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 22nd January,2021 the TPNW entered into force, and became binding in those countries. Huge celebrations! Maybe you rang a bell, or displayed a banner,or asked your legislators to join in, or if you live in one of the lucky states that signed up, you may have offered your government congratulations.
Now four years later, half of the world’s states have signed. The irresponsible posturing of the nuclear armed states in ratcheting up the threats and highlighting the risks means that the danger of nuclear Armageddon has never been higher, but the solution to that problem has never been clearer – Prohibition, leading to elimination.! There are many examples of what ordinary people are doing – or have done – to celebrate. Please join in! The 22nd January is a day to mark. Here in the UK, every MP can be asked to insist that the UK Government sends observers to the next meeting of the parties who have signed the Treaty (3MSP) in March at the very least. We can share our commitment to the TPNW. Send us your pictures and statements,, from this year or from previous years so that we can all share them to make the point on social media and for the press Here in Scotland, lets support our our own Government and Parliament and show the UK Government that there is no mandate for nuclear weapons policies in the land where they are deployed.. Bill Kidd MSP, Convenor of the Nuclear Disarmament Cross Party Group will put down a motion to support the 3MSP in its work on 22nd January.
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