Janet Fenton
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Parliament Pledge & Cities Appeal
Read more: Parliament Pledge & Cities AppealThe ‘Cities Appeal’ gives local authorities world-wide a chance to join in! Link https://cities.icanw.org Engage with other ICAN partners in Scotland by emailing hello@nuclearban.scotor any of the Scottish Partner Organisations listed on our site’s sidebar. →Make sure you join Scottish CND. Follow the links to UK and International ICAN sites. Government Monitoring One of the tasks…
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Faslane ‘shut down’ for hours by peace campaigners
Read more: Faslane ‘shut down’ for hours by peace campaignersStory in Helensburgh Advertiser about the two-gate blockade of Faslane naval base, home to the UK’s nuclear weapon submarines.
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How its nuclear weapons tarnish the UK’s Human Rights Record
Read more: How its nuclear weapons tarnish the UK’s Human Rights RecordOn Monday 27th Janet Fenton of Secure Scotland spoke to the UN Human Rights Council’s Universal Periodic Review for the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) with a particular focus on Scotland’s predicament arising from the UK’s nuclear weapons. The text of her evidence is below: “Statement by the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear…
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January 22nd – the second anniversary of the entry into force of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
Read more: January 22nd – the second anniversary of the entry into force of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons“I saw how new ideas often travel from the margins and the shadows to the centre, to the limelight where people – judges, presidents, prime ministers, international bodies – make decisions.” Rebecca Solnit Sunday 22nd January is the second anniversary of the entry into force of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW).…
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ICAN CEO To Step Down as TPNW grows ever stronger
Read more: ICAN CEO To Step Down as TPNW grows ever strongerBeatrice Fihn, Executive Director of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, the campaign that has worked with the diplomats of supporting states to establish the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW)1 which entered into force as a UN treaty in January 2021, is to step down from her role. When ICAN was…
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70th Anniversary of 1st UK Nuclear Tests – Webinar from Scottish CND
Read more: 70th Anniversary of 1st UK Nuclear Tests – Webinar from Scottish CNDJoin Scottish CND for a webinar on October 3rd, 2022 at 18:00BST to commemorate the 70th anniversary of the UK’s first nuclear tests. Get your free ticket here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/70th-anniversary-of-first-uk-nuclear-tests-tickets-415882635157
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“Don’t Listen to the Naysayers: momentum for nuclear weapons divestment is growing” – Dr Michael Orgel
Read more: “Don’t Listen to the Naysayers: momentum for nuclear weapons divestment is growing” – Dr Michael OrgelFrom MEDACT Scotland and Don’t Bank on the Bomb Scotland, Dr Michael Orgel has written this commentary published in “Medicine, Conflict, and Survival” Journal.
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The NPT Fiasco and Nation 148
Read more: The NPT Fiasco and Nation 148The nations who gathered for the Review Conference of the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty (NPT) have failed to agree an outcome statement, with Russia shamelessly wrecking any hope of a consensus with its objection to a reference to the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant. Ray Acheson of Reaching Critical Will sets that in context in her excellent…
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Disarmament Negotiations in New York
Read more: Disarmament Negotiations in New YorkRight now, at the United Nation in New York, a Review Conference for the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty (NPT) is taking place. These conferences are due to be held every 5 years but this one was delayed due to the Covid pandemic. The Conference has two main tasks – 1) to check on progress (if any)…
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A BLOG FROM VIENNA
Read more: A BLOG FROM VIENNATim Wallis, ED of Nuclear Ban US reports from Vienna We have just finished the first round of Nuclear Ban Week in Vienna, with two days of the ICAN nuclear ban forum. We have been over 600 people here in Vienna, with 50 events and over 100 speakers over two days. We have heard via…
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