ACTION FOR THE SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT
The last parliament ensured that ALL MSPs from the SNP and Green Party had signed the International Parliamentarians’ Pledge to support and work for the Treaty On The Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, and so did other MSPs who disagreed with the UK nuclear weapons policy. Now we must ensure that our new MSPs do the […]
A NEW SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT
A Scottish Government for peace says ‘no’ to nuclear weapons, here or anywhere. Scotland’s accession to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) and the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), along with a request that the UK Government remove its weapons at the earliest date possible, is closer than ever. The TPNW comprehensibly bans […]
After the TPNW 3MSP, what’s the next move?
Janet Fenton, Secure Scotland, is reflecting on what the UN third meeting of the State Parties to the TPNW will mean for its progress, and what to expect when States meet for its first Review Meeting in 2026. This May will see the final preparative meeting for the Nuclear Non – Proliferation Treaty (NPT) before […]
Campaigning for the elimination of nuclear Weapons
Lynn Jamieson, Chair of Scottish CND is with the Scottish delegation at the 3rd meeting of States Parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons at the UN in New York. “The Scottish Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament’s role is to expose the everyday harms of the nuclear weapons in our midst and the […]
Ban Treaty Parliamentarians’ Meeting
Rhys Munro’s account of the Parliamentarian’s Conference at the 3rd Meeting of the States Parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. These parliamentarians (including Bill Kidd MSP) are from states which have not yet joined the Treaty. As you walk into Conference Room 8 in the basement of the UN Headquarters, the […]
Monday with the Ban Treaty in New York
Elena Kerr writes on the events she attended at the 3rd Meeting of the TPNW in New York on Monday 3rd March Listen to and hear our Anangu StoryThis side event was hosted by the Nuclear Truth Project where the main speaker was Karina Lester, a second-generation survivor of the British nuclear test at Emu […]
Scottish WILPF at The Third Meeting of States Parties (3MSP) to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW)
Áine Beattie, 1st March 2025. The Third Meeting of States Parties (3MSP) to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons will convene from 3 to 7 March 2025, with Ambassador Akan Rakhmetullin of Kazakhstan presiding. Discussions will focus on advancing the Treaty’s implementation and fostering multilateral cooperation for nuclear disarmament. There is a strong […]
NUCLEAR BAN WEEK IN NEW YORK 2 – 7 MAR
Scottish disarmament campaigners are getting ready for the week of high-level and civil-society events to tackle the urgent threat of nuclear weapons at Nuclear Ban Week New York, 2025. Some will be reporting the events here and on their own websites and in the press, some will be submitting working papers and some will be attending […]
2025 Doomsday Clock AnnouncementJanuary 28, 2025
In setting the Clock one second closer to midnight, the Science and Security Board sends a stark signal: Because the world is already perilously close to the precipice, a move of even a single second should be taken as an indication of extreme danger and an unmistakable warning that every second of delay in reversing […]
22 January, the day we banned the bomb!
We banned the bomb on the 7 July 2017, the day that the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons was adopted at the United Nations. The next step was to get enough UN Member States to sign and ratify it in their own countries,, and when the first fifty states states did that, on […]
