Janet Fenton

An excellent article by the musician and journalist Pat Kane. In particular he points out that a federal solution for Scotland would still leave us locked into the UK’s active deployment of nuclear weapons. Unlike so many ill-informed commentators he is aware of the new UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons and its…

By Samantha KU     April 28th  The past week at the 2018 NPT Preparatory Committee (Prep Com) has been interesting, seeing the diplomatic process and meeting with campaigners from around the world. While at the Prep Com, several developments were discussed among delegations. First, while many criticized North Korea’s aggressive nuclear postures and continued testing…

The first day of the 2018 Non-Proliferation Treaty Preparatory Committee was an exciting start to the two-week long event at the United Nations office in Geneva. I am the nuclear non-proliferation resident intern at UN House Scotland, a partner organisation in ICAN in Scotland. I am a fourth-year political science student at the University of…

Update from Janet Fenton, vice-chair of Scottish CND La Pastorale in Geneva has as one of its purposes welcoming NGOs coming to Geneva to engage with the UN and provided a perfect setting in the sunshine for the ICAN campaigners conference over the weekend for us to meet and make friends and hear directly how…

A new resource about the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons was released a few days ago – Nuclear Weapons Ban Treaty_English print (1) print ready. A recording of the webinar is available here [youtube id=”QOgEbdXkAHo” responsive=”true” showinfo=”false” branding=”false” hd=”false” autoplay=”false” controls=”false” theme=”light”] Feel free to print out, use and share the information as you feel…

Beatrice Fihn, the director of Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) spent Wednesday 14th March in Scotland. She started the day with leading Scottish feminist academic historian Lesley Orr, and then visited the Scottish Parliament where a large and representative of MSPs of all political persuasions took time to…

Beatrice Fihn1, Executive Director of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), the campaign awarded the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize for its work for the new UN Treaty to Prohibit Nuclear Weapons (TPNW), will visit Scotland on Wednesday, meeting Cabinet Secretary for External Affairs Fiona Hyslop, on behalf of the Scottish government, before joining…

This updated report, produced by PAX a member of the Nobel Peace Prize winning International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear weapons (ICAN) is the only report detailing the global investments by financial institutions in companies producing nuclear weapons. This document extraction provides information on UK’s banks. Check out the hall of fame and hall of shame lists as well…

John Loretz, of IPPNW, argues that Trump’s new moves on US nuclear weapons makes the case for the Nuke Ban Treaty (TPNW) even more urgent. Trump has abandoned any pretence that the US wishes a world without nuclear weapons. Read his article here