... more |
Congratulations to Dr ElBaradei on winning the Nobel Peace Prize
7 October 2005 | The Norwegian Nobel Committee has awarded the Nobel Peace Prize for 2005 to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and to its Director General, Mohamed ElBaradei, for their work for a safer and more peaceful world. The Award was announced today. ... more |
Professor Sir Joseph Rotblat Dies in His Sleep
Joseph Rotblat, who was the only scientist to resign from the Manhattan Project and later received the Nobel Peace Prize for his efforts to rid the world of atomic weapons, has died at the age of 96, his spokesman said Thursday. ... more |
Messages of Peace from the people of Birmingham taken to Nagasaki and Hiroshima
Iain Naughton, youth ambassador for the UK, takes messages of peace collected at the peace festival on the anniversary of Hiroshima to the people of Nagasaki and Hiroshima ... more |
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Nobel Laureates, Organizations Appeal for Removal of Nuclear Weapons From “Hair-Trigger” Status
The statement is to be released in Melbourne, Geneva, Hiroshima, San Francisco, London and the United Nations in New York, according to the Association of World Citizens, one of the organizations coordinating the project. See Global Security Newswire ... more |
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US Nuclear Weapons in UK - Three Times More Than Ever Known About
New report from NRDC on the numbers of US nuclear weapons in Europe. ... more |
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Dr Elbaradei proposes seven steps to strengthening global security
Four months from now, in New York, the world will have a unique opportunity to make significant improvements in international security. The question is whether we will be smart enough to use it. Article 2nd Feb in the Financial Times ... more |
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New Year Message from Nobel Peace Laureate, Professor Sir Joseph Rotblat
'Today in the aftermath of the terrible devastation following the Indian Ocean tsunami we see that yet again, in times of desperate need, the world’s nations can act together.' ... more |
Report from the Gorbachev Event
Launch of our WMD Awareness Programme with Mikhail Gorbachev and Professor Sir Joseph Rotblat
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Nuclear Security, London, 16th March 2005
Nuclear Terrorism: Identifying and Combating the Risks by IAEA Director General Dr. Mohamed ElBaradei ... more |
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