To celebrate the first anniversary of the Entry Into Force for the TPNW, the following events are being hosted/organised by Scottish CND from January 20th – 24th 2022. Thursday 20th January Following PMQs at 11.00amDebate in Scottish Parliament on the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear WeaponsMotion submitted by: Bill Kidd, Glasgow Continue Reading
Janet Fenton
They Talk the Talk – Do They Walk the Walk?
The big five nuclear-armed states that are signatories to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) – the so-called P5 (China, the US, Russia, France and the UK) have issued a joint statement on preventing nuclear war and a nuclear arms race. This was presumably prepared as a positioning statement for the Continue Reading
Scotland’s Anti-Nuclear Allies in Europe
It was announced on November 24th that Germany will be participating as an observer in the First Meeting of States Parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons. As one of five countries used by the US to site their nuclear arsenal, the fact that Germany is resisting Continue Reading
The Other Existential Crisis
It is absolutely right that the eyes of the world have been on Glasgow and on the failure of COP26. Climate catastrophe is certain unless we take the radical repair measures immediately. However, this essential focus does mean that little attention is being paid to another looming crisis with equally Continue Reading
ICAN’s Beatrice Fihn at Scottish Parliament – ALL WELCOME
Meeting with Beatrice Fihn, Daniel Hogsta and Rebecca Johnson 21st September 2021 5.30pm. You are invited to Scottish Parliament Nuclear Disarmament Cross Party Group meeting on the 21st September hosted by Bill Kidd MSP on UN International Peace Day. This will be an important opportunity, as Beatrice Fihn, executive director Continue Reading
SPRING RETURN TO VIENNA FOR SCOTS!
Campaigners will remember that when we celebrated the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) entering into force in January 2021, 90 days after the fiftieth country had signed and ratified, we looked forward to the first meeting to progress the TPNW, within a year. The Pandemic had already Continue Reading
As campaigners call out the UK for its contempt for international law the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons goes from strength to strength.
Following the Westminster government’s announcement that it is increasing the cap on the number of nuclear warheads, CND is reporting the UK to the United Nations for breaking international law.. as confirmed by a specially commissioned legal opinion. We Scots must get behind this move by signing CND’s petition. The Continue Reading
Warm Welcome for ICAN NATO Report from Scottish CND
The Nobel Peace Prize winning International Campaign for the Abolition of Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) has published its report: “Why NATO members should join the UN nuclear weapon ban”. “Scottish CND warmly welcomes this new, thorough and comprehensive report which makes a wholly compelling case for NATO member states to engage Continue Reading
Faslane Nuke Base Blockaded
This morning, 30th April, three women members of Extinction Rebellion Scotland have blockaded the main entrance to Faslane naval base, home to the UK’s nuclear weapon submarines, with three garden planters carrying the legend SAFE GREEN FUTURE. XR Scotland said: Nuclear weapons are an existential threat to the entire world. Continue Reading
TIME TO DIVEST
As Scotland prepares to go to the polls, ICAN and 40+ organisations that have signed a letter to NatWest Group CEO Alison Rose to update the group’s defence sector policy to reflect that nuclear weapons are now prohibited. The call follows widespread condemnation of the UK government’s decision to increase the cap Continue Reading