Janet Fenton

NOTE CHANGE OF DATE, NOW 22nd September  March from the Peace Camp to the North Gate of Faslane Naval Base. Scottish CND, one of ICAN’s partner organisations in Scotland, would welcome you to join the working group, The aim is to to highlight the strength of support from many UN member states for Scotland, a…

SCND held an executive meeting this evening where it was decided that we would postpone the rally we had planned when ICAN won the Nobel Peace prize which will be held at Faslane Nuclear Base in order to avoid a clash with an independence rally in Glasgow. We hope this will work out well for…

Scottish CND recognised the importance of ICAN’s work in securing the Treaty to Prohibit Nuclear Weapons and the Scottish contribution to the negotiations. Scottish CND is proud that ICAN was  awarded this year’s Nobel Peace Prize. In response,we have resolved to hold a March and Peace Rally at Faslane on the 15th September 2018 The…

Sweden is openly resisting pressure from the US and NATO to prevent it from signing the UN Nuke Ban Treaty, the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. Although Sweden is not a member of NATO it co-operates with the Alliance in joint exercises. Their refusal to be bullied by the US may be yet…

Here are some links of the recent press coverage related to the Nobel Peace Prize Award. Many thanks to all the campaigners working to get this covered. Common Space Scottish peace activists head for Nobel Peace Prize procession with backing of first minister Full report: Janet Fenton: The Scots in Oslo making their mark in the…

Parts of this video message from Scotland was shown on the big screens at the Nobel Peace Prize Concert in Oslo. It’s been seen live on TV by millions of people. Watch the full concert here. The international campaigners video message starts at minute 48.37, but the whole event has fabulous ICAN videos, speakers and…

Watch the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony here. Watch a clip from the torch procession here. Watch Nobel Peace Prize Concert – video message from ICAN campaigners from minute 48.37 – watch out for the bits from Scotland

NOBEL LECTURE GIVEN BY THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE LAUREATE 2017, ICAN, DELIVERED BY BEATRICE FIHN AND SETSUKO THURLOW, OSLO, 10 DECEMBER 2017 BEATRICE FIHN Your Majesties, Members of the Norwegian Nobel Committee, Esteemed guests. Today, it is a great honour to accept the 2017 Nobel Peace Prize on behalf of thousands of inspirational people who…

Today First Minister Nicola Sturgeon handed over a torch to the group of Scots who will join the torchlight procession in Oslo on Sunday 10th December, when the Nobel Peace Prize will be awarded to ICAN, for their work towards the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW)1 which was adopted by the UN…

Across Scotland this coming weekend people will be celebrating the award on Sunday in Oslo of this year’s Nobel Peace Prize to ICAN for their work towards the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW)1 which was adopted by the UN in July this year. Here is a list of the events we know…