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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…

With the mass signing today by all SNP MSPs a clear and cross-party majority of Scottish parliamentarians are now committed to work for the new UN nuclear ban treaty – the Treaty to Prohibit Nuclear Weapons 1(TPNW). At Holyrood all SNP and Green MSPs, plus three Labour MSPs (including leader Richard Leonard), and all of the 35…

Here’s another sign that the Treaty to Prohibit Nuclear Weapons is already changing the dynamics around nuclear weapons. Last Friday (10th November) Pope Francis made a hugely significant speech about nuclear weapons. Up to now the Catholic Church has allowed some wriggle room for nuclear-armed states and some credence for “deterrence” but in his speech…

The Scottish Scrap Trident Coalition is calling for Scotland-wide celebrations of the ICAN Nobel Peace Award on the weekend of the 8th to 11th December On Sunday 10th December the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN) will receive the Nobel Peace Prize at a ceremony in Oslo. The award is for the campaign’s critical contribution to…

“We will never accept that a limit should be placed on the contribution Scotland can make to building a better world. Strong voices for peace and justice are needed now more than ever. Last week, ICAN, the global campaign against nuclear weapons won the Nobel Peace Prize. Our party stands proudly as part of the…

Scottish Scrap Trident Coalition Press Release: 6th October 2017   DELIGHT AS NOBEL PEACE PRIZE GOES TO ICAN Campaigners against nuclear weapons are delighted by the news that the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, the advocacy group that has worked for the new UN Treaty to Prohibit Nuclear Weapons (TPNW), is the winner of this…

At last, only two months after its adoption by the UN General Assembly on 7th July 2017, the Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons opened for signature at the United Nations in New York. During the opening ceremony on 20th September, it was a rush to ensure that the first 42 states all signed the…

Medact is an organisation of medical professionals who work to rid our world of nuclear weapons and also on issues related to climate change and economic justice . Medact are a major partner with Scottish CND and other organisations in the campaign to raise awareness about the global ban on nuclear weapons treaty recently supported…