nuclear weapons

On June 18, 2013, IPPNW Co-President Ira Helfand participated in an unprecedented debate about nuclear weapons in Israel’s parliament, the Knesset. At an event organized by ICAN-Israel and the Israeli Disarmament Movement, Dr. Helfand presented the s...
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Obama's speech, said ICAN co-chair Akira Kawasaki, “should encourage action from all states, not only nuclear armed states and those with extended nuclear deterrence arrangements, but all non-nuclear weapon states as well. It is now time to take bold...
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For more than 50 years the subject of nuclear weapons and nuclear activity in Israel was a non-discursive issue, forbidden to talk about but in secret chambers. For the first time, this important subject was raised from the shadows and discussed openly...
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The B-61 role is being changed. All these (NATO) bombs in US possession will be upgraded and modernized. Under the Nuclear Stewardship program they will be extensively overhauled. Moreover, they will be equipped with a tail fin and a steering system, m...
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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 a...
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Cameron: The North Koreans are coming!The British Prime minister is (again making a first class fool of himself: He claims that the North Korean threat of a war against South Korea – and the USA- makes it necessary for UK to build the next genera...
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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 ...
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Preventing or restraining armed aggression needs to be tackled not only by arms control and disarmament, but by just and effective governance on the local, national, and international levels. To some degree, this job has been accomplished within many n...
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Last week, ICAN and IPPNW participated in two extraordinarily successful conferences in Oslo on the humanitarian impact of nuclear weapons....This was the first time that States had come together -- inside or outside the UN -- to focus entirely on the ...
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The humanitarian approach is involving and exciting the next generation in this growing global campaign to eradicate nuclear weapons. So that they don’t have to live as my generation did, in existential fear of nuclear war – so that they don’t h...
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The historic Oslo Conference on the Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons has concluded with the announcement of a follow-up meeting to be hosted by Mexico. A wide range of states and organisations agreed that an understanding of the global humanitari...
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Following the discussions of the past one and a half days, it is clear that it is not possible to coordinate and deliver any meaningful humanitarian response to a catastrophe brought by nuclear weapons. Our discussions must be directed towards how to p...
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Day two in Oslo is about preparedness and response, specifically, could the international community plan a coordinated response to mitigate the damage and suffering caused by the use of nuclear weapons.
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The second day of the international conference on the Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons in Oslo promises to be controversial. The topic of the third session is preparedness to respond to the use of nuclear weapons.
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Also, watch the ICAN video screened at the Oslo conference earlier this morning.
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Recent scientific research introduces something very new to our knowledge about nuclear weapons consequences. They tell us that even a fraction of the nuclear arsenals now in existence, even if they are used in a relatively contained area, would cause ...
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The international conference on the Humanitarian Impact of Nuclear Weapons has opened in Oslo. Speaker after speaker has reiterated the message that IPPNW has been delivering for more than 30 years: that the consequences of nuclear weapons use and nucl...
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Dr. Patricia Lewis from Chatham House (and former UNIDIR Director) addresses the Oslo Conference explaining how nuclear weapon detonations work.Earlier this month North Korea carried out its third underground nuclear weapon test. Beyond questions ...
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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.
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