Statement by Setsuko Thurlow on the commencement of the 2022 NPT RevCon

Ms Setsuko Thurlow, atomic bomb survivor and nuclear disarmament campaigner, spoke to media representatives in relation to the NPT Review Conference and nuclear disarmament, delivering a statement and taking questions on Monday, August 1st 2022. The summary of her press encounter can be read in the following article: https://japantoday.com/category/politics/a-bomb-survivor-says-kishidas-nuclear-speech-avoided-honest-debate?

The Nuclear Sunset – Common Weal

Craig Dalzell’s blogpost on the past Nuclear Ban Week held in Vienna, and its significance within larger disarmament discourse in Scotland: https://commonweal.scot/nuclear-sunset/ “Scotland sorely needs to properly discuss our own nuclear legacy and the impact of independence, because a danger looms in the debate over the future of Faslane, Coulport Read more…

UNA-UK: New report on addressing British nuclear tests in Kiribati

https://una.org.uk/news/new-report-addressing-british-nuclear-tests-kiribati Check out this new report from UNA-UK regarding the British nuclear tests in Kiribati “The briefing shares lived experience and expert contributions from Kiribati islanders. We hope it will be useful for UK officials, parliamentarians and civil society organisations, and complement work by others on communities affected by UK Read more…