David Mackenzie
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NATO, Nuclear Weapons and The Herald
Read more: NATO, Nuclear Weapons and The HeraldScottish CND profoundly disagrees with Mr. Arnold’s highly misinformed comments in The Herald (25.09.2025). There is no factual basis to support them whatsoever. Especially egregious is Mr Arnold’s claim that in order to join NATO, a prospective independent Scotland would have to accept a nuclear base at Faslane as a permanent facility. He provides no…
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ELECTION MAY 07
Read more: ELECTION MAY 07The next Scottish Government is critical for peace. The Scottish people and our civic institutions can be effective as stakeholders and contributors to stability, human rights and sustainability, both here, and across the world, The TPNW is now supported by the majority of the UN States. Mainstream media nor BBC address its importance for Scotland.The…
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The UN’s 80-year Struggle with Nuclear Weapons Hypocrisy
Read more: The UN’s 80-year Struggle with Nuclear Weapons HypocrisyStrong statement from South African government about the status of the NPT, which goes under review in New York from 27th April to 22nd May next year.“We must reject the moral relativism that tolerates weapons of mass destruction in the hands of some while criminalising them in others. We must reject the idea that peace…
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Ending Nuclear Weapons Before They End Us
Read more: Ending Nuclear Weapons Before They End UsTwo key articles asking the World Health Organisation’s Assembly to re-establish its mandate to address the health consequences of nuclear weapons and war. Special relevance for health professionals plus all those in contact with them. Article by Tilman Ruff, co-founder of the international Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons. Article in the British Medical Journal
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Nae nukes anywhere – a tale of two treaties
Read more: Nae nukes anywhere – a tale of two treatiesby Janet Fenton https://www.thenational.scot/politics/25101840.nae-nukes-anywhere—tale-two-treaties The UN’s third meeting of the State Parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW 3MSP) took place last month. Next month will see the final preparative meeting for the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, before both treaties are separately reviewed at the end of 2026, when comparisons, challenges and…
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The only genuine solution is total elimination
Read more: The only genuine solution is total eliminationLetter in the Scotsman 21st March 2025 So one of the UK’s ageing nuclear weapon submarines has completed a record tour of 204 days. The Navy has increased the length of nuclear submarine patrols due to refits and maintenance problems arising from skill shortages, and from maintaining the pattern of always having one boat on…
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ICRC – International humanitarian law and the challenges of contemporary armed conflicts
Read more: ICRC – International humanitarian law and the challenges of contemporary armed conflictshttps://international-review.icrc.org/articles/reports-and-documents-ihl-and-the-challenges-of-contemporary-armed-conflicts-927
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TPNW Meeting of States Parties sets out the next phase of work for the nuclear ban
Read more: TPNW Meeting of States Parties sets out the next phase of work for the nuclear banhttps://reachingcriticalwill.org/news/latest-news/17324-tpnw-meeting-of-states-parties-sets-out-the-next-phase-of-work-for-the-nuclear-ban
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ICAN: Ian Murray’s words ‘not compatible with pledge he signed to us’
Read more: ICAN: Ian Murray’s words ‘not compatible with pledge he signed to us’https://www.thenational.scot/news/24991903.ican-ian-murrays-words-not-compatible-pledge-signed-us Xander Elliards SCOTTISH Secretary Ian Murray is failing to keep to a pledge he signed to work towards the abolition of nuclear weapons, the chief executive of the Nobel Prize-winning organisation behind it has said. In an exclusive interview with The National, which will be available to watch in full on Saturday, International Campaign…
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Campaigning for the elimination of nuclear Weapons
Read more: Campaigning for the elimination of nuclear WeaponsLynn 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…
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