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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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Crack Lines in NATO Nuclear Addiction as Ban Treaty States Meet for First Time
Read more: Crack Lines in NATO Nuclear Addiction as Ban Treaty States Meet for First TimeThe First Meeting of States Party to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) begins on Tuesday in Vienna. Back here in Scotland there is still only a very limited understanding of the huge significance of the meeting and the changing norm around nuclear weapons. Four states which are members of NATO (Germany,…
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The National – “SNP MSP to take a seat at international anti-nuclear weapon conference”
Read more: The National – “SNP MSP to take a seat at international anti-nuclear weapon conference”https://www.thenational.scot/news/20210065.snp-msp-take-seat-international-anti-nuclear-conference/ Bill Kidd MSP will be attending the upcoming MSP for the TPNW. Cited in the article above, Kidd said: “Senator McPhedran and I look forward to strengthening the Scottish Canadian joint efforts towards nuclear disarmament, and will be proactively engaged in the 1st MSP meeting at the United Nations, Vienna, next week. We intend…
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Ariane Burgess MSP highlights Greens call for an indy Scotland’s early accession to UN Nuclear Ban
Read more: Ariane Burgess MSP highlights Greens call for an indy Scotland’s early accession to UN Nuclear BanIn the last few days before the United Nations states that are members of the Treaty On The Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons meet for the first time in Vienna, the Scottish Greens have made very clear their support for the Treaty and Scotland’s early accession. This follows the announcement that the SNP Convenor of the…
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Humanitarianism set to take precedence in global nuclear discourse in Vienna
Read more: Humanitarianism set to take precedence in global nuclear discourse in ViennaRussia’s continued invasion into Ukraine has brought the conversation regarding nuclear disarmament into the public consciousness once again. As Putin’s unhindered invasion has proven that nuclear weapons do not serve as a deterrent for war, and instead serve as a deterrent for counter-actions, people are more willing to reconsider their perspectives on the value that…
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The importance of youth engagement with disarmament diplomacy
Read more: The importance of youth engagement with disarmament diplomacyThe nature of disarmament diplomacy is one that is intrinsically tied to the Hiroshima and Nagasaki bombings in 1945 and the establishment of Mutually Assured Destruction that heightened nuclear panic throughout the Cold War. It follows, then, that the majority of nuclear disarmament activists are those who have personal experiences with the nuclear panic of…
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How to actively engage with the First Meeting of States Parties as a member of the public
Read more: How to actively engage with the First Meeting of States Parties as a member of the publicThe First Meeting of States Parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) at the United Nations International Centre in Vienna is the first opportunity for countries which have already prohibited any nuclear weapons activity to get together and firm up the blueprint for a nuclear weapons-free world, under the jurisdiction of…
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Scotland and the Global Disarmament Movement
Read more: Scotland and the Global Disarmament MovementDr Nick Ritchie, University of York, May 2021 Scotland has an important role to play in the global nuclear disarmament movement in two ways: 1) by reinforcing the web of international norms and law that constrains and delegitimises nuclear weapons; 2) by challenging the nuclear weapons practices and ideology of the British state. Reinforcing nuclear…
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Nuclear Weapons – The Deadly Chocolate Teapot
Read more: Nuclear Weapons – The Deadly Chocolate TeapotInside the campaign against nuclear weapons the chance to say “I told you so” amidst the ultimate rubble is anticipated with no relish at all. Nor is there much satisfaction these days in saying, in regard to the Ukraine crisis, “We did tell you that the nuclear nightmare had not gone away, that the risk…
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Reflecting on the Entry into Force of the TPNW, one year later
Read more: Reflecting on the Entry into Force of the TPNW, one year laterThe 22nd of January 2022 marks one year since the entry into force for the TPNW. Alongside the events planned to commemorate the occasion, this anniversary presents an opportunity to look back on the different ways in which Scottish partner organisations celebrated the entry into force last year. CNDWhilst numerous in-person plans to mark the…
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